1/29/14 Wed. pm Dow Closes at 15738.79 down 189.77 or 1.19%

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Post No. 2,550 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 January 27, 2014  and a summary of Dow 30 components'  recent SEC filings as of January 27, 2014.e Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 15738.79 down 189.77  or 1.19%  from Tuesday's close of 15928.56. Of the Dow components  5  gained  and  25 declined. The  biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was  DuPont up $1.14 or 1.91%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Boeing down $7.31 or 5.33%.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2450.78 down 39.55  from  Tuesday's closing numerator of 2480.33. 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.


As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of  Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is ____ from Tuesday's trailing P/E of 15.62 (last year it was 15.38). Wednesday's P/E estimate  is 14.75 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 14.75 (year ago it was 12.28) and Wednesday's dividend yield is 2.__ up from Tuesday's  dividend yield of 2.43 (last year it was 2.51). The Dow's all-time high was 16,576.66 on December 31, 2013. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.


The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $81.69 down 52 cents from Monday's average closing price of $82.21. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $75.39     (WMT/HD) down $1.16s from Monday's median closing price of $76.55    (WMT/HD). The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume was AT&T.

If  Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $3,955    ($248,033 - $245,078).

 MarketWatch 1/29/14 Tues. 4:41 pm by Anora Mahmudova says U.S. stocks fell 1% on Wednesday, extending losses after the Fed announced it will reduce monthly bond purchases by another $10 billion and failed to mention the recent emerging markets turmoil that has knocked U.S. stocks off their highs.

The outcome was in line with forecasts, though it may have derailed some trades betting the Fed would make a nod to the recent market setback. The Fed also signaled that it is likely to keep reducing its purchases in the coming months, citing a pickup in economic activity and improvement in the labor market.In a struggling economy, banks can use new customers as much as any other business. But banks are steering far wide of medicinal marijuana, online gambling, and virtual currencies that may be legal but might attract Uncle Sam’s eye.Stocks were down sharply ahead of the meeting, the last with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the helm, after rate hikes in Turkey and South Africa failed to stem drops in their currencies. The S&P 500 SPX -1.02% closed 18.30 points, or 1%, lower at 1,774.20, falling below the key resistance level of 1,775 to its lowest close since mid-November. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -1.19% fell 189.77 points, or 1.2% to 15,738.79, recording its fifth triple-digit loss this month. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.14%  lost 46.53 points, or 1.1%, to close at 4,051.43.DJIA 15,738.79, -189.77, -1.19%

“We think the situation in emerging markets is not as bad as it sounds when you look at fundamentals. At this point we do not fear the type of contagion seen in 1990s with crisis in Asia. Valuations are inexpensive, markets are not overleveraged and growth rates remain robust compared to developed countries. We would consider emerging-markets equities as a good buying opportunity,” Davidson added.

After steep drops in emerging-markets currencies last week, several central banks acted to stop the run on their currencies. India, Turkey and most recently South Africa raised their interest rates. But even the big rate hike in Turkey won’t stop speculators taking the Turkish lira down, said analysts, and the lira and South African rand dropped Wednesday.The failure of emerging-markets central banks to stem the asset flight has rattled U.S. stock investors, who are fearful of a spreading global crisis and cognizant that last year’s steep U.S. equities gains aren’t likely to be replicated.Joe Bell, senior equity analyst at Schaeffer’s Investment Research said ahead of the FOMC meeting that the session’s selling could also be attributed to profit-taking.

“Emerging markets have been underperforming for a while now, and since October of last year have been on the downtrend,” Bell said.“Markets have rallied too far too fast last year and are overextended. Earnings haven't been too terrible, but they haven't been great either. This consolidation is still mild given the record levels we’ve reached only a few weeks ago,” he added.A mixed bag of earnings added to pessimism on Wall Street.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol	Last Sale	Change	% Change	Share Volume	Market
T	$33.31	0.39	1.16%	82,966,788	NYSE
AA	$11.99	0.14	1.18%	44,319,751	NYSE
AXP	$85.55	1.09	1.26%	3,336,525	NYSE
BA	$129.78	7.31	5.33%	15,968,031	NYSE
CAT	$90.62	1.85	2%	8,100,910	NYSE
CVX	$116	0.84	0.72%	5,495,320	NYSE
CSCO	$21.65	0.10	0.46%	35,339,380	NASDAQ-GS
KO	$37.9	0.97	2.5%	23,669,895	NYSE
DIS	$71.33	1.55	2.13%	8,569,845	NYSE
DD	$60.71	1.14	1.91%	8,300,968	NYSE
XOM	$95.11	0.54	0.56%	13,154,158	NYSE
GE	$25.29	0.17	0.67%	39,427,512	NYSE
GS	$163.9	2.35	1.41%	3,457,288	NYSE
HD	$76.68	1.86	2.37%	9,155,396	NYSE
INTC	$24.68	0.22	0.88%	26,976,026	NASDAQ-GS
IBM	$176.4	0.45	0.25%	4,956,084	NYSE
JPM	$55.53	0.21	0.38%	25,341,239	NYSE
JNJ	$88.9	1.20	1.33%	11,118,410	NYSE
MCD	$93.15	1.03	1.09%	8,004,468	NYSE
MRK	$52.21	0.66	1.25%	19,311,638	NYSE
MSFT	$36.66	0.39	1.08%	52,193,224	NASDAQ-GS
NKE	$71.77	0.94	1.29%	5,224,073	NYSE
PFE	$30.11	0.31	1.02%	29,071,044	NYSE
PG	$77.64	1.47	1.86%	13,388,244	NYSE
MMM	$130.25	0.44	0.34%	3,572,035	NYSE
TRV	$82.21	0.89	1.07%	3,151,249	NYSE
UTX	$113.27	0.59	0.52%	3,869,926	NYSE
UNH	$71.26	0.45	0.63%	5,992,091	NYSE
VZ	$47.69	0.33	0.7%	24,769,110	DualListed
V	$217.12	3.84	1.74%	4,179,635	NYSE
WMT	$74.1	0.57	0.76%	8,398,037	NYSE

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

A read of the print editions of  Wednesday's Wall Street Journal,  Financial Times,  Investor's Business 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 Tuesday's closing stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 15928.56 up 90.68  or 0.57%  from Monday's close of 15837.88. For the year the down %. Of the Dow components 24  gained  and  6 declined. The  biggest gainer dollar-wise  was Goldman Sachs up $1.56 and percentage-wise was  Pfizer up 2.56%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was  IBM down $1.05 and percentage-wise was Cisco down 1.14%.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2480.33 up 7.70  from  Friday's closing numerator of 2472.63. 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 $82.68 up 47 cents from Monday's average closing price of $82.21. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $76.61     (WMT/HD) up 6 cents from Monday's median closing price of $76.55    (WMT/HD). The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume was GE.

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 $770    ($248,033 - $246,621).

 MarketWatch 1/28/14 Tues. 4:39 pm by Anora Mahmudova says U.S. stocks ended Tuesday with best gains in two weeks, as indexes rebounded from heavy losses, which bruised the markets in the previous three sessions. Rising emerging markets, upbeat earnings from Pfizer Inc. and Ford Motor Co. as well as a rise in consumer confidence lifted sentiment.The S&P 500 SPX +0.61%  closed up 10.94 points, or 0.6%, at 1,792.50, snapping a three-day skid. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.57%  gained 90.68 points, or 0.6%, to 15,928.562, breaking a five-day losing streak.The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.35%  finished the choppy trade with gains, rising 14.35 points, or 0.4%, to 4,097.96.The Nasdaq 100 index NDX -0.09% , which includes the 100 largest nonfinancial equities listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, fell 3.3 points, or 0.1% to 3,505.72, largely due to losses in Apple Inc.“It looks like markets reacted too much too fast in the past few days and now realizing that it was slightly overdone. This kind of bounce is expected when markets are oversold and calm returns,” said Rob Stein, CEO of Astor Investment Management.Speaking about economic data, Stein said underlying trends are still strong.“The headline numbers in the durable goods data was lower than expected, but it is a very volatile measure. The underlying trend is still robust and continues to grow. As to the consumer confidence, we tend to discount the index as it is just a survey of how people feel and has little meaning,” Stein said.Consumer confidence climbed in January, with assessments of both the present situation and expectations improving, the Conference Board said Tuesday. The surprise rise took the index to the 80.7 level, topping the economists’ estimate, who expected a slight decline.Earlier, stock-index futures had pared gains after disappointing data on durable goods orders and a small drop in house prices in December.Orders for big-ticket U.S. goods sank 4.3% in December and posted the biggest drop since midsummer, largely because of fewer bookings for autos, large aircraft and military hardware, the government said Tuesday. The disappointing report -- economists expected a 1.8% increase in orders -- could lead to a reduction in forecasts for fourth-quarter gross domestic product.Sital Patel takes a look at which stocks traders will be watching during market action, including Yahoo, AT&T, and Pfizer. Photo: Getty Images.U.S. home prices ticked down 0.1% in November, the first decline in a year, with nine of 20 tracked cities posting price drops as winter approached, according to data released Tuesday.Investors will also focus on the Federal Reserve, which begins its two-day meeting on Tuesday. Most analysts expect the Fed to continue reducing its bond-buying program by $10 billion a month.In earnings news, Apple AAPL -0.06% reported disappointing iPhone sales in its fiscal second-quarter report after Monday’s close and shares sold off in after-hours trade. Selling did not abate even as activist investor Carl Icahn announced he bought another $500 million worth of Apple shares. The stock closed down 8% on Tuesday, weighing on technology-oriented indexes.Pfizer PFE +0.09%  shares gained 2.6% after the pharmaceutical company’s results were above analysts’ forecasts. Adjusted earnings rose 22% to 56 cents per share, and revenue fell 2% to $13.56 billion. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of 52 cents per share on sales of $13.36 billion.Ford F +0.06%  shares did not react much to estimate-beating quarterly earnings and revenue. Shares closed virtually unchanged. The firm reported adjusted fourth-quarter earnings of 31 cents a share and a rise in revenue to $37.60 billion. Analysts were expecting earnings of 27 cents a share and $34.96 billion in revenue. The auto maker also said it expects 2014 pretax profit of between $7 billion and $8 billion.DuPont DD -1.11%  shares reversed earlier gains and closed down 1.1% even as the company reported its profit doubled in the fourth quarter year-to-year and beat Wall Street expectations. The chemical company said it would start a $5 billion share-repurchase program.Shares of Seagate Technology Inc. STX +0.02%  fell 11.25% after the computer data-drive company posted a profit below Wall Street forecasts late Monday.Yahoo Inc. YHOO -3.06%  shares slid 5% in after-hours trade, after the internet company announced quarterly results that disappointed investors.

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

 AT&T:

American Express:

Boeing:

Caterpillar:

Chevron:

Cisco:

Coke:

Disney:

DuPont:

Exxon:

GE:

Home Depot:

Intel:

IBM:

JPMorgan:

Johnson & Johnson:

McDonald's:

Merck:

Microsoft:

Pfizer:

Procter & Gamble:

3M:

Travelers:

United Technologies:

UnitedHealth Group:

Verizon:

Visa:

Walmart:

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol	Last Sale	Change	% Change	Share Volume	Market
T	$33.7	0.19	0.57%	24,225,447	NYSE
AXP	$86.64	0.92	1.07%	4,097,465	NYSE
BA	$137.09	0.27	0.2%	4,582,907	NYSE
CAT	$92.47	1.18	1.29%	9,361,758	NYSE
CVX	$116.84	0.41	0.35%	4,288,916	NYSE
CSCO	$21.75	0.25	1.14%	41,165,451	NASDAQ-GS
KO	$38.87	0.14	0.36%	8,906,949	NYSE
DIS	$72.88	0.63	0.87%	5,492,116	NYSE
DD	$59.57	0.67	1.11%	6,366,426	NYSE
XOM	$95.65	0.73	0.77%	10,745,461	NYSE
GE	$25.46	0.39	1.56%	50,233,115	NYSE
GS	$166.25	1.56	0.95%	3,135,215	NYSE
HD	$78.54	0.40	0.51%	10,487,637	NYSE
INTC	$24.9	0.18	0.73%	32,265,219	NASDAQ-GS
IBM	$176.85	1.05	0.59%	5,281,650	NYSE
JPM	$55.74	0.65	1.18%	17,933,892	NYSE
JNJ	$90.1	0.16	0.18%	8,211,912	NYSE
MCD	$94.18	0.11	0.12%	3,662,136	NYSE
MRK	$52.87	0.34	0.65%	14,964,840	NYSE
MSFT	$36.27	0.24	0.67%	35,847,622	NASDAQ-GS
NKE	$72.71	0.81	1.13%	4,513,885	NYSE
PFE	$30.42	0.76	2.56%	33,896,556	NYSE
PG	$79.11	0.64	0.82%	10,037,769	NYSE
MMM	$129.81	0.85	0.66%	2,593,881	NYSE
TRV	$83.1	0.81	0.98%	2,915,830	NYSE
UTX	$113.86	0.07	0.06%	3,648,855	NYSE
UNH	$71.71	0.06	0.08%	2,925,394	NYSE
VZ	$47.36	0.33	0.69%	16,144,327	DualListed
V	$220.96	4.74	2.19%	4,452,182	NYSE
WMT	$74.67	0.52	0.7%	6,000,575	NYSE

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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 (to be replaced on Feb. 2014 by Doug McMillon) (Bentonville, ARK)


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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 1/27/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $414.66
2. Microsoft MSFT 299.08
3. WalMart WMT 260.40
4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 253.76
5. GE 253.64
6. Chevron CVX 239.93
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 221.96
8. Procter & Gamble PG 213.30
9. IBM 193.17
10. Pfizer PFE 192.23
11. AT&T T 176.53
12. Coke KO 171.03
13. Merck MRK 153.49
14. Visa V 137.68
15.  Verizon VZ 136.48
16. Disney DIS 126.96
17. Intel INTC 122.88
18. Cisco CSCO 117.63
19. Home Depot HD 111.17
20.United Technologies UTX 104.41
21. Boeing BA 103.22
22. McDonald's MCD 93.60
23. American Express AXP 92.06
24. 3M MMM 86.82
25. Goldman Sachs GS 75.51
26. UnitedHealth UNH 72.13
27.Nike NKE 63.67
28. Caterpillar CAT 58.09
29. DuPont DD 55.79
30. Travelers TRV 29.9632.20


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/27/14:

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

AT&T T:
 1/22/14 8K re: certain fin'l items for 4Q
12.18/13 8K re: sale of AT&T's incumbent local exchange opers in Ct. to Frontier Comm. for $ 2 bil
12/16/13 8K re: redemption of shares of Perpetual Cumulative Pref. Stock held by subsidiaries
12/12/13 8K re: amendments to '11 Incentive Plan re: triggers of benefit acclerations
12/11/13 8K re: amendment to $5 bil credit agreement
12/6/13 8K; 11/20/13 8K; 11/14/13 8K & 11/5/13 all re: the tender offer of $3.3 bil of Notes
11/27/13 8K re: sale of $1.6 bil of 2.37% Global Notes due '18
11/25/13 8K re: sale of $1.0 bil of 3.82% Global Notes due '20
11/13/13 8K re: sale of $2 bil Euros of Global Notes
11/1/13 10Q & 2 8Ks 10/23/13 re: results of 3Qtr ended 9/30/13


American Express AXP:
1/16/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/15/14 8K re: deling. & write-off states for 3 mos. through 12/31/13
12/24/13 8K re: settlement with bank regulators re: credit card add-on products
12/19/13 8K re: settlement of class action filed by US merchants
12/16/13 8K re: deling. & write-off states for 3 mos. through 11/30/13
 11/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for each of the 3 months ended 10/31/13


Boeing BA:
12/19/13 8K re: promotion of Dennis A. Muilenberg from CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security to COO of Boeing & promotion of Raymond L. Conner to Boeing Vice-Chair & CEO of Beoing Comm'l Airplanes & technical amendments to By-laws
12/16/13 8K re: increase in quarterly dividend and add'l $10 bil for stock repurchase program
10/31/13 8K re: $2.3 bil 364 day evolving credit agreement and a $2.3 bil 5 year revolving credit agreement
10/23/13 10Q & 10/23/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

Caterpillar CAT:
1/27/14 8K re: 4Q results 12/31/13
1/24/14 8K re: 3 mo. dealer stats thru 12/13
12/23/13 8K re: restructuring of Gosseliers, Belgium ops
12/19/13 8K re: 3 mo. dealer stats thru 11/13
12/11 8K re: mandatory retirement of David R. Goode, Charles D. Powell & Joshua I. Smith from Board & amendment to by-laws
 11/20/13 8K re: supplemental info re: retail sales of machines & power systems
11/1/13 10Q & 10/23/13 2 8Ks re: quarter ended 9/30/13
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


Chevron CVX:
 1/9/14 8K re: interim update for 4Q
12/13/13 8K re: election of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to Board & amendment to By-laws
 11/8/13 10Q & 11/1/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/9/13 8K re: interim update for 3Q

Cisco CSCO:
12/23/13 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
12/4/13 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for EVP & Chief Dev. Officer
11/22/13 10Q re: 1 Qtr ended 10/26/13
11/20/13 8K re: amendment of '05 Stock Incentive Plan
11/13/13 8K re: 1 Qtr results & $15 bil increase in share buyback program


Coke KO:
1/24/14 8K & 12/18/13 8K both re: departure of EVP & Pres. of Coca-Cola Americas Steven A. Cahillane
 11/1/13 8K re: completion of public offering of $3.25 bil of notes
10/24/13 8K & 10/24/13 10Q re: qtr ended 9/27/13 & transfer of India & South West Asia units from Eurasia & Africa operating segment to Pacific operating segment
10/15/13 8K re: 3Q results


Disney DIS:
1/24/14 Def. Proxy (& Prelim 12/23/13) re: Annual Shareholders Mtg on 3/18/14 at 10 am Keller Aud., Portland, OR
12/23/13 8K re: election of Jack Dorsey to Board
12/9/13 8K re: Medium-Term Note Program
 11/20/13 & 11/7/13 8K re: fiscal year ended 9/28/13
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


DuPont DD:
11/6/13 8K and 10/25/13 8K re: separation of Performance Chemicals segment
10/22/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/22/13 & 8K re: results for qtr ended 9/30/13

ExxonMobil XOM:
11/5/13 10Q & 10/31/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

GE:
 1/17/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/15/13 8K re: IPO of 20% of N. American Retail Finance business
11/1/13 10Q re 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/18/13 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/16/13 8K re: exercise by Berkshire Hathaway of warrants for 10.7 mil shares


Goldman Sachs GS:
1/16/14 8K re: 4Q & year end results for 12/31/13.
 12/2/13 8K re: approval by regulators of '13 Capital Plan
11/29/13 8K re: $1 bil Flaoting Rate Notes due '23
11/15/13 8K re: $1 bil Floating rate Notes due '18
11/15/13 8K re: Moody's downgrade of Goldman debt
11/7/13 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/13
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


Home Depot HD:
 11/27/13 10Q & 11/19/13 8K re: quarter ended 11/3/13
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


Intel INTC:
 1/16/14 8K re: results for 4Qtr & fiscal year ended 12/28/13
12/9/13 8K re: amdmt to '07 Annul Pref. Cash Bonus Plan for Exec Officers
11/22/13 8K re: Investor Meeting
10/28/13 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/28/13
10/23/13 8K re: departure of David Perlmutter, EVP & GM, Architecture Group
10/15/13 2 8Ks re: results for qtr ended 9/28/13



IBM:
1/23/14 8K re: sale of x86 server portfolio to Lenovo
1/22/14 8K re: 4Q earnibgs presentation
1/21/14 8K re: fin'l results for period ending 12/31/13
12/13/13 8K re: consulting contract with retiring Mark Loughridge, SVP
11/20/13 8K re: 750 mil Euro issuance of debt securities
11/7/13 8K re: retirement of Mark Laughridge, SVP & CFO, Finance & Enterprise Transformat'n
11/6/13 8K re: 2.5 bil Euro sale of debt securities
11/1/13 8K recommendation against mini-tender offer by third parties

JPMorganChase JPM:
1/24/14 8K re: grant of restricted stock units to CEO Jamie Dimon
1/22/14 8K re: issuance of fixed to floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock
1/14/14 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/7/14 8K re: settlement with various regulations relating to Madoff fraud
1/3/14 8K re: election of Michael A. Nead to Board
11/20/13 8K re: settlement by payment of $13 bil to settle with the President's Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) Work Group of the Fin'l Fraud Enforcement Task Force
11/18/13 8K re: settlement by payment of $4.5 bil with 21 inst'l investors re: RMBS claims
11/1/13 10Q for quarter ended 9/30/13

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q 7 fiscal year ended 12/29/13 results
1/17/14 8K re: sale to Carlyle Group of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics unit
12/4/13 8K re: sale of $3.5 bil Floating Rate notes
11/19/13 8K re: settlement of $2.5 Bil for DePuy hip system claims
11/4/13 10Q for Qtr ended 9/29/13


McDonald's MCD:
 1/23/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results for period ended 12/31/13
12/9/13 8K re: Nov. sales
11/14/13 8K re: sale of 3 mil shares of Ckommon Stock
11/14/13 8K re: Investor Release re: future growth
11/8/13 8K re: 10/13 sales
10/30/13 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/21/13 8K re: 3Q results


Merck MRK:
11/7/13 10Q & 10/28/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/1/13 8K re: global restructuring program and lay-offs of 8,500 employees


Microsoft MSFT:
1/23/14 10Q & 1/23/14 8K re: 4Q ended 12/31/13
12/6/13 8K re: issuance ofover $5 bil of notes un Euros & US Dollars
11/26/13 8K re: restructuring to a devices & services company
11/20/13 8K re: voting results of '13 Annual Meeting of Sahreholders on 11/19/13
10/24/13 10Q & 10/24/13 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/8/13; 10/7/13 & 10/3/13 Proxy Materials re: annual shareholders meeting on 11/19 in Bellevue, Washington


Nike NKE:
1/7/1410Q  & 12/23/14 8K & 12/19/13 8K re: 4Q ended 11/30/13
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


Pfizer PFE:
12/28/13 8K re: retirement of M. Anthony Burns from Board
12/19/13 8K re: amdmt of By-laws
12/17/13 8K re: promotion of Albert Bourla to Group VP, Vaccine, ONcology & Consumer Health instead of Amy Schulman who leaves Pfizer (she was GC) & promotion of Susan Silberman to Pres. & GM Global Vaccines
11/8/13 10Q & 10/29/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/29/13


Procter & Gamble PG:
1/24/14 10Q & 1/24/14 2 8Ks re: results for fiscal year ended 12/31/13
1/14/14 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend
12/13/13 8K re: amdmt to Code of Regulations
11/5/13 8K re: close of sale of 750 mil Euros 2% Notes due '21
11/4/13 8K close of sale of $2 bil Notes
10/28/13 8K re: reorganizing of Global Business Unit into: Global Beauty, Global Health & Grooming, Blogal Fabric & Home Care, & amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; Global Baby, Feminine & amp; amp; Family Unit
10/25/13 10Q & 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/11/13 8K re: voting results of annual shareholders meeting 10/8/13
10/8/13 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividends


3M MMM:
12/17/13 8K re: declaration of dividend & update of its 5 year plan ('13 - '17)
11/19/13 3 8Ks re: pre-arranged stock trading plans for CEO and other execs
10/31/13 10Q & 10/24/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 10/24/13


Travelers TRV:
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q results ended 12/31/13
10/22/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 9/30/13


United Technologies UTX:
1/22/14 8K re: 4Q results
12/13/13 8K re: amdmt to B-Laws re: forum to adjudicate certain disputes
10/25/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/22/13 8K re: 3Q results


UnitedHealth Group UNH:
 1/16/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
1/3/14 8K re: presentation at Goldman Scahs Healthcare Conf.
12/2/13 8K re: Annual Investors Conference to be held 12/3 in NYC
11/7/13 10Q re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/17/13 8K re: 3Q results

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q results
12/10/13 8K re: issuance of shares to purchase Vodafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless
12/10/13 Proxy re: Special Mtg of Shareholders re: Vodafone  1/28/14 10 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ
11/7/13 8K re: election of Shellye Archambeau as Dir.
10/24/13 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/13
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


Visa V:
 12/13/13 Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Stockhodlers 1/29/14 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA
11/25/13 8K re: Gary P. Coughlan not running for re-election to Board
11/22/13 10 K & 10/30/13 8K re: FY 9/30/13
10/23/13 8K re: '14 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 1/29/14

WalMart WMT:
 12/10/13 8K re: promotion of David Cheesewright to Pres. & CEO Walmart Int'l
12/6/13 10Q & 11/14/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 10/31/13
11/28/13 8K re: repalcement of CEO Mike Duke with C. Douglas McMillon effective 2/1/13
11/22/13 8K re: election of Pamela C. Craig to Board
10/21/13 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/13
10/1/13 8K re: issuance of 1.95% Notes due 2018

THAT'S All.