Monday, July 22, 2013

7/22/13 Mon. pm Dow Closes at 15545.55 up 1.81 or 0.01%

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Post No. 2,288  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 July 14, 2013 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 7/14/13.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 15545.55 up 1.81 or 0.01%  from Friday's close of 15543.74.  Of the Dow components  12   gained and 18 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  was Travelers up 77 cents and percentage-wise was Microsoft up 1.94% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was McDonald's down $2.69 or 2.68%.



As of the open  of the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4   of   Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Monday's  trailing P/E ratio is  16.75 down   from Friday's   opening  trailing P/E ratio of 16.85 (last year it was 14.31);  Monday's   P/E estimate is  13.55 unchanged   from Friday's   P/E estimate of 13.55  (year ago it was 12.35) and Monday's   closing dividend yield is 2.36 down   from Friday's   dividend yield of 2.39  (last year it was 2.65). The Dow's all-time high was 15,548.54  on July 18, 2013. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2024.28 up 0.24 from Friday's losing numerator of 2024.04. 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   Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $67.48 up 1 cent    from Friday's average of $67.47.  The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $68.29   (DIS/UNH) down 2 cents from Friday's median closing price of $68.31. The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Monday 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 $24   ($202,428 - $202,404 ).

MarketWatch 7/22/13 Mon. 4:34  pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks posted modest gains on Monday, with the S&P 500 notching its 23rd record close this year, as the financial and health-care sectors led the market higher.The S&P 500 index SPX +0.20%  added 3.44 points, or 0.2%, to end at 1,695.53, rising for a fourth straight session. The financial sector was the top gainer and energy was the top decliner among its 10 major sectors.The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +0.36%  rose 12.77 points, or 0.4%, to 3,600.39.Paul Vigna and Ben Casselman discuss the state of the U.S. economy, and Rolfe Winker looks at Daniel Loeb's resignation from Yahoo's board.“I’m still in a neutral mode for the week. We should have a sideways week, but every time I thought that, we’ve gone slightly higher,” said Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.01%  gained 1.81 points to 15,545.55, finishing slightly below its record close of 15,548.54 hit on July 18.Leading the Dow higher, Microsoft Corp. MSFT +1.94%  and Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ +1.47%  rose 1.9% and 1.5%, respectively. Fast-food chain McDonald’s MCD -2.68%  led blue-chip declines, with its shares off 2.7% after the release of its second-quarter earnings. The company said its “results for the remainder of the year are expected to remain challenged.”McDonald’s is “a big component of the market because it’s a very big company; it’s the only real drag on the Dow today,” said Frederick, who noted that International Business Machines Corp.’s IBM +0.28%  rebound from its slide last week was helping to neutralize McDonald’s impact. IBM shares gained 0.3%.Yahoo Inc. YHOO -4.29% shares fell 4.3% on news that Dan Loeb of Third Point is stepping down from the board and unwinding a part of the hedge fund’s stake in the search engine. More than 580 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Composite volume topped 2.7 billion, below the one-month average. Monday’s economic reports had existing-home sales falling 1.2% to 5.08 million in June. Economists polled by MarketWatch expected sales to have risen 1.9% last month to a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.28 million.“Despite the decline, this is still one of the strongest gains seen during the recovery,” noted Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC, in emailed commentary.Stock-index futures on Monday offered little reaction to the Chicago Federal Reserve’s national activity index, which rose to negative 0.13 in June from negative 0.29 in May.The dollar DXY -0.49%  declined against the currencies of major U.S. trading partners including the yen USDJPY -0.13% , while the yield on the 10-year Treasury note 10_YEAR +0.04%   held steady at 2.493%.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

 Symbol up Market Last Sale Net Change % Change Share Volume  

AA   NYSE  $ 8.12    0.05   0.62%   8,111,959
 AXP   NYSE   $ 74.72    0.66   0.89%   5,433,093
 BA   NYSE   $ 106.86    0.10   0.09%   4,157,564  
BAC   NYSE   $ 14.92    0.17   1.15%   111,923,162
 CAT   NYSE   $ 86    0.35   0.41%   4,821,854
 CSCO   NASDAQ-GS   $ 25.72    0.10   0.39%   30,393,823
CVX   NYSE   $ 127.03    0.12   0.09%   4,043,901
 DD   NYSE   $ 57.17    0.03   0.05%   5,445,067
 DIS   NYSE   $ 64.40    0.76   1.17%   5,953,909
GE   NYSE   $ 24.86    0.14   0.57%   41,314,230
 HD   NYSE   $ 80    0.11   0.14%   5,943,639  
HPQ   NYSE   $ 25.51    0.37   1.47%   14,197,017
 IBM   NYSE   $ 194.09    0.55   0.28%   3,383,159
INTC   NASDAQ-GS   $ 22.77    0.27   1.17%   35,673,910
 JNJ   NYSE   $ 92.28    0.05   0.05%   9,895,666
 JPM   NYSE   $ 56.56    0.40   0.71%   15,970,657
 KO   NYSE   $ 40.84    0.25   0.61%   9,393,292
MCD   NYSE   $ 97.58    2.69   2.68%   13,149,882  
MMM   NYSE   $ 116.28    0.09   0.08%   2,812,227
MRK   NYSE   $ 47.72    0.07   0.15%   11,307,452
 MSFT   NASDAQ-GS   $ 32.01    0.61   1.94%   78,877,911
 PFE   NYSE   $ 29.35    0.26   0.89%   28,748,175
 PG   NYSE   $ 81.22    0.15   0.18%   4,802,411
 T   NYSE   $ 35.58    0.23   0.64%   19,192,763
TRV   NYSE   $ 85.43    0.77   0.91%   1,693,558
 UNH   NYSE   $ 72.18    0.73   1.02%   5,025,363
 UTX   NYSE   $ 102.11    0.37   0.36%   3,013,802  
VZ   Dual Listed   $ 50.27    0.32   0.64%   8,782,216
 WMT   NYSE   $ 77.87    0.21   0.27%   4,144,966
XOM   NYSE   $ 94.83    0.34   0.36%   9,520,080


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The following are excerpts from Monday morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of  Monday's Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, the Wall St. Journal, Financial Times,  New York Times, USA Today,  Atlanta Journal & amp; 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 Friday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 15543.74 down 4.8 or 0.03%  from Thursday's close of 15548.74.  For the week the Dow was up  79.44 or 0.51 % is up from last Friday's close of 15464.30. For the year the Dow is up 18.62% Of the Dow components  14   gained and 16 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  was Johnson & Johnson up $2.06 and percentage-wise was GE up 4.61% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $.45 and percentage-wise was American Microsoft  down 11.4%.

IBD pB8 "Stocks keep to mixed tone as Nasdaq falls, S&P rises" by Paul Whitfield says stocks struggled Fri as several weak quarterlyr eports cont'd to shake the bulls and slap the Nasdaq with distribution.



Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2024.04 down 0.65 from Thursday's losing numerator of 2024.69. 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   Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $67.47 down 2 cents    from Thursday's average of $67.49.  The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $68.31   (DIS/UNH) up 12 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $68.19. The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Friday 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 $65   ($202,404 - $202,467 ).

Monday's Dow News:

AT&T:  WSJ pC4 "Drawing a bead on wireless giants" by Miriam Gottfired says competition is heating up at Sprint and T-Mobile challenge Verizon and AT&T.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America:  Barron's p12 "Week review" says Bank of America posted favorable results.  IBM posted a 5th straight quarterly drop in rev.  Intel's profit fell 20% and Microsoft shares fell 12% after its earnings disappointed.

Boeing:   WSJ pC2 "The ticker"  says on Mon McDonald's reports with estimates of $1.40 vs $1.32 per share last year; on Tues DuPont (1.27/1.48) and United Technologies (1.58/1.62); Wed Boeing 1.56/1.27/ and Caterpillar (1.68/2.54).

Caterpillar:  Barron's p13 "Week preview" says on Wed 7/24 Caterpillar reports quarterly results.

WSJ pC2 "The ticker"  says on Mon McDonald's reports with estimates of $1.40 vs $1.32 per share last year; on Tues DuPont (1.27/1.48) and United Technologies (1.58/1.62); Wed Boeing 1.56/1.27/ and Caterpillar (1.68/2.54).

Chevron:  WSJ pA16 "Chevron's costly offense will fail" is a letter by Steven Donziger of New York who says Chevron's efforts to coutnerattack over the $19 bil Ecuador judgment is counterproductive.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pB7 "Disney upgrades Planes, betting it will take off on the big screen" by Barbara Chai talks about Disneytoons Studios plans with the Aug 9 premiere of Planes.

DuPont:  WSJ pC2 "The ticker"  says on Mon McDonald's reports with estimates of $1.40 vs $1.32 per share last year; on Tues DuPont (1.27/1.48) and United Technologies (1.58/1.62); Wed Boeing 1.56/1.27/ and Caterpillar (1.68/2.54).

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  WSJ pA4 "Companies square off in tax rewrite battle" by Damian Paletta, Kate Linebaugh says GE and Microsoft are fighting each  other and GE and Intel seek to cut the overall corp rates.

 IBD pA1 "GE earnings beat, hopes for 2nd half send stock soaring" by Gillian Rich says GE's 2Q results were mixed but shares soared Fri on GE's reocrd backlog and hopes it can translate that to improved margins this year.  2Q earnings fell 5% to 36 cents per share but beat analyst estimates by a penny/  Rev slid 4% to $35.12 bil falling short of estimates for $35.6 bil.

Barron's at PM16 cahrts GE sayng profits grew at most of GE's ind'l units on higher US orders and record backlog.  Earnings per share rose 3% to 30 cents.

Hewlett-Packard:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:   Barron's p12 "Week review" says Bank of America posted favorable results.  IBM posted a 5th straight quarterly drop in rev.  Intel's profit fell 20% and Microsoft shares fell 12% after its earnings disappointed.

IBM:   WSJ pB5 "Software firms fight fraud" by Reed Albergotti says IBM and others are helping state and federal officials develop software to catch fraudulent tax returns.

Barron's p12 "Week review" says Bank of America posted favorable results.  IBM posted a 5th straight quarterly drop in rev.  Intel's profit fell 20% and Microsoft shares fell 12% after its earnings disappointed.

JPMorgan: WSJ pC1 "JPMorgan, regulator near pact" by Dan Fitzpatrick, Rebecca Smith says JPMorgan is expected to pay $410 mil to setttle a Fed. Energy Reg. Comm allegation that the firm manipulated energy markets in Cal & the Midwest.

 IBD pA2 "JPMorgan Chase" says directors David Cote and Ellen Futter retired after receiving low votes for re-election at the bank's annual meeting in May.  they were on the risk committee during the London Whale trades.

Barron's p15 "Cheap stocks in a pricey market" by Andrew Bary says Hewlett-Packard and JPMorgan are trading at less than 10 times projected '14 earnings.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WswJ pC1 "McDonald's still makes for a stead diet" by Justin Lahart says McDonald's reports today and is yielding a dividend yield of 3%.

   WSJ pC2 "The ticker"  says on Mon McDonald's reports with estimates of $1.40 vs $1.32 per share last year; on Tues DuPont (1.27/1.48) and United Technologies (1.58/1.62); Wed Boeing 1.56/1.27/ and Caterpillar (1.68/2.54).

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:   Barron's p12 "Week review" says Bank of America posted favorable results.  IBM posted a 5th straight quarterly drop in rev.  Intel's profit fell 20% and Microsoft shares fell 12% after its earnings disappointed.

Barron's p26 "Microsoft's bad quarer: sign of worse to come?" by Tiernan Ray says Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer did not participate in the firm's 4Q conference cal 

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:   WSJ pC2 "The ticker"  says on Mon McDonald's reports with estimates of $1.40 vs $1.32 per share last year; on Tues DuPont (1.27/1.48) and United Technologies (1.58/1.62); Wed Boeing 1.56/1.27/ and Caterpillar (1.68/2.54).

UnitedHealth:  IBD pB2 "UnitedHealth enrollment rises" says UnitedHealth's eps rose 10% to $1.40  in 2Q topping estimates by 15 cents.

Verizon: WSJ pC4 "Drawing a bead on wireless giants" by Miriam Gottfired says competition is heating up at Sprint and T-Mobile challenge Verizon and AT&T.

Walmart:   No mentions found.


Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol upMarketLast SaleNet
Change
%
Change
Share
Volume
AA  NYSE  $ 8.07   0.14  1.71%  23,767,360
AXP  NYSE  $ 74.06   0.05  0.07%  8,073,788
BA  NYSE  $ 106.96   0.67  0.62%  5,997,661
BAC  NYSE  $ 14.75   0.01  0.07%  136,197,082
CAT  NYSE  $ 85.65   0.07  0.08%  5,086,265
CSCO  NASDAQ-GS  $ 25.82   0.04  0.15%  39,225,635
CVX  NYSE  $ 126.91   1.44  1.15%  5,930,469
DD  NYSE  $ 57.14   0.33  0.57%  5,516,466
DIS  NYSE  $ 65.16   0.66  1%  7,221,972
GE  NYSE  $ 24.72   1.09  4.61%  103,710,985
HD  NYSE  $ 79.89   0.13  0.16%  5,886,195
HPQ  NYSE  $ 25.14   1.19  4.52%  24,892,179
IBM  NYSE  $ 193.54   4.45  2.25%  6,998,591
INTC  NASDAQ-GS  $ 23.04   0.204  0.88%  45,875,736
JNJ  NYSE  $ 92.23   2.06  2.28%  12,506,566
JPM  NYSE  $ 56.16   0.21  0.37%  17,764,823
KO  NYSE  $ 41.09   0.28  0.69%  11,408,605
MCD  NYSE  $ 100.27   0.09  0.09%  4,509,538
MMM  NYSE  $ 116.19   0.71  0.61%  3,093,840
MRK  NYSE  $ 47.79   0.39  0.82%  14,235,526
MSFT  NASDAQ-GS  $ 31.40   4.04  11.4%  248,428,494
PFE  NYSE  $ 29.09   0.60  2.11%  49,061,182
PG  NYSE  $ 81.37   1.07  1.33%  7,863,205
T  NYSE  $ 35.81   0.07  0.2%  21,155,477
TRV  NYSE  $ 84.66   0.13  0.15%  1,514,578
UNH  NYSE  $ 71.45   0.90  1.28%  7,505,182
UTX  NYSE  $ 102.48   1.14  1.12%  3,271,453
VZ  Dual Listed  $ 49.95   0.02  0.04%  12,338,332
WMT  NYSE  $ 78.08   0.74  0.96%  6,831,261
XOM  NYSE  $ 95.17   0.79  0.84%  14,435,394


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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 7/14/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $415.29
2. Microsoft MSFT 297.88
3. WalMart WMT 254.37
4.  Johnson & Johnson JNJ 252.77
5.   GE 245.68
6. Chevron CVX 240.55
7. Procter & Gamble PG 223.51
8. IBM 212.97
9. JPMorgan Chase JPM 208.30 
10. Pfizer PFE 204.36
11. AT&T T 192.66
12. Coke KO 182.74
13. Bank of America BAC 148.55
14. Merck MRK 146.57
15.  Verizon VZ 144.23
16. Cisco CSCO 138.63
17. Disney DIS 120.63    
18. Intel INTC 118.81
19. Home Depot HD 117.65
20. McDonald's MCD 101.84
21. United Technologies UTX 91.77
22. American Express AXP 86.06
23. 3M MMM 79.47
24. Boeing BA 77.29
25. UnitedHealth UNH 69.36
26. Caterpillar CAT 57.31
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 50.51
28. DuPont DD 50.08
29. Travelers TRV 31.69
30. Alcoa AA 8.66

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 7/14/13:

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

AT&T T: 7/12/13 8K re: AT&T agreeing to buy Leap Wireless
6/28/13 8K re: election of Cynthia B. Taylor as a Director & increase number of dirs. from 13 to 14
5/24/13 8K re: redemption of debentures
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


Alcoa AA: 7/11/13 & 7/9 8Ks re: 2Q earnings results
7/1/13 8K re: closing the Fusina, Italy aluminum smelter
5/30/13 8K re: Moody's downgrade of debt rating from Baa3 to Ba1 & from negative to stable
5/24/13 8K re: redemption of 65 Notes due 7/15/13
5/20/13 8K re: shut down of 2 smelters in Quebec
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

American Express AXP: 6/21/13 8K re: selection of Jeffrey Campbell CFO
6/17/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months thru 5/31/13
5/22/13 & 5/17/13 8Ks re: issuance of $1.85 bil of notes
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

Bank of Am BAC: 7/2/13 8K re: redemption of securities
  5/29/13 8K re: issuance of 40,000 shaes of Series U Preferred Stock
5/28/13 8K re: redemption of Perpetual Preferred Stock
5/8/13 8K re: voting results from 5/8 Stockholders 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

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


Caterpillar CAT: 6/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 3/13
6/17/13 8K re: voting results of annual shareholderss mtg on 6/12
6/12/13 8K re: 15% increase in dividend from 8 cents to 60 cents payable 8/20 to record holders 7/22
5/20/13 8K re: 3 months dealer stats Feb through April 2013
5/17/13 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


Chevron CVX: 7/10/13 8K re: 2Q interim update
6/24/13 8K re: issuance of notes
6/4/13 8K re: approval by stockholders of Long Term Incentive Plan
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: Stockholders meeting on 5/29
4/2/13 8K re: salary increase for CEO and other execs


Cisco CSCO: 6/20/13 8K: re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/12/13 8K re: executives' adoption of pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/7/13 8K re: Cisco payment to Tivo of $294 mil to settle patent dispute that includes Google & AARIS Group
5/21/13 10Q for qtr ended 4/27/13
5/15/13 8K re: 3Q ended 4/27 results

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

Disney DIS: 7/1/13 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract to 6/30/16
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


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


ExxonMobil XOM: 6/3/13 8K re: voting results of 5/29/13 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
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

GE: 6/14/13 8K re: election of Keith S. Sherlin, CEO GE Capital
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


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/18/13 8K re: change of duties of EVP R. Todd Bradley
6/6/13 10Q & 5/22/13 8K re: qtr ended 4/30/13
5/29/13 8K re: resignation of John H. Mammergren & G. Kennedy Thompson from BoD and temporary reduction of Board members from 11 to 9
4/4/13 8K re: resignations of directors John H. Hammergren & G. Kennedy Thompson


Home Depot HD: 5/29/13 8K re: shareholder approval of Amended Restated '05 Stock Incentive Plan
5/29/13 10Q & 5/21/13 8K re: qtr ended 5/5/13
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

Intel INTC: 5/21/13 8K re: Brian M. Krzanich became CEO on 5/16
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.


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


JPMorganChase JPM: 7/12/13 2 8Ks re: 2Q results
6/10/13 8K re: amendment to Cert. of Incorp. to allow shareholder action by written consent
6/4/13 8K re: Reg FD disclosure re: investor conference presentation
5/23/13 8K re: results of 5/21/13 Annual Shareholders Meeting
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 6/20/13 8K re: agreement to buy Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for its late state prostate drugs
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

McDonald's MCD: 6/10/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: Investor Release
5/28/13 8K re: voting results of 5/23/13 Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/13 8K re: April sales
5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
5/3/13 8K re: adjustment to sales results

Merck MRK: 5/30/13 8K re: voting results of 5/28/13 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/22/13 8K re: accelerated stock repurchase agreement with Goldman Sachs
5/20/13 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes

Microsoft MSFT: 7/11/13 8K re: resignation of Pres. of Office Div. Kurt DelBene
7/3/13 8K re: retirement of Steve Sinofsky from Windows Div.
5/20/13 8-K/A approval of CFO Amy Hood's compensation
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

Pfizer PFE: 6/3/13 8K re: issuance of $4 bil of notes
5/29/13 8K re: blackout of insider purchase of shares due to Zoetis exchange offer
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

Procter & Gamble PG: Pre-14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/8/13 at Aronoff Center in Cincinnati
7/9/13 8K re: declaration of dividend of $0.6015 on Common & Conv. Call A Pref. payable 8/15 to 7/19 record holders
6/12/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: presentation at Deutsche Bank Global Consumer Conference
6/5/13 8K re: grouping of Global Business Units into 4 industry based sectors
5/24/13 8K re: A.G. Lafley rejoining as CEO replacing Bob McDonald
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

3M MMM: 5/16/13 8K re: amendment to Annual Report re: realignment of business groups and certain accounting revisions
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

Travelers TRV: 6/12/13 8K re: $1 bil revolving bank credit agreement
6/10/13 8K re: purchase of Dominion of Canada General Insurance for $1.1 bil
5/24/13 8K re: voting results of 5/22/13 Annual shareholders meeting
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.

United Technologies UTX: 6/18/13 8K re: Ohio Fed. Ct. awarding $473 mil to U.S. re: False Calims Act re: overcharging by Pratt & Whitney on F100's
5/24/13 8K re: redemption of $1 bil 1.2% notes due 6/1/13
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

UnitedHealth Group UNH: 6/6/13 8K re: Voting results of 6/3/13 Annual Shareholders Mtg
5/29/13 8K re: Reg FD disclosure re: Bernstein 29th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference
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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 6/10/13 8K re: election of Anthony T. Skiadas, 44, Sr. VP & Controller
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: rumors 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

WalMart WMT: 6/7/13 10Q & 5/16/13 8K re: Qtr. ended 4/30
6/2/13 8K re: Voting results of 6/7 Annual shareholder meeting
4/22/13 Proxy re: 6/7 shareholder meeting 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
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