Tuesday, October 16, 2012

10/16/12 Tues pm Dow Closes at 13,551.78 up 127.55 or 0.95%

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Post No. 1,860 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 13,551.78 up 127.55 or 0.95 % from Monday's close of 13,424.23. Of the Dow components 24 gained, GE was unchanged and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was  Caterpillar up $2.19 and percentage-wise was Intel up 2.85%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was  UnitedHealth down 60 cents or 1.04%.


As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.56 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.52 (year ago it was 12.70); today's P/E estimate is 12.62 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 12.62 (year ago it was 11.70) and today's dividend yield is 2.52 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.55 (last year it was 2.66). 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 1,764.66 up 16.61  from  Monday's closing numerator of 1,748.05. 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 (0.130216081) you get the increase 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 $58.82  up 55 cent from Monday's closing numerator of $58.27. The median closing price of  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.09 (DIS/UNH) down 5 cents from Monday's median closing price of $54.14 (DIS/UNH). The lowest volume was 3M 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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $1,661 ($176,466 - $174,810).

MarketWatch.com Tues. 10/16/12 5:01  pm by Myra P. Saefong & Polya Lesova says U.S. stocks finished higher Tuesday, with the Dow industrials scoring their biggest one-day gain since Sept. 13, buoyed by strong earnings from several major companies and reports that Spain is mulling a request for a line of credit from the European Union.                           
“The market had a solid rally today,” said Robert Fuest, head of investment research at Landor & Fuest Capital Managers. “The continuation will only come if we ... remain on a more positive note — or less negative, if you will — with upcoming economic releases and the continued appearance that the euro zone will continue cooperating with their members.”
The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.95% rallied 127.55 points, or 1%, to close at 13,551.78, with 24 of its 30 components finishing higher.                           

        
                            

The benchmark index marked a third straight session of gains as well as its highest close since Oct. 8. Its gain was the largest since the day the Federal Reserve announced its third round of quantitative easing.                              
Several Dow companies reported generally robust earnings ahead of Tuesday’s opening bell, including Johnson & Johnson JNJ +1.38% , UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH -1.06% and Coca-Cola Co. KO -0.60% .                                
After the market closed Tuesday, though, International Business Machines IBM +0.99% and Intel Corp. INTC +2.85% posted third-quarter financial results, with both reporting a fall in revenue.      
Spain is considering a request for a line of credit from the European Union's new bailout mechanism, according to a senior Spanish Finance Ministry official.
Ahead of the quarterly results, chip maker Intel was the top gainer in the Dow, rallying 2.9%.
Health-care conglomerate Johnson & Johnson tacked on 1.4%. The company raised its per-share earnings estimate for the year.
The S&P 500 index SPX +1.03% gained 14.79 points, or 1%, to close at 1,454.92, with energy and materials the top gainers among its 10 industry groups. The index also notched its highest close since Oct. 8.
Anthony Lazzara, chief executive officer of Newport Beach, Calif.–based Lido Isle Advisors, pointed out that the S&P 500 has reached its key 1,450 level. “Yearly highs are close in sight, and we expect those to be breached soon,” he said.                             
Murphy Oil Corp. MUR +8.03% rallied 8%, the second-best gainer in the S&P 500, on news that the company’s board has approved the spinoff of its U.S. downstream unit.
y dividend to 50 cents a share from 46 cents.
            
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
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VXZPSE
WMTNYSE

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The following are excerpts from Tues. 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 13,424.23 up 95.38 or 0.72 % from Friday's close of 13,328.25. For the year the Dow is up 9.88%. Of the Dow components 5 gained and 25 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Walmart up $1.34 and percentage-wise was Bank of America up 3.51%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was  AT&T down 42 cents and 1.18%.

WSJ pC4 "Dow notches biggest gain in a month" by Matt Jarzemsky says stocks rose fueling the biggest  daily gain in a month for the Dow after reail sales data & Citigroup's earnings topped expectations.

Fin Times p22 "Citigroup leads banks higher after beating earnings forecasts" by Anora Mahmudova et al says Citigroup shares gained despite a 88% fall i n net income and helped other banks.  JPMorgan was up 1.8% and Bank of America rose 3.5%.  US stocks looked set to recover from steep declines lasat week.  Merck was up 2.5%. 

NYT pB9 "Shares rise on signs of resurgent consumer" by AP says stocks rose Mon after a strong gain in retail spending shows consumrs were gaining confidence in the economy and banks rose after Citigroup delivered a strong earnings report.

IBD pB2 "Stocks bounce as Nasdaq snaps 6 day losing skid" by Vincent Mao says stocks bounced after sufffering their biggest weekly loss in more than 4 months last week.  The current outlook is the market is in a correction.  IBM is due to report Tues.



Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,748.05 up 12.50 from  Friday's closing numerator of 1,735.55. 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 (0.130216081) you get the increase 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.27 up 42 cent from Friday's closing numerator of $57.85. The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.14 (DIS/UNH) up 30 cents from Friday's median closing price of $53.84 (DIS/UNH). 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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $1,250 ($174,810 - $173,555).

MarketWatch.com Mon. 10/15/12 4:54 pm by Wallacke Witkowsi & Polya Lesova says US stocks closed higher on Monday, buoyed by strength in the health-care and bank sectors after data showed some improvement in the economy and Citigroup Inc. reported core earnings that topped analyst expectations.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.72%  climbed 95.38 points, or 0.7%, to 13,424.23, posting its second daily gain in a row, with 25 of its 30 components trading higher. Shares of Bank of America Corp. BAC +3.51%  led the index with a 3.5% gain, followed by Merck & Co. MRK +2.13%  with a 2.1% gain. AT&T Inc. T -1.18% , which closed down 1.2%, was the biggest weight on the Dow 30.Health-care stocks led gains in the S&P 500, with shares of Eli Lilly & Co. LLY +4.12%  rallying 4.1%. The drugmaker released positive results for a late-stage study of a gastric cancer drug. Leerink Swann also raised its rating on Lilly to outperform from market perform. Other positive moves in big pharma came from Abbott Laboratories ABT +4.00% , with shares closing up 4%, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. BMY +2.54% , with shares up 2.5%. Biotech giant Amgen Inc. AMGN +2.64%  saw its shares close up 2.6%.Softbank takes over Sprint for $20 billion.The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.81%  rose 11.54 points, or 0.8%, to 1,440.13, with health care the best performing sector and telecom the worst.After a wobbly start at the opening bell, gains in the market started to stick once pressure on energy stocks started easing, said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG. “The better question is why commodities are down in general,” Greenhaus said, noting the release of decent retail sales data and strong Chinese export data over the weekend.Oil for November delivery CLX2 -0.24% , which had dipped below $90 a barrel at one point during the session, settled down 1 cent at $91.85 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Gold for December delivery GCZ2 -1.19%  settled down 1.3% at $1,737.60 an ounce.Retail sales jumped 1.1% in September.“Those economic reports don’t knock your socks off but they’re indicative of positive economic growth,” said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott. Financial stocks were the second-best performing sector on the S&P 500. Shares of Citigroup Inc. C +5.50%  closed up 5.5%, making the bank the top gainer in the S&P 500. The bank said its third-quarter profit slumped 88% to $468 million, but its core earnings of $1.06 a share topped estimates, with analysts polled by Thomson Reuters forecasting 96 cents a share. In deal news, Japan’s Softbank Corp. JP:9984 -5.30%  said Monday it will buy 70% of Sprint Nextel Corp. S -0.70%  in a deal valued at around $20 billion. Shares of Sprint fell 0.7%. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +0.66%  rose 20.07 points, or 0.7%, to close at 3,064.18, snapping its six-day losing streak. Shares of Texas Instruments Inc. TXN +3.45%  and Microsoft Corp. MSFT +1.06%  closed up 3.5% and 1.1%, respectively. For every one stock declining on the New York Stock Exchange two advanced. Volume on the exchange was just over 618 million shares by the close. Advancers also outnumbered decliners two to one on the Nasdaq.

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

AT&T:  WSJ pB1 "Bravado behind Sprint deal" by Daisuke Wakabayashi et al & pB2 "Tough call for Sprint holders" by Anupreeta says some investors are concerned about the regulatory process involving Softbank's takeover Sprint pointing to the failure last year of AT&T to buy T-Mobile.  SoftBank has to show investors it is strong enough to take on AT&T & Verizon.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America:  Fin Times p22 "Citigroup leads banks higher after beating earnings forecasts" by Anora Mahmudova et al says Citigroup shares gained despite a 88% fall i n net income and helped other banks.  JPMorgan was up 1.8% and Bank of America rose 3.5%.  US stocks looked set to recover from steep declines lasat week.  Merck was up 2.5%. 

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont: IBD pA4 "The DuPont exec who ignited its growth" by Scott S. Smith profiles Pierre du Pont who lifted sales with radical products.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM: IBD pB2 "Stocks bounce as Nasdaq snaps 6 day losing skid" by Vincent Mao says stocks bounced after sufffering their biggest weekly loss in more than 4 months last week.  The current outlook is the market is in a correction.  IBM is due to report Tues.

JPMorgan: Fin Times p22 "Citigroup leads banks higher after beating earnings forecasts" by Anora Mahmudova et al says Citigroup shares gained despite a 88% fall i n net income and helped other banks.  JPMorgan was up 1.8% and Bank of America rose 3.5%.  US stocks looked set to recover from steep declines lasat week.  Merck was up 2.5%. 

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck: Fin Times p22 "Citigroup leads banks higher after beating earnings forecasts" by Anora Mahmudova et al says Citigroup shares gained despite a 88% fall i n net income and helped other banks.  JPMorgan was up 1.8% and Bank of America rose 3.5%.  US stocks looked set to recover from steep declines lasat week.  Merck was up 2.5%. 

Microsoft:  WSJ pB1 "Windows 8: a difficult workhorse to ride? by Shira Ovide says Microsoft has changed Windows op system to stay relevant to compete with Apple and other's mobile devices but some corpo customers worry it is too unfamiliar.

IBD pA2 "Microsoft debut Xbox music" says it will be available for its Xbox game consoles starting today.

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 pB1 "Bravado behind Sprint deal" by Daisuke Wakabayashi et al & pB2 "Tough call for Sprint holders" by Anupreeta says some investors are concerned about the regulatory process involving Softbank's takeover Sprint pointing to the failure last year of AT&T to buy T-Mobile.  SoftBank has to show investors it is strong enough to take on AT&T & Verizon.

Walmart:IBD pB8 "Walmart ups pressure on competitors" by Vincent Mao says Walmart last week started testing same day delivery for online purchase in select markets to compete with Amazon.com.

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
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
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)

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 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]

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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
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