12/5/14 Fri. am Dow Closes at 17958.79 up 58.69 or 0.33% A NEW HIGH

 
 
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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 2,941 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  Friday at 17958.79 up 58.69 or 0.33%  from Thursday's close of 17900.10.  For the week the Dow is up130.55  or 0.73% from last Friday's close of 17828.24. Of the Dow components 20   gained  and 10  declined. The biggest gainer   dollar-wise was  Goldman Sachs up $3.50 and percentage-wise was JPMorgan up 2.15%.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was  Chevron down $1.41 or  1.26%.

As of the open of  the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of  Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Friday's trailing P/E   ratio is 17.01 up from Thursday's   trailing P/E ratio of 16.98  (last year it was 16.25).  Friday's P/E estimate is 15.74 unchanged from yesterday's P/E estimate of 15.74 (year ago it was 15.12) and today's dividend yield is 2.18 up from  yesterday's dividend yield of 2.17  (last year it was 2.19). The Dow's all-time high was 17958.79 on December 5,  2014. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2796.47 up 9.14  from  Thursday's   numerator of 2787.33.  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.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $93.22 up 30 cents from Thursday's  average closing price of $92.92.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $93.79  (DIS/XOM) down 1 cent from Thursday's median closing price of $93.80 (XOM/DIS). The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was Microsoft.

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 made  $914  ($279,647 - $278,733).

12/5/14 Fri. 4:47  pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova & Barbara Kollmeyer says
the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at record levels on Friday, wrapping a seventh straight week with gains. A surprisingly strong jobs report fueled Friday’s mostly modest, albeit record-setting, advance. The U.S. economy added 321,000 jobs in November, beating the consensus number by 86,000, while unemployment rates remained steady at 5.8%. With upward revisions to prior months, the payrolls number was far stronger than the consensus forecast by economists polled by MarketWatch, which called for 235,000 jobs. A string of robust job gains over the past several months is likely to prompt the Federal Reserve to speed up the rate hikes. Worries among investors that interest rates will rise sooner rather than later, have capped gains on Wall Street, according to Kim Forrest, senior portfolio manager at Fort Pitt Capital.The S&P 500 SPX, +0.17%  rose 3.45 points, or 0.2%, to close at 2,075.37, an all-time high. The gain on the benchmark were led by financials and health-care sector stocks, while energy and utilities sector shares lagged behind.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.33% set an intraday high and came within 10 points of 18,000 level, but settled 58.60 points, or 0.3%, higher at 17,958.79. Gains in JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs Group were the biggest among blue-chip stock gainers.The Russell 2000 RUT, +0.80%  outperformed large-caps again, adding 9.42 points, or 0.8%, to 1,182.42 and added 0.8% over the week. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.24%  added 11.32 points, or 0.2%, to 4,780.76. The index closed lower over the week.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol	Last Sale	Change	% Change	Share Volume	Market
T	$33.94	0.03	▲ 0.09%	18,893,190	NYSE
AXP	$92.65	0.82	▲ 0.89%	2,872,106	NYSE
BA	$132.21	0.89	▲ 0.68%	2,579,787	NYSE
CAT	$98.78	0.89	▼ 0.89%	3,604,081	NYSE
CVX	$110.87	1.41	▼ 1.26%	7,661,012	NYSE
CSCO	$27.5	0.27	▼ 0.97%	26,722,292	NASDAQ-GS
KO	$43.53	0.03	▲ 0.07%	12,533,070	NYSE
DIS	$93.76	0.53	▲ 0.57%	5,225,472	NYSE
DD	$73.07	0.70	▲ 0.97%	3,352,586	NYSE
XOM	$93.82	0.55	▼ 0.58%	11,831,896	NYSE
GE	$26.01	0.08	▼ 0.31%	22,385,833	NYSE
GS	$195.45	3.50	▲ 1.82%	3,624,222	NYSE
HD	$99.64	0.69	▲ 0.7%	4,646,359	NYSE
INTC	$37.67	0.21	▲ 0.56%	19,031,129	NASDAQ-GS
IBM	$163.27	0.78	▼ 0.48%	3,012,877	NYSE
JPM	$62.7	1.32	▲ 2.15%	20,068,871	NYSE
JNJ	$108.51	0.95	▲ 0.88%	6,449,078	NYSE
MCD	$96.31	0.65	▲ 0.68%	6,208,579	NYSE
MRK	$61.49	0.57	▲ 0.94%	11,171,682	NYSE
MSFT	$48.42	0.42	▼ 0.86%	27,313,449	NASDAQ-GS
NKE	$99.33	0.28	▲ 0.28%	1,703,578	NYSE
PFE	$31.99	0.32	▲ 1.01%	24,851,578	NYSE
PG	$90.38	0.20	▼ 0.22%	6,381,881	NYSE
MMM	$162.27	0.01	▲ 0.01%	1,722,626	NYSE
TRV	$105.2	0.10	▲ 0.1%	1,727,853	NYSE
UTX	$111.29	0.08	▲ 0.07%	3,021,095	NYSE
UNH	$100.33	0.66	▲ 0.66%	3,104,202	NYSE
VZ	$48.61	0.17	▼ 0.35%	15,502,504	DualListed
V	$263.35	2.21	▲ 0.85%	1,959,126	NYSE
WMT	$84.12	0.64	▼ 0.76%	6,566,829	NYSE

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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog:

A  read of the print editions of  Friday's  Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today,  Atlanta Journal & Constitution & Daily Report (Ga. - carried Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Thursday's  closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  Thursday at 17900.10 down 12.52 or 0.07%  from Wednesday's close of 17912.62  For the year the Dow is up 7.98%. Of the Dow components 12   gained, 3M was unchanged  and 17  declined. The biggest gainer   dollar-wise was Goldman Sachs up $1.00 and percentage-wise was Microsoft up 1.58%.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Chevron down $1.43 or 1.26%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks drift lower on ECB" by Alexandra Scaggs says US stocks slipped after the European central Bank opted not to take new steps to ease monetary policy.

IBD pB3 "Major indexes slip o.1% but small caps lose more" by Paul Whitfield says Thursday's action was down in lower vol while the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

FT p23 "Wall street" by Mamta Badkar says US stocks followed European shares lower after ECB pres Mario Draghi said the governing council would wait til next year before deciding about qe.

NYT pB6 "Europe's stimulus delay weighs on US markets" by AP says the market had slight losses after the eCB said they would delay their qe decision 'til next year.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2787.33 down 1.95  from  Wednesday's   numerator of 2789.28.  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  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $92.921down 7 cents from Wednesday's  average closing price of $92.98.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $93.80  (XOM/DIS) down 23 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $94.03 (XOM/DIS). The lowest volume was Visa  and the highest volume was Microsoft.

If  Thursday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost  $195  ($278,929 - $278,733).

12/4/14 Thurs. 4:07  pm MarketWatch by Victor Reklaitis  says U.S. stocks finished with modest losses Thursday, having faded after jumping to intraday records earlier in the session. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.12% fell 2.51 points, or 0.1%, to close at 2,071.62, according to preliminary FactSet data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.07% dipped 12.52 points, or 0.1%, to 17,900.10. The stock market showed typical caution ahead of Friday's monthly jobs report, according to Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital. "It's not really falling out of bed," Cardillo told MarketWatch. "Investors are bracing themselves for tomorrow's employment data," he also said. Earlier in the session, the S&P 500 and Dow industrials jumped to intraday records after a Bloomberg report raised fresh hopes about European Central Bank stimulus plans. That came after the Dow had been down as much as 98 points in morning action, with analysts pointing to disappointment over comments from ECB President Mario Draghi for the stock slide.

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

AT&T:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  WSJ pB1 "Will cheap oil lead to a new merger wave?" by Justin Scheck, Shayndi Raice says cheap oil in the late '90's led to Exxon buying Mobil and Chevron buying Texaco.

Cisco: FT p24 "Return of the buyback extends US rally" by Eric Platt says 3 of the top 5 buybacks over the past 12 months involved Dow components:  Exxon, Cisco & IBM

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:   WSJ pB1 "Will cheap oil lead to a new merger wave?" by Justin Scheck, Shayndi Raice says cheap oil in the late '90's led to Exxon buying Mobil and Chevron buying Texaco.

FT p24 "Return of the buyback extends US rally" by Eric Platt says 3 of the top 5 buybacks over the past 12 months involved Dow components:  Exxon, Cisco & IBM.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs: FT p7 "Financial firefighters" by Tom Braithwaite, Gina Chon, Henny sender says renewed questions about the revolving door between the NY Fed and Wall Street, such as Goldman Sachs,  suggests a deeper overhaul of fin'l regulation is needed.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM: FT p24 "Return of the buyback extends US rally" by Eric Platt says 3 of the top 5 buybacks over the past 12 months involved Dow components:  Exxon, Cisco & IBM

JPMorgan:  IBD pA4 "Protect yourself from banking malware, criminals" by Jim Nash says JPMorgan's data breach this summer compromised the data of 76 mil households & 7 mil small businesses.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  NYT pB1 "Strong voice in the fast food fight for $15 an hour" by Steven Greenhouse  discusses Terrance Wise and his protests against McDonald's and other low paying buisnesses.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB3 "B&N, Microsoft end pact on Nook" by Jeffrey A. Trachatenberg, Chelsey Dulaney,FT p14 "Microsoft calls time on failing Nook" by Shannon Bond, Richard Blackden, Henry Mance,  NYT pB2 "Ailing Barnes & Noble parts ways with Microsoft on Nook" by Alexandra Alter, David Gelles, UsAT p13 "Barnes & Noble ends Nook deal with Microsoft" says B&No and Microsoft are ending its deal for its Nook e-book reader ahead of its planned Nook division spinoff.

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.

UnitedHealthcare:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol	Last Sale	Change	% Change	Share Volume	Market
T	$33.91	0.09	▼ 0.26%	22,993,229	NYSE
AXP	$91.83	0.58	▲ 0.64%	3,987,873	NYSE
BA	$131.32	0.65	▼ 0.49%	2,800,156	NYSE
CAT	$99.67	0.51	▼ 0.51%	3,390,238	NYSE
CVX	$112.28	1.43	▼ 1.26%	8,111,128	NYSE
CSCO	$27.77	0.18	▼ 0.64%	23,794,041	NASDAQ-GS
KO	$43.5	0.30	▼ 0.68%	13,787,005	NYSE
DIS	$93.23	0.12	▲ 0.13%	6,016,327	NYSE
DD	$72.37	0.12	▲ 0.17%	2,859,692	NYSE
XOM	$94.37	0.58	▼ 0.61%	12,870,928	NYSE
GE	$26.09	0.29	▼ 1.1%	29,615,508	NYSE
GS	$191.95	1	▲ 0.52%	3,122,398	NYSE
HD	$98.95	0.36	▲ 0.37%	5,220,442	NYSE
INTC	$37.46	0.03	▲ 0.08%	23,392,414	NASDAQ-GS
IBM	$164.05	0.47	▼ 0.29%	3,856,489	NYSE
JPM	$61.38	0.16	▼ 0.26%	11,509,341	NYSE
JNJ	$107.56	0.16	▼ 0.15%	6,700,061	NYSE
MCD	$95.66	0.16	▲ 0.17%	5,153,452	NYSE
MRK	$60.92	0.34	▲ 0.56%	7,134,648	NYSE
MSFT	$48.84	0.76	▲ 1.58%	30,342,049	NASDAQ-GS
NKE	$99.05	0.55	▲ 0.56%	2,063,476	NYSE
PFE	$31.67	0.08	▼ 0.25%	19,345,217	NYSE
PG	$90.58	0.58	▲ 0.64%	6,406,528	NYSE
MMM	$162.26	unch	unch	2,163,937	NYSE
TRV	$105.1	0.09	▼ 0.09%	3,232,922	NYSE
UTX	$111.21	0.22	▲ 0.2%	4,625,251	NYSE
UNH	$99.67	1.13	▼ 1.12%	4,087,639	NYSE
VZ	$48.78	0.01	▼ 0.02%	14,611,500	DualListed
V	$261.14	0.46	▼ 0.18%	1,839,415	NYSE
WMT	$84.76	0.18	▼ 0.21%	6,916,436	NYSE

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 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  Monday at 17776.80 down 51.44 or 0.29%  from Friday's close of 17828.24.  For the year the Dow is up 7.2.%. Of the Dow components 7   gained and 23  declined. The biggest gainer   dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Chevron up $2.86 or 2.63%.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Boeing down $1.97 and percentage-wise was GE down 1.77%.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2768.13 down 8.01  from  Friday's   numerator of 2776.14.  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 $92.27 down 27 cents from Friday's  average closing price of $92.54.  The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $92.53  (XOM/DIS) up 6 cents from Friday's median closing price of $92.47 (AXP/DIS). The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was GE.

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  $801  ($277,614 - $276,813).

12/1/14 Mon. 4:07  pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says  U.S. stocks fell on Monday as disappointing economic data from China and Europe triggered a bout of selling in global equity markets. Weak Black Friday sales were also weighing on markets, especially on retailer stocks. The Nasdaq Composite saw its steepest drop in seven weeks, dragged down by big declines in tech giants such as Apple, Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc., and Alibaba. Energy and utility stocks were the only bright spots on Wall Street, rising in tandem with a spike in oil prices. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.68% closed 14.12 points, or 0.7%, lower at 2,053.44, its biggest one-day decline in more than 5 weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.29% shed 51.31 points, or 0.3%, to 17,776.93. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.34% suffered its steepest drop in seven weeks, after dropping 64.28 points, or 1.3% to 4,727.35.

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

AT&T:

American Express:

Boeing:

Caterpillar:

Chevron:

Cisco:

Coke:

Disney:

DuPont:

Exxon:

GE:

Goldman Sachs:

Home Depot:

Intel:

IBM:

JPMorgan:

Johnson & Johnson:

McDonald's:

Merck:

Microsoft:

Nike:

Pfizer:

Procter & Gamble:

3M:

Travelers:

United Technologies:

UnitedHealth:

Verizon:

Visa:

Walmart:

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol	Last Sale	Change	% Change	Share Volume	Market
T	$35.06	0.32	▼ 0.9%	19,903,750	NYSE
AXP	$92.14	0.28	▼ 0.3%	3,327,876	NYSE
BA	$132.39	1.97	▼ 1.47%	3,443,356	NYSE
CAT	$99	1.60	▼ 1.59%	7,420,794	NYSE
CVX	$111.73	2.86	▲ 2.63%	13,356,670	NYSE
CSCO	$27.59	0.05	▼ 0.18%	19,548,728	NASDAQ-GS
KO	$44.55	0.28	▼ 0.62%	10,065,497	NYSE
DIS	$92.7	0.19	▲ 0.21%	6,711,131	NYSE
DD	$71.08	0.32	▼ 0.45%	3,045,754	NYSE
XOM	$92.35	1.81	▲ 2%	27,529,153	NYSE
GE	$26.02	0.47	▼ 1.77%	48,888,577	NYSE
GS	$188.2	0.21	▼ 0.11%	2,460,724	NYSE
HD	$98.88	0.52	▼ 0.52%	4,384,839	NYSE
INTC	$37.17	0.08	▼ 0.21%	30,772,713	NASDAQ-GS
IBM	$161.54	0.63	▼ 0.39%	4,161,187	NYSE
JPM	$60	0.16	▼ 0.27%	12,760,463	NYSE
JNJ	$108.03	0.22	▼ 0.2%	5,633,604	NYSE
MCD	$95.78	1.03	▼ 1.06%	5,248,970	NYSE
MRK	$60.52	0.12	▲ 0.2%	8,267,506	NYSE
MSFT	$48.62	0.81	▲ 1.69%	31,015,065	NASDAQ-GS
NKE	$97.69	1.60	▼ 1.61%	2,568,696	NYSE
PFE	$31.26	0.11	▲ 0.35%	22,871,039	NYSE
PG	$90.08	0.35	▼ 0.39%	6,744,185	NYSE
MMM	$158.16	1.93	▼ 1.21%	2,496,190	NYSE
TRV	$104.44	0.01	▼ 0.01%	1,594,759	NYSE
UTX	$109.69	0.39	▼ 0.35%	3,446,638	NYSE
UNH	$99.06	0.43	▲ 0.44%	4,874,803	NYSE
VZ	$50.03	0.56	▼ 1.11%	11,852,208	DualListed
V	$258.15	0.04	▼ 0.02%	2,722,331	NYSE
WMT	$86.22	1.32	▼ 1.51%	9,067,987	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 Greg Hayes (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

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