Wednesday, April 3, 2013

4/3/13 Wed. pm Dow Closes at 14,550.35 down 111.66 or 0.76%

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Post No. 2,125  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 Wednesday at 14,550.35 down 111.66 or 0.76%. Of the Dow components 3 gained  and 27 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Merck up 45 cents or 1 %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $1.70  and percentage-wise was JPMorgan down 2.96%.

As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 16.07 up from yesterday's P/E ratio of 15.96 (year ago it was 14.77); today's P/E estimate is 12.95 unchanged from Tuesday' s P/E estimate of 12.95 (year ago it was 12.63) and today's closing dividend yield is 2.43 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.44 (last year it was 2.48). The Dow's all-time high was 14,622.01 on April 2, 2013. 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 closing numerator was 1,894.69 14.54 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,909.23. 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 $63.16 down 58 cents from Tuesday's average of $63.64. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $5948 (DIS/UNH) down 12 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $59.60. 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 lost $1,454 ($190,923 -  $189,46).

4/3/13 Wednesday 4:27 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell sharply Wednesday, with the benchmark indexes taking their worst hit in more than five weeks, after labor-market data disappointed ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report.“If you stack up economic data over the last few days, a handful have disappointed, including today,” said Art Hogan, a market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets.
Friday’s “big employment report will determine the next direction for the market, at least for the short term,” said Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives.After a 136.65-point drop, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.76% finished at 14,550.35, down 111.66, or 0.8%.ADP reports private companies added 158,000 payrolls in March, a much slower pace than was expected.The S&P 500 index SPX -1.05% shed 16.56 points, or 1.1%, to 1,553.69, with financial companies hardest hit and technology losing the least among its major sectors.While the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials on Tuesday closed at all-time highs, market breadth on the NYSE was a slight negative and trading volume slight, leaving the market “gasping for air at its current high-altitude level with buyers reluctant to step in and drive prices meaningfully higher on heavy trading volume,” Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at Davidson Companies, said in emailed research. On Wednesday, Monsanto Co.’s MON +0.85%  shares climbed 0.9% after the agricultural company hiked its 2013 earnings outlook.Zynga Inc. ZNGA +14.98% jumped 15% after saying it would launch online gambling in the U.K.The Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.11% declined 36.26 points, or 1.1%, to 3,218.60.For every share rising, more than three fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 812 million shares traded.Composite volume exceeded 4 billion.
Lazard’s Hogan played down the notion that the market’s decline had much to do with reports the U.S. was readying to deploy an advanced missile-defense system to Asia in response to threats by North Korea.
Equities continued their slide after the release of a gauge of the U.S. services sector, with the Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturingg index in March falling to 54.4 from 56 the month before.
American corporations starts reporting first-quarter results next week, with Alcoa Inc. AA -0.36% slated to release its earnings for the period on Monday.Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams on Wednesday said the central bank could start reducing its $85 billion-a-month asset-purchases by the summer.The comments followed those by St. Louis Fed Bank President James Bullard, who spoke in favor of trimming the bond purchase program in $10-$15 billion increments in response to changes in the economy. 

Wednesday'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

Cisco CSCONASDAQ-GS

 Coke KONYSE

Disney 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

 Microsoft MSFTNASDAQ-GS

Pfizer  PFENYSE

3M MMMNYSE

Travelers TRV NYSE

 UnitedHealth UNHNYSE

United Technologies UTXNYSE

Verizon VZDualListed

WalmartWMTNYSE


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The following are excerpts from Wed. morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 14,572.85 down 5.69 or 0.04% from Monday's close of 14,572.85. For the year the Dow is up 11.89%. Of the Dow components 23 gained, Bank of America was unchanged and 6 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth up $2.77 or 4.7 %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down $1.21 or 5.19%.

WSJ pC4 "New records come with fresh worries" by Jonathan Cheng says US stocks soared to new highs as investors piled intohealth care stocks & Cyprus got a reprieve on its debts, though there were signs that investors were growing cautious. UnitedHealth Group topped the Dow up 4.7% after new gov rates indicated firms running Medicare Advantage plans will get mroe money than expected. Hewlett-Packard is charted under bad news as Goldman Sachs downgraded it to netural, saying optimism has become unrealistic.

NYT pB3 "Rate increase for private medicare buoys an uncertain market" by Reuters says stocks rose Tues due to better reimbrusement rates for private Medicare insurers. Hewlett-Packard fell 5.2% after Goldman Sachs downgraded them to sell.

FT p20 "Decsion to raise Medicare rates gives insurers a shot inthe arm" by Anora Mahmudova says health insurers were in focus Tues after the US said it would not cut a key Medicare payment rate but would increase it. UnitedHealth which was upgraded by analysts at Raymond James to strong buy rose 4.7%

IBD pB4 "Stocks set recrods again, yet leaders underperform" by Victor Reklaitis says stocks mostly achieved solid gains Tues but showed afternoon shakiness as most indexes gained as trade rose. the Current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

AJC pA11 "Health insurers raise stocks" by AP says the Dow closed at a record high Tues after health insurers powered the gains due to good gov releaed reimbursement rates for Medicare Advantage plans.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,909.23 up 11.61 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,897.62. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $63.64 up 39 cents from Monday's average of $63.25. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $59.60 (DIS/UNH) up $1.79 cents from Monday's median closing price of $57.81. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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 havemade $1,161 ($190,923 - $189,762).

4/2/13 Tuesday 4:03 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks gained Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.61% and the S&P 500 SPX +0.52% both closing at record highs as health insurers rallied on Medicare-reimbursement news and U.S. factory orders rose in February. "There are still some risks out there. But for the market to be at new highs here, based on where earnings are, and where economic growth is, it's reasonable," says Jim Dunigan, managing executive for investments at PNC Wealth Management. The Dow industrials rose 88.16 points, or 0.6%, to 14,662.01, with the blue-chip index topping the prior record hit late last week. The S&P 500 added 8.08 points, or 0.5%, to 1,570.25, its all-time closing high. The Nasdaq CompositeCOMP +0.48% rose 15.69 points, or 0.5%, to end at 3,254.86, with the technology-heavy index 1,793.76 points from its record-high finish of 5,048.62, set on March 10, 2000.

Wednesday's Dow News and Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket

AT&T TNYSE: WSJ pC14 "vodfone deal would be price Transatlantic call for AT&T" by Miriam Gottfried, FT p10 "Crank call", FT p20 "Telecoms rally on Vodafone bid talk" by Alexandra Stevenson, IBD pA2 "Verizon denies Vodafone bid" say Verizon may soon buy the 45% of Verizon Wireless owned by Vodafone or even buy Vodafone itself. One scenario is that AT&T may partner with Verizon to buy Vodafone's non-US assets.

Alcoa AANYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXPNYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BACNYSE: WSJ pC3 "BofA, credit union watchdo in settlement" by Alan Zibel, Matthias Riekder, NYT pB2 "Bank to pay credit unions $165 mil in settlement"" by Reuters say Bank of America reached a $165 mil settlement with a fed credit union regulator settling claims it played down the risks of poor quality mortgages packaged into securities.

Boeing BANYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CATNYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVXNYSE: WSJ pB8 "Chevron pares chief exec pay" by Daniel Gilbert says CEO's John S. Watson's bonus was cut 13% to $3.5 mil while his salary rose by $100,000 to $1.8 mil.

CSCONASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KONYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DISNYSE: WSJ pB8 "Paramount, Chinese partners join forces on Transformers 4" by Ben Fritz says Disney's Marvel Studios worked with local Chinese firm DMG to shoot parts of Iron Man 3 there.

DuPont DDNYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOMNYSE: FT p14 "Exxon floats offshore LNG plan" by Guy Chazan, WSJ pB4 "Floating natural gas plant is planned off Australia" says Exxon and BHP Billiton will anchor a vessel extending 541 yards at sea to tap into the remote Scarborough natural gas field offshore W. Australia.

GENYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQNYSE: WSJ pC4 "New records come with fresh worries" by Jonathan Cheng, USAT "Biggest Losers", IBD pA2 "HP falls on downgrade" say US stocks soared to new highs as investors piled intohealth care stocks & Cyprus got a reprieve on its debts, though there were signs that investors were growing cautious. UnitedHealth Group topped the Dow up 4.7% after new gov rates indicated firms running Medicare Advantage plans will get mroe money than expected. Hewlett-Packard is charted under bad news as Goldman Sachs downgraded it to netural, saying optimism has become unrealistic.

WSJ pC14 "Apple learns the way of the dragon" by Tom Orlik, Rolfe Winkle says in '10 after Cina accused hewlett-Packard of selling faulty laptops, the firm lost 42% of its market share there.

NYT pB3 "Rate increase for private medicare buoys an uncertain market" by Reuters says stocks rose Tues due to better reimbrusement rates for private Medicare insurers. Hewlett-Packard fell 5.2% after Goldman Sachs downgraded them to sell.

Home Depot HDNYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTCNASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBMNYSE: No mentions found.

JJPMorgan PMNYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJNYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCDNYSE: No mentions found.

MRKNYSE: No mentions found.

MSFTNASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Pfizer PFENYSE: IBD pA2 "Brief" says Pfizer, Novartis & Abbot are mulling 2nd round bids for Brazil's Ache Labs in an auction that may value the group at $5 il.

Procter & Gamble PGNYSE: No mentions found.

MMMNYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRVNYSE: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth UNHNYSE: WSJ pB1 "Insurers trump in Washington" by Jon Kamp, FT p20 "Decsion to raise Medicare rates gives insurers a shot inthe arm" by Anora Mahmudova, USA Today p3B "Biggest gainers" say health insurers were in focus Tues after the US said it would not cut a key Medicare payment rate but would increase it. UnitedHealth which was upgraded by analysts at Raymond James to strong buy rose 4.7%

United Technologies UTXNYSE: WSJ pB1 "China's new consumer class prods Western firms to pivot" by Colum Murphy says United Technojlogies' Otis Elevator unit is making more compact elevators better suited to lower cost high rise buildings as China is providing mroe affordable housing.

Verizon VZDualListed: WSJ pC14 "vodfone deal would be price Transatlantic call for AT&T" by Miriam Gottfried, FT p10 "Crank call", FT p20 "Telecoms rally on Vodafone bid talk" by Alexandra Stevenson, IBD pA2 "Verizon denies Vodafone bid" say Verizon may soon buy the 45% of Verizon Wireless owned by Vodafone or even buy Vodafone itself. One scenario is that AT&T may partner with Verizon to buy Vodafone's non-US assets.

Walmart WMTNYSE: No mentions found.

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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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