Monday, September 23, 2013

9/23/13 Mon pm Dow Closes at 15401.38 down 49.71 or 0.32%

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Post No. 2,379 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a  recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization  as of 9/23/13 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 9/23/13.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 15401.38 down 49.71 or 0.32%   from  Friday's close of 15451.09.  Of  the Dow components 11   gained and 19  declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was UnitedHealt up $1.25 or 1.77% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was  Goldman Sachs down $4.50 or 2.65%.


As of the open  of the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4   of  Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081.  Monday's  trailing P/E ratio is  16.12 down from Friday's closing  trailing P/E ratio of 16.31 (last year it was 15.03);  Monday's   P/E estimate is  14.25 up  from Friday's   closing  P/E estimate of 13.85  (year ago it was 12.95) and Monday's  dividend yield is 2.43 up   from Friday's closing dividend yield of 2.39  (last year it was 2.52). The Dow's all-time high was 15,676.94   on September 18, 2013. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2005.51 down 6.47  from Friday's closing numerator of  2011.98. 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   Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $66.85 down  22 cents    from Friday's average of 67.07.  The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $68.29 (DIS/UNH) up 50 cents  from Friday's median closing price of $67.79. The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If  Monday 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 lost $647  ($201,198 - $200,551) .

MarketWatch 9/23/13 Mon. 4:23 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell on Monday after notching three weeks of gains, as investors heard from Federal Reserve officials and worried about another standoff in Washington.“Tapering might begin as soon as October or they might hold off until a new [Fed] chairman is elected. The comments and the message the Fed sent last week is the economy is still on some soft footing and doesn’t have the strength to begin this process — that’s not a good message to send,” said Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Banyan Partners. “They got the market ready for this tapering. Their communication process of late has been abysmal,” he added.But Monday’s decline has “more to do with the discussions going on in Washington related to the budget talks and the debt ceiling; the rhetoric has spooked the market,” said Pavlik of the hardening stances in Washington that heighten the chances of a government shutdown.Down for a third consecutive session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.32%   declined 49.71 points, or 0.3%, to 15,401.38.Also down for a third day, the S&P 500 index SPX -0.47% lost 8.07 points, or 0.5%, to 1,701.84, with the financial sector hardest hit among its 10 major sectors.
Apple Inc. AAPL -.00%   shares jumped 5% after the company reported selling 9 million iPhone 5S and 5C models.Trading in BlackBerry Ltd. BBRY -0.45%   CA:BB 0.00% shares was temporarily halted after the smartphone maker said Fairfax Financial was offering to acquire the company for $9 a share. Its shares closed at $8.82, up 1.1%. The deal news came after Jefferies downgraded BlackBerry shares to hold from buy, saying the handset unit no longer held value after the smartphone manufacturer reported results.
Citigroup Inc. C -0.02%  fell 3.2% after The Financial Times cited unnamed investors in reporting the bank might say revenue fell more than 10% when it releases quarterly results in October.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.25%  shed 9.44 points, or 0.3%, to 3,765.29.For every three stocks rising, roughly four fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 690 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 3.1 billion.On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the price of crude CLX3 -1.32% fell $1.16, or 1.1%, to $103.59 a barrel and gold GCZ3 -0.79%  declined $5.50, or 0.4%, to $1,327 an ounce.The U.S. dollar DXY +0.05%  gained against other global currencies, while the 10-year yield 10_YEAR -1.06% fell 3 basis points to 2.702%.On Friday, stocks were hit after Fed Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank could opt to cut its $85 billion in monthly bond purchases as soon as next month. The stock market had climbed to record highs and gained on the week after the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday kept its bond purchases unchanged.Addressing business leaders in New York Monday morning, Fed Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said the economy is losing some steam.Fed Bank of New York President William Dudley told an audience at the Fordham University Graduate School of Business that an accommodative monetary policy is still needed.In a speech about U.S. banking in San Antonio, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said he advocated slowing down the pace of central-bank asset purchases at last week’s policy session.In China, an initial gauge of a purchasing managers’ index of manufacturing activity put together by HSBC Holdings and Markit Economics rose to 51.2 this month from 50.9 in August.Monday’s U.S. economic data had an index of national activity turning positive in August and a preliminary reading on manufacturing slipping but “consistent with a modest improvement in manufacturing conditions.”On Sunday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel won re-election by the largest amount in more than 20 years.“Merkel’s victory is wider than anticipated yet most likely reflects voters’ satisfaction over the euro’s strongest economy,” noted Sean Lynch, global investment strategist for Wells Fargo Private Bank. But he said that challenges remain in euro-zone peripheral economies.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

 Symbol  Last Sale  Change  % Change  Share Volume  Market
 T NYSE
 AXP NYSE
BA NYSE
CAT NYSE
 CVX NYSE
 CSCO NASDAQ-GS
 KO NYSE
  DIS NYSE
 DD NYSE
XOM NYSE
 GE NYSE
GS NYSE
HD NYSE
 INTC NASDAQ-GS
 IBM NYSE
 JPM NYSE
 JNJ NYSE
 MCD NYSE
 MRK NYSE
MSFT NASDAQ-GS
 NKE NYSE
 PFE NYSE
PG NYSE
MMM NYSE
TRV NYSE

UTX NYSE
 UNH NYSE
VZ DualListed
V NYSE
 WMT NYSE

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The following are excerpts from Monday morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of  Monday's  Barron's, Wall St. Journal,  Financial Times, Investor's News Daily, New York Times, USA Today,  Atlanta Journal & amp; 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 a separate table of Dow component's symbol and  Friday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 15451.09 down 185.46 or 1.19%   from  Thursday's close of 15636.55. For the week the Dow was up 75.02 or 0.49% from last Friday's close of 15376.07. For the year the Dow is up 17.91%.  Of  the Dow components  3  gained and  27 declined, not including Goldman Sachs, Nike  and Visa all of which were down except for Visa (these 3 replaced Alcoa, Bank of America, and Hewlett-Packard as of close of market on  9/20).  The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Pfizer up 13 cents or 0.45% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was IBM down $3.37 and percentage-wise was  Caterpillar down 3.43%.

IBD pB8 "Stock indexes sell off, but leaders refuse to join in" by Paul Whitfield says Friday's action was down in higher volume: quadruple witching as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2011.98 down 24.15  from Thursday's closing numerator of  2036.13. 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   Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $67.07 down 80 cents    from Wednesday's average of $67.87.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $67.79 (DIS/UNH) down $1.28 cents  from Wednesday's median closing price of $70.08. The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If  Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $2,415  ($203,613 - $201,198) .

MarketWatch 9/20/13 Fri. 4:35 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell hard on Friday, but benchmark indexes still managed to post a third week of gains, as investors reacted to the uncertain science of reading verbal signals from U.S. central bankers. The selloff intensified in the last few minutes of trading. Volatility was expected to be high Friday due to an options expiration known as quadruple witching taking place. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both fell for a second session, retreating from the record heights that came Wednesday after the Federal Reserve unexpectedly said it would refrain from curbing stimulus for now. On Monday, stocks rallied in the wake of former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers pulling his name out of contention to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve. One Federal Open Market Committee member signaled the Fed could curb stimulus next month and another critical of the decision not to taper in September. It has been a “big week if you’re a Fed watcher, between Larry Summers and the FOMC meeting, the market was caught off guard,” said Richard Slinn, co-head of investments for Northern California at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. The bank oversees $910 billion in assets.
The Fed’s unexpected decision to hold off on reducing its $85 billion in monthly asset purchases was “aimed more at Main Street than Wall Street,” said Slinn, adding that the Fed wants to ensure its “decisions don’t risk the nascent recovery in the private sector,” given the potential impact of rising interest rates on the housing and auto sectors.In its worst session in more than a month, the Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA -1.19% fell 185.46 points, or 1.2%, to 15,451.09, leaving it up 0.5% on the week. Aluminum-producer Alcoa Inc. AA -1.78%was one of the top three decliners among the Dow’s 30 components, its shares down 1.8% on its final day of trading as a blue chip. Alcoa, Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ +0.05% and Bank of America Corp. BAC +0.21%  will no longer be part of the Dow 30 when trading begins Monday, replaced by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS +0.71% , Visa Inc. V +0.27% and Nike Inc. NKE -0.53% .Another Dow component, Caterpillar Inc.CAT -0.05% , fell 3.4% after the heavy-equipment maker in a regulatory filing reported a decline in retail sales.
The S&P 500 index SPX -0.72% dropped 12.43 points, or 0.7%, to 1,709.91, with utilities losing the most of its 10 major sectors. It’s up 1.3% for the week. Despite the volatile week, the month is shaping up to be the fifth best September ever for stocks, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices. After a halt in trading pending news, shares of Blackberry Ltd. BBRY -2.81%  fell 17% after the Canadian smartphone maker said it would layoff 40% of its global workforce and reported a nearly $1 billion second-quarter loss in an unexpected early release of its results.
Monday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  No mentions found.

American Express:   No mentions found.

Boeing:   No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  WSJ pB6 "Caterpillar equipment maker reports weaker global sales", IBD pA2 "Caterpillar Aug. sales weak"  say Caterpillar reported Friday that world wide sales for the 3 months through July declined 9% from a year earlier.

Chevron:  Daily Report p11 "Chevron wins arbitration ruling in Ecuador fight" by Michael D. Goldhaber says an Ecudaor aribtration panel said that at '95 & '98 exit agreement between Ecuador & Texaco released Chevron as Texaco's future parent from liability forpollution claims.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pB6 "ESPN's flagship revs up marketing" by Suzanne Vranica says Disney's ESPN on Sat began airing a new flagship program "SportsCenter."

DuPont:   No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE: Barron's p23 "GE: not too big to grow" by jack Hough says after mroe than a decade of lackluster performance, GE is poised to take off as it pares back fin'l operations and focuses on industrials.

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pC2 "Slowe DJIA growth after shake-up" by Steve Russolillo says today Nike Inc., Visa Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. replace Alcoa Inc., Bank of America Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. as Dow Jones Industrial Average components.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  Barron's p18 "Week review" says JPMorgan agreed to pay $920 mil to settle London Whale trading loss claim.  Microsoft increased its quarterly dividend by 22% and announced the repurchase of $40 bil in shares.

Johnson & Johnson:  Barron's pB17 "J&J's dividend, stock on rise" by Scott Stoddard says Johnson & Johnson offers a rising stock price and regular dividend increases.  Its stock has climbed 28%  this year.

McDonald's:  Barron's p45 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says McDonald's has raised its dividend at least once every year since paying is first dividend in '76.  Microsoft enhanced its dividend for the 10th straight year.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  NYT pB1 "cutting through the cloud" by Quentin Hardy says old guard firms such as Microsoft ahve beeen joined by new names like Salesforce.com, Workday and NetSuite.  Google and Amazon now have corporate computing services.

Barron's p18 "Week review" says JPMorgan agreed to pay $920 mil to settle London Whale trading loss claim.  Microsoft increased its quarterly dividend by 22% and announced the repurchase of $40 bil in shares.

Barron's p19 "Week preview" says on Monday a new Surface tablet is expected from Microsoft and on thursday Nike reports results for its Aug. quarter after the market closes.

   Barron's p45 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says McDonald's has raised its dividend at least once every year since paying is first dividend in '76.  Microsoft enhanced its dividend for the 10th straight year.

Nike:  WSJ pC2 "Slowe DJIA growth after shake-up" by Steve Russolillo says today Nike Inc., Visa Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. replace Alcoa Inc., Bank of America Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. as Dow Jones Industrial Average components.

NYT pB2 "Looking ahead" says Nike will report corporate earnings on Thursday.

 Barron's p19 "Week preview" says on Monday a new Surface tablet is expected from Microsoft and on Thursday Nike reports results for its Aug. quarter after the market closes.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Visa:   WSJ pC2 "Slowe DJIA growth after shake-up" by Steve Russolillo says today Nike Inc., Visa Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. replace Alcoa Inc., Bank of America Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. as Dow Jones Industrial Average components.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale  Change  % Change  Share Volume  Market

TNYSE

AANYSE

AXPNYSE

BACNYSE

BANYSE

CATNYSE

CVXNYSE

CSCONASDAQ-GS

KONYSE

DISNYSE

DDNYSE

XOMNYSE

GENYSE

GSNYSE

HPQNYSE

HDNYSE

INTCNASDAQ-GS

IBMNYSE

JPMNYSE

JNJNYSE

MCDNYSE

MRKNYSE

MSFTNASDAQ-GS

NKENYSE

PFENYSE
PGNYSE


MMMNYSE

TRVNYSE

UTXNYSE

UNHNYSEVZDualListed

VNYSEWMTNYSE

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 Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

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

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

Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)

Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)

Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)

Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)

Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)

Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)

DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)

ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)

GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)

Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)

Home Depot HD 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)

Nike NK Mark Parker (Beaverton, OR)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

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

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

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

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

Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 9/23/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $386.24
2. Microsoft MSFT 272.72
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 251.06
4.  WalMart WMT 248.78
5.   GE 247.26
6. Chevron CVX 242.51
7. Procter & Gamble PG 217.13
8. IBM 209.22
9. JPMorgan Chase JPM 193.93
10. Pfizer PFE 190.66
11. AT&T T 181.74
12. Coke KO 171.25
13. Merck MRK 139.53
14. Verizon VZ 137.30
15.  Cisco CSCO 130.15
16. Visa V 126.59
17. Intel INTC 117.67
18. Disney DIS 115.67
19. Home Depot HD 108.74
20.United Technologies UTX 100.39
21. McDonald's MCD 97.25
22. Boeing BA 88.65
23. American Express AXP 83.32
24. 3M MMM 82.77
25. Goldman Sachs GS 77.42
26. UnitedHealth UNH 73.02
27.Nike NKE 61.42
28.Caterpillar CAT 55.07
29. DuPont DD 54.86
30. Travelers TRV 32.26

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 9/31/13:

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

AT&T T: 9/10/13 8K re: purchase of spectrum from Verizon
8/28/13 8K re: redemption of 6.62% debentures due 10/15/34
8/2/13 10Q & 7/24/13 8K & 7/23/13 8K re: results for quarter ended 6/30/13
7/25/13 8K re: retirement from Board of Dr. Gilbert F. Amelia
7/12/13 8K re: AT&T agreeing to buy Leap Wireless
6/28/13 8K re: election of Cynthia B. Taylor as a Director & increase # of dirs. 14 from 13


American Express AXP: 9/16/13 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 months ended 8/31/13
8/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 7/31/13
7/29/13 10Q & 7/17/13 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/13
7/25/13 8K re: amdmt to sr. Exec. Severance Plan
7/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off statgs for 3 mos. ended 6/30/13
 6/21/13 8K re: selection of Jeffrey Campbell CFO
6/17/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months thru 5/31/13


Boeing BA: 7/24/13 10Q & 8K re: results for qtr. ended 6/30/13
 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


Caterpillar CAT: 9/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats for period ended 8/13
9/17/13 8K re: credit agrmt up to $3  bil led by Citibank
8/20/13 8K re: dealer stats for July '13
8/2/13 10Q & 7/24/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
7/23/13 8K re: June '13 dealer stats
 6/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 3/13
6/17/13 8K re: voting results of annual shareholderss mtg on 6/12
6/12/13 8K re: 15% increase in dividend from 8 cents to 60 cents payable 8/20 to record holders 7/22

Chevron CVX: 8/7/13 10Q & 8/2/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 7/10/13 8K re: 2Q interim update
6/24/13 8K re: issuance of notes
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

Cisco CSCO:  9/10/13 10K for fiscal year ended 7/27/13
8/15/13 8K re: firing of 4,000 employees
8/14/13 8K re: FY '13 & 4Q results
 6/20/13 8K: re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plan
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


Coke KO: 7/25/13 10Q & 7/16/13 8K 2Q ended 6/28/13 results
7/19/13 8K re: election of Ana Botin to Board
 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

Disney DIS: 8/6/13 10Q & 8/6/13 8K re: 3Q ended 6/29/13 results
 7/1/13 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract to 6/30/16
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


DuPont DD:  9/3/13 8K re: election of Patrick J. Ward to Board of Dires.
8/13/13 8K re: adoption of Sr. Exec. Severance Plan
7/23/13 10Q & 8K re: 2Q ended 6/31/13 results
 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


ExxonMobil XOM: 8/6/13 10Q & 8/1/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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

GE: 9/13/13 8K re: election of James E. Rohr to Board of Dires.
7/26/13 10Q & 7/19/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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

Goldman Sachs GS: 8/8/13 10Q & 7/16 8K re: qr. ended 6/30/13
7/19/13 8K re: opinion of counsel re: $2.5 bil Notes due '18


Home Depot HD: 9/20/13 8K re: election of Helena B. Boulkes to Board of Dirs.
9/10/13 8K re: closing of sale of $3.25 bil notes
8/28/13 10Q re: qtr. ended8/4/13
8/20/13 8K re: 2Q results
 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


Intel INTC: 7/29/13 & 7/18/13 & 7/17/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 6/29/13
 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.


IBM: 9/10/13 8K re: sale of outsourcing services business to SYNNEX
 7/31/13 8K re: underwriting contracts for notes5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
7/31/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K & 7/17/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
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

JPMorganChase JPM:  9/20/13 8K re: election of Linda B. Bammann to Board of Dirs. & amdmt to bylaws
9/19/13 8K re: consent decrees with Comptroller of Currency and Consuemr Fin'l Protection Bd. re:
credit card allegations
9/19/13 8K re: consent decrees with SEC & UK FCA & payment of $920 mil re: London Whale loss
9/10/13 8K re: fin'l services investor conf.presentation
8/21/13 8K re: closing of sale of $750 mil of 5.62% sub. notes due '43
8/21/13 8K re: sale of subordinated Notes
8/7/13 10Q re: 6/30/13 results
8/1/13 8K re: redemption of Non0cumulative Pref. Stock, Series J
7/29/13 8K re: issuance of Non0cumulative Pref. Stock, Series R
7/29/13 8K re: possible sale of commodities business
7/19/13 8K re: retirement from Board of David Cote & Ellen Futter
 7/12/13 2 8Ks re: 2Q results
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 8/20/13 8K re: closing of purchase of Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
8/1/13 10Q & 7/16/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/20/13 8K re: agreement to buy Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for its late state prostate drugs
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


McDonald's MCD:  9/18/13 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend
9/10/13 8K re: Aug. '13 sales
7/31/13 10Q & 7/22/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
7/19/13 8K re: dividend of 77 cents pe share payable 9/17/13 to record holders on 9/3/13
 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

Merck MRK: 8/7/13 10Q  & 7/30/13 8K re: results as of 6/30/13
 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

Microsoft MSFT: 9/23/13 8K re: amendment of exec comp. plans
9/20/13 8K re: realignment of structure to become a devices & service company
9/3/13 8K re: purchase of Nokia handset business
8/30/13 8K re: election of G. Mason Morfit to Board of Dires.
8/23/13 8K re: retirement of CEO Steven A.Ballmer within 12 months
7/30/13 10K & 7/18/13 8K re: results for year ended 6/30/13
 7/11/13 8K re: resignation of Pres. of Office Div. Kurt DelBene
7/3/13 8K re: retirement of Steve Sinofsky from Windows Div.
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

Nike NKE: 7/30/13 Proxy for 9/19/13 AnnualMeeting of Sharehodlers
7/23/13 10K for year ended 5/31/13

Pfizer PFE: 8/9/13 10Q & 7/30/13 8K re; 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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

Procter & Gamble PG:  9/16/13 8K re: changes to global  Business Unit Structure & Segment earnings
9/4/13 8K re: presentation at Barclays Back to School Conference
8/23/13 8K re: Proxy for Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/8/13 in Cincinnati
 8/15/13 8K re: sale of Floating Rate Notes due '63
 Pre-14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/8/13 at Aronoff Center in Cincinnati
7/9/13 8K re: declaration of dividend of $0.6015 on Common & Conv. Call A Pref. payable 8/15 to 7/19 record holders
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

3M MMM: 8/27/13 8K re: $150 mil credit agreement with HSBC Bank
8/13/13 8K re: election to Board of Thomas K. Brown  increase from 11 to 12
8/1/13 10Q & 7/25/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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

Travelers TRV: 8/1/13 8K re: underwriting contracts re: issuance of 4.6% Sr. Notes due '43
7/23/13 10Q & 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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.

United Technologies UTX: 9/6/13 8K re: new Pres. at Pratt & Whitney: Paul Adams succeeds David Hess
8/28/13 8K re: redemption of Goodrich 3.6% notes due '21
7/26/13 10Q & 7/23/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/18/13 8K re: Ohio Fed. Ct. awarding $473 mil to U.S. re: False Claims Act re: overcharging by Pratt & Whitney on F100's
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

UnitedHealth Group UNH: 9/9/13 8K re: investor presentation at Morgan Stanley Global Health Care conf.
8/5/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 9/16/13 8K re: saleof $49 bil of notes
9/5/13 8K re: election of Gregory D. Wasson to Board of Dires.
9/5/13 8K re: election of Kathyrn A. Tesija to Board of Dirs.
9/3/13 8K re: purchase of Vodafone's indirect 45% interest in Verizon Wirelss
7/25/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 6/30/13
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


Visa V: 9/17/13 8K & 9/12/13 8K & 7/26/13 8K re: adoption of exec pre-arranged trading plans for execs: William Sheedy, Byron H.Pollitt, Jr. & Elizabeth Buse
7/24/13 10Q for quarter ended6/30/13

WalMart WMT: 8/15/13 9/5/13 10Q for qtr. ended 7/31/13
8K re: 2Q ended 7/31/13 results
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

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