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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,705.41 down 11. or 0.09% from Wednesday's close of 12,716.46. Of the 30 Dow components 11 gained, Cisco was unchanged and 18 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $103.69 +0.90 0.88% 5,897,115 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $10.42 +AXP $51.16 0.54 1.07% 6,458,049 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise IBM $191.53 -1.09 0.57% 3,907,260 NYSE and percentage-wise was Disney DIS $38.91 -0.42 1.07% 9,076,757 NYSE.
As of the open of the market Thursday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C8 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.09 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.99 (year ago it was 14.65); today's P/E estimate is 12.15 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.15 (year ago it was 12.63), and today's dividend yield is 2.52 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.54 (last year it was 2.39). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.
Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,678.76 down 1.46 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,680.22. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.96 down $0.12 from Wednesday's average closing price of $56.08. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.81 (AXP/HD) up $0.26 from Wednesday's median closing price of $47.55. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $87.43 +0.08 0.09% 2,287,968 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.45 +0.09 1.22% 231,855,735 NYSE.
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) and sold at the close you would have lost $146 ($166,918 - $167,876).
MarketWatch Thursday 2/2/12 4:59 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks tallied limited gains for two of three benchmark indexes Thursday as Wall Street looked to the next day’s employment report as the next indicator of the economic recovery. How much longer can the buy-the-dip crowd stay in control? Expect the market’s resiliency to be tested on tomorrow’s employment report,” said Elliot Spar, a strategist at Stifel Nicolaus.
Alternating between small gains and losses for much of the session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.09% closed down 11 points, or 0.1%, at 12,705. International Business Machines Corp. IBM +0.57% weighed the most on the price-weighted index, losing $1.09, or 0.6%, to $191.53.
The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.11% rose 1.45 points, or 0.1%, to 1,325.54, with energy faring best and natural-resource firms hardest hit among its 10 major industry sectors. Health care was hit after disappointing quarterly reports from companies including pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. Inc. /MRK +0.49% insurer Cigna Corp. CI -0.52% and medical-device manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp. BSX +0.00%. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.40% climbed 11.41 points, or 0.4%, to 2,859.68, with the technology-heavy index bolstered by upbeat profit reports from Qualcomm Inc. QCOM -0.05% and payment processor MasterCard Inc. MA -0.10%. For every two stocks falling, three gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 810 million shares traded. NYSE composite volume topped 4 billion. Read Movers & Shakers for rundown of major gainers and decliners among U.S.-listed stocks.Data on weekly jobless claims , showing a drop to 367,000 in the latest week, provided limited support. On Friday, the more market-moving January jobs report is expected to show the U.S. created 121,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate likely held steady at 8.5%, according to a MarketWatch survey of economists. Market moves have also been dampened by investor uncertainty about Greece, which has yet to finalize an agreement with its bond holders. The Greek government is looking to make a deal and ensure another European Union-led financial rescue by March 20, the date Athens is supposed to make a bond payment totaling 14.5 billion euros ($19.1 billion). Crude-oil futures CL2H +0.43% fell $1.25 to end at $96.36 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, and gold futures for April delivery GC2J +0.03% rose $9.80, or 0.6%, to finish at $1,759.30 an ounce on the Comex division on the NYMEX. In Washington Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. economy is improving, although the outlook remains uncertain. Testifying to the House Budget Committee, Bernanke urged lawmakers to enact a plan to cut the federal deficit, while cautioning Congress to not jeopardize the recovery by reducing spending or hiking taxes too rapidly. “He is calling Congress to task, saying you’ve got to get the job done,” Dowbull’s Marc Pado said of Bernanke’s remarks on the U.S. economy before a House committee. “Behind that there was a good initial jobless claims figure, and a decent productivity number, so at the very least we’re looking at an economy that is picking up a little bit of steam in January,” Pado added.
Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $29.79 +0.19 0.64% 25,698,008 NYSE
Alcoa AA $10.42 +AXP $51.16 0.54 1.07% 6,458,049 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $7.45 +0.09 1.22% 231,855,735 NYSE
Boeing BA $75.22+0.15 0.2% 3,528,072 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $110.33 -0.19 0.17% 5,125,370 NYSE
Chevron CVX $103.69 +0.90 0.88% 5,897,115 NYSE
CSCO $19.8 unch unch 36,405,164 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $67.83 -0.02 0.03% 6,574,944 NYSE
Disney DIS $38.91 -0.42 1.07% 9,076,757 NYSE
DuPont DD $51.4 0.16 0.31% 3,695,732 NYSE
Exxon XOM $83.53 -0.44 0.52% 18,020,456 NYSE
GE $18.75 -0.02 0.11% 37,812,973 NYSE
Gewkett-Packard HPQ $28.5 -0.26 0.9% 12,708,598 NYSE
Home Depot HD $44.46 -0.01 0.02% 8,963,446 NYSE
Intel INTC $26.49 -0.06 0.23% 34,769,958 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $191.53 -1.09 0.57% 3,907,260 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $37.55 -0.05 0.13% 26,784,141 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.59 -0.10 0.15% 8,282,353 NYSE
Kraft KFT $38.58 +0.11 0.29% 4,903,603 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $98.62 +0.22 0.22% 3,983,923 NYSE
Merck MRK $38.44 -0.19 0.49% 20,780,699 NYSE
MSFT $29.95 +0.06 0.2% 52,223,640 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $21.11 -0.20 0.94% 57,510,440 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $63.32 +0.11 0.17% 12,613,044 NYSE
3M MMM $87.43 +0.08 0.09% 2,287,968 NYSE
Travelers TRV $59.39 +0.12 0.2% 2,601,438 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $80.02 -0.20 0.25% 5,028,868 NYSE
Verizon VZ $37.56 -0.24 0.63% 12,390,698 DualListed
Walmart WMT $61.94 -0.24 0.39% 6,211,208 NYSE
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The following are excerpts from Thurs morning's Blog.
A read of the print editions of Thursday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 symbol and Wednesday's stock prices and related data.
Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,716.46 up 83.55 or 0.66% from Tuesday's close of 12,632.91. For the year the Dow is up 4.08%. Of the 30 Dow components 25 gained and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was United Technologies UTX $80.22 +1.87 2.39% 6,662,206 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise Chevron CVX $102.77 -0.35 0.34% 7,191,409 NYSE and percentage-wise was Pfizer PFE $21.275 -0.125 0.58% 42,300,006 NYSE.
WSJ pC1 "Stocks continue surprising rally" by Jon Cheng says the Dow marches steadily upward defying doubters and brushing up against a nearly 4 year high. Fin'l & ind'l stocks led the gains as Bank of America was the best on the Dow rising 23 cents while Caterpillar was up $1.40.
Fin Times p24 "NYSe shares knocked as Europe blocks merger with Deutsche Borse" by Ajay Makan says shares in the NYSE fell while every other large US exchange group registered gains after the European Comm blocked the cited merger. Large comm'l banks climbed as Bank of America was up 3.2% on reports states' attys-gen may be looking at a dea l over mortgager elated litigation.
NYT pB11 "News on manufacturing helps the markets rise" by Reuters says stocks extended a Jan rally on Wed after upbeat global manufacturing data helped sentiment & Greece was nearing a long delayed deal with private creditors.
Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Russell 2000 outperforms in broad rally" by David Saito-Chung says amid Facebook's loud buzz, small cap stocks quietly outpaced the field as the market opened a new month bullishly and enjoyed a broad advance Wed as Wed's action saw small caps top gains in mixed volume while the current outlook is still in a confirmed uptrend.
USA Today p4B "Manufacturing's strength manufactures gains in stocks" by Bloomberg says stocks advanced Wed snapping a 4 session decline in the S&P amid signs that manufacturing across the world is strengthening.
Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,680.22 up 11.04 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,669.18. 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 (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.08 up $0.44 from Tuesday's average closing price of $55.64. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.55 (AXP/HD) up $0.24 from Tuesday's median closing price of $47.31. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.59.24 +0.94 1.61% 3,417,071 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE.
If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $1,104 ($168,022 - $166,918).
MarketWatch Wednesday 2/1/12 4:23 pm by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks Wednesday rallied to start the month, breaking a string of recent session losses, as manufacturing data in China and Europe overrode any disappointment from below consensus U.S. data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.66% gained 83.55 points, or 0.7%, to 12,716.46, its first gain in five sessions. The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.89% rose 11.68 points, or 0.9%, to 1,324.09, also breaking a four-day loss streak. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.22% gained 34.43 points, or 1.2%, to 2,848.27. The U.S. indexes rose more than 3% in January, their best January in over a decade.
Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Thursday's News:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T
$29.61 +0.20 0.68% 28,925,827 NYSE: No mentions found.
Alcoa AA
$10.21 +0.05 0.49% 23,606,022 NYSE: No mentions found.
American Express AXP
$50.61 +0.47 0.94% 5,499,620 NYSE: No mentions found.
Bank of America BAC
$7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Stocks continue surprising rally" by Jon Cheng says the Dow marches steadily upward defying doubters and brushing up against a nearly 4 year high. Fin'l & ind'l stocks led the gains as Bank of America was the best on the Dow rising 23 cents while Caterpillar was up $1.40.
Daily Report p6 "Cal AG holds out in mortgage accord" by Joel Rosenblatt says Cal Atty Gen Kamala Harris is holding up the settlement with Bank of America, JPMorgan and other mortgage service providers and fed officials and other state attys general must decide soon to move ahead without her or not.
Fin Times p24 "NYSe shares knocked as Europe blocks merger with Deutsche Borse" by Ajay Makan says shares in the NYSE fell while every other large US exchange group registered gains after the European Comm blocked the cited merger. Large comm'l banks climbed as Bank of America was up 3.2% on reports states' attys-gen may be looking at a dea l over mortgager elated litigation.
Boeing BA
$75.33 +1.15 1.55% 3,766,759 NYSE: No mentions found.
Caterpillar CAT
$110.46 +1.34 1.23% 6,351,877 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Stocks continue surprising rally" by Jon Cheng says the Dow marches steadily upward defying doubters and brushing up against a nearly 4 year high. Fin'l & ind'l stocks led the gains as Bank of America was the best on the Dow rising 23 cents while Caterpillar was up $1.40.
Chevron CVX
$102.77 -0.35 0.34% 7,191,409 NYSE: No mentions found.
Cisco CSCO
$19.8 +0.155 0.79% 56,473,805 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Coke KO
$67.83 +0.30 0.44% 6,609,733 NYSE: No mentions found.
Disney DIS
$39.33 +0.43 1.11% 8,312,304 NYSE: No mentions found.
DuPont DD
$51.51 +0.62 1.22% 4,808,713 NYSE: No mentions found.
Exxon XOM
$84.02 +0.28 0.33% 21,001,690 NYSE: No mentions found.
GE
$18.761 +0.051 0.27% 48,826,493 NYSE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$28.76 +0.78 2.79% 14,146,623 NYSE: No mentions found.
Home Depot HD
$44.475 +0.085 0.19% 10,124,749 NYSE: IBD pB3 "Home Depot lifts dividend on EPS jump" by Vince Mao says Home Depot stands to benefit from the recovery of the housing market as its earnings bounced back in fiscal '11 as profit climbed 25% to $2.03 a share and sales grew 3% to $68 bil.
Intel INTC
$26.55 +0.13 0.49% 45,712,672 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
IBM
$192.48 -0.12 0.06% 4,857,851 NYSE: No mentions found.
JPMorgan JPM
$37.54 +0.24 0.64% 39,344,303 NYSE: Daily Report p6 "Cal AG holds out in mortgage accord" by Joel Rosenblatt says Cal Atty Gen Kamala Harris is holding up the settlement with Bank of America, JPMorgan and other mortgage service providers and fed officials and other state attys general must decide soon to move ahead without her or not.
Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$65.66 -0.25 0.38% 11,431,690 NYSE: No mentions found.
Kraft KFT
$38.45 +0.15 0.39% 4,771,317 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Sales sweeten Hershey's Net" by Paul Ziobro says the drop in costs for cocoa and sugar have declined by 1/3 the past year since the 3 decade high in '11 and this could cause Hershey competitors such as mars and Kraft, owner of Cadbury, to increase discounts to try to gain market share lost to Hershey.
McDonald's MCD
$98.4 -0.65 0.66% 5,782,370 NYSE: No mentions found.
Merck MRK
$38.6 +0.33 0.86% 13,521,719 NYSE: No mentions found.
Microsoft MSFT
$29.89 +0.36 1.22% 66,461,056 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB5 "Microsoft lays off 200" by Steve Jones says MSFT laid off 200 workers as it restructured its marketing operations to streamline.
Pfizer PFE
$21.275 -0.125 0.58% 42,300,006 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Pfizer cites packaging flaws in birth control pill recall" by by Jon Rockoff, NYT pB6 "Drug firm rrecalls birth control pills, citing error" by Ann Carrns, USA Today p1B "Briefly" say PFE recalled a mil packs of Lo/Ovral-28 pils & generics called Norgestrel due to improper packaging.
Procter & Gamble PG
$63.21 +0.17 0.27% 12,809,349 NYSE: No mentions found.
MMM
$87.35 +0.64 0.74% 2,893,949 NYSE: No mentions found.
Travelers TRV
$59.24 +0.94 1.61% 3,417,071 NYSE: No mentions found.
United Technologies UTX
$80.22 +1.87 2.39% 6,662,206 NYSE: No mentions found.
Verizon VZ
$37.8 +0.14 0.37% 12,953,501 DualListed: WSJ pB5 "Verizon Wireless-Comcast deal meets political resistance" by Tom Catans ays regulators are worried that cooperation between the 2 rivals could blunt competition in the telecom market & lead to higher prices as Dem. Sen. Herb Kohl chair of the Senate Antitrust Sub comm said he would hold a hearing on the marketing deal.
Walmart WMT
$62.19 +0.83 1.35% 11,246,843 NYSE: No mentions found.
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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 (replaces Samuel J. Palmisano 1/1/12) (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (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 George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
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 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 2/1/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $402 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 251.5 [8.5]
3. IBM 227 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 213 [3.5]
5. Chevron CVX 204.5 [2]
6. GE 198 [10.5]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 179 [3]
8. AT&T T 175.5 [6]
9. Procter & Gamble PG 174 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 164 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 154 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 143 [4]
13. Intel INTC 135 [5]
14. Merck MRK 118 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 107 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 106.5 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 100.5 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 74.5 [10]
19. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
20. Caterpillar CAT 71.5 [.5]
21. Disney DIS 70.5 [2]
22. Home Depot HD 68.5 [1.5]
23. Kraft KFT 68 [2]
24. 3M MMM 61 [.5]
25. American Express AXP 59 [1]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 57 [2]
27. Boeing BA 56 [1]
28. DuPont DD 47.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]
Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/1/12:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T: 11/28 8K re: redemption of subsidiary Cingular Wirelss' $2.97 bil debt
11/25/11 8K re: withdrawal from FCC of application to buy T-Mobile
11/7/11 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
Alcoa AA: 11/16/11 8K re: exec changes
10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
American Express AXP: 12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months
11/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for Aug, Sept & Oct
11/4/11 8K re: exec changes
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
Bank of Am BAC: 12/16/11 8K re: unregistered sale of $885.4 of Senior Notes
12/6/11 8K re: stating it is unaffiliated from IPIC Group's mini-tender off of 4.86% of its common
12/2/11 8K re exchange of $442.3 of senior notes
12/1/11 Proxy re: amendment of Dec. of Trust for Preferred HITs
11/17/11 8K re: exchange of preferred shares
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
Boeing BA: 12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO
11/14/11 8K re: $2.3 bil revolving credit agrmt.
11/1/11 8K re: exec changes
10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
Caterpiller CAT: 12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan
11/18/11 8K re: past 3 monts dealer stats
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
Chevron CVX: 12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Cisco CSCO 12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan
11/22/11 10Q & 8K for Qtr ended 10/29
10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
Coke KO 12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.
11/10/11 Prospectus re: exchange of $1.6 bil of 2016 Notes
10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/1/11 8K re: issuance of senior notes
Disney DIS 12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes
11/23/11 10K & 11/10/11 8K re: results for fiscal year ened 10/1/11
10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
DuPont DD: 11/22/11 8K : re: election of Lee M. Thomas as Director
10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
ExxonMobil XOM: 12/6/11 8K re disclosure of exec bonuses and salaries (CEO's Rex Tillerson's base effective 1/1/12 is $2,567,000 and no exec has a contract, all are employees at will
11/29/11 8K re: exec changes
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
GE: 11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/14/11 10Q for year ended 10/31/11
12/12/11 8K re close of sale of $3.5 bil of Global Notes
11/8/11 10Q & 11/21/11 8K re: results of year and Qtr ended 10/31/11
11/17/11 8K re: election of Ralph V. Whitworth to Board of Dirs
10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement of CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman effective immediately
9/19/11 8KA & 8K re: issuance of floating global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.
Home Depot HD: 11/29/11 10Q & 11/15/11 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31/11
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
Intel INTC: 11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/1/11
10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
IBM: 11/14/11 8K re: $10 bil Credit Agrmt
10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
JPMorganChase JPM: 12/22/11 8K re closing of $1.25 bil 5.4% Notes
12/8/11 8K re increase to share repurchase program
12/8/11 8K re FD disclosure re guidance presentation
11/8/11 8K re: election of James A. Bell as Dir.
11/4 28ks & 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!
11/30/11 8K re: purchase of Synthes & offer to hire its CEO
11/22/11 8K re: exec changes
11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/2
10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Kraft KFT: 12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company
11/4/11 10Q & 11/2/11 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference
McDonald's MCD: 12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%
11/14/11 8K re: Investor Release re: Growth Plans
11/8/11 8K re: Oct sales
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
Merck MRK: 12/21/11 8K re: technical amendments to bylaws
12/1/11 8K re: election of CEO Ken Frazier to Bd & retirement of former CEO Richard Clark from Board
11/10/11 8K & 11/8/11 10Q re Investor Presentation re results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
Microsoft MSFT: 12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay
11/17/11 8K re: voting results from Annual Shareholder Meeting
10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.
Pfizer PFE: 12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board
11/10/11 10Q & 11/1/11 8K for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Procter & Gamble PG: 11/3/11 8K re: Guidance
11/1/11 8K re: delay of sale of Pringles to Diamond Food
10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
3M MMM: 12/6/11 8K re eps guidance
11/3/11 10Q re Qtr ended 9/30/11
11/3/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for an exec
10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/20/11 8K/A re: frequency of non-binding advisory shareholder votes
United Technologies UTX: 11/16/11 8K re: edemption of $500 mil of 6/1% Notes due 5/15/12
11/15/11 8K re: $15 bil Credit Agrmt
10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil
10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.
WalMart WMT: 12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11
11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11
9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
Thursday, February 2, 2012
2/2/12 Thurs am Pfizer Recalls Birth Control Pills; Verizon/Comcast Deal attacked for Antiturst
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A read of the print editions of Thursday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 symbol and Wednesday's stock prices and related data.
Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,716.46 up 83.55 or 0.66% from Tuesday's close of 12,632.91. For the year the Dow is up 4.08%. Of the 30 Dow components 25 gained and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was United Technologies UTX $80.22 +1.87 2.39% 6,662,206 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise Chevron CVX $102.77 -0.35 0.34% 7,191,409 NYSE and percentage-wise was Pfizer PFE $21.275 -0.125 0.58% 42,300,006 NYSE.
WSJ pC1 "Stocks continue surprising rally" by Jon Cheng says the Dow marches steadily upward defying doubters and brushing up against a nearly 4 year high. Fin'l & ind'l stocks led the gains as Bank of America was the best on the Dow rising 23 cents while Caterpillar was up $1.40.
Fin Times p24 "NYSe shares knocked as Europe blocks merger with Deutsche Borse" by Ajay Makan says shares in the NYSE fell while every other large US exchange group registered gains after the European Comm blocked the cited merger. Large comm'l banks climbed as Bank of America was up 3.2% on reports states' attys-gen may be looking at a dea l over mortgager elated litigation.
NYT pB11 "News on manufacturing helps the markets rise" by Reuters says stocks extended a Jan rally on Wed after upbeat global manufacturing data helped sentiment & Greece was nearing a long delayed deal with private creditors.
Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Russell 2000 outperforms in broad rally" by David Saito-Chung says amid Facebook's loud buzz, small cap stocks quietly outpaced the field as the market opened a new month bullishly and enjoyed a broad advance Wed as Wed's action saw small caps top gains in mixed volume while the current outlook is still in a confirmed uptrend.
USA Today p4B "Manufacturing's strength manufactures gains in stocks" by Bloomberg says stocks advanced Wed snapping a 4 session decline in the S&P amid signs that manufacturing across the world is strengthening.
As of the open of the market Thursday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C8 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.09 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.99 (year ago it was 14.65); today's P/E estimate is 12.15 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.15 (year ago it was 12.63), and today's dividend yield is 2.52 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.54 (last year it was 2.39). 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.
Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,680.22 up 11.04 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,669.18. 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 (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.08 up $0.44 from Tuesday's average closing price of $55.64. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.55 (AXP/HD) up $0.24 from Tuesday's median closing price of $47.31. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.59.24 +0.94 1.61% 3,417,071 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE.
If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $1,104 ($168,022 - $166,918).
MarketWatch Wednesday 2/1/12 4:23 pm by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks Wednesday rallied to start the month, breaking a string of recent session losses, as manufacturing data in China and Europe overrode any disappointment from below consensus U.S. data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.66% gained 83.55 points, or 0.7%, to 12,716.46, its first gain in five sessions. The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.89% rose 11.68 points, or 0.9%, to 1,324.09, also breaking a four-day loss streak. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.22% gained 34.43 points, or 1.2%, to 2,848.27. The U.S. indexes rose more than 3% in January, their best January in over a decade.
Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Thursday's News:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T
$29.61 +0.20 0.68% 28,925,827 NYSE: No mentions found.
Alcoa AA
$10.21 +0.05 0.49% 23,606,022 NYSE: No mentions found.
American Express AXP
$50.61 +0.47 0.94% 5,499,620 NYSE: No mentions found.
Bank of America BAC
$7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Stocks continue surprising rally" by Jon Cheng says the Dow marches steadily upward defying doubters and brushing up against a nearly 4 year high. Fin'l & ind'l stocks led the gains as Bank of America was the best on the Dow rising 23 cents while Caterpillar was up $1.40.
Daily Report p6 "Cal AG holds out in mortgage accord" by Joel Rosenblatt says Cal Atty Gen Kamala Harris is holding up the settlement with Bank of America, JPMorgan and other mortgage service providers and fed officials and other state attys general must decide soon to move ahead without her or not.
Fin Times p24 "NYSe shares knocked as Europe blocks merger with Deutsche Borse" by Ajay Makan says shares in the NYSE fell while every other large US exchange group registered gains after the European Comm blocked the cited merger. Large comm'l banks climbed as Bank of America was up 3.2% on reports states' attys-gen may be looking at a dea l over mortgager elated litigation.
Boeing BA
$75.33 +1.15 1.55% 3,766,759 NYSE: No mentions found.
Caterpillar CAT
$110.46 +1.34 1.23% 6,351,877 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Stocks continue surprising rally" by Jon Cheng says the Dow marches steadily upward defying doubters and brushing up against a nearly 4 year high. Fin'l & ind'l stocks led the gains as Bank of America was the best on the Dow rising 23 cents while Caterpillar was up $1.40.
Chevron CVX
$102.77 -0.35 0.34% 7,191,409 NYSE: No mentions found.
Cisco CSCO
$19.8 +0.155 0.79% 56,473,805 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Coke KO
$67.83 +0.30 0.44% 6,609,733 NYSE: No mentions found.
Disney DIS
$39.33 +0.43 1.11% 8,312,304 NYSE: No mentions found.
DuPont DD
$51.51 +0.62 1.22% 4,808,713 NYSE: No mentions found.
Exxon XOM
$84.02 +0.28 0.33% 21,001,690 NYSE: No mentions found.
GE
$18.761 +0.051 0.27% 48,826,493 NYSE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$28.76 +0.78 2.79% 14,146,623 NYSE: No mentions found.
Home Depot HD
$44.475 +0.085 0.19% 10,124,749 NYSE: IBD pB3 "Home Depot lifts dividend on EPS jump" by Vince Mao says Home Depot stands to benefit from the recovery of the housing market as its earnings bounced back in fiscal '11 as profit climbed 25% to $2.03 a share and sales grew 3% to $68 bil.
Intel INTC
$26.55 +0.13 0.49% 45,712,672 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
IBM
$192.48 -0.12 0.06% 4,857,851 NYSE: No mentions found.
JPMorgan JPM
$37.54 +0.24 0.64% 39,344,303 NYSE: Daily Report p6 "Cal AG holds out in mortgage accord" by Joel Rosenblatt says Cal Atty Gen Kamala Harris is holding up the settlement with Bank of America, JPMorgan and other mortgage service providers and fed officials and other state attys general must decide soon to move ahead without her or not.
Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$65.66 -0.25 0.38% 11,431,690 NYSE: No mentions found.
Kraft KFT
$38.45 +0.15 0.39% 4,771,317 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Sales sweeten Hershey's Net" by Paul Ziobro says the drop in costs for cocoa and sugar have declined by 1/3 the past year since the 3 decade high in '11 and this could cause Hershey competitors such as mars and Kraft, owner of Cadbury, to increase discounts to try to gain market share lost to Hershey.
McDonald's MCD
$98.4 -0.65 0.66% 5,782,370 NYSE: No mentions found.
Merck MRK
$38.6 +0.33 0.86% 13,521,719 NYSE: No mentions found.
Microsoft MSFT
$29.89 +0.36 1.22% 66,461,056 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB5 "Microsoft lays off 200" by Steve Jones says MSFT laid off 200 workers as it restructured its marketing operations to streamline.
Pfizer PFE
$21.275 -0.125 0.58% 42,300,006 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Pfizer cites packaging flaws in birth control pill recall" by by Jon Rockoff, NYT pB6 "Drug firm rrecalls birth control pills, citing error" by Ann Carrns, USA Today p1B "Briefly" say PFE recalled a mil packs of Lo/Ovral-28 pils & generics called Norgestrel due to improper packaging.
Procter & Gamble PG
$63.21 +0.17 0.27% 12,809,349 NYSE: No mentions found.
MMM
$87.35 +0.64 0.74% 2,893,949 NYSE: No mentions found.
Travelers TRV
$59.24 +0.94 1.61% 3,417,071 NYSE: No mentions found.
United Technologies UTX
$80.22 +1.87 2.39% 6,662,206 NYSE: No mentions found.
Verizon VZ
$37.8 +0.14 0.37% 12,953,501 DualListed: WSJ pB5 "Verizon Wireless-Comcast deal meets political resistance" by Tom Catans ays regulators are worried that cooperation between the 2 rivals could blunt competition in the telecom market & lead to higher prices as Dem. Sen. Herb Kohl chair of the Senate Antitrust Sub comm said he would hold a hearing on the marketing deal.
Walmart WMT
$62.19 +0.83 1.35% 11,246,843 NYSE: No mentions found.
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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 (replaces Samuel J. Palmisano 1/1/12) (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (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 George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
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 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 2/1/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $402 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 251.5 [8.5]
3. IBM 227 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 213 [3.5]
5. Chevron CVX 204.5 [2]
6. GE 198 [10.5]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 179 [3]
8. AT&T T 175.5 [6]
9. Procter & Gamble PG 174 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 164 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 154 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 143 [4]
13. Intel INTC 135 [5]
14. Merck MRK 118 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 107 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 106.5 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 100.5 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 74.5 [10]
19. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
20. Caterpillar CAT 71.5 [.5]
21. Disney DIS 70.5 [2]
22. Home Depot HD 68.5 [1.5]
23. Kraft KFT 68 [2]
24. 3M MMM 61 [.5]
25. American Express AXP 59 [1]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 57 [2]
27. Boeing BA 56 [1]
28. DuPont DD 47.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]
Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/1/12:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T: 11/28 8K re: redemption of subsidiary Cingular Wirelss' $2.97 bil debt
11/25/11 8K re: withdrawal from FCC of application to buy T-Mobile
11/7/11 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
Alcoa AA: 11/16/11 8K re: exec changes
10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
American Express AXP: 12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months
11/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for Aug, Sept & Oct
11/4/11 8K re: exec changes
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
Bank of Am BAC: 12/16/11 8K re: unregistered sale of $885.4 of Senior Notes
12/6/11 8K re: stating it is unaffiliated from IPIC Group's mini-tender off of 4.86% of its common
12/2/11 8K re exchange of $442.3 of senior notes
12/1/11 Proxy re: amendment of Dec. of Trust for Preferred HITs
11/17/11 8K re: exchange of preferred shares
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
Boeing BA: 12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO
11/14/11 8K re: $2.3 bil revolving credit agrmt.
11/1/11 8K re: exec changes
10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
Caterpiller CAT: 12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan
11/18/11 8K re: past 3 monts dealer stats
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
Chevron CVX: 12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Cisco CSCO 12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan
11/22/11 10Q & 8K for Qtr ended 10/29
10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
Coke KO 12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.
11/10/11 Prospectus re: exchange of $1.6 bil of 2016 Notes
10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/1/11 8K re: issuance of senior notes
Disney DIS 12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes
11/23/11 10K & 11/10/11 8K re: results for fiscal year ened 10/1/11
10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
DuPont DD: 11/22/11 8K : re: election of Lee M. Thomas as Director
10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
ExxonMobil XOM: 12/6/11 8K re disclosure of exec bonuses and salaries (CEO's Rex Tillerson's base effective 1/1/12 is $2,567,000 and no exec has a contract, all are employees at will
11/29/11 8K re: exec changes
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
GE: 11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/14/11 10Q for year ended 10/31/11
12/12/11 8K re close of sale of $3.5 bil of Global Notes
11/8/11 10Q & 11/21/11 8K re: results of year and Qtr ended 10/31/11
11/17/11 8K re: election of Ralph V. Whitworth to Board of Dirs
10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement of CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman effective immediately
9/19/11 8KA & 8K re: issuance of floating global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.
Home Depot HD: 11/29/11 10Q & 11/15/11 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31/11
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
Intel INTC: 11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/1/11
10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
IBM: 11/14/11 8K re: $10 bil Credit Agrmt
10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
JPMorganChase JPM: 12/22/11 8K re closing of $1.25 bil 5.4% Notes
12/8/11 8K re increase to share repurchase program
12/8/11 8K re FD disclosure re guidance presentation
11/8/11 8K re: election of James A. Bell as Dir.
11/4 28ks & 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!
11/30/11 8K re: purchase of Synthes & offer to hire its CEO
11/22/11 8K re: exec changes
11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/2
10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Kraft KFT: 12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company
11/4/11 10Q & 11/2/11 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference
McDonald's MCD: 12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%
11/14/11 8K re: Investor Release re: Growth Plans
11/8/11 8K re: Oct sales
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
Merck MRK: 12/21/11 8K re: technical amendments to bylaws
12/1/11 8K re: election of CEO Ken Frazier to Bd & retirement of former CEO Richard Clark from Board
11/10/11 8K & 11/8/11 10Q re Investor Presentation re results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
Microsoft MSFT: 12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay
11/17/11 8K re: voting results from Annual Shareholder Meeting
10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.
Pfizer PFE: 12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board
11/10/11 10Q & 11/1/11 8K for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Procter & Gamble PG: 11/3/11 8K re: Guidance
11/1/11 8K re: delay of sale of Pringles to Diamond Food
10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
3M MMM: 12/6/11 8K re eps guidance
11/3/11 10Q re Qtr ended 9/30/11
11/3/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for an exec
10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/20/11 8K/A re: frequency of non-binding advisory shareholder votes
United Technologies UTX: 11/16/11 8K re: edemption of $500 mil of 6/1% Notes due 5/15/12
11/15/11 8K re: $15 bil Credit Agrmt
10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil
10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.
WalMart WMT: 12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11
11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11
9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
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Post No. 1,453 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 and Dow 30 components' recent SEC filings.
A read of the print editions of Thursday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 symbol and Wednesday's stock prices and related data.
Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,716.46 up 83.55 or 0.66% from Tuesday's close of 12,632.91. For the year the Dow is up 4.08%. Of the 30 Dow components 25 gained and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was United Technologies UTX $80.22 +1.87 2.39% 6,662,206 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise Chevron CVX $102.77 -0.35 0.34% 7,191,409 NYSE and percentage-wise was Pfizer PFE $21.275 -0.125 0.58% 42,300,006 NYSE.
WSJ pC1 "Stocks continue surprising rally" by Jon Cheng says the Dow marches steadily upward defying doubters and brushing up against a nearly 4 year high. Fin'l & ind'l stocks led the gains as Bank of America was the best on the Dow rising 23 cents while Caterpillar was up $1.40.
Fin Times p24 "NYSe shares knocked as Europe blocks merger with Deutsche Borse" by Ajay Makan says shares in the NYSE fell while every other large US exchange group registered gains after the European Comm blocked the cited merger. Large comm'l banks climbed as Bank of America was up 3.2% on reports states' attys-gen may be looking at a dea l over mortgager elated litigation.
NYT pB11 "News on manufacturing helps the markets rise" by Reuters says stocks extended a Jan rally on Wed after upbeat global manufacturing data helped sentiment & Greece was nearing a long delayed deal with private creditors.
Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Russell 2000 outperforms in broad rally" by David Saito-Chung says amid Facebook's loud buzz, small cap stocks quietly outpaced the field as the market opened a new month bullishly and enjoyed a broad advance Wed as Wed's action saw small caps top gains in mixed volume while the current outlook is still in a confirmed uptrend.
USA Today p4B "Manufacturing's strength manufactures gains in stocks" by Bloomberg says stocks advanced Wed snapping a 4 session decline in the S&P amid signs that manufacturing across the world is strengthening.
As of the open of the market Thursday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C8 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.09 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.99 (year ago it was 14.65); today's P/E estimate is 12.15 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.15 (year ago it was 12.63), and today's dividend yield is 2.52 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.54 (last year it was 2.39). 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.
Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,680.22 up 11.04 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,669.18. 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 (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.08 up $0.44 from Tuesday's average closing price of $55.64. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.55 (AXP/HD) up $0.24 from Tuesday's median closing price of $47.31. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.59.24 +0.94 1.61% 3,417,071 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE.
If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $1,104 ($168,022 - $166,918).
MarketWatch Wednesday 2/1/12 4:23 pm by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks Wednesday rallied to start the month, breaking a string of recent session losses, as manufacturing data in China and Europe overrode any disappointment from below consensus U.S. data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.66% gained 83.55 points, or 0.7%, to 12,716.46, its first gain in five sessions. The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.89% rose 11.68 points, or 0.9%, to 1,324.09, also breaking a four-day loss streak. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.22% gained 34.43 points, or 1.2%, to 2,848.27. The U.S. indexes rose more than 3% in January, their best January in over a decade.
Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Thursday's News:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T
$29.61 +0.20 0.68% 28,925,827 NYSE: No mentions found.
Alcoa AA
$10.21 +0.05 0.49% 23,606,022 NYSE: No mentions found.
American Express AXP
$50.61 +0.47 0.94% 5,499,620 NYSE: No mentions found.
Bank of America BAC
$7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Stocks continue surprising rally" by Jon Cheng says the Dow marches steadily upward defying doubters and brushing up against a nearly 4 year high. Fin'l & ind'l stocks led the gains as Bank of America was the best on the Dow rising 23 cents while Caterpillar was up $1.40.
Daily Report p6 "Cal AG holds out in mortgage accord" by Joel Rosenblatt says Cal Atty Gen Kamala Harris is holding up the settlement with Bank of America, JPMorgan and other mortgage service providers and fed officials and other state attys general must decide soon to move ahead without her or not.
Fin Times p24 "NYSe shares knocked as Europe blocks merger with Deutsche Borse" by Ajay Makan says shares in the NYSE fell while every other large US exchange group registered gains after the European Comm blocked the cited merger. Large comm'l banks climbed as Bank of America was up 3.2% on reports states' attys-gen may be looking at a dea l over mortgager elated litigation.
Boeing BA
$75.33 +1.15 1.55% 3,766,759 NYSE: No mentions found.
Caterpillar CAT
$110.46 +1.34 1.23% 6,351,877 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Stocks continue surprising rally" by Jon Cheng says the Dow marches steadily upward defying doubters and brushing up against a nearly 4 year high. Fin'l & ind'l stocks led the gains as Bank of America was the best on the Dow rising 23 cents while Caterpillar was up $1.40.
Chevron CVX
$102.77 -0.35 0.34% 7,191,409 NYSE: No mentions found.
Cisco CSCO
$19.8 +0.155 0.79% 56,473,805 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Coke KO
$67.83 +0.30 0.44% 6,609,733 NYSE: No mentions found.
Disney DIS
$39.33 +0.43 1.11% 8,312,304 NYSE: No mentions found.
DuPont DD
$51.51 +0.62 1.22% 4,808,713 NYSE: No mentions found.
Exxon XOM
$84.02 +0.28 0.33% 21,001,690 NYSE: No mentions found.
GE
$18.761 +0.051 0.27% 48,826,493 NYSE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$28.76 +0.78 2.79% 14,146,623 NYSE: No mentions found.
Home Depot HD
$44.475 +0.085 0.19% 10,124,749 NYSE: IBD pB3 "Home Depot lifts dividend on EPS jump" by Vince Mao says Home Depot stands to benefit from the recovery of the housing market as its earnings bounced back in fiscal '11 as profit climbed 25% to $2.03 a share and sales grew 3% to $68 bil.
Intel INTC
$26.55 +0.13 0.49% 45,712,672 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
IBM
$192.48 -0.12 0.06% 4,857,851 NYSE: No mentions found.
JPMorgan JPM
$37.54 +0.24 0.64% 39,344,303 NYSE: Daily Report p6 "Cal AG holds out in mortgage accord" by Joel Rosenblatt says Cal Atty Gen Kamala Harris is holding up the settlement with Bank of America, JPMorgan and other mortgage service providers and fed officials and other state attys general must decide soon to move ahead without her or not.
Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$65.66 -0.25 0.38% 11,431,690 NYSE: No mentions found.
Kraft KFT
$38.45 +0.15 0.39% 4,771,317 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Sales sweeten Hershey's Net" by Paul Ziobro says the drop in costs for cocoa and sugar have declined by 1/3 the past year since the 3 decade high in '11 and this could cause Hershey competitors such as mars and Kraft, owner of Cadbury, to increase discounts to try to gain market share lost to Hershey.
McDonald's MCD
$98.4 -0.65 0.66% 5,782,370 NYSE: No mentions found.
Merck MRK
$38.6 +0.33 0.86% 13,521,719 NYSE: No mentions found.
Microsoft MSFT
$29.89 +0.36 1.22% 66,461,056 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB5 "Microsoft lays off 200" by Steve Jones says MSFT laid off 200 workers as it restructured its marketing operations to streamline.
Pfizer PFE
$21.275 -0.125 0.58% 42,300,006 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Pfizer cites packaging flaws in birth control pill recall" by by Jon Rockoff, NYT pB6 "Drug firm rrecalls birth control pills, citing error" by Ann Carrns, USA Today p1B "Briefly" say PFE recalled a mil packs of Lo/Ovral-28 pils & generics called Norgestrel due to improper packaging.
Procter & Gamble PG
$63.21 +0.17 0.27% 12,809,349 NYSE: No mentions found.
MMM
$87.35 +0.64 0.74% 2,893,949 NYSE: No mentions found.
Travelers TRV
$59.24 +0.94 1.61% 3,417,071 NYSE: No mentions found.
United Technologies UTX
$80.22 +1.87 2.39% 6,662,206 NYSE: No mentions found.
Verizon VZ
$37.8 +0.14 0.37% 12,953,501 DualListed: WSJ pB5 "Verizon Wireless-Comcast deal meets political resistance" by Tom Catans ays regulators are worried that cooperation between the 2 rivals could blunt competition in the telecom market & lead to higher prices as Dem. Sen. Herb Kohl chair of the Senate Antitrust Sub comm said he would hold a hearing on the marketing deal.
Walmart WMT
$62.19 +0.83 1.35% 11,246,843 NYSE: No mentions found.
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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 (replaces Samuel J. Palmisano 1/1/12) (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (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 George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
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 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 2/1/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $402 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 251.5 [8.5]
3. IBM 227 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 213 [3.5]
5. Chevron CVX 204.5 [2]
6. GE 198 [10.5]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 179 [3]
8. AT&T T 175.5 [6]
9. Procter & Gamble PG 174 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 164 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 154 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 143 [4]
13. Intel INTC 135 [5]
14. Merck MRK 118 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 107 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 106.5 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 100.5 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 74.5 [10]
19. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
20. Caterpillar CAT 71.5 [.5]
21. Disney DIS 70.5 [2]
22. Home Depot HD 68.5 [1.5]
23. Kraft KFT 68 [2]
24. 3M MMM 61 [.5]
25. American Express AXP 59 [1]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 57 [2]
27. Boeing BA 56 [1]
28. DuPont DD 47.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]
Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/1/12:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T: 11/28 8K re: redemption of subsidiary Cingular Wirelss' $2.97 bil debt
11/25/11 8K re: withdrawal from FCC of application to buy T-Mobile
11/7/11 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
Alcoa AA: 11/16/11 8K re: exec changes
10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
American Express AXP: 12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months
11/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for Aug, Sept & Oct
11/4/11 8K re: exec changes
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
Bank of Am BAC: 12/16/11 8K re: unregistered sale of $885.4 of Senior Notes
12/6/11 8K re: stating it is unaffiliated from IPIC Group's mini-tender off of 4.86% of its common
12/2/11 8K re exchange of $442.3 of senior notes
12/1/11 Proxy re: amendment of Dec. of Trust for Preferred HITs
11/17/11 8K re: exchange of preferred shares
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
Boeing BA: 12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO
11/14/11 8K re: $2.3 bil revolving credit agrmt.
11/1/11 8K re: exec changes
10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
Caterpiller CAT: 12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan
11/18/11 8K re: past 3 monts dealer stats
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
Chevron CVX: 12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Cisco CSCO 12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan
11/22/11 10Q & 8K for Qtr ended 10/29
10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
Coke KO 12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.
11/10/11 Prospectus re: exchange of $1.6 bil of 2016 Notes
10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/1/11 8K re: issuance of senior notes
Disney DIS 12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes
11/23/11 10K & 11/10/11 8K re: results for fiscal year ened 10/1/11
10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
DuPont DD: 11/22/11 8K : re: election of Lee M. Thomas as Director
10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
ExxonMobil XOM: 12/6/11 8K re disclosure of exec bonuses and salaries (CEO's Rex Tillerson's base effective 1/1/12 is $2,567,000 and no exec has a contract, all are employees at will
11/29/11 8K re: exec changes
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
GE: 11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/14/11 10Q for year ended 10/31/11
12/12/11 8K re close of sale of $3.5 bil of Global Notes
11/8/11 10Q & 11/21/11 8K re: results of year and Qtr ended 10/31/11
11/17/11 8K re: election of Ralph V. Whitworth to Board of Dirs
10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement of CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman effective immediately
9/19/11 8KA & 8K re: issuance of floating global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.
Home Depot HD: 11/29/11 10Q & 11/15/11 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31/11
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
Intel INTC: 11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/1/11
10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
IBM: 11/14/11 8K re: $10 bil Credit Agrmt
10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
JPMorganChase JPM: 12/22/11 8K re closing of $1.25 bil 5.4% Notes
12/8/11 8K re increase to share repurchase program
12/8/11 8K re FD disclosure re guidance presentation
11/8/11 8K re: election of James A. Bell as Dir.
11/4 28ks & 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!
11/30/11 8K re: purchase of Synthes & offer to hire its CEO
11/22/11 8K re: exec changes
11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/2
10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Kraft KFT: 12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company
11/4/11 10Q & 11/2/11 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference
McDonald's MCD: 12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%
11/14/11 8K re: Investor Release re: Growth Plans
11/8/11 8K re: Oct sales
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
Merck MRK: 12/21/11 8K re: technical amendments to bylaws
12/1/11 8K re: election of CEO Ken Frazier to Bd & retirement of former CEO Richard Clark from Board
11/10/11 8K & 11/8/11 10Q re Investor Presentation re results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
Microsoft MSFT: 12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay
11/17/11 8K re: voting results from Annual Shareholder Meeting
10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.
Pfizer PFE: 12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board
11/10/11 10Q & 11/1/11 8K for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Procter & Gamble PG: 11/3/11 8K re: Guidance
11/1/11 8K re: delay of sale of Pringles to Diamond Food
10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
3M MMM: 12/6/11 8K re eps guidance
11/3/11 10Q re Qtr ended 9/30/11
11/3/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for an exec
10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/20/11 8K/A re: frequency of non-binding advisory shareholder votes
United Technologies UTX: 11/16/11 8K re: edemption of $500 mil of 6/1% Notes due 5/15/12
11/15/11 8K re: $15 bil Credit Agrmt
10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil
10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.
WalMart WMT: 12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11
11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11
9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
2/1/12 pm Dow Closes at 12,716.46 up 83.55 or 0.66%
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Post No. 1,452 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 and Dow 30 components' recent SEC filings.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,716.46 up 83.55 or 0.66% from Tuesday's close of 12,632.91. Of the 30 Dow components 25 gained and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was United Technologies UTX $80.22 +1.87 2.39% 6,662,206 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise Chevron CVX $102.77 -0.35 0.34% 7,191,409 NYSE and percentage-wise was Pfizer PFE $21.275 -0.125 0.58% 42,300,006 NYSE.
As of the open of the market Wednesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.99 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.01 (year ago it was 14.50); today's P/E estimate is 12.15 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 12.15 (year ago it was 12.63), and today's dividend yield is 2.54 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.53 (last year it was 2.42). 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.
Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,680.22 up 11.04 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,669.18. 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 (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.08 up $0.44 from Tuesday's average closing price of $55.64. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.55 (AXP/HD) up $0.24 from Tuesday's median closing price of $47.31. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.59.24 +0.94 1.61% 3,417,071 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE.
If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $1,104 ($168,022 - $166,918).
MarketWatch Wednesday 2/1/12 4:23 pm by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks Wednesday rallied to start the month, breaking a string of recent session losses, as manufacturing data in China and Europe overrode any disappointment from below consensus U.S. data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.66% gained 83.55 points, or 0.7%, to 12,716.46, its first gain in five sessions. The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.89% rose 11.68 points, or 0.9%, to 1,324.09, also breaking a four-day loss streak. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.22% gained 34.43 points, or 1.2%, to 2,848.27. The U.S. indexes rose more than 3% in January, their best January in over a decade.
Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T
$29.61 +0.20 0.68% 28,925,827 NYSE
Alcoa AA
$10.21 +0.05 0.49% 23,606,022 NYSE
American Express AXP
$50.61 +0.47 0.94% 5,499,620 NYSE
Bank of America BAC
$7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE
Boeing BA
$75.33 +1.15 1.55% 3,766,759 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT
$110.46 +1.34 1.23% 6,351,877 NYSE
Chevron CVX
$102.77 -0.35 0.34% 7,191,409 NYSE
Cisco CSCO
$19.8 +0.155 0.79% 56,473,805 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO
$67.83 +0.30 0.44% 6,609,733 NYSE
Disney DIS
$39.33 +0.43 1.11% 8,312,304 NYSE
DuPont DD
$51.51 +0.62 1.22% 4,808,713 NYSE
Exxon XOM
$84.02 +0.28 0.33% 21,001,690 NYSE
GE
$18.761 +0.051 0.27% 48,826,493 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$28.76 +0.78 2.79% 14,146,623 NYSE
Home Depot HD
$44.475 +0.085 0.19% 10,124,749 NYSE
Intel INTC
$26.55 +0.13 0.49% 45,712,672 NASDAQ-GS
IBM
$192.48 -0.12 0.06% 4,857,851 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM
$37.54 +0.24 0.64% 39,344,303 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$65.66 -0.25 0.38% 11,431,690 NYSE
Kraft KFT
$38.45 +0.15 0.39% 4,771,317 NYSE
McDonald's MCD
$98.4 -0.65 0.66% 5,782,370 NYSE
Merck MRK
$38.6 +0.33 0.86% 13,521,719 NYSE
MSFT
$29.89 +0.36 1.22% 66,461,056 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE
$21.275 -0.125 0.58% 42,300,006 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG
$63.21 +0.17 0.27% 12,809,349 NYSE
MMM
$87.35 +0.64 0.74% 2,893,949 NYSE
Travelers TRV
$59.24 +0.94 1.61% 3,417,071 NYSE
United Technologies UTX
$80.22 +1.87 2.39% 6,662,206 NYSE
Verizon VZ
$37.8 +0.14 0.37% 12,953,501 DualListed
Walmart WMT
$62.19 +0.83 1.35% 11,246,843 NYSE
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The following are excerpts from Wednesday morning's Blog.
A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data.
Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 12,632.91 down 20.81 or 0.16% from Monday's close of 12,665.72. For the year the Dow is up 3.4%. Of the 30 Dow components 14 gained and 15 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was United Technologies UTX $78.35 +0.74 0.95% 5,886,035 NYSE and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM $37.39 +0.38 1.03% 24,267,954 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Exxon XOM $83.879- 1.611 1.88% 23,552,039 NYSE.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
Fin times p24 "Weak house price numbers put US homebuilders under pressure" by Ajay Makan says US stocks defied European trends for a 2nd straight day falling on poor US economic data after global indices had rallied on enthusiasm for a eurozone fiscal discipline pact brokered by Germany. Banks bucked the falling market, helped by improving eurozone sentiment. Bank of America rose 0.9%
NYT pB9 "equities end a strong month on a mixed note" by Reuters says Wall St closed a strong month narrowly mixed on Tues as weaker thane expected economic reports surprised investors after a stream of positive data in recent months. Results from Pfizer & Lilly both topped expectations but Pfizer trimmed its '12 outlook and it dipped 0.8%.
USA Today p4B "Falling consumer confidence leaves investors a bit cold" by Bloomberg says the S&P capped its longest losing streak since Nov on Tues as reports showed consumer confidence trailed economists' projections & business activity cooled.
Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,669.18 down 2.75 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,671.93. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.64 down $0.09 from Monday's average closing price of $55.73. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.31 (AXP/HD) up $0.36 from Monday's median closing price of $46.95. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $58.3 +0.19 0.33% 2,735,620 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.135 +0.065 0.92% 196,897,661 NYSE.
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) and sold at the close you would have lost $275 ($167,193 - $166,918).
MarketWatch Tuesday 1/31/12 4:10 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Tuesday closed the books on Wall Street's best January in more than a decade, with the indexes mostly slipping after U.S. economic data failed to live up to its billing. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.16% and the S&P 500 SPX -0.05% recorded their best percentage jump for the month of January since 1997. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.07% recorded its best January since 2001. The Dow industrials lost 20.81 points, or 0.2%, to 12,632.91, up 3.4% for January in its fourth straight monthly gain. The S&P 500 fell less than a point to 1,312.41, up 4.4% for the month, while the Nasdaq Composite rose nearly 2 points to 2,813.84, up 8% for January.
Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Wednesday's News:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $29.42 +0.08 0.27% 24,632,060 NYSE: No mentions found.
Alcoa AA $10.165 -0.155 1.5% 23,368,942 NYSE: No mentions found.
American Express AXP $50.165 -1.045 2.13% 5,564,260 NYSE: No mentions found.
Bank of America BAC $7.135 +0.065 0.92% 196,897,661 NYSE: Fin times p24 "Weak house price numbers put US homebuilders under pressure" by Ajay Makan says US stocks defied European trends for a 2nd straight day falling on poor US economic data after global indices had rallied on enthusiasm for a eurozone fiscal discipline pact brokered by Germany. Banks bucked the falling market, helped by improving eurozone sentiment. Bank of America rose 0.9%
Boeing BA $74.3 +0.14 0.19% 4,108,561 NYSE: No mentions found.
Caterpillar CAT $109.36 -1.05 0.95% 6,229,136 NYSE: No mentions found.
Chevron CVX $103.125 -0.285 0.28% 6,396,166 NYSE: No mentions found.
CSCO $19.645 +0.085 0.43% 39,603,379 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Coke KO $67.53 -0.07 0.1% 5,162,326 NYSE: No mentions found.
Disney DIS $38.9 -0.09 0.23% 8,307,524 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Disney agrees to acquire Indian broadcaster, film studio" by Erica Orden says Disney agreed to take a controlling interest in one of India's largest media and entertainment providers, UTX Software Communications.
DuPont DD $50.95 -0.02 0.04% 5,228,274 NYSE: No mentions found.
Exxon XOM $83.879- 1.611 1.88% 23,552,039 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Exxon to keep its foot on gas peedal" by Tom Fowler, USA Today p1B "ExxonMObil", AJC pA10 "Higher oil prices boost Exxon Mobil profit", NYT pB4 "Higher oil prices raise earnigns at Exxon Mobil" by Cliff Krauss say Exxon's 4Q profit rose 2% as higher oil prices made up for a production drop. Exxon's net income was $9.4 bil matching expectations vs. $9.25 bil a year earlier. Rev rose 15.6% to $121.6 bil in 4Q.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
GE $18.72 -0.18 0.95% 36,298,065 NYSE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $27.99 +0.11 0.39% 11,309,316 NYSE: No mentions found.
Home Depot HD $44.44 -0.33 0.74% 8,612,991 NYSE: No mentions found.
Intel INTC $26.42 -0.32 1.2% 44,354,154 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
IBM $192.56 +0.06 0.03% 3,932,874 NYSE: No mentions found.
JPMorgan JPM $37.39 +0.38 1.03% 24,267,954 NYSE: No mentions found.
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.87 +0.16 0.24% 10,556,630 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Gaining on prostate cancer" by Ron Winslow says drug firms are making progress against prostate cancer including drugs in the past 2 years such as Zytiga from Johnson & Johnson.
Kraft KFT $38.28 +0.10 0.26% 5,227,254 NYSE: No mentions found.
McDonald's MCD $99.02 +0.33 0.33% 4,864,297 NYSE: No mentions found.
Merck MRK $38.3 -0.59 1.52% 13,317,234 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Pfizer, Lilly profits fall as drugs lose patents" by Peter Loftus say Pfizer's profit declined 50% to $1.4 bil or 19 cents a share, compared with $2.9 bil or 36 cents a share a year earlier. Pfizer lost its patent on Lipitor on Nov. 30. Merck last year lost its patent on Singulair, an allergy & asthma medicine.
Microsoft MSFT $29.53 -0.08 0.27% 46,254,645 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Pfizer PFE $21.46 -0.12 0.56% 48,857,815 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Pfizer, Lilly profits fall as drugs lose patents" by Peter Loftus, Fin times p14 "Pfizer & Eli Lilly face generic drugs challenge" by Alan Rappeport, NYT pB2 "Pfizer & Eli Lilly, squeezed by generics, beat forecasts" by Reuters say Pfizer's profit declined 50% to $1.4 bil or 19 cents a share, compared with $2.9 bil or 36 cents a share a year earlier. Pfizer lost its patent on Lipitor on Nov. 30. Merck last year lost its patent on Singulair, an allergy & asthma medicine.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
NYT pB9 "equities end a strong month on a mixed note" by Reuters says Wall St closed a strong month narrowly mixed on Tues as weaker thane expected economic reports surprised investors after a stream of positive data in recent months. Results from Pfizer & Lilly both topped expectations but Pfizer trimmed its '12 outlook and it dipped 0.8%.
Procter & Gamble PG $63.04 -0.17 0.27% 10,877,213 NYSE: NYT pB2 "A brand too strong to stay in its own ad" by Andrew Newman says Procter & Gamble are advertising their products such as Old Spice, Bounce and Charmin in a single commercial as co-branding.
MMM $86.71 -0.63 0.72% 3,458,071 NYSE: No mentions found.
Travelers TRV $58.3 +0.19 0.33% 2,735,620 NYSE: No mentions found.
United Technologies UTX $78.35 +0.74 0.95% 5,886,035 NYSE: No mentions found.
Verizon VZ $37.66 +0.05 0.13% 14,046,716 DualListed: No mentions found.
Walmart WMT $61.38 +0.08 0.13% 8,466,003 NYSE: No mentions found.
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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 (replaces Samuel J. Palmisano 1/1/12) (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (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 George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
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 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 2/1/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $402 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 251.5 [8.5]
3. IBM 227 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 213 [3.5]
5. Chevron CVX 204.5 [2]
6. GE 198 [10.5]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 179 [3]
8. AT&T T 175.5 [6]
9. Procter & Gamble PG 174 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 164 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 154 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 143 [4]
13. Intel INTC 135 [5]
14. Merck MRK 118 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 107 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 106.5 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 100.5 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 74.5 [10]
19. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
20. Caterpillar CAT 71.5 [.5]
21. Disney DIS 70.5 [2]
22. Home Depot HD 68.5 [1.5]
23. Kraft KFT 68 [2]
24. 3M MMM 61 [.5]
25. American Express AXP 59 [1]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 57 [2]
27. Boeing BA 56 [1]
28. DuPont DD 47.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]
Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/1/12:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T: 11/28 8K re: redemption of subsidiary Cingular Wirelss' $2.97 bil debt
11/25/11 8K re: withdrawal from FCC of application to buy T-Mobile
11/7/11 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
Alcoa AA: 11/16/11 8K re: exec changes
10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
American Express AXP: 12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months
11/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for Aug, Sept & Oct
11/4/11 8K re: exec changes
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
Bank of Am BAC: 12/16/11 8K re: unregistered sale of $885.4 of Senior Notes
12/6/11 8K re: stating it is unaffiliated from IPIC Group's mini-tender off of 4.86% of its common
12/2/11 8K re exchange of $442.3 of senior notes
12/1/11 Proxy re: amendment of Dec. of Trust for Preferred HITs
11/17/11 8K re: exchange of preferred shares
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
Boeing BA: 12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO
11/14/11 8K re: $2.3 bil revolving credit agrmt.
11/1/11 8K re: exec changes
10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
Caterpiller CAT: 12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan
11/18/11 8K re: past 3 monts dealer stats
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
Chevron CVX: 12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Cisco CSCO 12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan
11/22/11 10Q & 8K for Qtr ended 10/29
10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
Coke KO 12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.
11/10/11 Prospectus re: exchange of $1.6 bil of 2016 Notes
10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/1/11 8K re: issuance of senior notes
Disney DIS 12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes
11/23/11 10K & 11/10/11 8K re: results for fiscal year ened 10/1/11
10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
DuPont DD: 11/22/11 8K : re: election of Lee M. Thomas as Director
10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
ExxonMobil XOM: 12/6/11 8K re disclosure of exec bonuses and salaries (CEO's Rex Tillerson's base effective 1/1/12 is $2,567,000 and no exec has a contract, all are employees at will
11/29/11 8K re: exec changes
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
GE: 11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/14/11 10Q for year ended 10/31/11
12/12/11 8K re close of sale of $3.5 bil of Global Notes
11/8/11 10Q & 11/21/11 8K re: results of year and Qtr ended 10/31/11
11/17/11 8K re: election of Ralph V. Whitworth to Board of Dirs
10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement of CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman effective immediately
9/19/11 8KA & 8K re: issuance of floating global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.
Home Depot HD: 11/29/11 10Q & 11/15/11 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31/11
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
Intel INTC: 11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/1/11
10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
IBM: 11/14/11 8K re: $10 bil Credit Agrmt
10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
JPMorganChase JPM: 12/22/11 8K re closing of $1.25 bil 5.4% Notes
12/8/11 8K re increase to share repurchase program
12/8/11 8K re FD disclosure re guidance presentation
11/8/11 8K re: election of James A. Bell as Dir.
11/4 28ks & 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!
11/30/11 8K re: purchase of Synthes & offer to hire its CEO
11/22/11 8K re: exec changes
11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/2
10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Kraft KFT: 12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company
11/4/11 10Q & 11/2/11 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference
McDonald's MCD: 12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%
11/14/11 8K re: Investor Release re: Growth Plans
11/8/11 8K re: Oct sales
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
Merck MRK: 12/21/11 8K re: technical amendments to bylaws
12/1/11 8K re: election of CEO Ken Frazier to Bd & retirement of former CEO Richard Clark from Board
11/10/11 8K & 11/8/11 10Q re Investor Presentation re results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
Microsoft MSFT: 12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay
11/17/11 8K re: voting results from Annual Shareholder Meeting
10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.
Pfizer PFE: 12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board
11/10/11 10Q & 11/1/11 8K for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Procter & Gamble PG: 11/3/11 8K re: Guidance
11/1/11 8K re: delay of sale of Pringles to Diamond Food
10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
3M MMM: 12/6/11 8K re eps guidance
11/3/11 10Q re Qtr ended 9/30/11
11/3/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for an exec
10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/20/11 8K/A re: frequency of non-binding advisory shareholder votes
United Technologies UTX: 11/16/11 8K re: edemption of $500 mil of 6/1% Notes due 5/15/12
11/15/11 8K re: $15 bil Credit Agrmt
10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil
10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.
WalMart WMT: 12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11
11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11
9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,716.46 up 83.55 or 0.66% from Tuesday's close of 12,632.91. Of the 30 Dow components 25 gained and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was United Technologies UTX $80.22 +1.87 2.39% 6,662,206 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise Chevron CVX $102.77 -0.35 0.34% 7,191,409 NYSE and percentage-wise was Pfizer PFE $21.275 -0.125 0.58% 42,300,006 NYSE.
As of the open of the market Wednesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.99 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.01 (year ago it was 14.50); today's P/E estimate is 12.15 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 12.15 (year ago it was 12.63), and today's dividend yield is 2.54 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.53 (last year it was 2.42). 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.
Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,680.22 up 11.04 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,669.18. 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 (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.08 up $0.44 from Tuesday's average closing price of $55.64. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.55 (AXP/HD) up $0.24 from Tuesday's median closing price of $47.31. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.59.24 +0.94 1.61% 3,417,071 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE.
If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $1,104 ($168,022 - $166,918).
MarketWatch Wednesday 2/1/12 4:23 pm by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks Wednesday rallied to start the month, breaking a string of recent session losses, as manufacturing data in China and Europe overrode any disappointment from below consensus U.S. data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.66% gained 83.55 points, or 0.7%, to 12,716.46, its first gain in five sessions. The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.89% rose 11.68 points, or 0.9%, to 1,324.09, also breaking a four-day loss streak. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.22% gained 34.43 points, or 1.2%, to 2,848.27. The U.S. indexes rose more than 3% in January, their best January in over a decade.
Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T
$29.61 +0.20 0.68% 28,925,827 NYSE
Alcoa AA
$10.21 +0.05 0.49% 23,606,022 NYSE
American Express AXP
$50.61 +0.47 0.94% 5,499,620 NYSE
Bank of America BAC
$7.35 +0.22 3.09% 307,745,991 NYSE
Boeing BA
$75.33 +1.15 1.55% 3,766,759 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT
$110.46 +1.34 1.23% 6,351,877 NYSE
Chevron CVX
$102.77 -0.35 0.34% 7,191,409 NYSE
Cisco CSCO
$19.8 +0.155 0.79% 56,473,805 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO
$67.83 +0.30 0.44% 6,609,733 NYSE
Disney DIS
$39.33 +0.43 1.11% 8,312,304 NYSE
DuPont DD
$51.51 +0.62 1.22% 4,808,713 NYSE
Exxon XOM
$84.02 +0.28 0.33% 21,001,690 NYSE
GE
$18.761 +0.051 0.27% 48,826,493 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$28.76 +0.78 2.79% 14,146,623 NYSE
Home Depot HD
$44.475 +0.085 0.19% 10,124,749 NYSE
Intel INTC
$26.55 +0.13 0.49% 45,712,672 NASDAQ-GS
IBM
$192.48 -0.12 0.06% 4,857,851 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM
$37.54 +0.24 0.64% 39,344,303 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$65.66 -0.25 0.38% 11,431,690 NYSE
Kraft KFT
$38.45 +0.15 0.39% 4,771,317 NYSE
McDonald's MCD
$98.4 -0.65 0.66% 5,782,370 NYSE
Merck MRK
$38.6 +0.33 0.86% 13,521,719 NYSE
MSFT
$29.89 +0.36 1.22% 66,461,056 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE
$21.275 -0.125 0.58% 42,300,006 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG
$63.21 +0.17 0.27% 12,809,349 NYSE
MMM
$87.35 +0.64 0.74% 2,893,949 NYSE
Travelers TRV
$59.24 +0.94 1.61% 3,417,071 NYSE
United Technologies UTX
$80.22 +1.87 2.39% 6,662,206 NYSE
Verizon VZ
$37.8 +0.14 0.37% 12,953,501 DualListed
Walmart WMT
$62.19 +0.83 1.35% 11,246,843 NYSE
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The following are excerpts from Wednesday morning's Blog.
A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data.
Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 12,632.91 down 20.81 or 0.16% from Monday's close of 12,665.72. For the year the Dow is up 3.4%. Of the 30 Dow components 14 gained and 15 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was United Technologies UTX $78.35 +0.74 0.95% 5,886,035 NYSE and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM $37.39 +0.38 1.03% 24,267,954 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Exxon XOM $83.879- 1.611 1.88% 23,552,039 NYSE.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
Fin times p24 "Weak house price numbers put US homebuilders under pressure" by Ajay Makan says US stocks defied European trends for a 2nd straight day falling on poor US economic data after global indices had rallied on enthusiasm for a eurozone fiscal discipline pact brokered by Germany. Banks bucked the falling market, helped by improving eurozone sentiment. Bank of America rose 0.9%
NYT pB9 "equities end a strong month on a mixed note" by Reuters says Wall St closed a strong month narrowly mixed on Tues as weaker thane expected economic reports surprised investors after a stream of positive data in recent months. Results from Pfizer & Lilly both topped expectations but Pfizer trimmed its '12 outlook and it dipped 0.8%.
USA Today p4B "Falling consumer confidence leaves investors a bit cold" by Bloomberg says the S&P capped its longest losing streak since Nov on Tues as reports showed consumer confidence trailed economists' projections & business activity cooled.
Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,669.18 down 2.75 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,671.93. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.64 down $0.09 from Monday's average closing price of $55.73. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.31 (AXP/HD) up $0.36 from Monday's median closing price of $46.95. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $58.3 +0.19 0.33% 2,735,620 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.135 +0.065 0.92% 196,897,661 NYSE.
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) and sold at the close you would have lost $275 ($167,193 - $166,918).
MarketWatch Tuesday 1/31/12 4:10 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Tuesday closed the books on Wall Street's best January in more than a decade, with the indexes mostly slipping after U.S. economic data failed to live up to its billing. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.16% and the S&P 500 SPX -0.05% recorded their best percentage jump for the month of January since 1997. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.07% recorded its best January since 2001. The Dow industrials lost 20.81 points, or 0.2%, to 12,632.91, up 3.4% for January in its fourth straight monthly gain. The S&P 500 fell less than a point to 1,312.41, up 4.4% for the month, while the Nasdaq Composite rose nearly 2 points to 2,813.84, up 8% for January.
Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Wednesday's News:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $29.42 +0.08 0.27% 24,632,060 NYSE: No mentions found.
Alcoa AA $10.165 -0.155 1.5% 23,368,942 NYSE: No mentions found.
American Express AXP $50.165 -1.045 2.13% 5,564,260 NYSE: No mentions found.
Bank of America BAC $7.135 +0.065 0.92% 196,897,661 NYSE: Fin times p24 "Weak house price numbers put US homebuilders under pressure" by Ajay Makan says US stocks defied European trends for a 2nd straight day falling on poor US economic data after global indices had rallied on enthusiasm for a eurozone fiscal discipline pact brokered by Germany. Banks bucked the falling market, helped by improving eurozone sentiment. Bank of America rose 0.9%
Boeing BA $74.3 +0.14 0.19% 4,108,561 NYSE: No mentions found.
Caterpillar CAT $109.36 -1.05 0.95% 6,229,136 NYSE: No mentions found.
Chevron CVX $103.125 -0.285 0.28% 6,396,166 NYSE: No mentions found.
CSCO $19.645 +0.085 0.43% 39,603,379 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Coke KO $67.53 -0.07 0.1% 5,162,326 NYSE: No mentions found.
Disney DIS $38.9 -0.09 0.23% 8,307,524 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Disney agrees to acquire Indian broadcaster, film studio" by Erica Orden says Disney agreed to take a controlling interest in one of India's largest media and entertainment providers, UTX Software Communications.
DuPont DD $50.95 -0.02 0.04% 5,228,274 NYSE: No mentions found.
Exxon XOM $83.879- 1.611 1.88% 23,552,039 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Exxon to keep its foot on gas peedal" by Tom Fowler, USA Today p1B "ExxonMObil", AJC pA10 "Higher oil prices boost Exxon Mobil profit", NYT pB4 "Higher oil prices raise earnigns at Exxon Mobil" by Cliff Krauss say Exxon's 4Q profit rose 2% as higher oil prices made up for a production drop. Exxon's net income was $9.4 bil matching expectations vs. $9.25 bil a year earlier. Rev rose 15.6% to $121.6 bil in 4Q.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
GE $18.72 -0.18 0.95% 36,298,065 NYSE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $27.99 +0.11 0.39% 11,309,316 NYSE: No mentions found.
Home Depot HD $44.44 -0.33 0.74% 8,612,991 NYSE: No mentions found.
Intel INTC $26.42 -0.32 1.2% 44,354,154 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
IBM $192.56 +0.06 0.03% 3,932,874 NYSE: No mentions found.
JPMorgan JPM $37.39 +0.38 1.03% 24,267,954 NYSE: No mentions found.
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.87 +0.16 0.24% 10,556,630 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Gaining on prostate cancer" by Ron Winslow says drug firms are making progress against prostate cancer including drugs in the past 2 years such as Zytiga from Johnson & Johnson.
Kraft KFT $38.28 +0.10 0.26% 5,227,254 NYSE: No mentions found.
McDonald's MCD $99.02 +0.33 0.33% 4,864,297 NYSE: No mentions found.
Merck MRK $38.3 -0.59 1.52% 13,317,234 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Pfizer, Lilly profits fall as drugs lose patents" by Peter Loftus say Pfizer's profit declined 50% to $1.4 bil or 19 cents a share, compared with $2.9 bil or 36 cents a share a year earlier. Pfizer lost its patent on Lipitor on Nov. 30. Merck last year lost its patent on Singulair, an allergy & asthma medicine.
Microsoft MSFT $29.53 -0.08 0.27% 46,254,645 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Pfizer PFE $21.46 -0.12 0.56% 48,857,815 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Pfizer, Lilly profits fall as drugs lose patents" by Peter Loftus, Fin times p14 "Pfizer & Eli Lilly face generic drugs challenge" by Alan Rappeport, NYT pB2 "Pfizer & Eli Lilly, squeezed by generics, beat forecasts" by Reuters say Pfizer's profit declined 50% to $1.4 bil or 19 cents a share, compared with $2.9 bil or 36 cents a share a year earlier. Pfizer lost its patent on Lipitor on Nov. 30. Merck last year lost its patent on Singulair, an allergy & asthma medicine.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
NYT pB9 "equities end a strong month on a mixed note" by Reuters says Wall St closed a strong month narrowly mixed on Tues as weaker thane expected economic reports surprised investors after a stream of positive data in recent months. Results from Pfizer & Lilly both topped expectations but Pfizer trimmed its '12 outlook and it dipped 0.8%.
Procter & Gamble PG $63.04 -0.17 0.27% 10,877,213 NYSE: NYT pB2 "A brand too strong to stay in its own ad" by Andrew Newman says Procter & Gamble are advertising their products such as Old Spice, Bounce and Charmin in a single commercial as co-branding.
MMM $86.71 -0.63 0.72% 3,458,071 NYSE: No mentions found.
Travelers TRV $58.3 +0.19 0.33% 2,735,620 NYSE: No mentions found.
United Technologies UTX $78.35 +0.74 0.95% 5,886,035 NYSE: No mentions found.
Verizon VZ $37.66 +0.05 0.13% 14,046,716 DualListed: No mentions found.
Walmart WMT $61.38 +0.08 0.13% 8,466,003 NYSE: No mentions found.
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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 (replaces Samuel J. Palmisano 1/1/12) (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (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 George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
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 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 2/1/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $402 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 251.5 [8.5]
3. IBM 227 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 213 [3.5]
5. Chevron CVX 204.5 [2]
6. GE 198 [10.5]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 179 [3]
8. AT&T T 175.5 [6]
9. Procter & Gamble PG 174 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 164 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 154 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 143 [4]
13. Intel INTC 135 [5]
14. Merck MRK 118 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 107 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 106.5 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 100.5 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 74.5 [10]
19. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
20. Caterpillar CAT 71.5 [.5]
21. Disney DIS 70.5 [2]
22. Home Depot HD 68.5 [1.5]
23. Kraft KFT 68 [2]
24. 3M MMM 61 [.5]
25. American Express AXP 59 [1]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 57 [2]
27. Boeing BA 56 [1]
28. DuPont DD 47.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]
Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/1/12:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T: 11/28 8K re: redemption of subsidiary Cingular Wirelss' $2.97 bil debt
11/25/11 8K re: withdrawal from FCC of application to buy T-Mobile
11/7/11 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
Alcoa AA: 11/16/11 8K re: exec changes
10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
American Express AXP: 12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months
11/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for Aug, Sept & Oct
11/4/11 8K re: exec changes
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
Bank of Am BAC: 12/16/11 8K re: unregistered sale of $885.4 of Senior Notes
12/6/11 8K re: stating it is unaffiliated from IPIC Group's mini-tender off of 4.86% of its common
12/2/11 8K re exchange of $442.3 of senior notes
12/1/11 Proxy re: amendment of Dec. of Trust for Preferred HITs
11/17/11 8K re: exchange of preferred shares
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
Boeing BA: 12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO
11/14/11 8K re: $2.3 bil revolving credit agrmt.
11/1/11 8K re: exec changes
10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
Caterpiller CAT: 12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan
11/18/11 8K re: past 3 monts dealer stats
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
Chevron CVX: 12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Cisco CSCO 12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan
11/22/11 10Q & 8K for Qtr ended 10/29
10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
Coke KO 12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.
11/10/11 Prospectus re: exchange of $1.6 bil of 2016 Notes
10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/1/11 8K re: issuance of senior notes
Disney DIS 12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes
11/23/11 10K & 11/10/11 8K re: results for fiscal year ened 10/1/11
10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
DuPont DD: 11/22/11 8K : re: election of Lee M. Thomas as Director
10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
ExxonMobil XOM: 12/6/11 8K re disclosure of exec bonuses and salaries (CEO's Rex Tillerson's base effective 1/1/12 is $2,567,000 and no exec has a contract, all are employees at will
11/29/11 8K re: exec changes
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
GE: 11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/14/11 10Q for year ended 10/31/11
12/12/11 8K re close of sale of $3.5 bil of Global Notes
11/8/11 10Q & 11/21/11 8K re: results of year and Qtr ended 10/31/11
11/17/11 8K re: election of Ralph V. Whitworth to Board of Dirs
10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement of CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman effective immediately
9/19/11 8KA & 8K re: issuance of floating global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.
Home Depot HD: 11/29/11 10Q & 11/15/11 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31/11
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
Intel INTC: 11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/1/11
10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
IBM: 11/14/11 8K re: $10 bil Credit Agrmt
10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
JPMorganChase JPM: 12/22/11 8K re closing of $1.25 bil 5.4% Notes
12/8/11 8K re increase to share repurchase program
12/8/11 8K re FD disclosure re guidance presentation
11/8/11 8K re: election of James A. Bell as Dir.
11/4 28ks & 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!
11/30/11 8K re: purchase of Synthes & offer to hire its CEO
11/22/11 8K re: exec changes
11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/2
10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Kraft KFT: 12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company
11/4/11 10Q & 11/2/11 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference
McDonald's MCD: 12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%
11/14/11 8K re: Investor Release re: Growth Plans
11/8/11 8K re: Oct sales
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
Merck MRK: 12/21/11 8K re: technical amendments to bylaws
12/1/11 8K re: election of CEO Ken Frazier to Bd & retirement of former CEO Richard Clark from Board
11/10/11 8K & 11/8/11 10Q re Investor Presentation re results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
Microsoft MSFT: 12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay
11/17/11 8K re: voting results from Annual Shareholder Meeting
10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.
Pfizer PFE: 12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board
11/10/11 10Q & 11/1/11 8K for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Procter & Gamble PG: 11/3/11 8K re: Guidance
11/1/11 8K re: delay of sale of Pringles to Diamond Food
10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
3M MMM: 12/6/11 8K re eps guidance
11/3/11 10Q re Qtr ended 9/30/11
11/3/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for an exec
10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/20/11 8K/A re: frequency of non-binding advisory shareholder votes
United Technologies UTX: 11/16/11 8K re: edemption of $500 mil of 6/1% Notes due 5/15/12
11/15/11 8K re: $15 bil Credit Agrmt
10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil
10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.
WalMart WMT: 12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11
11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11
9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
1/1/12 Wed am ExxonMobil's & Pfizer's 4Q Profits Upk Disney to Buy Indian Studio
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A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data.
Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 12,632.91 down 20.81 or 0.16% from Monday's close of 12,665.72. For the year the Dow is up 3.4%. Of the 30 Dow components 14 gained and 15 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was United Technologies UTX $78.35 +0.74 0.95% 5,886,035 NYSE and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM $37.39 +0.38 1.03% 24,267,954 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Exxon XOM $83.879- 1.611 1.88% 23,552,039 NYSE.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
Fin times p24 "Weak house price numbers put US homebuilders under pressure" by Ajay Makan says US stocks defied European trends for a 2nd straight day falling on poor US economic data after global indices had rallied on enthusiasm for a eurozone fiscal discipline pact brokered by Germany. Banks bucked the falling market, helped by improving eurozone sentiment. Bank of America rose 0.9%
NYT pB9 "equities end a strong month on a mixed note" by Reuters says Wall St closed a strong month narrowly mixed on Tues as weaker thane expected economic reports surprised investors after a stream of positive data in recent months. Results from Pfizer & Lilly both topped expectations but Pfizer trimmed its '12 outlook and it dipped 0.8%.
USA Today p4B "Falling consumer confidence leaves investors a bit cold" by Bloomberg says the S&P capped its longest losing streak since Nov on Tues as reports showed consumer confidence trailed economists' projections & business activity cooled.
As of the open of the market Wednesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.99 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.01 (year ago it was 14.50); today's P/E estimate is 12.15 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 12.15 (year ago it was 12.63), and today's dividend yield is 2.54 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.53 (last year it was 2.42). 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 1,669.18 down 2.75 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,671.93. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.64 down $0.09 from Monday's average closing price of $55.73. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.31 (AXP/HD) up $0.36 from Monday's median closing price of $46.95. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $58.3 +0.19 0.33% 2,735,620 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.135 +0.065 0.92% 196,897,661 NYSE.
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) and sold at the close you would have lost $275 ($167,193 - $166,918).
MarketWatch Tuesday 1/31/12 4:10 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Tuesday closed the books on Wall Street's best January in more than a decade, with the indexes mostly slipping after U.S. economic data failed to live up to its billing. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.16% and the S&P 500 SPX -0.05% recorded their best percentage jump for the month of January since 1997. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.07% recorded its best January since 2001. The Dow industrials lost 20.81 points, or 0.2%, to 12,632.91, up 3.4% for January in its fourth straight monthly gain. The S&P 500 fell less than a point to 1,312.41, up 4.4% for the month, while the Nasdaq Composite rose nearly 2 points to 2,813.84, up 8% for January.
Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Wednesday's News:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $29.42 +0.08 0.27% 24,632,060 NYSE: No mentions found.
Alcoa AA $10.165 -0.155 1.5% 23,368,942 NYSE: No mentions found.
American Express AXP $50.165 -1.045 2.13% 5,564,260 NYSE: No mentions found.
Bank of America BAC $7.135 +0.065 0.92% 196,897,661 NYSE: Fin times p24 "Weak house price numbers put US homebuilders under pressure" by Ajay Makan says US stocks defied European trends for a 2nd straight day falling on poor US economic data after global indices had rallied on enthusiasm for a eurozone fiscal discipline pact brokered by Germany. Banks bucked the falling market, helped by improving eurozone sentiment. Bank of America rose 0.9%
Boeing BA $74.3 +0.14 0.19% 4,108,561 NYSE: No mentions found.
Caterpillar CAT $109.36 -1.05 0.95% 6,229,136 NYSE: No mentions found.
Chevron CVX $103.125 -0.285 0.28% 6,396,166 NYSE: No mentions found.
CSCO $19.645 +0.085 0.43% 39,603,379 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Coke KO $67.53 -0.07 0.1% 5,162,326 NYSE: No mentions found.
Disney DIS $38.9 -0.09 0.23% 8,307,524 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Disney agrees to acquire Indian broadcaster, film studio" by Erica Orden says Disney agreed to take a controlling interest in one of India's largest media and entertainment providers, UTX Software Communications.
DuPont DD $50.95 -0.02 0.04% 5,228,274 NYSE: No mentions found.
Exxon XOM $83.879- 1.611 1.88% 23,552,039 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Exxon to keep its foot on gas peedal" by Tom Fowler, USA Today p1B "ExxonMObil", AJC pA10 "Higher oil prices boost Exxon Mobil profit", NYT pB4 "Higher oil prices raise earnigns at Exxon Mobil" by Cliff Krauss say Exxon's 4Q profit rose 2% as higher oil prices made up for a production drop. Exxon's net income was $9.4 bil matching expectations vs. $9.25 bil a year earlier. Rev rose 15.6% to $121.6 bil in 4Q.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
GE $18.72 -0.18 0.95% 36,298,065 NYSE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $27.99 +0.11 0.39% 11,309,316 NYSE: No mentions found.
Home Depot HD $44.44 -0.33 0.74% 8,612,991 NYSE: No mentions found.
Intel INTC $26.42 -0.32 1.2% 44,354,154 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
IBM $192.56 +0.06 0.03% 3,932,874 NYSE: No mentions found.
JPMorgan JPM $37.39 +0.38 1.03% 24,267,954 NYSE: No mentions found.
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.87 +0.16 0.24% 10,556,630 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Gaining on prostate cancer" by Ron Winslow says drug firms are making progress against prostate cancer including drugs in the past 2 years such as Zytiga from Johnson & Johnson.
Kraft KFT $38.28 +0.10 0.26% 5,227,254 NYSE: No mentions found.
McDonald's MCD $99.02 +0.33 0.33% 4,864,297 NYSE: No mentions found.
Merck MRK $38.3 -0.59 1.52% 13,317,234 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Pfizer, Lilly profits fall as drugs lose patents" by Peter Loftus say Pfizer's profit declined 50% to $1.4 bil or 19 cents a share, compared with $2.9 bil or 36 cents a share a year earlier. Pfizer lost its patent on Lipitor on Nov. 30. Merck last year lost its patent on Singulair, an allergy & asthma medicine.
Microsoft MSFT $29.53 -0.08 0.27% 46,254,645 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Pfizer PFE $21.46 -0.12 0.56% 48,857,815 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Pfizer, Lilly profits fall as drugs lose patents" by Peter Loftus, Fin times p14 "Pfizer & Eli Lilly face generic drugs challenge" by Alan Rappeport, NYT pB2 "Pfizer & Eli Lilly, squeezed by generics, beat forecasts" by Reuters say Pfizer's profit declined 50% to $1.4 bil or 19 cents a share, compared with $2.9 bil or 36 cents a share a year earlier. Pfizer lost its patent on Lipitor on Nov. 30. Merck last year lost its patent on Singulair, an allergy & asthma medicine.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
NYT pB9 "equities end a strong month on a mixed note" by Reuters says Wall St closed a strong month narrowly mixed on Tues as weaker thane expected economic reports surprised investors after a stream of positive data in recent months. Results from Pfizer & Lilly both topped expectations but Pfizer trimmed its '12 outlook and it dipped 0.8%.
Procter & Gamble PG $63.04 -0.17 0.27% 10,877,213 NYSE: NYT pB2 "A brand too strong to stay in its own ad" by Andrew Newman says Procter & Gamble are advertising their products such as Old Spice, Bounce and Charmin in a single commercial as co-branding.
MMM $86.71 -0.63 0.72% 3,458,071 NYSE: No mentions found.
Travelers TRV $58.3 +0.19 0.33% 2,735,620 NYSE: No mentions found.
United Technologies UTX $78.35 +0.74 0.95% 5,886,035 NYSE: No mentions found.
Verizon VZ $37.66 +0.05 0.13% 14,046,716 DualListed: No mentions found.
Walmart WMT $61.38 +0.08 0.13% 8,466,003 NYSE: No mentions found.
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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 (replaces Samuel J. Palmisano 1/1/12) (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (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 George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
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 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 1/1/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $406 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 218 [8.5]
3. IBM 216 [1]
4. Chevron CVX 212 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 204.5 [3.5]
6. GE 189 [10.5]
7. Procter & Gamble PG 183.5 [3]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 179 [3]
9. AT&T T 179 [6]
10. Pfizer PFE 166.5 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 159 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 126.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 123.5 [5]
14. Merck MRK 115 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 113.5 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 102.5 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 97 [5.5]
18. Disney DIS 67.5 [2]
19. United Technologies UTX 66 [1]
20. Kraft KFT 66 [2]
21. Home Depot HD 65 [1.5]
22. Caterpillar CAT 58.5 [.5]
23. 3M MMM 57 [.5]
24. Bank of America BAC 56.5 [10]
25. American Express AXP 54.5 [1]
26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 51 [2]
28. DuPont DD 42 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9 [1]
Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/1/12:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T: 11/28 8K re: redemption of subsidiary Cingular Wirelss' $2.97 bil debt
11/25/11 8K re: withdrawal from FCC of application to buy T-Mobile
11/7/11 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
Alcoa AA: 11/16/11 8K re: exec changes
10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
American Express AXP: 12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months
11/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for Aug, Sept & Oct
11/4/11 8K re: exec changes
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
Bank of Am BAC: 12/16/11 8K re: unregistered sale of $885.4 of Senior Notes
12/6/11 8K re: stating it is unaffiliated from IPIC Group's mini-tender off of 4.86% of its common
12/2/11 8K re exchange of $442.3 of senior notes
12/1/11 Proxy re: amendment of Dec. of Trust for Preferred HITs
11/17/11 8K re: exchange of preferred shares
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
Boeing BA: 12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO
11/14/11 8K re: $2.3 bil revolving credit agrmt.
11/1/11 8K re: exec changes
10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
Caterpiller CAT: 12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan
11/18/11 8K re: past 3 monts dealer stats
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
Chevron CVX: 12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Cisco CSCO 12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan
11/22/11 10Q & 8K for Qtr ended 10/29
10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
Coke KO 12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.
11/10/11 Prospectus re: exchange of $1.6 bil of 2016 Notes
10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/1/11 8K re: issuance of senior notes
Disney DIS 12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes
11/23/11 10K & 11/10/11 8K re: results for fiscal year ened 10/1/11
10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
DuPont DD: 11/22/11 8K : re: election of Lee M. Thomas as Director
10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
ExxonMobil XOM: 12/6/11 8K re disclosure of exec bonuses and salaries (CEO's Rex Tillerson's base effective 1/1/12 is $2,567,000 and no exec has a contract, all are employees at will
11/29/11 8K re: exec changes
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
GE: 11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/14/11 10Q for year ended 10/31/11
12/12/11 8K re close of sale of $3.5 bil of Global Notes
11/8/11 10Q & 11/21/11 8K re: results of year and Qtr ended 10/31/11
11/17/11 8K re: election of Ralph V. Whitworth to Board of Dirs
10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement of CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman effective immediately
9/19/11 8KA & 8K re: issuance of floating global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.
Home Depot HD: 11/29/11 10Q & 11/15/11 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31/11
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
Intel INTC: 11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/1/11
10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
IBM: 11/14/11 8K re: $10 bil Credit Agrmt
10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
JPMorganChase JPM: 12/22/11 8K re closing of $1.25 bil 5.4% Notes
12/8/11 8K re increase to share repurchase program
12/8/11 8K re FD disclosure re guidance presentation
11/8/11 8K re: election of James A. Bell as Dir.
11/4 28ks & 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!
11/30/11 8K re: purchase of Synthes & offer to hire its CEO
11/22/11 8K re: exec changes
11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/2
10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Kraft KFT: 12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company
11/4/11 10Q & 11/2/11 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference
McDonald's MCD: 12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%
11/14/11 8K re: Investor Release re: Growth Plans
11/8/11 8K re: Oct sales
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
Merck MRK: 12/21/11 8K re: technical amendments to bylaws
12/1/11 8K re: election of CEO Ken Frazier to Bd & retirement of former CEO Richard Clark from Board
11/10/11 8K & 11/8/11 10Q re Investor Presentation re results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
Microsoft MSFT: 12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay
11/17/11 8K re: voting results from Annual Shareholder Meeting
10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.
Pfizer PFE: 12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board
11/10/11 10Q & 11/1/11 8K for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Procter & Gamble PG: 11/3/11 8K re: Guidance
11/1/11 8K re: delay of sale of Pringles to Diamond Food
10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
3M MMM: 12/6/11 8K re eps guidance
11/3/11 10Q re Qtr ended 9/30/11
11/3/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for an exec
10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/20/11 8K/A re: frequency of non-binding advisory shareholder votes
United Technologies UTX: 11/16/11 8K re: edemption of $500 mil of 6/1% Notes due 5/15/12
11/15/11 8K re: $15 bil Credit Agrmt
10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil
10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.
WalMart WMT: 12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11
11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11
9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
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Post No. 1,451 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 and Dow 30 components' SEC filings in each case as of January 1, 2012.
A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data.
Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 12,632.91 down 20.81 or 0.16% from Monday's close of 12,665.72. For the year the Dow is up 3.4%. Of the 30 Dow components 14 gained and 15 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was United Technologies UTX $78.35 +0.74 0.95% 5,886,035 NYSE and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM $37.39 +0.38 1.03% 24,267,954 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Exxon XOM $83.879- 1.611 1.88% 23,552,039 NYSE.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
Fin times p24 "Weak house price numbers put US homebuilders under pressure" by Ajay Makan says US stocks defied European trends for a 2nd straight day falling on poor US economic data after global indices had rallied on enthusiasm for a eurozone fiscal discipline pact brokered by Germany. Banks bucked the falling market, helped by improving eurozone sentiment. Bank of America rose 0.9%
NYT pB9 "equities end a strong month on a mixed note" by Reuters says Wall St closed a strong month narrowly mixed on Tues as weaker thane expected economic reports surprised investors after a stream of positive data in recent months. Results from Pfizer & Lilly both topped expectations but Pfizer trimmed its '12 outlook and it dipped 0.8%.
USA Today p4B "Falling consumer confidence leaves investors a bit cold" by Bloomberg says the S&P capped its longest losing streak since Nov on Tues as reports showed consumer confidence trailed economists' projections & business activity cooled.
As of the open of the market Wednesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.99 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.01 (year ago it was 14.50); today's P/E estimate is 12.15 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 12.15 (year ago it was 12.63), and today's dividend yield is 2.54 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.53 (last year it was 2.42). 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 1,669.18 down 2.75 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,671.93. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.64 down $0.09 from Monday's average closing price of $55.73. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.31 (AXP/HD) up $0.36 from Monday's median closing price of $46.95. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $58.3 +0.19 0.33% 2,735,620 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.135 +0.065 0.92% 196,897,661 NYSE.
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) and sold at the close you would have lost $275 ($167,193 - $166,918).
MarketWatch Tuesday 1/31/12 4:10 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Tuesday closed the books on Wall Street's best January in more than a decade, with the indexes mostly slipping after U.S. economic data failed to live up to its billing. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.16% and the S&P 500 SPX -0.05% recorded their best percentage jump for the month of January since 1997. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.07% recorded its best January since 2001. The Dow industrials lost 20.81 points, or 0.2%, to 12,632.91, up 3.4% for January in its fourth straight monthly gain. The S&P 500 fell less than a point to 1,312.41, up 4.4% for the month, while the Nasdaq Composite rose nearly 2 points to 2,813.84, up 8% for January.
Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Wednesday's News:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $29.42 +0.08 0.27% 24,632,060 NYSE: No mentions found.
Alcoa AA $10.165 -0.155 1.5% 23,368,942 NYSE: No mentions found.
American Express AXP $50.165 -1.045 2.13% 5,564,260 NYSE: No mentions found.
Bank of America BAC $7.135 +0.065 0.92% 196,897,661 NYSE: Fin times p24 "Weak house price numbers put US homebuilders under pressure" by Ajay Makan says US stocks defied European trends for a 2nd straight day falling on poor US economic data after global indices had rallied on enthusiasm for a eurozone fiscal discipline pact brokered by Germany. Banks bucked the falling market, helped by improving eurozone sentiment. Bank of America rose 0.9%
Boeing BA $74.3 +0.14 0.19% 4,108,561 NYSE: No mentions found.
Caterpillar CAT $109.36 -1.05 0.95% 6,229,136 NYSE: No mentions found.
Chevron CVX $103.125 -0.285 0.28% 6,396,166 NYSE: No mentions found.
CSCO $19.645 +0.085 0.43% 39,603,379 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Coke KO $67.53 -0.07 0.1% 5,162,326 NYSE: No mentions found.
Disney DIS $38.9 -0.09 0.23% 8,307,524 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Disney agrees to acquire Indian broadcaster, film studio" by Erica Orden says Disney agreed to take a controlling interest in one of India's largest media and entertainment providers, UTX Software Communications.
DuPont DD $50.95 -0.02 0.04% 5,228,274 NYSE: No mentions found.
Exxon XOM $83.879- 1.611 1.88% 23,552,039 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Exxon to keep its foot on gas peedal" by Tom Fowler, USA Today p1B "ExxonMObil", AJC pA10 "Higher oil prices boost Exxon Mobil profit", NYT pB4 "Higher oil prices raise earnigns at Exxon Mobil" by Cliff Krauss say Exxon's 4Q profit rose 2% as higher oil prices made up for a production drop. Exxon's net income was $9.4 bil matching expectations vs. $9.25 bil a year earlier. Rev rose 15.6% to $121.6 bil in 4Q.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
GE $18.72 -0.18 0.95% 36,298,065 NYSE: No mentions found.
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $27.99 +0.11 0.39% 11,309,316 NYSE: No mentions found.
Home Depot HD $44.44 -0.33 0.74% 8,612,991 NYSE: No mentions found.
Intel INTC $26.42 -0.32 1.2% 44,354,154 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
IBM $192.56 +0.06 0.03% 3,932,874 NYSE: No mentions found.
JPMorgan JPM $37.39 +0.38 1.03% 24,267,954 NYSE: No mentions found.
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.87 +0.16 0.24% 10,556,630 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Gaining on prostate cancer" by Ron Winslow says drug firms are making progress against prostate cancer including drugs in the past 2 years such as Zytiga from Johnson & Johnson.
Kraft KFT $38.28 +0.10 0.26% 5,227,254 NYSE: No mentions found.
McDonald's MCD $99.02 +0.33 0.33% 4,864,297 NYSE: No mentions found.
Merck MRK $38.3 -0.59 1.52% 13,317,234 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Pfizer, Lilly profits fall as drugs lose patents" by Peter Loftus say Pfizer's profit declined 50% to $1.4 bil or 19 cents a share, compared with $2.9 bil or 36 cents a share a year earlier. Pfizer lost its patent on Lipitor on Nov. 30. Merck last year lost its patent on Singulair, an allergy & asthma medicine.
Microsoft MSFT $29.53 -0.08 0.27% 46,254,645 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.
Pfizer PFE $21.46 -0.12 0.56% 48,857,815 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Pfizer, Lilly profits fall as drugs lose patents" by Peter Loftus, Fin times p14 "Pfizer & Eli Lilly face generic drugs challenge" by Alan Rappeport, NYT pB2 "Pfizer & Eli Lilly, squeezed by generics, beat forecasts" by Reuters say Pfizer's profit declined 50% to $1.4 bil or 19 cents a share, compared with $2.9 bil or 36 cents a share a year earlier. Pfizer lost its patent on Lipitor on Nov. 30. Merck last year lost its patent on Singulair, an allergy & asthma medicine.
WSJ pC4 stocks fall but shine for Jan" by Chris Dieterich says a disappointing round of economic data weighed on stocks but major indexes still posted the largest Jan gains in 15 years. Exxon fell $1.75 leading the Dow lower after reporting its 4Q earnings edged up 1.6% in line with estimates. Still margin declined in 4Q due to rising oil prices and tepid fuel demand. Pfizer fell 18 cents after it reported 4Q earnings and rev that topped expectations while lowering its '12 earnings outlook slightly to reflect unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates.
NYT pB9 "equities end a strong month on a mixed note" by Reuters says Wall St closed a strong month narrowly mixed on Tues as weaker thane expected economic reports surprised investors after a stream of positive data in recent months. Results from Pfizer & Lilly both topped expectations but Pfizer trimmed its '12 outlook and it dipped 0.8%.
Procter & Gamble PG $63.04 -0.17 0.27% 10,877,213 NYSE: NYT pB2 "A brand too strong to stay in its own ad" by Andrew Newman says Procter & Gamble are advertising their products such as Old Spice, Bounce and Charmin in a single commercial as co-branding.
MMM $86.71 -0.63 0.72% 3,458,071 NYSE: No mentions found.
Travelers TRV $58.3 +0.19 0.33% 2,735,620 NYSE: No mentions found.
United Technologies UTX $78.35 +0.74 0.95% 5,886,035 NYSE: No mentions found.
Verizon VZ $37.66 +0.05 0.13% 14,046,716 DualListed: No mentions found.
Walmart WMT $61.38 +0.08 0.13% 8,466,003 NYSE: No mentions found.
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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 (replaces Samuel J. Palmisano 1/1/12) (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (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 George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
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 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 1/1/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $406 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 218 [8.5]
3. IBM 216 [1]
4. Chevron CVX 212 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 204.5 [3.5]
6. GE 189 [10.5]
7. Procter & Gamble PG 183.5 [3]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 179 [3]
9. AT&T T 179 [6]
10. Pfizer PFE 166.5 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 159 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 126.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 123.5 [5]
14. Merck MRK 115 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 113.5 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 102.5 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 97 [5.5]
18. Disney DIS 67.5 [2]
19. United Technologies UTX 66 [1]
20. Kraft KFT 66 [2]
21. Home Depot HD 65 [1.5]
22. Caterpillar CAT 58.5 [.5]
23. 3M MMM 57 [.5]
24. Bank of America BAC 56.5 [10]
25. American Express AXP 54.5 [1]
26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 51 [2]
28. DuPont DD 42 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9 [1]
Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/1/12:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T: 11/28 8K re: redemption of subsidiary Cingular Wirelss' $2.97 bil debt
11/25/11 8K re: withdrawal from FCC of application to buy T-Mobile
11/7/11 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
Alcoa AA: 11/16/11 8K re: exec changes
10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
American Express AXP: 12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months
11/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for Aug, Sept & Oct
11/4/11 8K re: exec changes
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
Bank of Am BAC: 12/16/11 8K re: unregistered sale of $885.4 of Senior Notes
12/6/11 8K re: stating it is unaffiliated from IPIC Group's mini-tender off of 4.86% of its common
12/2/11 8K re exchange of $442.3 of senior notes
12/1/11 Proxy re: amendment of Dec. of Trust for Preferred HITs
11/17/11 8K re: exchange of preferred shares
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
Boeing BA: 12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO
11/14/11 8K re: $2.3 bil revolving credit agrmt.
11/1/11 8K re: exec changes
10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
Caterpiller CAT: 12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan
11/18/11 8K re: past 3 monts dealer stats
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
Chevron CVX: 12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Cisco CSCO 12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan
11/22/11 10Q & 8K for Qtr ended 10/29
10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
Coke KO 12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.
11/10/11 Prospectus re: exchange of $1.6 bil of 2016 Notes
10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/1/11 8K re: issuance of senior notes
Disney DIS 12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes
11/23/11 10K & 11/10/11 8K re: results for fiscal year ened 10/1/11
10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
DuPont DD: 11/22/11 8K : re: election of Lee M. Thomas as Director
10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
ExxonMobil XOM: 12/6/11 8K re disclosure of exec bonuses and salaries (CEO's Rex Tillerson's base effective 1/1/12 is $2,567,000 and no exec has a contract, all are employees at will
11/29/11 8K re: exec changes
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
GE: 11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil
Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/14/11 10Q for year ended 10/31/11
12/12/11 8K re close of sale of $3.5 bil of Global Notes
11/8/11 10Q & 11/21/11 8K re: results of year and Qtr ended 10/31/11
11/17/11 8K re: election of Ralph V. Whitworth to Board of Dirs
10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement of CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman effective immediately
9/19/11 8KA & 8K re: issuance of floating global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.
Home Depot HD: 11/29/11 10Q & 11/15/11 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31/11
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
Intel INTC: 11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/1/11
10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
IBM: 11/14/11 8K re: $10 bil Credit Agrmt
10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
JPMorganChase JPM: 12/22/11 8K re closing of $1.25 bil 5.4% Notes
12/8/11 8K re increase to share repurchase program
12/8/11 8K re FD disclosure re guidance presentation
11/8/11 8K re: election of James A. Bell as Dir.
11/4 28ks & 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!
11/30/11 8K re: purchase of Synthes & offer to hire its CEO
11/22/11 8K re: exec changes
11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/2
10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Kraft KFT: 12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company
11/4/11 10Q & 11/2/11 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference
McDonald's MCD: 12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%
11/14/11 8K re: Investor Release re: Growth Plans
11/8/11 8K re: Oct sales
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
Merck MRK: 12/21/11 8K re: technical amendments to bylaws
12/1/11 8K re: election of CEO Ken Frazier to Bd & retirement of former CEO Richard Clark from Board
11/10/11 8K & 11/8/11 10Q re Investor Presentation re results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
Microsoft MSFT: 12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay
11/17/11 8K re: voting results from Annual Shareholder Meeting
10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.
Pfizer PFE: 12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board
11/10/11 10Q & 11/1/11 8K for Qtr ended 10/2/11
Procter & Gamble PG: 11/3/11 8K re: Guidance
11/1/11 8K re: delay of sale of Pringles to Diamond Food
10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
3M MMM: 12/6/11 8K re eps guidance
11/3/11 10Q re Qtr ended 9/30/11
11/3/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for an exec
10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/20/11 8K/A re: frequency of non-binding advisory shareholder votes
United Technologies UTX: 11/16/11 8K re: edemption of $500 mil of 6/1% Notes due 5/15/12
11/15/11 8K re: $15 bil Credit Agrmt
10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil
10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.
WalMart WMT: 12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11
11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11
9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
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