Tuesday, July 24, 2012

7/24/12 Tues pm Dow Closes at 12,617.32 down 104.14 or 0.82%


Post No. 1,742 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 July 23, 2012 and Dow 30 components' SEC filings also as of July 23, 2012.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 12,617.32 down 104.14 or 0.82% from Monday's close of 12,721.46.  Of the 30 Dow components 4 gained and 26 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was JPMorgan Chase up 29 cents or 0.84%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron down $1.65  and percentage-wise was Cisco down 5.91%.


As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.19 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.31 (year ago it was 14.59); today's P/E estimate is 12.35 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 12.35  (year ago it was 12.75) and today's dividend yield is 2.64 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.65 (last year it was 2.40). 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.


Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,667.12  down 13.66 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,680.88. 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 decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease 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 $55.57 down 0.46 from Monday's average closing price of $56.03. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.68 (HD/DIS) up $0.74 from Monday's median closing price of $49.94 (HD/DD. 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 lost $1,366 ($168,088 - 166,712).

MarketWatch Tues. 4:13 MarketWatch.com by Laura Mandaro say US stocks Tuesday sank on concerns about Greece debt, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.82% to its third straight triple-digit loss. That was the first such loss streak since early September. The Dow fell 104.14 points, or 0.8%, to 12,617.32, led by a 5.9% drop in Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO -5.91% . The S&P 500 SPX -0.90% lost 12.21 points, or 0.9%, to 1,338.31. Telecoms led losses for all 10 S&P 500 sectors. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.94% lost 27.16 points, or 0.9%, to 2,862.99. Heavyweight Apple Inc. AAPL -0.48% fell 0.5% ahead of late Tuesday results. A Reuters report that European Union officials believe Greece will have to restructure about $242 billion in debt sent stocks skidding midday.


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
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
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 Tuesday morning's Blog.



A read of the print editions of Tuesday'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 Monday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 12,721.46 down 101.11 or 0.79% from Friday's close of 12,822.57. For the year the Dow is up 4.12%.  Of the 30 Dow components 8 gained and 22 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar up 78 cents and percentage-wise was JPMorgan Chase up 1.65%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was McDonald's down $2.54 and percentage-wise was McDonald's and Microsoft both down 2.77%.

WSJ pC1 "Treasury yields go even lower" by Matt Phillips says a fresh round of bad news out of Europe meant a fresh round of records in the US Treasury market.  A flareup of the Europe and ebt crisis and worries about global economic growth drove investors toward the safety of US debt.   Mcdonald's is charted under Bad News as 2Q net fell 4.5%.

NYT pB1 " NYT pB1 "Spain'[s plight helps depress global stocks and the Euro" by Christine Hauser says global stocks fell and the euro dropped to its lowest level in 2 years as concerns about Spain's financing problems plagued markets anew Mon.

Inv. Bus. Dialy pB2 "Stocks fallf or 2nd day but end off worst levels" by Vincent Mao says Eurozone worries smacked stocks for the 2nd straight session Mon, but unlike Fri, the major averages shaved a good part of the day's losses as Monday's action saw stocks down in lower trade adn the current outlook is uptrend under pressure.

USA Today p4B "Worries about Europe, China send stocks tumbling again" by by Bloomberg says stocks declined Mon amid concern that Europe's debt crisis is deepending and after a Chinese central bank adviser said the nation's economic growth may slow further.

Fin Times p22 "NRG bucks downward trend on back of $1.7bn GenOn purchase" by Kandy Wong says all 10 S&P 500 sectors traded in negative territory.  Most bank stocks were mixed except for JPMorgan which was up 1.6% and Bank of America was up 0.3%.  Coke fell 0.2% as it lowered its full year earnings per share guidance to $2.18 to $2.24 from a prior forecast of $2.40 followign a drop in sales vol & currency headwinds.



Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,680.88 down 13.36 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,694.24. 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 decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.03 down 0.44 from Friday's average closing price of $56.47. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $49.94 (HD/DD) down $0.14 from Friday's median closing price of $50.08 (HD/DD. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Monday 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 lost $1,336 ($169,424 - $168,088).

MarketWatch Mon. 3:46 MarketWatch.com by Wallace Wittkowski & Laura Mandaro say US stocks pared triple-digit losses after stumbling Monday as worries about Europe’s fiscal health flared back up, pushing U.S. Treasury yields to new lows and boosting the dollar. Falling hard on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were shares of McDonald’s Corp. MCD-2.88% and Microsoft Corp.MSFT-2.77% , as well as Kraft Foods Inc. KFT-2.39% The Iberian nation continued to cast a long shadow over financial markets amid a fresh selloff in Spanish bonds. The blue-chip indexDJIA-0.79% pared earlier losses — bouncing off an intraday low of 12,583.41 — but was still down 86 points, or 0.7%, at 12,737, extending a triple-point slide from Friday, with 24 out of 30 components trading lower. McDonald’s shares, which were down 2.6% in recent activity, faced headwinds in particular after the fast-food giant’s second-quarter earnings fell short of Wall Street estimates. The company said a stronger dollar dented margins in international markets that already are seeing slowing economic growth. But what really weighed on the broader market was the prospect that Spain, Europe’s fourth-largest economy, might require a sovereign bailout, after another region in the country said it would need financial aid. According to news outlet La OpiniĆ³n de Murcia, the Spanish region of Murcia announced it could apply for government bailout funds in September. That comes on the heels of reports on Friday that Spain’s Valencia region was seeking help. “U.S. markets are attempting to price in significant policy errors in Europe,” said Stephen Wood, chief market strategist at Russell Investments. Regional governments looking for a handout are just confirming fears that Spain’s problems are also fiscal and not confined to the banking sector, he added. U.S. markets are also contending with an earnings season where more than 40% of companies have missed Wall Street revenue estimates so far, and trying to figure out how that will play out in a decelerating economy, according to Wood. Earlier in the day, the yield on Spain’s 10-year bondES:10YR_ESP -0.0009% roared past 7.5% on Monday as government debt extended a selloff from Friday. That yield is a “canary in a coal mine” for Spain, said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott. “They were once facing a banking problem. Now they’re facing a solvency problem. The market wasn’t prepared for that.” Also, Spanish and Italian regulators imposed a short-selling ban on Monday. The S&P 500 Index SPX-0.89% was down 10.8 points, or 0.8%, at 1,352. All 10 sectors were lower, led by a drop in materials and energy stocks. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP-1.20% fell 30 points, or 1%, at 2,895. Decliners outnumbered advancers by about three to one on the NYSE and about seven to two on the Nasdaq. Composite volume for NYSE-listed stocks topped 3 billion shares and Nasdaq-listed shares exceeded 1.31 billion shares. But it wasn’t just Spain stirring the pot in Europe. On Sunday, a report in Germany’s Der Spiegel, citing unnamed European officials, said the International Monetary Fund is set to stop aid payments to Greece. The international groups overseeing Greece’s aid package are due to send inspectors to Athens this week to gauge the country’s progress in honoring requirements under the program. Europe’s Stoxx 600 /XX:SXXP-2.49% fell 2.5% to close at 251.75. After piling into U.S. stocks early last week on earnings enthusiasm, investors started to sell on Friday, in part due to some disappointment over tepid revenue growth and as Spain’s fiscal situation looked tenuous. Mounting concerns over Europe sent the euro EURUSD +0.1405% to a two-year low versus the dollar. The euro recently traded at $1.2131. It also traded at a near-record low versus the yen EURJPY +0.0551% at ¥95.13. Treasurys jumped, sending yields on 10-year 10_YEAR -1.37% notes to a new record low, and were recently down 2 basis points at 1.44%. September oil futures CLU2-3.94% lost 4% to settle at $88.14 a barrel, while gold for August delivery GCQ2-0.40% settled down 0.3% at $1,577.40 an ounce.

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

AT&T:  NYT pB3 "News Corp. brands unit for education as Amplify" by Amy Chozick, WSJ pB5 "News Corp, AT&T join on tablet based products" by John Jannarone say the two will form a partnership to provide tablet based elarnings for kindergarten through grade 12.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America: Fin Times p22 "NRG bucks downward trend on back of $1.7bn GenOn purchase" by Kandy Wong says all 10 S&P 500 sectors traded in negative territory.  Most bank stocks were mixed except for JPMorgan which was up 1.6% and Bank of America was up 0.3%.  Coke fell 0.2% as it lowered its full year earnings per share guidance to $2.18 to $2.24 from a prior forecast of $2.40 followign a drop in sales vol & currency headwinds.

Boeing:  Fin Times p15 "ANA grounded five Dreamliners after engine fault" by Andrew parker says ANa, the Japanese airline grounded 5 of its 11 Boeing 787 Dreamliners after a problem was identified with engines amde by Rolls-Royce.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  WSJ pB2 "Cisco to shed 1,300 jobs" by Ben Worthen says Cisco will lay off 2% of its global workeforce as it tries to cut costs & boosts profits.  It follows other tech firms such as Hewlett-Packard to eliminate jobs in an effort to increase growth.

Coke: Fin Times p22 "NRG bucks downward trend on back of $1.7bn GenOn purchase" by Kandy Wong says all 10 S&P 500 sectors traded in negative territory.  Most bank stocks were mixed except for JPMorgan which was up 1.6% and Bank of America was up 0.3%.  Coke fell 0.2% as it lowered its full year earnings per share guidance to $2.18 to $2.24 from a prior forecast of $2.40 followign a drop in sales vol & currency headwinds.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:    WSJ pB2 "Cisco to shed 1,300 jobs" by Ben Worthen says Cisco will lay off 2% of its global workeforce as it tries to cut costs & boosts profits.  It follows other tech firms such as Hewlett-Packard to eliminate jobs in an effort to increase growth.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC8 "Overhead" says last week JPMorgan CEO James Dimon paid $17.1 mil for 500,000 shares.

 Fin Times p22 "NRG bucks downward trend on back of $1.7bn GenOn purchase" by Kandy Wong says all 10 S&P 500 sectors traded in negative territory.  Most bank stocks were mixed except for JPMorgan which was up 1.6% and Bank of America was up 0.3%.  Coke fell 0.2% as it lowered its full year earnings per share guidance to $2.18 to $2.24 from a prior forecast of $2.40 followign a drop in sales vol & currency headwinds.

Johnson & Johnson:  NYT pB4 "alzheimer's drug fails its first clinical trial" by Andrew Pollack, WSJ pB2 "Pfizer, J&J face setback in Alzheimer's treatment" by Shirley Wangs say the 2 firms and their partner Elan said a highly anticipated experiemntal drug for Alzheimer's called bapineuzumab wasn't effective at slwoing memory loss in a large, late stage clinical trial in patients with a hgh risk genetic mutation.

WSJ pB7 "Agile Therapeutics" says this firm got $40 mil from investors to challenge Johnson & Johnson & other develoeprs of cotnraceptives for women.

Kraft:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WSJ pB6 "McDonald's loses some momentum" by Annie Gasparro, NYT pB2 "McDonald's profit decline as world economy weakens" by Reuters, Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Mcdonald's burned by dollar", Fin times p12 "Mcdonald's", AJC pA10 "Mcdonald's net income down 4% in quarter"   say McDonald's 2Q earnings fell 4.5% due to global economic troubles  It had a 2Q profit of $1.35 bil or $1.32 a share down from $1.141 bil or $1.35 a  share a year earlier.  Rev rose 5% 

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:   Inv. Bus. daily pA2 "Pfizer", NYT pB4 "alzheimer's drug fails its first clinical trial" by Andrew Pollack, WSJ pB2 "Pfizer, J&J face setback in Alzheimer's treatment" by Shirley Wangs say the 2 firms and their partner Elan said a highly anticipated experiemntal drug for Alzheimer's called bapineuzumab wasn't effective at slwoing memory loss in a large, late stage clinical trial in patients with a hgh risk genetic mutation.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "UTX to sell 2 more businesses" bsays it will sell its engine div to aerospace firm GenCorp for $550 mil as it tries to raise $3 bil to buy Goodrich and will sell a wind power firm to Hamilton Sundstrand.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
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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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 Donald 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 7/23/12 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 245.5 [8.5]
3.WalMart WMT 244 [3.5]
4. IBM 220 [1]
5. Chevron CVX 212.5 [2]
6. GE 212 [10.5]
7. AT&T T 206.5 [6]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 186.5 [3]
9. Pfizer PFE 176.5 [7.5]
10. Procter & Gamble PG 176 [3]
11. Coke KO 173 [2.5]
12. Merck MRK 131.5 [3]
13. JPMorgan Chase JPM 130.5 [4]
14. Intel INTC 126.5 [5]
15. Verizon VZ 126 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 91 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 86 [5.5]
18. Disney DIS 85.5 [2]
19. Home Depot HD 78 [1.5]
20. Bank of America BAC 76 [10.5]
21. Kraft KFT 69.5 [2]
22. United Technologies UTX 67 [1]
23. American Express AXP 64 [1]
24. 3M MMM 62 [.5]
25. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
26. Caterpillar CAT 53 [.5]
27. DuPont DD 45.5 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 36 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 24 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 8.5 [1]

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 7/23/12:

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

AT&T T: 6/29/12 8K re: election of Scott F. Ford as Director
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

Alcoa AA: 7/13/12 8K re: Transcript of 2Q earnings call
7/10/12 8K re: 2Q results
5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report


American Express AXP: 7/20/12 8K re: election of David L. Vasella (Chairman of Bd. of Novartis) as Director
7/18/12 8K re: 2Q results
7/16/12 8K re: cedt stats through 6/30/12
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


Bank of Am BAC: 7/18/12 8K re: 2Q results
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



Boeing BA: 6/26/12 8K re: selection of Raymond L. Conner to replace Jim Albaugh as Pres/CEO of Boeing Comm'l Airplanes
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


Caterpillar CAT: 6/26/12 8K re: safety problems at Wyoming mine
6/25/12 8K re: underwriting agreement re: issuance of $1.5 bil of debt
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


Chevron CVX: 7/11/12 8K re: guidance for 2Q
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


Cisco CSCO : 6/27/12 8K re; execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
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


Coke KO: 7/17/12 8K re; 2Q results
7/10/12 8K re: approval of shareholders for stock split
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


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

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


GE: 7/20/12 8K re: 2Q results
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


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results


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: 7/18/12 2 8Ks re: 2Q results
7/9/12 8K re; purchase of 10% of ASML for $2.1 bil
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



IBM: 7/19/12 & 7/18/12 8Ks re: 2Q results
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



JPMorganChase JPM: 7/13/12 8K re: 2Q results
7/13/12 8K re: restatement of 1Q results
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



Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 7/20/12 8K re: settlement of shareholder deriv case in US Dist CT NJ
7/17/12 8K re: 2Q results
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



Kraft KFT: 7/18/12 & 7/17/12 & 7/2/12 8Ks re: successful exchange of notes
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.


McDonald's MCD: 7/23/12 8K re; 2Q results
7/20/12 8K re: various amendments to By-laws
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.



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


Microsoft MSFT: 7/19/12 8K re: 4Q & full year results
7/2/12 8K re: write-down to Online Services Div
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: sale of Nutrition business to Nestle for $11.85 bil



Procter & Gamble PG: 7/18/12 8K re: Board proclaims support for CEO Bob McDonald
7/10/12 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.562 cents per share
6/20/12 8K re: Deutsche Bank Conference Reg. FD disclosures
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


3M MMM: 6/26/12 8K re: issuance of $1.25 bil of notes
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


Travelers TRV: 7/19/12 10Q & 7/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ender 6/30/12
5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/23 Annual Meeting of Shareholders


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: 7/19/12 Form S-3 re: registration of 29,750,000 shares
7/19/12 & 7/18/12 8Ks re: 2Q results
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. END

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