Thursday, May 30, 2013

5/30/13 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 15,324.53 up 21.73 or 0.14%

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Post No. 2,204  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 recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 15,324.53 up 21.73 or 0.14%  from Wednesday's close of 15,302.80. Of the Dow components  17 gained and  13   declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Boeing up $1.45  and percentage-wise was Bank of America up 2.6%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was   McDonald's down $1.98 and percentage-wise was  Disney down 2.43%.


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 16.71 down from Wednesday's  trailing P/E ratio of 16.83 (last year it was 13.69); Thursday's P/E estimate is 13.75 unchanged from Wednesday's  P/E estimate of 13.75 (year ago it was 11.75) and Thursday's dividend yield is 2.37 up   from Wednesday's dividend yield of 2.35 (last year it was 2.66). The Dow's all-time high was 15,409.39 on May 28, 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 1995.50 up 2.83  from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1992.67. 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 $66.52 up 10 cents from Wednesday's average of $66.42.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.65  (DIS/UNH) down 10 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $64.75. 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 $283 ($199550 - $199,267).

Thursday MarketWatch 4:21  by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks climbed Thursday, with the S&P 500 index on track for its longest monthly winning streak since September 2009, as another report cast a positive light on the U.S. housing market.“We haven’t had a ‘sell in May’ since this bull market began,” said Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, referring to the old Wall Street adage, ‘Sell in May and go away.’
With one trading session remaining in May, the S&P 500 index SPX +0.37% is up 3.6% month-to-date, positioning for a seventh consecutive monthly gain, which would be its longest monthly win streak since the one ending in September 2009.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.14% rose 21.73 points to 15,324.53, with 17 of its 30 components advancing. Up 3.3% for May, the blue-chip index is in position to notch its sixth straight monthly gain.Dow member Alcoa Inc. AA -1.05% fell 1.1% after Moody’s Investors Service reduced its rating on the aluminum manufacturer’s debt to one notch below investment grade.The S&P 500 index added 6.05 points to 1,654.41, with financials leading sector gains and telecommunications losing the most ground among its 10 major industry groups.“Those pundits that had you reaching for yield for the last few months in the utilities, REITS (real estate investment trusts) and telephone sectors are all hiding under a rock now,” Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., wrote in afternoon commentary.“In the last few days, many defensive names have come under pressure as money flowed out of them into cyclicals,” said Spar, adding that part of the catalyst for the flow was the 10-year Treasury yield remaining over 2%.
A clear break of support at 2% “could be the catalyst for some profit-taking in the cyclical and financials that have attracted money,” he concluded.On Thursday, the 10-year yield 10_YEAR +0.10%  stood at 2.118%.The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.69% climbed 23.78 points to 3,491.30.
For every two stocks on the decline, roughly three gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 710 million shares traded.Composite volume neared 3.5 billion.Stock indexes retained gains after the National Association of Realtors reported pending sales of homes rose 0.3% in April.Other reports Thursday had the U.S. economy growing less than expected last quarter and jobless claims rising more than estimated last week.“The housing market continues to look good, and GDP growth is slow and steady, which is actually a good environment for stocks,” said Frederick. Since the start of the bull market, now in its fourth year, “you kept hearing you can’t have an economic recovery until you had participation by the housing market. It started in the middle of last year, in the June-July time frame. So now, almost a year later, it’s pretty clear that has happened,” he said. A volatile Japanese market remained in the headlines.The Japanese yen USDJPY +0.2592% fell against the U.S. dollar DXY +0.07% and Japan equity index futures bounced higher after Reuters reported a proposed change in Japan’s public pension fund’s strategy would likely bolster equity markets while denting the nation’s currency. U.S. stock-index futures also gained after that report.Gold futures gained $20.20 to end at a more-than-two-week high of $1,412 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. And, crude-oil futures CLN3 -0.06% reversed course to settle up 48 cents at $93.61 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Noteworthy movers on Thursday included Clearwire Corp. CLWR +29.31% , up 26%, after Dish Network Corp. DISH +0.69% upped its offer for the company, upping the ante in a bidding competition with Sprint Nextel Corp. S +0.82% .

Thursday'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
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
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,  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 15,302.80 down 106.59 or 0.69%  from Tuesday's close of 15,354.40.  For the year the Dow is up 16.78%. Of the Dow components  11 gained, Alcoa was unchanged and  18   declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up 64 cents or 2.6%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  Johnson & Johnson down $2.04  and percentage-wise was Coke down 2.66 %.

WSJ pC4 "Fed fears shake stocks" by Alexandra Scaggs says U.S. stocks declined broadly with high yielding sectors lagging behind again amid jitters over rising Treasury yields.

FT p20 "Smithfield foods lifted by China bid while the S&P stumbles" by Jason Abbruzese says US stocks stumbled yesterday as 9 of the 10 S&P sectors finished lower.  Consumer stocks were among the big losers as McDonald's shares fell 2.2% after its CEO said that the wider fast food market would stagnate this year.  Johnson & Johnson lost 2.2% after a rally this year of more than 22%.  Pfizer was off 2.5%.  Procter & Gamble fell 2.4% losing much of the increase that followed the announcement that A.G. Lafley would return as CEO.  Bank of America rose 1%.

NYT pB2 "High dividend shares lead markets lower" by AP  & AJC pA11 "Bond yields may signal shift" by AP say  stocks fell back as investors pared back their holdings of high dividend stocks.  A rise in bond yields over the past month has been a factor behind the shift.

IBD pB2 "Leaders, top groups fall amid 3rd distribution day" by David Saito-Chung says leading stocks showed fatigue and the major idnexes racked a 3rd clear day of heavy inst'l selling Wed as Wed's action saw broad losses, heavier trade and the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrned.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1992.67 down 13.88  from Tuesday's closing numerator of 2006.55. 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 $66.42 down 47 cents from Tuesday's average of $66.89.  The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.75  (DIS/UNH) down 41 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $65.16. The lowest volume was 3M 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 $1,388 ($200,655 - $199,267).

Wednesday MarketWatch 4:01  by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell sharply Wednesday, with Wall Street giving back much of the prior day's rally, as investors considered when the Federal Reserve would begin curbing its bond purchases. "News has been good, investors have been positive, but now there is caution that the future may not be as bright as it seemed," said Kate Warne, investment strategist at Edward Jones. Equities trimmed their drop after Federal Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said, "significant accommodation remains appropriate." The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.69% fell 106.59 points to 15,302.80. The S&P 500 index SPX -0.70% lost 11.70 points to 1,648.36. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.61% declined 21.37 points to 3,467.51.

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

AT&T:  IBD pA3 "He went the distance for America's telephones" by Clay Latimer profiles Theodore Vail, president of AT&T in 1885.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:   No mentions found.

Bank of America: FT p20 "Smithfield foods lifted by China bid while the S&P stumbles" by Jason Abbruzese says US stocks stumbled yesterday as 9 of the 10 S&P sectors finished lower.  Consumer stocks were among the big losers as McDonald's shares fell 2.2% after its CEO said that the wider fast food market would stagnate this year.  Johnson & Johnson lost 2.2% after a rally this year of more than 22%.  Pfizer was off 2.5%.  Procter & Gamble fell 2.4% losing much of the increase that followed the announcement that A.G. Lafley would return as CEO.  Bank of America rose 1%.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  IBD pA2 "Cisco cries foul in Skype deal" says Cisco asked an EU court to annul Microsoft's $8.5 bil purchase of Skype claiming it creates an unfair monopoly.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  IBD pA4 "Roku, Hulu up ante in streaming video" by Brian Deagon says the battle for streaming video intensified as Roku closed a $60 mil funding round and rumors sworled that Yahoo has offered to buy Disney's Hulu.  The Internet TV market, started by Netflix, now includes services from Walmart and others such as Microsoft's Xbox system.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon: NYT pB2 "Shareholders of Exxon Mobil reject gay discrimination ban", AJC pA11 "Exxon rejects call on emissions, bias" by David Koenig, AP say shareholders defeated gay rights proposals and one that would set goals to reduce emissions.

GE:  WSJ pB1 "GE Capital chief expected to leave" by Kate Linebauch says GE Capital Chief Miachael A. Neal, CEO for 8 years, is expected to step down this summer.

Hewlett-Packard: USAT p3B "Hewlett-Packard is listed among he winners as it springs up 59 cents, a second day increase  in a row.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  NYT pB5 "A flawed system that suits the shareholders just fine" byJjesse Eisinger is more about the failed proposal to split the CEO/Chairman positions.

Johnson & Johnson: FT p20 "Smithfield foods lifted by China bid while the S&P stumbles" by Jason Abbruzese says US stocks stumbled yesterday as 9 of the 10 S&P sectors finished lower.  Consumer stocks were among the big losers as McDonald's shares fell 2.2% after its CEO said that the wider fast food market would stagnate this year.  Johnson & Johnson lost 2.2% after a rally this year of more than 22%.  Pfizer was off 2.5%.  Procter & Gamble fell 2.4% losing much of the increase that followed the announcement that A.G. Lafley would return as CEO.  Bank of America rose 1%.

McDonald's: USAT p3B "Story stocks" says McDonald's reported a 0.9% decline in sales at stores around the world open at least a year through April.  UBS cuts its annual profit forecast due to European weakness.

FT p20 "Smithfield foods lifted by China bid while the S&P stumbles" by Jason Abbruzese says US stocks stumbled yesterday as 9 of the 10 S&P sectors finished lower.  Consumer stocks were among the big losers as McDonald's shares fell 2.2% after its CEO said that the wider fast food market would stagnate this year.  Johnson & Johnson lost 2.2% after a rally this year of more than 22%.  Pfizer was off 2.5%.  Procter & Gamble fell 2.4% losing much of the increase that followed the announcement that A.G. Lafley would return as CEO.  Bank of America rose 1%.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft: IBD pA2 "Cisco cries foul in Skype deal" says Cisco asked an EU court to annul Microsoft's $8.5 bil purchase of Skype claiming it creates an unfair monopoly.

   IBD pA4 "Roku, Hulu up ante in streaming video" by Brian Deagon says the battle for streaming video intensified as Roku closed a $60 mil funding round and rumors sworled that Yahoo has offered to buy Disney's Hulu.  The Internet TV market, started by Netflix, now includes services from Walmart and others such as Microsoft's Xbox system.

Pfizer: FT p20 "Smithfield foods lifted by China bid while the S&P stumbles" by Jason Abbruzese says US stocks stumbled yesterday as 9 of the 10 S&P sectors finished lower.  Consumer stocks were among the big losers as McDonald's shares fell 2.2% after its CEO said that the wider fast food market would stagnate this year.  Johnson & Johnson lost 2.2% after a rally this year of more than 22%.  Pfizer was off 2.5%.  Procter & Gamble fell 2.4% losing much of the increase that followed the announcement that A.G. Lafley would return as CEO.  Bank of America rose 1%.

Procter & Gamble:FT p20 "Smithfield foods lifted by China bid while the S&P stumbles" by Jason Abbruzese says US stocks stumbled yesterday as 9 of the 10 S&P sectors finished lower.  Consumer stocks were among the big losers as McDonald's shares fell 2.2% after its CEO said that the wider fast food market would stagnate this year.  Johnson & Johnson lost 2.2% after a rally this year of more than 22%.  Pfizer was off 2.5%.  Procter & Gamble fell 2.4% losing much of the increase that followed the announcement that A.G. Lafley would return as CEO.  Bank of America rose 1%.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  AJC pA10 "United Technologies merger settlement OK'd" says a fed judge approved a settlement whereby United Tech will sell some of tis assets as part of its $18.l4 bil purchase of aerospace parts maker Goodrich, the largest merger in aircraft industry history.

WSJ pB6 "Pratt & Whitney aims for more F-35 deals" by Dion Nissenbaum says  United Tech's Pratt & Whitney has agreed with the Pentagon to take responsibility for all cost overruns on the F-35 engine contract.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Walmart:WSJ pC1 "Costco stock is displaying plenty of bulk" by Spencer Jakab says Costco's  gross margins are barely half of Walmart.

   IBD pA4 "Roku, Hulu up ante in streaming video" by Brian Deagon says the battle for streaming video intensified as Roku closed a $60 mil funding round and rumors sworled that Yahoo has offered to buy Disney's Hulu.  The Internet TV market, started by Netflix, now includes services from Walmart and others such as Microsoft's Xbox system.

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)

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 A. G. Lafley (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 5/16/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $403.29
2. Microsoft MSFT 284.61
3. WalMart WMT 258.46
4.  GE 240.61
5. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 245.80 
6. Chevron CVX 238.03
7.  IBM 226.96
8. Procter & Gamble PG 219.04
9. Pfizer PFE 206.77
10. AT&T T 200.41
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 194.14
12. Coke KO 191.33
13. Verizon VZ 152.15
14. Bank of America BAC 144.62
15. Merck MRK 139.66
16. Cisco CSCO 127.38
17. Intel INTC 119.63   
18. Disney DIS 119.51
19. Home Depot HD 113.52
20. McDonald's MCD 101.55
21. United Technologies UTX 88.37
22. American Express AXP 79.55
23. 3M MMM 76.86
24. Boeing BA 74.69
25. UnitedHealth UNH 63.56
26. Caterpillar CAT 57.40
27. DuPont DD 50.93
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 41.51
29. Travelers TRV 32.83
30. Alcoa AA 9.23

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 5/16/13:

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

AT&T T: 5/15/13 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes due '43
5/3/13 10Q & 2 8Ks 4/23/13 re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/29/13 8K re: voting results of annual stockholders meeting on 4/25/13
4/11/13 8K re: reclassification of revenue items
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.

Alcoa AA: 5/9/13 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report
5/8/13 8K re: approval of Stock Incentive Plan
4/18/13 10Q;  4/11/3 8K & 4/9/13 8K all re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/9/13 Proxy materials for 5/3/13 annual meeting of stockholders
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


American Express AXP: 5/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months through 4/30/13
5/7/13 8K re: retirement of CFO Daniel T. Henry
5/2/13 8K re: voting results of 4/29 Sahreholder Meeting
4/30/13 8K re: increase in quarterly dividend from 20 cents to 23 cents per share
4/29/13 10Q & 4/17/13 8K re: 1Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/15/13 8K re: election of Edward P. Gilligan, Pres.
4/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off states for 3 months through 3/31
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


Bank of Am BAC: 5/8/13 8K re: voting resutls from 5/8 Stockhodlers Meeting
5/7/13 10Q & 4/17/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
5/6/13 8K re: settlement of lawsuit with MBIA
4/1/13 8K re: redemption of certain securities
3/28/13 Proxy re: Annual mtg of stockholders 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

Boeing BA: 5/3/13 8K re: issuance of floating rate senior notes due '14
4/30/13 8K re: voting results of 4/29 shareholders meeting held 4/29
4/24/13 10Q & 4/24/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
4/22/13, 4/16 & 3/15/13 Proxy materials re: 4/29/13 annual mtg of shareholders at Field Museum, Chicago
2/11/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12


Caterpillar CAT: 5/7/13 8K re: settlement re: litigation arising from acquisition of ERA Mining (China)
5/2/13 10Q & 4/22/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/19/13 8K re: March dealer stats
4/10/13 8K re: retirement of G. Vittecoq, VP
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


Chevron CVX: 5/2/13 10Q; 4/26/13 8K; 4/10/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/11/13 & 4/2/13 Proxy materials re: Stockhodler meeting on 5/29
4/2/13 8K re: salary increase for CEO and other execs
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: 5/15/13 8K re: 3Q ended 4/27 results
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.

Coke KO:  5/15/13 8K re: amendment of by-laws to allow calling of special shareholders meeting
4/26/13 10Q & 4/16/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/29 results
4/4/13 Proxy re: 4/24 shareholder meeting
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: 5/7/13 10Q & 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/30 results
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


DuPont DD: 4/29/13 8K re: voting results of 4/24 stockholders meeting
4/23/13 10Q & 8K re: quarter ended 3/31 results
4/4 proxy materials
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


ExxonMobil XOM: 5/13/13; 5/10; 4/12 Proxy materials
5/2/13 10Q & 4/25/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
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: 5/8/13 10Q & 4/19/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
4/26/13 8K re: voting results of 4/24 shareholders meeting
4/8/13 Proxy materials for shareholders meetings
3/20/13 8K re: bonuses 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


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 4/4/13 8K re: resignations of directors John H. Hammergren & G. Kennedy Thompson
3/21/13 8K re: voting results of stockholders 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


Home Depot HD: 4/8/13 Proxy materials for 5/23 shareholders meeting at Cobb Galleria, Atlanta
4/5/13 8K re: issuance of 2.7% Sr. Notes due '23 & '43
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: 5/8/13 Proxy materials
5/2/13 8K re: election of Brian M. Krzanich as CEO Z& Renee J. James as pres. effective 5/16
4/29/13 10Q & 4/17 8K & 4/16 8K re: results of  1st quarter ended 3/30
4/3/13 Proxy materials for 5/16 stockholders meeting at Santa Clara, Cal.
 2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/29/12



IBM: 5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
5/3/13 8K re: retirement of SVP HR J. Randall MacDonald
4/30/13 10Q & 4/19/13 & 4/18/13 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/3/13 Proxy materials
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


JPMorganChase JPM: 5/16/13 Proxy materials for 5/21 shareholders meeting
5/15/13 8K re: sale of 1.6% notes due '18
5/8/13 10Q & 4/12 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31 results
5/2/13 8K re: sale of 4.25% notes due '18
4/23/13 8K re: sale of notes
5/1/13 8K re: sale of notes
4/29/13 8K re: resignation of co-C Frank J. Bisignano
4/9/13 8K re: redemption of securities
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 5/3/13 10Q & 4/16 8K reL: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/26/13 8K re: voting results of 4/25 shareholders meeting
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


McDonald's MCD: 5/8/13 8K re: April sales
5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
5/3/13 8K re: adjustment to sales results
3/31/13 10Q & 4/19/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/12/13 Proxy materials for 5/23 shareholders meeting at Oak Brook, Ill
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


Merck MRK: 3/31/13 10Q & 5/1/13 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/15/13 Proxy material for 5/28 shareholders meeting at Bridgewater, NJ
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: 5/13/13 8K re: election of Amy Hood as CFO
5/1/13 8K re: sale of Euro notes
4/18/13 8K re: resignation of CFO Peter Klein
4/18/13 10Q & 4/18 8K re: results of Qtr ended 3/31
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: 5/10/13 10Q & 4/30/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/29/13 8K re: voting results of 4/25/13 shareholders meeting
4/3/13 Proxy material
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




Procter & Gamble PG: 5/14/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: Goldman Sachs Consumer Products Symposium
4/24/13 10Q & 4/24 2 8Ks re: 3Q ended 3/31 results
4/15/13 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.6015 cents per share
2/21/13 8K re: presentation at Consumer Analyst Group of NY
2/14/13 8K re: eps outlook due to Venezuelan currency devaluation

3M MMM: 5/16/13 8K re: realignment of business groups
5/15/13 8K re: voting results of 5/14 stockholders meeting
5/7/13 Proxy materials
5/2/13 10Q & 4/25/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
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

Travelers TRV: 4/23/13 10Q & 4/23/13 8K re: qtr ended 3/31 results
4/9/13 Proxy for 5/22 shareholders meeting at Hartford, Ct.
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


UnitedHealth Group UNH:  5/6/13 10Q & 4/18/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/24/13 Proxy materials for 6/3 shareholders meeting in Boston
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

United Technologies UTX: 4/30/13 8K re: results of shareholders meeting
4/26/13 10Q & 4/23/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/9/13 Proxy materials for 4/29 annual shareholders meeting
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



Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 5/13/13 8K re: distribution of $7 bil to Wireless Comm and Vodafone by Verizon Wireless
5/7/13 8K re: voting results of 5/2 annual mtg of shareholders
4/25/13 10Q & 4/13/13  8K re results of quarter ended 3/31
4/2/13 8K re: ruors of purchase of Vodaphone's interest in Verizon Wireless
4/1/13 & 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: 5/16/13 8K re: Qtr. ended 4/30 results
4/22/13 Proxy re: 6/7 shareholder meetings at Fayetteville, Ark.
4/10/13 8K re: sale of notes
3/26/13 10K for year ended 1/31/13
2/21/13 8K re: 4Q results & dividend for FY 2014
THAT'S ALL FOLKS

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