Friday, October 18, 2013

10/18/13 Fri. pm Dow Closes at 15399.65 up 28 or 0.18%

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Post No. 2,403 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 Friday at 15399.65 up 28 or 0.18 % from Wednesday's close of 15373.83. For the week the Dow was up 162.54 or 1.07% from last Friday's close of 15237.11. Of  the Dow components 19   gained and 11  declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth up $2.61 or 3.66% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was Visa down $2.17  and percentage-wise was GE down 3.53%.

As of the open  of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5   of  Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Friday's  trailing P/E ratio is  17.20 down   from Thursday's trailing P/E of 17.30  (last year it was 14.70);  today's    P/E estimate is  14.13 unchanged from Thursday's  P/E estimate of 14.13  (year ago it was 12.62) and today's  dividend yield is 2.20 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.17  (last year it was 2.53). 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.


Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2397.97 up 4.36   from Thursday's closing numerator of 2393.61. 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 $79.93 up 14 cents from Thursday's average closing price of 79.79.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $75.76 (WMT/HD) up 67 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $75.76 (WMT/HD).  The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume was Cisco, again.


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 $436    ($239,797 - $239,361 )  .


MarketWatch 10/18/13 Fri. 4:17 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rose on Friday, with the S&P 500 index continuing its record run and posting its best weekly gain since mid-July, as investors applauded quarterly results from Internet-search titan Google Inc. and investment bank Morgan Stanley. “So far early in the earnings season, I would have to say it’s better than average. Not great, but better than average. We’re at all-time highs, so the market is certainly seeing it that way,” said J.J. Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade in Chicago. GOOG +0.36%   rose above its July 15 record, up $122.61, or nearly 14%, at $1,011.41, a day after reporting a double-digit rise in quarterly revenue. Morgan Stanley MS -0.47%   jumped 2.6% after reporting earnings nearly doubled in the third quarter, and shares of General Electric Co. /quotes/zigman/227468/quotes/nls/ge GE +3.53%  rose 3.5%, as the manufacturer reported a backlog in orders for jet engines, turbines and locomotives. Closing at a record for a second session, the S&P 500 SPX +0.66%  gained 11.35 points, or 0.7%, at 1,744.50, up 2.4% for the week. Technology paced sector gains among its 10 major industries. Wall Street’s advance comes on the assumption that the Federal Reserve will continue the pace of its $85 billion in monthly asset purchases in the wake of the now-ended budget standoff that closed government operations for 16 days. Congress has voted to finance government operations until Jan. 15 and hike the nation’s debt ceiling through the middle of January. “It’s nice that the government put aside some fears, shall we say, but only temporarily,” said Kinahan at TD Ameritrade. One concern is how much the current and coming budget moves impact consumer and business spending, given the uncertainty over what’s ahead. “Investors have driven U.S. benchmarks to record highs following temporary respite to the painful episode in Washington,” emailed Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak & Co. The discord on Capitol Hill likely means the timetable of Fed tapering has been disrupted, Wilkerson added, echoing comments Thursday from Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, who said the fiscal disagreements only hindered the case for tapering. And, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said the Fed should not start cutting the pace of its bond buys given the reports used to monitor the economy were not released during the shutdown.
The government late Thursday said it would release nonfarm-payroll numbers for September on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Up 1.1% from last Friday’s finish, the Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449 DJIA +0.18%   rose 28 points, or 0.2%, to 15,399.65 on Friday, with General Electric pacing gains that included 19 of its 30 components. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite /quotes/zigman/12633936 COMP +1.32% rose 51.13 points, or 1.3%, to 3,914.28, giving it a 3.2% gain on the week. Advancers outran decliners by a more than 2-to-1 ratio on the New York Stock Exchange, where 891 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 3.7 billion. Treasury prices were mixed, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note10_YEAR +0.04%   steady at 2.591%, while the dollar / DXY -0.09%   edged lower against the currencies of major U.S. trading partners. The price of oil rose, with futures CLX3 +0.19%   up 14 cents, or 0.1%, to $101.81 a barrel, with crude ending with a 1.2% weekly gain. Gold futures /quotes/zigman/662680 GCZ3 -0.49%  fell $8.4, or 0.6%, to $1,314.60 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with the metal up almost 4% from last Friday’s finish. Also propping up sentiment was an economic report illustrating growth in China sped up in the third quarter, thanks largely to investment in the world’s second largest economy.

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
UNH NYSE
 UTX NYSE
 VZ DualListed
 V NYSE
WMT NYSE

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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of  Friday's  Wall St. Journal,   Financial Times, New York Times,  Investor's News Daily, 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  Thursday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 15371.65 down 2.18 or 0.01% from Wednesday's close of 15373.83. For the year the Dow is up 17.30%. Of  the Dow components  23  gained and  7 declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was American Express up $3.91 or 5.12% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was and percentage-wise was IBM down $11.90 or 6.37%.

NYT pB8 "S&P hits new high as market's focus shifts" & AJC pA11 "S&P 500 hits record" by Ken Sweet, AP says the stock market hit an all time high Thurs. as Wall St put the gov shutdown and debt ceiling crisis behind it and focused on corp earnings.  Goldman Sachs weighed down the Dow falling $3.93 as did IBM and UnitedHealth.

USAT p1B "Can nothing stop Teflon Bull?" by Adam Shell says the teflon bull market keeps charging to record highs.

IBD pB2 "Nasdaq, S&P at new highs; top rated stocks cooking" by Paul Whitfield says stocks posted solid gains Thurs and some top rated stocks showed bullish action.  While IBM draggged down the Dow, the general market shrugged it off as Thursday's action was up in mixed vol and the current outlook is confirmed uprend.


Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2393.61 down 0.34   from Wednesday's closing numerator of 2393.95. 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   Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.79 down 1 cent from Wednesday's average closing price of 79.80.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $75.76 (WMT/HD) up 67 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $75.09 (UNH/HD).  The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume was Cisco.


If  Thursday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $34    ($239,395 - $239,361 )  .


MarketWatch 10/17/13 Thurs. 4:22 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks ended mostly higher on Thursday, lifting the S&P 500 to a record finish, as Wall Street turned from the latest fiscal drama on Capitol Hill to corporate earnings that included better-than-expected results from Verizon Communications Inc.Quarterly reports also included disappointing third-quarter revenue from a handful of high-profile companies, including Dow components International Business Machines Corp. IBM -0.07% and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS +0.08% .“We’re now going to shift our focus from Washington to earnings. It’s going to be an OK quarter, but not a barn burner by any stretch of the imagination,” said Phil Orlando, an equity strategist at Federated Investors.“All we did was nudge the can a few feet, because we have to come back and do this again in January and February,” said Orlando of the agreements to finance government operations until Jan. 15 and hike the U.S. debt ceiling through the middle of February. The standoff that shut the government for 16 days is “absolutely having an impact on economic growth and consumer spending. I don’t know that folks in Washington get that,” he added. Key reports we're tracking right now: MSGE | HON
Climbing above its Sept. 18 record finish of 1,725.52, the S&P 500 index SPX +0.67%  ended up 11.61 points, or 0.7%, at 1,733.15. It hit an intraday high of 1,733.45, surpassing the prior intraday high of 1,729.86 set on Sept. 19. Telecommunications performed the best and technology the worst of its 10 major sectors.After a brief climb into positive terrain just ahead of the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.01% lost 2.18 points to end at 15,371.65. It had fallen almost 145 points during the session.Verizon VZ +0.53% fed blue-chip gains, rising 3.5%, after the nation’s biggest cellphone carrier reported a sharp jump in third-quarter income.American Express Co. AXP +0.20% led gainers on the Dow after it reported results that surpassed Wall Street estimates, with its shares up 5.1%.IBM shares fell 6.4% after the computer-services provider reported a sixth straight decline in quarterly sales and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. declined 2.4% after the investment bank posted quarterly revenue below Wall Street’s expectations.IBM shares tumble after company reports its sixth straight decline in quarterly sales.EBay Inc. shares lost 4% after the online auctioneer EBAY -0.25% projected softer-than-expected revenue and profit.The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.62%  rose 23.71 points, or 0.6%, at 3,863.15.For every share falling, just over five advanced on the New York Stock Exchange, where 760 million shares traded. Composite volume cleared 3.4 billion.Treasury prices rallied, with the yield on the 10-year note 10_YEAR -0.15% down 7 basis points to 2.597%. The dollar DXY 0.00% lost ground against other global currencies including the yen.Gold futures GCZ3 -0.30%  advanced $40.70, or 3.2%, to finish the session at $1,322.3 an ounce and the price of oil CLX3 +0.13%  fell $1.62, or 1.6%, to $100.67 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.The Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s manufacturing index fell to 19.8 in October from 22.3 in September, with the gauge positive for a fifth consecutive month.U.S. jobless claims fell by 15,000 to 358,000 last week from a revised 373,000 the week before, according to a Labor Department report, with the number skewed by the just-ended government shutdown and computer issues that created a backlog in California.“You really can’t look at economic data yet, because the government’s been shut down for three weeks,” said Orlando at Federated Investors.

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

AT&T:  WSJ pC4 "Stocks in the News", WSJ pC8 "Competitive clouds loom on the Verizon" by Miriam Gottfried, AJC pA12 "Verizon profit soars as devices proliferate" says Verizon's 3Q net income was $2.23 bil or 78 cents pe share up from $1.59 bil or 56 cents a share a year ago.  Rev rose 4% to $30.28 bil from $29.01 bil.  Results beat analyst expectations. WSJ's Gottfried says AT&T whose network lacks the reputation of Verizon's ma continue to bear the brunt of T-Mobile's promotional efforts as it may end up losing customers.

American Express:WSJ pC4 "Stocks in the News", USAT p3B "Story stocks"  say profit rose 9.3% in 3Q due to credit card spending increasing b 7.3%.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  AJC pA12 "Coca-Cola signs UCLA pouring rights deal" says Coke beat out Pepsi for rights at UCLA in a 10 year $15.4 mil deal.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

ExxonMobil:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pC1 "Goldman's results bruise bonuses" by Justin Baer, Saabira Chaudhuri, AJC pA12 "Goldman Sachs' revenue slumps 20%" , WSJ pC8 "Goldman Sachs goes from great expectations to hard times" by David Reilly, NYT pB1 "Revenue fall at Goldman Sachs raises concerns" by Susanne Craig, Peter Eavis say Goldman's 3Q profits were $1.43 bil down from $1.46 bil a year ago which was $2.88 per share up from $2.85 a year ago beating the $2.44 view of analysts.  Rev fell 20% to $6.72 bil from $8.35 bil, below views of $7.41 bil. 

AJC pA11 "S&P 500 hits record" by Ken Sweet, AP says the stock market hit an all time high Thurs. as Wall St put the gov shutdown and debt ceiling crisis behind it and focused on corp earnings.  Goldman Sachs weighed down the Dow falling $3.93 as did IBM and UnitedHealth.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM: WSJ pB3 "IBM takes tough line" by Spencer E. Ante, USAT p3B "Story stocks"  say CEO Virginia Rometty s shaking up leadership due to poor 3Q results.  IBM's profit rose 6% from a year earlier to $4.04 bil while rev declined 4% to $23.72 bil  Shares hit a 2 year low early to $172 but boucned back to close at $174.83.

AJC pA11 "S&P 500 hits record" by Ken Sweet, AP says the stock market hit an all time high Thurs. as Wall St put the gov shutdown and debt ceiling crisis behind it and focused on corp earnings.  Goldman Sachs weighed down the Dow falling $3.93 as did IBM and UnitedHealth.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Nike:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  WSJ pC4 "Stocks in the News", AJC pA12 "UnitedHealth's profit edged up 1%", WSJ pB1 "Harsh prognosis for health insurers" by Timothy W. Martin, IBD pA1 "UnitedHealth sees a squeeze as Medicare changes take hold" by Marily Alva, USAT p3B "Story Stocks"   say UnitedHealth's 3Q earnings were $1.57 bil or $1.53 a share up from $1.56 bil or $1.50 a share a year ago.  Rev was up 12% to $30.62 bil beating views of $1.53 per share on $30.86 jbil in rev.

AJC pA11 "S&P 500 hits record" by Ken Sweet, AP says the stock market hit an all time high Thurs. as Wall St put the gov shutdown and debt ceiling crisis behind it and focused on corp earnings.  Goldman Sachs weighed down the Dow falling $3.93 as did IBM and UnitedHealth.

Verizon:  WSJ pC4 "Stocks in the News", WSJ pC8 "Competitive clouds loom on the Verizon" by Miriam Gottfried, IBD pA4 "Verizon's EPS, sales top views as wireless rev rises 8%" by Reinhardt Krause, AJC pA12 "Verizon profit soars as devices proliferate", WSJ pB4 "Verizon reports slowdown in growth" by Ryan Knutson, Ben Fox Rubin, NYT pB6 "Verizon profit rises 40% as wireless gains" by Reuters say Verizon's 3Q net income was $2.23 bil or 78 cents pe share up from $1.59 bil or 56 cents a share a year ago.  Rev rose 4% to $30.28 bil from $29.01 bil.  Results beat analyst expectations. WSJ's Gottfried says AT&T whose network lacks the reputation of Verizon's ma continue to bear the brunt of T-Mobile's promotional efforts as it may end up losing customers.


Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart: IBD pA2 "Walamrt cleared in India probe" says Walmart was cleared it violated rules on foreign ivnestment in supermarkets re: its '10 purchase of an interest in Bharti Enterprises.

Thursday'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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