Wednesday, March 19, 2014

3/19/14 Wed pm Dow Closes at 16222.17 down 114.02 or 0.70%

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Post No. 2,608 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  ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization  as of 3/19/14  and a summary of Dow 30 components'  SEC filings as of 3/19/14.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 16222.17 down 114.02 or 0.70%  from Tuesday's close of 16336.19. Of the Dow components 4  gained, Cisco was unchanged  and 25 declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth Group up $1.96 or 2.51%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Visa down $2.65 or 1.77%.


As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of  Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 16.05 up from Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio of 15.96  (last year it was 15.90).  Wednesday's P/E estimate is 14.52 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 14.52   (year ago it was 12.97) and Wednesday's dividend yield is 2.18 down  from Tuesday's dividend yield of 2.19  (last year it was 2.46). 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.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2525.89 down 17.91 from  Tuesday's closing numerator of 2543.80.  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  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $84.20 down 59 cents  from Tuesday's average closing price of $84.79. The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.44  (NKE/HD) down 35 cents   from Tuesday's median closing price of $79.79    (PG/HD). The lowest volume was Visa and the highest volume was Verizon.

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 lost $1,791  ($254,380 - 252,589).

3/19/14 Wed. 4:07   pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says U.S. stocks declined on Wednesday after Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen said that rate hikes could happen after 'about six months' from the time tapering of bond purchases is finished. Yellen fielded questions from the press following the Fed policy announcement in her first news conference as the Fed chairwoman, succeeding Ben Bernanke. The FOMC decided to reduce the bond purchases by another $10 billion this month and changed the way it targets unemployment and inflation in deciding short-term interest rates. The S&P 500 SPX -0.61% ended the day 11.48 points, or 0.6%, lower at 1,860.77, falling after two days of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.70% dropped 114.02 points, or 0.7%, to 16,222.17. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.59% finished the day 25.71 points, or 0.6%, lower at 4,307.60.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:


Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AXPNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCO unch NASDAQ-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 Wed. morning's Blog:

A  read of the print editions of  Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today,  Atlanta Journal & Constitution & Daily Report (Ga. -carries Georgia) 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 16336.19 up 88.97 or 0.55%  from Monday's close of 16247.22. For the year the Dow is down 3.75%. Of the Dow components 27  gained and 3 declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Microsoft up $1.50 or 3.94%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Boeing down $1.38 or 1.1%.

WSJ pC4 "S&P 500 flirts with another high" by Tomi Kilgore says US stocks rallied fora 2nd straight session. Microsoft is charted under Good News as it is planning a version of its Office suite for Apple's iPad.

IbD pB6 "Stock rebound continues; indexes near new highs" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says the stock market Tues continued to rebound, closing just a step away from new highs as Tuesday's action saw indexes continue to rebound & the current outlook is uptrend under pressure.

FT p19 "Microsoft leads the pack on hopes of mobile phone progress" by Richard Blackden says Microsoft rose on hopes that Microsoft will make progress in driving its software deeper into the mobile market.  Cisco was out of favor after Barclays cut its rating to underweight.

NYT pB10 "Economic data gives shares a lift" by AP &AJC pA13 "Housing, Ukraine fuel gains" by AP says stocks rose Tues due to encouraging news on housing & on hopes that the Ukraine situations would not escalate.



Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2543.80 up 13.85 from  Monday's closing numerator of 2529.95.  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 $84.79  up 46 cents  from Monday's average closing price of $84.33. The median closing price of   Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.79  (PG/HD) up 8 cents   from Monday's median closing price of $79.71    (PG/HD). The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume was Microsoft.

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 $1,385  ($254,380 - $252,995).

3/18/14 Tues. 4:44   pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says U.S. stocks rose for a second day in a row Tuesday, with the S&P 500 ending just shy of all-time highs as worries faded that Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region would lead to further near-term military conflict.The S&P 500 SPX +0.72%  added 13.42 points, or 0.7%, to close at 1,872.25, just 0.3% off its all-time closing high of 1,878.04 set earlier in the month.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.55%  advanced 88.97 points, or 0.5%, to 16,336.19, around 1.5% off its all-time closing high from Dec. 31. Microsoft Corp. MSFT -0.20%  led Dow gainers and a broad tech rally, jumping 3.9% to finish at its highest level since 2000 on reports its Office suite of software will soon be available on Apple Inc.’s AAPL -0.02%  mobile devices.  
With tech stocks surging, the Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.25%  jumped 53.36 points, or 1.2%, to 4,333.31.Markets rallied on Monday after the European and U.S. sanctions were limited to visa bans and asset freezes. Tuesday’s annexation of Crimea, which happened without a prospect of a full-blown invasion, eased investors’ fears and allowed them to focus on fundamentals.Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a treaty to annex Crimea after an overwhelming majority of its citizens on Sunday voted to leave Ukraine. In his prepared remarks, Putin also said he does not want to partition Ukraine. While that seemed to cheer investors, there were plenty of skeptics who argued that the prospects of further Eastern European turmoil can’t be dismissed.“Of course, when it comes to Vlad the Crimean Impaler, it is all about what he does, not what he says,” said Joel Naroff, economist at Naroff Economic Advisors in Holland, Pa., in a note. “Still, investors like soothing tones, so any time he tries to make nice, markets will likely stabilize.”
As the events in Russia and Ukraine stole the show, reaction to a pair of economic reports that were in line with expectations was muted. Investors shifted their attention to the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy-setting meeting set to conclude Wednesday.The Fed will release a policy statement and updated economic forecasts on Wednesday afternoon. Chairwoman Yellen is due to hold a news conference after the meeting, the first to be led by her. Analysts expect the Fed will roll out a new low-rate pledge and further tapering of its monthly bond-buying program.In economic news, construction on new U.S. homes fell slightly in February, but in a sign that work will pick up as the weather warms, builders filed more permits to start new projects -- mainly on multi-dwelling units like condos and apartments. The previous months’ number was revised higher. Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics wrote housing starts numbers “could have been worse, but single-family permits numbers are worrying.”“The not-so-good news is that all the increase in permits in February was in the volatile multi-family component, while single-family fell for the third straight month to their lowest level since Jan 13. The trend here is clearly downwards, and SF starts are even weaker,” he said in a note.Consumer prices in the U.S. rose slightly in February because of higher food and housing costs, but overall inflation remained quiet, according to the latest government figures.Among individual stocks, Hewlett-Packard HPQ -0.10%   jumped 3.9% after Barclays upgraded the stock to overweight from equal weight. Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes said H-P “could gain share for several quarters” in the low-end server business at the expense of Lenovo which has acquired IBM Corp.’s X86 server business.

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

AT&T:  IBD pA2 "AT&T may get '14 profit boost" says A&T may get a lift in earnings as customers shift to installment payment plans for new mobile phones.

 WSJ pB1 "Are you disabled? Now your boss wants to know" by Lauren Weber says new US regulations require gov contractors to hire at least 7% disabled so now those fed contractors, including Boeing & AT&T will have to ask.

NYT pB4 "Free for all on the final Friday of a film festival" by Andrew Adam Newman says AT&T is offering free movies at the final day of the Tribeca Film Festival.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB1 "Are you disabled? Now your boss wants to know" by Lauren Weber says new US regulations require gov contractors to hire at least 7% disabled so now those fed contractors, including Boeing & AT&T will have to ask.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco: FT p19 "Microsoft leads the pack on hopes of mobile phone progress" by Richard Blackden says Microsoft rose on hopes that Microsoft will make progress in driving its software deeper into the mobile market.  Cisco was out of favor after Barclays cut its rating to underweight.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pB3 "Disney CEO wins support of shareholders on his pay" by Ben Fritz, Joann S. Lublin says Disney shareholders approved Iger's $34.3 mil comp.

USAT p 6B "Spending during recession proved a good gamble" by Matt Krantz says Disney made a smart move investing in theme parks during the recession. 

IBD pA2 "Disney revs 3rd Cars movie" says Pixar is at work on the next Cars and Incredibles movies.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pC1 "Goldman CEO pay back on top" by Shayndi Raice, Julie Steinberg says LLoyd Blankfein made $23 mil in '13 &  James Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan made $20 mil.

Home Depot:  AJC pA11 "Lights, camera, Home Depot" by Leon Stafford says Home Depot has built a 45,000 square foot store dedciated to a film studio in south meto Atlanta, Pinewood Studios.

Intel:  USAT p4B "Obama creates climate tool with Google, Intel, Microsoft" by wndy Koch says Google plans to create high resolution drought mapping for the mainland US.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:   WSJ pC1 "Goldman CEO pay back on top" by Shayndi Raice, Julie Steinberg says LLoyd Blankfein made $23 mil in '13 &  James Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan made $20 mil.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  AJC pA12 "Fast food protests focus on wage theft" says protesters will protest for higher pay at McDonald's in cities around the US today.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pC14 "Overheard", USAT p6B "Microsoft", USAT p1B "Microsoft $12.5B richer in 1 day" by Matt Krantz, WSJ pC4 "S&P 500 flirts with another high" by Tomi Kilgore say US stocks rallied for a 2nd straight session. Microsoft is charted under Good News as it is planning a version of its Office suite for Apple's iPad.

USAT p4B "Obama creates climate tool with Google, Intel, Microsoft" by wndy Koch says Google plans to create high resolution drought mapping for the mainland US.

 FT p19 "Microsoft leads the pack on hopes of mobile phone progress" by Richard Blackden says Microsoft rose on hopes that Microsoft will make progress in driving its software deeper into the mobile market.  Cisco was out of favor after Barclays cut its rating to underweight.

Nike:  No mentions found.

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:

Walmart: WSJ pC14 "Walmart isn't on GameStop's level" by Miriam gottfried, Justin Lahart, AJC pA12 "Walmart trying game trade-ins" by Mae Anderson, Ken Sweet, AP,  USAT p6B "GameStop", IBD pA1 "Walmart rattles GameStop"  say Walmart will compete with GameStop by buying used video games.

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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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 Satya Nadella


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 Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)


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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 3/9/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $409.31
2. Microsoft MSFT 325.76
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 266.23
4.  GE 255.84
5. WalMart WMT 243.21
6. Chevron CVX 222.80
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 218.39
8. Procter & Gamble PG 216.34
9. Pfizer PFE 203.81
10. Verizon VZ 194.10
11. IBM 193.56
12.AT&T T 172.38
13. Coke KO 169.56
14. Merck MRK 166.83
15.  Visa V 143.15
16. Disney DIS 142.71
17. Intel INTC 124.03
18. Cisco CSCO 111.42
19. Home Depot HD 110.84
20.United Technologies UTX 105.02
21. American Express AXP 96.73
22. McDonald's MCD 96.10
23. Boeing BA 92.72
24. 3M MMM 87.91
25. Goldman Sachs GS 78.56
26. UnitedHealth UNH 78.49
27.Nike NKE 70.76
28. DuPont DD 62.08
29. Caterpillar CAT 61.52
30. Travelers TRV 29.61


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 3/19/14:

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

AT&T T:
3/14/14 8K re: issuance of Notes to purchase LEAP
3/11/14 Proxy re Annual Meeting of Stockholders, 4/25/14 9 am, Rivermill Event Centre, Columbus, GA
3/10/14 8K re: issuance of Global Notes
2/21/14 10K for year eneded 12/31/13
1/29/14 & 1/28/14 8Ks re: 4Q earnings release
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


American Express AXP:
3/17/14 8K re: jv agreement with Certares re: Global Business Travel Division
3/17/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 2/28/14
2/25/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/18/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 1/31/14
1/16/14 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



Boeing BA:
3/14/14 Porxy for Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/28/14 10:00 am, Field Museum, Chicago
3/11/14 8K re: amendments to Supp. Exec. Retirement Plan
4/28/14 8K re: selection of Robert E. Verbeck as VP Finance
2/27/14 8K re: grants of restricted stock units to execs
2/14/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/29/14 8K re: 4Q results
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


Caterpillar CAT:
 2/20/14 8K re: retail sales info
2/18/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/27/14 8K re: 4Q results &  12/31/13 results
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 & amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; Joshua I. Smith from Board & amendment to by-laws


Chevron CVX:
2/21/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/31/14 8K re: grants of stock options to execs
1/31/14 8K re: 4Q and year end results
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


Cisco CSCO:
3/11/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plan
3/3/14 8K re: issuance of Flotating Rate Notes
2/26/14 8K re: public offering of Senior Notes
2/20/14 10Q & 2/12/14 8K re: qtr. ended 1/25/14
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


Coke KO:
3/7/14 8K re: public offering of $1 bil Floating Rate Notes due '15
3/7/14 Proxy Statement re: Shareholder Meeting 4/23/14 12:30 pm Cobb Galeria, Atlanta
2/27/14 10K for yeare ended 12/31/13
2/21/14 8K re: Kathy Walker replacing Gary Fayad as EVP/CFO & retirement from BoD of Donald F. McHenry & Jacob Wallenberg
2/19/14 8K re: amendment of Restricted Stock Award Plan
2/18/14 8K re: results of 4Q & year
2/6/14 8K re: agreement with Green Mt. Coffee Roaster
1/24/14 8K & 12/18/13 8K both re: departure of EVP & Pres. of Coca-Cola Americas Steven A. Cahillane



Disney DIS:
3/18/14; 3/4/14; & 2/3/14 Add'l proxy materials 
2/5/14 10Q & 2/5/14 8K re: Qtr ended 12/28/13
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



DuPont DD:
3/14/14 Proxy Stockholders Mtg 4/23/14 10:30 am, DuPont Theatre, Wilmington, DE
3/10/14 8K re: guidance for 2014
2/5/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/28/14 8K re: 4Q results


ExxonMobil XOM:
3/11/14 8K re: presentation at analyst meeting
2/26/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/21/14 8K re: oil reserves info
1/30/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/5/13 10Q & 10/31/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

GE:
3/11/14 8K re: public offering of Notes
3/5/14 Proxy Annual Shareholders Meeting 4/23/14 10 am Sheraton, Chicago
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/17/14 8K re: 4Q results


Goldman Sachs GS:
3/3/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
3/3/14 8K re: election of Peter Oppenheimer to Bod
2/28/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/12/14 8K re: public offering of debt
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


Home Depot HD:
2/28/14 8K re: election of Craig A. Menear, Pes. US Retail
2/25/14 8K re: results for fiscal year and qtr ended 2/2/14



Intel INTC:
2/14/14 10K for year ended 2/28/13
2/3/14 8K re: comp structure for execs & employees
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




IBM:
3/10/14 Proxy Stockholder Mtg 4/29/14 10 am Osborn Conv. Ctr., Jacksonville, FL
2/25/14 8K 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/11/14 8K re: public offering of debt
2/10/14 8K re: closing of sale of IBM's customer care process outsourcing business to SYNNEX
1/31/14 8K re: exec comp. structure
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


JPMorganChase JPM:
3/14/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
3/10/14 8K re: issuance of Pref. Stock
3/5/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
2/27/14 8K re: Investor Day Presentation
2/6/14 8K re: sale of Pref. Stock
2/5/14 8K re: payment of $614 mil to settle mortgage case brought by US Atty SDNY, FHA, HUD & VA
1/30/14 8K sale of Pref. Stock
1/28/14 8K re: public offering of Notes
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
3/12/14 Proxy -  Shareholder Meeting 4/24 10 am Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ
2/21/14 10K for year ended 12/29/13
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



McDonald's MCD:
3/13/14 8K re: presentation at Merrill Lynch Consumer Retail Conf. in NYC 3/12
3/10/14 8K re: Feb. sales
2/24/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/14/14 8K re: exec awards under cash performance unit plan
2/10/14 8K re: Jan sales
1/31/14 8K re: payout structure for '14 Target Incentive Plan for Execs
1/23/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results for period ended 12/31/13
12/9/13 8K re: Nov. sales



Merck MRK:
2/28/14 8K re: amdmt of Bylaws so 15% of shareholders can call a meeting
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/5/14 8K re: retirement of John Canan, Sr. VP Finance
2/5/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
11/7/13 10Q & 10/28/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

Microsoft MSFT:
3/12/14 8K re: election of G. Mason Morfit, Pres. ValueAct Capital, to BoD
2/4/14 8K re: election of Satya Nadella as CEO
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



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



Pfizer PFE:
3/13/14 Proxy - Shareholder Meeting 4/24/14 8:30 am Hilton Short Hills, NJ
2/28/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/28/14 8K re: results for 4Q and year
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 & amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; Consumer Health instead of Amy Schulman who leaves Pfizer (she was GC) & promotion of Susan Silberman to Pres. & amp; GM Global Vaccines
11/8/13 10Q & 10/29/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/29/13


Procter & Gamble PG:
2/28/14 8K re: A.G. Lafley's pre-arranged stock trading plan
2/14/14 8K re: exercise of stock options by cEO A.G. Lafley
2/11/14 8K re: company guidance
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



3M MMM:
3/5/14 8K re: realignment of business segments
2/13/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/30/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
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


Travelers TRV:
3/17/14 8K re: cahnge of date of Annual Shareholders Meeting from 5/28 to 5/27/14 at Hartford, Ct., Mariott Downtown
2/13/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/6/14 8K re: election of Philip T. Ruegger III to Bod
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q results ended 12/31/13


United Technologies UTX:
3/14/14 Proxy - Shareholder Meeting 4/28 2 pm Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, NC
2/6/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
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:
3/7/14 8K re: presentation at Barclays Global Healthcare Conf. Miami 3/11
2/28/14 8K re: presentation at Raymond James INv. Conf. Orlando 3/4
2/12/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
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


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
3/17/14 Proxy - Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/1/14 10:30 am, Sheraton, Phoenix, AZ
3/10/14; 2/1/14; 1/30/14 & 1/28/14 8Ks re: closing of the purchase of Vadafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless
3/7/14 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend & repurchase program of up to 100 mil shares
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/24/14 8K re: 2014 guidance
2/12/14 8K re: closing of sale of Notes
2/11/14 8K re: exec comp.
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



Visa V:
3/1/314 8K re: resignation of Elizaeth Buse, EVP Solutions
3/7/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for CFO
3/5/14 8K re: presentation at Morgan Stanley techm, Media & Telecom Conf 3/5
1/30/14 10Q for qtr endfed 12/31/13
1/29/14 8K re: results of 1/29/14 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
1/29/14 8K re: declaration of dividends
12/13/13 Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Stockholders 1/29/14 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA

WalMart WMT:
2/20/14 8K re: 4Q results
2/13/14 8K re: amendment to bylaws to allow 10% of sharehodlers to call a meeting
1/31/14 8K re: 2014 guidance
1/29/14 8K re: election of C. Douglas McMillan as Pres/CEO
1/29/14 8K/A re: compensation for EVP David Cheesewright
 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

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