3/4/14 Tues. pm Dow Closes at 16395.88 up 227.85 or 1.41%

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Post No. 2,586 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 a summary of Dow 30 components'  recent SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 16395.88 up 227.85 or 1.41%  from Monday's close of 16168.03.      Of the Dow components   all 30 and gained.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Goldman Sachs up $3.99 and percentage-wise was American Express up 2.93%. 

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2553.10 up 35.48 from  Monday's closing numerator of 2517.62. 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 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 15.89 down from Monday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.05    (last year it was 15.58).  Tuesday's P/E estimate is 14.55 unchanged from  Monday's P/E estimate of 14.55        (year ago it was 12.53) and Tuesday's dividend yield is 2.19 up from Monday's dividend yield of 2.18  (last year it was 2.49). 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  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $85.10 up $1.18      from Monday's average closing price of $83.92. The median closing price of  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $80.17  (NKE/DIS) up  $1.70  from Monday's median closing price of $78.47    (PG/DIS). The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was Verizon  .

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 $3,548  ($255,310 - $251,762).

3/4/14 Tues. 4:11   pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says the U.S. stock market finished Tuesday with the best gains this year, as the S&P 500 closed at a record high for the 49th time in the past 12 months. Risk appetite returned after reports that Russian troops ended military exercises in the border regions with Ukraine, easing tensions that spooked investors the previous session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.41% gained 227.85 points, or 1.4%, to 16,395.88. The S&P 500 SPX +1.53% finished near session highs, adding 28.18 points, or 1.5%, to 1,873.91. It was the best one-day percentage gain for both the benchmark index and blue-chips since Dec 18, 2013. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.75% gained 74.67 points, or 1.8%, to 4,351.97, its best gain in four months. The tech-heavy index closed at highest level since April 2000. The Russell 2000 RUT +2.75% index of small-cap stocks also closed at a record high, adding 32.25 points, or 2.7% to 1,208.61.                   

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
Symbol  Last Sale  Change  % Change   Share Volume  Market

T$32.150.29 ▲0.91%28,299,836NYSE

AXP$92.612.64 ▲2.93%3,713,428NYSE

BA$130.232.01 ▲1.57%5,408,036NYSE

CAT$97.020.71 ▲0.74%5,624,896NYSE

CVX$115.320.48 ▲0.42%5,581,150NYSE

CSCO$21.820.25 ▲1.16%35,573,400NASDAQ-GS

KO$38.310.19 ▲0.5%20,345,230NYSE

DIS$81.712.25 ▲2.83%7,979,014NYSE

DD$67.261.37 ▲2.08%4,030,130NYSE

XOM$96.521.02 ▲1.07%12,484,148NYSE

GE$25.650.53 ▲2.11%36,393,404NYSE

GS$168.733.99 ▲2.42%3,387,215NYSE

HD$82.870.87 ▲1.06%6,347,677NYSE

INTC$24.610.11 ▲0.45%23,586,383NASDAQ-GS

IBM$186.442.18 ▲1.18%4,697,216NYSE

JPM$57.261.05 ▲1.87%17,074,696NYSE

JNJ$93.341.78 ▲1.94%8,755,469NYSE

MCD$94.980.66 ▲0.7%4,618,492NYSE

MRK$57.060.64 ▲1.13%10,926,715NYSE

MSFT$38.410.63 ▲1.67%26,743,904NASDAQ-GS

NKE$78.621.23 ▲1.59%2,811,633NYSE

PFE$32.690.71 ▲2.22%26,215,134NYSE

PG$78.450.97 ▲1.25%8,259,952NYSE

MMM$132.680.47 ▲0.36%6,961,758NYSE

TRV$84.110.93 ▲1.12%1,820,137NYSE

UTX$117.590.83 ▲0.71%3,179,403NYSE

UNH$78.131.03 ▲1.34%5,115,517NYSE

VZ$47.90.59 ▲1.25%51,292,899DualListed

V$225.54.06 ▲1.83%3,712,542NYSE

WMT$75.131.01 ▲1.36%7,511,646NYSE


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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 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 Monday's closing stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average:  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 16168.03 down 153.68 or 0.94%  from Friday's close of 16321.71. For the year the Dow is down 2.47%.        Of the Dow components   all 30   declined.   The biggest decliner dollar-wise was 3M down $2.52    and percentage-wise was Visa down 1.99%.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2517.62  down 23.92 from  Friday's closing numerator of 2541.55. 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.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks take hit from Ukraine unrest" by Dan Strumpf says the crisis in Ukraine rattled fin'l markets, triggering a global stock selloff.

IBD pB2 "Stocks decline but close well off lows of session" by Vincent Mao says stocks got hammered Mon on rising geopolitical worries as Monday's action was down but well off lows in lower vol & the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

NYT pB1 "Global markets decline as the situation in Ukraine intensifies"  by Anderew E. Kramer, Stanley Reed says the turmoil in the Ukraine caused the market to dive.


The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $83.92 down 80 cents  from Friday's average closing price of $84.72. The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $78.47  (PG/DIS) down $1.27 cents  from Friday's median closing price of $79.74    (PG/DIS). The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was Verizon  .

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 $2,392  ($254,155 - $251,762).

3/3/14 Mon 4:09   pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says the U.S. stock market finished Monday sharply lower amid a global push into safe havens as political tensions in Ukraine and Russia over Crimean peninsula escalated. News of an armed invasion over the weekend overshadowed several better-than-expected economic reports in the U.S. The losses in the blue-chips and large-caps were the worst in a month when investors were worried about China and Turkey. The S&P 500 SPX -0.74% finished the day 14.02 points, or 0.8%, lower at 1,845.43, after closing at record on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.94% was down as much as 250 points at session lows, but ended the day 153.68 points, or 0.9%, lower at 16,168.03. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.72% lost 30.82 points, or 0.7%, to 4,277.30.                    

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

AT&T:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB6 "The big number" by Maxwell Murphy says Boeing is listed as a company that has reduced its debt to cap ratios significantly over the past year by 25%.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  NYT pB1 "Fictional disaster, made to sound real, draws FCC fine" by Edward Wyatt says a commercial for the movie "Olympus Has Fallen" that has alerts like a terrorist attack with the warning "This is not a test" drew fines totaling $1.9 mil against Disney, Comcast & Viacom who aired the commercial

WSJ pB1 "ABC's streaming outage shows web limitations" by Amol Sharma, Drew FitzGerald says Disney's ABC's streaming video outage during the Academy awards highlights the technology challenges TV networks are up as they try to make live events available online.

WSJ pB3 "Dish agrees to curtail ad skipping for ABC shows" by Shalini Ramachandran says Dish won't use their ad skipping feature on its latest digital video recorders for ABC shows as part of a new deal with Disney.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pC2 "Apple CFO Oppenheimer is independent director" by tess Stynes says Goldman appointed Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer as an independent director.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB5 "Microsoft CEO Nadella puts his stamp on exec team" by Spencer E. Ante, Joann S. Lublin, NYT pB2 "From politics to advising Microsoft's chief, not without noise" by Nick Wingfield discuss changes at Microsoft including the exiting of Biz dev. exec Tony Bates.

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:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol  Last Sale  Change  % Change  Share Volume  Market

T$31.860.07 ▼0.22%30,392,498NYSE
AXP$89.971.31 ▼1.44%3,446,703NYSE
BA$128.220.70 ▼0.54%4,837,330NYSE
CAT$96.310.66 ▼0.68%4,508,619NYSE
CVX$114.840.49 ▼0.42%6,019,711NYSE
CSCO$21.570.23 ▼1.06%37,084,422NASDAQ-GS
KO$38.120.08 ▼0.21%18,633,424NYSE
DIS$79.461.35 ▼1.67%8,420,419NYSE
DD$65.890.73 ▼1.1%3,995,171NYSE
XOM$95.50.77 ▼0.8%11,832,701NYSE
GE$25.120.35 ▼1.37%34,069,702NYSE
GS$164.741.71 ▼1.03%3,117,510NYSE
HD$820.03 ▼0.04%8,342,804NYSE
INTC$24.50.26 ▼1.05%25,654,364NASDAQ-GS
IBM$184.260.91 ▼0.49%3,920,224NYSE
JPM$56.210.61 ▼1.07%19,100,009NYSE
JNJ$91.560.56 ▼0.61%7,472,369NYSE
MCD$94.320.83 ▼0.87%5,124,931NYSE
MRK$56.420.57 ▼1%9,790,377NYSE
MSFT$37.780.53 ▼1.38%29,406,328NASDAQ-GS
NKE$77.390.91 ▼1.16%3,026,756NYSE
PFE$31.980.13 ▼0.4%23,661,812NYSE
PG$77.481.18 ▼1.5%8,564,262NYSE
MMM$132.212.52 ▼1.87%2,801,622NYSE
TRV$83.180.66 ▼0.79%1,723,872NYSE
UTX$116.760.26 ▼0.22%3,099,106NYSE
UNH$77.10.17 ▼0.22%3,661,432NYSE
VZ$47.310.27 ▼0.57%58,660,105DualListed
V$221.444.50 ▼1.99%4,095,060NYSE
WMT$74.120.58 ▼0.78%5,322,402NYSE
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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) (to be succeeded by 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 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 & amp; amp; amp; 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 & 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:
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; 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.