Tuesday, October 29, 2013

10/29/13 Tues. pm Dow Closes at 15680.35 up 111.42 or 0.72%

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Post No. 2,421 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 Oct. 22  and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of Oct. 22.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 15680.35 up 111.42 or 0.72% from Monday's close of 15568.93. Of  the Dow components   24  gained  and 6   declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was IBM up $4.77 or  2.69% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was    Boeing down 22 cents and percentage-wise was 0.25%.


As of the open  of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5   of  Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Tuesday's   trailing P/E ratio is  17.44 up  from Monday's  trailing P/E of 17.42  (last year it was 13.95);  today's   P/E estimate is  14.65 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 14.65  (year ago it was 12.35) and today's  dividend yield is 2.15 unchanged from yesterday's  dividend yield of 2.15  (last year it was 2.59). 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.


Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2441.68 up 17.35   from Monday's closing numerator of 2424.33. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.


The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of   Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $81.39  up 58 cents from Monday's average closing price of 80.81.  The median closing price of  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $76.71 (HD/NKE) up 11 cents from Monday's median closing price of $76.60 (HD/WMT).  The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume was AT&T.


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 $1,735   ($244,168 - $242,433).

MarketWatch 10/29/13 Mon. 4:42 pm by Victor Reklaitis & Wallace Witkowski says  U.S. stocks finished higher Tuesday with both blue-chip stocks and the S&P 500 index setting record closing highs, as results from Pfizer Inc. and an International Business Machines stock buyback stoked momentum.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.72%   gained 111.42 points, or 0.7%, to close at 15,680.35, topping its former closing high from mid-September, its 32nd record close of the year. IBM IBM -0.10%  led the index, closing up 2.7%, after the company authorized an additional $15 billion stock buyback, followed by shares of AT&T Inc. T +1.97%  and Home Depot Inc. HD -0.13%  Pfizer Inc. PFE +0.58%  also fed the blue-chip rally with a 1.7% gain following its quarterly earnings report before the open.

COMP 3,952.34, +12.21, +0.31%
Nasdaq Composite on Tuesday
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The S&P 500 SPX +0.56%   notched its 33rd record close of the year, finishing up 9.84 points, or 0.6%, at 1,771.95. Telecom and consumer staples fared best among S&P 500 sectors, while materials and utilities performed the worst.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.31%  rose 12.21 points, or 0.3%, to close at 3,952.34, after being frozen for nearly an hour because of a “human error” in the data distribution system. The index reached an intraday high of 3,957.12. The tech-heavy index was weighed down by a 2.5% decline for shares in Apple Inc., which posted earnings late Monday.
Earlier in the day, the main indexes pulled back from then-session highs after a couple of economic reports at 10 a.m. Eastern time, including one that showed consumer confidence made a surprisingly steep drop in October.
“The confidence data was something that did weigh on the market,” said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott, in a phone interview on Tuesday. But he noted the drop in confidence may have been mostly due to “Washington dysfunction,” meaning the government standoff earlier this month, saying he’s waiting on additional confidence data in the next month or two.
Tuesday’s moves by the major indexes followed narrowly mixed action on Monday, when the Dow and Nasdaq ended close to the flat line, and the S&P 500 inched up to reach a record for a second straight session.
Most analysts expect the Federal Reserve to stand pat on its accommodative stance, given the Fed’s coming change in leadership, the recent weak economic data and the government shutdown and debt-ceiling battle earlier in the month.
In its accompanying policy statement, however, the Fed is likely to keep its options open about any tapering of its purchases before the end of the year. The decision is expected after the meeting ends 
Google's smartwatch is in late-stage development and the device, which will run on Android, will be integrated with Google Now, the company’s digital assistant. The WSJ's Yun-Hee Kim speaks with Eva Dou about what to expect from Google's smartwatch.
In September, market participants expected the policy makers to start scaling back the $85-billion-a-month asset-purchase program, but the central bank surprised by waiting for more evidence of an economic recovery before pulling the tapering trigger.
“With [Chairman] Ben Bernanke now in the autumn of his tenure at the Fed and no press release scheduled for this meeting, the overwhelming consensus is that nothing will happen on the taper front. But the wrong footing at the September meeting has traders a little cautious and reminded them that the ‘consensus’ can be 100% wrong,” said Jonathan Sudaria, dealer at London Capital Group, in a note. He added that investors should “expect markets to tread water” until after the Fed decision.
Janney’s Luschini said if the Fed statement suggests the economy hasn’t deteriorated, that could imply a January tapering for the central bank’s bond-buying program. But if there has been some deterioration, “I’d probably say that pushes the odds out to a March tapering,” the strategist said.

Data deluge

While investors were absorbing a flurry of economic reports on Tuesday, strategists have played down their significance. Most of Tuesday’s reports should have come out earlier in October, providing a more timely reading on economic activity, but they were delayed by the U.S. government shutdown.
“The good news is it’s retail sales day — the bad news is it is the September reading and so it is hard to make the claim that the flurry of data on Tuesday morning will mean that much to investors,” said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak & Co., in emailed comments on Tuesday.
Before the open, the Commerce Department said September retail sales dipped, while economists had expected no change. The Labor Department said the producer-price index slipped in September, missing expectations for a slight rise.
Also before the bell, S&P/Case-Shiller reported its home-price index rose 1.3% in August, the smallest monthly gain since March.
At 10 a.m. Eastern time, the Commerce Department said business inventories rose 0.3% in August, below expectations for 0.4%. In addition, the Conference Board reported confidence among American consumers fell in October to the lowest level in six months. Its consumer-confidence index slumped to 71.2 in October from a revised 80.2 in September. Economists polled by MarketWatch had projected the index to drop to 75 in October.
In other financial markets, most European equities were higher, while Asian stocks closed mixed. Gold and oil prices were lower, pressured by a stronger dollar

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:


Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AXPNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
GSNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
NKENYSE
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
UNHNYSE
VZDualListed
VNYSE
WMTNYSE

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The following are excerpts from Tues. morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of  Tuesday's Wall St. Journal,  Financial Times, Investor's News Daily, New York Times, USA Today,  Atlanta Journal & amp; 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  Monday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average:The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 15568.93 down 1.35 or 0.01% from Friday's close of 15570.28.  For the year the Dow is up 18.81%. Of  the Dow components  17   gained  and  13  declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Procter & Gamble $1.30 or 1.62% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was   United Technologies down $1.53 and percentage-wise was Merck down 2.56%.

WSJ pC4 "Another high for S&P 500" by Tomi Kilgore says a mixed day for US markets didn't keep the S&Pf rom its 3rd daily advance in a row & its 32nd record close this year due to soft economic data & mixed corp profit reports.  Merck is charted under Bad News as 3Q earnings fell 35% amid the loss of its exclusivity for its Singulair treatment for asthma.

IBD pB2 "Indexes end basically flat as profit news dominates" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says the stock market closed narrowly mixed Mons till flagging a bit following its run up earlier this month as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

FT p23 "Merck slides after 3Q earnings miss rev estimate" by Jason Abbruzese says Merck moved lower but the S&P touched another record high as company earnings were in focus. The consumer staples sector was led by a 1.5% rise by Coke to $39.61 and a 1.6% gain by Procter & Gamble.

NYT pB6 "Markets hold their ground as investors wait for the Fed" by Reuters says the stock market showed little change Mon as expectations were high that the Fed wold decide to keep its stimulus in place when it meets next week.

AJC pA11 "S&P logs record close" by Steve Rothwell, AP says the S&P notched another record close as good news from JC Penney offset poor earnings from several US firms.



Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2424.33 down 0.21   from Friday's closing numerator of 2424.54. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.


The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of   Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $80.81 down 1 cent from Friday's average closing price of 80.82.  The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $76.60 (HD/WMT) up 71 cents from Friday's median closing price of $75.89 (NKE/WMT).  The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume was Microsoft.


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 $21    ($242,454 - $242,433).

MarketWatch 10/28/13 Mon. 4:09 pm by William L. Watts says US stocks indexes posted a mixed finish, ending little changed as investors stuck to the sidelines ahead of earnings from Apple Inc. AAPL +0.74% after the closing bell and a meeting later this week of Federal Reserve policy makers. The S&P 500 SPX +0.13% rose 2.34 points, or 0.1%, 1,762.11, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.0087% was off 1.35 points, or less than 0.1%, at 15,568.93. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.08% was down 3.23 points, or 0.1%, at 3,940.13.

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

AT&T:  WSJ pB3 "AT&T delays changes to access line fees" by Ryan Knutson says the move to increase prices on its data and voice lines was delayed after strong opposition from customers.  AT&T and Verizon control 80% of the special access lines which is high capacity networks for businesses.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB3 "Boeing considers nonunion plant for 777X" by Jon Ostrower, IBD pA2 "Boeing 777X orders expected" say Boeing may give its nonunion S.C. facility a bigger role in the new version of the 777.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke: FT p23 "Merck slides after 3Q earnings miss rev estimate" by Jason Abbruzese says Merck moved lower but the S&P touched another record high as company earnings were in focus. The consumer staples sector was led by a 1.5% rise by Coke to $39.61 and a 1.6% gain by Procter & Gamble.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pC1 "A kinder gentler Goldman?" by Shayndi Raice says Goldman is trying to improve the work life balance of its young analysts by reducing their hours & other measures.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  USAT p4B "Story stocks" charts JPMorgan saying investors are barely reacting to the fines faced by it.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's: WSJ pB6 "Will H J Heinz flip over to Bu8rger King?" by Annie Gasparro says McDonald's last week kicked Heinz out of its restaurants since its new CEO is the former CEO of Burger King.

FT p14 "Burger King/McDonald's says since Burger King went public in June '12 it has returned more than triple what McDonald's has returned. Burger King has returned 40% to shareholders.

Merck: WSJ pB6 "merck to consider shedding products and businesses" by Peter Loftus, IBD pA2 "Merck falls on competition",AJC pA12 "Merck 3Q net income falls on lower sales", NYT pB5 "Generic rivals sharplye rode Merck's results" by AP say Merck's 3Q profit plunged 35% due to competition from generic drugs, lower sales of its top selling medicine and restructuring & acquisition charges.  It still beat expectations but sharply lowered its forecast for the full year.Merck earned $1.12 bil or 38 cents a share for 3Q down from $1.73 bil or 56 cents a share a year earlier.  Sales ddeclined 4% to $11.03 bil sy of the $11.1 bil estimates of analysts.

WSJ pC4 "Another high for S&P 500" by Tomi Kilgore says a mixed day for US markets didn't keep the S&Pf rom its 3rd daily advance in a row & its 32nd record close this year due to soft economic data & mixed corp profit reports.  Merck is charted under Bad News as 3Q earnings fell 35% amid the loss of its exclusivity for its Singulair treatment for asthma.

 FT p23 "Merck slides after 3Q earnings miss rev estimate" by Jason Abbruzese says Merck moved lower but the S&P touched another record high as company earnings were in focus. The consumer staples sector was led by a 1.5% rise by Coke to $39.61 and a 1.6% gain by Procter & Gamble.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB5 "Web giants threaten end to cookie tracking" by Elizabeth Dwoskin says the the past month Microsoft, Google & Facebook said they are going to control the river of personal data in ways that bypass cookies.

Nike:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:   No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: FT p23 "Merck slides after 3Q earnings miss rev estimate" by Jason Abbruzese says Merck moved lower but the S&P touched another record high as company earnings were in focus. The consumer staples sector was led by a 1.5% rise by Coke to $39.61 and a 1.6% gain by Procter & Gamble.

3M:   No mentions found.

Travelers:   No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

Verizon:    WSJ pB3 "AT&T delays changes to access line fees" by Ryan Knutson says the move to increase prices on its data and voice lines was delayed after strong opposition from customers.  AT&T and Verizon control 80% of the special access lines which is high capacity networks for businesses.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart: FT p3 "Big buyers of seafood rethink eco labels" says Walmart and others are rethinking environmental sustainability standards under pressure from the Alaskan fishing industry says Aaron Stanley. 

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AXPNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
GSNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
NKENYSE
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
UNHNYSE
VZDualListed
VNYSE
WMTNYSE

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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 10/22/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $385.89
2. Microsoft MSFT 288.72
3. GE 263.93
4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 260.16
5. WalMart WMT 248.42
6. Chevron CVX 232.13
7. Procter & Gamble PG 220.14
8 .JPMorgan Chase JPM 203.50
9.  Pfizer PFE 202.80
10. IBM 190.30 
11. AT&T T 187.24
12. Coke KO 172.91
13. Verizon VZ 146.65
14. Merck MRK 136.30
15.  Visa V 129.10
16. Disney DIS 123.19
17. Cisco CSCO 121.12
18. Intel INTC 119.97
19. Home Depot HD 107.05
20.United Technologies UTX 97.12
21. McDonald's MCD 95.28
22. Boeing BA 92.12
23. American Express AXP 86.85
24. 3M MMM 84.69
25. Goldman Sachs GS 72.91
26. UnitedHealth UNH 70.50
27.Nike NKE 67.43
28.Caterpillar CAT 57.45
29. DuPont DD 55.40
30. Travelers TRV 32.27


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 10/22/13:


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


AT&T T: 10/21/13 8K re: contract to sell/lease 9,700 towers to Crown Castle Int'l for $4.85 bil
9/27/13 8K re: increase of # of directors from 13 to 14 & election of Beth E. Mooney to Board
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


American Express AXP: 10/16/13 8K re: 3Q results
10/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for qtr ended 9/30/13
9/25/13 8K re: creation of a jv with Certares for business travel unit
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


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: 10/22/13 8K re: retail sales of machinery
10/9/13 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: majority voting for uncontested election of directors
9/30/13 8K re: price increases
 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


Chevron CVX: 10/9/13 8K re: interim update for 3Q
 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

Cisco CSCO: 9/30/13 Proxy Materials re: annual shareholder meeting 11/19 at Cisco in San Jose, CA
 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

Coke KO: 10/15/13 8K re: 3Q results
 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


Disney DIS: 10/8/13 8K re: amendment to bylaws to eliminate paper share certificates
10/2/13 8K re: new employment contract for Alan N. Braverman EVP, GC & Sec'y for annual salary of $1.4 mil
 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


DuPont DD: 10/22/13 & 8K re: results for qtr ended 9/30/13
  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


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


GE: 10/18/13 8K re: 3Q results
10/16/13 8K re: exercise by Berkshire Hathaway of warrants for 10.7 mil shares
 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


Goldman Sachs GS: 10/21/13 8K re: retirement of J. Michael Evans as Vice Chair/Head of Growth Markets
10/17/13 8K re: 3Q results
10/1/13 8K re: exercise by Berkshire Hathaway of warrants for 13,062,594 shares
 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


Intel INTC: 10/15/13 2 8Ks re: results for qtr ended 9/28/13
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



IBM: 10/17/13 8K & 10/16/13 8K re: results for 3Q ended 9/30/13
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


JPMorganChase JPM: 10/16/13 8K re: settlement w/CFTC by payment of $100 mil fine
10/11/13 8K re: sale of Sr. Medium Term Notes of an indeterminate amount
10/14/13 & 10/11/13 8Ks re: 3Q results
  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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 10/15/13 8K re: election of ex0FDA Commissioner Mark B. McClellan as director
10/15/13 8K re: 3Q results ended 9/29/13
 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


McDonald's MCD: 10/21/13 8K re: 3Q results
  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


Merck MRK: 10/1/13 8K re: global restructuring program and lay-offs of 8,500 employees
 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: 10/8/13; 10/7/13 & 10/3/13 Proxy Materials re: annual shareholders meeting on 11/19 in Bellevue, Washington
9/26/13 8K re: adoption of Senior Exec. Severance Benefit Plan
9/26/13 8K re: realignment to become a devices & services company
 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.

Nike NKE: 10/7/13 10Q, 9/30/13 8K & 9/26/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 8/31/13
9/24/13 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders on 9/19/13
 7/30/13 Proxy for 9/19/13 AnnualMeeting of Shareholders
7/23/13 10K for year ended 5/31/13


Pfizer PFE:  9/30/13 8K re: election of Shantanu Narayen, Pres. & CEO of Adobe Systems to Board of Directors
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


Procter & Gamble PG: 10/11/13 8K re: voting results of annual shareholders meeting 10/8/13
10/8/13 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividends
  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


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:  10/22/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 9/30/13
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


United Technologies UTX: 10/22/13 8K re: 3Q results
9/26/13 8K re: formation of UTC Building & Industrial Services by combining Otis Elevator & UTC Climate, Controls & Security to be headed by Geraud Darnis as Pres/CEO
 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


UnitedHealth Group UNH: 10/17/13 8K re: 3Q results
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


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 10/17/13 8K re: 3Q results
10/8/13 Proxy; 10/8/13 S-8 & 10/3/13 8K re: approval by shareholders to buy Vodafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless, registration of shares to be issued to Vodafone, & $12 bil credit facility to fund the purchase
 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: 10/21/13 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/13
10/1/13 8K re: issuance of 1.95% Notes due 2018
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


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