Thursday, May 16, 2013

5/16/13 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 15,233.22 down 42.47 or 0.28%

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Post No. 2,185  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 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 15,233.22 down 42.27 or 0.28% from Wednesday's close of 15,275.69. Of the Dow components 7   gained, Alcoa was unchanged and 12 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Cisco up $2.68 or 12.62%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was Walmart down $1.36 and percentage-wise was Disney up 1.77%.


As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 16.65 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.62 (last year it was 13.86); today's P/E estimate is 13.55 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 13.55 (year ago it was 12.11) and today's dividend yield is 2.37 unchanged from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.37 (last year it was 2.67). The Dow's all-time high was 15,275.69 on May 15, 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 1,983.61 down 5.53 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,989.14. 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 $66.12 down 18 cents from Wednesday's average of $66.30. The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.31 (DIS/UNH) down 33 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $64.64. 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 lost $553  ($198,914 - $198,361).

5/16/13 Thursday 4:41 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says US stocks declined Thursday, halting the S&P 500’s four-session winning streak, after a Federal Reserve official said the central bank could begin tamping back on monetary easing as soon as this summer.  Equities fell to session lows as Bank of San Francisco President John Williams said Fed bond purchases could be reduced if the economy continues to improve.Ahead of the Williams speech, delivered in Portland, Ore., Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher said the Fed should cut its purchases of mortgage-backed securities, with the goal of eliminating them entirely as the year continues.“Today we had a whole series of negative reports and a couple of Fed officials out there basically commenting that maybe it’s time to start easing up on the whole quantitative easing program,” said Dave Heidel, regional investment manager for the Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank Wealth Management.The bull market, now in its fifth year, has been fueled by corporate earnings that have exceeded expectations along with monetary easing by the U.S. Fed as well as other central banks around the globe.
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“A constant for many quarters now is the fact that central banks of the world are pumping so much liquidity, and some of it has found its way into stocks,” Heidel said.Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO +12.62%  rallied nearly 13%, helping limit the damage on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.28%  the Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.18% and the S&P 500 SPX -0.50% . The network-equipment manufacturer late Wednesday reported a better-than-estimated quarterly profit. See: Cisco sparks rally in networking shares; AMD dropsWal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT -1.70%  was among the Dow losers after the discount-retailing giant reported quarterly earnings beneath Wall Street’s expectations and offered a disappointing forecast for the second quarter.After rising as much as 26.8 points, and losing as much as 59, the Dow finished at 15,233.22, off 42.47 points.The S&P 500 index fell 8.31 points to 1,650.47, with consumer discretionary the worst and technology the best performing among its 10 major sectors.The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.18%  climbed less than half a point to 3,471.98.For every two stocks that rose, three fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 684 million shares traded. Composite volume approached 3.5 billion.On the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures GCM3 -0.92% fell for a sixth session, down $9.30 to close at $1,386.90 an ounce, its fourth lowest settlement value this year. Oil costs increased, with crude futures CLM3 +0.88%  up 86 cents at $95.16 a barrel.The U.S. dollar DXY -0.02%  declined against other global currencies, including the euro EURUSD -0.0428% . Treasury prices gained, pushing the yield on the benchmark 10-year note 10_YEAR -2.89% to 1.881%.Thursday’s session started off with Wall Street pausing after notching record highs the previous day, as data had jobless claims hitting a six-week high and housing starts falling sharply.Thursday’s economic reports “tell us a similar story that data have been saying the past several months — that we have sluggish growth. But the data certainly don’t indicate a return to recessionary conditions,” said Brad Sorensen, director of market analysis at Charles Schwab.The tepid economy is “a sweet spot for the market, as it keeps the Fed in their easy stance, but it doesn’t indicate severe conditions,” he added, referring to the central bank’s continuing bond purchases to help stimulate the U.S. economy.The government reported jobless claims climbed by 32,000 to 360,000 last week, more than economists had projected. Another report had the cost of living in April declining for a second month, with the 0.4% drop in the consumer-price index coming as energy costs fell.At the same time, figures released by the Commerce Department had housing starts slipping 16.5% to their lowest level since November.Also, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve reported that manufacturing activity in the region took a turn for the worse in May.On Wednesday, the Dow industrials and S&P 500 index rose to all-time closing highs on hopes for continuing central-bank stimulus.“Regardless of fundamental news, I would be very wary of trying to stand in the way of central banks and what they are trying to do with risk assets,” said Heidel.

Thursday Closing Dow Numbers:


Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
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, the 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 15,275.69 up 60.44 or 0.40% from Tuesday's close of 15,215.25.  For the year the Dow is up16.57 %. Of the Dow components 22   gained and 8 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was American Express up $1.27 or 1.78%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was Chevron down $1.99 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down 2.56%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks take high ground" by Alexandra Scaggs says stocks were up cotninuing their push into record territory.  Fin'ls were the top gainers as American Express rose $1.27 and JPMorgan rose 86 cents.

NYT pB4 "In sign fo ivnestor confidence markets stay strong" by Reuters says the Dow and S&P rose to new highs Wed in a broad market rally.

FT pB26 "Macy's manages to stay in style as it plans to raise dividend" by Arash Massoudi, Jason Abbruzzese says US stocks soared to record highs Wed despite signs that the nation's largest public firms have seen limited sales growth in 1Q.  JPMorgan rose 1.7%.

IBD pB2 "cyclical stocks still thrive as indexes rally modestly" by David Saito-Chung says stocks overcame a mildly weak opena nd finished with decent gains Wed as the Dow and the S&P hit new highs reaffirming the ongoing strength of the cyclical trade.  Wed's actions saw moderate gains as vol edges up and the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

AJC pA9 "Stocks keep climbing" by Matthew Craft, AP says the tepid economic growth means interest rates will remain low.


Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,989.14 up 7.87 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,981.27. 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 $66.30 up 26 cents from Tuesday's average of $66.04. The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.64 (DIS/UNH) up 9 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $64.55. 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 $787  ($198,914 - $198,127).

5/15/13 Wednesday 4:21 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says US stocks rose Wednesday, with hopes for ongoing central-bank stimulus bolstering sentiment amid economic reports illustrating a contraction in manufacturing.“It seems like it’s becoming a broken record,” said Andrew Fitzpatrick, director of investments at Hinsdale Associates Inc., of the string of all-time highs, which again came into play on Wednesday.After starting the session in the red, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.40% rose 60.44 points to 15,275.69, the index’s 20th record finish this year.The market’s current bull run, now in its fifth year, comes amid continuing stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve as well as monetary easing by central banks around the globe, along with better-than-expected corporate earnings.“Wall Street is getting more comfortable they won’t just pull the plug; they’ll do it at a more measured pace,” said Fitzpatrick, referring to the Federal Reserve.“We’ve seen little reaction to the rumors that the Fed is behind closed doors trying to craft some kind of exit strategy,” he added of a Wall Street Journal report last week. That said, Fitzpatrick is among the consensus calls for a market pause or correction.“I do think a pullback here is warranted, and the sooner we get it, the better.” 
Dow component Cisco Systems Inc. shares CSCO +5.56% leapt higher after Wednesday’s closing bell as the networking giant reported quarterly results that beat Wall Street’s projections. “The Cisco report tends to carry weight, especially in light of its outlook; it’s a good gauge in terms of the business climate and the economy,” said Fitzpatrick. Tallying its 20th record close for 2013, the S&P 500 index SPX +0.51%   gained 8.44 points to 1,658.78, with consumer staples faring best and energy the poorest performing of its 10 industry groups. Deere & Co. DE -4.40% fell 4.4% after the maker of agricultural equipment reduced its sales forecast. Macy’s Inc. M +2.49% shares rose 2.5% after the department-store operator reported profit that exceeded expectations and raised its quarterly dividend. Shares of Google Inc. GOOG +3.25% rose above $900 for the first time as the technology company kicked off a developer conference in San Francisco. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +0.26% climbed 9.01 points to 3,471.61.

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

AT&T:  IBD pA2 "AT&T" says AT&T will improve upon its net loss of 69,000 cellphone subscribers in 1Q says the CEO.

Alcoa:   No mentions found.

American Express:  WSJ pC4 "Stocks take high ground" by Alexandra Scaggs says stocks were up cotninuing their push into record territory.  Fin'ls were the top gainers as American Express rose $1.27 and JPMorgan rose 86 cents.

Bank of America: WSJ pB1 "What's a CEO worth? More companies answer $10 mil" by Scott Thurm lists  the returns on the highest paid CEO and lists the CEOs of Bank of America ($12 mil), Disney ($36.3 mil), Microsoft ($1.3 mil), Walmart ($19.3 mil), Verizon ($13.3 mil), Exxon ($24.8 mil), Intel ($18.3 mil).

Boeing: WSJ pB8 "GE, Boeing begin hunt for engine defect" by Andy Pasztor, Jon Ostrower says they are looking for an engine manufacturing defect that hit more than 70 of the 777 extended range jets with GE engines.

Caterpillar:   No mentions found.

Chevron:   No mentions found.

Cisco:  WSJ pB3 "Cisco signals tech turnaround" by Drew Fitzgerald, Don Clark, NYT pB3 "Cisco profit rises 14.5%" by Quentin Hardy, IBD pA4 Cisco Systems shares rise on earnings beat" by Pete Barlas,  AJC pA10 "Cisco 3Q net income rises 14%; rev up"  say Cisco's 3Q profit  was $2.48 bil or 46 cents a sahre up from  the year.

Coke:   No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pB1 "What's a CEO worth? More companies answer $10 mil" by Scott Thurm lists  the returns on the highest paid CEO and lists the CEOs of Bank of America ($12 mil), Disney ($36.3 mil), Microsoft ($1.3 mil), Walmart ($19.3 mil), Verizon ($13.3 mil), Exxon ($24.8 mil), Intel ($18.3 mil).

DuPont:   No mentions found.

Exxon: WSJ pB1 "What's a CEO worth? More companies answer $10 mil" by Scott Thurm lists  the returns on the highest paid CEO and lists the CEOs of Bank of America ($12 mil), Disney ($36.3 mil), Microsoft ($1.3 mil), Walmart ($19.3 mil), Verizon ($13.3 mil), Exxon ($24.8 mil), Intel ($18.3 mil).

GE:  WSJ pB8 "GE, Boeing begin hunt for engine defect" by Andy Pasztor, Jon Ostrower says they are looking for an engine manufacturing defect that hit more than 70 of the 777 extended range jets with GE engines.

Hewlett-Packard:  USAT p4B lists Hewlett-Packard as one of yesteday's losers as it was down 0.55% due to low PC sales.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel: WSJ pB1 "What's a CEO worth? More companies answer $10 mil" by Scott Thurm lists  the returns on the highest paid CEO and lists the CEOs of Bank of America ($12 mil), Disney ($36.3 mil), Microsoft ($1.3 mil), Walmart ($19.3 mil), Verizon ($13.3 mil), Exxon ($24.8 mil), Intel ($18.3 mil).

IBM:  USAT p1B "Buffett boosts Walmart, IBM sakes" by Adam Shell - the headline says it all.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pB1 "JPMorgan demands data from Bloomberg" by Aaron Lucchetti, Dan Fitzpatrick, William Launder says it sent a letter to Bloomberg due tor eports Bloomberg has been mining data since '08.

NYT pB1  "JPmorgan voters are denied access to results" by Susanne Craig, Jessica Silver-Greenberg says JPMorgan isn't giving out the results of the vote to split the CEO/Chairman positions.

 FT pB26 "Macy's manages to stay in style as it plans to raise dividend" by Arash Massoudi, Jason Abbruzzese says US stocks soared to record highs Wed despite signs that the nation's largest public firms have seen limited sales growth in 1Q.  JPMorgan rose 1.7%.

 WSJ pC4 "Stocks take high ground" by Alexandra Scaggs says stocks were up cotninuing their push into record territory.  Fin'ls were the top gainers as American Express rose $1.27 and JPMorgan rose 86 cents.

Johnson & Johnson:   No mentions found.

McDonald's:   No mentions found.

Merck:  WSJ pB2 "Cancer drugs' new weapon" by Ron Winslow says Merck and others are using immunotherapy and tring to find drug that targets immune system.

Microsoft:WSJ pB1 "What's a CEO worth? More companies answer $10 mil" by Scott Thurm lists  the returns on the highest paid CEO and lists the CEOs of Bank of America ($12 mil), Disney ($36.3 mil), Microsoft ($1.3 mil), Walmart ($19.3 mil), Verizon ($13.3 mil), Exxon ($24.8 mil), Intel ($18.3 mil).

Pfizer:  FT p6 "Patents and precedents" by Amy kazmin says big phrma firms such as Pfizer fear that the battle over generic medicines will inspire other emerging economices to change their laws and make it harder to register or extend patents.

Procter & Gamble:   No mentions found.

3M:   No mentions found.

Travelers:   No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:   No mentions found.

United Technologies:   No mentions found.

Verizon: WSJ pB1 "What's a CEO worth? More companies answer $10 mil" by Scott Thurm lists  the returns on the highest paid CEO and lists the CEOs of Bank of America ($12 mil), Disney ($36.3 mil), Microsoft ($1.3 mil), Walmart ($19.3 mil), Verizon ($13.3 mil), Exxon ($24.8 mil), Intel ($18.3 mil).

Walmart: WSJ pB1 "What's a CEO worth? More companies answer $10 mil" by Scott Thurm lists  the returns on the highest paid CEO and lists the CEOs of Bank of America ($12 mil), Disney ($36.3 mil), Microsoft ($1.3 mil), Walmart ($19.3 mil), Verizon ($13.3 mil), Exxon ($24.8 mil), Intel ($18.3 mil).

   USAT p1B "Buffett boosts Walmart, IBM sakes" by Adam Shell - the headline says it all.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE

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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 Brian Krzanich (Santa Clara, CA) (as of May 16)

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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