Monday, October 14, 2013

10/14/13 Mon. pm Dow Closes at 15301.26 up 64.15 or 0.42%

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Post No. 2,395 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 Monday at 15301.26 up 64.15 or 0.42% from Friday's close of 15,237.11. Of  the Dow components 22     gained and 8  declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise  was Boeing up $1.48 and percentage-wise was Pfizer up 2.19% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was Goldman Sachs and Merck down 54 cents and percentage-wise was Merck down 1.14 M . 


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 0.15571590501117.  Monday's  trailing P/E ratio is  16.96 up   from Friday's trailing P/E of 16.84  (last year it was 14.52);  Monday's    P/E estimate is  14.13 up from Friday's  P/E estimate of 13.99  (year ago it was 12.62) and Monday's  dividend yield is 2.19 down from Friday's dividend yield of 2.21  (last year it was 2.55). The Dow's all-time high was 15,676.94   on September 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 2382.65 up 9.99  from Friday's closing numerator of 2372.66. 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 (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of   Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.42 up 33 cents from Friday's average closing price of 79.09.  The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $76.21 (AXP/WMT) up 90 cents from Friday's median closing price of $75.11 (AXP/HD. The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume was Cisco.

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 $999  ($238,265 - $237,624)  .

MarketWatch 10/14/13 Mon. 4:24 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks climbed on Monday, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 extending gains into a fourth session, as lawmakers appeared to be inching towards an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, three days before U.S. borrowing authority is set to expire. “The market is very nervous about what is going on in Washington, D.C.,” said Paul Mangus, head of equity research and strategy at Wells Fargo Private Bank. “The markets are going through these emotions of hope and fear. We’re looking for signs of progress such as everyone else is doing, in the absence of more information,” he said. After a 101-point drop, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.42%  ended with a gain of 64.15 points, or 0.4%, at 15,301.26, with Pfizer Inc. PFE -0.17%   leading gains that included 22 of its 30 components. The S&P 500 indexSPX +0.41%  added 6.94 points, or 0.4%, to 1,710.14, with health care and energy the best performing and telecommunications and utilities the laggards of its 10 major sectors.Whirlpool Corp. WHR +0.33%   declined 6.5% on concerns about reduced demand for appliances. Expedia Inc. /EXPE -6.22%   shares slid 6.2% after the online-travel site was downgraded to hold from buy at Deutsche Bank.
Netflix Inc. shares /NFLX +0.20%  rallied 7.8% after Bloomberg News reported the company was in talks with major cable operators, including Comcast Corp.CMCSA -0.22%  and Time Warner Cable Inc. TWC +0.05% , to add its video service to set-top boxes.The Nasdaq Composite index /quotes/zigman/12633936 COMP +0.62%  rose 23.40 points, or 0.6%, to 3,815.27.
For every two shares on the decline, roughly three gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 575 million shares traded. Composite volume approached 2.6 billion shares. Equities maintained modest gains after the meeting was delayed to give congressional leaders more time to hammer out an agreement. Crude-oil futures CLX3 +0.20%  gained 39 cents, or 0.4%, to $102.41 a barrel and gold GCZ3 +0.24%  rose $8.40, or 0.7%, to $1,276.60 an ounce after falling 3% last week.
The dollar DXY -0.10%  fell against the currencies of major U.S. trading partners including the euro EURUSD -0.01% . The Treasury market is closed Monday for the Columbus Day holiday.
And, while Wall Street’s attention remained largely on Capitol Hill, a number of companies will report third-quarter earnings in coming days. “We’re not expecting this to be a very strong earnings reporting period,” said Mangus at Wells Fargo, noting the reduced guidance for the third quarter. “What is going to be more important will be the guidance into 2014,” he added. Tuesday’s schedule includes Citigroup Inc.  C +0.04%  , Coca-Cola Co. KO +0.11%   and Intel Corp. INTC +0.21% ; results from International Business Machines Corp.IBM -0.16%  are expected Wednesday, while Thursday’s lineup includes Union Pacific Corp.UNP -0.03% , Verizon Communication Inc. VZ -0.06%  and Google Inc. GOOG -0.01% . On Friday, General Electric Co.GE -0.08%  is among those expected to report. On Friday, the Dow industrials halted a two-week losing streak and tallied their largest three-day points gain since Dec. 2, 2011, on signs of progress toward a debt accord on Capitol Hill. But the effort at avoiding a default lost steam during the weekend. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Sunday said he’d held a “productive conversation” with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. But the discussion has failed to yield a definitive plan yet to put to Congress for a vote.
The government started a partial shutdown on Oct. 1 after Congress did not approve a spending measure for the fiscal year. The gridlock comes along with Thursday’s deadline to raise the U.S. borrowing authority. Without legislative action, the country could default on its debts, a scenario seen as threatening to the U.S. and global economy. “Both sides are behaving like spoiled children. It’s inconceivable that they are going to try to run this up to the last minute. The house is on fire, and they are arguing how to put water on the fire,” said Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Banyan Partners LLC.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
 
TNYSE
AXPNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
GSNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
NKENYSE
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
UNHNYSE
VZDualListed
VNYSE
WMTNYSE
DDNYSE

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

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 15237.11 up 111.04 or 0.73% from Thursday's close of 15,160.07.  For the year the Dow is up 16.28%. Of  the Dow components   24   gained and  6 declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Verizon up $3.17 or 1.68% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Boeing down 92 cents or 0.77% . 

IBD pB8 "Stocks add to big gains, but volume still declining" by Paul Witfield says stocks advanced Fri but vol declined for the 2nd straight session as the current outlook is uptrend under pressure.

Sat. WSJ pB5 "Stocks end with a gain" by Dan Strumpf says stocks climbed with blue chips notching their first weekly gains in 3 weeks as investors grew more confident that DC would get a deal to raise the borrowing limit to avoid a gov default.


Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2372.66 up 17.29  from Thursday's closing numerator of 2355.37. 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 (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of   Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.09 up 58 cents from Thursday's average closing price of 78.51.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $75.11 (AXP/WMT) up 5 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $75.16 (WMT/HD). The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume was Microsoft.

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 $5,031  ($237,624- $234,537)  .

MarketWatch 10/11/13 Fri. 4:20 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks  climbed on Friday, adding to Wall Street’s largest single-day percentage gain since Jan. 2, after the Associated Press reported House Republicans were proposing a deal that would avert default and end the 11-day-old government shutdown. “Any company that comes up slightly light on the quarter now gets a pass; it’s ‘The government ate my homework’ excuse.”  Lawrence Creatura, Federated Investors 
“Investors are getting a little bit of daylight with respect to the political landscape,” said Lawrence Creatura, portfolio manager at Federated Investors. “The market is concluding that some sort of resolution is more likely now than it has been in recent days,” Creatura added. The AP cited officials speaking on condition of anonymity in reporting senior aides to House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor detailed the plan at a late-night White House meeting on Thursday with senior administration officials. President Barack Obama has said he wants to see the government reopened as quickly as possible without Republicans demanding any conditions for doing so. The government has been partially closed for 11 days as Republicans sought to defund the Affordable Care Act, or health-care legislation passed into law in 2010. “There has undoubtedly been economic impact,” said Creatura, referring to the partial government closure. “However, the markets will correctly perceive this as a temporary one-off event and will look through it in valuing equities. Any company that comes up slightly light on the quarter now gets a pass, it’s ‘the government ate my homework excuse,’” Creatura said.  A day after its largest point jump since December 2011, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.73% advanced 111.04 points, or 0.7%, to 15,237.11, a two-week high. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index SPX +0.63%  gained 10.64 points, or 0.6%, to 1,703.20, its first finish above 1,700 in nearly three weeks. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.83% climbed 31.13 points, or 0.8%, to 3,791.87. Both the Dow and the S&P 500 posted their first weekly gain in three, the former up 1.1% for the week and the latter rising 0.8% from last Friday’s close. The Nasdaq Composite fell for its fist week in six, off 0.4% for the week. For every stock falling, roughly three gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 635 million shares traded. Composite volume surpassed 2.9 billion.

Monday's Dow news followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  WSJ pB3 "AT&T scales down its adworks mobile-ad division" by Thomas Gryta, Suzanne Vranica says AT&T is shutting down large parts fo its AdWorks advertising div after it failed to gain traction placing mobile ads.

American Express:   WSJ pC2 "The Ticker" on Tues. Intel reports earnings with 53 cents expected vs. 58 cents a year ago, as does Johnson & Johnson ($1.32 vsw. $1.25; and Coke (53 cents vs. 51 cents a year ago); on Wed. American Express ($1.22 vs. $1.09), IBM $3.96 vs. $3.62); on Thursday Goldman Sachs ($2.44 vs. $2.85), UnitedHealth ($1.52 vs. $1.50) & Verizon (74 cents vs. 64 cents) and on Friday GE (35 cents vs. 36 cents).

Barron's p15 "Week preview" says on Tues 10/15 Johnson & Johnson will report results and on Wed. 10/16 so will American Express.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:   No mentions found.

Chevron: WSJ pB1 "lawyer who beat Chevron is now defending himself" by Jennifer Smith says Stepehn Donziger won a $19 bil judgment against Cehvron d ue to Ecuador pollution and is now being sued by Chevron who claims he acted fraudulently.

Cisco:  Barron's p29 "Building the Cloud: Who wins, who loses" by Tiernan Ray says Cisco Systems and others face threats as computing moves out of corporate data centers and onto the cloud that firms like Google and Amazon.com have created as well as Verizon Communications.  Verizon Cloud is a cloud builder and eschews traditional server computers and Cisco switches in favor of custom build boxes designed in partnership with AMD and its own networking software.

Coke: WSJ pC2 "The Ticker" on Tues. Intel reports earnings with 53 cents expected vs. 58 cents a year ago, as does Johnson & Johnson ($1.32 vsw. $1.25; and Coke (53 cents vs. 51 cents a year ago); on Wed. American Express ($1.22 vs. $1.09), IBM $3.96 vs. $3.62); on Thursday Goldman Sachs ($2.44 vs. $2.85), UnitedHealth ($1.52 vs. $1.50) & Verizon (74 cents vs. 64 cents) and on Friday GE (35 cents vs. 36 cents).

Disney:  WSJ pC6 "overheard" says on Fri. Disney and others petitioned Supreme Court to shut down Aereo on copyright infringement basis.

DuPont:   No mentions found.

Exxon:  Barron's pM3 "Talk of debt deal pushes Dow 1% higher" by Vito Racanelli says at $87 per share, Exxon's stock is flat this year underperforming the market's 19% rise, so the shares may be cheap as Exxon is a solid, well run firm trading at a discount to historical valuations.

GE: WSJ pC2 "The Ticker" on Tues. Intel reports earnings with 53 cents expected vs. 58 cents a year ago, as does Johnson & Johnson ($1.32 vsw. $1.25; and Coke (53 cents vs. 51 cents a year ago); on Wed. American Express ($1.22 vs. $1.09), IBM $3.96 vs. $3.62); on Thursday Goldman Sachs ($2.44 vs. $2.85), UnitedHealth ($1.52 vs. $1.50) & Verizon (74 cents vs. 64 cents) and on Friday GE (35 cents vs. 36 cents).

Goldman Sachs: WSJ pC2 "The Ticker" on Tues. Intel reports earnings with 53 cents expected vs. 58 cents a year ago, as does Johnson & Johnson ($1.32 vsw. $1.25; and Coke (53 cents vs. 51 cents a year ago); on Wed. American Express ($1.22 vs. $1.09), IBM $3.96 vs. $3.62); on Thursday Goldman Sachs ($2.44 vs. $2.85), UnitedHealth ($1.52 vs. $1.50) & Verizon (74 cents vs. 64 cents) and on Friday GE (35 cents vs. 36 cents).

Home Depot:   No mentions found.

Intel: WSJ pC2 "The Ticker" on Tues. Intel reports earnings with 53 cents expected vs. 58 cents a year ago, as does Johnson & Johnson ($1.32 vsw. $1.25; and Coke (53 cents vs. 51 cents a year ago); on Wed. American Express ($1.22 vs. $1.09), IBM $3.96 vs. $3.62); on Thursday Goldman Sachs ($2.44 vs. $2.85), UnitedHealth ($1.52 vs. $1.50) & Verizon (74 cents vs. 64 cents) and on Friday GE (35 cents vs. 36 cents).

IBM: WSJ pC2 "The Ticker" on Tues. Intel reports earnings with 53 cents expected vs. 58 cents a year ago, as does Johnson & Johnson ($1.32 vsw. $1.25; and Coke (53 cents vs. 51 cents a year ago); on Wed. American Express ($1.22 vs. $1.09), IBM $3.96 vs. $3.62); on Thursday Goldman Sachs ($2.44 vs. $2.85), UnitedHealth ($1.52 vs. $1.50) & Verizon (74 cents vs. 64 cents) and on Friday GE (35 cents vs. 36 cents).

JPMorgan: WSJ pC2 "JPMorgans spoils party" by Steven Russolillo, Alexandra Scaggs, WSJ pA14 "JPMorgan's lawyer losses"  say JPMorgan had a 3Q loss due to a $9 bil legal cost reserve.

 IBD pA1 "JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo beat Q3 earnings views" by Ciaran McEvoy says JPMorgan earned $1.42 a share up 1% a year ago beating analysts view of a expected 9% drop to $1.17.  JPMorgan's rev fell 8$ to $23.9 bil.

Barron's p14 "Week review"  says JPMorgan's reserve for legal costs totaled $9.2 bil resulting in a rare quarterly loss for JPMorgan, its first under CEO Jamie Dimon.

Johnson & Johnson:  Barron's p15 "Week preview" says on Tues 10/15 Johnson & Johnson will report results and on Wed. 10/16 so will American Express.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Nike:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  Barron's p43 "A payout takes flight" by Shirley A. Lazo says United Technologies hiked its dividend 10% and is trading  a few points under its 52 week high of $112.46 yielding 2.2%.

UnitedHealth: WSJ pC2 "The Ticker" on Tues. Intel reports earnings with 53 cents expected vs. 58 cents a year ago, as does Johnson & Johnson ($1.32 vsw. $1.25; and Coke (53 cents vs. 51 cents a year ago); on Wed. American Express ($1.22 vs. $1.09), IBM $3.96 vs. $3.62); on Thursday Goldman Sachs ($2.44 vs. $2.85), UnitedHealth ($1.52 vs. $1.50) & Verizon (74 cents vs. 64 cents) and on Friday GE (35 cents vs. 36 cents).

Verizon:  WSJ pC2 "The Ticker" on Tues. Intel reports earnings with 53 cents expected vs. 58 cents a year ago, as does Johnson & Johnson ($1.32 vsw. $1.25; and Coke (53 cents vs. 51 cents a year ago); on Wed. American Express ($1.22 vs. $1.09), IBM $3.96 vs. $3.62); on Thursday Goldman Sachs ($2.44 vs. $2.85), UnitedHealth ($1.52 vs. $1.50) & Verizon (74 cents vs. 64 cents) and on Friday GE (35 cents vs. 36 cents).

Barron's p29 "Building the Cloud: Who wins, who loses" by Tiernan Ray says Cisco Systems and others face threats as computing moves out of corporate data centers and onto the cloud that firms like Google and Amazon.com have created as well as Verizon Communications.  Verizon Cloud is a cloud builder and eschews traditional server computers and Cisco switches in favor of custom build boxes designed in partnership with AMD and its own networking software.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart: WSJ pB2 "Happening this week" says on Tuesday Walmart hosts an investor meeting.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol  Last Sale   Change   % Change   Share Volume   Market

T NYSE
AXP NYSE
 BA NYSE
CAT NYSE
CVX NYSE
CSCO NASDAQ-GS
KO NYSE
DIS NYSE
DD NYSE
XOM NYSE
GE NYSE
GS NYSE
HD NYSE
INTC NASDAQ-GS
IBM NYSE
JPM NYSE
 JNJ NYSE
MCD NYSE
MRK NYSE
 MSFT NASDAQ-GS
 NKE NYSE
PFE NYSE
PG NYSE
MMM NYSE
TRV NYSE
UTX NYSE
UNH NYSE
VZ DualListed
V NYSE
WMT NYSE

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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)

American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)

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)

Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)

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)

Nike NK Mark Parker (Beaverton, OR)

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)

Visa V Charles W. Scharf (Foster City, CA)

Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 9/23/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $386.24
2. Microsoft MSFT 272.72
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 251.06
4.  WalMart WMT 248.78
5.   GE 247.26
6. Chevron CVX 242.51
7. Procter & Gamble PG 217.13
8. IBM 209.22
9. JPMorgan Chase JPM 193.93
10. Pfizer PFE 190.66
11. AT&T T 181.74
12. Coke KO 171.25
13. Merck MRK 139.53
14. Verizon VZ 137.30
15.  Cisco CSCO 130.15
16. Visa V 126.59
17. Intel INTC 117.67
18. Disney DIS 115.67
19. Home Depot HD 108.74
20.United Technologies UTX 100.39
21. McDonald's MCD 97.25
22. Boeing BA 88.65
23. American Express AXP 83.32
24. 3M MMM 82.77
25. Goldman Sachs GS 77.42
26. UnitedHealth UNH 73.02
27.Nike NKE 61.42
28.Caterpillar CAT 55.07
29. DuPont DD 54.86
30. Travelers TRV 32.26

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 9/31/13:

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

AT&T T: 9/10/13 8K re: purchase of spectrum from Verizon
8/28/13 8K re: redemption of 6.62% debentures due 10/15/34
8/2/13 10Q & 7/24/13 8K & 7/23/13 8K re: results for quarter ended 6/30/13
7/25/13 8K re: retirement from Board of Dr. Gilbert F. Amelia
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 # of dirs. 14 from 13


American Express AXP: 9/16/13 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 months ended 8/31/13
8/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 7/31/13
7/29/13 10Q & 7/17/13 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/13
7/25/13 8K re: amdmt to sr. Exec. Severance Plan
7/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off statgs for 3 mos. ended 6/30/13
 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


Boeing BA: 7/24/13 10Q & 8K re: results for qtr. ended 6/30/13
 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: 9/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats for period ended 8/13
9/17/13 8K re: credit agrmt up to $3  bil led by Citibank
8/20/13 8K re: dealer stats for July '13
8/2/13 10Q & 7/24/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
7/23/13 8K re: June '13 dealer stats
 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

Chevron CVX: 8/7/13 10Q & 8/2/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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

Cisco CSCO:  9/10/13 10K for fiscal year ended 7/27/13
8/15/13 8K re: firing of 4,000 employees
8/14/13 8K re: FY '13 & 4Q results
 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


Coke KO: 7/25/13 10Q & 7/16/13 8K 2Q ended 6/28/13 results
7/19/13 8K re: election of Ana Botin to Board
 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: 8/6/13 10Q & 8/6/13 8K re: 3Q ended 6/29/13 results
 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:  9/3/13 8K re: election of Patrick J. Ward to Board of Dires.
8/13/13 8K re: adoption of Sr. Exec. Severance Plan
7/23/13 10Q & 8K re: 2Q ended 6/31/13 results
 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


ExxonMobil XOM: 8/6/13 10Q & 8/1/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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: 9/13/13 8K re: election of James E. Rohr to Board of Dires.
7/26/13 10Q & 7/19/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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

Goldman Sachs GS: 8/8/13 10Q & 7/16 8K re: qr. ended 6/30/13
7/19/13 8K re: opinion of counsel re: $2.5 bil Notes due '18


Home Depot HD: 9/20/13 8K re: election of Helena B. Boulkes to Board of Dirs.
9/10/13 8K re: closing of sale of $3.25 bil notes
8/28/13 10Q re: qtr. ended8/4/13
8/20/13 8K re: 2Q results
 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


Intel INTC: 7/29/13 & 7/18/13 & 7/17/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 6/29/13
 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: 9/10/13 8K re: sale of outsourcing services business to SYNNEX
 7/31/13 8K re: underwriting contracts for notes5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
7/31/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K & 7/17/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
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

JPMorganChase JPM:  9/20/13 8K re: election of Linda B. Bammann to Board of Dirs. & amdmt to bylaws
9/19/13 8K re: consent decrees with Comptroller of Currency and Consuemr Fin'l Protection Bd. re:
credit card allegations
9/19/13 8K re: consent decrees with SEC & UK FCA & payment of $920 mil re: London Whale loss
9/10/13 8K re: fin'l services investor conf.presentation
8/21/13 8K re: closing of sale of $750 mil of 5.62% sub. notes due '43
8/21/13 8K re: sale of subordinated Notes
8/7/13 10Q re: 6/30/13 results
8/1/13 8K re: redemption of Non0cumulative Pref. Stock, Series J
7/29/13 8K re: issuance of Non0cumulative Pref. Stock, Series R
7/29/13 8K re: possible sale of commodities business
7/19/13 8K re: retirement from Board of David Cote & Ellen Futter
 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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 8/20/13 8K re: closing of purchase of Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
8/1/13 10Q & 7/16/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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


McDonald's MCD:  9/18/13 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend
9/10/13 8K re: Aug. '13 sales
7/31/13 10Q & 7/22/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
7/19/13 8K re: dividend of 77 cents pe share payable 9/17/13 to record holders on 9/3/13
 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: 8/7/13 10Q  & 7/30/13 8K re: results as of 6/30/13
 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: 9/23/13 8K re: amendment of exec comp. plans
9/20/13 8K re: realignment of structure to become a devices & service company
9/3/13 8K re: purchase of Nokia handset business
8/30/13 8K re: election of G. Mason Morfit to Board of Dires.
8/23/13 8K re: retirement of CEO Steven A.Ballmer within 12 months
7/30/13 10K & 7/18/13 8K re: results for year ended 6/30/13
 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

Nike NKE: 7/30/13 Proxy for 9/19/13 AnnualMeeting of Sharehodlers
7/23/13 10K for year ended 5/31/13

Pfizer PFE: 8/9/13 10Q & 7/30/13 8K re; 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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:  9/16/13 8K re: changes to global  Business Unit Structure & Segment earnings
9/4/13 8K re: presentation at Barclays Back to School Conference
8/23/13 8K re: Proxy for Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/8/13 in Cincinnati
 8/15/13 8K re: sale of Floating Rate Notes due '63
 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

3M MMM: 8/27/13 8K re: $150 mil credit agreement with HSBC Bank
8/13/13 8K re: election to Board of Thomas K. Brown  increase from 11 to 12
8/1/13 10Q & 7/25/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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: 8/1/13 8K re: underwriting contracts re: issuance of 4.6% Sr. Notes due '43
7/23/13 10Q & 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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: 9/6/13 8K re: new Pres. at Pratt & Whitney: Paul Adams succeeds David Hess
8/28/13 8K re: redemption of Goodrich 3.6% notes due '21
7/26/13 10Q & 7/23/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/18/13 8K re: Ohio Fed. Ct. awarding $473 mil to U.S. re: False Claims 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: 9/9/13 8K re: investor presentation at Morgan Stanley Global Health Care conf.
8/5/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 9/16/13 8K re: saleof $49 bil of notes
9/5/13 8K re: election of Gregory D. Wasson to Board of Dires.
9/5/13 8K re: election of Kathyrn A. Tesija to Board of Dirs.
9/3/13 8K re: purchase of Vodafone's indirect 45% interest in Verizon Wirelss
7/25/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 6/30/13
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


Visa V: 9/17/13 8K & 9/12/13 8K & 7/26/13 8K re: adoption of exec pre-arranged trading plans for execs: William Sheedy, Byron H.Pollitt, Jr. & Elizabeth Buse
7/24/13 10Q for quarter ended6/30/13

WalMart WMT: 8/15/13 9/5/13 10Q for qtr. ended 7/31/13
8K re: 2Q ended 7/31/13 results
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

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