Wednesday, July 3, 2013

7/3/13 Wed pm Dow Closes at 14988.55 up 56.14 or 0.38%

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Post No. 2,257  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 Wednesday at 14988.55 up 56.14 or 0.38% from Tuesday's close of 14932.41. Of the Dow components  21 gained, Merck was unchanged  and 8  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was  and percentage-wise was % . The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  and percentage-wise was %.



As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5   of  Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 16.32 up from yesterday's  trailing P/E ratio of 16.28 (last year it was 14.26); today's  P/E estimate is 13.42 unchanged   from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 13.42  (year ago it was 12.19) and today's dividend yield is 2.45 up   from yesterday's  dividend yield of 2.44 (last year it was 2.56). 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.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1944.44 down 5.54 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1944.44. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of   Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.81 down 19  cents from Tuesday's average of $64.81.  The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.27   (DIS/UNH) down 51 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $64.27. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost  $554 ($194,998).

Wednesday MarketWatch 3:08 by Wallace Witkowski, Victor Reklaitis, Barbara Kollmeyer says U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday in advance of the Independence Day holiday, as positive jobs data countered international concerns in the abbreviated trading session. The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA +0.38% rose 56.14 points, or 0.4%, to close at 14,988.55, with shares of Boeing Co. BA +1.40% and Cisco Systems Inc.CSCO +1.11% leading the way. Earlier in the session, the Dow was down by as many as 73 points. Shares of Alcoa Inc.  AA -1.15% fell 1.2%, the worst performer on the index after a downgrade from J.P. Morgan analysts. The aluminum giant will kick off second-quarter earnings season on Monday after the bell. The S&P 500SPX +0.08% advanced 1.33 points, or less than 0.1%, to finish at 1,615.41, overcoming an earlier 9-point deficit, with tech and consumer discretionary stocks performing the best. The Nasdaq Composite /COMP +0.30% finished up 10.27 points, or 0.3%, at 3,443.67, as Apple Inc. AAPL +0.55% gained 0.6%. Earlier in the session, the Nasdaq had been down by as many as 15 points. Advancing stocks edged out declining stocks by about 13 to 10 on the Nasdaq while decliners outnumbered advancers on the New York Stock Exchange by about 3 to 2. Composite NYSE volume topped 1.9 billion shares and composite Nasdaq volume was just over 925 million shares by the 1 p.m. Eastern close. On the jobs front, ADP’s private-sector report showed a better-than-expected gain of 188,000 jobs in June. Initial weekly jobless claims showed a surprise drop, with the Labor Department saying claims fell from the prior week to 343,000. The jobless-claims report usually comes out on Thursdays, but that’s changed this week due to the Independence Day holiday. The data are a good indication of what may be in store for Friday’s job report, said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott. However, trading on Friday’s report may not come to bear until Monday given the number of traders on holiday this week, he noted. “It’s taken out the probability that we’ll get a downside shock,” Luschini said. Economists polled by MarketWatch expect the U.S. added 155,000 jobs in June. Investors on Wednesday also were digesting a report showing the U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected in May, and a weaker-than-anticipated reading on the services sector. The Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturing index fell to 52.2% in May, indicating slower growth among service-sector companies. Internationally, investors are concerned about a potential collapse for Portugal’s government after the exit of two cabinet members. The country’s government previously had agreed on an austerity plan under an international bailout. “Expect the government to fall in the course of the next 48 hours. A new election will be called amid a huge drive towards antiausterity,” said Steen Jakobsen, chief economist with Saxo Bank, in emailed comments. “This is exactly what German Chancellor Angela Merkel does not need.” European stocks dropped on Wednesday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 indexXX:SXXP -0.58% sliding 0.6%. In Egypt, President Mohammed Morsi proposed a consensus government as a military deadline urging him to meet protesters’ demands passed. The crisis turned deadly Tuesday night, with at least 18 people killed in fighting between Morsi’s supporters and his opponents. Oil prices jumped on the headlines out of Egypt, which is an important crude transport point. U.S. oil futures traded above $102 a barrel, but were recently back below that level. In Asia on Wednesday, stocks fell as two reports on China’s services sector indicated weak growth for June. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index HK:HSI -2.48% lost 2.5%. “It looks as if we could be headed for another summertime crisis in the euro zone, as Portugal’s government crumbles and bond yields spike,” said David Madden, market analyst at IG, in a note to investors. Gold prices gained, while the dollar was down slightly.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol upMarketLast SaleNet
Change
%
Change
Share
Volume
AA  NYSE  $ 7.71   0.09  1.15%  11,505,733
AXP  NYSE  $ 74.58   0.04  0.05%  3,012,072
BA  NYSE  $ 102.89   1.42  1.4%  2,897,189
BAC  NYSE  $ 12.83   0.07  0.54%  37,957,905
CAT  NYSE  $ 81.85   0.63  0.76%  2,925,407
CSCO  NASDAQ-GS  $ 24.59   0.27  1.11%  24,770,763
CVX  NYSE  $ 119.08   0.07  0.06%  3,041,051
DD  NYSE  $ 52.40   0.14  0.27%  2,298,274
DIS  NYSE  $ 63.61   0.35  0.55%  3,352,066
GE  NYSE  $ 22.91   0.01  0.04%  21,426,683
HD  NYSE  $ 77.73   0.42  0.54%  3,033,431
HPQ  NYSE  $ 25.18   0.16  0.64%  7,476,837
IBM  NYSE  $ 193.25   1.75  0.91%  1,878,313
INTC  NASDAQ-GS  $ 23.762   0.042  0.18%  18,158,544
JNJ  NYSE  $ 86.78   0.21  0.24%  3,605,315
JPM  NYSE  $ 52.77   0.03  0.06%  10,435,481
KO  NYSE  $ 40.49   0.12  0.3%  5,262,817
MCD  NYSE  $ 100.35   0.42  0.42%  1,683,294
MMM  NYSE  $ 109.45   0.72  0.66%  1,363,938
MRK  NYSE  $ 46.55   unch  unch  6,880,333
MSFT  NASDAQ-GS  $ 34.01   0.07  0.21%  15,993,980
PFE  NYSE  $ 27.65   0.05  0.18%  22,030,060
PG  NYSE  $ 78.57   0.13  0.17%  5,345,146
T  NYSE  $ 35.62   0.09  0.25%  11,592,276
TRV  NYSE  $ 80.40   0.58  0.73%  794,842
UNH  NYSE  $ 65.54   0.27  0.41%  2,277,651
UTX  NYSE  $ 94.73   0.93  0.99%  1,742,106
VZ  Dual Listed  $ 51.01   0.38  0.75%  5,973,384
WMT  NYSE  $ 74.76   0.05  0.07%  2,324,406
XOM  NYSE  $ 90.69   0.05  0.06%  5,680,116

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


A read of the print editions of Wednesday's  Wall St. Journal,  Financial Times,   Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today,  Atlanta Journal & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg)  yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 14932.41 down 42.55 or 0.28% from Monday's close of 14974.96. For the year the Dow is up %. Of the Dow components  12 gained and 18  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Home Depot up 44 cents and percentage-wise was AT&T up 0.65% . The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Boeing down $1.77 and percentage-wise was GE down 1.89%.

WSJ pC4 "Shares erase early gains as investors brace for Friday" by Tomi Kilgore, Kaitlyn Kiernan says US stocks ended a volatile but low vol session with losses as jitters over Fri's key jobs data & a jump in crude oil prices kept sentiment in check.

NYT pB4 "Troubling news from Egypt stymies major indexes" by AP says the stock market ended lower on Tues due to reports of intensifying political turmoil in Egypt that offset good news about the US economy.

IBD pB4 "Stocks give up earlyg ains as rebound starts to stall" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says the stock market reversed lower Tues in a reminder that it is not out of its correction.

FT p22 "Carmakers shift up a gear after June sales surge at GM and Frod" by Jason Abbruzzese says US equity markets recovered much of the ground lost after the Fed warned that the end of its qe program was in sight.  JPMorgan was up 1.3%.



Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1944.44 down 5.54 from Monday's closing numerator of 1949.98. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of   Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.81 down 19  cents from Monday's average of $65.  The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.27   (DIS/UNH) down 51 cents from Monday's median closing price of $64.78. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Tuesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost  $554 ($194,998 - 194,444).

Tuesday MarketWatch 4:38 by Wallace Witkowski, Victor Reklaitis, Barbara Kollmeyer says U.S. stocks   ended lower Tuesday, losing steam gained from reports showing solid growth for car sales and factory orders as investors anticipated the jobs report at the end of the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.28% closed down 42.55 points, or 0.3%, at 14,932.41, with shares of General Electric Co. GE -1.89%  and Boeing Co.  BA -1.71%  the day’s worst performers. The Dow industrials had traded as high as 74 points earlier in the session. The S&P 500 SPX -0.05%  slipped 0.88 point to close at 1,614.08, with industrials and materials lagging the most. The index was up as much as 9 points earlier. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.03%  fell 1.09 points to finish at 3,433.40, even though Apple Inc. AAPL +0.21%  shares finished the day up 2.3%. Earlier, the index was up as high as 19 points. Declining stocks outpaced advancers 3 to 2 on the New York Stock Exchange and by a narrow margin on the Nasdaq. Composite NYSE volume topped 3.2 billion shares and Nasdaq composite volume was just over 1.6 billion shares at the close. With the short holiday week and trading volume down, don’t place a lot of weight behind market swings right now, said Paul Nolte, managing director at Dearborn Partners. Ever since comments made by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in late May brought stocks off their nominal highs, the market has been looking for a stabilizing force, and that will likely be earnings season, which begins next week, he said. “We’re still in a corrective phase that’ll end with the beginning of earnings,” Nolte said. Volume should be relatively light this week, with many traders taking vacations around Thursday’s Independence Day holiday. Besides shutting down Thursday for the holiday, U.S. stock markets will close early Wednesday — at 1 p.m. Eastern time. Stocks started edging down after New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley spoke Tuesday. Dudley reiterated that market fears about rate hikes are misplaced when it comes to the Fed’s intentions to scale back on asset purchases as the economy improves. But that reassurance did little to appease the market. Investors need to be careful on putting emphasis on any one data point during the short week, given that the big one will be the monthly U.S. jobs report on Friday morning. Economists polled by MarketWatch expect the economy added 155,000 jobs in June, down from 175,000 in May. That report will be a good tell on where the market stands regarding Fed policy, said Brad Sorensen, director of market and sector research at Charles Schwab.Markets rallied earlier after U.S. auto-sales data were released from Ford Motor Co. F +2.80%  and General Motors Co. /quotes/zigman/1466682/quotes/nls/gm GM +0.29% . Ford said it achieved its best June result since 2006, and GM’s sales increased 6.5%. Orders for goods produced in U.S. factories climbed 2.1% in May, the Commerce Department said. That topped the 1.9% gain expected by economists surveyed by MarketWatch. Data released Monday showed activity rebounded in June for manufacturers, which helped drive more gains for Wall Street. Some strategists are feeling upbeat, saying the June selloff for equities was overdone. In a note on Tuesday, UBS strategist Stephanie Deo said the investment bank is increasing its overweight position in equities, increasing U.S. exposure as part of that. She said they are also moving to an underweight in commodities, cutting their fixed-income underweight call back to neutral, selling emerging-market debt to reach an underweight position, and cutting cash to zero. On Monday, Deutsche Bank strategists said equities remain a safe bet over the long term. In Europe on Tuesday, XX:SXXP -0.40%  lost ground, closing down by 0.4%, with analysts saying traders were growing cautious ahead of central bank meetings for the U.K. and euro zone on Thursday. Asian markets finished mixed, with Japanese and Australian equities faring best. Among stocks on the move, shares of Zynga Inc. ZNGA +6.51%  advanced more than 6% after news of a new chief executive. Shares of Constellation Brands Inc. STZ -3.57%  fell 3.6% after the producer of liquor and wine reported its first-quarter profit fell to $52.9 million, or 27 cents a share, from $72.0 million, or 38 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Oil prices gained, while gold declined. Oil prices rose as Egypt’s military drew up a plan to suspend the country’s constitution.

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

AT&T:  IBD pA4 "Dish options: T-Mobile, DirecTV, ATT" by Reinhardt Krause says after losing Sprint, Dish could do a deal with AT&T.

NYT pB1 "A spokesman finds fame interviewing tiny experts" by Stuart Elliott discusses the current AT&T ads that uses children.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  NYT pB13 "Rawleigh Warner Jr. 92 brash chairman of Mobil" by Douglas Martin says the former CEO of Mobil died.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan: FT p22 "Carmakers shift up a gear after June sales surge at GM and Frod" by Jason Abbruzzese says US equity markets recovered much of the ground lost after the Fed warned that the end of its qe program was in sight.  JPMorgan was up 1.3%.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB3 "Who will manage new Xbox?" by Ian Sher Don Mattrick left to Zynga so who will lead Microsoft's video game biz?

IBD pA4 "Google titles include cloud king" by Pete Barlas  ssays  Google accounts for 30% of all cloud based rev.  rivals, all of which have less than half of Google's share include Microsoft, yahoo and Facebook.

USAT p3B "Did you know?" says the most widely held stock in 401k plans is Microsoft.

USAT p4B "Microsoft nicely tweaks Windows 8"  by Edward C. Baig says what the headline says.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth Group:  IBD pA2 "UnitedHealth exits Cal" says this is ahead of major changes under ObamaCare and will force 8,000 customers to find new coverage.

Verizon:  NYT pB3 "FCC is told Verizon underpaid data refunds" by Edward Wyatt says Verizon Wireless understated the amount it collected from false data charges on customer bills when it agreed to refund the levies in '10 per a petition filed with the FCC.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol up Market Last Sale Net Change %  Change Share Volume

AA   NYSE   $ 7.80    0.06   0.76%   15,777,471

 AXP   NYSE   $ 74.62    1.02   1.35%   5,043,301

 BA   NYSE   $ 101.47    1.77   1.71%   4,147,030

 BAC   NYSE   $ 12.90    0.03   0.23%   83,645,852

 CAT   NYSE   $ 82.48    0.24   0.29%   3,660,114

CSCO   NASDAQ-GS   $ 24.32    0.015   0.06%   31,097,657

 CVX   NYSE   $ 119.15    0.07   0.06%   4,911,960

 DD   NYSE   $ 52.54    0.18   0.34%   3,518,203

DIS   NYSE   $ 63.26    0.67   1.05%   7,692,061

GE   NYSE   $ 22.90    0.44   1.89%   47,600,614

 HD   NYSE   $ 77.31    0.44   0.57%   6,887,888

 HPQ   NYSE   $ 25.02    0.09   0.36%   10,295,191

 IBM   NYSE   $ 191.50    0.22   0.12%   3,657,677

 INTC   NASDAQ-GS   $ 23.72    0.166   0.69%   28,293,568

JNJ   NYSE   $ 86.57    0.06   0.07%   8,573,086

JPM   NYSE   $ 52.80    0.31   0.59%   23,942,789

 KO   NYSE   $ 40.37    0.09   0.22%   12,248,784

 MCD   NYSE   $ 99.93    0.11   0.11%   3,851,143

 MMM   NYSE   $ 108.73    0.58   0.53%   3,008,215

 MRK   NYSE   $ 46.55    0.23   0.5%   11,330,751

 MSFT   NASDAQ-GS   $ 33.94    0.42   1.22%   37,629,719

 PFE   NYSE   $ 27.70    0.08   0.29%   61,299,399

 PG   NYSE   $ 78.44    0.42   0.54%   10,229,949

 T   NYSE   $ 35.53    0.23   0.65%   18,636,568

TRV   NYSE   $ 79.82    1.29   1.59%   2,282,380

 UNH   NYSE   $ 65.27    0.36   0.55%   4,484,709

 UTX   NYSE   $ 93.80    0.94   0.99%   3,696,459

 VZ   Dual Listed   $ 50.63    0.27   0.54%   9,661,058

WMT   NYSE   $ 74.71    0.12   0.16%   6,728,401

XOM   NYSE   $ 90.64    0.34   0.38%   12,321,151

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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 6/15/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $402.75
2. Microsoft MSFT 287.28
3. WalMart WMT 245.32
4. GE 243.20
5. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 238.50
6. Chevron CVX 233.16
7. IBM 224.20
8. Procter & Gamble PG 213.86
9. Pfizer PFE 205.54
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 200.81
11. AT&T T 193.20
12. Coke KO 179.66
13. Verizon VZ 146.12
14. Merck MRK 144.79
15. Bank of America BAC 140.90
16. Cisco CSCO 128.75
17. Intel INTC 123.88
18. Disney DIS 114.90
19. Home Depot HD 111.88
20. McDonald's MCD 98.67
21. United Technologies UTX 86.43
22. American Express AXP 80.17
23. Boeing BA 77.26
24. 3M MMM 76.63
25. UnitedHealth UNH 65.08
26. Caterpillar CAT 55.14
27. DuPont DD 48.49
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 47.71
29. Travelers TRV 30.92
30. Alcoa AA 8.68

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 6/15/13:

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

AT&T T: 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
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

Alcoa AA: 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
3/1/12 Proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/13 at Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh

American Express AXP: 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
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 shareholders 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

Bank of Am BAC: 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
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


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: 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
3/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 12/12


Chevron CVX: 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
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: 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
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: 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
2/27/13 Iran Notice
2/27/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12

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
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: 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
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: 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
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: 5/21/13 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.
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: 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
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



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: 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
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: 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
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: 5/20/13 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
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: 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
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: 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
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: 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
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: 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.
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: 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

United Technologies UTX: 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
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: 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: 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


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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