Monday, November 17, 2014

11/17/14 Mon. pm Dow Closes 17647.75 up 13.01 or 0.07%

 
 
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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 2,917 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 recent Dow 30 components'  SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  Monday at 17647.75 up 13.01 or 0.07% from Friday's close of 17634.74. Of the Dow components  14  gained, IBM was unchanged and 15  declined. The biggest gainer   dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth up $1.36 or 1.43 %.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise   was Chevron down 57 cents and percentage-wise was down  American Express down 0.6%.

As of the open of  the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of  Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Monday's trailing P/E   ratio is 16.57 down from Friday's   trailing P/E ratio of 16.75  (last year it was 16.39).  Monday's P/E estimate is 15.52 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 15.45 (year ago it was 15.02) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.41 down from  Friday's dividend yield of 2.22  (last year it was 2.06). The Dow's all-time high was 17652.79 on November 13,  2014. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2748.04 up 2.04  from  Friday's   numerator of 2746.00.  This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $91.60 up 7 cents from Friday's  average closing price of $91.53.  The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $92.76  (DIS/XOM) down 19 cents from Friday's median closing price of $92.95 (DIS/XOM). The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was Cisco.

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 made  $204  ($274,804- $274,600).

11/17/14 Mon. 4:37 MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova & Carla Mozee says After flipping between small gains and losses in a choppy trading day, U.S. stocks ended fractionally higher. A small gain on the S&P 500, however, was enough to push the index to a record close, its 42nd this year. Stocks were under pressure in the morning trade following news that Japan fell into recession and less-than-stellar manufacturing data in the U.S. Comments from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, who said that the ECB would be open to buying government bonds, if needed, buoyed U.S. stocks in afternoon trade before pulling back somewhat. Overall, U.S. stocks seemed hesitant to make a break-out move in either direction. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.07%  added 1.5 points to 2,041.43, new record close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.07%  hovered near record levels, but closed just below it after adding 13 points, or 0.1%, to 17,647.75. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.37%  finished the day down 17.5 points, or 0.4%, at 4,671.00Economic data: The Empire State manufacturing index, the first of the many regional manufacturing gauges to be released, rebounded slightly in November, but is still well below September levels, indicating a downshift in activity. Separately, industrial production fell unexpectedly in October, the second drop in the last three months, the Federal Reserve said Monday. In a sign that falling oil prices are beginning to effect the energy industry, oil and gas well drilling fell for the first time since February.
 Meanwhile, Japan’s real gross domestic product shrank 1.6% in the third quarter, contributing to the decline was companies cutting inventories and subdued capital investment. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had, on average, been looking for the economy to expand by 2.25%.
Stocks to watch: Baker Hughes Inc. BHI, +8.92% shares surged 8.9% after Halliburton Co. HAL, -10.62% agreed to purchase its rival oil-services provider in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $34.6 billion. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2015. Halliburton shares fell 11%.
Tyson Foods Inc. TSN, +5.83%  shares climbed 5.8% as the meat producer said quarterly sales rose 14%.Botox maker Allergan Inc. AGN, +5.31%  neared a deal to be acquired by Actavis PLC ACT, +1.71% according to The Wall Street Journal. Allergan prices jumped 5.3%, and Actavis shares rose 1.7%.Hasbro Inc. HAS, +4.35%  shares rose 4.4% as merger talks between the Transformers toy maker and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. DWA, -14.26%   fell through, according to reports.
 Other markets: Japanese stocks sank after the GDP report, leaving the Nikkei Stock Average NIK, -2.96%  down 3%. The Japanese yen, meanwhile, slid to a seven-year low against the U.S. dollar USDJPY, +0.09% but recovered somewhat allowing the dollar to buy more than ¥116. The country’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he will decide on whether to move forward with a planned sales-tax increase following analysis of the situation, according to media reports Monday. Abe may also call for a snap election to be held next month. “The stock market and currency could remain volatile until Mr. Abe confirms his intentions. There is, of course, the prospect of further economic stimulus as well,” said Richard Troue, head of investment analysis, at Hargreaves Lansdown, in a Monday note.
December crude-oil futures CLZ4, -0.49% fell 0.9%, resuming a run of losses. European stocks SXXP, +0.48%  closed higher after Mario Draghi comments on potential purchases of government bonds. Gold futures GCX4, -0.19%  were flat at about $1,185.7 an ounce.

Monday's Closing Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
T▼ NYSE
AXP▼ NYSE
BA▼ NYSE
CAT▲ NYSE
CVX▼ NYSE
CSCO▲ NASDAQ-GS
KO▲ NYSE
DIS▼ NYSE
DD▼ NYSE
XOM▲ NYSE
GE▲ NYSE
GS▼ NYSE
HD▼ NYSE
INTC▲ NASDAQ-GS
IBM unch NYSE
JPM▲ NYSE
JNJ▲ NYSE
MCD▼ NYSE
MRK▲ NYSE
MSFT▼ NASDAQ-GS
NKE▲ NYSE
PFE▼ NYSE
PG▼ NYSE
MMM▼ NYSE
TRV▲ NYSE
UTX▼ NYSE
UNH▲ NYSE
VZ▼ DualListed
V▲ NYSE
WMT▲ NYSE


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The following are excerpts from Monday morning's Blog:

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

The Dow Jones Industrial Average:  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  Friday at 17634.74 down 18.05 or 0.10% from Thursday's close of 17652.79.   For the year the Dow is up 6.4%. Of the Dow components 15   gained and 15  declined. The biggest gainer   dollar-wise was IBM up $1.37 and percentage-wise was Cisco up 2.49%.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise   was Visa down $2.08 and percentage-wise were Visa and Johnson & Johnson down 0.83 %.

IBD pB8 "Stock indexes tack on small gains once again" by Paul Whitfield says stocks inched up  Friday as the indexes wrapped up a week of small moves.  Friday's action was up in lower volume while the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2746.00 down 2.82  from  Thursday's   numerator of 2748.82.  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  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $91.53 down 10 cents from Thursday's  average closing price of $91.63.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $92.95  (DIS/XOM). The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was Cisco.

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  $282  ($274,882 -$274,600).

11/14/14 Fri. 4:48 MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova & Sara Sjolin says U.S. stocks ended Friday’s uneven trading session fractionally higher, but still managed to post a fourth-straight weekly gain. The main benchmarks switched between small gains and losses throughout the trading session, as investor reaction to upbeat economic data, namely retail sales and consumer confidence, was mostly muted.Both retail sales and consumer sentiment data showed Americans were benefiting from lower gas prices and are prepared to increase their spending during the crucial, holiday-shopping season. That promises to be a boon for the economy as retail sales account for one-third of consumer spending, the main engine of U.S. economic activity.The S&P 500 SPX, +0.02% closed at a record high after ending a fraction of a point higher at 2,039.82. The benchmark index gained 0.4% over the week.The Dow industrials DJIA, -0.10%  slipped 18 points, or 0.1%, to close at 17,634.74, but still gained 0.4% over the past five sessions. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.18%  closed 8.4 points, or 0.2%, higher at 4,688.54, as gains in the Internet stocks outweighed losses in biotechs. The tech-heavy index gained 1.2% over the week.Jeff Kravetz, regional investment manager for Phoenix-based U.S. Bank Wealth Management, said markets are reflecting the fact there are lots of conflicting signals.“On one hand, economic data lately have been friendly to equities, as most reports are positive. On the other hand, volatility in oil prices and geopolitical risks are weighing on sentiment,” Kravetz said.Kravetz, however, thinks that U.S. equities are still attractive for foreign investors as there are very few other alternatives.Economic data: Sales at U.S. retailers rose in October, snapping back from the first decline in eight months as gasoline prices continued to plunge. The uptick in spending last month, especially when gasoline is stripped out, suggests households could be prepared to spend more during the holiday season than they have in years. The prices paid for imported goods fell in October, largely due to plunging global oil prices, the Labor Department said Friday. The drop was in line with forecasts. The preliminary November reading on the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters consumer-sentiment index rose to the highest level since July 2007.

Monday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers

AT&T:    WSJ pC8 "In quest for growth, AT&T seeks some southern exposure" by Miriam Gottfired says AT&T's purchase of Iusacell should help AT&T get into Mexican wireless.

American Express:   No mentions found.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:    No mentions found.

Coke:    No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pB5 "Estimated box office figures" says Disney's Big Hero 6 was 2nd with $36 mil for the weekend.

IBD pA2 "Walt Disney" says Disney is jointing forces with Walmart to allow users of Walmart's Vudu streaming service to access Disney titles via its cloud locker service, Disney Movies Anywhere.

BRN's p20 "Hasbro and Dream works: let it go" by Jack Hough says if Hasbro buys DreamWorks Animation SKG it would go head to head with Disney which would be awkward because Hasbro sells Marvel and Star Wars toys under a Disney license and will add Disney Princess in '16.

DuPont:  WSJ pB1 "Fatal leak at DuPont investigated" by Daniel Giblert says a leak at a DuPont chemical plant at La Porte, Texas killed 4 workers.

Exxon:  IBD pA2 "Microsoft No. 2 by market cap" says Microsoft has a mrket valuation of $410 bil and is more than Exxon but less than Apple at $668 bil.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:    WSJ pC2 "The ticker" says on Tuesday Home Depot will reports earnings with estimates of $1.13 pe share vs. a year ago of 95 cents per share.

Intel:   BRN's "Week preview" says on Thurs. 11/20 Intel will host investors and analysts.

IBM:    No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  BRN's p18 "Week review" says 6 major banks including JPMorgan were fined a total of $4.3bil by regulators for failing to stop traders from manipulating he foreign exchange market.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WSJ pB3 "McDonald's franchise group plans to battle labor board" says the Int'l franchise Assoc will fight the NLRB's ruling that hold franchisors responsible for the labor practices of franchisees.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  FT p1 "Facebook takes on tech giants with social network for the workplace" by Hannah Kuchler says facebook will compete directly with Google, Microsoft and LinkedIn with a new website called Facebook at Work.

IBD pA2 "Microsoft No. 2 by market cap" says Microsoft has a mrket valuation of $410 bil and is more than Exxon but less than Apple at $668 bil.

IBD pA2 "Microsoft" says Microsoft announced a beta version of Skype ot run on Windows IE 10 and other browsers without downloading a plug in

Nike:    No mentions found.

Pfizer:     WSJ pB3 "Sanofi's MS drug gets approval from the FDA" by Joseph Walker says Lemtrada performed better than Rebif sold by Pfizer and a unit of Mreck KGaA 

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:   IBD pA2 "Walt Disney" says Disney is jointing forces with Walmart to allow users of Walmart's Vudu streaming service to access Disney titles via its cloud locker service, Disney Movies Anywhere

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
T▲ NYSE
AXP▼ NYSE
BA▲ NYSE
CAT▲ NYSE
CVX▼ NYSE
CSCO▲ NASDAQ-GS
KO▼ NYSE
DIS▲ NYSE
DD▲ NYSE
XOM▲ NYSE
GE▲ NYSE
GS▼ NYSE
HD▼ NYSE
INTC▲ NASDAQ-GS
IBM▲ NYSE
JPM▲ NYSE
JNJ▼ NYSE
MCD▲ NYSE
MRK▼ NYSE
MSFT▼ NASDAQ-GS
NKE▼ NYSE
PFE▼ NYSE
PG▼ NYSE
MMM▲ NYSE
TRV▼ NYSE
UTX▼ NYSE
UNH▼ NYSE
VZ▲ DualListed
V▼ NYSE
WMT▲ 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 Craig Menear (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 (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 Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)
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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of close of business 11/6/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $407.66
2. Microsoft MSFT 401.43
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 305.13
4. GE 264.63
5. Wal-Mart WMT 250.74
6. Procter & Gamble PG 240.22   
7.  JPMorgan Chase JPM 229.94
8. Chevron CVX 225.08
9.  Verizon VZ 208.65
10.  Pfizer PFE 190.48 
11. Coke KO 185.23
12.  AT&T T 180.02  
13. Merck MRK 170.94
14. Intel INTC 163.52
15.  IBM 159.79
16. Disney DIS 157.92
17. Visa V 157.12
18.  Home Depot HD 130.94 
19. Cisco CSCO 128.81
20. 3M MMM 100  
21.  United Technologies UTX 98.99  
22. American Express AXP 95.33
23. UnitedHealth UNH 94.48  
24. McDonald's MCD 92.95   
25. Boeing BA 88.82 
26. Goldman Sachs GS 86.48
27. Nike NKE 81.50
28. DuPont DD 63.53
29. Caterpillar CAT 61.71
30. Travelers TRV 33.77
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of close of business 11/6/14:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T:
10/24/14 8K re: completion of sale of Ct. wireline operations to Frontier Comm
3 8Ks (10/22; 10/22 & 9/30/14) re: 3Qtr result
8/1/14 10Q & 7/24/14 8K & 7/23/14 8K  re: qtr ended 6/30

American Express AXP:
10/28/14 10Q  & 10/15/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/15/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 9/30/14
9/30/14 8K re: appointment of Neal Sample as Pres., Enterprise Growth
9/15/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months end 8/31/14
8/15/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months end 7/31/14

Boeing BA:
10/31/14 8K re: issuance of senior notes
10/22/14 10Q & 10/22/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/16/14 8K re: credit agreements

Caterpillar CAT:
10/31/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/22/14 8K re: sales to retail and OEM
10/14/14 8K re: retirement of Group Presidents Stuart Levenick & Steven Wunning
9/30/14 8K re: price changes
9/19/14 8K re: info re: retail sales of OEMs
9/16/14 8K re: credit agreement with Citibank up to $3.15 bil
8/20/14 8K re: rolling 3 month retail sales stats
8/1/14 10Q & 7/24/14 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/14

Chevron CVX:
10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr results
8/14/14 8K re: voluntary dismissal of shareholder derivative lawsuit
8/6/14 10Q & 8/1/14 8K & 7/10/14 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/14

Cisco CSCO:
9/30/14 2 Proxy filings re: Annual Shareholde Meeting to be held 11/20/14 at 9am at Cisco Building, San Jose, CA
9/12/14 8K re: departure of director Marc Benioff & reduction of board to 10
9/9/14 10K & 8/13/14 8K re: results for year ended 7/26/14
8/14/14 8K re: restructuring plan & lay-offs of 6,000 or 8% of global workforce

Coke KO:
10/29/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/26/14
10/1/14 8K re: Guidelines for '14 Equity Plan
9/22/14 & 9/19/14 8Ks re: close of public offering of long term notes
8/20/14 8K re: purchase of 16.7% state in Monster

Disney DIS:
11/6/14 8K re: 4Qtr & FY ended 9/27/14
10/3/14 8K re: CEO Robert Iger's amended employment contract
8/5/14 10Q for quarter ended 6/28/14
8/5/14 & 8/5 8K re: 10Q for 3Qtr ended 6/28/14 

DuPont DD:
10/28/14 CEO letter to shareholders
10/28/14 & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
8/5/14 8K re: election of Ulf M.  Mark Scheider

ExxonMobil XOM:
11/5/14 10Q & 10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
8/6/14 10Q & 7/31/14 8K re: 2Qtr ended 6/30/14
8/6/14 8K re: retirement of P.T. Mulva as VP/controller to be replaced by D.S. Rosenthal

GE:
11/4/14 10Q & 10/17/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Goldman Sachs GS:
11/5/14 10Q & 10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/23/14 8K re: legal opinion re: debt issuance
8/25/14 8K re: settlement with FHFA re: sale of residential mortgage backed securities to Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
8/7/14 10Q & 7/15/14 8K re: 2Qtr ended 6/30/14

Home Depot HD:
11/6/14 8K re: breach of payment data system
10/20/14 8-K/A re: promotion of Craig A. Menear to CEO
10/14/14 8K re: resignation of Marvin R. Ellison, EVP
9/18/14 8K re: update on guidance due to data breach
9/8/14 8K re: breach od payment data systems
8/27/14 10Q & 8/19/14 8K results for quarter ended 8//14
8/21/14 8K re: election of Craig A. Menear as CEO &Pes. and Frank Blake taking on as chairman eff. 11/1/14 & amendment of by-laws to split CEO & Chairman positions

Intel INTC:
10/29/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3rd Qtr ended 9/27/14
9/26/14 8K re: Intel investment in & collaboration with Tsinghua Unigroup

IBM:
11/5/14 8K re: underwriting contract with JPMorgan
10/28/14 10Q & 2 8Ks (10/20) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/20/14 8K re: closing of Lenovo's purchase of IBM's x86 server business
10/20/14 8K re: sale of IBM's global comm'l semiconductor tech business to Globalfoundries
7/29/14 10Q & 7/18/14 8K & 7/17/14 8K re: qtr. ended 6/30/14
7/29/14 8K re: election of CEO of JNJ Alex Gorsky & Peter R. Voser to BoD

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
11/3/14 &  2 8Ks (10/14) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/22/14 8K re: sale of 2.2% notes due '19
10/2/14 8K re: cyberattack
10/2/14 8K re: adjustment of warrant price
9/19/14 8K re: redemption of subord. notes
9/12/14 8K re: cyberattack vs. JPM
9/10/14 8K re: closing of public offering of $3 bil sub. notes due'24
8/4/14 10Q & 7/15/14 8K & 7/15/14 8K re: qtr. ended 6/30/14

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
10/30/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14
10/2/14 8K re: agreement to purchase Alios Biopharma
8/1/14 10Q & 7/15/14 8K re: Qtr ended 6/29/14

McDonald's MCD:
11/3/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
9/22/14 8K re: raising quarterly div. by 5% to 85 cents payable 12/15 to record holders 12/1
9/9/14 8K re: global sales decreased 3.7% in Aug.
8/27/14 8K re: salary increase of Pres. of Asia, Mid E. & Africa
8/22/14 8K re: election of Make Andres as Pres. - USA replacing Jeff Stratton eff. 10/15
8/11/14 8K re: global sales decreased 2.5% in July
8/4/14 & 7/22/14 & 7/18/14 8K re: qtr. ended 6/30/14

Merck MRK:
10/27/14 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/15/14 8K re: issuance of notes
10/2/14 8K re: completion of sale of Consumer Care Business to Bayer for 414.2 bil
9/29/14 8K re: 2Q results

Microsoft MSFT:
10/23/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 1Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/21/14 & 10/20/14 & 10/20/14 Proxy re: Annual Shareholder Mtg at 12/3/14 at 8 am at Meydenbauer ctr., Bellevue, WA
9/17/14 8K election of Teri List-Stoll & Charles W. Scharf  (CEO of Visa) to Board eff 10/1 & increase of Board to 12 & retirement from Board of Dave Marquadt & Dina Dublon
8/19/14 8K re: dividend increase to 31 cents up 11% payable 12/111 to holders on 11/20

Nike NKE:
10/7/14 10Q & 9/30/14 8K & 9/25/14 8K re: 1Qtr ended 8/31/14
9/23/14 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting
Sec. 14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 9/18/14 at Tiger Woods Conf. center, Beaverton, Or.

Pfizer PFE:
11/6/14 10Q & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14
8/7/14 10Q for qtr ended 6/29/14

Procter & Gamble PG:
11/4/14 8K re: closing of sale of floating rate notes due '64
11/3/14 8K re: sale of notes
11/3/14 re: Argentina regulatory problems re: taxes
10/24/14 10Q & 2 8Ks (10/24) 1Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/20/14 8K re: voting results of 10/14 Annual Mtg of Shareholders
10/14/14 8K re: dividend of 64 cents payable 11/17 to record holders on 10/24/14
8/29/14 Proxy re: 10/14/14 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at 9 a.m. at Duke Energy Convention Ctr. Cincinnati,Oh
8/8/14 10K for yr. ended 6/30/14
8/1/14  2 8Ks re: 4Q results

3M MMM:
10/30/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
8/12/14 8K re: election of Sandra Barbour to Board
8/8/14 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 yr. revolving credit agreement with JPMorgan
7/31/14 10Q & 7/24/14 re: qtr. ended 6/30/14

Travelers TRV:
10/21/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
9/10/14 2 8Ks re: realignment of 2 of 3 business segments
8/11/14 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: timing of shareholder proposals

United Technologies UTX:
10/24/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/12/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: presentation at Merrill Global Healthcare Conf. London 9/17
9/5/14 8K re: FD disclosure re: presentation at Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conf. NYC 9/9
8/4/14 & 8/1/14 8K & 7/17 8K re: qtr. ended 6/30/14

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
10/28/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
9/11/14 8K re: strong customer  growth
9/4/14 8K/A committee Board assignments for Dir. Shellye L. Archambeau
8/20/14 8K re: results of exchange offer of Verizon/Alltel securities
8/6/14 2 8Ks re: terms of exchange offer re: Alltel

Visa V:
10/29/14 8K re: 4Qtr & full year ended 9/30/14 results
10/22/14 8K re: 1/28/15 Annual Stockholders Mtg & dividend of 48 cents payable 12/2 to record holders on 11/14/14
9/24/14 8K re: new conversion rate of Class B Common
9/11/14 8K re: deposit of $450 mil in litigation escrow account

WalMart WMT:
10/30/14 8K re: Closing of Walmart Seiyu stores in Japan
10/17/14 8K re: issuance of notes
9/29/14 8K re: election to Bd. of Instagram CEO & Founder Kevin Systrom
9/5/14 10Q & 8/14/14 8K re: results for qtr ended 7/31/14

FINISHED


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