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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 2,967 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  as of Dec. 20 and a summary of recent Dow 30 components'  SEC filings as of 12/20.

A  read of the print editions of  Monday's  Barron's & Investor's Business Daily; the combined Saturday/Sunday issues of each of the Wall Street Journal & Financial Times; & Sunday's & Saturday's New York Times &  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  closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  Friday at 17804.80 up 26.65 or 0.15%  from Thursday's close of 17778.15. For the week the Dow was up 523.97 or 3.03% from last Friday's close of 17280.83.  For the year the Dow is up 7.4%. Of the Dow components 18  gained and 12  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was  and percentage-wise was  Chevron up $3.90 or 3.85%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Verizon down $2.49 and percentage-wise was  Verizon down 2.31%.

WSJ pB5 "Stocks close week with another ruse" by Saumya Vaishampayan says US stocks closed outa wild week with a rally fueled by expectations that monetary policy will remain easy among major central banks for the foreseeable future. 

Sat. NYT pB6 "Rally continues as oil companies lift market" by AP says oil and gas firms led the market up on Friday helping the S&P notch its second best week this year.

IBD pB9 "Stocks climb modestly; bulls need clearer signal" by Paul Whitfield says Friday's action was up in rising volume while the current outllo is market in correction.

As of the open of  the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B6 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Monday's trailing P/E   ratio is 16.64 up from Friday's   trailing P/E ratio of 16.22  (last year it was 16.54).  Monday's P/E estimate is 15.71 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 15.48 (year ago it was 15.01) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.19 down from  yesterday's dividend yield of 2.24  (last year it was 2.13). The Dow's all-time high was 17958.79 on December 5,  2014. 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 numerator is 2772.49 up 415  from  Thursday's   numerator of 2768.34.  This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $92.42 up 14 cents from Thursday's  average closing price of $92.28.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $92.90  (DIS/AXP) up 60 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $92.30 (PG/DIS). The lowest volume was   Travelers and the highest volume was GE.

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  $415 ($277,249 - $276,834).

12/19/14 Fri. 4:11 pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says   the U.S. stock market ended a turbulent week with the biggest weekly gain since October. Stocks rose for three straight session in the wake of the Federal Reserve's reassurance that the rate increases would be slow and measured, while the central bank said it would be "patient" on the timing of the initial hike. Calmer currencies and commodities markets provided reasons to bid up prices, especially in the beaten-down energy and materials sectors. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.46% closed 9.44 points, or 0.5%, higher at 2,070.67, only 5 points off its record closing level. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.15% added 26.65 points, or 0.2%, to 17,804.80. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.36% ended the day with a gain of 16.98 points, or 0.4%, at 4,765.38.

Sunday's & Saturday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  Barron's p29 "Holiday hikes" by Shirley A. Lazo says Boeing, 3M, Pfizer and AT&T are in a group of stocks that last week boosted dividends.

American Express: No mentions found.

Boeing:   Sat. NYT pB7 "State tax deal for Boeing draws an EU challenge" by Nicola Clark says the EU filed a case vs the US alleging billions of dollars in illegal subsidies to Boeing.

Barron's p29 "Holiday hikes" by Shirley A. Lazo says Boeing, 3M, Pfizer and AT&T are in a group of stocks that last week boosted dividends.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron:  Barron's "Five oil stocks to buy now" by Avi Salzman Cover Story, p19 says Exxon and Chevron have held on better than smaller firms and Chevron is among the oil companies that is attractive due to a pristine balance sheets and low operating costs. 

Cisco:  Barron's p23 "Old guard techs shone in 2014: Cisco, Intel, Apple, EMC" by Tiernan Ray says these four firms made a comeback in 2014.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pA3 "What's Navajo for clownfish?" by Dan frosch says Dsiney's "Finding Nemo" will boost the use of Navajo language.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon:    Barron's "Five oil stocks to buy now" by Avi Salzman Cover Story, p19 says Exxon and Chevron have held on better than smaller firms and Chevron is among the oil companies that is attractive due to a pristine balance sheets and low operating costs.

GE:  FT p10 "US insists Alstom not GE pays $700m settlement" by Michael Stothard, Ed crooks says Alstom not GE will have to pay the settlement.

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pB2 "Goldman Sachs adds two more members to board" by Angela Chen says Mark O. Winkelman and Mark A. Flaherty were elected to Goldman's Board.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's:  Sat. NYT pB1 "McDonald's is charged with punishing workers" by steven Greenhouse says the NLRB said it brought 78 charges vs. McDonald's and some franchisees of violating fed labor laws in response to workers' protests for higher wages.

Sat. NYT pB2 "Walmart de Mecico's chairman to double as chief" by Hiroko Tabuchi says Enrique Ostale will double as ceo and chair replacing Scot rank.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: No mentions found.

Nike: No mentions found.

Pfizer:   Barron's p29 "Holiday hikes" by Shirley A. Lazo says Boeing, 3M, Pfizer and AT&T are in a group of stocks that last week boosted dividends.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M:  Barron's pM13 "Research reports" edited by Paul Farrell "eM: says Credit Suisse issued a report on 3M as a neutral.

 Barron's p29 "Holiday hikes" by Shirley A. Lazo says Boeing, 3M, Pfizer and AT&T are in a group of stocks that last week boosted dividends.

Travelers: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

UnitedHealthcare: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Visa: No mentions found.

Walmart: No mentions found.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
T▲ NYSE
AXP▼ NYSE
BA▲ NYSE
CAT▲ NYSE
CVX▲ NYSE
CSCO▲ NASDAQ-GS
KO▼ NYSE
DIS▲ NYSE
DD▲ NYSE
XOM▲ NYSE
GE▲ NYSE
GS▲ NYSE
HD▲ NYSE
INTC▼ NASDAQ-GS
IBM▲ NYSE
JPM▲ NYSE
JNJ▼ NYSE
MCD▼ NYSE
MRK▲ NYSE
MSFT▲ NASDAQ-GS
NKE▼ NYSE
PFE▼ NYSE
PG▲ NYSE
MMM▲ NYSE
TRV▼ NYSE
UTX▼ NYSE
UNH▲ NYSE
VZ▼ DualListed
V▼ NYSE
WMT▼ NYSE
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  Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)

American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)

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)

Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)

Home Depot HD Craig Menear (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Brian Krzanich (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 Frazier (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

Microsoft MSFT Satya Nadella (Redmond, WA)

Nike NK Mark Parker (Beaverton, OR)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

Procter & Gamble PG A. G. Lafley (Cincinnati, OH)

3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Greg Hayes (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Visa V Charles W. Scharf (Foster City, CA)

Wal-Mart WMT Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)
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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 12/20/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $396.52
2. Microsoft MSFT 392.85
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 295.45
4. Wal-Mart WMT 274.49
5. GE 257.28
6. Procter & Gamble PG 248.73   
7.  JPMorgan Chase JPM 231.48
8. Chevron CVX 213.49
9.  Pfizer PFE 201.24
10. Verizon VZ 195.12
11. Coke KO 183.75
12.  Intel INTC 175.85  
13.AT&T T 173.97
14. Merck MRK 169.86
15. Visa V 164.40
16. Disney DIS 157.51
17. IBM 156.87
18. Cisco CSCO 142
19. Home Depot HD 134.33 
20. 3M MMM 106.04 
21.  United Technologies UTX 105.38  
22. UnitedHealth UNH 98.37
23. American Express AXP 96.71
24. McDonald's MCD 90.72   
25. Boeing BA 89.99 
26. Goldman Sachs GS 87.52
27. Nike NKE 81.71
28. DuPont DD 66.40
29. Caterpillar CAT 55.52
30. Travelers TRV 35.05
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 12/20/14:

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

AT&T T:
12/19/14 8K re: amendment to Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan
12/2/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/10/14 2 10/A's & 10Q re: qtr. ended 9/10/14
11/10/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/7/14 8K re: increased of Board to 15 & election of William E. Kennardd & agrmt to buy Mexican wireless firm GSF telecom
10/24/14 8K re: completion of sale of Ct. wireline operations to Frontier Comm
3 8Ks (10/22; 10/22 & 9/30/14) re: 3Qtr result

American Express AXP:
12/15/14 8K re: Delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 11/30
12/5/14 8K re: issuance of Sub. Notes
12/4/14 8K re: retirement of Director Richard A. McGinn
11/17/14 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 mos. ended 10/31
11/12/14 8K re: issuance of Series B Preferred Shares
10/28/14 10Q  & 10/15/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/15/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 9/30/14

Boeing BA:
12/19/14 8K re: retirement of Shephard W. Hill, Pres. of Boeing Int'l & Sr. VP, Bus. Dev/Strategy
12/15/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div & authorization of $12 bil share buyback
10/31/14 8K re: issuance of senior notes
10/22/14 10Q & 10/22/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/16/14 8K re: credit agreements

Caterpillar CAT:
12/18/14 8K re: retirement of Group VPs Stuart L. Levenick & Steven H. Wunning
12/18/14 8K & 11/20/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: retail sales of machines & power systems
12/11/14 8K re: retirement of director Peter A. Magowan
10/31/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/22/14 8K re: sales to retail and OEM
10/14/14 8K re: retirement of Group Presidents Stuart Levenick & Steven Wunning

Chevron CVX:
12/12/14 8K re: election of Alexander B. Cummings Jr. to Board
11/18/14 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
11/7/14 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr results

Cisco CSCO:
12/19/14 & 12/18/14 8Ks re: Pre-arranged stock trading plan for execs
11/24/14 8K re: amendment to employee stock purchase plan
11/12/14 8K; 11/14/14 8K & 11/20/14 10Q re: results of 1 Qtr. ended 10/25/14

Coke KO:
12/11/14 8K re: increase Board to 17 & election of Marc Balland & David B. Weinberg
10/29/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/26/14
10/1/14 8K re: Guidelines for '14 Equity Plan

Disney DIS:
11/19/14 10K & 11/6/14 8K re: results of fiscal year ended 9/27/14
11/6/14 8K re: 4Qtr & FY ended 9/27/14
10/3/14 8K re: CEO Robert Iger's amended employment contract

DuPont DD:
12/18/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: presentation re: Performance Chemicals segment
12/18/14 8-K/A re: pre-tax charges re: restructuring plan
10/28/14 CEO letter to shareholders
10/28/14 & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

ExxonMobil XOM:
11/24/14 8K re: retirement of VP S.D. Pryor
11/5/14 10Q & 10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

GE:
11/10/1 8K re: incentive grant to CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt
11/4/14 10Q & 10/17/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Goldman Sachs GS:
12/19/14 8K re: election to Board of Mark A. Flaherty & Mark D. winkelman
12/17/14 & 12/16/14 8Ks re: issuance of notes
11/5/14 10Q & 10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/23/14 8K re: legal opinion re: debt issuance

Home Depot HD:
11/25/14 10Q & 11/18/14 8K re: Qtr. ended 11/2/14
11/6/14 8K re: breach of payment data system
10/20/14 8-K/A re: promotion of Craig A. Menear to CEO
10/14/14 8K re: resignation of Marvin R. Ellison, EVP

Intel INTC:
12/16/14 8K re: trigger of  interest change on debentures
11/21/14 28Ks & 11/18/14 8K re: FD Disclosure re: Annual investor meeting
11/20/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & '15 Business Outlook
10/29/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3rd Qtr ended 9/27/14

IBM:
12/8/14 8K re: retirement of Robert C. Weber sVP, Legal
11/25/14 8K re: issuance of debt securities
11/12/14 8K re: investors conference
11/5/14 8K re: underwriting contract with JPMorgan
10/28/14 10Q & 2 8Ks (10/20) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/20/14 8K re: closing of Lenovo's purchase of IBM's x86 server business
10/20/14 8K re: sale of IBM's global comm'l semiconductor tech business to Globalfoundries

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
12/9/14 8K re: close of public offering of Sub. Notes
11/12/14 8K re: payment of $1.01d bil to settle foreign exchange trading allegations
11/3/14 &  2 8Ks (10/14) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/22/14 8K re: sale of 2.2% notes due '19
10/2/14 8K re: cyberattack
10/2/14 8K re: adjustment of warrant price

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
11/21/14 8K re: issuance of notes
11/10/14 8K re: closing of purchase of Alios BioPharma, Inc. for $1.75 bil
10/30/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14
10/2/14 8K re: agreement to purchase Alios Biopharma

McDonald's MCD:
12/8/14 8K re: Nov. '12 sales
11/12/14 8K re: Oct. '12 sales
11/3/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
9/22/14 8K re: raising quarterly div. by 5% to 85 cents payable 12/15 to record holders 12/1
9/9/14 8K re: global sales decreased 3.7% in Aug.

Merck MRK:
11/10/14 10Q re: Qtr. ended 9/30/14
10/27/14 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/15/14 8K re: issuance of notes
10/2/14 8K re: completion of sale of Consumer Care Business to Bayer for 414.2 bil

Microsoft MSFT:
12/4/14 8K re: results of votes at 12/3 Annual Shareholders Meeting
11/14/14 Proxy Letter from Bd Chair John W. Thompson re: Annual Mtg
10/23/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 1Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/21/14 & 10/20/14 & 10/20/14 Proxy re: Annual Shareholder Mtg at 12/3/14 at 8 am at Meydenbauer ctr., Bellevue, WA

Nike NKE:
12/18/14 8K & 10/7/14 10Q re: results of Qtr. ended 11/30/14
10/7/14 10Q & 9/30/14 8K & 9/25/14 8K re: 1Qtr ended 8/31/14
9/23/14 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting
Sec. 14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 9/18/14 at Tiger Woods Conf. center, Beaverton, Or.

Pfizer PFE:
11/6/14 10Q for quarter ended 9/28/14
11/6/14 10Q & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14

Procter & Gamble PG:
11/21/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan of CEO A.G. Lafley
11/13/14 8K re: '14 Analysts Mtg & sale of Duracell to Berkshire Hathaway
11/4/14 8K re: closing of sale of floating rate notes due '64
11/3/14 8K re: sale of notes
11/3/14 re: Argentina regulatory problems re: taxes
10/24/14 10Q & 2 8Ks (10/24) 1Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/20/14 8K re: voting results of 10/14 Annual Mtg of Shareholders
10/14/14 8K re: dividend of 64 cents payable 11/17 to record holders on 10/24/14

3M MMM:
12/16/14 8K re: dividend for 1Q '15 & '15 outlook
11/10/14 8K re: sale of Floating rate Notes
10/30/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Travelers TRV:
10/21/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
9/10/14 2 8Ks re: realignment of 2 of 3 business segments

United Technologies UTX:
12/19/14 8K re: rejection of mini tender offer by TRC Capital
12/10/14 8K re: appointment of Akhil Johri, Sr. VP & CFO
11/24/14 Retirement of Louis Chenevert replaced by Gregory J. Hayes & election of Dir. Edward A. Kangas as Chairman of Bd. & appointment of Peter F. Longo as Acting CFO
10/24/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
12/8/14 8K re: sale of notes
12/1/14 8K re: annual investor conference
11/12/14 8K re: appointment of David S. Wichmann Pres/CFO & Larry Renfro as Vice-Chair
11/10/14 10Q for Qtr. ended 9/30/14
10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr results

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
12/8/14 28Ks re: change of duties for Randal S. Milch EVP & GC
12/1/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/26/14 8K re: trading of shares in UK
10/28/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Visa V:
12/19/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plans
12/12/14 & 11/21/14 Proxies re: Annual Stockholders Meeting 1/28/15 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA
11/21/14 10K for fiscal year ended 9/30/14
10/29/14 8K re: 4Qtr & full year ended 9/30/14 results
10/22/14 8K re: 1/28/15 Annual Stockholders Mtg & dividend of 48 cents payable 12/2 to record holders on 11/14/14

WalMart WMT:
12/16/14 8K re: latest ruling re: class action lawsuit in Phil for underpaying employees - Braun/Hummel v. Walmart
12/1/14 10Q & 11/13/14 8K re: quarter ended 10/31/14
11/24/14 8K re: election of Thomas W. Horton to Board
10/30/14 8K re: Closing of Walmart Seiyu stores in Japan
10/17/14 8K re: issuance of notes

THE END FOR NOW


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