Wednesday, June 27, 2012

6/27/12 Wed pm Dow Closes at 12,627.01 up 92.34 or 0.74%


Post No. 1,698 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization as of 6/20/12 and Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 6/20/12.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,627.01  up 92.34 or 0.74% from Tuesday's close of 12,534.67.  Of the 30 Dow components 24  gained and 6  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron up $1.62 and percentage-wise was JPMorgan up 3.02% . The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was McDonald's up 77 cents or 0.86%.


As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.81 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.78  (year ago it was 13.87); today's P/E estimate is 12.15 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 12.15 (year ago it was 12.20) and today's dividend yield is 2.67 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.68 (last year it was 2.51). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,668.40 up 12.20  from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,656.20. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.61 up  $0.40 from Tuesday's average closing price of $55.21. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.60 (HD/DD) up 0.24 from Tuesday's median closing price of $50.36. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If  Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $1,220 ($166,840 - $165,197).

MarketWatch Wed. 4:12  pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Wednesday rose for a second day, with the Dow stringing together its first two-day winning run in more than a week after positive economic data. "Most of the housing data has been another source of positive news, meeting or often beating expectations by a little bit and showing a troubled area of the economy shoring up and becoming healthier again," said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.74% added 92.34 points, or 0.7%, to 12,627.01. The S&P 500 SPX +0.90% rose 11.87 points, or 0.9%, to 1,331.85. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.75% climbed 21.26 points, or 0.7%, to 2,875.32.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
KFTNASDAQ-GS
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE
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The following are excerpts from Wed. morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal &  Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily,  New York Times,  USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 12,534.67 up 32.01 or 0.26% from Monday's close of 12,502.66. For the year the Dow is up 2.60%.  Of the 30 Dow components 16  gained, Alcoa and Travelers were unchanged and 12  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was  Chevron up $1.87 or 1.89%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  IBM down 91 cents and percentage-wise was Kraft down 2.21%.

WSJ pC4 "Home data give DJIA foundation for gains" by Matt Jarzemsky says stocks rose after a better thane xpected report on US housing prices offered a reprieve from the recent drumbeat of bad news from abroad.

USA Today p4B Markets rise above downdraft of European debt crisis" & NYT pB9 Markets gain on a positive housing report" both by Bloomberg says major stock indexes in the US rebounded from Mon's sell off as optimism about the housing market tempered concern about a worsening of Europe's debt crisis. Goldman Sachs upgraded JPMorgan to a buy.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB4 "market sees meager rallya s leaders mostly quiet" by Victor Reklaitis says stocks staged a modest recovery Tues bouncing back a little after Mon's drubbing.  The action was moderage gains in mixed voume while the current outlook has the market in a correction.

Fin Times p22 "News Corp makes ground as it considers restructuring plan" by Kandy Wong says the S&P moved 0.5% and had suffered heavy losses a day earlier but clawed back Tues.  Fresh economic data showed signs that US home prices stabilized in April in 20 large cities in the US.  Exxon was up 1.4%.  Bank stocks were mixed.  Bank of America was up 0.2%.  JPMorgan was up 1.1%.  Microsoft was up 0.5% as it said it would pay Yammer for $1.2 bil.


Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,656.20 up 4.23  from Monday's closing numerator of 1,651.97. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.21 up  $0.14 from Monday's average closing price of $55.07. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.36 (HD/DD) down 0.05 from Monday's median closing price of $50.41. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Tuesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $423 ($165,197 - $165,626).

MarketWatch Tue. 6:26 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, with consumer-discretionary and energy companies gaining on signs of stabilization in housing, but investors remained wary ahead of a summit of European leaders.“Housing is bucking the trend, and that speaks to better confidence among consumers. Home builders and energy are getting a bounce on the idea household demand for gasoline may not be as weak,” said Jeffrey Kleintop, chief market strategist at LPL Financial. “We’d like to be more optimistic, but we’re not expecting anything definitive out of this, which is a problem,” John De Clue, chief international strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, said of a gathering of European leaders. “The pattern has been interesting ideas are put forth, but then in peeling the onion, they are difficult to institute in reality.”After rising as much as 74 points and falling 50, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.26%  ended at 12,534.6, up 32.01 points, or 0.3%, to 12,534.67, with Chevron Corp. CVX +1.89%   pacing the gains.
The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.48%  added 6.27 points, or 0.5%, to 1,319.99, with consumer discretionary and energy companies faring best among its 10 industry groups.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.63%  climbed 17.90 points, or 0.6%, to 2,854.06.  Reuters
Home prices rise in April.
For every share falling more than two gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 712 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 3.4 billion.Crude turned higher, with oil futures CLQ2 -0.01%   adding 15 cents to finish at $79.36 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures GCQ2 -0.07%   fell 13.50 to end at $1,574.90 an ounce.
U.S. home prices rose 1.3% in April, their first monthly gain since last autumn, S&P/Case-Shiller data showed. A report that had consumer confidence in June falling for a fourth straight month illustrates “a lull here in the economy,” said Andrew Fitzpatrick, director of investments at Hinsdale Associates.  “People sure don’t feel very confident,” said LPL’s Kleintop. But the Conference Board’s index, which hit 62 last month, “is still above average and better than we saw around this time last year.” In fact, the week now under way marks the beginning of a six week period that has been the best for equities in each quarter of recent years. Investors remained wary ahead of a gathering of European leaders later in the week, with Germany offering a tepid response to a road map released by European Union officials outlining a plan to tighter fiscal integration.Spanish and Italian bonds declined and the euro softened as those nations’ borrowing costs rose at debt auctions. Egan-Jones cut Germany’s sovereign rating to A+ from AA-.Markets were briefly rattled after Reuters reported German Chancellor Angela Merkel told politicians in her ruling coalition that Europe would not have shared total debt liability “as long as I live.” Germany’s Angela Merkel
“The market really doesn’t know what to make of this. We’ve seen summits in the past that haven’t produced much, so the bar has been lowered,” said Andrew Fitzpatrick, director of investments at Hinsdale Associates, of expectations ahead of a two-day gathering that starts Thursday in Brussels. Merkel on Monday had played down large moves such as the issuance of common debt until euro-area countries agree to broad oversight of their budgets.Greece on Tuesday named an economics professor to replace the finance minister who resigned Monday after less than a week on the job.

Wednesday's Dow News followed by Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  No mentions found.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: Fin Times p22 "News Corp makes ground as it considers restructuring plan" by Kandy Wong says the S&P moved 0.5% and had suffered heavy losses a day earlier but clawed back Tues.  Fresh economic data showed signs that US home prices stabilized in April in 20 large cities in the US.  Exxon was up 1.4%.  Bank stocks were mixed.  Bank of America was up 0.2%.  JPMorgan was up 1.1%.  Microsoft was up 0.5% as it said it would pay Yammer for $1.2 bil.

Boeing: WSJ pB3 "Boeing names new civilian jet chief" by Jon Ostrower,  Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Boeing" say Ray Conner was named head of Comm'l Airplanes replacing James Albaugh.

AJC pA12 "Boeing's focus change could raise dividends" sya Boeing may see free cash flow increase to $18 bil over the next 3 years after investing heavily in new jet designs.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Apple in the Dow? Stock too expensive" by Ken Hoover says Microsoft came into the Dow on 11/1/99 less than 2 months before its all time high.  Since Cisco joined the Dow on 6/8/00 it has falled 15% while the Dow rose 43%.  Intel and Hewlett-packard have udnerperformed the Dow since it joined in '97.  IBM is a laggard since it joined the Dow on 6/29/79.

Coke:  Fin times p13 "Coke takes on Pepsi in India with $3bn investment" by Alan Rappeport, WSJ pB1 "India has 1.2 bil people but not enough drink Coke" by Nikhil Gulati, AJC pA11 "Coke to invest $3 bil in India" by AP say Coke will invest this amount over the next 8 years to boost its stake in this growing market.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: Fin Times p22 "News Corp makes ground as it considers restructuring plan" by Kandy Wong says the S&P moved 0.5% and had suffered heavy losses a day earlier but clawed back Tues.  Fresh economic data showed signs that US home prices stabilized in April in 20 large cities in the US.  Exxon was up 1.4%.  Bank stocks were mixed.  Bank of America was up 0.2%.  JPMorgan was up 1.1%.  Microsoft was up 0.5% as it said it would pay Yammer for $1.2 bil.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:   Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Apple in the Dow? Stock too expensive" by Ken Hoover says Microsoft came into the Dow on 11/1/99 less than 2 months before its all time high.  Since Cisco joined the Dow on 6/8/00 it has falled 15% while the Dow rose 43%.  Intel and Hewlett-packard have udnerperformed the Dow since it joined in '97.  IBM is a laggard since it joined the Dow on 6/29/79.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel:   Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Apple in the Dow? Stock too expensive" by Ken Hoover says Microsoft came into the Dow on 11/1/99 less than 2 months before its all time high.  Since Cisco joined the Dow on 6/8/00 it has falled 15% while the Dow rose 43%.  Intel and Hewlett-packard have udnerperformed the Dow since it joined in '97.  IBM is a laggard since it joined the Dow on 6/29/79.

IBM:   Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Apple in the Dow? Stock too expensive" by Ken Hoover says Microsoft came into the Dow on 11/1/99 less than 2 months before its all time high.  Since Cisco joined the Dow on 6/8/00 it has falled 15% while the Dow rose 43%.  Intel and Hewlett-packard have udnerperformed the Dow since it joined in '97.  IBM is a laggard since it joined the Dow on 6/29/79.

JPMorgan: NYT pB9 "Markets gain on a positive housing report" by Bloomberg says major stock indexes in the US rebounded from Mon's sell off as optimism about the housing market tempered concern about a worsening of Europe's debt crisis. Goldman Sachs upgraded JPMorgan to a buy.

WSJ pC1 "Fund boosted by JPMorgan" by Craig karmin says JPMorgan is funding Junius Real Estate Partners and has ivnested over $100 mil

Fin Times p22 "News Corp makes ground as it considers restructuring plan" by Kandy Wong says the S&P moved 0.5% and had suffered heavy losses a day earlier but clawed back Tues.  Fresh economic data showed signs that US home prices stabilized in April in 20 large cities in the US.  Exxon was up 1.4%.  Bank stocks were mixed.  Bank of America was up 0.2%.  JPMorgan was up 1.1%.  Microsoft was up 0.5% as it said it would pay Yammer for $1.2 bil.

Johnson & Johnson:  NYT pB3 "FDA hearing to vocus on replacement hips" by Barry Meier says the FDA in '01 ordered Johnson & Johnson's DePuy division and 3 other industry leaders to examine how patients were doing with all metal hips.  The FDA is now debating study designs.

Kraft: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: Fin Times p22 "News Corp makes ground as it considers restructuring plan" by Kandy Wong says the S&P moved 0.5% and had suffered heavy losses a day earlier but clawed back Tues.  Fresh economic data showed signs that US home prices stabilized in April in 20 large cities in the US.  Exxon was up 1.4%.  Bank stocks were mixed.  Bank of America was up 0.2%.  JPMorgan was up 1.1%.  Microsoft was up 0.5% as it said it would pay Yammer for $1.2 bil.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Apple in the Dow? Stock too expensive" by Ken Hoover says Microsoft came into the Dow on 11/1/99 less than 2 months before its all time high.  Since Cisco joined the Dow on 6/8/00 it has falled 15% while the Dow rose 43%.  Intel and Hewlett-packard have udnerperformed the Dow since it joined in '97.  IBM is a laggard since it joined the Dow on 6/29/79.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M:   No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon:  IBD pA2 "Verizon eyes Apple VoIP plans" says Verizon's new pricing plan may be desigend to head off Apple and others in offering Internet calling plans.

Walmart:  WSJ pB3 "Walmart lags in clinic race" by Shelly Banjo says Walmart has 149 clinics in the US that offers simple services but has closed 33 clinics because its initial strategy of outsourcing clinics hasn't worked.

WSJ pC8 "Walmart's retreat" by Kelsey Gee says Walmart has been fighitng to get a Walmart built in N. Va. against preservationists.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
KFTNASDAQ-GS
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE


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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:


AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)

Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)

American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)

Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)

Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)

Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)


Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)

Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)

Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)

Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)

DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)

ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)

GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)

Hewlett-Packard HPQ Meg Whitman (Palo, Alto, CA)

Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)

IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)

JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)

Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)

Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)

McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner to be replaced July 1 by Don Thompson (Oak Brook, Ill)

Merck MRK Kenneth Frazer (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)

3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 6/20/12 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $397.5 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 260 [8.5]
3. IBM 229.5 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 233 [3.5]
5. Chevron CVX 204.5 [2]
6. AT&T T 207.5 [6]
7. GE 213 [10.5]
8.Procter & Gamble PG 165.5 [3]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 184 [3]
10. Coke KO 170.5 [2.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 169.5 [7.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 138.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 139 [5]
14. Verizon VZ 123 [3]
15. Merck MRK 119 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 90 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 94 [5.5]
18. Disney DIS 85.5 [2]
19. Bank of America BAC 87.5 [10.5]
20. Home Depot HD 81 [1.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 69 [1]
22. Kraft KFT 69 [2]
23. American Express AXP 66 [1]
24. Caterpillar CAT 57 [.5]
25. 3M MMM 60.5 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
27. DuPont DD 47.5 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 42 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 25 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9.5 [1]

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 6/20/12:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T: 6/14/12 8K re: sale of approx. $2 bil of notes
6/7/12 8K re completion of sale of AT&T Advertising Solutions to Cerebrus
5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
5/2/12 8K re: Results of Annual Stockholders Meeting
4/24/12 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

Alcoa AA: 5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report
4/16/12 8K re: 1Q Earnings call transcript
4/11/12 8K re: 1Q results
3/12/12 & 3/1/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/4/12 9:30 am, Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA

American Express AXP: 6/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats 3/31, 4/30 & 5/31/12
6/13/12 8K re: fin'l presentation of Vice-Chair Edward Gilligan
5/15/12 8K re: delinquency & write-off stats thru 4/30
5/3/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders results
5/1/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
4/18/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/16/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 3/31
3/26/12 8K re: dividend of 20 cents a share payable 5/10 to holders at 4/5 & stock buyback plan of up to 150 mil shares
3/20 & 3/2/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 9 am American Express HQ, NYC

Bank of Am BAC: 5/25/12 8K re: repurchase of notes
5/9/12 8K re: results of Annual Shareholders meeting
5/4/12 8K re: change of presentation of fin'l info
5/3/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
4/23/12 Proxy material for 5/9 Annual Meeting
4/19/12 8K 1Q results
4/11/12 8K re: reclassification of business segments


Boeing BA: 5/3/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws reducing number of directors from 12 to 114/25/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
3/16/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 10 am Field Museum, Chicago

Caterpillar CAT: 6/20/12 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 5/12
6/18/12 8K re: amended by-laws re: date of annual stockholders meeting
6/14/12 8K re: election of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to Bd. of Dirs.
6/13/12 8K re: increase of quarterly div to 52 cents payable 8/20 to 7/20 record holders
5/17/12 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 4/12
5/7/12 10Q for 1 Qtr ended 3/31
4/25 8K re: 3/12 dealer stats
4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/23/12 Proxy re: 6/13/12 Annual Stockholders Meeting at San Antonio, Tx
4/12/12 8K re: election of fromer Utah Gov. and Ambassador Jon Huntsman to Board of Dirs.
4/11/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 6/13/12 at 8 am, Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas

Chevron CVX: 6/4/12 8K re: voting results from annual stockholders meeting
5/27/12 proxy re: recommendation to vote against all stockholder proposals
5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
5/3/12 Proxy material re: voting recommendations
4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/12/12 & 3/29/12 Proxy material re: Annual Meeting of stockholders on 4/4/12 9:30 am HQ, San Ramon, CA
4/10/12 8K re: 1Q update
3/29/12 8K & Proxy materials re: amendment of bylaws re: litigation in Delaware courts, raise of CEO and other execs' salaries and election of Charles "Wick" Moorman to Board of Dirs.

Cisco CSCO : 6/13/12 8K re: director's pre-arranged stock trading plan
5/23/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/28/12
5/9/12 8K re: 3 Qtr results
3/27/12 8K re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plans
3/15/12 8K re: acquisition of NDS Group Ltd, a provider of video software for $5 bil

Coke KO: 5/25/12 Proxy material re: 7/10 Special stockholders meeting
5/15/12 Proxy re: special meeting of stockholders to approve stock split to be held at Atlanta on 7/10/12 to get invited email: shareownerservices@na.ko.com by 5/21
3/14/12 8K re: closing of sale of over $1 bil of notes


Disney DIS:6/11/12 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 year credit agreement
5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
5/8/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
3/16/12 8K re: amendment to 2011 Stock Incentive Plan

DuPont DD: 5/1/12 8K re: Annual meeting of stockholders results
4/24/12 10Q re: quarter ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/17/12 Proxy re: voting recommendations
4/3/12 & 3/16/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders 4/25/12 10:30 am HQ Wilmington, Del
3/15/12 8K re: retirement of William K. Reilly from Board of Dirs.

ExxonMobil XOM: 6/1/12 8K re: voting results from annual shareholders meeting
5/16/12 proxy re: exec compensation
5/11/12 proxy re: voting recommendations
5/3/12 10Q ended 3/31
4/26/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/12/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 5/30/12 9 am Meyerson Center, Dallas
3/28/12 8K re: Fin'l Operations review info on website
3/14/12 8K re: transcript of 3/8 analysts meeting

GE: 6/12/12 8K re: election of Manjin Dekkers to Board of Dirs.
5/23/12 10Q/A amend 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/12
5/16/12 8K re: dividend of $475 mil from GECC to GE & increase of stock buyback program
5/9/12 10Q/A & 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
4/30/12 8K amending employee incentive plan
4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/9/12 & 3/9/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 4/25/12 10 am Detroit Marriott
4/6/12 8K re: downgrade of GE senior unsecured debt rating by Moodys from Aa2 to aa3 and other downgrade
3/16/12 8K re: GE Capital segment fin'l info as of 12/31/11

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results
3/23/12 8K re: exec changes and amendment to bylaws decreasing Board of Dirs from 14 to 11
3/12/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/31/12
3/12/12 8K re: underwriting of $2 bil of Global Notes

Home Depot HD: 5/24/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/29/12
5/22/12 8K re: voting results of 5/17 annual shareholders meeting
5/15/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/2/12 Proxy material and 10K for year ended 1/29/12 and material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/17 at 9 am at Cobb Galeria, Atlanta

Intel INTC: 5/22/12 8K re: voting results of annual stockholders meeting
5/11/12 8K re: Reg FD disclosure of webcast
5/7/12 8K re: 90 cents a share dividend
5/4/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results
4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual stockholders meeting 5/17/12 8:30 am HQ, Santa Clara, CA


IBM: 5/10/12 8K re: underwriting of notes
5/9/12 8K re: investor briefing materials
4/26/12 8K re: Annual stockholders meeting results
4/24/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 3/31
4/18/12 8K re: sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions Business to Toshiba TEC
4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results


JPMorganChase JPM: 6/13/12 8K re: CEO Jamie Dimon's testimony before US Senate Comm on Banking
6/12/12 8K re: redemption of $9 bil in Trust Preferred Capital Securities
5/18/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders' results
5/15/12 8K re: retirement of Chief Inv. Office Ina Drew succeeded by Matthew E. Zames
5/10/12 10Q re: qtr ende 3/31
4/13/12 2 8Ks re: fin'l info on website & 1Q results
4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual meeting of shareholders 5/15/12 at JPM campus in Tampa, Fl
4/4/12 8K re: annual report on website
3/29/12 8K re: Reg. statement re: Global Med. Term Notes'
3/27/12 8K re: changes to Board of Dirs: election of Tim Flynn and retirement of William Gray & David Novak
3/14/12 8K re: dividend of 30 cents payable 4/30 to record holders as of 4/5 and $15 bil share buyback program


Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 6/14/12 8K re: completion of Synthes purchase for $19.7 cash/stock
6/12/12 8K re: repurchase of shares from Goldman Sachs & JPMorgan
6/8/12 8K re: special charge of $600 mil related to legal charges related to Risperdal, Invega & Naterecor
5/8/12 8K re: sale of DePuy Orthopaedics to Biomet
5/7/12 10Q re: qtr ended 4/1
4/27/12 8K re: results of annual meeting of stockholders
4/20/12 add'l proxy material
4/19/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws splitting the offices of Chairman & CEO
4/17/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/9/12 8K re: resignation of Vice Chair of Board, Sheri S. McCoy to join Avon as CEO
4/3/12 & 3/14/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of Shareholders on 4/26/12 10 am Grand Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ


Kraft KFT: 6/18/12 8K re: Exchange Offer
6/8/12 8K re: on 6/26 KFT to trade on NASDAQ not NYSE
5/31/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
5/24/12 8K re: amendment of bylaws to do away with share certificates as of 6/15
5/22/12 8K re: 5 year revolving credit contract
5/18/12 8K re: favorable IRS ruling on tax-free nature of spin-off
5/14/12 proxy material re Annual meeting
5/4/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31
5/3/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/2/12 & 3/23/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 at North Shore Performing Arts Center in Skokie, Ill.
3/20/12 8K re: $2.1 bil of costs and expenses re: spin-off of N. Amer. grocery business
3/15/12 8K re: nominations of Terry Lundgren & Jorge Mesquita to Board of Dirs.

McDonald's MCD: 6/18/12 8K re: stocks options to Donald Thompson CEO as of 7/1
6/11/12 8K re: May '12 sales
5/29/12 8K re: issuance of approx. $1 bil of notes
5/29/12 8K re: approval of officers' stock plan
5/8/12 8K re: April sales
5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/16/12 8K re: election of Tim Fenton as COO
4/13/12 & 3/7/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/24/12 at HQ at Oak Brook, Ill.
3/26/12 8K re: retirement of James Skinner as CEO effective 6/30/12 and his replacement as CEO of Donald Thompson
Merck MRK: 5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/22 Annual meeting of shareholders
4/27/12 10Q re Qr ended 3/31
4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/12/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of Shareholders on 5/22/12 8:30 am at Bridgewater Marriott in NJ
3/30/12 8K re: Retirement from Board of Dirs of Steven Goldstone & Harry Jacobson

Microsoft MSFT: 6/18/12 8K re: Amendment to By-laws re: timing of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/3/12 8K re: election of Steve Luczo to Board, he is CEO of Seagate Tech
4/19/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re 1 Qtr results

Pfizer PFE: 5/23/12 8K re: exec promotions
5/10/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/1
5/1/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/27/12 8K re: results of annual meeting of shareholders
4/23/12 8K re: ale of Nutrition business to Nestle for $11.85 bil
44/16/12 add't'l proxy material
3/15/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 4/26/12 8:30 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ
Procter & Gamble PG: 5/4/12 8K e: resentation of info re: Snack Business as a discontinued operation
4/27/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31
4/27/12 2 8Ks re: 3 qtr results
4/13/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents payable 5/15/12 to record holders at 4/27

3M MMM: 5/10/12 & 5/412 8Ks re: adoption of exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
5/9/12 2 8Ks re: approval of amendments to employee stock purchase plan
5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/17/12 8K re: duties of Lead Independent Director
3/21/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of stockhodlers 5/8/12 10 am River Centre, St. Paul, Minn

Travelers TRV: 5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/23 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
4/19/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ended 3/31
4/10/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 11 am Hartford, Marriott

United Technologies UTX: 6/18/12 8K re: issuance of equity unites
6/1/12 8K re: issuance of $9.8 bil of notes
4/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/13/12 8K re: retirement of Charles Lee from Board of Dirs.
3/22/12 & 2/24/12 Proxy materials re: 4/11/12 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Riviera Theatre Charleston, SC
3/15/12 8K re: structure for proposed Goodrich acquisition


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 5/9/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting
4/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/2/12 & 3/19/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/12 at 10:30 at Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Al.


WalMart WMT: 6/4/12 8K re: voting results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
6/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/30/12
5/17/12 8K re: operating results & guidance
4/16/12 proxy material re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 6/1 at 7 am at U. of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.
3/27/12 10K for year ended 1/31/12 END

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