Wednesday, January 7, 2015

1/7/15 Wed. pm Dow Closes at 17584.52 up 212.88 or 1.23%


 
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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 2,995 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 Wednesday at 17584.52 up 212.88 or 1.23%  from Tuesday's close of 17371.64. Of the Dow components 26  gained   and  4 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Home Depot up $3.46 or 3.43%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was  IBM down $1.02 and percentage-wise was AT&T 1.28%.

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 16.22 down  from yesterday's   trailing P/E ratio of 16.43  (last year it was 17.02).  Today's P/E estimate is 15.71 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 15.71 (year ago it was 14.75) and today's dividend yield is 2.24 down from  yesterday's dividend yield of 2.48  (last year it was 2.06). The Dow's all-time high was 18053.71 on December 26,  2014. 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 numerator is 2738.19 up 33.15  from  Tuesday's   numerator of 2705.04.  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 $91.27 up $1.10 from Tuesday's  average closing price of $90.17.  The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $90.51  (AXP/XOM) up 80 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $89.71 (PG/XOM). The lowest volume was   Travelers and the highest volume was GE.

If  Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made  $3,315  ($273,819$270,504 ).

1/7/15 Wed. 4:42 pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova & Sara Sjolin says U.S. stocks rebounded on Wednesday, highlighted by the S&P 500 recording its first gain in 2015 and snapping a five-day losing streak. Optimism on Wall Street followed calmer oil and currency markets, which have been behind the brutal selloff in global equities over the previous two sessions that left the Dow industrials with the worst start to a year since 2008. Market reaction to the closely watched minutes of the December meeting of the Federal Reserve was neutral. Minutes indicated that low inflation would not prevent the central bank from raising rates, but not until at least April.The S&P 500 SPX, +1.16%  closed 23.29 points or 1.2%, higher at 2,025.90, with nine of 10 main sectors recording gains. Health care and consumer staples sector stocks led the gains, while telecoms lagged. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.23%  jumped 212.88 points, or 1.2%, to 17,584.52, with 27 of its 30 components finishing higher. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +1.26%  ended the day up 57.73 points, or 1.3%, at 4,650.47.Earlier Wednesday morning, stock futures had been pointing to a strong open ahead of the release of Automatic Data Processing Inc.’s private-sector employment hiring data.
Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, said that Wednesday’s buying action is most likely due to markets being oversold over the past several sessions.“Global macro factors are still dominating markets, and the bounce in stocks has more to do with somewhat stabilizing oil and euro, than the ADP data,” Sonders said.She reiterated her outlook that the stock market is in mature stages of a secular bull market, which has more room to climb, but warned that higher volatility will bring more frequent and deeper pullbacks. Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank, offered the best analogy for the market’s recent reaction to plunging oil prices: “It’s like losing weight - a few pounds makes us happy, but a massive weight loss in short time means something is seriously wrong. Investors first cheered positive effects of lower oil, but now are worried that it may be more than just an oversupply shock but rather a slowing global growth.”He said markets are more than overdue for a correction, but he still sees a case for staying in equities in 2015, arguing that there’s no evidence that the U.S. economy is going into recession.Data: Private sector employers added 241,000 jobs in December, while November figures were revised upwards. The numbers were far better than anticipated by economists polled by MarketWatch. Some economists say the data should be treated with caution as they have no predictive value for official payrolls due on Friday.

Wednesday's Closing Dow 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▼ 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 Wed. morning's Blog:

A  read of the print editions of  Wednesday's  Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal & 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 Monday's  closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 17371.64 down 130.01 or 0.74%  from Monday's close of 17501.65. For the year the Dow is down 2.5%. Of the Dow components 7  gained   and  23  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Merck up $2.28 or 3.93%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was Goldman Sachs down $3.81  and percentage-wise was JPMorgan 2.59%.

WSJ pC1 "Oil, other energy stocks lead broad decline; Dow loses over 130 points" by Alexandra Scaggs says stocks suffered their worst beginning to a year since the dearly days of the fin'l crisis in '08.

FT p19 "Wall street" by Mamta Badkar says the S&P was on track for a 5th straight day of declines, dragged down by energy & industrials.  Deutsche Bank downgraded gE from buy to hold and cut their price target from 430 to $28.

IBD pB5 "late sell-off underscores fifth straight stock drop" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says the market's action were indexes slide for a 5th straight day as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2705.04 down 20.25  from  Monday's   numerator of 2725.29.  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 $90.17 down67 cents from Monday's  average closing price of $90.84.  The median closing price of  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $89.71  (PG/XOM) down 72 cents from Monday's median closing price of $90.43 (XOM/AXP). The lowest volume was   Travelers and the highest volume was GE.

If  Tuesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost  $2,025  ($272,529 - $270,504 ).

1/6/15 Tues. 5:07 pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova & Carla Mozee says the U.S. stock market endured another day of selling due to slumping oil prices on Tuesday, with the Dow industrials recording its worst start to a new year the 2008 financial crisis. Indexes bounced off session lows in the late-afternoon trade, which some analysts attributed to short-covering, however, a meager rally late in the day quickly dissipated.The benchmark S&P 500 index fell for the fifth-straight session and is off more than 4% from its peak reached on Dec 29, 2014. Slumping oil prices and flight to havens such as Treasurys led to a bout of selling for the second consecutive day.
Investors were scouring for safe industries such as utilities as well as U.S. Treasurys, pushing yields to the lowest levels since the Oct.15 mini-flash crash. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.89% closed 17.97 points, or 0.9%, lower at 2,002.61, with only two sectors remaining in the green — utilities and telecoms. Large-cap energy sector stocks, which fell 4% on Monday, slumped 1.5% again on Tuesday .       The energy sector is down 22% since the June 30, 2014 close, while the S&P Small Cap 600 energy sector has lost nearly half of its value in that time, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.74%  dropped 130 points, or 0.7%, to 17,371.64, a day after a 331-point drop on Monday. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.29%  fared the worst, dropping 59.84 points, or 1.3%, to 4,592.74, ringing up a fifth-straight day of losses. JJ Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade, noted that it would be difficult for stocks to rise in the face of growing demand for bonds.“There is a tremendous appetite for fixed income - mainly because of nervousness about commodity markets. When stock investors focus on oil prices, their first reaction is selling and unwinding of long positions,” Kinahan said. Investors appear to discount positive effect of lower oil prices on broader economy and continue to view the slide in crude as a symptom of slower global growth, which will threaten improving U.S. economy. Randy Frederick, managing director of trading and derivatives at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, noted that big down moves in oil continued to spook investors despite the longer-term benefits of lower energy prices.“Markets are overdue for a correction, but so far selling has been measured and not at panic levels. At the moment there are many factors that are weighing on markets, from Greece’s potential exit from euro to possible actions by the Fed, which will struggle to raise rates in current environment of falling inflation,” Frederick said.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  WSJ pC12 "No need for Verizon to dial up AOL" by Miriam Gottfired says Verizon could buy AOL.  Telecom firms see video as the next frontier.  AT&T justified its pending deal to buy DirecTV with the possibility of an over the top video offering to customers.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB4 "Boeing's deliveries climb to record" by Doug Cameron, NYT pB2 "With '14 deliveries, Boeing keeps title as top plane maker" by Reuters, IBD pA2 "Boeing deliveries break record"  say Boeing reported record annual orders & deliveries of its jetliners alongside a drop in cancellations.  It secured new orders for 1,432 jets last year beating its previous peak set in '07 and the 1,355 it had in '13.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  WSJ pB4 "Keurig reels in Dr Pepper for its coming soda machine" by Annie Gasparro, Mike Esterl Keurig's deal with Dr Pepper follows Coke's agreement last year for its brands to be part of Keurig's countertop soda machines.

Disney:  WSJ pB3 "Home entertainment sales resume slide; VOD down" by Ben Fritz says Disney's Frozen was the most popular home entertainment title in '14, an overall lackluster year.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:   WSJ pC2 "Fin'l firms settle MF Global suit" by Joseph Checkler says Goldman & JPMorgan were among were among the underwriters for the sale of MF Global's stock and bonds before MF's collapse and were among the payors in a settlement for $74 mil with investors.

 USAT p2B "Foreget minor surgery:" Its time to cut up JPMorgan" by Darrell Delamaide says JPMorgan, a $2.5 trillion bank should be split into separate firms for consumer banking, comm'l banking, investment banking and asset management per Goldman analysts.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  NYT pB1 "Intel budgets $300 mil for diversity" by Nick Wingfield, USAT p3B "Intel pledges diversity by '20" by Jessica Guynn say this is to increase women and minority groups within 5 years.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  USAT p2B "Foreget minor surgery:" Its time to cut up JPMorgan" by Darrell Delamaide says JPMorgan, a $2.5 trillion bank should be split into separate firms for consumer banking, comm'l banking, investment banking and asset management per Goldman analysts.

WSJ pC2 "Fin'l firms settle MF Global suit" by Joseph Checkler says Goldman & JPMorgan were among were among the underwriters for the sale of MF Global's stock and bonds before MF's collapse and were among the payors in a settlement for $74 mil with investors.

Johnson & Johnson:  WSJ pB6 "Rare disease drug advances with NIH license" by Amy Dockser Marcus says  cyclodextrin, a drug made by Janssen Research & development, a unit of Johnson & Johnson  has been licensed by the Nat'l Institutes of Health for the development of the drug to treat Niemann-Pick Type C disease.

McDonald's:  NYT pB3 "Why McDonald's isn't Shake shack, and probably shouldn't be" by Steven Davidoff Solomon  Shake Shack serves premium burgers.  McDonald's is valued lower than its peer restaurant firms and has a lower price point than Shake Shack.  Its average check size is $5 vs. $13 at Shake Shack.

NYT pB2 "No French fries to be found at McDonald's in Venezuela" by AP says this is due to a shortage of French fries as a result of a labor dispute in ports on the West Coast of the US.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

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:    WSJ pC12 "No need for Verizon to dial up AOL" by Miriam Gottfired, IBD pA2 "Verizon said eyeing AOL buy"  say Verizon could buy AOL.  Telecom firms see video as the next frontier.  AT&T justified its pending deal to buy DirecTV with the possibilitity of an over the top video offering to customers.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Tuesday's Closing Dow 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▼ 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 M. 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 NKE 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 12/20/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $396.52
2. Microsoft MSFT 392.85
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 295.45
4. Wal-Mart WMT 274.49
5. GE 257.28
6. Procter & Gamble PG 248.73   
7.  JPMorgan Chase JPM 231.48
8. Chevron CVX 213.49
9.  Pfizer PFE 201.24
10. Verizon VZ 195.12
11. Coke KO 183.75
12.  Intel INTC 175.85  
13.AT&T T 173.97
14. Merck MRK 169.86
15. Visa V 164.40
16. Disney DIS 157.51
17. IBM 156.87
18. Cisco CSCO 142
19. Home Depot HD 134.33 
20. 3M MMM 106.04 
21.  United Technologies UTX 105.38  
22. UnitedHealth UNH 98.37
23. American Express AXP 96.71
24. McDonald's MCD 90.72   
25. Boeing BA 89.99 
26. Goldman Sachs GS 87.52
27. Nike NKE 81.71
28. DuPont DD 66.40
29. Caterpillar CAT 55.52
30. Travelers TRV 35.05
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 12/20/14:

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

AT&T T:
12/19/14 8K re: amendment to Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan
12/2/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/10/14 2 10/A's & 10Q re: qtr. ended 9/10/14
11/10/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/7/14 8K re: increased of Board to 15 & election of William E. Kennardd & agrmt to buy Mexican wireless firm GSF telecom
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

American Express AXP:
12/15/14 8K re: Delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 11/30
12/5/14 8K re: issuance of Sub. Notes
12/4/14 8K re: retirement of Director Richard A. McGinn
11/17/14 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 mos. ended 10/31
11/12/14 8K re: issuance of Series B Preferred Shares
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

Boeing BA:
12/19/14 8K re: retirement of Shephard W. Hill, Pres. of Boeing Int'l & Sr. VP, Bus. Dev/Strategy
12/15/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div & authorization of $12 bil share buyback
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:
12/18/14 8K re: retirement of Group VPs Stuart L. Levenick & Steven H. Wunning
12/18/14 8K & 11/20/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: retail sales of machines & power systems
12/11/14 8K re: retirement of director Peter A. Magowan
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

Chevron CVX:
12/12/14 8K re: election of Alexander B. Cummings Jr. to Board
11/18/14 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
11/7/14 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr results

Cisco CSCO:
12/19/14 & 12/18/14 8Ks re: Pre-arranged stock trading plan for execs
11/24/14 8K re: amendment to employee stock purchase plan
11/12/14 8K; 11/14/14 8K & 11/20/14 10Q re: results of 1 Qtr. ended 10/25/14

Coke KO:
12/11/14 8K re: increase Board to 17 & election of Marc Balland & David B. Weinberg
10/29/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/26/14
10/1/14 8K re: Guidelines for '14 Equity Plan

Disney DIS:
11/19/14 10K & 11/6/14 8K re: results of fiscal year ended 9/27/14
11/6/14 8K re: 4Qtr & FY ended 9/27/14
10/3/14 8K re: CEO Robert Iger's amended employment contract

DuPont DD:
12/18/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: presentation re: Performance Chemicals segment
12/18/14 8-K/A re: pre-tax charges re: restructuring plan
10/28/14 CEO letter to shareholders
10/28/14 & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

ExxonMobil XOM:
11/24/14 8K re: retirement of VP S.D. Pryor
11/5/14 10Q & 10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

GE:
11/10/1 8K re: incentive grant to CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt
11/4/14 10Q & 10/17/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Goldman Sachs GS:
12/19/14 8K re: election to Board of Mark A. Flaherty & Mark D. winkelman
12/17/14 & 12/16/14 8Ks re: issuance of notes
11/5/14 10Q & 10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/23/14 8K re: legal opinion re: debt issuance

Home Depot HD:
11/25/14 10Q & 11/18/14 8K re: Qtr. ended 11/2/14
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

Intel INTC:
12/16/14 8K re: trigger of  interest change on debentures
11/21/14 28Ks & 11/18/14 8K re: FD Disclosure re: Annual investor meeting
11/20/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & '15 Business Outlook
10/29/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3rd Qtr ended 9/27/14

IBM:
12/8/14 8K re: retirement of Robert C. Weber sVP, Legal
11/25/14 8K re: issuance of debt securities
11/12/14 8K re: investors conference
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

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
12/9/14 8K re: close of public offering of Sub. Notes
11/12/14 8K re: payment of $1.01d bil to settle foreign exchange trading allegations
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
11/21/14 8K re: issuance of notes
11/10/14 8K re: closing of purchase of Alios BioPharma, Inc. for $1.75 bil
10/30/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14
10/2/14 8K re: agreement to purchase Alios Biopharma

McDonald's MCD:
12/8/14 8K re: Nov. '12 sales
11/12/14 8K re: Oct. '12 sales
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.

Merck MRK:
11/10/14 10Q re: Qtr. ended 9/30/14
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

Microsoft MSFT:
12/4/14 8K re: results of votes at 12/3 Annual Shareholders Meeting
11/14/14 Proxy Letter from Bd Chair John W. Thompson re: Annual Mtg
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

Nike NKE:
12/18/14 8K & 10/7/14 10Q re: results of Qtr. ended 11/30/14
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 for quarter ended 9/28/14
11/6/14 10Q & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14

Procter & Gamble PG:
11/21/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan of CEO A.G. Lafley
11/13/14 8K re: '14 Analysts Mtg & sale of Duracell to Berkshire Hathaway
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

3M MMM:
12/16/14 8K re: dividend for 1Q '15 & '15 outlook
11/10/14 8K re: sale of Floating rate Notes
10/30/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

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

United Technologies UTX:
12/19/14 8K re: rejection of mini tender offer by TRC Capital
12/10/14 8K re: appointment of Akhil Johri, Sr. VP & CFO
11/24/14 Retirement of Louis Chenevert replaced by Gregory J. Hayes & election of Dir. Edward A. Kangas as Chairman of Bd. & appointment of Peter F. Longo as Acting CFO
10/24/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
12/8/14 8K re: sale of notes
12/1/14 8K re: annual investor conference
11/12/14 8K re: appointment of David S. Wichmann Pres/CFO & Larry Renfro as Vice-Chair
11/10/14 10Q for Qtr. ended 9/30/14
10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr results

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
12/8/14 28Ks re: change of duties for Randal S. Milch EVP & GC
12/1/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/26/14 8K re: trading of shares in UK
10/28/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Visa V:
12/19/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plans
12/12/14 & 11/21/14 Proxies re: Annual Stockholders Meeting 1/28/15 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA
11/21/14 10K for fiscal year ended 9/30/14
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

WalMart WMT:
12/16/14 8K re: latest ruling re: class action lawsuit in Phil for underpaying employees - Braun/Hummel v. Walmart
12/1/14 10Q & 11/13/14 8K re: quarter ended 10/31/14
11/24/14 8K re: election of Thomas W. Horton to Board
10/30/14 8K re: Closing of Walmart Seiyu stores in Japan
10/17/14 8K re: issuance of notes

THE END FOR NOW


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