Thursday, January 8, 2015

1/8/15 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 17907.87 up 323.35 or 1.84%


 
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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 2,997 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 Thursday at 17907.87 up 323.25 or 1.84%  from Wednesday's close of 17584.52. Of the Dow components all 30 gained   and  0 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was UnitedHealthcare up $4.77 or 4.77%, a very rare numerical occurrence.

As of the open of  the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Thursday's trailing P/E   ratio is 16.49 up  from yesterday's   trailing P/E ratio of 16.22  (last year it was 16.95).  Today's P/E estimate is 15.71 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 15.71 (year ago it was 14.75) and today's dividend yield is 2.47 up from  yesterday's dividend yield of 2.44  (last year it was 2.07). 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.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2788.54 up 50.35  from  Wednesday's   numerator of 2738.19.  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 $92.95 up $1.68 from Wednesday's  average closing price of $91.27.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $91.51  (AXP/XOM) up $1.00 from Wednesday's median closing price of $90.51 (AXP/XOM). The lowest volume was   Travelers and the highest volume was PFE.

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 made  $5,035  ($278,854 - $273,819).

1/8/15 Thurs. 4:05 pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova  says  U.S. stocks ended Thursday with the biggest advance in three weeks, as two days of steady oil prices along with dovish comments by a Federal Reserve member pushed investors into buy mode. The benchmark S&P 500 and Dow industrials turned positive for the year, while a measure of volatility - CBOE Vix index VIX, -11.91% - fell 11%, dropping below long-term average to 17. The S&P 500 SPX, +1.79% closed up 36.21 points, or 1.8%, higher at 2,062.11. Materials, technology and energy sector stocks led the gains, adding more than 2% each. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.84% added 323.28 points, or 1.8%, to 17,907.80. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +1.84% ended the day with a gain of 85.72 points, or 1.8%, at 4,736.19.

Thursday'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 Thursday morning's Blog:

A  read of the print editions of  Thursday'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 Wednesday's  closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 17584.52 up 212.88 or 1.23%  from Tuesday's close of 17371.64. For the year the Dow is down 1.3%. 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%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks snap their string of declines" by Saumya Vaishampayan says US stocks rallied with help from a bounce in oil prices snapping the S&P's 5 day losing streak.  Exxon added 91 cents while Chevron fell 9 cents.

NYT pB4 "Shares rise on hiring report, interrupting a string of losses" by AP says encouraging economic news and a rare rise in oil prices on Wed gave the stock market its first gain of the year.

IBD pB3 "Major indexes rebound as IBD 50 jumps 2.7%" by David Saito-Chung says Wednesday's action saw a sharp rebound in lighter vol while the current outlook is market in correction.

FT p21 "Wall street" by Mamta Badkar says US stocks snapped a fie day losing streak with healthcare & consumer staples leading the benchmark.

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.

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

AT&T:  WSJ pB6 "T-Mobile posts strong subscriber growth" by Angela Chen, WSJ pC10 "Overheard", IBD "Verizon splurges on spectrum", FT p16 "T-Mobile US emerges as biggest winner in price war" by David Crow say Sprint logged porting ratios or customers switching of 1.4 versus Verizon, 1.8 versus AT&T & 2.2 versus sprint in 4Q.

American Express: No mentions found.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron: WSJ pC4 "Stocks snap their string of declines" by Saumya Vaishampayan says US stocks rallied with help from a bounce in oil prices snapping the S&P's 5 day losing streak.  Exxon added 91 cents while Chevron fell 9 cents.

 WSJ pB1 "Big Oil's dilemma: borrow or save?" by Justin Scheck says Exxon and Chevron must decide whether to cut developments and risk cutting dividends or take on debt hoping that oil prices will recover.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke: IBD pB9 "Coke adds fizz with upgrade" by Ken Hoover says Morgan Stanely moved Coke from equal weight to overweight and retained a price target of 47.

Disney:  USAT p3A "Measles in Cal linked to Disneyland" says from 12/15 to 12/20 there was a measles problem at Disneyland.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon: WSJ pB1 "Big Oil's dilemma: borrow or save?" by Justin Scheck says Exxon and Chevron must decide whether to cut developments and risk cutting dividends or take on debt hoping that oil prices will recover.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks snap their string of declines" by Saumya Vaishampayan says US stocks rallied with help from a bounce in oil prices snapping the S&P's 5 day losing streak.  Exxon added 91 cents while Chevron fell 9 cents.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  USAT p3B "For Intel CEO, geek is a big compliement" by Jon Swartz says Intel CEO Brian M. Krzanich gave the keynote speech at CES.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  NYT pB5 "McDonald's Japan issues an apology after customers found objects in food" by Reuters, FT p17 "McDonald's apologises for string of safety scares" by Kana Inagaki, WSJ pB8 "More food safety woes for McDonald's Japan" by Megumi Fujikawa says 4 more cases of contaminated food in Japan at McDonald's were discovered after McDonald's Chinese supplier sold expired chicken nuggets.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft: IBD pA1 "Yahoo US search share hits 5 year high on Mozilla deal" by Doug Tsuruoka says Google had 75.2% of US searches followed by Microsoft's bing with 12.5%.

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 pB6 "T-Mobile posts strong subscriber growth" by Angela Chen, WSJ pC10 "Overheard", IBD "Verizon splurges on spectrum", FT p16 "T-Mobile US emerges as biggest winner in price war" by David Crow say Sprint logged porting ratios or customers switching of 1.4 versus Verizon, 1.8 versus AT&T & 2.2 versus sprint in 4Q.

Visa: No mentions found.

Walmart: No mentions found.

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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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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