Friday, May 31, 2013

5/31/13 Fri. pm Dow Closes at 15,115.57 down 208.96 or 1.36%

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Post No. 2,206  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 Friday at 15,115.57 down 208.96 or 1.36% from Thursday's close of 15,324.53. For the week the Dow is down 187.53 or 1.22% from last Friday's  close of 15,303.10. Of the Dow components 2 gained and 28 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Intel up 7 cents or 0.29%  The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  Procter & Gamble down $2.08 and percentage-wise was  UnitedHealthcare down 3.14%.


As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 16.73 up from Thursday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.71 (last year it was 13.66); Friday's P/E estimate is 13.75 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 13.75 (year ago it was 11.75) and Friday's dividend yield is 2.35 down from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.35 (last year it was 2.66). 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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1968.29 down 27.21 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1995.50. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $65.61 down 91 cents from Thursday's average of $66.52. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $62.96 (DIS/UNH) down $1.69 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $64.65. 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 $2,721 ($199,550 - $196,839).

Friday MarketWatch 4:12 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday afternoon as Wall Street closed another month of gains with a whimper after mixed economic reports. “We’ve had a week of mediocre news for the United States; not a soft patch, not concerning, but certainly not inspiring,” said Jim Russell, senior equity strategist for U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Cincinnati.
“We would like to see a quiet summer, where the market marks some time and consolidates some recent gains,” added Russell of Wall Street’s advance, which has the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -1.36% ahead 1.9%, the S&P 500 index SPX -1.43% up 2.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.01% up 3.8% for the month.After rising as much as 67, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -1.36% lost 208.42 points to 15,116.11. Intel Corp. INTC +0.29% led gains that included just two of the blue-chip index’s 30 components. Intel’s gains came a day after Reuters reported Samsung Electronics had picked an Intel processor to power a new version of one of its tablets. The S&P 500 index SPX -1.43% declined 23.65 points to 1,630.76, with health care and energy hardest hit among its 10 industry groups.Financials have performed the best in May, followed by industrials and technology, with investors rotating in and out of sectors in search of bargains. U.S. nonfarm payrolls data will be watched closely for clues on any change in the Federal Reserve’s policy toward quantitative easing. There will be key interest-rate decisions by the European Central Bank and the Bank of England, where Gov. Mervyn King will mark his final appearance. “With interest rates being revalued, stocks are being revalued too. We haven’t seen the ‘great rotation’ (out of bonds and into stocks), but we are seeing rotation within the stock market itself,” said J.J. Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade.The S&P 500 marked seventh monthly advance, its longest monthly winning streak since one ending in September 2009. The Dow industrials recorded their sixth straight monthly gain.
“I think bulls would consider it a victory to come out of today with even a small loss. There has been so much pressure from Asia all week, and yet the S&P has hung in there,” said Kinahan.
The U.S. dollar DXY +0.31% on Friday fell to a three-week low against the Japanese yen USDJPY -0.3265% , with the American currency on track for an eighth straight month of gains versus the yen. Expectations of monetary easing moves by the Bank of Japan is expected to result in further softening of Japan’s currency.The Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.01% lost 35.38 points to 3,455.91.
For every stock rising, more than five fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where more than 1.1 billion shares traded.Composite volume topped 3.9 billion.

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
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE
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The following is from Friday morning's Blog: 


A read of the print editions of Friday'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 Thursday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 15,324.53 up 21.73 or 0.14% from Wednesday's close of 15,302.80. For the year the Dow is up16.94 %. Of the Dow components 17 gained and 13 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Boeing up $1.45 and percentage-wise was Bank of America up 2.6%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was McDonald's down $1.98 and percentage-wise was Disney down 2.43%.

WSJ pC1 "U.S. stocks weather a storm" by Chris Dieterich, Brad Frischkorn says US stocks sat out a market rout in Tokyo for the 3rd time in just over a week, shrugging off mixed economic data at home to notch a modest advance.

FT p20 "Dish Network counterbid sends Clearwire stock sharply higher" by jason Abbruzzese says US banks continue to be one of the year's best areas. JPMorgon rose 1.7% and Bank of America was up 2.6%. US 1Q GDP was revised downward a bit and new claims for unemployment insurance rose.

NYT pB9 "The markets inch higher on tepid economic data" by AP & AJC pA13 "Reports alay Fed worries" by AP say the stock market rose Thurs after a pair of lackluster economic reports convinced traders that the US central bank will continue to boost the economy with stimulus programs.

IBD pB2 "Stocks start out fast then give back chunk of gains" by Paul Whitfield says stocks popped higher in the first half hour Thurs & then gave back a generous portion in the last half hour.

As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 16.73 up from Thursday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.71 (last year it was 13.66); Friday's P/E estimate is 13.75 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 13.75 (year ago it was 11.75) and Friday's dividend yield is 2.35 down from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.35 (last year it was 2.66). 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.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1995.50 up 2.83 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1992.67. 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 $66.52 up 10 cents from Wednesday's average of $66.42. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.65 (DIS/UNH) down 10 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $64.75. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Thursday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $283 ($199550 - $199,267).

Thursday MarketWatch 4:21 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks climbed Thursday, with the S&P 500 index on track for its longest monthly winning streak since September 2009, as another report cast a positive light on the U.S. housing market.“We haven’t had a ‘sell in May’ since this bull market began,” said Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, referring to the old Wall Street adage, ‘Sell in May and go away.’With one trading session remaining in May, the S&P 500 index SPX+0.37% is up 3.6% month-to-date, positioning for a seventh consecutive monthly gain, which would be its longest monthly win streak since the one ending in September 2009.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.14% rose 21.73 points to 15,324.53, with 17 of its 30 components advancing. Up 3.3% for May, the blue-chip index is in position to notch its sixth straight monthly gain.Dow member Alcoa Inc. AA-1.05% fell 1.1% after Moody’s Investors Service reduced its rating on the aluminum manufacturer’s debt to one notch below investment grade.The S&P 500 index added 6.05 points to 1,654.41, with financials leading sector gains and telecommunications losing the most ground among its 10 major industry groups.“Those pundits that had you reaching for yield for the last few months in the utilities, REITS (real estate investment trusts) and telephone sectors are all hiding under a rock now,” Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., wrote in afternoon commentary.“In the last few days, many defensive names have come under pressure as money flowed out of them into cyclicals,” said Spar, adding that part of the catalyst for the flow was the 10-year Treasury yield remaining over 2%.A clear break of support at 2% “could be the catalyst for some profit-taking in the cyclical and financials that have attracted money,” he concluded.On Thursday, the 10-year yield 10_YEAR+0.10% stood at 2.118%.The Nasdaq Composite COMP+0.69% climbed 23.78 points to 3,491.30.For every two stocks on the decline, roughly three gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 710 million shares traded.Composite volume neared 3.5 billion.Stock indexes retained gains after the National Association of Realtors reported pending sales of homes rose 0.3% in April.Other reports Thursday had the U.S. economy growing less than expected last quarter and jobless claims rising more than estimated last week.“The housing market continues to look good, and GDP growth is slow and steady, which is actually a good environment for stocks,” said Frederick. Since the start of the bull market, now in its fourth year, “you kept hearing you can’t have an economic recovery until you had participation by the housing market. It started in the middle of last year, in the June-July time frame. So now, almost a year later, it’s pretty clear that has happened,” he said. A volatile Japanese market remained in the headlines.The Japanese yen USDJPY+0.2592% fell against the U.S. dollar DXY+0.07% and Japan equity index futures bounced higher after Reuters reported a proposed change in Japan’s public pension fund’s strategy would likely bolster equity markets while denting the nation’s currency. U.S. stock-index futures also gained after that report.Gold futures gained $20.20 to end at a more-than-two-week high of $1,412 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. And, crude-oil futures CLN3-0.06% reversed course to settle up 48 cents at $93.61 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Noteworthy movers on Thursday included Clearwire Corp. CLWR+29.31%, up 26%, after Dish Network Corp. DISH+0.69% upped its offer for the company, upping the ante in a bidding competition with Sprint Nextel Corp. S+0.82%.

Friday's News followed by Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T: No mentions found.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: WSJ pC1 "Bull sees red over BofA cross-sales" by Shayndi Raice, Corrie Dreibusch says Merrill employees are upset over certain BofA moves such as discouraging buying stocks by moving money from BofA accounts to a brokerage account at Merrill.

FT p20 "Dish Network counterbid sends Clearwire stock sharply higher" by jason Abbruzzese says US banks continue to be one of the year's best areas. JPMorgon rose 1.7% and Bank of America was up 2.6%. US 1Q GDP was revised downward a bit and new claims for unemployment insurance rose.

Boeing: WSJ pB7 "singaproe Air orders first stretched Dreamliner" by Gaurav Raghuvanshi, IBD pA1 "Boeing inks stretch 787 deal" says it will buy 30 787-10X.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: WSJ pA6 "Disneyland worker pleads not guily in dry ice case" by AP says the 22 year old employee denied having 2 dry ice bonbs.

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: FT p20 "Dish Network counterbid sends Clearwire stock sharply higher" by jason Abbruzzese says US banks continue to be one of the year's best areas. JPMorgon rose 1.7% and Bank of America was up 2.6%. US 1Q GDP was revised downward a bit and new claims for unemployment insurance rose.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's: AJC pA12 "McDonald's CEO on losing weight" says CEO Don Thompson said he lost 20 pounds in the past year but still eats at McDonald's every day.

Merck: WSJ pA1 "Dispute flares inside FDA over popular drugs' safety" by Thomas M. Burton says a senior regulaor is seeking stronger warnings about angiotensin receptor blocks or ARBs including Merck's Coxaar.

Microsoft: USAT p 3A "Microsoft", AJC pA11 "Microsoft's revisions to simplify Windows 8" by Michael Lledtke, AP say Microsoft will make the op system easier to naviage.



Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: WSJ pB1 "At P&G, race starts for Lafley's successor" by Joann S. Lublin, Serena Ng says Procter & Gamble will elevate 4 senior execs to new top roles to create a horse race to succeed Lafley.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: USA p3Bsays UnitedHealth scaled back plans to offer insurnace plans in online insurance markets to 12.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Walmart: No mentions found.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:


SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE


























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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 5/16/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $403.29
2. Microsoft MSFT 284.61
3. WalMart WMT 258.46
4. GE 240.61
5. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 245.80
6. Chevron CVX 238.03
7. IBM 226.96
8. Procter & Gamble PG 219.04
9. Pfizer PFE 206.77
10. AT&T T 200.41
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 194.14
12. Coke KO 191.33
13. Verizon VZ 152.15
14. Bank of America BAC 144.62
15. Merck MRK 139.66
16. Cisco CSCO 127.38
17. Intel INTC 119.63
18. Disney DIS 119.51
19. Home Depot HD 113.52
20. McDonald's MCD 101.55
21. United Technologies UTX 88.37
22. American Express AXP 79.55
23. 3M MMM 76.86
24. Boeing BA 74.69
25. UnitedHealth UNH 63.56
26. Caterpillar CAT 57.40
27. DuPont DD 50.93
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 41.51
29. Travelers TRV 32.83
30. Alcoa AA 9.23

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 5/16/13:

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

AT&T T: 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
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/12/13 8K re: closing of sale of various Notes
2/4/12 8K re: the increased of the Board of Dirs from 12 to 13 & election of Micahel B. McCalister to Bd.

Alcoa AA: 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
2/19/13 & 2/15/13 10K & 10K/A for year ended 12/31/12


American Express AXP: 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 sharehodlers 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
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/22/13 8K re: election of Anne Lauvergeon & Samuel J. Palmisano (former IBM CEO) as Dirs.
2/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for the 3 months ending 1/31/13
2/6/13 8K re: semin-annual presentation to Fin'l Community


Bank of Am BAC: 5/8/13 8K re: voting resutls from 5/8 Stockhodlers 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
2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12

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: 5/7/13 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
2/20/13 8K re: Jan. dealer stats.
2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12


Chevron CVX: 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: Stockhodler 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: 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: 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
2/19/13 8K re: replacement reserves for 2012
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q results for year ended 12/31/12
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q estimated results

GE: 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: 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: 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: 5/8/13 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: 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
2/5/13 8K re: issuance of Preferred Shares


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: 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: 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: 5/13/13 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: 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: 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: realignment of business groups
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: 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: 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: 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: 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
1/25/13 8K re: sale of spectrum to AT&T
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results (& 1/18/13 & 1/7/13 4Q updates)


WalMart WMT: 5/16/13 8K re: Qtr. ended 4/30 results
4/22/13 Proxy re: 6/7 shareholder meetings 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
THAT'S ALL FOLKS