Thursday, August 13, 2015

8/13/15 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 17408.25 up 5.74 or 0.03%

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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 3,292 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  17408.25 up 5.74 or 0.03% from Wednesday's close of 17402.51. Of the 30   Dow components  10  gained  and 20 declined.  The  biggest gainer dollar-wise was Boeing up $2.38  and percentage-wise was Cisco up 2.87%.  The  biggest decliner dollar-wise  was Caterpillar down $1.16 and percentage-wise was Intel down 2%.

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 16.66 unchanged  from Wednesday's   trailing P/E ratio of  16.66 (last year it was 15.72).  Today's P/E estimate is 15.66 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 15.66 (year ago it was 14.51) and  today's dividend yield is  2.45 unchanged  from yesterday's dividend yield of  2.45 (last year it was 2.24). 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 2605.62 up 0.86 from Wednesday's closing average numerator of 2604.76.   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 $86.85 up 2 cents  from Wednesday's closing average of $86.83.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $81.81 (CAT/AXP) up $2.35 cents  from  yesterday's median closing price of $79.46 (CAT/AXP).  The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume was Cisco.

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  $86  ($260,562 - $260,476).

8/13/15 Thurs. 5:04 pm MarketWatch by  Wallace Witkowski &  Mark DeCambre says
U.S. stocks closed mostly lower Thursday, following a choppy session marked by narrow gains and losses, as readings on retail sales and jobless claims suggested the U.S. economy is on healthy footing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.03% which had been off about 61 points and up by 79, closed up 5.74 points at 17,408.25. On the other hand, the S&P 500 SPX, -0.13% declined 2.66 points, or 0.1%, to 2,083.39, after sinking nearly by 8 points and rising by nearly 7 points earlier. The consumer-discretionary sector advanced 0.6% while the energy sector slumped 1.4% along with oil prices reaching its lowest level since March 2009.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.21%  shed 10.83 points, or 0.2%, to close at 5,033.56, after being down about 15 points and up 27 points earlier in the session.
Stock investors are contending with the prospect of a U.S. economy that appears healthy enough to warrant what would be the first interest-rate increase by the Federal Reserve in nearly a decade, while also grappling with this week’s move by China to devalue its currency to help boost exports and support its shaky economy.The Commerce Department said Thursday that retail sales rose 0.6% in July, just below the consensus forecast for a 0.7% rise, while sales for May and June were revised higher. Weekly jobless-claims data also offered upbeat signs.“If you look at the market over the past several weeks, you see a consistent trend up punctuated by occasional shocks outside of the country that pull us back down,” said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer at Commonwealth Financial Network, which manages $100 billion in assets. “That’s because the fundamentals [in the U.S.] remain very solid,” McMillan said, adding that Thursday’s retail-sales and jobless-claims reports bolster the case. “We’re close to all-time lows in unemployment figures and we’re seeing retail sales growing,” McMillan said.China is likely devaluing the yuan as it too prepares in advance for a rate increase from the Fed, owing to the strength of the dollar and years of pegging the yuan to it, said Randy Frederick, managing director of Schwab Center for Financial Research, in an interview.
China guided its currency lower for a third day Thursday, and Chinese central bank officials—in a rare news conference—defended their handling of this week’s revaluing of the yuan, also known as the renminbi.“In some ways they’re trying to front-run the Fed tightening process because when the Fed tightens, that’s going to push the dollar up even further,” Frederick said.
With few other pieces of data and no Fed speakers on deck for the rest of the week, investors are struggling to find direction, said Anthony Valeri, investment strategist at LPL Financial, which manages $485 billion in assets.

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
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  17402.51 down 0.33 or 0.00% from Tuesday's close of 17402.84. For the year the Dow is down 2. 2.36%. Of the 30   Dow components  16  gained, Home Depot was unchanged  and 13 declined.  The  biggest gainer dollar-wise was  Apple up $1.75 and percentage-wise was Intel up 1.69%.  The  biggest decliner dollar-wise  was Boeing down $1.62 and percentage-wise was JPMorgan down 1.42%.

USAT p1B "China fumbles; Wall st. stumbles" by Adam shell says China's intervention in the currency market shocked investors but the market bounced back to finish flat Wed.

IBD pB3 "Market scores reversal, but leaders bitten hard" by David Saito-Chung says Wednesday's action saw positive reversal in heavier trade while the current outlook is uptrend under pressure.

FT p19 "Wall street" by Mamta Badkar says gold prices rose for the 5th straight day.

AJC pA11 "Investors watching China" by AP say another drop in China's currency shook markets for a second straight day but the market settled down and ended up unchanged.

Wednesday's closing Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2604.76 down 0.05 from Tuesday's closing average numerator of 2604.81.   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 $86.83 unchanged  from Tuesday's closing average of $86.83.  The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.46 (CAT/AXP) up 27 cents  from  Tuesday's median closing price of $79.19 (CAT/AXP).  The lowest volume was Travelers 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  $5  ($260,481 - $260,476).

8/12/15 Wed. 5:16 pm MarketWatch by  Wallace Witkowski &  Mark DeCambre says U.S. stocks erased steep losses Wednesday to close mostly higher, after the S&P 500 briefly descended into negative territory for the year and a second day of weakness for the Chinese yuan continued to send shock waves through global markets.Traders unloaded telecommunication and financial stocks as worries about China—the world’s second-largest economy—continued after the country intervened on Wednesday to manage the devaluation of the yuan USDCNY, +0.0329%                                                                                                                                            
On Tuesday, the People’s Bank of China set in motion what the central bank described as a pledge to let market forces dictate the currency’s value.
Beijing’s actions have had spillover effects on global markets, raising concerns about the economic health of the country, which is one of the largest importers of goods and buyers of services.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.00% was virtually flat, closing down 0.33 points at 17,402.51, after having been off by as many as 277 points. Technically, the blue-chip index logged its ninth decline of the past 10 trading days. The last time the index suffered a loss in nine of 10 trading sessions was from May 7 to May 18, 2012, according to Dow Jones data.Session moves of 200 points or more on the Dow have been running well above average this year, accounting for nearly one-fifth of trading days so far. At 27 days with point swings of 200 points or more, 2015 so far has been the most volatile year for the Dow since 2011, which saw 37 trading days where the index closed up or down more than 200 points, according to Dow Jones data. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.10%  finished up 1.98 points, or 0.1%, at 2,086.05, after being off by as many as 32 points and venturing into negative territory for the year. The swing higher for the S&P 500, on a percentage basis, was the biggest positive reversal for the index since Oct. 4., 2011, according to Dow Jones data.The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.15% closed up 7.60 points, or 0.2%, at 5,044.39, after being down as many as 91 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq spent much of the day struggling to clear the psychologically significant level of 5,000 reached back in March. In the absence of any big change to China’s stance, investors were likely looking at the S&P 500’s near-term support level of 2,050 to stage a turnaround, said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott, in an interview. The S&P 500 hit an intraday low of 2,052.09 before bouncing back.“There was pretty violent selling on news that was no longer new, so maybe [China’s move] was not as nefarious as it was initially thought,” Luschini said.Uncertainty over the extent of China’s currency actions remains a big concern for investors in an already struggling U.S. stock market.“The full implications will take some time to play out, ultimately, because we don’t know the extent to which China might let its currency depreciate,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief strategist at BTIG, in emailed comments. “More generally, it’s clearly a weak period for U.S. equities and China’s news is just piling on,” he said.

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

American Express:  No mentions found.

Apple:  WSJ pB1 "With iPad sales cooling, Apple leans on partners" by Shira Ovide, Daisuke Wakabayashi, IBD pA2 "Apple's iPone growth doubt" say due to low sales of the ipad Apple is competing for business computing.

Boeing:   No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco: WSJ pB4 "Cisco shows signs new strategy is making gains" by Don Clark, Nathan Becker, IBD pA4 "Cisco caps the Chambers eara with Q4 earnings, sales beats" by Russ Britt say Cisco's 4Q profits were $2.32 bil or 45 cents a share vs $2.25 bil or 43 cents a share a year ago while rev rose to $12.84 bil from $12.36 bil.

Coke: IBD pA3 "Asa Candler, the man behind Coca-Cola's pop" by Kerry Jackson profiles Asa Candler.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pC1 "Goldman to spead its secret sauce" by Justin Baer says Goldman will offer clients access to more of its inhouse tools.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:     USAT p3B "Intel's diversity hiring doubles in six months" by Elizabeth Weise says 43.3% of recent hires in the US were women or minorities.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Nike:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  WSJ pB6 "What's the cost of bringing up baby?" by Cicely K. Dyson, Joe G. Shoulak says Procter & gamble's has 12.5% of the US diaper market share through Luvs while its Pampers is 2nd with 30.5%.  #1 is Huggies with 37% from Kimberly-Clark.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  IBD pA2 "AT&T eps outlook in line"  says due to AT&T's purchase of DirecTV it has leapfrogged Comcast and Verizon and Netflix by becoming the industry's 1st true integrated firm.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

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
HDNYSE
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 Charles H.  "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 (Kenilworth, 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) (//David S. Taylor replaces 11/1)

3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY) (Alan D. Schnitzer replaced 12/1).

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 8/4/15  ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Apple AAPL $653.76
2. Microsoft MSFT 381.6
3. Exxon Mobil XOM 322.66
4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 276.75
5. GE 260.97
6. JPMorgan Chase JPM 254.03
7. Wal-Mart WMT 232.68
8. Pfizer PFE 222.35
9. Disney DIS 206.48
10.  Procter & Gamble PG 205.94   
11.  Verizon VZ 189.76
12. Visa V 183.12
13. Coke KO 182.41
14. Merck MRK 165.84
15. Chevron CVX 160.24
16. IBM 155.55
17.  Home Depot HD 152.67    
18. Cisco CSCO 142.56
19.  Intel INTC 138.19
20. UnitedHealth UNH 115.05
21.Nike NKE 99.02
22. Boeing BA 97.53  
23. McDonald' s MCD 95.03               
24. 3M MMM 93.96 
25. Goldman Sachs GS 92.6
26. United Technologies UTX 88.2
27. American Express AXP 75.87
28. DuPont DD 49.46
29. Caterpillar CAT 46.24
30. Travelers TRV 33.18
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 8/4/15  for the prior 90 day period:

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

American Express AXP:
7/29/15 10Q & 7/22/15 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/15
7/15/15 8K re: delinq & write off stats for 3 mos. ended 6/30/15
6/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write off stats. for 3 mos. ended 5/31/15
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

Apple AAPL:
8/3/15 Form 8-A re: Registration of Notes & 7/31/15 Issuance of the notes
7/27/15 & 7/24/15 Prospectus re: 3.05% Notes due '29 & 3.65 Notes due '42
7/22/15 10Q & 7/21 & 6/10 8Ks re: 3 Qtr. results ended 6/27/15
5/13/15 8K re: issuance of notes

Boeing BA:
7/22/15 10Q & 7/22/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/15
7/17/15 8K re: charge to earnings due to KC-46 Tanker program
6/23/15 8K re: replacement of CEO W. James McNerney, Jr. with Dennis A. Muilenberg eff. 7/1/15 & amendment to bylaws to increase directors from 10 to 11

Caterpillar CAT:
7/31/15 10Q & 7/23/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/15
7/222/15 8K re: OEM sales figures for June
6/18/15 re: OEM sales figures for May
6/12/15 8K re: voting results of annual stockholder meeting of 6/10.
6/10/15 8K re: quarterly cash div. of 77 cents per share payable 8/20 for record holders on 7/20
6/1/15; 5/28/15; & 5/22/15 Proxy material
5/20/15 8K re: April retail stats

Chevron CVX:
7/31/15 8K re: 2Q results
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

Cisco CSCO:
7/29/15 8K/A election of Charles H. Robbins to replace John T. Chambers as CEO eff. 7/26/15
6/18/15 8K & 6/12/15 8K & 6/10/15 8K re: issuance and closing of notes offering
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

Coke KO:
7/29/15 10Q & 7/22/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 7/3/15

Disney DIS:
8/4/15 10Q & 8/4/15 8K re: 3Q results ended 6/27
6/26/15 8K/A resignation of CFO James A. Rasulo eff. 6/30
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

DuPont DD:
7/28/15 10Q & 7/28/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
7/8/15 8K re: completion of spin off of Chemours
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

ExxonMobil XOM:
7/31/15 8K re: 2Q results
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

GE:
7/30/15 10Q & 7/17/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
7/6/15 8K re: sale of assets of GECC over next 24 months to concentrate on industrial businesses
6/10/15 8K re: modified metrics for long term performance goals
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

Goldman Sachs GS:
8/3/15 10Q & 7/16/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
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

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

Intel INTC:
7/29/15 8K re: issuance of notes
7/27/15 10Q & 7/15/15 8K re: 2Q ended 6/27
7/2/15 8K re: retirement of Renee J. James as Pres. effective 1/16
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

IBM:
8/4/15 8K re: issuance of notes
7/28/15 10Q & 7/21 & 7/20 8Ks re: 2Q results ended 6/30
5/1/15 8K re: voting results of 4/28 Stockholder Mtg

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
8/3/15 10Q & 7/14/15 2 8Ks re: 2Q results ended 6/30
7/29/15 8K re: issuance of pref stock
7/21/15 8K re: issuance of notes
6/16/15 8K re: redemption of notes
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
7/31/15 10Q & 7/14/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/28
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

McDonald's MCD:
7/23/15 8K re: 2Q & 6 month results ended 6/30
7/21/15 8K re: exec comp awards
7/17/15 8K re: cash dividend of 85 cents payable 9/16 to record holders on 9/1
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

Merck MRK:
7/28/15 8K e: election to Board of Pamela J. Craig & Paul B. Rothman, MD
7/28/15 2Q results
7/24/15 8K re: retirement of General Counsel Bruce Kuhlik
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

Microsoft MSFT:
7/31/15 10K for FY ended 6/30/15
7/21/15 8K re: 4Q results
7/8/15 8K re: restructuring of phone hardware business and termination of 7,80 employees

Nike NKE:
7/27/15 & 7/20/15 Prelim. Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 9/17/15 at 10 am at Tiger Woods Conf. center, Beaverton, Oregon
7/6/15 8K re: election of Chris Abston as Corp. controller
6/30/15 8K re: election of Travis A. Knight, son of Philip H. Knight, as Director
6/29/15 8K re: 4Q Conference Call
6/25/15 8K re: 4Q ended 5/31
6/18/15 8K re: retirement from Board of Douglas G. Houser & Orin C. Smith

Pfizer PFE:
7/28/15 8K 2Q results
6/25/15 8K re: election to Board of Joseph J. Echevarria
5/14/15 8K re: resignation of director Marc Tessier-Lavigne
5/7/15 10Q & 4/28/15 8K re: 1Q ended 3/29

Procter & Gamble PG:
7/30/15 8K re: 4Q results
7/30/15 8K re: FY '15 results
7/29/15 8K re: replacement of CEO A.G. Lafley by David Taylor effective 11/1/15
7/14/15 8K re: quarterly div of .6629 cents payable 8/17 to record holders on 7/4
7/9/15 8K re: sale of 43 beauty brands to Coty
6/12/15 amendment to Code of Regulations
5/7/15 8K re: issuance of notes

3M MMM:
8/4/15 8K & 6/24/15 8K re: completion of acquisition of Capital Safety from KKR for $2.5 bil
7/30/15 10Q & 7/23/15 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30
5/18/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/13/15 8K re: results of voting from 5/12 stockholder meeting

Travelers TRV:
7/21/15 10Q & 7/21/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
5/22/15 8K re: voting results of 5/20/15 shareholders meeting

United Technologies UTX:
7/27/15 8K re: retirement of Geraud Damis as CEO of UTC Building & Industrial Services eff. 1/16
7/24/15 10Q & 7/21/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
7/20/15 8K & 6/15/15 8K re: sale of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to Lockheed Martin
5/22/15 8K re: issuance of notes
5/4/15 8K re: remarketing of notes

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
7/31/15 8K re: presentation at InvestMNt Conf on 8/5
7/29/15 10Q & 7/16/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
7/23/15 8K re: purchase of Catamaran Corp.
7/23/15 8K re: issuance of notes
7/1/15 8K re: reincorporation from Minn. to Delaware
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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
7/28/15 10Q & 7/21/15 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30
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

Visa V:
7/23/15 10Q & 7/23/15 8K re: 3Q results ended 6/30
7/22/15 8K re: dividend of 12 cents payable 9/1 to record holders on 8/14
6/12/15 8K re: election to Board of Lloyd A. Carney
6/10/15 8K re: presentation at William Blair 35th Annual growth Stock Conference
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

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