Friday, January 11, 2013

1/11/13 Fri pm Dow Closes at 13,488.43 up 17.21 or 1.3%

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Post No. 1,995 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 ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization as of 1/1/13 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 1/1/13.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 13,488.43 up 17.2  or 1.3% from Thursday's close of 13,471.22. For the week the Dow is up 17.21 or 0.13% from last Friday's close of 13,425.21. Of the Dow components 18  gained and 12 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $1.57 and percentage-wise was Microsoft up 1.4%. The biggest decliners dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Boeing down $1.93 or 2.5%.

As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.92 up from yesterday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 14.83 (year ago it was 13.49); today's P/E estimate is 12.22 unchanged from Thursday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.22 (year ago it was 11.92) and today's dividend yield is 2.61 down from yesterday's opening dividend yield of 2.63 (last year it was 2.57). 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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,756.41 up 2.24 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,754.17. 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 $58.55 up 7 cents from Thursday's average of $58.47. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.70    (DIS/UNH) down 25  cents from Thursday's median closing price of $51.95. 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 $224   ($175,650 - $175,417).

Friday 1/11/13 MarketWatch 4:40 pm by Polya Lesova says With the S&P 500 near a five-year high and data showing whopping inflows into stock funds at the beginning of the year, the cult of equity may not be quite dead yet, after all. In a relatively quiet trading day, Wall Street was abuzz on Friday, discussing the latest fund flow data from Lipper. Equity funds, including exchange-traded funds, took in $18.3 billion for the week ended Jan. 9, the fourth largest net inflows since Lipper began calculating weekly flows in January 1992. Some $10.8 billion poured into equity ETFs, while mutual funds took in more than $7.5 billion, their largest inflow since the week ended May 2, 2001.
Earnings season gets underway next week and a raft of U.S. economic data will be released. Plus, how you can tweet at Ben Bernanke. The data are not entirely surprising given that the stock market rallied after Congress managed to cobble together a last-minute budget deal to avert the fiscal cliff. But the trend was enough to get observers wondering if investors were finally ready to stop sulking over the last bear market, and get back into equities. Is this the “start of the great rotation?” wrote Matt Phillips at QZ.com. On Friday, investors largely retreated to the sidelines. The S&P 500 SPX -0.0048% closed virtually unchanged at 1,472.05 compared to 1,472.12 in the previous session, which marked a five-year closing high. The benchmark rose 0.4% for the week and is up 3.2% so far this year. “We have just come off a nice first couple of weeks of the year where we rallied pretty significantly,” said J.J. Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist at TD Ameritrade in Chicago. “I suspect there is some profit-taking today.” A recent rise in bullish sentiment, warned Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategists this week, could trigger a market meltdown by June. More than 632 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Composite volume topped 3.3 billion. Investors were also preoccupied with earnings on Friday. Wells Fargo & Co. WFC -0.85% , the first major U.S. bank to release results, reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst expectations. But the bank’s net interest margin declined to 3.56% compared to 3.89% a year ago and from 3.66% in the third quarter. Shares of Wells Fargo fell 0.9%. Other major banks also declined, with Bank of America Corp. BAC -1.27% down 1.3% and Citigroup Inc.  C -1.14% down 1.1%.
Also in the financial sector, shares of American Express Co. AXP +0.74% gained 0.7% after the firm late Thursday outlined plans to eliminate 5,400 jobs. It was one of the gainers in the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.13% , which rose 17.21 points, or 0.1%, to end at 13,488.43. The Dow gained 0.4% for the week. Boeing Co. BA -2.50% was the biggest decliner in the Dow, with its shares down 2.5%. The Federal Aviation Administration announced a review of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner jet following several recent incidents involving the plane. Boeing welcomed the review and said it is “confident in the design and performance of the 787.” Chevron Corp. CVX +1.14% gained 1.1% after the oil company said it expects its fourth-quarter profit to rise due to higher production. The earnings season will kick into high gear next week with a number of blue-chip companies expected to report results including industrial conglomerate General Electric Co. /GE -0.19% , chip maker Intel Corp. INTC +0.92% , managed-care provider UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH -0.55% and banking group J.P. Morgan Chase & Co JPM -0.02% . “Companies are in a little bit of a difficult situation, because the [earnings] expectations have been lowered fairly significantly,” said TD Ameritrade’s Kinahan. “They are at a pressure point where they have to beat. But everyone is more focused on the conference calls. The market is looking for CEOs to say that the picture has brightened.” Have something you're desperate to say to Mark Zuckerberg? You can do it but it will cost $100. Investors on Friday largely ignored U.S. economic data, which showed the trade deficit widened nearly 16% in November and import prices declined 0.1% in December. The economic calendar next week will feature a raft of releases including housing starts, retail sales, consumer confidence, consumer prices, the Empire State manufacturing index as well as the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book of regional economic conditions. Wall Street will also hear from several Fed speakers next week; most notable will be Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who is due to speak about the economy and monetary policy at the University of Michigan on Monday afternoon. He will take questions from the audience and Twitter; you can join the conversation online using #fordschoolbernanke. Bernanke’s remarks will come after minutes from the Fed’s December meeting showed that several officials believe bond purchases should conclude before the end of the year. The Fed has been buying bonds in an effort to stimulate economic growth and lower unemployment. Elsewhere on Wall Street, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite index COMP +0.12% rose 3.88 points, or 0.1%, to 3,125.63; for the week, it gained 0.8%. Shares of iPhone maker Apple Inc. AAPL -0.61% fell 0.6%. Shares of social-networking site Facebook Inc.  FB +1.34% rose 1.3% after J.P. Morgan selected the stock as its top big-cap Internet pick. J.P. Morgan's top Internet stock pick.
In the retail sector, Best Buy Co. BBY +16.38% shares rallied more than 16%, making them the top gainer in the S&P 500 after the electronics retailer reported better-than-expected holiday sales.

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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The following are excerpts from Fri. morning's Blog.
 
A read of the print editions of Friday'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 Thursday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 13,471.22 up 80.71 or 0.6% from Tuesday's close of 13,328.85. For the year the Dow is up 2.80%. Of the Dow components 25 gained and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Exxon up 96 cents and percentage-wise was Bank of America up 3.6%. The biggest decliners dollar-wise were DuPont and Microsoft each down 24 cents and percentage-wise was Alcoa down 1.21%.

WSJ pC4 "Banks lead the charge for stocks" by Alexandra Scaggs says banks stocks led the indexes higher. Bank of America led the Dow up 35 cents.

IBD pB2 "Stocks post decent gains, escape sideways action" by Paul Whitfield says stocks shook free of the sideways action the idnexes had been showing since the big Jan 2 surge, moving up moderately Thurs in rising volume as the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

Fin times p22 "Stockss urge to 5 year high ahead o banks' results seasons" by Arash Massoudi says US stocks climbed preparing for Well Fargo's results. american Express rose 1.6% due to job cuts, Walmart lost 0.3% due to new reports about Mexico bribery claims and Bank of America rose 3.1%.

NYT pB10 "S&P 500 hi9ts a 5 year high" by Reuters says the S&P was up on stronger than expected exports from China.

AJC pA13 "Five year high for S&P" says US stock indexes rose thurs pushing the S&P to its highest close in 5 years due to reports that the outlook for global economic growth may be improving.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,754.17 up 10.51 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,743.66. 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.47 up 35 cents from Wednesday's average of $58.12. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.95 (DIS/UNH) up 17 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $51.58. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Thursday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $1,051 ($175,417 - $174,360).

Thursday 1/10/13 MarketWatch 4:28 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, lifting the S&P 500 to a five-year closing high, after data from China bolstered the view of an improving global economy. “Chinese growth is accelerating and the market over the last day or so seems to have taken on a more positive tone as it relates to earnings,” said Mark Luschini, chief market strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott. December exports data from China beat expectations, while European Central Bank President Mario Draghi projected that the euro zone’s economy would bounce back later this year. “In Europe the recession is not worsening, Chinese growth is accelerating and in the U.S., the worst of the fiscal cliff is behind us. The impact of tax cuts is less than what the CBO initially scored, which has the potential to lift confidence and as a result business spending,” said Luschini. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.60% gained 80.71 points, or 0.6%, to 13,471.22. Bank of America Corp. BAC+0.09% led blue-chip gains, which included 25 of the Dow’s 30 components. Banks and other financial companies have drawn support this week as the government’s consumer finance watchdog on Thursday unveiled mortgage rules that will make banks use new standards to determine if a borrower has the ability to repay a mortgage. And several large home-loan providers earlier in the week came to an accord with regulators to close a review of foreclosures ordered by the government. Five days after closing at its highest level since December 2007, the S&P 500 cleared its five-year closing high of 1,466.47. The S&P 500SPX+0.76% added 11.10 points, or 0.8%, to 1,472.12, with financials leading sector gains among its 10 major industry groups. Microsoft Corp. MSFT+0.38% fell 0.9% after Morgan Stanley downgraded the globe’s biggest software manufacturer to equalweight from underweight. Tiffany & Co.TIF-4.52%reported holiday-season sales that hinted the luxury retailer’s rapid growth of recent years was languishing in the United States, Europe and Japan. The company projected annual earnings at the low end of its prior guidance. Shares of Tiffany shed 4.5%. “Especially with earnings season beginning, we’re much more focused on stock-specific reports,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC. After falling into the red, the Nasdaq Composite COMP+0.51%recouped to end at 3,121.76, up 15.95 points, or 0.5%. Shares of Apple Inc. AAPL+1.24% rose 1.2%. The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook recently met with the chairman of China Mobile, triggering speculation that the mobile carrier may soon be offering the iPhone. For every stock falling nearly two gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 727 million shares traded. Composite volume exceeded 4 billion. “The jobs data was benign, and the wholesale data nobody cares about,” said Greenhaus of U.S. economic reports, which had inventories at U.S. wholesalers up 0.6% in November and new applications for jobless benefits rising slightly last week. However, the level of jobless claims revealed little change over the past few months and was consistent with a modestly improving U.S. labor market.

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

AT&T: No mentions found.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: WSJ pC1 "AmEx to cut 8.5% of staff" by Andrew R. Johnson, Robin Sidel, , AJC pA11 "American Express to cut 5K jobs" by Alex Veiga, USA Today p1B "Ameican Express Cuts 5,400", NYT pB4 "Amex says it will cut 5,400 jobs in revamping" by AP, IBD pA1 "AmEx Q4 beats, but jobs cut" say the 5,400 job cuts will be mostly in its travel business as it tries to cut costs & transofrm its oeprations as more of its customers shift to online portals for booking and other travel needs.

Fin times p22 "Stockss urge to 5 year high ahead o banks' results seasons" by Arash Massoudi says US stocks climbed preparing for Well Fargo's results. american Express rose 1.6% due to job cuts, Walmart lost 0.3% due to new reports about Mexico bribery claims and Bank of America rose 3.1%.

Bank of America: WSJ pC4 "Banks lead the charge for stocks" by Alexandra Scaggs says banks stocks led the indexes higher. Bank of America led the Dow up 35 cents.

WSJ pC3 "BofA fighting to avoid toxic Countrywide liabilities" by Christian Berthelsen says MBIA is trying to get Bank of America to pay $3 bil for defaulted Countrwide mortgage securities.

IBD pA11 "Caps on legal disputes aid banks" by Paul Katzeff says the $20 bil settlement will help JPMorgan and Bank of America shares.

Fin times p22 "Stockss urge to 5 year high ahead o banks' results seasons" by Arash Massoudi says US stocks climbed preparing for Well Fargo's results. american Express rose 1.6% due to job cuts, Walmart lost 0.3% due to new reports about Mexico bribery claims and Bank of America rose 3.1%.

Boeing: WSJ pC8 "Boeing buyers can't sleep easy" by Justin Lahart says Boeing's Dreamliner safety problems are not its only problem. There may be cuts in US military spending ahead.

IBD pA2 "Boeing" says Boeing will cut 160 jobs at its El Paso plant by '14.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: WSJ pB3 "GM tech center in Atlanta part of bigger push" by Jeff Bennett says GM hired 3,000 Hewlett-Packard employees who were handling GM's tech work.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: IBD pA11 "Caps on legal disputes aid banks" by Paul Katzeff says the $20 bil settlement will help JPMorgan and Bank of America shares.

Johnson & Johnson: NYT pB2 "FDA advisory panel votes to approve diabetes drug" by Katie Thomas says a FDA panel approved a diabetes drug, canagliflozin, developed by Johnson 7 Johnson, as the first in a new calss of drugs.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: fin times p13 "Nokia sends out stronger signal" by Richard Milne NYT pB1 "After two years of gloom, Nokia has some good news" by Kevin J. O'Briend.WSJ pB1 "Brisk Lumia shipments give Nokia hope" by Sven Grundberg say Nolia's bet on Microsoft software may not be a strategic blunder after as as more people are buying Nokia's new smartphones.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Tecchnologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Walmart: WSJ pB3 "Lawmakers say bribery allegations were known" by Shelly Banjo, AJC pA11 "Walmart Documents reveal cliams of bribes" by Anne D'innocenzio, AP say that Walmart CEO Mike Duke found out in '05 that its Mexico unit was bribing local officials per emails.

Fin times p22 "Stockss urge to 5 year high ahead o banks' results seasons" by Arash Massoudi says US stocks climbed preparing for Well Fargo's results. american Express rose 1.6% due to job cuts, Walmart lost 0.3% due to new reports about Mexico bribery claims and Bank of America rose 3.1%.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
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) (has announced retirement in May '13)

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 1/1/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $394.61
2. WalMart WMT 228.25
3. Microsoft MSFT 224.80
4. GE 220.11
5. IBM 216.44
6. Chevron CVX 211.65
7. AT&T T 194.47
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 194.27
9. Procter & Gamble PG 185.63
10. Pfizer PFE 184.65
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 167.14
12. Coke KO 162.59
13. Bank of America BAC 125.13
14. Merck MRK 124.46
15. Verizon VZ 123.49
16. Cisco CSCO 104.32
17. Intel INTC 102.61
18. Home Depot HD 92.48
19. McDonald's MCD 88.56
20. Disney DIS 88.23
21. United Technologies UTX 75.17
22. American Express AXP 64.32
23. 3M MMM 64.25
24. Caterpillar CAT 58.60
25. Boeing BA 56.83
26. UnitedHealth UNH 55.41
27. DuPont DD 41.94
28. Travelers TRV 27.40
29. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 27.76
30. Alcoa AA 9.26

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/1/13:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T: 12/18/12 8K re: issuance of long term Global Notes
12/17/12 8K re: sales of 1 bil in Euros of 3.5% of Global Notes due 2032
12/12/12 8K re: extension of $5 bil revolving credit agreement
12/11/12 8K re: closing of sale of $4bil of Global Notes
12/4/12 8K re: underwriting agreement Global Notes due '20
11/20/12 8K re: Announcemnt of reference yield of notes & results of exchange offer
11/2/12 10Q for 3Q ended 9/30/12
10/24/12 2 8Ks (10/24) re: 3Q results
10/19/12 8K re: in-kind contrib. to pension plans

Alcoa AA: 10/25/12 re: 3Q ended 9/30/12
10/15/12 8K re: transcript of 3Q earnings call
10/10/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/3/12 8K re: EPA remedial plan for Grasse River

American Express AXP: 12/17/12 8K re: delinq. & write-of stats for 3 months ended 11/30/12
12/12/12 8K re: results of notes exchange offer
11/28/12 8K results of private exchange offer
11/27/12 8K re: terms of privte exchange offer
11/15/12 8K re: write-off credit stats Aug., Sept., Oct
11/13/12 8K re: announcement of private offer
10/31/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/17/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 9/30
10/1/12 8K re: settlement re: U.S. card practices with regulators


Bank of Am BAC: 11/5/12 8K re: redemption of sub debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q ended 9/30
10/17/12 8K re: 3Q results
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 Chair Charles H. Noski as of 9/1
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12


Boeing BA: 12/19/12 8K re: award of stock options to execs
12/17/12 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & resumption of share buyback program
10/24/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/24/12 8K re: 3Q rsults
10/17/12 8K re: two $2.3 bil credit agreements


Caterpillar CAT: 12/20/12 8K re: supplemental info re: sales of machines & power systems
12/17/12 8K re: retirement from Bd. of Eugene V. Fife due to mandatory retirement age
11/20/12 8K re: 3 months dealer stats
11/6/12 8K re: executive compensation for Group Pres.
11/6/12 Prospetus for exchange offer of debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q eneded 9/30
10/22/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/19/12 8K re: Sept. dealer stats
10/12/12 8K re: officer changes


Chevron CVX: 12/5/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil of notes
11/6/12 10Q Qtr. ended 9/30/12
11/2/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: 3Q interim results
10/3/12 8K re: election of Dr. Alice P. Gast to Board


Cisco CSCO: 12/21/12 & 12/19/12 8Ks re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
11/20/12 10Q & 11/13/12 8K re: Qtr. ended 10/27
11/16/12 8K re: amdmt to exec. comp. plan
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


Coke KO: 10/25/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/28
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q results
9/14/12 8K re: exec changes


Disney DIS: 11/29/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil Global Notes
11/21/12 10K & 11/8/12 8K re: results year ended 9/29
10/30/12 8K re: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm


DuPont DD: 10/23/12 10Q & 8K & 10/9 8K all re: 9/30 Q results
9/4/12 8K re: sale of Performance Coatings Div to Carlyle Group for $4.9 bil


ExxonMobil XOM: 12/4/12 8K re: grant of bonus to CEO tillerson of $4.5 mil
11/30/12 8K re: retirement of SVP D.D. Humphreys
11/6/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
11/2/12 8K re: elecgtion of CEO of Xerox, Ursula M. Burns to Bd
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results


GE: 12/13/12 8K re: revised segment fin'l info for prior 2 qtrs.
11/7/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/19/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: Offering of $7 bil of notes (closing)


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/27/12 10K for year ended 10/31/12
11/20/12 8K re: results year ended 10/31
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

Home Depot HD: 11/21/12 10Q & 11/13/12 8K re: 4Q ended 10/28
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Ron L. Sargent from BOD
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: 12/14/12 8K re: issuance of $175 mil of 4.2% due 2042
12/11/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
12/6/12 & 12/4/12 8Ks re: issuance of $6 bil of Notes
12/4/12 8K re: adoption of FASB standard
11/19/12 8K re: retirement of Paul S. Otellini at May Annual Mtg. of Shareholders
10/31/12 10Q & 10/17 8K & 10/16 8K all re: 9/29 Q results
9/12/12 8K re: closed pruchase of ASWML Holding for $3.1 bil
9/7/12 8K re: lowering 3Q rev outlook

IBM: 11/16/12 8K re: sale of 1.375% Notes
11/5/12 8K re: bae salary of $1.5 mil for CEO Virginia Rometty
10/30/12 & 10/17 8K & 10/16 8K all re: 3Q results ended 9/30
10/12/12 8K reL election of Virginia M. Rometty to Chrmn of Bd.
9/25/12 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as Chair of Board


JPMorganChase JPM: 12/5/12 8K re: Mark W. O'Donovan is now Controller
12/4/12 8K re: slides from U.S. fin'l services inv. conf.
12/4/12 8K re: reorganization
11/21/12 8K re: Marianne Lake is now CFO, other appointments
11/8/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 12/3/12 8K re: CEO Alex Gorsky replaces Bill Weldon as Chiar of BOD eff. 12/28
11/9/12 8K re: Eugene Washington is on BOD
11/9/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30


McDonald's MCD: 12/13/12 8KA & 12/11/12 re global sales
12/4/12 8K & 11/15/12 8K re: Jeff Stratton succeeds Janice Fields as Pres. of McDonald's USA
11/9/12 8K re: global sales decreased 1.8% in Oct.
11/1/12 10Q & 10/19 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
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.


Merck MRK: 11/29/12 8K re: Amendment to Control seperation Benefits Plan
11/9/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30
10/26/12 8K re: 3Q results
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



Microsoft MSFT: 11/29/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders mtg.
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Steven Sinofsky as Pres. of Windows Div.
11/7/12 8K re: issuance of $2.25 bil of notes
11/2/12 8K & 10/18 10Q & 10/18 8K re: 1Q results
10/17 & 10/10 & 10/9 Proxy materials re: 11/28 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at Bellevue, Wash
10/9/12 8K re: retirement of Reed Hastings from Bd & other Bd. changes
9/18/12 8K re: increase in quarterly div & retirement of Raymond Gilmartin from Board


Pfizer PFE: 11/9/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results
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



Procter & Gamble PG: 10/25/12 10Q & two 8Ks 10/25 re 1Q results ended 9/30
10/12/12 re: '12 Annual Shareholder Mtg results
10/9/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents per share payable on 11/15 to 10/19 record holders
10/9/12 re: CEO's speech at Shareholder Mtg
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



3M MMM: 12/12/12 8K re: fin'l outlook for 2013 and eps estimate
11/1/12 10Q &
10/23 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
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



Travelers TRV: 12/5/12 8K re: estimate of losses due to Hurricane Sandy
10/18/12 10Q &
10/18 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30/12


UnitedHealth Group UNH: 12/6/12 & 11/19/12 8Ks re: purchase of over 60% of shares of Amil
11/26/12 8K re: annual inv. conf.
11/2/112 Bd. & officer changes
10/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 9/30
10/2212 8K re: underwriting agreement to sell over $3.4 bil of notes
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: purchase of 90% of Brazil firm Amil Participacoas for $4.9 bil in cash
9/10/12 re: FD disclosure re: Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference
8/7/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12


United Technologies UTX: 12/17/12 8K re: completion of sale of ind'l products biz for $3.46 to finance purchase of Goodrich which closed earlier in the year
10/26/12 & 10/23/12 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/11 8K/A re: Goodrich purchase
9/12/12 8K re: election of Marshall Larsen to Board


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/10/12 8K re: purchase of single premium annuity contract
from Prud'l to settle $7.5 bil of pension liabilities
12/8/12 8K re: election of EVP Merchandizing
11/13/12 8K re: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless disgtri buted $18.5 bil to the two owners, Verizon Communications & Vodaphone
11/8/12 8K re: disclsoure of Wells Fargo Tech, Media & telecom Conf.
11/2/12 8K re: tenderoffer for $1.25 bil of its notes
11/2/12 8K re: Agreements ith CWA & IBEW for new 3 year congtracts covering 43,000 workers
10/25 10Q & 10/18 8K & 10/5/ 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/17 8K re: transfer $7.5 bil of pension plan obligations to Prudential


WalMart WMT: 12/4/12 10Q & 11/15/12 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31
9/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/12
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