Friday, October 26, 2012

10/27/12 Sat Merck EPS Beats, Sales Miss

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Post No. 1,873 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.


A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's and Investor's Business Daily, the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of the  Wall St. Journal &  New York Times, & Sat.'s   Atlanta Journal Constitution 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 Friday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 13,107.21 up 3.53 or 0.03% from Thursday's close of 13,103.68. For the week the Dow was down 236.3 or 1.77% from last Friday's close of 13,343.51. For the year the Dow is up 7.3%. Of the Dow components 13 gained and 17 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $1.67 and percentage-wise was Intel up 1.2%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Procter & Gamble down 63 cents and percentage-wise was Bank of America down 1.3%.

Sat. WSJ pB5 "Blue Chips eke out a gain" by Matt Jarzemsky says blue-chip stocks finished slightly higher as a bigger than expected increase in US economic growth offset investors' concerns about a lackluster corporate outlook.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB8 "Stocks pop off day's lows, but finish near even mark" by Paul Whitfield says stocks inched to a mixed finish Fri after the Nasdaq & the S&P undercut recent lows at midsession & then rebounded.   Friday's action was mixed in lower volume while the current outlook was the market was in a correction.

Sat. NYT pB7 "Weak earnings hold the markets back" by Reuters says stocks finished flat on Fri recovering from moderate declines as bargain hutners rushed in to buy Apple stock, lifting it off its lows and acquire other stocks battered recently by disappointing results.  For the week stocks slid after a sweries of weak results especially from multinational firms.

Fin Times p11 "Expedia driven higher by improved hotel business" by Anora Mahmudova says  Bank of America lost 1.3% while JPMorganf ell 1.2%.  Merck close down 0.3% after it reported its quarterly results.


As of the close of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B6 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Saturday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.95 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.94 (year ago it was 13.20); Saturday's P/E estimate is 12.35 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.59 (year ago it was 12.59) and Saturday's dividend yield is 2.59 unchanged from Friday's dividend yield of 2.59 (last year it was 2.53). 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.

Frisday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,706.77 up 0.07 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,706.70. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.89 unchanged up from Thursday's average of $56.89. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.93 (DIS/UNH) down 27 cents from yesterday's median closing price of 53.20. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Friday 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 $70 ($170,677 - $170,670).

Friday 4:36 MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Fri. finished with weekly losses
after earnings reports did little to offset worry about the global economy. “When you saw these solid companies reporting basically negative revenue growth, it painted a very clear picture that the global economy is growing at a very modest rate,” said Alan Skrainka, chief investment officer at Cornerstone Wealth Management in Des Peres, Mo., pointing to Dow components International Business Machines Corp. IBM+0.87% and McDonald‘s Corp. MCD-0.71% as among those setting the tone for third-quarter earnings. “Investors are adjusting to a sluggish growth environment and focused on earnings, and it’s clear the global economy is in a slowdown,” Skrainka said. The all-important October monthly jobless rate is released next week, in addition to more earnings from big name U.S. corporations. Finishing with a weekly drop of 1.8%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.03% added 3.53 points to end at 13,107.21. “Over the last several months, investors have focused on the Federal Reserve, and the Fed going all in. Now the recognition is taking hold that quantitative easing has less and less effect at this stage of the game, and the troubles in Europe, the slowdown in China, and the year-end issues facing the U.S. provide the fuel for this correction,” said Skrainka. Down 1.5% for the week, the S&P 500 index SPX-0.07% fell 1.03 point to 1,411.94, with financials falling the most and telecommunications the best performer among its 10 sectors.
Down 0.6% from the week-ago finish, the Nasdaq Composite COMP+0.06% rose 1.83 point, or less than 0.1%, to 2,987.95, leaving it with its third consecutive weekly loss. For every two stocks that rose nearly three fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 738 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 3.3 billion. Data had the U.S. economy expanding more than forecast in the third quarter and consumer sentiment rose in October from the prior month. “The good news is the consumer was more active in the third quarter than the consumer was in the second quarter. We expected good news and this is better news; the only caveat is part of the increase is government spending, and that is going away,” said Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets.
Ahead of Friday’s open, U.S. stock futures had fallen sharply in disappointment over quarterly results from Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. “The stock market is going to spend some time trying to digest what Apple and Amazon mean. Apple was still priced for perfection and didn’t deliver that, and Amazon was worse,” Hogan said. Apple AAPL-0.91%reported a weaker-than-expected 24% jump in earnings for the fiscal fourth quarter and slashed its outlook. And Amazon.com AMZN+6.87%reported a wider-than-expected third-quarter loss. The government reported the U.S. economy picked up speed in the third quarter, growing 2% versus 1.3% in the second quarter. Analysts had expected the initial reading on growth in gross domestic product for the third quarter to come in at 1.7%. Separately, the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment for October rose to 82.6 from 78.3 the month before.

Saturday's Dow news followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:

Alcoa: Sat. NYT pB3 "The Dow as an election indicator" by Floyd Norris says the top five Dow stocks under Obama from '08 to '12 were Home Depot up 31.2%, UnitedHealthcare up 25.2%, Caterpillar up 24.8%, IBM up 22% and American Express up 21.6%.  The bottom five were JPMorgan up 2.1%, Cisco up 0.2%, Alcoa down 5.1%, Bank of America down 20.5% and Hewlett-Packard down 21.3%.

American Express: Sat. NYT pB3 "The Dow as an election indicator" by Floyd Norris says the top five Dow stocks under Obama from '08 to '12 were Home Depot up 31.2%, UnitedHealthcare up 25.2%, Caterpillar up 24.8%, IBM up 22% and American Express up 21.6%.  The bottom five were JPMorgan up 2.1%, Cisco up 0.2%, Alcoa down 5.1%, Bank of America down 20.5% and Hewlett-Packard down 21.3%.

Bank of America:   Baron's p16 "Week review" p16 says a number of big firms including Caterpillar disappointed on earnings reports and many such as DuPont lowered their outlooks.  The US filed a civil suit vs. Bank of America charging misrepresentations re: the quality of loans it sold to Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac.

Barron's pM3 "Dow falls nearly 2% on week as fears mount" by Vito J. Racanelli says as of the Oct. 24, the rise in the shares of Home Depot, Walmart, Disney, Travelers and JPMorgan made up 60% of the Dow's gains o far in '12.  If you add in Bank of America and those 6 stocks made up about two thirds of the Dow's gain.  The other 24 Dow components, 7 of which are down on the year, represent the other third.

Barron's p31 "Bye-bye, bull?" by Jacqueline Doherty is Barron's cover stories and is about Barron's "Big Money poll" and says that polled money panagers says they are almost evenly dividend about a number of stocks including Bank of America but 70% to 80% poll respondents gave a thumbs' up to GE, IBM, JPMorgan and Microsoft.

 Sat. NYT pB3 "The Dow as an election indicator" by Floyd Norris says the top five Dow stocks under Obama from '08 to '12 were Home Depot up 31.2%, UnitedHealthcare up 25.2%, Caterpillar up 24.8%, IBM up 22% and American Express up 21.6%.  The bottom five were JPMorgan up 2.1%, Cisco up 0.2%, Alcoa down 5.1%, Bank of America down 20.5% and Hewlett-Packard down 21.3%.

 Fin Times p11 "Expedia driven higher by improved hotel business" by Anora Mahmudova says  Bank of America lost 1.3% while JPMorgan fell 1.2%.  Merck close down 0.3% after it reported its quarterly results.

Boeing:

Caterpillar:    Baron's p16 "Week review" p16 says a number of big firms including Caterpillar disappointed on earnings reports and many such as DuPont lowered their outlooks.  The US filed a civil suit vs. Bank of America charging misrepresentations re: the quality of loans it sold to Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac.

 Sat. NYT pB3 "The Dow as an election indicator" by Floyd Norris says the top five Dow stocks under Obama from '08 to '12 were Home Depot up 31.2%, UnitedHealthcare up 25.2%, Caterpillar up 24.8%, IBM up 22% and American Express up 21.6%.  The bottom five were JPMorgan up 2.1%, Cisco up 0.2%, Alcoa down 5.1%, Bank of America down 20.5% and Hewlett-Packard down 21.3%.

Chevron:

Cisco: Sat. NYT pB3 "The Dow as an election indicator" by Floyd Norris says the top five Dow stocks under Obama from '08 to '12 were Home Depot up 31.2%, UnitedHealthcare up 25.2%, Caterpillar up 24.8%, IBM up 22% and American Express up 21.6%.  The bottom five were JPMorgan up 2.1%, Cisco up 0.2%, Alcoa down 5.1%, Bank of America down 20.5% and Hewlett-Packard down 21.3%.

Coke:

Disney:    Barron's pM3 "Dow falls nearly 2% on week as fears mount" by Vito J. Racanelli says as of the Oct. 24, the rise in the shares of Home Depot, Walmart, Disney, Travelers and JPMorgan made up 60% of the Dow's gains o far in '12.  If you add in Bank of America and those 6 stocks made up about two thirds of the Dow's gain.  The other 24 Dow components, 7 of which are down on the year, represent the other third.

DuPont:  Baron's p16 "Week review" p16 says a number of big firms including Caterpillar disappointed on earnings reports and many such as DuPont lowered their outlooks.  The US filed a civil suit vs. Bank of America charging misrepresentations re: the quality of loans it sold to Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac.

Fin Times p12 "Poor US earnings shake confidence" by Michael Mackenzie & Michael Stothrard says performance from 9/28 to 10/25/12 has GE's stock down 6.4%, DuPont's down 10.1%, McDonald's down 4.8%.  The likes of Apple, amazon, McDonald's, Ge, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, 3M and DuPont have helped send the S&P down nearly 4% to its lowest level since early Sept., erasing the gains notched after the Fed launched its 3rd round of quantitative easing.

Exxon:  Barron's pM12 Preparing for a stall in stocks" by Steven M. Sears says ExxonMobil is attracting upside call buyers with the stock around $90 while others are selling puts like Exxon's Nov. $87.50 at $1.83 and buying the stock to build a position in a good sector with a good stock that pays a $2.28 annual dividend.

GE:  IBD pA6 "Comcast Q3 lifted by Olympics as NBCU powers rev beat" by Reinhardt Krause says the turnaround may hike the price to buy out GE's 49% stake in the media firm.  Comcast bought a 51% stake in NBCU in GE in Jan '11 for $6.5 bil also contributing cable channels valued at more than $7 bil to the jv.  Barclay's in Aug estimated Comcast would pay GE $7.8 bil for its remaining stake in '14.

Barron's p31 "Bye-bye, bull?" by Jacqueline Doherty is Barron's cover stories and is about Barron's "Big Money poll" and says that polled money panagers says they are almost evenly dividend about a number of stocks including Bank of America but 70% to 80% poll respondents gave a thumbs' up to GE, IBM, JPMorgan and Microsoft.

 Fin Times p12 "Poor US earnings shake confidence" by Michael Mackenzie & Michael Stothrard says performance from 9/28 to 10/25/12 has GE's stock down 6.4%, DuPont's down 10.1%, McDonald's down 4.8%.  The likes of Apple, amazon, McDonald's, GE, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, 3M and DuPont have helped send the S&P down nearly 4% to its lowest level since early Sept., erasing the gains notched after the Fed launched its 3rd round of quantitative easing.

Hewlett-Packard: Sat. NYT pB3 "The Dow as an election indicator" by Floyd Norris says the top five Dow stocks under Obama from '08 to '12 were Home Depot up 31.2%, UnitedHealthcare up 25.2%, Caterpillar up 24.8%, IBM up 22% and American Express up 21.6%.  The bottom five were JPMorgan up 2.1%, Cisco up 0.2%, Alcoa down 5.1%, Bank of America down 20.5% and Hewlett-Packard down 21.3%.

 WSJ pB16 "Microsoft Tablet a bitter pill for PC makers" by Rolfe Winkle says the expolosion of tablet sales, in particular Apple's, is a key reason that in '12 the PC market may shrink year on year for the first time since '01.  PC makers like Hewlett-Packard hope that Microsoft's new operating system, which enables tablet features like touchscreens for PCs, will help them fight back.

Home Depot:  Barron's pM3 "Dow falls nearly 2% on week as fears mount" by Vito J. Racanelli says as of the Oct. 24, the rise in the shares of Home Depot, Walmart, Disney, Travelers and JPMorgan made up 60% of the Dow's gains o far in '12.  If you add in Bank of America and those 6 stocks made up about two thirds of the Dow's gain.  The other 24 Dow components, 7 of which are down on the year, represent the other third.

Sat. NYT pB3 "The Dow as an election indicator" by Floyd Norris says the top five Dow stocks under Obama from '08 to '12 were Home Depot up 31.2%, UnitedHealthcare up 25.2%, Caterpillar up 24.8%, IBM up 22% and American Express up 21.6%.  The bottom five were JPMorgan up 2.1%, Cisco up 0.2%, Alcoa down 5.1%, Bank of America down 20.5% and Hewlett-Packard down 21.3%.

Intel:  Fin Times p12 "Poor US earnings shake confidence" by Michael Mackenzie & Michael Stothrard says performance from 9/28 to 10/25/12 has GE's stock down 6.4%, DuPont's down 10.1%, McDonald's down 4.8%.  The likes of Apple, amazon, McDonald's, GE, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, 3M and DuPont have helped send the S&P down nearly 4% to its lowest level since early Sept., erasing the gains notched after the Fed launched its 3rd round of quantitative easing.

IBM:  Barron's p31 "Bye-bye, bull?" by Jacqueline Doherty is Barron's cover stories and is about Barron's "Big Money poll" and says that polled money panagers says they are almost evenly dividend about a number of stocks including Bank of America but 70% to 80% poll respondents gave a thumbs' up to GE, IBM, JPMorgan and Microsoft.

 Barron's p46 "Picks from the pros" by Lauren R. Rublin is a round table with "investment experts".  Fred Hickey says IBM's earning report was disappointing because the underlying fundamentals are poor. IBM talked about business declining in Mexico, Australia & Brazil & PC sales declining.  Patrick Neal says Walmart has been a terrific stock yielding 2.1% & has benefited from rising gov transfer payments that have given customers more money to spend.

  Fin Times p12 "Poor US earnings shake confidence" by Michael Mackenzie & Michael Stothrard says performance from 9/28 to 10/25/12 has GE's stock down 6.4%, DuPont's down 10.1%, McDonald's down 4.8%.  The likes of Apple, amazon, McDonald's, GE, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, 3M and DuPont have helped send the S&P down nearly 4% to its lowest level since early Sept., erasing the gains notched after the Fed launched its 3rd round of quantitative easing.

JPMorgan:   Barron's pM3 "Dow falls nearly 2% on week as fears mount" by Vito J. Racanelli says as of the Oct. 24, the rise in the shares of Home Depot, Walmart, Disney, Travelers and JPMorgan made up 60% of the Dow's gains o far in '12.  If you add in Bank of America and those 6 stocks made up about two thirds of the Dow's gain.  The other 24 Dow components, 7 of which are down on the year, represent the other third.

 Barron's p31 "Bye-bye, bull?" by Jacqueline Doherty is Barron's cover stories and is about Barron's "Big Money poll" and says that polled money panagers says they are almost evenly dividend about a number of stocks including Bank of America but 70% to 80% poll respondents gave a thumbs' up to GE, IBM, JPMorgan and Microsoft.

 Sat. NYT pB3 "The Dow as an election indicator" by Floyd Norris says the top five Dow stocks under Obama from '08 to '12 were Home Depot up 31.2%, UnitedHealthcare up 25.2%, Caterpillar up 24.8%, IBM up 22% and American Express up 21.6%.  The bottom five were JPMorgan up 2.1%, Cisco up 0.2%, Alcoa down 5.1%, Bank of America down 20.5% and Hewlett-Packard down 21.3%.

 Fin Times p11 "Expedia driven higher by improved hotel business" by Anora Mahmudova says  Bank of America lost 1.3% while JPMorganf ell 1.2%.  Merck close down 0.3% after it reported its quarterly results.

Johnson & Johnson:  Barron's p17 "Preview" says on Nov. 1 Johnson & Johnson conducts a medical devices and diagnostics review.

McDonald's:  IBD pA2 "McDonald's" says McDonald's will begin offering ground McCafe coffee in Canada on Nov. 8 but not in the US.

  Fin Times p12 "Poor US earnings shake confidence" by Michael Mackenzie & Michael Stothrard says performance from 9/28 to 10/25/12 has GE's stock down 6.4%, DuPont's down 10.1%, McDonald's down 4.8%.  The likes of Apple, amazon, McDonald's, GE, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, 3M and DuPont have helped send the S&P down nearly 4% to its lowest level since early Sept., erasing the gains notched after the Fed launched its 3rd round of quantitative easing.

Merck:  IBD pA2 "Merck EPS beats, sales miss", Barron's p40 "Breathing easier" by Johanna Bennett say Merck's Q3 EPS rose 1% to 95 cents 3 cents above views while rev fell 4% to $11.5 bil, under views due to the loss of its patent on Singulair, an asthma & allergy treatment.  It reaffirmed but narrowed its full year EPS guidance to $3.78 to $3.82 up a few cents.

 Fin Times p11 "Expedia driven higher by improved hotel business" by Anora Mahmudova says  Bank of America lost 1.3% while JPMorganf ell 1.2%.  Merck close down 0.3% after it reported its quarterly results.

Microsoft: Barron's p31 "Bye-bye, bull?" by Jacqueline Doherty is Barron's cover stories and is about Barron's "Big Money poll" and says that polled money panagers says they are almost evenly dividend about a number of stocks including Bank of America but 70% to 80% poll respondents gave a thumbs' up to GE, IBM, JPMorgan and Microsoft.

WSJ pB16 "Microsoft Tablet a bitter pill for PC makers" by Rolfe Winkle says the expolosion of tablet sales, in particular Apple's, is a key reason that in '12 the PC market may shrink year on year for the first time since '01.  PC makers like Hewlett-Packard hope that Microsoft's new operating system, which enables tablet features like touchscreens for PCs, will help them fight back.

WSJ pB1 "Windows 8 success hinges on $10 component" by Ben Worthen says the success of the new op system may hinge on hinges which are designed to withstand the poking of touch screens.

Fin Times p9 "Apple and Microsoft unveil opposing computer visions" by Richard Waters says the launch of Windows 8 marked a bealted response to the trheat from Apple's iPad and the tablet revolution it has instigated.

 Fin Times p12 "Poor US earnings shake confidence" by Michael Mackenzie & Michael Stothrard says performance from 9/28 to 10/25/12 has GE's stock down 6.4%, DuPont's down 10.1%, McDonald's down 4.8%.  The likes of Apple, amazon, McDonald's, GE, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, 3M and DuPont have helped send the S&P down nearly 4% to its lowest level since early Sept., erasing the gains notched after the Fed launched its 3rd round of quantitative easing.

Pfizer:

Procter & Gamble:

3M:  Fin Times p12 "Poor US earnings shake confidence" by Michael Mackenzie & Michael Stothrard says performance from 9/28 to 10/25/12 has GE's stock down 6.4%, DuPont's down 10.1%, McDonald's down 4.8%.  The likes of Apple, amazon, McDonald's, GE, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, 3M and DuPont have helped send the S&P down nearly 4% to its lowest level since early Sept., erasing the gains notched after the Fed launched its 3rd round of quantitative easing.

Travelers:    Barron's pM3 "Dow falls nearly 2% on week as fears mount" by Vito J. Racanelli says as of the Oct. 24, the rise in the shares of Home Depot, Walmart, Disney, Travelers and JPMorgan made up 60% of the Dow's gains o far in '12.  If you add in Bank of America and those 6 stocks made up about two thirds of the Dow's gain.  The other 24 Dow components, 7 of which are down on the year, represent the other third.

UnitedHealth: Sat. NYT pB3 "The Dow as an election indicator" by Floyd Norris says the top five Dow stocks under Obama from '08 to '12 were Home Depot up 31.2%, UnitedHealthcare up 25.2%, Caterpillar up 24.8%, IBM up 22% and American Express up 21.6%.  The bottom five were JPMorgan up 2.1%, Cisco up 0.2%, Alcoa down 5.1%, Bank of America down 20.5% and Hewlett-Packard down 21.3%.

United Technologies:

Verizon:

Walmart:    Barron's pM3 "Dow falls nearly 2% on week as fears mount" by Vito J. Racanelli says as of the Oct. 24, the rise in the shares of Home Depot, Walmart, Disney, Travelers and JPMorgan made up 60% of the Dow's gains o far in '12.  If you add in Bank of America and those 6 stocks made up about two thirds of the Dow's gain.  The other 24 Dow components, 7 of which are down on the year, represent the other third.

Barron's p46 "Picks from the pros" by Lauren R. Rublin is a round table with "investment experts".  Fred Hickey says IBM's earning report was disappointing because the underlying fundamentals are poor. IBM talked about business declining in Mexico, Australia & Brazil & PC sales declining.  Patrick Neal says Walmart has been a terrific stock yielding 2.1% & has benefited from rising gov transfer payments that have given customers more money to spend.

Friday'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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