Wednesday, February 25, 2015

2/25/15 Wed. pm Dow Closes at 18224.57 up 15.38 or 0.08% A NEW HIGH


 
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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 3,069 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 18224.57 up 15.38 or 0.08% (a record high) from Tuesday's close of 18209.19.  Of the Dow components  14  gained, DuPont was unchanged  and  15  declined. The  biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was McDonald's up $3.68 or 3.87%. The  biggest decliner dollar-wise   was IBM down $2.02 and percentage-wise was Intel down 1.35%.

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 17.10 up  from yesterday's   trailing P/E ratio of 17.06 (last year it was 15.91).  Today's P/E estimate is 16.68 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 16.68 (year ago it was 14.50) and  today's dividend yield is 2.43 down from  yesterday's dividend yield of 2.47  (last year it was 2.18). The Dow's all-time high was 18224.57 on February 25,  2015. 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 2837.86 up 2.40  from  Tuesday's   numerator of 2835.46.  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 $94.60 up 8  cents  from Tuesday's  average closing price of $94.52.  The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $87.53  (PG/XOM) up 7 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $87.46 (PG/XOM).  The lowest volume was Visa  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 $240  ($283,786 - $283,546).

2/25/15 Wed. 4:08 pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova  says  U.S. stocks ended Wednesday's choppy session virtually unchanged. But the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.08% eked out a small gain to close at a fresh record. The blue-chip index added 15.38 points, or 0.1%, to 18,224.57, scoring a record for the third time this year. A 2.6% drop in Apple Inc's shares likely contributed to the marginal decline in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's second-day testimony before Congress moved markets up slightly in early trade, but gains faded out by the closing bell. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.08% closed 1.6 points, or 0.1%, lower at 2,113.86. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.02% ended less than a point off at 4,967.14, breaking its ten-day winning streak.

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
DDNYSE
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 Wednesday 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 Tuesday's  closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 18209.19 UP 92.35 OR 0.51% from Monday's close of 18116.84.For the year the Dow is up 2.17%.  Of the Dow components  22  gained, Cisco was unchanged   and   7 declined. The  biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Home Depot up $4.47 or 3.98%. The  biggest decliner dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth down 97 cents or 0.83%.

WSJ pC4 "Three stock indexes reach all time highs" by Dan Strumpf, Saumya Vaishampayan says US stocks rose to records after fed Res chair Janet Yellen signaled the Fed is moving at a glacial pace toward raising interest rates even as the economy continues to strengthen. Home Depot gained $4.47 and accounted for 29 points of the Dows gain as it reported better than expected results, boosted its quarterly dividend and authorized an $18 bil share repurchase program.

NYT pB4 "Optimism over interest rates and Greek bailout pushes indexes to new peaks" by AP says the Dow and the S&P hit new highs & Nasdaq finished higher for the 10th day in a row.  Home Depot rose after its 4Q results exceeded Wall St. expectations.

FT p21 "Strong sales put Home Depot on firmer footing" by Mamta Badkar says Home depot was one of the top performing stocks on the S&P after it reported better than expected 4Q profits & same store sales. 

IBD pB5 "Stocks rise on Fed talk; Nasdaq win streak at 10" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says Tuesday's action saw indexes climb and the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.  Home Depot jumped 4% to a new high and JPMorgan climbed 2.5% after its said it would close 5% of its branches.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2835.46 up 14.38  from  Monday's   numerator of 2821.08.  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 $94.52 up 48  cents  from Monday's  average closing price of $94.04.  The median closing price of  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $87.46  (PG/XOM) up 26 cents from Monday's median closing price of $87.20 (PG/XOM).  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 made $1,438  ($283,546 - $282,108).

2/24/15 Tues. 4:40 pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova  & Victor Reklaitis says U.S. stocks moved higher Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow industrials closing at records, as the market read Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s testimony before Congress as a reassurance that a rate hike might not occur until the second half of the year. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.28%  finished up by 5.82 points, or 0.3%, at 2,115.48, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.51% gained 92.35 points, or 0.5%, to end at 18,209.19. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.14%  added 7.15 points, or 0.1%, to end at 4,968.12, leaving it just 1.6% off its March 2000 peak. The tech-heavy index advanced for the 10th session in a row, scoring its longest winning streak since mid-2009, when it rose for 12 straight days.Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial, said the market reaction to Yellen’s testimony indicated that her comments were perceived as dovish.“The 10-year yields fell, the dollar gave up gains and stocks rose, even though those moves were not huge. At this point, just as the Fed is data-dependent, markets are data-dependent, too,” Krosby said.
“Today’s Janet Yellen is the same Yellen who in 1994 warned Alan Greenspan to be careful about raising rates too soon and too fast. The Fed needs to see more evidence that the economy is truly on a viable trajectory before beginning to normalize interest rates,” she said. “They would not want to be in a position where they would have to cut rates shortly after the first hike,” she added. Kevin Mahn, chief investment officer at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, argued that investors are no longer looking for the Fed’s direction.“Janet Yellen and the Fed have not changed their view on policy. Last year Yellen said that rate hikes would probably start about six months after the end of the tapering process. Six months from the end of taper in October puts the rate hike schedule for spring and that’s the message from her today,” Mahn said.“We believe a 25 basis point increase sometime between April and June is very likely and the markets will take it in stride,” Mahn said.Individual movers & shakers: Shares in First Solar Inc. FSLR, -0.42%  finished 10.2% higher for the biggest daily gain among S&P 500 components. First Solar and SunPower Corp. SPWR, +17.99% said late Monday that they plan an initial public offering for a pooled-asset spinoff.Home Depot Inc. HD, +3.98%  shares climbed 4% for the best performance among Dow stocks after the retailer’s quarterly results topped expectations.Other markets: European stocks SXXP, +0.56%  gained, with the Athens Composite Index GD, +9.81%  surging, after initial comments on Greece’s reform proposal from European officials pointed to the approval of a four-month bailout extension. In Asia, the Nikkei 225 NIK, +0.74%  nabbed a fresh 15-year high. The dollar DXY, -0.09%   was lower after giving up gains.Crude-oil prices CLJ5, -0.59%  ended slightly lower, while gold GCJ5, +0.00% also remained under pressure.

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

AT&T:  WSJ pB3 "Jostling begins as FCC's net neutrality vote nears" by Brody Mullins, Gautham Nagesh says AT&T is trying to influence the new rules as is Cisco and Intel both which oppose the rules which would regulate Internet providers as public utilities.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  WSJ pB3 "Caterpillar's tax liability from unit could grow" by James R. Hagerty says cateprillar's potential liabilities for additional US taxes & penalties could be much larger than the $1 bil recently disclosed by Cat.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:   WSJ pB3 "Jostling begins as FCC's net neutrality vote nears" by Brody Mullins, Gautham Nagesh says AT&T is trying to influence the new rules as is Cisco and Intel both which oppose the rules which would regulate Internet providers as public utilities.

Coke: WSJ pB8 "A legend who steered Coke" by Mike Esterl, NYT pB11 "Donald R. Keough, 88 (Anupreeta Das contributed) ; rode out new Coke storm" by Stephanie Strom are an obituaries re: the former COO of Coke.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  No mentions found.

Home Depot: IBD pA1 "Home Depot stock rises to new high on fastest earnings growth in 3 years" by James Detar, NYT pB8 "West Coast Port gridlock hits inventory at Macy's and Home depot" by Hiroko Tabuchi, WSJ pC4 "Three stock indexes reach all time highs" by Dan Strumpf, Saumya Vaishampayan, WSJ pB6 "Small contractors boost bottom line" by Suzanne Kapner, USAT p4B "Home Depot"   say US stocks rose to records after fed Res chair Janet Yellen signaled the Fed is moving at a glacial pace toward raising interest rates even as the economy continues to strengthen. Home Depot gained $4.47 and accounted for 29 points of the Dows gain as it reported better than expected results, boosted its quarterly dividend and authorized an $18 bil share repurchase program.
Home Depot's 4Q net income surged 36% from a year ago to $1.38 bil aided by a recovering housing market. 

NYT pB4 "Optimism over interest rates and Greek bailout pushes indexes to new peaks" by AP says the Dow and the S&P hit new highs & Nasdaq finished higher for the 10th day in a row.  Home Depot rose after its 4Q results exceeded Wall St. expectations.

FT p21 "Strong sales put Home Depot on firmer footing" by Mamta Badkar says Home depot was one of the top performing stocks on the S&P after it reported better than expected 4Q profits & same store sales. 

IBD pB5 "Stocks rise on Fed talk; Nasdaq win streak at 10" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says Tuesday's action saw indexes climb and the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.  Home Depot jumped 4% to a new high and JPMorgan climbed 2.5% after its said it would close 5% of its branches.

Intel:   WSJ pB3 "Jostling begins as FCC's net neutrality vote nears" by Brody Mullins, Gautham Nagesh says AT&T is trying to influence the new rules as is Cisco and Intel both which oppose the rules which would regulate Internet providers as public utilities.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC1 "JPMorgan will get leaner" by Emily Glazer, NYT pB3 "JPMorgan Chse insists: It's worth more as one than in pieces" by Nathaniel Popper, USAT p2B "JPMorgan: scale wins" by Kaja Whitehouse, say JPMorgan will close 300 branches or 5% of the total by the end of 2016 and will cut expenses to $57 bil in '15 from $58.4 bil in '14.

WSJ pC12 "J.P. Morgan shows it pays for big banks to turn money away" by John Carney, Dvid Reilly , FT p11 "JPMorgan urges clients to withdraw excess cash" by Ben McClannahan, IBD pA1 "JPMorgan will boost capital"  say JPMorgan will push certain customers to withdraw bad deposits are aren't connected to a company's daily cash management or other banking activities.  This is due to new liquidity rules.

IBD pB5 "Stocks rise on Fed talk; Nasdaq win streak at 10" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says Tuesday's action saw indexes climb and the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.  Home Depot jumped 4% to a new high and JPMorgan climbed 2.5% after its said it would close 5% of its branches.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

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.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  FT p3 "Just in time rotas bedevil low paid US workers" by Sam Fleming, Neil Munshi,  UsAT p6A "Increasing hourly wages will pay off for Walmart"  discuss US's lowest paid jobs and Walmart's increase of wages.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
T▲ NYSE
AXP▲ NYSE
BA▼ NYSE
CAT▲ NYSE
CVX▲ NYSE
CSCONASDAQ-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 (to be replaced by Steve Easterbrook on 3/1) (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)

UnitedHealth UNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Greg Hayes (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Visa V Charles W. Scharf (San Francisco, CA)

Wal-Mart WMT Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)
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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 1/2/15  ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $370.18
2. Microsoft MSFT 331.43
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 280.3
4. Wal-Mart WMT 273.91
5. GE 240.09
6. Procter & Gamble PG 227.63   
7.  JPMorgan Chase JPM 202.89
8. Pfizer PFE 196.90
9.  Chevron CVX 193.83
10. Verizon VZ 189.93
11. Coke KO 180.33
12.  Merck MRK 171.85
13.AT&T T 170.76
14. Visa V 160.15
15. Intel INTC 157.57  
16. Disney DIS 154.24
17. IBM 151.93
18. Home Depot HD 137.61 
19. Cisco CSCO 134.82
20. UnitedHealth UNH 103.38
21.  3M MMM 103.08 
22. United Technologies UTX 102.73  
23. Boeing BA 102.79 
24. McDonald's MCD 89.96   
25. American Express AXP 82.95
26. Nike NKE 79.70
27. Goldman Sachs GS 77.84
28. DuPont DD 64.44
29. Caterpillar CAT 48.45
30. Travelers TRV 33.13
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/2/15  for the prior 90 day period:

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

AT&T T:
1/30/15 8K re: results of FCC wireless licenses auction
1/28/15 8K, 1/27/15 8K & 1/16/15 8K re: fin'l results of 4Qtr ended 12/31/14
1/22/15 8K re: credit agreement
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

American Express AXP:
1/21/15 8K re: 4Q fin'l results
1/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off delinq. stats. for 3 mos ended 12/31/14.
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

Boeing BA:
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
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

Caterpillar CAT:
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/26/15 8K re: 3 mos ended 12/31/14 retail sales stats
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

Chevron CVX:
1/30/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
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

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

Disney DIS:
1/16/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: Annual Mtg. of Shareholders at 10 am 3/12/15 at Palace of Fine Arts, SF
12/23/14 8K re: adoption of Def. Comp. Plan
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

DuPont DD:
1/27/15, 1/15/15, 1/14/15, 1/13/15, 1/9/15 (five) 14A Proxy: re: Nelson Peltz's Train's proposal to break-up DuPont
1/12/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
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

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:
1/23/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
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:
1/23/15 8K re: issuance of notes
1/16/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
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

Home Depot HD:
1/16/15 8K re: replacement of Chairman of Board Francis S. Blake with Craig A. Menear
11/25/14 10Q & 11/18/14 8K re: Qtr. ended 11/2/14
11/6/14 8K re: breach of payment data system

Intel INTC:
1/15/15 8K re: fin'l results of 4Qtr ended 12/27
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

IBM:
1/30/15 8K re: compensation amounts for execs for 2014
1/21/15 & 1/20/15 8Ks re: 4Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
1/7/15 8K re: exec promotions and amendment to bylaws to increase Board to 14 & election of Peter R. Voser to Bd
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

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
1/23/15 8K re: closing of note offering
1/14/15 8Ks (two) re: 4Qtr fin'l results
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
1/20/15 8K re: 4Qtr ended 12/28/14 fin'l results
11/21/14 8K re: issuance of notes
11/10/14 8K re: closing of purchase of Alios BioPharma, Inc. for $1.75 bil

McDonald's MCD:
1/23/15 8K re: 4Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
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

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

Microsoft MSFT:
1/26/15 10Q & 1/26/15 8K re: fin'l results for qtr ended 12/31/14
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

Nike NKE:
1/7/15 10Q & 12/2214 8K re: results of qtr ended 11/30
12/18/14 8K & 10/7/14 10Q re: results of Qtr. ended 11/30/14

Pfizer PFE:
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
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:
1/27/15 10Q & 1/27/15 8K re: 2Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
1/13/15 8K re: quarterly div. of 0.6436 cents payable 2/17 to record holders as of close of business 1/23/15
12/22/14 8K re: changes to presentation of fin'l info due to sale of Duracell business
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

3M MMM:
1/31/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/16/14 8K re: dividend for 1Q '15 & '15 outlook
11/10/14 8K re: sale of Floating rate Notes

Travelers TRV:
1/22/15 8K re: qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results

United Technologies UTX:
1/26/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/23/15 8K re: separation agreement for ex-CEO Louis Chenevert
1/15/15 8K re: departure of exec Alain M. Bellemare
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

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
1/21/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
1/30/15 8K re: results of bidding for AWS-3 spectrum licenses in FCC auction
1/22/15 & 1/16/15 8Ks re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/14/15 8K re: retirement from Board of Robert W. Lane
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

Visa V:
1/29/15 10Q & 1/29/15 8K re: 1Qtr ended 2/31/14 fin'l results
1/29/15 8K, 1/21/15 Proxy & 1/14/15 Proxy  re: amendment of Cert of Incorp. for stock split
1/28/15 8K re: dividend of 48 cents payable 3/3 for record holders on 2/13
12/19/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plans
12/12/14 & 1/21/15  & 12/23/14 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

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

THAT'S ALL MY FRIENDS


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