Tuesday, October 2, 2012

10/2/12 Tues pm Dow Closes at 13,482.36 down 32.75 or 0.24%

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Post No. 1,835 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 13,482.36 or 32.75 or 0.24 % from Monday's close of 13,437.13.  Of the Dow components 10 gained and 20declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Chevron up 74 cents or 0.63 %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  McDonald's down $1.07 and percentage-wise was DuPont down 1.73%.


As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.72 down from Monday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.64(year ago it was 11.89); Tuesday's P/E estimate is 12.75 unchanged from yesterday's P/E estimate of 12.75 (year ago it was 11.15) and today's dividend yield is 2.49 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.51 (last year it was 2.89). 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 1,755.62 down 4.26 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,759.88. 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 numeratordecrease 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.52 down 14 cents from Monday's closing numerator of $58.66. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.23 (DIS/UNH) down 4 cents from Monday's median closing price of $54.27 (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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $426 ($175,562 - $175,988).

MarketWatch.com Tues. 10/2/12 3:08 pm by Myra P. Saefong says
Blue-chip stocks fell Tuesday, pressured by concerns ahead of quarterly reports on earnings and outlooks as traders mulled Spain’s prospects for a bailout request and credit-rating downgrade.
The Nasdaq Composite, meanwhile, struggled to put an end to a two-session decline.
In a raid that stands out even in Wall Street's aggressive recruiting culture, Merrill Lynch is arming some managers with lists of top Morgan Stanley Wealth Management brokers who are considered ripe for defection.“We would not be surprised to see a few days like this scattered into the rally as traders get ready” for third-quarter results and for fiscal year 2013 indicators, said Richard Hastings, a macro strategist at Global Hunter Securities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.24%  shed 72.65 points, or 0.5%, to 13,442.46, with most of its 30 components trading in negative territory. Microsoft Corp. MSFT +0.58% , up 0.2%, was a top gainer in the Dow, while DuPont DD -1.71%  fell 2.1%. The S&P 500 index SPX +0.09%  slipped 4.36 points, or 0.3%, to 1,440.13. Of the benchmark index’s 10 sectors, health care and utilities were the leading gainers, while materials were the largest decliner. “The defensive sectors of the market appear to be outperforming,” said Clark Yingst, chief market analyst from securities and investment banking firm Joseph Gunnar, pointing out that several pharmaceutical stocks, for example, are “extending their recent uptrends and, in some cases, revisiting levels last seen four or five years ago.”
“It is interesting to us that defensive sectors of the market have performed relatively well behind the official announcement and launch of QE3,” he said. “The strength could reflect investor skepticism regarding the impact of QE3 on real economic activity. It could also be attributable to concerns regarding pending earnings reports in cyclical economically-sensitive sectors of the market, concerns that, in our view, are warranted.”
The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.21%  fell 9.96 points, or 0.3%, to 3,103.57, after trading as high as 3,131.64 earlier. Research In Motion Ltd. RIMM +5.22%  bucked the overall trend, trading 5.9% higher.
On Tuesday, decliners edged ahead of advancers on the New York Stock Exchange, where 355 million shares traded as of 2:45 p.m. Eastern. Composite volume topped 2.3 billion. 
Rajoy, however, has said he does not plan to ask for a bailout this weekend, according to a report in Europa Press Tuesday. Reuters also reported that Moody’s Investors Service will announce the results of its review of Spain’s sovereign debt rating this month.Aside from euro-zone news, traders will keep an eye on quarterly financial reports and guidance as the earnings season kicks into full gear starting next week, with earnings from Alcoa Inc. AA -0.67% on Oct. 9.  Investors are beginning “to worry that corporate earnings will not only be down, but be worse than expected,” said Keith Springer, president of Springer Financial Advisors in Sacramento, Calif. On Monday, the Dow gained 0.6% after data showed activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector rose in September to its highest level in four months.  There were little economic data Tuesday. CoreLogic reported a 0.3% gain in home prices in August, taking the year-on-year rise to 4.6%. 
In other trading action Tuesday, gold GCZ2 -0.31%  and crude-oil futures CLX2 -0.85%  closed lower. 
The euro EURUSD +0.2326%  gained ground against the greenback
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 Tues. morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Tuesday's  Wall St. Journal, Financial Times,   New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, 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 13,515.11 up 77.98 or 0.58 % from Friday's close of 13,437.13. For the year the Dow is up 10.62%. Of the Dow components 26 gained and 4 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $3.02 and percentage-wise was UnitedHealthcare Group up 1.89 %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar down 57 cents and percentage-wise was Microsoft down 0.91%.

WSJ pC4 "Dow starts quarter with a pop, up 77.98" by Matt Jarzemsky et al says the Dow received a boost from an unexpected expansion in Sept factory activity.

NYT pB8 "Shares rise on hope for better jobless data" by AP says stocks were higher on Mon as growth in manufacturing provided mroe evidence that the economy might be picking up.



Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,759.88 up 10.15 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,749.73. 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 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 $58.66 up 34 cents from Friday's closing numerator of $58.32. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.27 (DIS/UNH) up 32 cents from Friday's median closing price of $53.85 (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 havemade $1,015 ($175,988 - $174,973).

MarketWatch.com Mon. 10/1/12 4:53 pm by Myra Saefong & Polya Lesova says US stocks finished mostly higher Monday, after data showing activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector rose to its highest level in four months, but closed off session highs as traders reacted to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments on monetary policy. The Nasdaq Composite fell for a second-straight session as most technology stocks gave up early gains. Pimco's head of global equities Neel Kashkari says slowing global economic growth points investors toward shares of industry leaders. He talks about three stocks to consider now. “I don’t see a lot of conviction or breadth” in U.S. equities trading, said Matthew Tuttle, chief investment officer at Tuttle Wealth Management LLC. “I would be a little concerned about [Tuesday] barring any new good news out of somewhere before we open.”
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.58% closed up 77.98 points, or 0.6%, at 13,515.11, with all but four of the index’s 30 components finishing higher. It added to gains immediately after the ISM data, rising as much 161 points, but the blue-chip benchmark gave up much of that rise following a speech by Bernanke in Indianapolis, after which he took audience questions.
Shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc.UNH+1.89% , up 1.9%, and American Express Co. AXP+1.53% , up 1.5%, led the Dow’s gainers. “The ISM giveth, and Bernanke taketh away,” said Michael Gayed, co-portfolio manager of the ATAC Inflation Rotation Fund ATACX-0.64% . “Looks like the testimony effectively is a game of hot potato, as [Bernanke] argues that the fiscal side has to get more proactive to help push the economy forward. Defending QE while attacking inert fiscal policies seems to be the order of the day.” The S&P 500 index SPX+0.27% gained 3.82 points, or 0.3%, to 1,444.49. The consumer staples and health-care sectors led the advance on the index. The Nasdaq Composite COMP-0.09% closed modestly lower, down 2.70 points, or 0.1%, at 3,113.53, after having hit a session high of 3,146.99. Shares of Apple Inc. AAPL-1.16% , the index’s biggest component, fell 1.2%. Seasonal factors provided some support to equities Monday. The “first day of the month tends to be pretty powerful as people pour money into 401(k)s,” and money managers are “getting crushed by their benchmarks so they are being forced into a ‘risk on’ position,” said Tuttle. In his speech to the Economic Club of Indiana, Bernanke attempted to answer some of the fierce criticism and public unease facing the Fed’s third round of bond purchases, known as QE3.
Bernanke tried to demystify the purchases, saying the basic monetary-policy strategy “is the same as it has always been.” “The difference is that, with short-term interest rates nearly at zero, we have shifted to tools aimed at reducing longer-term interest rates more directly,” he said.
Charles Plosser, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, said last week that the Fed’s third round of quantitative easing, announced last month, is unlikely to result in much benefit for growth or employment. The comments poured cold water on the idea that Bernanke has built a broad consensus among his Fed colleagues. “You had a lot of excitement about QE infinity until Fed President Plosser took some air out of the sails,” said Art Hogan, equity strategist at Lazard Capital Markets in New York. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans on Monday said the latest decision to buy more bonds is a “step in the right direction.” Contributing to the market’s rally earlier Monday, the Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing gauge rose to 51.5 last month from 49.6 in August, the highest reading since May. Economists polled by MarketWatch expected the index to come in at 49.7.“It looks like the strong ISM beat didn’t mean very much given the substantial intraday pullback in equities, most notable in small-cap stocks,” said Gayed. “We may be in the early stages of a minor correction unless improvement in terms of intermarket trends occurs fast.”
Also Monday, the Commerce Department reported that construction spending fell 0.6% in August, well below analysts’ expectations of a 0.5% gain. The rebound in the ISM manufacturing index “will boost hopes that some of the recent slowdown in economic growth was just a summer phenomenon,” said Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, in a note. An ISM figure above 50 indicates expansion, while a figure below 50 indicates contraction. “But while GDP growth may accelerate a bit, a major improvement is not on the cards,” he said, adding that the headline index is still consistent with annualized growth in gross domestic product of no more than 1.5% to 2%. “The weak global economy and growing concerns over the domestic fiscal cliff will prevent a major rebound in U.S. economic growth.” Wall Street found support early on in the session from strength in European markets. The pan-European Stoxx 600 indexXX:SXXP+1.43% gained 1.4%.Advancers edged ahead of decliners on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, where 672 million shares traded. Composite volume topped 3.4 billion. In other trading, goldGCZ2+0.23% and oilCLX2+0.16% futures advanced, while the dollar DXY-0.09% fell against most other major currencies. The euro EURUSD +0.0037% rose 0.3% to $1.2890. The S&P 500 index is up 15% year to date, after ending the third quarter with a gain of 5.8%.

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

AT&T: No mentions found.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express:  WSJ pC1 "AmEx set to pay over card claims" by Maya Randall et all, AJC pA5 "American Express to refund $85 mil to customers" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg, NYT, (NYT PB1 has same story), IBD pA1 "AmEx will refund $85 mil"  say AmEx will reimburse to 250,000 due to complaints it violated fed law in its marketing, billing & debt collection practices.

Bank of America:  WSJ pC1 "Merrill plots raid on a vulnerable rival" by Brett Philbin et al says Merrill is raiding top Morgan Stanley brokers with up to $1.5 mil offers.

 WSJ pC3 "JPMorgan sued on mortgage bonds" by jean Eaglesham et al says NY prosecutor will try to hold JPMOrgan accountable for the fin'l crisis by filing a civil lawsuit against JPMOrgan alleging fraud in the sale of morgtgage backed securities.  Bank of America agreed Fri to pay $2.43 bil in the largest class action settlement  tied to the '08 meltdown.

Boeing:  WSJ pC10 "EADS-BAE must defend aainst politicians" by Andrew peaple says politics may derail EADS and BAE merger which would help them compete against Boeing.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco:   NYT pB4 "List of global brands keeps Coke on top, and Apple jumps up" by Stuart Elliott says the 13th annual Best Global Brands has Coca-Cola as number 1, IBM is 3, 5th is Microsoft, GE is 6, McDonald's is 7, Intel is 8, Disney is 13, Cisco is 14, Hewlett-Packard is 15.

Coke:  NYT pB4 "List of global brands keeps Coke on top, and Apple jumps up" by Stuart Elliott says the 13th annual Best Global Brands has Coca-Cola as number 1, IBM is 3, 5th is Microsoft, GE is 6, McDonald's is 7, Intel is 8, Disney is 13, Cisco is 14, Hewlett-Packard is 15.

Disney:   NYT pB4 "List of global brands keeps Coke on top, and Apple jumps up" by Stuart Elliott says the 13th annual Best Global Brands has Coca-Cola as number 1, IBM is 3, 5th is Microsoft, GE is 6, McDonald's is 7, Intel is 8, Disney is 13, Cisco is 14, Hewlett-Packard is 15.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE:   NYT pB4 "List of global brands keeps Coke on top, and Apple jumps up" by Stuart Elliott says the 13th annual Best Global Brands has Coca-Cola as number 1, IBM is 3, 5th is Microsoft, GE is 6, McDonald's is 7, Intel is 8, Disney is 13, Cisco is 14, Hewlett-Packard is 15.

Hewlett-Packard:   NYT pB4 "List of global brands keeps Coke on top, and Apple jumps up" by Stuart Elliott says the 13th annual Best Global Brands has Coca-Cola as number 1, IBM is 3, 5th is Microsoft, GE is 6, McDonald's is 7, Intel is 8, Disney is 13, Cisco is 14, Hewlett-Packard is 15.

WSJ pB4 "the costs of compliance grow" by Ashby Jones discusses the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Walmart's and Hewlett-Packard's violations thereof.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel:   NYT pB4 "List of global brands keeps Coke on top, and Apple jumps up" by Stuart Elliott says the 13th annual Best Global Brands has Coca-Cola as number 1, IBM is 3, 5th is Microsoft, GE is 6, McDonald's is 7, Intel is 8, Disney is 13, Cisco is 14, Hewlett-Packard is 15.

IBM:   NYT pB4 "List of global brands keeps Coke on top, and Apple jumps up" by Stuart Elliott says the 13th annual Best Global Brands has Coca-Cola as number 1, IBM is 3, 5th is Microsoft, GE is 6, McDonald's is 7, Intel is 8, Disney is 13, Cisco is 14, Hewlett-Packard is 15.

JPMorgan:  WSJ C2 "JPMorgan investment official leaves" by Christian Berthelsen says Irene Tse an exec in JPM's div that lost $5.8 bil in trades earlier this year is leaving.

WSJ pC3 "JPMorgan sued on mortgage bonds" by Jean Eaglesham et al, NYT pB1 "JPMorgan unit is sued over mortgage pools" by Gretchen Morgenson, IBD pA1 "NY AG sues JPMorgan",  say NY prosecutor will try to hold JPMOrgan accountable for the fin'l crisis by filing a civil lawsuit against JPMOrgan alleging fraud in the sale of morgtgage backed securities.  Bank of America agreed Fri to pay $2.43 bil in the largest class action settlement  tied to the '08 meltdown.

Johnson & Johnson:  WSJ pB5 "J&J CEO amid tylenol scare" by Jon RockoffNYT pB15 "James E. Burke, 87, dies; candid ex-chief of J&J" by Katie Thomas says as CEO he oversaw growth and skillfully handled the Tylenol poisonings in the '80s.

McDonald's:   NYT pB4 "List of global brands keeps Coke on top, and Apple jumps up" by Stuart Elliott says the 13th annual Best Global Brands has Coca-Cola as number 1, IBM is 3, 5th is Microsoft, GE is 6, McDonald's is 7, Intel is 8, Disney is 13, Cisco is 14, Hewlett-Packard is 15.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:  Fin Times p1 "Google reaches milestone as value overtakes Microsoft's for first time" by Richard Waters, USA Today p1B "Google market value tops Microsoft" by Matt Krantz, NYT pB1 "Google leapfrogs Microsoft in market value" by Nick Wingfield et al, IBD pA2 "google tops Microsoft in value"  say Google's market cap as of 10/1/12 is $249 bil vs. Microsoft's $248 bil.

  NYT pB4 "List of global brands keeps Coke on top, and Apple jumps up" by Stuart Elliott says the 13th annual Best Global Brands has Coca-Cola as number 1, IBM is 3, 5th is Microsoft, GE is 6, McDonald's is 7, Intel is 8, Disney is 13, Cisco is 14, Hewlett-Packard is 15.

IBD pA2 "Microsoft to relaunch MSN" says it is trying for a new look.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M:  NYT pB7 "Expanding market" by Michael J. de la Merced, IBD pA1 "3M, Honeywell set new M&A",  say 3M will buy Ceradyne a ceramics maker for $860 mil in cash, its biggest deal in 2 years. 

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealthcare: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Walmart:  WSJ pB4 "the costs of compliance grow" by Ashby Jones discusses the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Walmart's and Hewlett-Packard's violations thereof.

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 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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