Thursday, September 13, 2012

9/13/12 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 13,539.86 up 206.51 up 1.55%

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 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 13,539.86 up 206.51 or 1.55% from Wednesday's close of 13,333.35.  Of the 30 Dow components  all 30 gained and 0 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  was IBM up $2.59 and percentage-wise was  Bank of America up 4.79%. T



As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.12914682. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.77 up from Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.76 (year ago it was 12.55); today's P/E estimate is 12.55 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.55 (year ago it was 11.50) and today's dividend yield is 2.57 unchanged from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.57 (last year it was 2.73). 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.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,799.65 up 77.70  from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,721.95. 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 (0.12914682) you get the increase in today's Dow .Each dollar increase or decrease in the Dow increases or decreases the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 7.74.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $59.99 up $2.59  from Wednesday's average closing price of $57.40. The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.45 (HD/DIS) up $1.13 from Wednesday's median closing price of $54.32 (HD/DIS). The lowest volume was travelers  and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If  Thursday 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 $7,770 ($179,964 - $172,195).

MarketWatch.com 9/13/12 Thurs. pm 4:55 pm by Kate Gibson says 
U.S. stocks leapt Thursday, lifting the S&P 500 to its highest finish since 2007, after the Federal Reserve opted for a third round of quantitative easing to boost economic growth.They came in with the big bazooka,” said Nick Raich, director of research at Key Private Bank in Cleveland. The central bank said it would purchase $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities every month until the labor market improves. The Federal Open Market Committee also said it would likely keep the federal funds rate near zero through at least the middle of 2015. “Bank of America BAC -0.21%   and Wells Fargo WFC +3.55%   should be beneficiaries of this,” said Raich of the lenders and Thursday’s top two risers on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.55%  , which rose more than 239 points before ending at 13,539.86, up 206.51 points, or 1.6%. That was the index’s highest close since Dec. 26, 2007.
The S&P 500 Index SPX +1.63%  gained 23.43 points, or 1.6%, to 1,459.99, with financials pacing gains that included all 10 of the index’s major sectors.“The equity market sees QE3 as a positive thing and bids are being raised in the areas that are most likely to benefit like construction, housing and consumer staples,” wrote Kevin Giddis, a fixed-income analyst at Morgan Keegan & Co., in emailed research.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.33%  added 41.52 points, or 1.3%, to 3,155.83, with iPhone maker Apple Inc. AAPL +0.02%   closing at a record high of $682.98 a share. Read more on tech stocks.
For every stock that fell four gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 802 million shares traded. Composite volume of 4.5 billion was the highest in more than three months.
With the Fed announcing further stimulus and protests in the Middle East and Africa sparking concern of supply disruption, oil futures CLV2 +1.08%   rose $1.30, or 1.3%, to end at $98.31 a barrel, a four-month high, on the New York Mercantile Exchange.WSJ's Paul Vigna joins Simon to review market reaction to the Fed's revised economic outlook and its decision to initiate a new round of bond buying. Getty Images.
The dollar DXY -0.56%   fell against global currencies including the euro EURUSD -0.0107%  .
“Bernanke is still concerned about deflationary forces out of Europe. And as the dollar gets weaker and the euro gets stronger, guess who gets stronger in the global marketplace? U.S. goods are now cheaper to folks in Asia,” said Raich at Key Private Bank.Gold futures GCZ2 +2.08%  climbed 2.2% to end at $1,772.10 an ounce. Treasury prices were mixed, with the yield on the 10-year note 10_YEAR -2.10%  falling to 1.724%.“Short rates were not expected to move, and they haven’t,” said Giddis at Morgan Keegan & Co.Market expectations for a third round of bond buying were raised after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke last month called the weak labor market a grave concern.
“The downside comes later, in the form of inflationary pressures and getting out of this at some point in time. The key focus is commodities, which usually respond to QE with price increases,” Savage said.
A separate government report had wholesale prices rising 1.7% in August, illustrating the rise in energy costs.

Thursday'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 Thurs. morning's Blog.


A read of the print editions of   Thursday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, the 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 Wednesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 13,333.35 up 9.99 or 0.07% from Tuesday's close of 13,323.36. For the year the Dow is up 9.13%.  Of the 30 Dow components 16 gained and 14 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise   s and percentage-wise was  Verizon up 66 cents or 1.49%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was   and percentage-wise was DuPont down 86 cents or 1.68 %.

WSJ pC4 "Dow keeps on trucking" by Jonathan Cehng says the Dow inched up to hit another multiyear high as investors got their first look at the new iPhone and turned their attention to today's Fed announcement.  Telecoms and ind'ls led with Verizon up 65 cents and GE up 30 cents.

NYT pB6 "Ahead of Fed decision on possible stimulus, investors hold their ground" by Reuters says the stock market showed little change on Wed as investors turned cautious before a Fed Res decision on another round of monetary stimulus to bolster the economy.

USA Today p4B "Stock markets are on a roll, approaching 4 year highs" by Bloomberg says stocks rose as a German court cleared the way for Euope's bailout fund & investors weighed prospects for stimulus measures from the Fed.

IBD pB2 "Indexes score small gains, but leading stocks shine" by Vic Reklaitis says Wed's action was up moderately again as volume rises.  The current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

Fin Times p26 "Pulte progresses after upgrade & positive housing comments" by Anora Mahmudova says markets managed to hag on to gains & closed higher as investors welcomed news that German's const'l court deemed the European Stability Mechanism legal.  JPMorgan was up 0.8% and  Bank of America lost 0.7%.



Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,721.95 up 1.29  from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,720.66. 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 (0.12914682) you get the increase in today's Dow .Each dollar increase or decrease in the Dow increases or decreases the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 7.74.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.40 up 4 cents from Tuesday's average closing price of $57.36. The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.32 (HD/DIS) up 14 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $54.18 (HD/DIS). The lowest volume was 3M  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 $129 ($172,195 - $172,066).

Market Watch 9/12/12 Wed. 4:10 pm by Myra P. Saefong says US stocks
finished modestly higher Wednesday, gaining for a second straight session, finding some support after a German court declined to block a euro-area rescue fund. Investors, however, remained wary ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy announcement due Thursday. The Dow industrials DJIA +0.07% closed up 9.99 points, or 0.08%, at 13,333.35. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.32% rose 9.78 points, or 0.3%, to 3,114.31, and the S&P 500 SPX +0.21% ended 3 points, or 0.2%, higher at 1,436.56. "It's all about the Fed meeting tomorrow," said Keith Springer, president of Springer Financial Advisors. "General consensus is that they will do something. Most likely they will just extend the zero interest rate pledge another year through 2015, and promise to stand at the ready to do more if necessary."

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

AT&T:  IBD pA4 "Verizon has iPhone 5 edge with alrgest LTE coverage" by Reinhardt Krause says Apple smartphone leaves AT&T with possibly most to lose among US carriers as Verizon Wireless has an edge since the new iPHone 5 will run on speedy 4G LTE networks in the US where Verizon has  better coverage.

Alcoa:  WSJ pC12 "Overheard" says  says Alcoa was tweeting yesterday that the new iPhone is made from aluminum.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: Fin Times p26 "Pulte progresses after upgrade & positive housing comments" by Anora Mahmudova says markets managed to hag on to gains & closed higher as investors welcomed news that German's const'l court deemed the European Stability Mechanism legal.  JPMorgan was up 0.8% and  Bank of America lost 0.7%.

Boeing:  WSJ pB1 "Aerospace deal would roil industry" by Daniel Michaels, Fin Times p1 "EADS and BAE in talks over Euro 38bn link" by Carola Hoyos, NYT pB7 "Europe's air and military companeis in merger talks" by Nicola Clark, USA Today p1B "Deals", IBD pA1 "Airbus parent in merger talks"   say the competition between Airbus and Boeing would heighten if Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defence & Space and Britain's BAE Systems PLC merger.  They are in advanced merger talks to create the world's largest aerospace and defense company, leapfrogging US rivals.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: WSJ pC4 "Dow keeps on trucking" by Jonathan Cehng says the Dow inched up to hit another multiyear high as investors got their first look at the new iPhone and turned their attention to today's Fed announcement.  Telecoms and ind'ls led with Verizon up 65 cents and GE up 30 cents.

Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC3 "Reshuffles continue at JPMOrgan" by Christian Berthelsen says JPMorgan said they would reorganize its corp  & investment banking div creating 2 units & shifting the decadelong head of its equities biz to run a restructured arm catering to inst'l investors.

 Fin Times p26 "Pulte progresses after upgrade & positive housing comments" by Anora Mahmudova says markets managed to hag on to gains & closed higher as investors welcomed news that German's const'l court deemed the European Stability Mechanism legal.  JPMorgan was up 0.8% and  Bank of America lost 0.7%.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

Kraft: No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WSJ pB1 "Mcdonald's to start posting calorie counts across US" by Julie Jargon, NYT pB1 "Mcdonald's menu to post calorie data" by Stephanie Strom, Fin Times p16 "McDonald's set to add calorie count to menus" by Alan Rappeport,  IBD pA2 "McDonald's lists calories",  say next week McDonald's menu boards across  14,000 US outlets will show Big Mac at 550 calories as well as calories for all its menu items.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:   WSJ p5 "A thinner, longer iPhone" by Jessica Vascellaro says Apple's new iPhone will debut 9/21 for $199.  Nokia is preparing a new smartphone to run on Microsoft's operating system to be released in the coming months.

Prizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: IBD pA4 "Verizon has iPhone 5 edge with alrgest LTE coverage" by Reinhardt Krause says Apple smartphone leaves AT&T with possibly most to lose among US carriers as Verizon Wireless has an edge since the new iPHone 5 will run on speedy 4G LTE networks in the US where Verizon has  better coverage.

WSJ pC4 "Dow keeps on trucking" by Jonathan Cehng says the Dow inched up to hit another multiyear high as investors got their first look at the new iPhone and turned their attention to today's Fed announcement.  Telecoms and ind'ls led with Verizon up 65 cents and GE up 30 cents.

Walmart: No mentions found.

Wednesday'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 8/17/12 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 $408 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 259.5 [8.5]
3.WalMart WMT 245 [3.5]
4. IBM 230 [1]
5. GE 222 [10.5]
6. Chevron CVX 221 [2]
7. AT&T T 214.5 [6]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 187 [3]
9. Procter & Gamble PG 184.5 [3]
10. Coke KO 178.5 [4.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 177.5 [7.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 140.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 132.5 [5]
14. Merck MRK 132 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 125.5 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17. Disney DIS 90.5 [2]
18. McDonald's MCD 88 [1]
19. Home Depot HD 87 [1.5]
20. Bank of America BAC 86 [10.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 73.5 [1]
22. Kraft KFT 72 [2]23. American Express AXP 65.5 [1]
24. 3M MMM 65 [.5]
25. Caterpillar CAT 59 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 55.5 [1]
27. DuPont DD 47 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 38.5 [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 8/17/12:

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: 7/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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: 8/15/12 8K re: dlinq. & write0off stats for months of May, June, and July
8/8/12 8K re: presentation from semi-annual Fin'l Community Meeting
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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: credt 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: 8/10/12 8K re: retirement of Vice Chiar Charles H. Noski as of 9/1
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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




Boeing BA: 7/25/12 10Q and 8K re: 2nd quarter results ended 6/30/12
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



Caterpillar CAT: 8/17/12 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
8/10/12 8K re: debenture exchange
8/6/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
7/27 8K re: debenture exchange
7/24/12 8K re: 3 mos. dealer states
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


Chevron CVX: 8/2/12 10Q & 7/27/12 8K re: 2 Qtr. results ended 6/30/12
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 : 8/15/12 8K re: 4Q and FY '12 earnings
8/2/12 8K re: appointment to Bd. of CEO of salesforce.com Marc Benioff and Kristina M. Johnson, CEO of enduring Hydro, LLC
6/27/12 8K re; execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/13/12 8K re: director's pre-arranged stock trading plan


Coke KO: 7/1 8K re: new operating structure
7/27/12 8K re: Amendment to Articles of Incorp. to increase auth. shares & 2 for 1 stock split
'7/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/29/12
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



Disney DIS: 8/7/12 10Q & 8/7/12 8K results for 3rd quarter ended 6/30/12

6/11/12 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 year credit agreement


DuPont DD: 7/24/12 8K and 7/24/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
5/1/12 8K re: Annual meeting of stockholders results

ExxonMobil XOM: 8/2/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/12
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


GE: 7/30/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
7/30/12 8K re: election of John J. Brennan to Bd., he is Chairman Emeritus of Vanguard
7/23/12 8K re: resignation of John Krenicki as Vice Chair & exec officer at year end
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


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 8/8/12 8K re: write-down due to impairment of goodwill
6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results


Home Depot HD: 8/14/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/29
8/7/12 8K re: purchase of U.S. Home systems and related Proxy statement
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


Intel INTC: 8/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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




IBM: 8/1/12 8K re: closing of sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions biz to Toshiba Tec
7/31/12 10Q for period ended 6/30/12
7/27/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for 1.875% notes due '22
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



JPMorganChase JPM: 8/9/12 10Q for period ended 6/30/12
7/27/12 8K re: exec changes
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



Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 8/16/12 8K re: discontinuance of bapineuzumbab trials
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/1/12
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




Kraft KFT: 8/17/12 8K & 8/14 8K & 8/2/12 8K re: spin-off
8/3/12 10Q & 8/2/12 8K re: results of second quarter ended 6/30/12
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


McDonald's MCD: 8/9/12 8K re: July '12 sales
8/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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



Merck MRK: 8/7/12 10Q & 7/27/12 8K re: results of second quarter ended 6/30/12
5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/22 Annual meeting of shareholders


Microsoft MSFT: 7/26/12 10K for year ended 6/30/12
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

Pfizer PFE: 8/14/12 8K re: purchase of marketing rights to OTC Nexium from AstraZeneca
8/9/12 10Q & 7/31/12 8K re: results of 2 Qtr ended 7/1/12
5/23/12 8K re: exec promotions
5/10/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/1
5/1/12 8K re: 1 qtr results



Procter & Gamble PG: 8/16/12 Form 8-A & 8/16 & 8/14/12 8Ks re sales of notes
8/8/12 10K and 8/3/12 2 8Ks all re: fourth quarter results for year ended 6/30/12
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


3M MMM: 8/2/12 & 7/26/12 8K re: 2nd quarter results for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/26/12 8K re: sale of notes
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


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: 7/31/12 8K re: purchase of Silver II for $3.46 bil
7/26/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: results of 2nd qtr ended 6/30/12 & closing of Goodrich purchase and board and exec changer
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.


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 7/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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


WalMart WMT: 8/16/12 8K re: 2 Qtr results
7/30/12 8K re: election to Board of Tim Flynn, former Chairman of KPMG
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
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