Wednesday, June 26, 2013

6/26/13 Wed pm Dow Closes at 14910.14 up 149.83 or 1.02%

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Post No. 2,245  The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 14910.14 up 149.83 or 1.02% from Tuesday's close of 14760.31. Of the Dow components 27 gained and 3 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Boeing up $2.06 or 2.09%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar down 23 cents and percentage-wise was Alcoa down 2.15%.


As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 16.05 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.02 (last year it was 13.81); today's P/E estimate is 13.35 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 13.35 (year ago it was 12.15) and today's dividend yield is 2.47 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.49 (last year it was 2.67). The Dow's all-time high was 15,409.39 on May 28, 2013. 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 1941.54 up  19.51 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1922.03. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.72 up 65 cents from Tuesday's average of $64.07. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.00 (DIS/UNH) up 65cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $63.35. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $1,951 ($194,154 -$192,203).

Wednesday MarketWatch 4:18 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks jumped Wednesday, pulling benchmark indexes into positive terrain for the week, as a revision in economic growth calmed concern about U.S. monetary policy.Gross domestic product expanded 1.8% from January through March, down from an earlier estimate of 2.4%, the Commerce Department reported.“The downward revision makes some investors feel that perhaps tapering isn’t as imminent as it appeared last week,” said Stuart Freeman, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors, referring to market concerns that the Federal Reserve might scale back its $85 billion in monthly bond purchases sooner rather than later.“That’s speculation, because if the Fed is seeing more growth ahead, it may not have been a surprise to them that it was a downward revision,” added Freeman.Speaking on Bloomberg television Wednesday, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker called the 1.8% GDP figure consistent with his outlook, and said the central bank was not anywhere near to making cuts in its balance sheet.Making its 14th triple-digit move out of 18 sessions in June, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.02%  jumped as much as 178 points, and finished with a gain of 149.83 points, or 1%, at 14,910.14, with Boeing Co. BA +2.11%  pacing gains that included all but three of the Dow’s 30 components.The S&P 500 SPX +0.96%  climbed 15.23 points, or 1%, to 1,603.26, with health care and utilities leading the gains among its 10 major industry groups.The gains come on “continued momentum from markets, having been really battered over the last five days or so,” said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.The S&P 500 remains roughly 70 points below “where we peaked in late May,” said Luschini of the 1,669 close on May 21, a day before Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed could begin reducing its monetary easing later this year so long as the economy is strong enough.The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.85%  added 28.34 points, or 0.9%, to 3,376.22.For every stock falling, more than three gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 745 million shares traded. Composite volume approached 3.5 billion.Gold futures for August delivery GCQ3 -3.91%  fell $45.20, or 3.6%, to $1,229.80 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Gold offers “no cash flow and no dividends,” said Freeman, who added that a rising dollar and interest rates also present a bearish case for the metal.“On Feb. 15, we advocated stepping out of gold at $1,600 an ounce,” said Luschini, who argued that the commodity now has a cost to carry, given there are positive real interest rates being offered in the bond market.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:


Symbol upMarketLast SaleNet
Change
%
Change
Share
Volume
AA  NYSE  $ 7.75   0.17  2.15%  23,302,479
AXP  NYSE  $ 73.91   0.68  0.93%  4,347,055
BA  NYSE  $ 100.73   2.06  2.09%  4,729,909
BAC  NYSE  $ 12.76   0.09  0.71%  95,743,847
CAT  NYSE  $ 82.10   0.23  0.28%  6,858,458
CSCO  NASDAQ-GS  $ 24.385   0.38  1.58%  32,329,700
CVX  NYSE  $ 118.18   0.73  0.62%  4,374,782
DD  NYSE  $ 53.53   0.65  1.23%  4,686,012
DIS  NYSE  $ 63.21   0.64  1.02%  5,684,179
GE  NYSE  $ 23.25   0.14  0.61%  32,338,171
HD  NYSE  $ 75.67   1.53  2.06%  7,358,641
HPQ  NYSE  $ 24.01   0.16  0.67%  13,699,658
IBM  NYSE  $ 194.91   0.07  0.04%  2,841,345
INTC  NASDAQ-GS  $ 24.005   0.125  0.52%  33,267,006
JNJ  NYSE  $ 87   1.65  1.93%  11,308,384
JPM  NYSE  $ 52.50   0.42  0.81%  19,261,449
KO  NYSE  $ 40.33   0.61  1.54%  13,756,985
MCD  NYSE  $ 98.84   1.32  1.35%  3,553,858
MMM  NYSE  $ 109.67   1.43  1.32%  2,286,531
MRK  NYSE  $ 46.69   0.46  1%  11,351,943
MSFT  NASDAQ-GS  $ 34.35   0.68  2.02%  48,237,713
PFE  NYSE  $ 28.10   0.11  0.39%  78,511,371
PG  NYSE  $ 77.40   0.71  0.93%  7,264,069
T  NYSE  $ 35.33   0.30  0.86%  21,861,524
TRV  NYSE  $ 79.79   1.36  1.73%  2,360,335
UNH  NYSE  $ 64.78   1.05  1.65%  4,813,254
UTX  NYSE  $ 93.01   1.23  1.34%  2,302,368
VZ  Dual Listed  $ 50.67   0.23  0.46%  8,604,677
WMT  NYSE  $ 75.01   0.64  0.86%  5,448,246
XOM  NYSE  $ 89.80   0.69  0.77%  14,269,093

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The following are excerpts from Wed. 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 & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average:The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 14760.31 up 100.75 or 0.69% from Monday's close of 14659.56. For the year the Dow is up 12.6%. Of the Dow components 26 gained and 4 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $1.44 and percentage-wise was Bank of America up 3.01%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth down 92 cents or 1.42%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks catch a break" by Dan Strumpf says US stocks rallied recovering from some of their recent losses as positive economic data & comments from central bankers injected some calm into markets.  Bank of America and Verizon paced advances in 26 of 30 components.

FT p24 "Vanguard deal elevates health sector amid sharp falls in stocks" by Jason Abbruzzese says deal news provided one of the bright spots for US stocks and Tent will buy Vanguard.  UnitedHealth Group, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson were the 3 strongest Dow stocks up 1.2, 1.3 and 1.7% respectively.

NYT pB9 "Housing numbers reassure investors" by Reuters says stocks rose by the most in nearly 2 weeks Tues after data showed biz investment & the housingr ecovery continued apace, reassuring investors worried about the Fed's plans to reduce its huge monetary stimulus.

IBD pB4 "Stocks rise, but vol shows lukewarm buying" by Jaun Carlos Arancibia says the stock market got a respite from seller Tues although it is still pretty well  pinned down as indexes rose but in light volume and the market is in correction.


Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1922.03 up 13.12 from Monday's closing numerator of 1908.91. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.07 up 44 cents from Monday's average of $63.63. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $63.35 (DIS/UNH) down 20 cents from Monday's median closing price of $63.55. The lowest volume was TRV and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Tuesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $1,312 ($192,203 - $190,891).

Tuesday MarketWatch 4:34 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rose sharply on Tuesday as Wall Street cheered upbeat economic data showing increases in durable-goods orders, new-home sales and consumer confidence.“For the first time in this current cycle, we’ve looked at good economic data as good news. If we continue to get the market reacting positively to good economic data, we’ve gotten to the place we should be,” said Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets LLC.
“If we can continue to root for good news in the economic-data stream, that’s going to be a major transition” from worrying about what the reports mean for U.S. monetary policy, Hogan added.
“Good news for the economy should be good news for investors and this report is good,” emailed Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC, referring to the durable-goods report.
Another report from the Commerce Department had new-home sales rising 2.1% last month. Separately, the S&P/Case-Shiller index of home values rose 12.1% in April from a year earlier, the biggest jump in more than seven years. The Conference Board’s consumer-confidence index rose to 81.4 in June from 74.3 in May.After closing at its lowest level since April 22 on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.69%  on Tuesday climbed 100.75 points, or 0.7%, to end at 14,760.31, with only four of its 30 components ending in negative territory.During Tuesday’s session, the Dow rose as much as 152.47 points.The benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which started the year with a yield below 1.9%, is now up to 2.6%. That's good news for investors with idle cash to put to work. Jack Hough joins MoneyBeat.Blue-chip financial companies were among those leading the Dow’s rise, with Bank of America Corp. BAC +0.00%  up 3%, American Express Co. AXP +1.69%  up 1.7% and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM +2.28%  up 2.3%.The S&P 500 index SPX +0.95%  added 14.94 points, or 1%, to 1,588.03, with all of its 10 major sectors ending in positive territory. Telecommunications and financials posted the biggest sector gains.First Solar Inc. FSLR +7.83%  rallied 7.8%, the top gainer in the S&P 500.Walgreen Co. WAG -5.89% , its shares off nearly 6%, was the top decliner in the S&P 500 after the drugstore chain reported fiscal third-quarter earnings below expectations.Lennar Corp.’s LEN +0.69%  shares rose 0.7% after the home builder reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street’s expectations.

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

AT&T:  WSJ pB10 "Sprint holders back SoftBank" by Paul Ziobro, Mayumi Negishi,  IBD pA2 "Battle for Sprint finally over" say now SoftBank, having won the battle to take over Sprint Nextel must take on AT&T and Verizon.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America: WSJ pC4 "Stocks catch a break" by Dan Strumpf says US stocks rallied recovering from some of their recent losses as positive economic data & comments from central bankers injected some calm into markets.  Bank of America and Verizon paced advances in 26 of 30 components.

Boeing: WSJ pA15 "Delta vs. the jet bubble" by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. says 2 Boeing 737-800s are broken up each year for parts even as a backlog of 1,399 remain to be delivered by Boeing to purchasers.  Airlines keep ordering new planes. Boeing denies there is a jet bubble.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:WSJ pB4 "Court backs Chevron, FedEx bylaws on suits" by Peg Brickley says a Delaware business court upheld corporate bylaws enacted by Chevron and FedEx that require unhappy shareholders to sue in Delaware in a closely watched case that is likely to have broad impact.

Cisco:  WSJ pB4 "Cisco Systems Appeals court tosses damages award on WiFi" by Drew FitzGerald says a fed appeals ct sided with Cisco in tossing a $74 mil award sending the case back to a US Dist Ct. in Texas.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson: FT p24 "Vanguard deal elevates health sector amid sharp falls in stocks" by Jason Abbruzzese says deal news provided one of the bright spots for US stocks and Tent will buy Vanguard.  UnitedHealth Group, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson were the 3 strongest Dow stocks up 1.2, 1.3 and 1.7% respectively.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB10 "Mobile games' tv moment" by Ian Sherr, Don Clark says Ouya and Nvidia are releasing new devices that let gamers play Android apps on tv.  Ouya is taking on Microsoft and Sony with a new living room console.

 FT p24 "Vanguard deal elevates health sector amid sharp falls in stocks" by Jason Abbruzzese says deal news provided one of the bright spots for US stocks and Tent will buy Vanguard.  UnitedHealth Group, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson were the 3 strongest Dow stocks up 1.2, 1.3 and 1.7% respectively.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: FT p24 "Vanguard deal elevates health sector amid sharp falls in stocks" by Jason Abbruzzese says deal news provided one of the bright spots for US stocks and Tent will buy Vanguard.  UnitedHealth Group, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson were the 3 strongest Dow stocks up 1.2, 1.3 and 1.7% respectively.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon: WSJ pC4 "Stocks catch a break" by Dan Strumpf says US stocks rallied recovering from some of their recent losses as positive economic data & comments from central bankers injected some calm into markets.  Bank of America and Verizon paced advances in 26 of 30 components.

   WSJ pB10 "Sprint holders back SoftBank" by Paul Ziobro, Mayumi Negishi, IBD pA2 "Battle for Sprint finally over"  say now SoftBank, having won the battle to take over Sprint Nextel must take on AT&T and Verizon.

Walmart:   No mentions found.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol upMarketLast SaleNet
Change
%
Change
Share
Volume
AA  NYSE  $ 7.92   0.13  1.67%  16,864,144
AXP  NYSE  $ 73.23   1.22  1.69%  4,750,100
BA  NYSE  $ 98.67   0.82  0.84%  3,556,863
BAC  NYSE  $ 12.67   0.37  3.01%  132,260,582
CAT  NYSE  $ 82.33   0.81  0.99%  6,240,637
CSCO  NASDAQ-GS  $ 24.005   0.05  0.21%  41,326,911
CVX  NYSE  $ 117.45   0.63  0.54%  5,984,262
DD  NYSE  $ 52.88   0.22  0.42%  4,860,883
DIS  NYSE  $ 62.57   0.13  0.21%  6,771,187
GE  NYSE  $ 23.11   0.18  0.78%  36,513,652
HD  NYSE  $ 74.14   0.63  0.86%  8,518,336
HPQ  NYSE  $ 23.85   0.42  1.79%  14,431,902
IBM  NYSE  $ 194.98   1.44  0.74%  3,846,946
INTC  NASDAQ-GS  $ 23.88   0.30  1.27%  34,565,113
JNJ  NYSE  $ 85.35   0.74  0.87%  11,236,790
JPM  NYSE  $ 52.08   1.16  2.28%  20,799,309
KO  NYSE  $ 39.72   0.19  0.48%  12,923,111
MCD  NYSE  $ 97.52   0.23  0.24%  3,208,074
MMM  NYSE  $ 108.24   0.74  0.69%  2,676,648
MRK  NYSE  $ 46.23   0.18  0.39%  12,020,786
MSFT  NASDAQ-GS  $ 33.67   0.045  0.13%  44,044,531
PFE  NYSE  $ 27.99   0.28  1.01%  118,328,961
PG  NYSE  $ 76.69   0.11  0.14%  7,905,490
T  NYSE  $ 35.03   0.57  1.65%  67,154,366
TRV  NYSE  $ 78.43   0.58  0.75%  2,282,664
UNH  NYSE  $ 63.73   0.92  1.42%  4,961,131
UTX  NYSE  $ 91.78   0.29  0.32%  3,183,680
VZ  Dual Listed  $ 50.44   1.32  2.69%  31,406,046
WMT  NYSE  $ 74.37   0.17  0.23%  7,217,562
XOM  NYSE  $ 89.11   0.63  0.71%  15,782,036
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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 Brian Krzanich (Santa Clara, CA)

IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)

JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)

Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)

McDonald's MCD Donald Thompson (Oak Brook, Ill)

Merck MRK Kenneth Frazier (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

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

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

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 6/15/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $402.75
2. Microsoft MSFT 287.28
3. WalMart WMT 245.32
4. GE 243.20
5. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 238.50
6. Chevron CVX 233.16
7. IBM 224.20
8. Procter & Gamble PG 213.86
9. Pfizer PFE 205.54
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 200.81
11. AT&T T 193.20
12. Coke KO 179.66
13. Verizon VZ 146.12
14. Merck MRK 144.79
15. Bank of America BAC 140.90
16. Cisco CSCO 128.75
17. Intel INTC 123.88
18. Disney DIS 114.90
19. Home Depot HD 111.88
20. McDonald's MCD 98.67
21. United Technologies UTX 86.43
22. American Express AXP 80.17
23. Boeing BA 77.26
24. 3M MMM 76.63
25. UnitedHealth UNH 65.08
26. Caterpillar CAT 55.14
27. DuPont DD 48.49
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 47.71
29. Travelers TRV 30.92
30. Alcoa AA 8.68

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 6/15/13:

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

AT&T T: 5/24/13 8K re: redemption of debentures
5/15/13 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes due '43
5/3/13 10Q & 2 8Ks 4/23/13 re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/29/13 8K re: voting results of annual stockholders meeting on 4/25/13
4/11/13 8K re: reclassification of revenue items
3/13/13& 3/5 8Ks re: closing of sale of global notes
3/1/13 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders 4/26/13 Cheyenne, WY

Alcoa AA: 5/30/13 8K re: Moody's downgrade of debt rating from Baa3 to Ba1 & from negative to stable
5/24/13 8K re: redemption of 65 Notes due 7/15/13
5/20/13 8K re: shut down of 2 smelters in Quebec
5/9/13 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report
5/8/13 8K re: approval of Stock Incentive Plan
4/18/13 10Q; 4/11/3 8K & 4/9/13 8K all re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/9/13 Proxy materials for 5/3/13 annual meeting of stockholders
3/1/12 Proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/13 at Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh

American Express AXP: 5/22/13 & 5/17/13 8Ks re: issuance of $1.85 bil of notes
5/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months through 4/30/13
5/7/13 8K re: retirement of CFO Daniel T. Henry
5/2/13 8K re: voting results of 4/29 Sahreholder Meeting
4/30/13 8K re: increase in quarterly dividend from 20 cents to 23 cents per share
4/29/13 10Q & 4/17/13 8K re: 1Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/15/13 8K re: election of Edward P. Gilligan, Pres.
4/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off states for 3 months through 3/31
3/25/13 8K re: stock buyback of up to 150 mil shares and qtr div of 20 cents payable 5/10 to record holders as of 4/5
3/18/13 Proxy re: annual mtg of shareholders 4/29/13 at NYC HQ
3/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats Dec. thru Feb. '13
3/14/13 8K re: buback of up to $4bil of shares & qtr div. of 23 cents

Bank of Am BAC: 5/29/13 8K re: issuance of 40,000 shaes of Series U Preferred Stock
5/28/13 8K re: redemption of Perpetual Preferred Stock
5/8/13 8K re: voting results from 5/8 Stockholders Meeting
5/7/13 10Q & 4/17/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
5/6/13 8K re: settlement of lawsuit with MBIA
4/1/13 8K re: redemption of certain securities
3/28/13 Proxy re: Annual mtg of stockholders 5/8/13 Charlotte Marriott, N.C.
3/15/13 8K re: Mukesh D. Ambani retirement from Bd. of Dirs.
3/14/13 8K re: Red ok'd capital plan
3/5/13 8K re: error in 10K consents


Boeing BA: 5/3/13 8K re: issuance of floating rate senior notes due '14
4/30/13 8K re: voting results of 4/29 shareholders meeting held 4/29
4/24/13 10Q & 4/24/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
4/22/13, 4/16 & 3/15/13 Proxy materials re: 4/29/13 annual mtg of shareholders at Field Museum, Chicago
2/11/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12


Caterpillar CAT: 6/12/13 8K re: 15% increase in dividend from 8 cents to 60 cents payable 8/20 to record holders 7/22
5/20/13 8K re: 3 months dealer stats Feb through April 2013
5/17/13 8K re: settlement re: litigation arising from acquisition of ERA Mining (China)
5/2/13 10Q & 4/22/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/19/13 8K re: March dealer stats
4/10/13 8K re: retirement of G. Vittecoq, VP
3/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 12/12


Chevron CVX: 6/4/13 8K re: approval by stockholders of Long Term Incentive Plan
5/2/13 10Q; 4/26/13 8K; 4/10/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/11/13 & 4/2/13 Proxy materials re: Stockholders meeting on 5/29
4/2/13 8K re: salary increase for CEO and other execs
3/1/13 8K re: resignation of Chuck Hagel as Dir. to become Sec'y of Defense
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/4/13 8K re: compensation to officers
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q and 2012 full year results (& 1/10/13 8K)


Cisco CSCO: 6/12/13 8K re: executives' adoption of pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/7/13 8K re: Cisco payment to Tivo of $294 mil to settle patent dispute that includes Google & AARIS Group
5/21/13 10Q for qtr ended 4/27/13
5/15/13 8K re: 3Q ended 4/27 results
3/26/13 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plan
2/19/13 10Q & 2/13/13 8K re: 2 Qtr ended 1/26/13 results
2/1/13 8K re: election of Gregory Q. Brown, CEO of Motorola to Bd. of Dirs.

Coke KO: 5/15/13 8K re: amendment of by-laws to allow calling of special shareholders meeting
4/26/13 10Q & 4/16/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/29 results
4/4/13 Proxy re: 4/24 shareholder meeting
3/21/13 8K re: transfer of Indian & SW Asian business units to Pacific segments
3/11/13 Proxy re: 4/24/13 annual shareholder meeting at Cobb Galleries, Atlanta
3/5/13 8K re: closing of sale of $500 mil floating rate notes due '15
2/27/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/21/13 8K re: retirment of Donald R. Keough & James B. Williams as Directors
2/20/13 8K re: stock option plan for execs
2/12/13 8K results for year & 4Q ended 12/31/12

Disney DIS: 5/7/13 10Q & 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/30 results
3/20/13 8K re: $1.5 bil 364 day credit agreement
3/8/13 8K re: change to exec bonus plan
2/26/13 Proxy re: supplemntal info re: what a great job CEO Robert Iger is doing
2/14/13 8K re: issuance of Global Notes
2/5/13 10Q & 2/5/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 12/29/12 results


DuPont DD: 4/29/13 8K re: voting results of 4/24 stockholders meeting
4/23/13 10Q & 8K re: quarter ended 3/31 results
4/4 proxy materials
3/26/13 8K re: settlement with Monsanto of patent litigation
3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/24 Stockholders Meeting at DuPont Theatre, Wilmington, DE
2/7/13 8K re: closing of sale of Performance Coating biz to Carlyle Group of $4.9 bil cash


ExxonMobil XOM: 6/3/13 8K re: voting results of 5/29/13 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/13/13; 5/10; 4/12 Proxy materials
5/2/13 10Q & 4/25/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
3/26/13 8K re: financial presentation
3/12/13 8K re: analyst meeting
2/27/13 Iran Notice
2/27/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12

GE: 6/14/13 8K re: election of Keith S. Sherlin, CEO GE Capital
5/8/13 10Q & 4/19/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
4/26/13 8K re: voting results of 4/24 shareholders meeting
4/8/13 Proxy materials for shareholders meetings
3/20/13 8K re: bonuses to execs
3/19/13 8K re: closing of sale of GE's 49% interest in Comcast
3/18/13 8K re: selection of Jan R. Hauser as VP, Controller]
3/11/13 Proxy re: 4/24/13 Annual Shareholder mtg at Morial Conv. Ctr, New Orlean
2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/15/13 8K re: increase of number of Directors from 18 to 19 & election of Francisco D. Souza , CEO of Cognizant Technologies, as Director
2/12/13 8K re: sale of GE's 49% interest in NBC Universal to Comcast for $12 bil cash & 4 bil stock


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/6/13 10Q & 5/22/13 8K re: qtr ended 4/30/13
5/29/13 8K re: resignation of John H. Mammergren & G. Kennedy Thompson from BoD and temporary reduction of Board members from 11 to 9
4/4/13 8K re: resignations of directors John H. Hammergren & G. Kennedy Thompson
3/21/13 8K re: voting results of stockholders meeting on 3/20
3/12 Proxy materials
3/11/13 10Q for qtr ended 1/31/13
2/21/13 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 1/31/13 results


Home Depot HD: 5/29/13 8K re: shareholder approval of Amended Restated '05 Stock Incentive Plan
5/29/13 10Q & 5/21/13 8K re: qtr ended 5/5/13
4/8/13 Proxy materials for 5/23 shareholders meeting at Cobb Galleria, Atlanta
4/5/13 8K re: issuance of 2.7% Sr. Notes due '23 & '43
3/28/13 10K for year ended 2/3/13
3/6/13 8K re: amendment to stock option plan
2/26/13 8K re: results of year & qtr ended 2/3/13

Intel INTC: 5/21/13 8K re: Brian M. Krzanich became CEO on 5/16
5/8/13 Proxy materials
5/2/13 8K re: election of Brian M. Krzanich as CEO Z& Renee J. James as pres. effective 5/16
4/29/13 10Q & 4/17 8K & 4/16 8K re: results of 1st quarter ended 3/30
4/3/13 Proxy materials for 5/16 stockholders meeting at Santa Clara, Cal.
2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/29/12



IBM: 5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
5/3/13 8K re: retirement of SVP HR J. Randall MacDonald
4/30/13 10Q & 4/19/13 & 4/18/13 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/3/13 Proxy materials
3/11/13 Proxy re 4.30/13 annual meeting of stockholders at Von Braun Ctr., Huntsville, Al
2/28/13 2 8Ks re: investor briefing
2/26/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 8K re: underwriting of Notes
2/1/13 8K re: exec comp for officers


JPMorganChase JPM: 6/10/13 8K re: amendment to Cert. of Incorp. to allow shareholder action by written consent
6/4/13 8K re: Reg FD disclosure re: investor conference presentation
5/23/13 8K re: results of 5/21/13 Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/16/13 Proxy materials for 5/21 shareholders meeting
5/15/13 8K re: sale of 1.6% notes due '18
5/8/13 10Q & 4/12 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31 results
5/2/13 8K re: sale of 4.25% notes due '18
4/23/13 8K re: sale of notes
5/1/13 8K re: sale of notes
4/29/13 8K re: resignation of co-C Frank J. Bisignano
4/9/13 8K re: redemption of securities
3/22/13 Proxy re: 5/21/13 annual shareholders mtg at Highland Oaks Campus, Tampa
3/15/13 8K re: stock buyback of up to $6 bil and payment of 30 cent dividend on 3/19
2/28/13 8K re: Investor Day presentation
2/28/13 Iran Notice
2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12



Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 5/3/13 10Q & 4/16 8K reL: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/26/13 8K re: voting results of 4/25 shareholders meeting
3/13/13 Proxy re: 4/25/13 Shareholder mtg at Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ
2/25/13 8K re: charge to net income due to Venezuelan currency devaluation
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12


McDonald's MCD: 6/10/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: Investor Release
5/28/13 8K re: voting results of 5/23/13 Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/13 8K re: April sales
5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
5/3/13 8K re: adjustment to sales results
3/31/13 10Q & 4/19/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/12/13 Proxy materials for 5/23 shareholders meeting at Oak Brook, Ill
3/13/13 8K re: decrease of global sales by 1.5% in Feb.
2/25/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/20/13 8K re: comp for officers
2/8/13 8K re: sales decrease of 1.9% in Jan


Merck MRK: 5/30/13 8K re: voting results of 5/28/13 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/22/13 8K re: accelerated stock repurchase agreement with Goldman Sachs
5/20/13 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
3/31/13 10Q & 5/1/13 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/15/13 Proxy material for 5/28 shareholders meeting at Bridgewater, NJ
3/7/13 8K re: Peter S. Kim retirement as Pres. Merck Research Labs
2/25/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/20/13 8K re: paying $215 mil to settle class action lawsuits related to ENHANCE Study
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results

Microsoft MSFT: 5/20/13 8-K/A approval of CFO Amy Hood's compensation
5/13/13 8K re: election of Amy Hood as CFO
5/1/13 8K re: sale of Euro notes
4/18/13 8K re: resignation of CFO Peter Klein
4/18/13 10Q & 4/18 8K re: results of Qtr ended 3/31
1/24/13 10Q & 8K re: quarter ended 12/31/12
11/29/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders mtg.
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Steven Sinofsky as Pres. of Windows Div.
11/7/12 8K re: issuance of $2.25 bil of notes
11/2/12 8K & 10/18 10Q & 10/18 8K re: 1Q results


Pfizer PFE: 6/3/13 8K re: issuance of $4 bil of notes
5/29/13 8K re: blackout of insider purchase of shares due to Zoetis exchange offer
5/10/13 10Q & 4/30/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/29/13 8K re: voting results of 4/25/13 shareholders meeting
4/3/13 Proxy material
3/14/13 Proxy re: 4/25/13 Annual mtg of shareholders, Hilton Short Hills, NJ
2/28 & 3/1/13 10K & 10K/A for year ended 12/31/12
2/28/13 Iran Notice




Procter & Gamble PG: 6/12/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: presentation at Deutsche Bank Global Consumer Conference
6/5/13 8K re: grouping of Global Business Units into 4 industry based sectors
5/24/13 8K re: A.G. Lafley rejoining as CEO replacing Bob McDonald
5/14/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: Goldman Sachs Consumer Products Symposium
4/24/13 10Q & 4/24 2 8Ks re: 3Q ended 3/31 results
4/15/13 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.6015 cents per share
2/21/13 8K re: presentation at Consumer Analyst Group of NY
2/14/13 8K re: eps outlook due to Venezuelan currency devaluation

3M MMM: 5/16/13 8K re: amendment to Annual Report re: realignment of business groups and certain accounting revisions
5/15/13 8K re: voting results of 5/14 stockholders meeting
5/7/13 Proxy materials
5/2/13 10Q & 4/25/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
3/27/13 Proxy re: 5/14/13 Shareholder Mtg. at Rivercentre, St. Paul, Min
3/1/13 8K re: realignment of 3M's business groups and effect on results
2/14/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/6/13 8K re: election of Muhtar Kent, Coke CEO, as Director

Travelers TRV: 6/12/13 8K re: $1 bil revolving bank credit agreement
6/10/13 8K re: purchase of Dominion of Canada General Insurance for $1.1 bil
5/24/13 8K re: voting results of 5/22/13 Annual shareholders meeting
4/23/13 10Q & 4/23/13 8K re: qtr ended 3/31 results
4/9/13 Proxy for 5/22 shareholders meeting at Hartford, Ct.
3/21/13 8K re: Lawrence G. Graev retirement from Bd. of Dirs.
3/21/13 Proxy re 5/22/13 Shareholder Mtg, Marriott, Hartford, Ct.
3/1/13 10K/A & 2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12


UnitedHealth Group UNH: 6/6/13 8K re: Voting results of 6/3/13 Annual Shareholders Mtg
5/29/13 8K re: Reg FD disclosure re: Bernstein 29th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference
5/6/13 10Q & 4/18/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/24/13 Proxy materials for 6/3 shareholders meeting in Boston
3/11/13 8K re: Barclays Global Healthcare conference presentation
2/28/13 8K re: sale of Notes
2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12

United Technologies UTX: 5/24/13 8K re: redemption of $1 bil 1.2% notes due 6/1/13
4/30/13 8K re: results of shareholders meeting
4/26/13 10Q & 4/23/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/9/13 Proxy materials for 4/29 annual shareholders meeting
3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/29/13 annual meeting of shareholders, Oglethorpe Aud, Savannah, Ga.
2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 Iran Notice


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 6/10/13 8K re: election of Anthony T. Skiadas, 44, Sr. VP & Controller
5/13/13 8K re: distribution of $7 bil to Wireless Comm and Vodafone by Verizon Wireless
5/7/13 8K re: voting results of 5/2 annual mtg of shareholders
4/25/13 10Q & 4/13/13 8K re results of quarter ended 3/31
4/2/13 8K re: ruors of purchase of Vodaphone's interest in Verizon Wireless
4/1/13 & 3/18/13 Proxy re: 5/2/13 Annual Mtg of shareholders, Doubletree, Tulsa, OK
2/26/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 8K re: election of Gregory D. Wasson, Pres & CEO of Walgreen, as Director


WalMart WMT: 6/7/13 10Q & 5/16/13 8K re: Qtr. ended 4/30
6/2/13 8K re: Voting results of 6/7 Annual shareholder meeting
4/22/13 Proxy re: 6/7 shareholder meeting at Fayetteville, Ark.
4/10/13 8K re: sale of notes
3/26/13 10K for year ended 1/31/13
2/21/13 8K re: 4Q results & dividend for FY 2014
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