Thursday, October 11, 2012

10/11/12 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 13,326.39 down 18.58 or 0.14%

http://www.dowjonesmonitor.com/

Post No. 1,851 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 as of 10/4/12 of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 10/4/12.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 13,326.39 down 18.58  or 014 % from Wednesday's close of 13,344.97. Of the Dow components 14 gained and 16 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron up 73 cents and percentage-wise was Bank of America up 1.36%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  Disney down 83 cents and percentage-wise was AT&T down 1.72%.

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 0.130216081. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.53 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.67 (year ago it was 12.84); today's P/E estimate is 12.79 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.79 (year ago it was 11.25) and today's dividend yield is 2.54 up from yesterday'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.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,735.31 down 2.42   from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,737.73. 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 (0.130216081) 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.84 down 8  cents from Wednesday's closing numerator of $57.92. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.02   (DIS/UNH) down 14 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $54.16 (DIS/UNH). 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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $242   ($173,773 - $173,531).

MarketWatch.com Thur. 10/11/12 4:06   pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks indexes closed largely unchanged on Thursday as cheer about a decline in jobless claims dissipated. "I don't get too worked up over the weekly data, the trend is much more important, and I think we are seeing incremental improvement," said Tim Leach, chief investment officer at U.S. Bank Wealth Management. Uncertainty ahead of the U.S. presidential election less than a month away is a likely contributor to Wall Street's stall. Once "the results are in, then everybody can make plans accordingly.That clarity of at least that portion of the road ahead will be reacted to positively," regardless who wins, Leach said. Down for a fourth day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.14% fell 18.51 points, or 0.1%, to 13,326.46. The S&P 500 index SPX +0.02% gained a fraction to end at 1,432.86. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.08% fell 2.40 points, or 0.1%, to 3,049.38.

Thursday'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
****************
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, 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 13,344.97 down 128.56 or 0.95 % from Tuesday's close of 13,473.53. For the year the Dow is up 9.23%. Of the Dow components 4 gained, Bank of America was unchanged and 25 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Walmart up $1.28 or 1.73%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron down 44.91 and percentage-wise was Alcoa down 4.6%.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks skid into earnings pothole" by Jonathan Cheng says a disappointing start to corp earnings season threw the health of US fimrs to the forefront of investors minds on Wed.  Downbeat comments from Alcoa & Chevron (charted under Bad News) set the tone.  Caterpillar and FedEx has voiced similar warnings.

IBD pB2 "Stock indexes slump again, tip market to correction" by Paul Whitfield says stocks slouched Wed in rising volume, knocking the market into a correction mode was Wed's action was down in rising volume.  Chevron caused the Dow to drop.

Fin Times p24 "Costco finds strength in numbers as rising membership lifts results" by Arash Massoudi says Alcoa shares dropped sharply after it said that global demand for slum was slackening due to a China slowdown.  

NYT pB8 "Indexes suffer on results from Alcoa & Chevron" by AP says disappointing results & forecasts from Alcoa & Chevron pulled indexes lower for a 3rd straight day.


Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,737.73 down 16.84 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,754.47. 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 (0.130216081) 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 Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.92 down 56 cents from Tuesday's closing numerator of $58.48. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.16 (DIS/UNH) down 33 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $54.49 (DIS/UNH). 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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $1,684 ($175,447 - $173,773).

MarketWatch.com Wed. 10/10/12 4:37 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks fell sharply Wednesday, with the S&P 500 Index ending lower for a fourth consecutive trading session, after aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. cut its global demand outlook and Chevron Corp. warned of lower earnings.
The S&P 500 / SPX-0.62% declined 8.92 points, or 0.6%, to close at 1,432.56, with energy the greatest laggard and financials the best performer of its major industry groups. “Sooner or later you give some back. Given how optimistic the markets had become, there is room for disappointment,” said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank in Cleveland. Reiterating Wall Street is in need of consolidation after a climb that has the S&P 500 Index up nearly 14% on the year, McCain believes a pullback to between 1,365 and 1,400 would not be unreasonable, and would “take a little air out of the inflated sentiment bubble in the market.” The major indexes retained the bulk of their losses after the release of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book of economic conditions, which found modest expansion since the prior report. The information “is nothing we don’t already know nationally with just regional differentiation of note,” Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak, said in an emailed comment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.95% fell 128.56 points, or 1%, to close at 13,344.97, dropping for a third trading session. Of the 30 Dow components, 26 ended lower. Alcoa AA -4.60% was the biggest loser in the Dow, falling 4.6%. The aluminum company late Tuesday reported third-quarter profit that topped expectations on increased demand from airplane and automobile makers, but trimmed its forecast for the world’s appetite for the metal it produces, citing China’s economic slowdown. Alcoa’s results were “a little better than expected, but it’s difficult to judge an entire earnings season because of Alcoa, a weak stock in what has been a weak sector the entire year,” said Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab. Chevron CVX-4.18% was another big decliner in the Dow, with the stock sinking 4.2%. The oil company late Tuesday warned falling crude prices and reduced production would result in “substantially lower” earnings. Chevron’s stock was also hit the day after the Supreme Court declined to halt a $19 billion judgment against Chevron by an Ecuadorean court for polluting the Amazon. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT+1.73% rose 1.7%, leading blue-chip gains after the discount retailer said it would add U.S. stores after a “very strong” back-to-school season. The Nasdaq CompositeCOMP-0.43% retreated 13.24 points, or 0.4%, to end at 3,051.78. Around 590 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Composite volume topped 3.2 billion shares. “The key for us is QE3 pushed the S&P 500 to a level we thought we could get to by Dec. 31, not Sept. 30, so now we have to wait for the solid data to catch up with the enthusiasm,” Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank in Chicago, said of the Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing, launched late last month. Alcoa kicked off earnings season with positive news, beating EPS and revenue estimates. “Companies have been guiding their outlooks down and I’m hopeful that now — [in] the first negative quarter in earnings since who knows when — we’ll be able to jump over the limbo stick, because it’s so low,” said BMO’s Ablin. On Wednesday, Yum Brands Inc. YUM+8.04% shares rallied 8% a day after the owner of the Taco Bell and KFC fast-food chains reported better-than-expected quarterly income on increased sales in the United States and China. Job openings fell for a second month in August, down by 32,000 to 3.561 million from a revised 3.593 million the month before, the Labor Department reported. Business leaders are reluctant to hire ahead of the U.S. presidential election, said Ablin, who added the hesitation has more to do with uncertainty than worries about which candidate wins. “It’s a matter of having clarity rather than the outcome, to know what the rules are before writing the check,” he said.

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

AT&T:  IBD pA5 "T-Mobile/MetroPCS better fit than Sprint?" by Reinhardt krause says T-Mobile by gaining MetroPCS spectrum hopes to compete with the LTE data speeds offered by Verizon and AT&T.

Alcoa: WSJ pC1 "Stocks skid into earnings pothole" by Jonathan Cheng says a disappointing start to corp earnings season threw the health of US fimrs to the forefront of investors minds on Wed.  Downbeat comments from Alcoa & Chevron (charted under Bad News) set the tone.  Caterpillar and FedEx has voiced similar warnings.

 Fin Times p24 "Costco finds strength in numbers as rising membership lifts results" by Arash Massoudi says Alcoa shares dropped sharply after it said that global demand for slum was slackening due to a China slowdown.

 NYT pB8 "Indexes suffer on results from Alcoa & Chevron" by AP says disappointing results & forecasts from Alcoa & Chevron pulled indexes lower for a 3rd straight day.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America:  WSJ pC1 "Bank profit spigot to draw scrutiny" by Michael Rapoport  & "Fed Governor: put cap on big vin'l firms" by Victoria McGrane says regulators are watching big banks' reserves.  In the past 4 quarters Bank of America released $6.3 bil  JPMorgan says it has been forced to release reserves.  Fed gov Dan Tarullo says banks' growth should be limitted by restraining their non-deposit liabilities. 

Boeing:  Fin times p1 "EADS and BAE deal collapses"  by David Oakley et al, NYT pB1 "BAE tie up with EADS falls apart" by Mark Scott et al say German concerns over plant closures and defense role along with French concerns and UK insistence that France & Germany lsoe state control killed the merger.

Caterpillar: WSJ pC1 "Stocks skid into earnings pothole" by Jonathan Cheng says a disappointing start to corp earnings season threw the health of US fimrs to the forefront of investors minds on Wed.  Downbeat comments from Alcoa & Chevron (charted under Bad News) set the tone.  Caterpillar and FedEx has voiced similar warnings.

Chevron: WSJ pC1 "Stocks skid into earnings pothole" by Jonathan Cheng says a disappointing start to corp earnings season threw the health of US fimrs to the forefront of investors minds on Wed.  Downbeat comments from Alcoa & Chevron (charted under Bad News) set the tone.  Caterpillar and FedEx has voiced similar warnings.

 IBD pB2 "Stock indexes slump again, tip market to correction" by Paul Whitfield says stocks slouched Wed in rising volume, knocking the market into a correction mode was Wed's action was down in rising volume.  Chevron caused the Dow to drop.

 NYT pB8 "Indexes suffer on results from Alcoa & Chevron" by AP says disappointing results & forecasts from Alcoa & Chevron pulled indexes lower for a 3rd straight day.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke:  AJC pA11 "Returnable coca cola glass bottle now history" by Candice Choi, AP says the Minnesota firm has halted production of the 6.5 glass bottles, which it has been doing since '32.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:    WSJ pC10 "Overheard" says for the first time in 111 years the world wide PC market will shrink.  Hopes faded on Intel's 3Q forecast.  The industry hopes for a rescue from Microsoft's Windows 8 op system.  Lenovo bucks the trend and is the top maker of PCs, passing Hewlett-Packard.

Home Depot: AJC pA12 "Home Depot to help vets find civilian jobs" by Arielle kass by holding job seminars in Ga.

Intel:   WSJ pC10 "Overheard" says for the first time in 111 years the world wide PC market will shrink.  Hopes faded on Intel's 3Q forecast.  The industry hopes for a rescue from Microsoft's Windows 8 op system.  Lenovo bucks the trend and is the top maker of PCs, passing Hewlett-Packard.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC1 "JPMorgan CFO to exit post" by Dan Fitzpatrick et al say Douglas Braunstein was step down as JPMorgan's CFO and move to a different job at the bank.  51, he has been CFO since '10.

NYT pB10 "JPMOrgan told to pay $18 mil toa  trust" by Susanne Craig says an OK judge foudn that JPMorgan had been grossly negligent & reckless in an administration of a client's trust account.

NYT pA1 "AT JPMOrgan, inquiry built ont aped calls" by Ben Protess et all says Fed authorities are using taped phone calls to build criminal cases related to the trading loss at JPMorgan.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB1 "PC sales show steep decline" by Ben Worthen, WSJ pC10 "Overheard" say for the first time in 111 years the world wide PC market will shrink.  Hopes faded on Intel's 3Q forecast.  The industry hopes for a rescue from Microsoft's Windows 8 op system.  Lenovo bucks the trend and is the top maker of PCs, passing Hewlett-Packard.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Walmart:  WSJ pB11 "Fast food aspires to mvoe up the food chain" by Julie Jargon says McDonald's was the forefrunner of this trend with thosuands of restaurants remodeled to have modern interiors, flat screen tvs, smoothies and salads.

WSJ pB8 "Walmart lays out strategy" by Andria Cheng says it will emphasize smaller stores and more ecommerce.

IBD pA1 "Costco EPS rises 29%; Walmart is bullish" by Kevin harlin says Walmart gave analysts an upbeat outlook Wed moving into the all important holiday season.


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
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE

*************************
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)

***************************

Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 10,4/12 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 $426.5 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 252 [8.5]
3.WalMart WMT 251 [3.5]
4. GE 242.5 [10.5]
5. IBM 240.5 [1]6. Chevron CVX 230 [2]
7. AT&T T 221 [6]
8. Procter & Gamble PG 191.5 [3]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 191 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 189.5 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 172.5 [4.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 159 [4]
13. Merck MRK 140.5 [3]
14. Verizon VZ 134.5 [3]
15. Intel INTC 112.5 [5]16. Cisco CSCO 100 [5.5]
17. Disney DIS 94.5 [2]
18. Home Depot HD 93 [1.5] 19. McDonald's MCD 92 [1]
20. Bank of America BAC 101.5 [10.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 71.5 [1]
22. American Express AXP 66 [1]
23. 3M MMM 65 [.5]
24. UnitedHealth UNH 60 [1]
25. Caterpillar CAT 56 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 52.5 [1]
27. DuPont DD 46.5 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 29.5 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 26.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9.5 [1]

****************************************

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 10/4/12:

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

Alcoa AA: 10/3/12 8K re: EPA remedial plan for Grasse River
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


American Express AXP: 10/1/12 8K re: settlement re: U.S. card practices with regulators
9/17/12 8K re: delinq & write-off stats for June, July & Aug
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


Bank of Am BAC: 9/28/12 8K re: settlement re: $1.6 bil regarding Merrill Lynch purchase
8/23/12 8K re: 4 new directors: Sharon Allen, Jack Bovender, Linda Hudson & David Yost
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




Boeing BA: 8/29/12 8K re: bylaw amendments
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: 9/28/12 8K re: price increases
9/21/12 8K re: Aug. dealer stats
9/17/12 8K re: credit agreement for $100 mil
9/7/12 S-4; 8/28/12 8K & 8/20/12 8K all re: exchange offer for debentures

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: 10/3/12 8K re: election of Dr. Alice P. Gast to Board
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 : 10/4/12 8K re: appointment of Gary B. Moore as Pres & other exec appointments
9/26/12 14A Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Meeting on 11/15/12 at Santa Clara,CA
9/19/12 8K re: departure of Jerry Yang from Board
9/12/12 10K for year ended July 28 '12
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: 9/14/12 8K re: exec changes
8/23/12 8K re: shareholder approval of stock split
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


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: 9/4/12 8K re: sale of Performance Coatings Div to Carlyle Group for $4.9 bil
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



Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/3/12 8K e: earnings outlook for '13 fiscal year
9/10/12 10Q & 8/22/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/31/12
8/8/12 8K re: write-down due to impairment of goodwill
6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12



Home Depot HD: 9/21/12 8K re: election of mark Vadon to Board
8/22/12 10Q for qtr ended 7/29/12
8/14/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/29
8/7/12 8K re: purchase of U.S. Home systems and related Proxy statement


Intel INTC: 9/12/12 8K re: closed pruchase of ASWML Holding for $3.1 bil
9/7/12 8K re: lowering 3Q rev outlook
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



IBM: 9/25/12 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as Chair of Board
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



JPMorganChase JPM: 9/24/12 8K re: offering of $3 bil of 3.25% Note due '22
9/19/12 8K re: clsoing of 2.9% Notes due '17
8/27/12 8K re: isswuance of 5.5% non-cumulative Pref shares, Series O
8/20/12 8K re: closing of $2.5 bil 2% Notes due '17
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



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



McDonald's MCD: 9/28/12 8K re: adoption of accoutning standard
9/24/12 8K re: quarterly cash div
9/12/12 8K re: sales increase of 3.7% in Aug.
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



Merck MRK: 9/13/12 8K re: closing of sale of notes
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: 9/18/12 8K re: increase in quarterly div & retirement of Raymond Gilmartin from Board
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: 9/21/12 14A proxy re: candidate for Board
9/6/12 8K re: FD disclosure re: Barcaly's Back to School consumer conf.
8/24/12 14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/9/12 in Cincinnati
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: 10/3/12 8K re: $1.5 bil revolving credit agreement
10/1/12 8K re: contract to purchase Ceradyne Inc. for $35 per share
8/29/12 K re: $150 mil credit agreement
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


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 Group UNH: 9/10/12 re: FD disclosure re: Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference
8/7/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12


United Technologies UTX: 9/12/12 8K re: election of Marshall Larsen to Board
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


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: 9/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/12
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
. END

No comments: