Thursday, April 11, 2013

4/11/13 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 14,865.14 up 62.19 or 0.42%

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Post No. 2,137  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 ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization as of April 1, 2013 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of April 1, 2013.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 14,865.14 up 62.19 or  0.42% from Wednesday's close of 14,802.24. Of the Dow components 26 gained and 4 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was  Chevron up $1.31 and percentage-wise was Pfizer up 2.21%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down $1.42 or 6.34%.

As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 16.21 up from yesterday's P/E ratio of 16.08 (year ago it was 14.27); today's P/E estimate is 13.05 unchanged from Wednesday' s P/E estimate of 13.05 (year ago it was 12.55) and today's dividend yield is 2.41 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.43 (last year it was 2.56). The Dow's all-time high was 14,865.14 on April 11, 2013. 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 closing numerator was 1,935.68 up 8.19   from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,927.49. 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 (0.130216081) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of   Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.52 up 27 cents from Wednesday's average of $64.25. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $61.75     (DIS/UNH) up 49 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $61.26. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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 $819   ($193,568 - $192,749).

4/11/13 Thursday 4:06  pm MarketWatch by Lynn Mandaro says U.S. stocks rallied Thursday, again lifting the S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025 SPX +0.36% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449 DJIA +0.42% to new record closes, after a more-than-forecast drop in jobless claims and some better results from retailers. The Dow average gained 62.90 points, or 0.4%, to 14,865.14. The S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025 SPX +0.36% gained 5.64 points, or 0.4%, to 1,593.37. Telecom and healthcare stocks led gains for nine of 10 S&P 500 sectors. Retail stocks were also strong, while tech was the only laggard as PC-related stocks were hit on a report of falling demand. The Nasdaq Composite /quotes/zigman/12633936 COMP +0.09% gained 2.9 points, or 0.1%, to 3,300.16.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol  Last Sale  Change  % Change  Share Volume  Market

AT&T TNYSE

Alcoa AANYSE

American Express AXPNYSE

Bank of America BACNYSE

Boeing BANYSE

Caterpillar CATNYSE

Chevron CVXNYSE

CSCONASDAQ-GS

Coke KONYSE

DISNYSE

DuPont DDNYSE

Exxon XOMNYSE

GENYSE

Hewlett-Packard HPQNYSE

Home Depot HDNYSE

Intel INTCNASDAQ-GS

IBMNYSE

JPMorgan JPMNYSE

Johnson & Johnson JNJNYSE

McDonald's MCDNYSE

Merck MRKNYSE

MSFTNASDAQ-GS

Pfizer PFENYSE

Procter & Gamble PGNYSE

MMMNYSE

Travelers TRVNYSE

UnitedHealth UNHNYSE

United Technologies UTXNYSE

Verizon VZDualListed

Walmart WMTNYSE
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The following are excerpts from Thurs. morning's Blog:

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

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 14,802.24 up 128.78 or 0.88% from Tuesday's close of 14,673.46. For the year the Dow is up 12.96%. Of the Dow components 26 gained and 4 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $2.78 and percentage-wise was Merck up 2.92%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Walmart down 75 cents or 0.96%.

WSJ pC4 "No fear in this market as Dow, S&P vault over previous highs" by Alexandra Scraggs says stocks rallied broadly extenidng their push into record territory Tech stocks notched the biggest gains. Microsoft gained 67 cents and is now up 13% in '13.

FT p22 "S&P hits highy as investment banks propel fin'ls ahead" by Anora Mahmudova says the market surged after the Fed released the minutes from its most recent policy meeting several hours early following an accidental leak. Microsoft were up 2.3%.

NYT pB9 "Indexes gain broadly led by tech" by Reuters says the stock market surged Wed pushing the Dow & S&P to new highs.

IBD pB2 "Stocks bolt to new highs cuation light turns green" by Paul Whitfield says Wed's action was up sharply as trade rises and the current outlook is uptrend resumes.

AJC pA11 "Stocks rise sharply led by tech gains" by Steve Rothwell says policymakers think economy can grow without stimulus. Tech stocks rose 1.8%.


Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,927.49 up 16.77 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,910.72. 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 (0.130216081) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.25 up 56 cents from Tuesday's average of $63.69. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $61.26 (DIS/UNH) up 60 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $60.66. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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 $1,677 ($192,749 - $191,072).

4/10/13 Wednesday 4:02 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Wednesday rose for a third straight day, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 index having their best session in six weeks. Minutes from the Federal Reserve's March meeting had several Fed officials saying the central bank should taper its bond purchases later in the year and halt it altogether by year end if the labor market improves. "We care about liquidity and momentum," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank in Chicago. "There are people tip-toeing out of bonds into stocks in search of yield and incremental growth, and that's why the leading sectors this year are offensive," said Ablin, pointing to health care as an example. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.88% rose 128.78 points to 14,802.24. The S&P 500 index SPX+1.22% climbed 19.12 points to 1,587.73. The Nasdaq Composite COMP+1.83% added 59.40 points to 3,297.25.

Thursday's Dow News & Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T TNYSE : T-Mobile aims to upset the Apple cart" by Miriam Gottfired says T-MObile is challenging Verizon's & AT&T's payment plans.

Alcoa AANYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXPNYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BACNYSE: FT p16 "BofA recruits ex-Goldman partner to lead M&A push" by Anousha Sakoui says Luigi Rizzo will lead BofA's M&A biz in Europe, Mid East & Africa.

Boeing BANYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CATNYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVXNYSE WSJ pC10 "Oxy plus proxy would shake up big oil" by Liam Denning says Oxy is the 4th largest oil firm int he US, Conoco is thrid and the top two are Chevron and Exxon which will face pressure if Oxy restructures as Conoco has.

CSCONASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KONYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DISNYSEWSJ pA12 "Disney studios lays off 150 employees" says out of 7,000, 150 are cut.

DuPont DDNYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOMNYSE: WSJ pC10 "Oxy plus proxy would shake up big oil" by Liam Denning says Oxy is the 4th largest oil firm int he US, Conoco is thrid and the top two are Chevron and Exxon which will face pressure if Oxy restructures as Conoco has.

GENYSE: AJC pA12 "GE joins forces with NYC startup" says GE is licensing housands of patents to Quirky a NYC startup that lets people collaborate on designing household products.

Hewlett-Packard HPQNYSE: FT p14 "HP aims for lift off with the immodest Project Moonshot" by Richard Waters says Hewlett-Packard will sell a new server designed for high vol internet data entires.

WSJ pB1 "Computer sales in free fall" by Ian Sherr, Shira Ovide, WSJ pC4 "No fear in this market as Dow, S&P vault over previous highs" by Alexandra Scraggs says stocks rallied broadly extenidng their push into record territory Tech stocks notched the biggest gains. Microsoft gained 67 cents and is now up 13% in '13. Hewlett-Packard, Dell and other PC makers say world wide shipments of laptops & desktops fell 14% in the first quarter from a year earlier.

Home Depot HDNYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTCNASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBMNYSE: IBD pA2 "Analyst: IBM floating on clud" says IBM was upgraded from neutral to buy by UBS..

JPMorgan JPMNYSE: WSJ pC1 "JPMorgan takes Goldman's spot in corp governance hot seat" by Dan Fitzpatrick, Liz Moyer says 5 pages of CEO jamie Dimon's 30 page annual letter to shareholders outlined lessons learned from the London whale trading losses.

Johnson & Johnson JNJNYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCDNYSE: WSJ pB1 "McDonald's says service is broken tackles repair" by Julie Jargon says recent poor earnings is trying to get McDonald's to provide service with a smile.

MRKNYSE: No mentions found.


Microsoft MSFTNASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB1 "Computer sales in free fall" by Ian Sherr, Shira Ovide, WSJ pC4 "No fear in this market as Dow, S&P vault over previous highs" by Alexandra Scraggs says stocks rallied broadly extenidng their push into record territory Tech stocks notched the biggest gains. Microsoft gained 67 cents and is now up 13% in '13. Hewlett-Packard, Dell and other PC makers say world wide shipments of laptops & desktops fell 14% in the first quarter from a year earlier.

NYT pB5 "PC sales still in a slump despite new offerings" by Nick Wingfield, AJC pA11 "PC sales sinking at record pace" by Peter Svensson say Windows 8 is driving buyers to smartphones.

FT p22 "S&P hits highy as investment banks propel fin'ls ahead" by Anora Mahmudova says the market surged after the Fed released the minutes from its most recent policy meeting several hours early following an accidental leak. Microsoft were up 2.3%.

Pfizer PFENYSE: USAT "Story Stocfks" by4B says Pfizer's palbociclib compound won a designation from the FDA that could fast track it as a treatment for breat cancer.

Procter & Gamble PGNYSE: No mentions found.

MMMNYSE: No mentions found.

UnitedHeallth (See below): Daily Report p7 "UnitedHealth rodered to pay $524 M" by Valerie Miller, Jef Feeley, Bloomberg says a jury in Nevada found bad faith in UnitedHealth's failure to oversee a doctor whose colonoscopy practices spread hepatitis C. $500 mil in punitive damages were assessed.

Verizon (see below): T-Mobile aims to upset the Apple cart" by Miriam Gottfired says T-MObile is challenging Verizon's & AT&T's payment plans.

Travelers TRVNYSE
United Health UNHNYSE
United Technologies UTXNYSE :
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Verizon VZ
DualListed

Walmart WMT
NYSE
: WSJ pB3 "India to seek more answers from Walmart" by Rajesh Roy says Walmart is being ivnestigated for violating local lobbying laws in India.

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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)

Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)

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

Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)

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)

Hewlett-Packard HPQ Meg Whitman (Palo Alto, CA)

Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA) (has announced retirement in May '13)

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 Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)

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

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 4/1/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $403.73
2. WalMart WMT 246.37
3. GE 240.41
4. Microsoft MSFT 239.6
5. IBM 237.72
6. Chevron CVX 230.73
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 227.9
8. Procter & Gamble PG 210.5
9. Pfizer PFE 207.48
10. AT&T T 201.49
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 180.51
12. Coke KO 180.23
13. Verizon VZ 140.48
14. Merck MRK 133.59
15. Bank of America BAC 131.79
16. Cisco CSCO 111.41
17. Intel INTC 108
18. Home Depot HD 103.20
19. Disney DIS 102.55
20. McDonald's MCD 99.97
21. United Technologies UTX 85.64
22. American Express AXP 74.52
23. 3M MMM 73.35
24. Boeing BA 64.92
25. UnitedHealth UNH 58.64
26. Caterpillar CAT 56.97
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 46.35
28. DuPont DD 45.93
29. Travelers TRV 31.82
30. Alcoa AA 9.11

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 4/1/13:

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

AT&T T: 3/13/13& 3/5 8Ks re: closing of sale of global notes
3/1/13 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders 4/26/13 Cheyenne, WY
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/12/13 8K re: closing of sale of various Notes
2/4/12 8K re: the increased of the Board of Dirs from 12 to 13 & election of Micahel B. McCalister to Bd.
1/25/13 8K re: agreement to buy spectrum from Verizon for $1.9 bil
1/24/13 2 8Ks & 1/17/13 8K re: 4Q results

Alcoa AA: 3/1/12 Proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/13 at Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh
2/19/13 & 2/15/13 10K & 10K/A for year ended 12/31/12
1/14/13 8K & 1/9/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/9/13 8K re: William F. Oplinger becoming CFO effective 4/1/13

American Express AXP: 3/25/13 8K re: stock buyback of up to 150 mil shares and qtr div of 20 cents payable 5/10 to record holders as of 4/5
3/18/13 Proxy re: annual mtg of sharehodlers 4/29/13 at NYC HQ
3/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats Dec. thru Feb. '13
3/14/13 8K re: buback of up to $4bil of shares & qtr div. of 23 cents
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/22/13 8K re: election of Anne Lauvergeon & Samuel J. Palmisano (former IBM CEO) as Dirs.
2/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for the 3 months ending 1/31/13
2/6/13 8K re: semin-annual presentation to Fin'l Community
1/17/13 8K & 1/10/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/15/13 8K re: delingq. 7 write-of stats 3 mos. ended 12/31/12


Bank of Am BAC: 3/28/13 Proxy re: Anual mtg of stockhodlers 5/8/13 Charlotte Marriott, N.C.
3/15/13 8K re: Mukesh D. Ambani retirement from Bd. of Dirs.
3/14/13 8K re: Red ok'd capital plan
3/5/13 8K re: error in 10K consents
2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/31/13 8K re: Robert W. Scully retiring from Bd. of Dirs.
1/23/13 8K re: stocks options to certain directors
1/17/13 & 1/7/13 8K re: 4Q results

Boeing BA: 3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/29/13 annual mtg of shareholders at Field Museum, Chicago
2/11/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/30/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/23/13 8K re: suspension of SEC reporting for Boeing Capital Corp. sub.
1/17/13 8K re: FAA grounding of 787s
1/11/13 8K re: review of safety of 787

Caterpillar CAT: 3/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 12/12
2/20/13 8K re: Jan. dealer stats.
2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/28/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/25/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
1/18/13 8K re: goodwill impairment of Chinese acquisition


Chevron CVX: 3/1/13 8K re: resignation of Chuck Hagel as Dir. to become Sec'y of Defense
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/4/13 8K re: compensation to officers
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q and 2012 full year results (& 1/10/13 8K)


Cisco CSCO: 3/26/13 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plan
2/19/13 10Q & 2/13/13 8K re: 2 Qtr ended 1/26/13 results
2/1/13 8K re: election of Gregory Q. Brown, CEO of Motorola to Bd. of Dirs.
1/8/13 8K re: contract with Wim Elfrink, EVP

Coke KO: 3/21/13 8K re: transfer of Indian & SW Asian business units to Pacific segments
3/11/13 Proxy re: 4/24/13 annual shareholder meeting at Cobb Galleries, Atlanta
3/5/13 8K re: closing of sale of $500 mil floating rate notes due '15
2/27/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/21/13 8K re: retirment of Donald R. Keough & James B. Williams as Directors
2/20/13 8K re: stock option plan for execs
2/12/13 8K results for year & 4Q ended 12/31/12

Disney DIS: 3/20/13 8K re: $1.5 bil 364 day credit agreement
3/8/13 8K re: change to exec bonus plan
2/26/13 Proxy re: supplemntal info re: what a great job CEO Robert Iger is doing
2/14/13 8K re: issuance of Global Notes
2/5/13 10Q & 2/5/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 12/29/12 results
1/18/13 Proxy re: annual shareholders meeting 3/6/13 in Phoeniz, Arizona
1/11/13 8K re: stock plan for directors

DuPont DD: 3/26/13 8K re: settlement with Monsanto of patent litigation
3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/24 Stockholders Meeting at DuPont Theatre, Wilmington, DE
2/7/13 8K re: closing of sale of Performance Coating biz to Carlyle Group of $4.9 bil cash
1/28/13 8K re: comp. for CEO Ellen J. Kullman
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results

ExxonMobil XOM: 3/26/13 8K re: financial presentation
3/12/13 8K re: analyst meeting
2/27/13 Iran Notice
2/27/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/19/13 8K re: replacement reserves for 2012
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q results for year ended 12/31/12
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q estimated results

GE: 3/20/13 8K re: bonsues to execs
3/19/13 8K re: closing of sale of GE's 49% interest in Comcast
3/18/13 8K re: selection of Jan R. Hauser as VP, Controller]
3/11/13 Proxy re: 4/24/13 Annual Shareholder mtg at Morial Conv. Ctr, New Orlean
2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/15/13 8K re: increase of number of Directors from 18 to 19 & election of Francisco D. Souza , CEO of Cognizant Technologies, as Director
2/12/13 8K re: sale of GE's 49% interest in NBC Universal to Comcast for $12 bil cash & 4 bil stock
1/18/13 8K re: 4Q results

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/21/13 8K re: voting results of stockhodlers meeting on 3/20
3/12 Proxy materials
3/11/13 10Q for qtr ended 1/31/13
2/21/13 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 1/31/13 results
1/31/13 Proxy re: annual stockholders meeting 3/20/13, Mt. View, CA

Home Depot HD: 3/28/13 10K for year ended 2/3/13
3/6/13 8K re: amendment to stock option plan
2/26/13 8K re: results of year & qtr ended 2/3/13

Intel INTC: 2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/29/12
1/18/13 & 1/17/13 8Ks re: 4Q and 2012 results
12/14/12 8K re: issuance of $175 mil of 4.2% due 2042
12/11/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
12/6/12 & 12/4/12 8Ks re: issuance of $6 bil of Notes
12/4/12 8K re: adoption of FASB standard


IBM: 3/11/13 Proxy re 4.30/13 annual meeting of stockholders at Von Braun Ctr., Huntsville, Al
2/28/13 2 8Ks re: investor briefing
2/26/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 8K re: underwriting of Notes
2/1/13 8K re: exec comp for officers
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q earnings call transcript
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/4/13 8K re: retirement of Michael E. Daniels, SVP


JPMorganChase JPM: 3/22/13 Proxy re: 5/21/13 annual shareholders mtg at Highland Oaks Campus, Tampa
3/15/13 8K re: stock buyback of up to $6 bil and payment of 30 cent dividend on 3/19
2/28/13 8K re: Investor Day presentation
2/28/13 Iran Notice
2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/5/13 8K re: issuance of Preferred Shares
1/25/13 8K re: closing of sale of notes
1/16/13 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/16/13 8K re: internal report re: trading loss
1/9/13 8K re: leaving of James E. Staley, Chrm. of Corporate & Inv. Banking Unit


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 3/13/13 Proxy re: 4/25/13 Shareholder mtg at Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ
2/25/13 8K re: charge to net income due to Venezuelan currency devaluation
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/22/13 2 8Ks re: 4Q & 2012 results and earnings call

McDonald's MCD: 3/13/13 8K re: decrease of global sales by 1.5% in Feb.
2/25/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/20/13 8K re: comp for officers
2/8/13 8K re: sales decrease of 1.9% in Jan
1/31/13 8K re: quarterly cash dividend
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results


Merck MRK: 3/7/13 8K re: Peter S. Kim retirement as Pres. Merck Research Labs
2/25/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/20/13 8K re: paying $215 mil to settle class action lawsuits related to ENHANCE Study
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results

Microsoft MSFT: 1/24/13 10Q & 8K re: quarter ended 12/31/12
11/29/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders mtg.
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Steven Sinofsky as Pres. of Windows Div.
11/7/12 8K re: issuance of $2.25 bil of notes
11/2/12 8K & 10/18 10Q & 10/18 8K re: 1Q results


Pfizer PFE: 3/14/13 Proxy re: 4/25/13 Annual mtg of shareholders, Hilton Short Hills, NJ
2/28 & 3/1/13 10K & 10K/A for year ended 12/31/12
2/28/13 Iran Notice
1/29/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results



Procter & Gamble PG: 2/21/13 8K re: presentation at Consumer Analyst Group of NY
2/14/13 8K re: eps outlook due to Venezuelan currency devaluation
1/25/13 10Q & 2 8Ks re: quarter ended 12/31/12
1/8/13 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.562 cents a share
1/8/13 8K re: election of Terry Lundgren, CEO of Macy's to BoD replacing Jon Rodgers

3M MMM: 3/27/13 Proxy re: 5/14/13 Shareholder Mtg. at Rivercentre, St. Paul, Min
3/1/13 8K re: realignment of 3M's business groups and effect on results
2/14/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/6/13 8K re: election of Muhtar Kent, Coke CEO, as Director
1/24/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results

Travelers TRV: 3/21/13 8K re: Lawrence G. Graev retirement from Bd. of Dirs.
3/21/13 Proxy re 5/22/13 Shareholder Mtg, Marriott, Hartford, Ct.
3/1/13 10K/A & 2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/23/13 &1/22/13 8Ks re: 4Q results

UnitedHealth Group UNH: 3/11/13 8K re: Barclays Global Healthcare conference presentation
2/28/13 8K re: sale of Notes
2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/17/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
12/6/12 & 11/19/12 8Ks re: purchase of over 60% of shares of Amil

United Technologies UTX: 3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/29/13 annual meeting of shareholders, Oglethorpe Aud, Savannah, Ga.
2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 Iran Notice
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 3/18/13 Proxy re: 5/2/13 Annual Mtg of shareholders, Doubletree, Tulsa, OK
2/26/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 8K re: election of Gregory D. Wasson, Pres & CEO of Walgreen, as Director
1/25/13 8K re: sale of spectrum to AT&T
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results (& 1/18/13 & 1/7/13 4Q updates)


WalMart WMT: 3/26/13 10K for year ended 1/31/13
2/21/13 8K re: 4Q results & dividend for FY 2014
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