Thursday, October 18, 2012

10/18/12 Thurs pm Dow Closes at 13,548.94 down 8.06 or 0.06%

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Post No. 1,864 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 Thursday at 13,548.94 down 8.06 or 0.06 % from Wednesday's close of 13,557.   Of the Dow components 13 gained, Procter & Gamble was unchanged and 16 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was Travelers up $2.56 or 3.59%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was, again, IBM down $5.67 or 2.14 %.


As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of  Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.71 unchanged from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.71 (year ago it was 12.75); today's P/E estimate is 12.62 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.62 (year ago it was 11.70) and today's dividend yield is 2.50 unchanged from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.50 (last year it was 2.67). 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 1,764.29 down 1.05 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,765.34. 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 $58.81 down 3 cents from Wednesday's closing numerator of $58.84. The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.22 (DIS/UNH) up 10 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $54.12 (DIS/UNH). The lowest volume was 3M 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 $105 ($176,534 - $176,429).


MarketWatch.com Thurs. 10/18/12 4:43 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stock indexes on Thursday fell for the first day this week as Google Inc.’s profit miss highlighted trouble in the tech sector and a rise in jobless claims offset upbeat manufacturing data.“As we saw in Google’s GOOG +0.73%  report, there are lots of high expectations in some of these widely held names, and when they don’t deliver, they can get hit pretty hard,” said Patrick O’Hare, chief market analyst at Briefing.com.The technology sector in particular is growth sensitive, with companies including Intel Corp. INTC -0.55%  and Applied Materials Inc. AMAT +0.27%   issuing warnings reflecting weakening demand.
“The spending environment has not been great within that sector, and there are concerns about end demand and how things are going to unfold,” said O’Hare.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.06% lost 8.06 points, or less than 0.1%, to end at 13,548.94, with International Business Machines Corp. IBM -2.83%  among its 11 decliners after the provider of technology services missed Wall Street’s sales forecasts with a 5% decline in the third quarter.Insurer Travelers Cos. TRV +3.59% was the top gainer in the Dow after its earnings more than doubled. The S&P 500 index SPX -0.24% retreated 3.57 points, or 0.2%, to 1,457.34, with technology hardest hit and telecommunications the best performer among its 10 major industry groups.The Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.01% shed 31.25 points, or 1%, to 3,072.87.In its worst percentage drop since January, Google shares declined 8% after the search engine’s third-quarter report was released ahead of schedule, with Google blaming printer R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. RRD -0.88%  for filing its quarterly statement early to the Securities and Exchange Commission.Decliners edged just past advancers on the New York Stock Exchange, where 719 million shares traded and composite volume topped 3.8 billion.
Equities briefly came off session lows after the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported regional manufacturing rebounded in October and the Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators climbed 0.6% in September.Initial jobless claims rose by 46,000 to 388,000 last week, up from a revised 342,000 the prior week, with the four-week average at 366,000 versus 365,000 the week before. The price of crude oil CLX2 -0.07% fell 2 cents to $92.10 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 
Stocks have been stuck in a range, with the S&P 500 trading between 1,430 and 1,470 or so in recent weeks, said Mike McGervey, president of McGervey Wealth Management in North Canton, Ohio, who lists the slowdown in China, Europe’s troubles and the “dysfunctional” U.S. fiscal policy as among the wild cards compressing stocks prices.China said its economy continued to slow in the third quarter. The news came just weeks before it embarks on a once-a-decade change in leadership, compounding concerns about one of the world's major engines of growth.“What is still very under-appreciated in the market is that when we talk about the fiscal cliff, everyone says we need to compromise. But compromise can still have a destructive outcome. And the idea of an adverse outcome is not in the market,” said O’Hare of the automatic tax increases and spending cuts that would occur on Jan. 1, 2013, if Congress isn’t able to reach a deficit-reduction agreement.
Pacific Investment Management Co. on Thursday said the U.S. credit rating would be cut as the drama over the so-called fiscal cliff plays out, Bloomberg News reported. “The U.S. will get downgraded; it’s a question of when,” said Scott Mather, Pimco’s head of global portfolio management, according to the news service. That said, “Pimco expects the debate over the fiscal cliff will end in fiscal consolidation, but not a fiscal catastrophe. Of the $700-billion-plus in potential fiscal contraction on the table, we expect around $200 billion to $250 billion to actually materialize,” Josh Thimons, chairman of Pimco’s America’s portfolio committee, said emailed commentary.
Lam Research Corp. LRCX +7.24% shares rallied a day after the semiconductor-equipment maker reported fiscal first-quarter revenue and earnings that beat estimates. “Everyone was braced going into the fourth quarter from what we might expect from third-quarter earnings, and so far it’s not quite as gloomy as many of us were expecting,” said McGervey. BB&T Corp. BBT -7.10% fell after the bank reported third-quarter profit below estimates.Philip Morris International Inc.’s PM -4.19% shares declined after the tobacco company reported earnings below estimates.

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
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
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, 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 13,557 up 5.22 or 0.04 % from Tuesday's close of 13,551.78.  For the year the Dow is up 10.96%. Of the Dow components 23 gained and 7 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was  Caterpillar up $1.60 and percentage-wise was Alcoa up 2.57%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was IBM down $10.50 or 4.98%.

WSJ pC4 "Dow stretches win streak to 4" by Jonathan Cheng says IBM weighed heavily on the Dow as it and Intel both had disappointing earnings reports Tues and IBM is chated under Bad News.   Home Depot benefiting from the housing rebound rose 53 cents.

NYT pB8 "Shares gain on housing, but IBM drags on Dow" by Reutes says the S&P rose for the 3rd straight session after housing starts hit a 4 year high.

Fin Times p24 "BofA pares early gains as profits fall 94% afte $2.4 bil settlement" by Arash Massoudi says the S&P has risen 2.3% so far this week amid mmixed results from firms reporting 3Q profits.  Caterpillar rose 2%.

IBD pB2 "NYSE, S&P rise again while techs show fatigue" by David Saito-Chung says the major indexes had minor gains during a seesaw session Wed as the action saw small gians in mildly higher trade and the current outlook is the market is in a correction.



Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,765.34 up 0.68 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,764.66. 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 (0.130216081) 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  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.84 up 2 cent from Tuesday's closing numerator of $58.82. The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.12 (DIS/UNH) up 3 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $54.09 (DIS/UNH). 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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $68 ($176,534 - $176,466).


MarketWatch.com Wed. 10/16/12 4:11 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks
on Wednesday finished with mild gains, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.04% rising for a fourth session in its longest win streak in nearly five weeks, after data had new-home construction hitting a four-year high. "We continue to have one sector that is increasingly positive -- housing -- and today's data proves that out again," said Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 5.22 points to 13,557. The S&P 500 index SPX +0.41% climbed 5.99 points to 1,460.91. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.10% gained 2.95 points to 3,104.12.
Wed. Closing Dow Numbers:

Thursday's Dow News:

AT&T:  AJC pA16 "AT&T to use more airwaves for mobile" says Fed regulators will let AT&T use an unused part of the airwaves for mobiel broadband.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  WSJ pC2 "Ameican Express earnings rise slightly" by Nathalie Tadena, IBD pA1 "AmEx growth keeps slowing"  say Amex had a profit of $1.25 bil or $1.09 per share up from $1.24 bil or $1.03 a year earlier on increased rev by 3.8% to $7.86 bil due to an increase in card spending and highe net interest income but there are concerns of a consumer spending slowdown in the coming months.

Bank of America:  WSJ pC5 "For BofA, crisis hits keep coming" by Shayndi Raice et al, IBD pA1 "BofA breaks even, others up" , Fin Times p16 "BofA profits fall after Merrill charge" by Tom Braithwaite, FT p12 "Bank of America", NYT pB3 "Bank of America posts a profit, though slight" by Ben Protess say BofA's 3Q profit fell 95% & rev tumbled 28%. I th earnings of $340 mil on $20.7 bil vs. profit of $6.2 bil on $29.7 bil in rev a year ago.  A table shows BofA has 893.04 bil in outstanding loans down 4.2% from a year ago 9/30 vs. JPMorgan's $721.95 bil up 3.6%.

 Fin Times p24 "BofA pares early gains as profits fall 94% afte $2.4 bil settlement" by Arash Massoudi says the S&P has risen 2.3% so far this week amid mmixed results from firms reporting 3Q profits.  Caterpillar rose 2%.

Boeing:

Caterpillar: Fin Times p24 "BofA pares early gains as profits fall 94% afte $2.4 bil settlement" by Arash Massoudi says the S&P has risen 2.3% so far this week amid mmixed results from firms reporting 3Q profits.  Caterpillar rose 2%.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon:  WSJ pB2 "Exxon acquires Canadian gas driller" by Judy McKinnon et al, AJC pA16 "Exxon extends reach into oil rich rock",  say Exxon will buy oil and natural gas producer Canadian Celtic Exploration for $2.63 bil

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.

Home Depot:
WSJ pC4 "Dow stretches win streak to 4" by Jonathan Cheng says IBM weighed heavily on the Dow as it and Intel both had disappointing earnings reports Tues and IBM is chated under Bad News.   Home Depot benefiting from the housing rebound rose 53 cents.

IBD pB2 "NYSE, S&P rise again while techs show fatigue" by David Saito-Chung says the major indexes had minor gains during a seesaw session Wed as the action saw small gians in mildly higher trade and the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

Intel:WSJ pC4 "Dow stretches win streak to 4" by Jonathan Cheng says IBM weighed heavily on the Dow as it and Intel both had disappointing earnings reports Tues and IBM is chated under Bad News.   Home Depot benefiting from the housing rebound rose 53 cents.

IBD pB2 "NYSE, S&P rise again while techs show fatigue" by David Saito-Chung says the major indexes had minor gains during a seesaw session Wed as the action saw small gians in mildly higher trade and the current outlook is the market is in a correction.
IBM:  WSJ pC12 "IBM's limited margin for error" by Rolfe Winkler says IBM's valuation could retret further toward big tech's laggards as IBM's shares are at 13 times '13 earnings while Microsoft is at 9.

WSJ pC4 "Dow stretches win streak to 4" by Jonathan Cheng says IBM weighed heavily on the Dow as it and Intel both had disappointing earnings reports Tues and IBM is chated under Bad News.   Home Depot benefiting from the housing rebound rose 53 cents.

IBD pB2 "NYSE, S&P rise again while techs show fatigue" by David Saito-Chung says the major indexes had minor gains during a seesaw session Wed as the action saw small gians in mildly higher trade and the current outlook is the market is in a correction.
JPMorgan: WSJ pC5 "For BofA, crisis hits keep coming" by Shayndi Raice et al says BofA's 3Q profit fell 95% & rev tumbled 28%. I th earnings of $340 mil on $20.7 bil vs. profit of $6.2 bil on $29.7 bil in rev a year ago.  A table shows BofA has 893.04 bil in outstanding loans down 4.2% from a year ago 9/30 vs. JPMorgan's $721.95 bil up 3.6%.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: WSJ pC1 "Microsoft fate tied to more earnings" by Spencer Jakab says Microsoft reports Thurs.  If Windows 8 flops, this value stock will turn into a vlue trap.  Tuesday Microsoft priced its Surface tablet.

WSJ pC12 "IBM's limited margin for error" by Rolfe Winkler says IBM's valuation could retret further toward big tech's laggards as IBM's shares are at 13 times '13 earnings while Microsoft is at 9.

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:  AJC pA16 "Verizon to transfer part of pension obligation" says Verizon Comm will transfer $7.5 bil of its pension obligations to Prudential.

Walmart:  WSJ pB1 "We promise to match prices" by Ann Zimmerman says says due to internet showing rooming shoppers have to ask for pice cuts and prove them to harried store workers and that the product is readily available. It is too hard for many online shoppers so they just buy online.

Wednesday's Closing 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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