Tuesday, September 25, 2012

9/25/12 Tues pm Dow Closes at 13,457.55 down 101.37 or 0.75%

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Post No. 1,822 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 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 13,457.55 down 101.37 or 0.75% from Monday's close of 13,558.92.  Of the Dow components  7 gained   and 23 declined . The biggest gainer dollar-wise was  Johnson & Johnson up 33 cents and percentage-wise was Pfizer up 0.53%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise    and percentage-wise was Caterpillar down $3.75 or 4.13%.



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 0.130216081 changed from Monday's divisor of 0.12914682. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.77 down from Monday's trailing P/E ratio of 15.03 (year ago it was 12.32); Tuesday's P/E estimate is 12.95 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 12.95 (year ago it was 10.83) and Tuesday's dividend yield is 2.49 down from Monday's dividend yield of 2.52 (last year it was 2.69). 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 1,752.39 down 13.20 from Mondy's closing numerator of 1,765.59.  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 (0.12914682) you get the decrease in today's Dow.  A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.41 down 44 cents from Monday's closing numerator of $58.85. The median closing price of  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.40   (DIS/UNH). 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 $ $1,320 ($176,559 - $175,239).

MarketWatch.com Tues.   9/25  4:12   pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks tumbled Tuesday as investors fretted the limits of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. One analyst said the market was largely looking to relieve its overbought state. "Folks were looking for the market to correct in September," said Bruce Bittles, chief investment strategist at R.W. Baird & Co. The Dow Jones Industrial Average  DJIA -0.75% fell 101.37 points, or 0.8%, to 13,457.55. Extending its losses into a fourth session, the S&P 500 index  SPX -1.05% declined 15.30 points, or 1.1%, to 1,441.59, finishing at a two-week low. Taking its worst pounding since June 25, the Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.36% lost 43.05 points, or 1.4%, to 3,117.73.


Tuesday'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
     
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
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 &amp &  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 13,558.92 down 20.55 or 0.15% from Friday's close of 13,579.47. For the year the Dow is up 11%.  Of the Dow components  gained   and  declined . The biggest gainer dollar-wise was   and percentage-wise was %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise    and percentage-wise was %.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks dip as tech shares slip" by Matt Jarzemsky says stocks pulled back as weak German economic data & discord over plans for a European banking union added to investors' concerns about the region. Tech shares slumped while defensive sectors such as utilities & consumer staples rose.  Hewlett-Packard dropped 38 cents and Intel fell 33 cents.

Fin Times p26 "Apple falls from record high after reports of riots at China plant" by Anora Mahmudova says the braoder markets closed lower yesterday after briefly venturing into positive territory in late afternoon trading.  Investors were worried about weak and slowing economic growth across the world amid gloomy data from Gemany & China.  Microsoft shares fell 1.3% and Intel shares fell 1.4% as it declared quarterly cash dividends.  PC makes HP and Dell lost 2.2% and 1.9% respectively.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Stocks fall in lower trade; chips, Apple hurt Nasdaq" by Vincent Mao says stocks trimmed losses bugt still finished lower Mon amid concerns out of Europe.  Tech was the weakest sector.  MOnday's action saw stocks fall in sliding trade as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

NYT pB9 "Shares post small losses on fears over Europe" by AP says the stock market posted modest losses on Mon as concerns about Europe overshadowed recent optimism about central banks' efforts to revive the global economy.


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 0.130216081 changed from Monday's divisor of 0.12914682. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.77 down from Monday's trailing P/E ratio of 15.03 (year ago it was 12.32); Tuesday's P/E estimate is 12.95 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 12.95 (year ago it was 10.83) and Tuesday's dividend yield is 2.49 down from Monday's dividend yield of 2.52 (last year it was 2.69). 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.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,768.26. 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 (0.12914682) you get the decrease in today's Dow.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.94. The median closing price of  today's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $ (HD/DIS). The lowest volume was Travelers 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 $ $175,194).

MarketWatch.com Mon.   9/24 Mon.   pm

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

AT&T:  No mentions found.

Alcoa:  WSJ pB1 "The aluminum can wars begin" by John Miller says Alcoa and Atlanta-based Novelis, a unit of India's Hindalco Industres Ltd. had been jointly collecting and reclyckling cans since '09, when they created a joint venture to centralize collection.  Last year it collected 40 bil cans but now the 2 aluminum makers have parted ways and are trying to outcollect each other.  Novelis withdrew Aug. 31 and is setting up a new organization with a goal of collecting 60 bil cans a year by '15.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB8 "United Continental Airline takes delivery of first Dreamliner" by Jon Ostrower says United took delivery of the first of the 50 Beoing 787's it ordered, becoming the new jet's initial N. Amer. operator.

USA Today p2B "US trade office bows to WTO ruling on Boeing" says the US Trade Office will comply with a World Trade Organiz ruling that found the US had provided illegal subsidies to Boeing.

Caterpillar:  WSJ pB3 "It's showtime for mining gear" by James R. Hagerty says the MINExpo Int'l trade show started Mon in Las Vegas and has 45% more exhibitors of mining gear than the previous show 4 years ago.  In a sign of hard times hitting the industry, Caterpillar Mon lowered its forecast for profit growth over the next few years, citing weaker demand for construction & mining equipment.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  IBD pA2 "Coke completes Aujan deal" says Coke completed its acquisition of nearly 50% of Aujan Industries fro $980 mil.  The Saudi firm makes the Aujan Rani line of fruit drinks and Barican nonalcoholic beer.

Disney:  WSJ pB6 "From You Tube to tv" by Amir Efrati says an online video series funded by YouTube is being turned into a syndicated TV show to run on Disney's ABC stations, a sign of how made for Web conent is finding new legs in the offline world.  The show is Everyday Health Inc.'s "Recipe Rehad" a healthy-cooking series launched in April on YouTube.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:   WSJ pB1 "Executive pay gets new spin" by Emily Chasan says a growing number of firms are producing alternative measures of their top execs' pay, seeking to persuade investors that  comp isn't as high as the gov's yardstick implies.  GE and Hewlett-Pacrd are given as examples.  In '11 Exxon Mobil received a neative recomendation from proxy adivser Inst'l Shareholder Services and got just 67% shareholder support for its exec comp plans.

GE:  WSJ pB1 "Executive pay gets new spin" by Emily Chasan says a growing number of firms are producing alternative measures of their top execs' pay, seeking to persuade investors that  comp isn't as high as the gov's yardstick implies.  GE and Hewlett-Pacrd are given as examples.  In '11 Exxon Mobil received a neative recomendation from proxy adivser Inst'l Shareholder Services and got just 67% shareholder support for its exec comp plans.

WSJ pB3 "GE wants to double its mining business" by kate Linebaugh says GE wants to more than double the size of its new mining biz to $5 bil in rev by '16.

Hewlett-Packard:  WSJ pC4 "Stocks dip as tech shares slip" by Matt Jarzemsky says stocks pulled back as weak German economic data & discord over plans for a European banking union added to investors' concerns about the region. Tech shares slumped while defensive sectors such as utilities & consumer staples rose.  Hewlett-Packard dropped 38 cents and Intel fell 33 cents.

 WSJ pB1 "Executive pay gets new spin" by Emily Chasan says a growing number of firms are producing alternative measures of their top execs' pay, seeking to persuade investors that  comp isn't as high as the gov's yardstick implies.  GE and Hewlett-Pacrd are given as examples.

 Fin Times p26 "Apple falls from record high after reports of riots at China plant" by Anora Mahmudova says the braoder markets closed lower yesterday after briefly venturing into positive territory in late afternoon trading.  Investors were worried about weak and slowing economic growth across the world amid gloomy data from Gemany & China.  Microsoft shares fell 1.3% and Intel shares fell 1.4% as it declared quarterly cash dividends.  PC makes HP and Dell lost 2.2% and 1.9% respectively.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  WSJ pC4 "Stocks dip as tech shares slip" by Matt Jarzemsky says stocks pulled back as weak German economic data & discord over plans for a European banking union added to investors' concerns about the region. Tech shares slumped while defensive sectors such as utilities & consumer staples rose.  Hewlett-Packard dropped 38 cents and Intel fell 33 cents.

 Fin Times p26 "Apple falls from record high after reports of riots at China plant" by Anora Mahmudova says the braoder markets closed lower yesterday after briefly venturing into positive territory in late afternoon trading.  Investors were worried about weak and slowing economic growth across the world amid gloomy data from Gemany & China.  Microsoft shares fell 1.3% and Intel shares fell 1.4% as it declared quarterly cash dividends.  PC makes HP and Dell lost 2.2% and 1.9% respectively.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  IBD pA6 "JPMOrgan seeks game changes" by Billy Fisher profiles JPMOrgan Large Cap Growth Fund that owns Apple, Alexion & Sherwin-Williams.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.


McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  Fin Times p26 "Apple falls from record high after reports of riots at China plant" by Anora Mahmudova says the braoder markets closed lower yesterday after briefly venturing into positive territory in late afternoon trading.  Investors were worried about weak and slowing economic growth across the world amid gloomy data from Gemany & China.  Microsoft shares fell 1.3% and Intel shares fell 1.4% as it declared quarterly cash dividends.  PC makes HP and Dell lost 2.2% and 1.9% respectively.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  WSJ pB8 "Tivo Verizon settle patent suit" by Melodie Warner, IBD pA2 "Verizon settles patent cases", NYT pB7 "Verizon to pay TiVo $250 mil settlement" by Reuters, USA Today  p 2B "TiVo settle suit vs. Verizon for $250.4M" say the 2 settled pending patent litigation over video services with Verizon agreeing to pay at least $250.4 mil.

Walmart: USA Today p1B "Retailers making more holiday hires" by Hadley Malcolm says Walmart, Toys R US and Kohl's are all hiring more holiday workers than last year.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:


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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)

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)

UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

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.

UnitedHealth UNH:


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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