Thursday, July 23, 2015

7/23/15 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 17731.92 down 119.12 or 0.67%

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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 3,256 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  17851.04 down 68.25 or 0.10% from Wednesday's close of 17731.92 down 119.12 or 0.67%. Of the 30   Dow components  4   gained, Travelers was unchanged and  15  declined.  The  biggest gainer dollar-wise was  IBM up $1.38 and percentage-wise was Cisco up 1.74%.  The  biggest decliner dollar-wise   was Caterpillar down $2.88 and percentage-wise was 3M down 3.8%.

As of the open of  the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Thursday's  Wall St. Journal is 0.14967727343149.  Thursday's trailing P/E   ratio is 16.52 down from Wednesday's   trailing P/E ratio of  16.61 (last year it was 16.53).  Thursday's P/E estimate is 16.15  unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 16.15 (year ago it was 15.08) and  Thursday's dividend yield is  2.35 up from Wednesday's dividend yield of  2.34 (last year it was 2.15). The Dow's all-time high was 18312.39 on May 19,  2015. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Thursday's closing Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2654.06 down 17.83 from Wednesday's closing average numerator of 2671.89.   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 (0.14967727343149) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $5.08  change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $88.47 down 59 cents  from Wednesday's closing average of $89.06.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $80.92 (PG/XOM) down 39 cents  from  Wednesday's median closing price of $81.31 (PG/XOM).  The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume was Apple.

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 $1,783  ($267,189 - $265,406).

7/23/15 Thurs. 4:40 pm MarketWatch by  Anora Mahmudova & Sara Sjolin says weak earnings from industrial bellwethers such as Caterpillar, 3M and American Express weighed on Dow Jones Industrial Average, pushing the blue-chip index below a key technical level on Thursday. The selling pressure accelerated in the afternoon session and the main indexes closed with losses for the third straight day, led lower by utilities, materials and industrial stocks. A cautious mood on Wall Street was evident in the rise in havens such as Treasurys and a selloff in commodities like oil and gold.
 Meanwhile, a report on jobless claims ahead of the opening bell offered support to the belief that the U.S. economy is on a solid footing — and left investors considering the timing of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hike. Weekly applications for unemployment benefits plunged to the lowest level since 1973, although economists warned that data in July tend to be volatile. Improving labor-market conditions offers more ammunition for those members of the Federal Reserve who have been pushing for higher rates.“The wider implication is that continued job growth will allow the Fed to start raising interest rates in September. We expect the Fed to implement four quarter-point hikes to get the interest rate to 1%, after which they will probably stop and see how the economy is doing,” said Phil Orlando, chief equity strategist at Federated Investors.The government uses this weekly number when calculating the month’s gains in monthly nonfarm payrolls, he said. That report, due Aug. 7, could show a gain of about 252,000.The S&P 500 SPX, -0.57%  lost 12 points, or 0.6%, to 2,102.15. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.67%  dropped 119.09 points, or 0.7%, to 17,731.92, turning negative for the year. The blue-chip index closed below its 200-day moving average, which technical analysts say is a bearish sign.Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.49%  fell 25.36 points, or 0.5%, to 5,146.41. Michael Antonelli, equity sales trader at R.W Baird & Co. referred to the stock market as being in a “great neutral.”“We are looking at the third failed break-out on the S&P 500 — the index is still stuck in the range, because investors are not overly bullish and not overly bearish. They are overwhelmingly ‘neutral’, Antonelli said, referring to the investor sentiment survey conducted by the American Association of Individual Investors.
 “This is a great sideways market — in which every dip is still being bought. The market has no compelling reasons to march higher and no compelling reasons to pull back,” he added.
 Earnings: General Motors Co. GM, -0.03% shares jumped 3.9% after the car maker posted sharply higher profit that topped expectations. Under Armour Inc. UA, +7.34% shares jumped 7.3% after the retailer raised its full-year revenue outlook. Shares in Caterpillar Inc. CAT, -3.61% and 3M MMM, +0.33%  fell 3.6% and 3.8% respectively, after companies’ earnings disappointed investors.
 American Express Co. AXP, -2.51% dropped 2.5% after the credit-card company late Wednesday said its second-quarter earnings fell 3.7%.Shares of online retailer Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +17.67%  rocked 18% in after-hours trade after the company announced a surprise profit rise when expectations were for a loss.  Anthem Inc. ANTM, +0.07%  shares inched 0.2% lower after The Wall Street Journal reported that the health-care company is nearing a deal to buy Cigna Corp. CI, +0.33%  for more than $48 billion. Cigna shares added 1.5%.  Other markets: European markets were mixed after Greece approved a second set of austerity measures, paving the way for official bailout talks to begin. It was also a mixed session in Asia, where Japanese and Chinese stocks moved higher, but India and Taiwan closed lower.  Gold prices GCQ5, -0.21% broke their 10-day losing streak and settled 0.2% higher at $1,094.10 an ounce. Oil futures CLU5, -0.67%  fell 1.5% to settled at $48.45 a barrel, its lowest level since March 31. The ICE dollar index DXY, -0.28%  fell 0.5% to 97.09.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:


Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AXP▼ NYSE
AAPL▼ NASDAQ-GS
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
TRVNYSE
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  17851.04 down 68.25 or 0.10% from Tuesday's close of 17919.29. For the year the Dow is up 0.16%. Of the 30   Dow components  19   gained and  11 declined.  The  biggest gainer dollar-wise was Goldman Sachs up $1.75 and percentage-wise was JPMorgan up 1.42%.  The  biggest decliner dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was Apple down $5.61 or 4.29%.

WSJ pC4 "Tech sector pullback hurts stocks" by Saumya Vaishampayan says tech shares slumped for a 2nd day as disappointing results from Apple and Microsoft fueled a retreat.  Boeing's sales rose 11% in the June quarter.

IBD pB3 "Indexes snag distribution again, but small caps up" by DaivdSaito-Chung says mixed earnings results produced Wednesday's action of moderate losses in heavier vol while the current outlook is confirmed uptrend.

FT p25 "Wall Street" by Mamta Badkar, Eric Platt says disappointing results from Yahoo & Microsoft and weaker than expected iPhone sales at Apple triggered a sell off in tech stocks that pushed US stocks lower Wed.

Wednesday's closing Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2671.89 down 10.22 from Tuesday's closing average numerator of 2682.11.   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 (0.14967727343149) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $5.08  change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $89.06 down 34 cents  from Tuesday's closing average of $89.40.  The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $81.31 (PG/XOM) down 63 cents  from  Tuesday's median closing price of $81.94 (XOM/CAT).  The lowest volume was 3M  and the highest volume was Apple.

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 lost $1,022  ($268,211 - $267,189).


7/22/15 Wed. 4:38 pm MarketWatch by  Anora Mahmudova says

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

American Express:  IbD pA3 "American Express" WSJ pC3 "AmEx sees growths low in Csotco card spending" by Robin Sidel says American Express' 2Q earnings fell 3.7% as it saw lower spending growth on Costco's co-branded cards in the US ahead of the end of its relationship with Costco next year.  AmEx ahd a profit of $1.47 bil down from $1.53 bil a year earlier.  Rev decreased 4% to $8.28 bil.  AmEx issues cards and operates a processing network and competes with Visa and JPMorgan.

Apple:  WSJ pC10 "Rising to surface at Microsoft" by Dan Gallagher, WSJ pB8 "How strong is Aple's grip over mobile phones?" by Rani Molla  say Microsoft's 4Q results fell falt and its total for Surface tablets was $888 mil.  For the fiscal year ended 6/30 Surface tablets had $3.6 bil in rev which is 15% of Apple's iPad rev for the same period.

WSJ pC4 "Tech sector pullback hurts stocks" by Saumya Vaishampayan says tech shares slumped for a 2nd day as disappointing results from Apple and Microsoft fueled a retreat.  Boeing's sales rose 11% in the June quarter.

IBD pA4 "Apple overall takeway: Q3 disappointed" by Patrick Seitz,FT p25 "Wall Street" by Mamta Badkar, Eric Platt, NYT pB1 "Apple's familiar formula: evolution to revolution" by Farhad Manjoo, WSJ pB3 "Apple cuts spending forecast by $1 billion" by Daisuke Wakabayashi,   say disappointing results from Yahoo & Microsoft and weaker than expected iPhone sales at Apple triggered a sell off in tech stocks that pushed US stocks lower Wed.  Apple sales rose 32.5% to $49.6 bil for qtr ended June.

FT p16 "Apple falls prey to ever rising investor demands" by Tim Bradshaw, UsAT p2B "How low can Apple stocks go?" by Matt Krantz, IBD pB10 "Scrapple from the Apple: global supplier get hit" by Allan R. Elliot   say Apple has outperformed every quarter but it cannot continue to do that.

Boeing: WSJ pB4 "New Boeing CEO vows to press on" by Jon Ostrower, FT p16 "Boeing in struggle to cut 787 Dreamliner costs" by Robert Wright, IBD pA1 "Boeing tops, lowers outlook"  say Boeing has more work to do on bringing down costs for its 78 says high losses per aircraft overshadowed better than expected 2Q earnings.  Boeing';s 2Q earnings fell 33% from a year ago but operating cash flow to $3.3 bil up from $1.81 a year earlier.

WSJ pC4 "Tech sector pullback hurts stocks" by Saumya Vaishampayan says tech shares slumped for a 2nd day as disappointing results from Apple and Microsoft fueled a retreat.  Boeing's sales rose 11% in the June quarter.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  NYT pB2 "Selling small packages at higher prices, Coca Cola raises its profit" by Stephanie Strom, FT p16 "Coca-Cola, WSJ pB4 "Tea, bottled water fuel growth at Coca-Cola" by Mike Esterl  say turnround plans are on track" by Lindsay Whipp, IBD pA3 "Coke tops, Diet Coke sinks", USAT p1B "Coke profits jump 19%"   say 2Q rev for Coke fell 3% to $12.2 bil but net profit rose 19% to $3.1 bil.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  USAT p2B "Goldman's messaging service under scrutiny" by Kevin McCoy, Kaja Whitehouse says a NY regulator is investigating a new messaging service to be used by banks known as WhatsApp.

Home Depot:  IBD pA1 "Home Depot to buy Interline", NYT pB7 "Home Depot" by Chad Bray. EDzk [N3
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Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:   WSJ pC3 "AmEx sees growths low in Csotco card spending" by Robin Sidel says American Express' 2Q earnings fell 3.7% as it saw lower spending growth on Costco's co-branded cards in the US ahead of the end of its relationship with Costco next year.  AmEx ahd a profit of $1.47 bil down from $1.53 bil a year earlier.  Rev decreased 4% to $8.28 bil.  AmEx issues cards and operates a processing network and competes with Visa and JPMorgan.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  IBD pA2 "McMuffin for dinner coming" says McDonald's may offer breakfast items all day in the fall.

USAD p4B "Investing" by Matt Krantz says McDonald's isselling at 21 times trailing earnings but it is a company that's contracting.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft: WSJ pC10 "Rising to surface at Microsoft" by Dan Gallagher says Microsoft's 4Q results fell falt and its total for Surface tablets was $888 mil.  For the fiscal year ended 6/30 Surface tablets had $3.6 bil in rev which is 15% of Apple's iPad rev for the same period.

WSJ pC4 "Tech sector pullback hurts stocks" by Saumya Vaishampayan says tech shares slumped for a 2nd day as disappointing results from Apple and Microsoft fueled a retreat.  Boeing's sales rose 11% in the June quarter.

FT p25 "Wall Street" by Mamta Badkar, Eric Platt says disappointing results from Yahoo & Microsoft and weaker than expected iPhone sales at Apple triggered a sell off in tech stocks that pushed US stocks lower Wed.

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:  WSJ pA1 "Anthem nears $48 billion Cigna deal" by Dana Mattioli, Liz Hoffman, Anna Wilde Mathews  says UnitedHealth, Anthem and Aetna Humana will be the 3 giants in the US helath insurance industry.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Visa:   WSJ pC3 "AmEx sees growths low in Csotco card spending" by Robin Sidel says American Express' 2Q earnings fell 3.7% as it saw lower spending growth on Costco's co-branded cards in the US ahead of the end of its relationship with Costco next year.  AmEx ahd a profit of $1.47 bil down from $1.53 bil a year earlier.  Rev decreased 4% to $8.28 bil.  AmEx issues cards and operates a processing network and competes with Visa and JPMorgan.

Walmart:  WSJ pB1 "Inside Walmart's shark tank" by Sarah Nassauer says entrepreneurs get 30 minutes to pitch their product.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AXP▲ NYSE
AAPL▼ NASDAQ-GS
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:

Apple: Tim Cook (Cupertino, CA)

American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)

Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill) (to be replaced 7/1/15 by Dennis A. Muilenburg)

Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)

Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)

Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA) to be replaced 7/26 by Chuck Robbins

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 Steve Easterbrook (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 6/9/15  ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Apple AAPL $734.07
2. Microsoft MSFT 370.36
3. Exxon Mobil XOM 353.64
4. GE 275.37
5. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 272.34
6. JPMorgan Chase JPM 249.28
7. Wal-Mart WMT 233.75
8. Procter & Gamble PG 214.06   
9. Pfizer PFE 209.42
10.  Verizon VZ 193.08
11.  Chevron CVX 188.84
12. Disney 184.13
13. Coke KO 175.22
14. Visa V 166.27
15. Merck MRK 166.24
16. IBM 163.15
17.  Intel INTC 148.25
18. Cisco CSCO 143.63
19. Home Depot HD 142.28 
20. UnitedHealth UNH 111.36
21.  United Technologies UTX 103.53
22. 3M MMM 99.58 
23. Boeing BA 96.88 
24.  Goldman Sachs GS 94.25
25. McDonald' s MCD 90.8   
26. Nike NKE 87.14
27. American Express AXP 80.42
28. DuPont DD 62.65
29. Caterpillar CAT 52.35
30. Travelers TRV 31.17
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 6/9/15  for the prior 90 day period:

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

American Express AXP:
5/29/15 8K re: death of Pres. Edward P. Gilligan
5/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. thru 4/30/15
5/11/15 8K re: Voting results of annual mtg of shareholders
4/29/15 10Q & 4/16/15 8K re: 1Q results
4/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off states for 3 months thru 3/31/15
3/30/15 14A Proxy material

Apple AAPL:
5/13/15 8K re: issuance of notes
4/28/15 10Q & 4/27/15 8K re: 2Q ended 3/28/15
4/27/15 8K re: share buyback & div. of 52 cents per share payable 5/14 to record shareholders on 5/11
3/13/15 8K re: amdmt. to employee stock purchase plan

Boeing BA:
4/29/15 8K re: amendment of bylaws to decrease Board from 11 to 10 & voting results of 4/27 Annual Shareholders Meeting
4/22/15 10Q & 4/2215 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15
3/13/15 14A Def. Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Mtg on 4/27/15 at 9 am at Field Museum, Chicago

Caterpillar CAT:
6/1/15; 5/28/15; & 5/22/15 Proxy material
5/20/15 8K re: April retail stats
5/1/15 10Q & 4/23/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/22//15 8K re: March retail stats
3/19/15 8K re: sales thru 2/15

Chevron CVX:
6/2/15 8K re: voting results of annual stockholder meeting on 5/27
5/11/15 & 4/9/15 Proxy material
5/7/15 10Q & 5/1/15 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15
3/31/15 8K re: retirement of Vice-Chair & EVP George Kirkland

Cisco CSCO:
6/1/15 8K re: termination of execs Robert w. Lloyd, Pres. Dev. & sales & Gary B. Moore, Pres/COO
5/20/15 10Q & 5/13/15 8K re: 3Q results ended 4/25/15
5/4/15 8K re: election of Charles H. Robbins CEO eff 7/26/15
3/24/15 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for GC
3/19/15 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plan

Coke KO:
4/30/15 10Q & 4/22/15 8K re: !Q ended 4/3/15
4/29/15 8K re: voting results of 4/29/15 Meeting of Shareholders

Disney DIS:
6/2/15 8K re: resignation of CFO James A. Rasulo
5/15/15 10Q & 5/5/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 3/28/15
3/13/15 8K re: voting results of 3/12 Annual Shareholders Mtg

DuPont DD:
6/9/15 8K/A & 6/2/15 8K/A re: voting results of 5/13/15 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
6/1/15 8K re: change of reg. agent in Delaware
5/19/15 8K & 5/13/15 8K & 5/12/15 8K & 4/23/15 8K re: sale of notes by subsidiary, Chemours & spin-off of Chemours to shareholders.
April & March, 2015 numerous Proxy materials re: Trian's proposal to add Directors
4/21/15 10Q & 4/21/15 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15 & dividend of 49 cents payable 6/12 to record holders of 5/15

ExxonMobil XOM:
6/1/15 8K re: results of voting of 5/27/15 Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/14/15; 4/21/15; & 4/14/15 Proxy materials
5/6/15 10Q & 4/30/15 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15
3/23/15 8K re: fin'l & operation reviews
3/10/15 8K re: 3/4/15 analyst meeting

GE:
5/28/15 8K & 5/27/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/15/15 10Q & 4/17/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/27/15 8K re: results of voting of 4/22/15 Annual Mtg of Shareholders
4/10/15 8K re: sale of GECC over 24 months to end status of being a SIFI or systemically important fin'l institution

Goldman Sachs GS:
5/22/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/22/15 8K re: amendmt to stock incentive plan
5/12/15 re: issuance of notes
5/5/15 10Q & 4/16/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/24/15 & 4/23/15 8K's re: issuance of notes
4/10/15 Proxy
3/31/15 & 3/30/15 8Ks re: issuance of notes
3/11/15 8K re: revised '15 Capital Plan
3/9/15 8K re: retirement from Board of Claes Dahlback

Home Depot HD:
6/2/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/27/15 10Q & 5/19/15 8K re: 1Q ended 5/3/15
5/26/15 8K re: voting results from 5/21 Shareholders Mtg
4/16/15 Proxy
3/26/15 10K FY ended 2/1/15

Intel INTC:
6/5/15 & 4/6/15 8Ks re: change of organizational structure & change of reporting fin'l info
6/1/15 8K re: purchase of Altera Corp
5/27/15 8K re: voting results of 5/21 Stockholder Mtg
5/14/15 8K re: FD disclosures re: Annual Mtg
4/2/15 Proxy
3/12/15 8K re: 1Qtr guidance

IBM:
5/1/15 8K re: voting results of 4/28 Stockholder Mtg
4/28/15 10Q & 4/21/15 & 4/20/15 8Ks re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/3/15 Proxy
3/31/15 8K re: integration of Global Process Services
3/19/15 Def. Proxy  14A Stockholders Annual Mtg at 10 am 4/.28/15 at Statehouse Conv. Ctr., Little Rock, Ark & nomination of Alex Gorsky, CEO, Johnson & Johnson & Peter R. Voser to Board

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
6/4/15 8K re: issuance of preferred stock
5/22/15 8K re: results of voting of 5/19 shareholder mtg
5/20/15 & 5/14/15 8Ks re: settlement with U.S. Dept of Justice  & Fed. Res. re: foreign exchange charges and guilty plea to violation of fed antitrust law & payment of $550 mil fine
5/6/15 & 4/3/15 8Ks re: redemption of Bear Stearns notes
5/5/15 10Q & 4/14/15 8Ks re: 1Q ended 3/31
4/28/15 & 4/28 Proxy
4/1/15 8K re: reduction of warrant exercise price for common stock
3/24/15 8K re: issuance of notes
3/20/15 8K & 3/6/15 8K re: redemption of Bear Stearn Notes

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
6/9/15 8K re: election of Dr. Mary Beckerle, CEO of Hunstsman Cancer Inst. to Board
5/21/15 8K re: retirement of Controller Stephen J. Cosgrove and replaced by Ronald a. Kapusta
5/1/15 10Q & 4/14/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/29/15
4/24/15 8K re: increase of dividend to 75 cents payable 6/9 to 5/26 record holders
4/8/15 Proxy
4/3/15 8K re: divestiture by subsidiary Janssen of tapentadol to Depomed for $1.05 bil
3/11/15 Def. 14A Proxy for Annual shareholder Mtg a 10:30 am on 4/23/15 at State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ

McDonald's MCD:
6/8/15 8K re: May sales
5/27/15 8K re: voting results from 5/21/15 Shareholder meeting
5/26/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/11/15 8K re: April sales
5/11/15 Proxy
5/7/15 10Q & 4/22/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
5/4/15 8K re: restructuring and turn around plans
4/10/15 Proxy 3/27/15 8KA re: election of Stephen Easterbrook as Chair of Exec Com & CEO
3/20/15 8K re: stock award to execs
3/9/15 8K re: Feb. global sales

Merck MRK:
5/28/15 & 5/26/15 8Ks re: voting results of 5/26/15 shareholder mtg
5/7/15 10Q & 4/28/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/13/15 Proxy

Microsoft MSFT:
4/23/15 8K & 10Q re: 3Q ended 3/31/15

Nike NKE:
4/7/15 10Q & 3/24/15 8K re: 3Q ended 2/28/15
3/19/15 8K for Qtr ended 2/28/15

Pfizer PFE:
5/14/15 8K re: resignation of director Marc Tessier-Lavigne
5/7/15 10Q & 4/28/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/29
4/28/15 8K re: resulting of voting from 4/23 shareholders meeting
4/8/15 Proxy
3/12/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: 4/23/15 Annual Shareholder Mtg at Short Hills, NJ

Procter & Gamble PG:
5/7/15 8K re: issuance of notes
4/23/15 10Q & 4/23/15 8Ks re: 3Q ended 3/31/15
4/17/15 8K re: declaration of dividend on common & pref. shares

3M MMM:
5/18/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/13/15 8K re: results of voting from 5/12 stockholder meeting
4/30/15 10Q & 4/23/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31
3/27/15 & 3/25/15 Proxy
3/23/15 8K re: purchase of Polypore's separations media business for $1 bil

Travelers TRV:
5/22/15 8K re: voting results of 5/20/15 shareholders meeting
4/21/15 10Q && 4/21/15 8K re: 1Q results ended 3/31/15
4/3/15 Proxy

United Technologies UTX:
5/22/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/4/15 8K re: remarketing of notes
4/27/15 8K re: voting results of 4/27 shareholder meeting
4/2/15 10Q & 3/31, 4/24 & 4/21 8Ks re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/14/15 8K re: issuance of equity unites
4/8/15 8K re: US dept. of Justice charges that Pratt & Whitney overcharged US air Force between '85 & '90 & status of $64 mil judgment
4/2/15 8K re: election of Robert Leduc, Pres. of Sikorsky succeeding Mick Maurer
3/13/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Shareholders on 3/2/15 2pm at PGA Nat'l Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
6/5/15 8K re: amendment to stock incentive plan
5/26/15 FD disclosure re: NYC 5/28 Bernstein's Conference
5/6/15 10Q & 4/16/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
3/30/15; 4/6/15 & 4/22/15 Proxy material
3/30/15 8K re: purchase of Yukon Territory Catamaran Corp.

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
6/8/15 8K re: amendment of bylaws re: annual mtg of stockholders
5/13/15 8K re: retirement of Randal s. Milch, VP
5/12/15 8K re: Verizon to buy AOL for $4.4 bil
4/28/15 10Q  & 4/21/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31/15
4/24/15 & 3/23/15 Proxy
3/12/15 8K & 2/26/15 8K & 2/25/15 8K 2/12/15 8K re: results of exchange offer

Visa V:
4/30/15 10Q & 4/30/15 8K re: 2Q ended 3/31
4/23/15 8K re: 12 cents a share dividend payable 6/2 to record holders of 5/15
4/14/15 8K re: resignation of Antonio Lucio, EVP and Chief Brand Officer

WalMart WMT:
6/8/15 8K re: voting results of 6/5 shareholder meeting
6/5/15 10Q & 5/19 8K re: 1Q ended 4/30/15
4/22/15 Proxy
4/1/15 10K for FY ended 1/31/15

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