Monday, December 23, 2013

12/23/13 Mon. pm Dow Closes at 16294.61 up 73.47 or 0.45% Another High

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Post No. 2,496 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a  ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization as of Dec. 9, 2013  and a summary of Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of Dec. 9, 2013.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 16294.61  up 73.47 or 0.45%, a record high,   from  Friday's  close of 16221.14. Of  the Dow components   22  gained and  8  declined.   The biggest gainer dollar-wise was   IBM up $2.21 and percentage-wise was  Cisco up 2.08% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was Procter & Gamble down 53 cents or 0.65%.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2537.33 up 11.44 from Friday's closing numerator of 2525.89. 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.


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  16.54 unchanged from Friday's closing  trailing P/E of 16.54  (last year it was 14.66).  Saturday's   P/E estimate is  15.01 up from Friday's closing  P/E estimate of 14.98   (year ago it was 12.65) and Monday's  dividend yield is  2.13 up from Friday's closing  dividend yield of 2.12  (last year it was 2.67). The Dow's all-time high was 16,294.61 on December 23, 2013. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.


The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of   Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $84.58 up 38 cents from  Friday's average closing price of $84.20.  The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.22   (HD/WMT) up 11 cents from Friday's median closing price of $79.11.     (HD/NKE).  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 $1,144  ($253,733 - $252,589).

MarketWatch 12/23/13 Mon. 4:16 pm by Anora Mahmudova says U.S. stocks indexes closed at all-time highs, extending their record run as consumer-spending data reinforced perceptions that the U.S. economic recovery is poised to accelerate in 2014.The S&P 500 SPX +0.53%  closed 9.30 points, or 0.5%, to 1,827.99, near its intra-day high and record close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.45% advanced 73.47 points, or 0.5%, to 16,294.61, marking its 48th record high this year. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.08%  jumped 44.16 points, or 1.1%, to 4,148.90, aided by a substantial rally in its largest component, Apple Inc.Both the S&P and the Dow industrials closed at record highs on Friday.In the wake of a massive data breach, Target may have suffered another blow—reduced customer traffic over one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. The number of transactions at Target slipped 3% to 4% compared with the final weekend before Christmas last year.Stocks jumped last week when the Federal Reserve decided to begin scaling back the size of its monthly bond purchases in January.Investors “should remember that the Fed is reducing the pace of asset purchases expressly due to a strengthening economy,” said Jerry Webman, chief economist at Oppenheimer Funds, in a note.“Markets apparently get that now, whereas last May, when the Fed first indicated it was preparing to taper, the reaction was broadly negative at first, though growth-oriented asset classes and subcategories rebounded fairly quickly,” he said.
“I put early 2015 for when the Fed funds rate will lift off but that is something that can change one way or another,” Lacker said.He also praised the central bank’s decision to reduce monthly asset purchases from $85 billion to $75 billion, adding that the impending departure of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke had “nothing at all” to do with the decision to taper its stimulus program.
“Given the data, given the way the committee positioned itself over the program. this decision was kind of a slam-dunk,” Lacker said during the interview.

The comment:

  • The International Monetary Fund’s managing director, Christine Lagarde, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the country’s economic growth is picking up and that it is poised to accelerate as the business climate sees more certainty in 2014. Adding to that sense of certainty is a budget deal reached by Congress and clear communication from the Federal Reserve about its plan to wind down its bond-buying program, Lagarde said.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:


SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
TNYSE
AXPNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
GSNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
NKENYSE
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
UNHNYSE
VZDualListed
VNYSE
WMTNYSE


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The following are excerpts from Mon. morning's Blob:

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

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average:  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 16221.14  up 42.06 or 0.26%  from  Thursday's  close of 16179.08.For the week the Dowwas up 465.78 or 2.96%  from last Friday's close of 15,755.36.   For the year the Dow is up 23.79%. Of  the Dow components    10 gained and 20   declined.   The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Boeing $1.72  and percentage-wise was Caterpillar up 1.59% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise   was Nike down 92 cents  and percentage-wise was Pfizer down 1.5% .

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2525.89 up 6.55 from Thursday's closing numerator of 2519.34. 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.


IBD pB8 "Stocks storm higher, led by small cap S&P 600" by Paul Whitfield says after pausing to clear its throat Thur, the market uptrend returned to yelling mode Fri.  Friday's action was up in higher volume and the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.



The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of   Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $84.20 up 22 cents from  Thursday's average closing price of $83.98.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.11   (HD/WMT) up $1.18 from Thursday's median closing price of $79.11.     (HD/NKE).  The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume was GE.


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 $655  ($252,589 - $251,934).

MarketWatch 12/20/13 Fri. 4:18 pm by Victor Reklaitis says U.S. stocks rallied on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 achieving record closes, after a government report showed the economy grew at its fastest pace in two years last quarter. The Dow DJIA +0.26% advanced 42.06 points, or 0.3%, to end at 16,221.14. It rose 3% for the week after losing ground in the prior two weeks. The S&P 500                         SPX +0.48% gained 8.71 points, or 0.5%, to close at 1,818.31, as it added 2.4% for the week and also snapped a two-week losing streak. The Nasdaq COMP +1.15% rose 46.61 points, or 1.2%, to end at 4,104.74, gaining 2.6% for the week.                    

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

AT&T:  WSJ pB6 "AT&T report on data request to be published in '14" by Michael Calia says AT&T will release a report re: law enforcement requests for customer data.  Verizon has said it will do the same.

 WSJ pA13 "The Octopus of the wires" by Stuart Ferguson reviews a book about Western Union by Joshua D. Wolff and mentions the early days of AT&T.

Barron's p20 "Time to muzzle the dogs of the Dow" by Jack Hough says the Dogs of the Dow strategy beat the market in '13 but that's no reason to adopt the approach next year.  The Dogs strategy calls for buying the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow at the start of each year.  Author claims it doesn't work because some companies such as Exxon spent mroe money on share repurchases than on dividends.  Anyway, this year's 10 highest yielding stocks for the 2014 Dogs of the Dow strategy are: AT&T yielding 5.3%, Verizon 4.4%, Merck 3.6%, Intel also yielding 3.6%, McDonald's 3.4%, Pfizer 3.4%, Chevron 3.3%, Cisco 3.2%, GE 3.2%, and Microsoft yielding 3.1%.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB3 "Boeing union to vote on contract offer" by Jon Ostrower says the IAM will vote on a contract that would guarantee the 777X will be assembled at unionized plants in Wahington state.

IBD pA1 "Cathay orders Boeing 777Xs", Sat. AJC pA12 "Boeing receives big order for 777X from Hong Kong" by AP says Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific is buying 21 777X.  Boeing has booked orders for 259 of the planes worth $95 bil.

Barron's p30 "Flush coffers, fat payouts" by Shirley A. Lazo says last week Boeing, 3M and Pfizer announced big dividend hikes and big buyback extensions.


Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  Barron's p20 "Time to muzzle the dogs of the Dow" by Jack Hough says the Dogs of the Dow strategy beat the market in '13 but that's no reason to adopt the approach next year.  The Dogs strategy calls for buying the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow at the start of each year.  Author claims it doesn't work because some companies such as Exxon spent mroe money on share repurchases than on dividends.  Anyway, this year's 10 highest yielding stocks for the 2014 Dogs of the Dow strategy are: AT&T yielding 5.3%, Verizon 4.4%, Merck 3.6%, Intel also yielding 3.6%, McDonald's 3.4%, Pfizer 3.4%, Chevron 3.3%, Cisco 3.2%, GE 3.2%, and Microsoft yielding 3.1%.

Cisco:  Barron's p20 "Time to muzzle the dogs of the Dow" by Jack Hough says the Dogs of the Dow strategy beat the market in '13 but that's no reason to adopt the approach next year.  The Dogs strategy calls for buying the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow at the start of each year.  Author claims it doesn't work because some companies such as Exxon spent mroe money on share repurchases than on dividends.  Anyway, this year's 10 highest yielding stocks for the 2014 Dogs of the Dow strategy are: AT&T yielding 5.3%, Verizon 4.4%, Merck 3.6%, Intel also yielding 3.6%, McDonald's 3.4%, Pfizer 3.4%, Chevron 3.3%, Cisco 3.2%, GE 3.2%, and Microsoft yielding 3.1%.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pB7 "Est. box office figures" places Disney's Frozen at 3 and its Saving Mr. Banks at 5 for the weekend.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon:  Barron's p20 "Time to muzzle the dogs of the Dow" by Jack Hough says the Dogs of the Dow strategy beat the market in '13 but that's no reason to adopt the approach next year.  The Dogs strategy calls for buying the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow at the start of each year.  Author claims it doesn't work because some companies such as Exxon spent mroe money on share repurchases than on dividends.  Anyway, this year's 10 highest yielding stocks for the 2014 Dogs of the Dow strategy are: AT&T yielding 5.3%, Verizon 4.4%, Merck 3.6%, Intel also yielding 3.6%, McDonald's 3.4%, Pfizer 3.4%, Chevron 3.3%, Cisco 3.2%, GE 3.2%, and Microsoft yielding 3.1%.

GE:  Barron's p20 "Time to muzzle the dogs of the Dow" by Jack Hough says the Dogs of the Dow strategy beat the market in '13 but that's no reason to adopt the approach next year.  The Dogs strategy calls for buying the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow at the start of each year.  Author claims it doesn't work because some companies such as Exxon spent mroe money on share repurchases than on dividends.  Anyway, this year's 10 highest yielding stocks for the 2014 Dogs of the Dow strategy are: AT&T yielding 5.3%, Verizon 4.4%, Merck 3.6%, Intel also yielding 3.6%, McDonald's 3.4%, Pfizer 3.4%, Chevron 3.3%, Cisco 3.2%, GE 3.2%, and Microsoft yielding 3.1%.

Goldman Sachs:   WSJ pC1 "Goldman skirts ban in Volcker" by Craig Karmin, Justin Baer explains how Goldman Sachs gets around the rule prohibiting more than 3% investment in hedge funds due to an exception for real estate.

IBD pA2 "Goldman Sachs"  says Goldman Sachs is following JPMorgan and Deutsche bank in banning multidealer chatrooms.

Home Depot:    No mentions found.

Intel:  Barron's p20 "Time to muzzle the dogs of the Dow" by Jack Hough says the Dogs of the Dow strategy beat the market in '13 but that's no reason to adopt the approach next year.  The Dogs strategy calls for buying the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow at the start of each year.  Author claims it doesn't work because some companies such as Exxon spent mroe money on share repurchases than on dividends.  Anyway, this year's 10 highest yielding stocks for the 2014 Dogs of the Dow strategy are: AT&T yielding 5.3%, Verizon 4.4%, Merck 3.6%, Intel also yielding 3.6%, McDonald's 3.4%, Pfizer 3.4%, Chevron 3.3%, Cisco 3.2%, GE 3.2%, and Microsoft yielding 3.1%.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  IBD pA2 "Goldman Sachs"  says Goldman Sachs is following JPMorgan and Deutsche bank in banning multidealer chatrooms.

WSJ pA15 "The Fed celebrates its 100th birthday" by John Phelan mentions how JPMorgan bailed out the US economy a 100 years ago causing the Fed central bank to be created.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WSJ pC3 "Paulson sells off Washington Mutual bonds after suit" by Dan Fitzpatrick says hedge fund operator John Paulson exited after JPMorgan filed suit last week against the FDIC so as not to pay claims arising from its purchase of Washington Mutual

Barron's p20 "Time to muzzle the dogs of the Dow" by Jack Hough says the Dogs of the Dow strategy beat the market in '13 but that's no reason to adopt the approach next year.  The Dogs strategy calls for buying the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow at the start of each year.  Author claims it doesn't work because some companies such as Exxon spent mroe money on share repurchases than on dividends.  Anyway, this year's 10 highest yielding stocks for the 2014 Dogs of the Dow strategy are: AT&T yielding 5.3%, Verizon 4.4%, Merck 3.6%, Intel also yielding 3.6%, McDonald's 3.4%, Pfizer 3.4%, Chevron 3.3%, Cisco 3.2%, GE 3.2%, and Microsoft yielding 3.1%.

Merck:  Barron's p20 "Time to muzzle the dogs of the Dow" by Jack Hough says the Dogs of the Dow strategy beat the market in '13 but that's no reason to adopt the approach next year.  The Dogs strategy calls for buying the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow at the start of each year.  Author claims it doesn't work because some companies such as Exxon spent mroe money on share repurchases than on dividends.  Anyway, this year's 10 highest yielding stocks for the 2014 Dogs of the Dow strategy are: AT&T yielding 5.3%, Verizon 4.4%, Merck 3.6%, Intel also yielding 3.6%, McDonald's 3.4%, Pfizer 3.4%, Chevron 3.3%, Cisco 3.2%, GE 3.2%, and Microsoft yielding 3.1%.

Microsoft:  Barron's p20 "Time to muzzle the dogs of the Dow" by Jack Hough says the Dogs of the Dow strategy beat the market in '13 but that's no reason to adopt the approach next year.  The Dogs strategy calls for buying the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow at the start of each year.  Author claims it doesn't work because some companies such as Exxon spent mroe money on share repurchases than on dividends.  Anyway, this year's 10 highest yielding stocks for the 2014 Dogs of the Dow strategy are: AT&T yielding 5.3%, Verizon 4.4%, Merck 3.6%, Intel also yielding 3.6%, McDonald's 3.4%, Pfizer 3.4%, Chevron 3.3%, Cisco 3.2%, GE 3.2%, and Microsoft yielding 3.1%.

Nike: No mentions found.

Pfizer: Barron's p30 "Flush coffers, fat payouts" by Shirley A. Lazo says last week Boeing, 3M and Pfizer announced big dividend hikes and big buyback extensions.

Barron's p20 "Time to muzzle the dogs of the Dow" by Jack Hough says the Dogs of the Dow strategy beat the market in '13 but that's no reason to adopt the approach next year.  The Dogs strategy calls for buying the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow at the start of each year.  Author claims it doesn't work because some companies such as Exxon spent mroe money on share repurchases than on dividends.  Anyway, this year's 10 highest yielding stocks for the 2014 Dogs of the Dow strategy are: AT&T yielding 5.3%, Verizon 4.4%, Merck 3.6%, Intel also yielding 3.6%, McDonald's 3.4%, Pfizer 3.4%, Chevron 3.3%, Cisco 3.2%, GE 3.2%, and Microsoft yielding 3.1%.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: Barron's p30 "Flush coffers, fat payouts" by Shirley A. Lazo says last week Boeing, 3M and Pfizer announced big dividend hikes and big buyback extensions.

Barron's pM13 "Research reports" edited by Paul Farrell says Barclays issued a researchr eport on 3M on 12/17 with an ":equal weight" recommendations.

Travelers: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

UnitedHealthcare: No mentions found.

Verizon:     WSJ pB6 "AT&T report on data request to be published in '14" by Michael Calia says AT&T will release a report re: law enforcement requests for customer data.  Verizon has said it will do the same.

Barron's p20 "Time to muzzle the dogs of the Dow" by Jack Hough says the Dogs of the Dow strategy beat the market in '13 but that's no reason to adopt the approach next year.  The Dogs strategy calls for buying the 10 highest yielding stocks in the Dow at the start of each year.  Author claims it doesn't work because some companies such as Exxon spent mroe money on share repurchases than on dividends.  Anyway, this year's 10 highest yielding stocks for the 2014 Dogs of the Dow strategy are: AT&T yielding 5.3%, Verizon 4.4%, Merck 3.6%, Intel also yielding 3.6%, McDonald's 3.4%, Pfizer 3.4%, Chevron 3.3%, Cisco 3.2%, GE 3.2%, and Microsoft yielding 3.1%.

Visa: No mentions found.

Walmart: No mentions found.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol  Last Sale   Change    % Change   Share Volume   Market

TNYSE
AXPNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
GSNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSEJ
PMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
NKENYSE
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE

UTXNYSE
UNHNYSE
VZDualListed
VNYSE
WMTNYSE

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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 (to be replaced on Feb. 2014 by Doug McMillon)  (Bentonville, ARK)


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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 12/9/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $418.68
2. Microsoft MSFT 323.10
3. GE 275.09
4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 266.45
5. WalMart WMT 260.40
6. Chevron CVX 237.20
7. Procter & Gamble PG 230.45
8 .JPMorgan Chase JPM 212.40
9.  Pfizer PFE 204.67
10. IBM 192.70 
11. AT&T T 182.75
12. Coke KO 178.40
13. Merck MRK 144.81
14. Verizon VZ 141.86
15.  Visa V 128.62
16. Disney DIS 124.96
17. Intel INTC 123.93
18. Cisco CSCO 113.46
19. Home Depot HD 112.08
20.United Technologies UTX 102.02
21. Boeing BA 101.21
22. McDonald's MCD 95.24
23. American Express AXP 92.10
24. 3M MMM 86.56
25. Goldman Sachs GS 76.88
26. UnitedHealth UNH 74.22
27.Nike NKE 70.97
28. DuPont DD 56.85
29. Caterpillar CAT 54.78
30. Travelers TRV 32.20


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 12/9/13:


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


AT&T T: 12/6/13 8K; 11/20/13 8K; 11/14/13 8K & 11/5/13 all re: the tender offer of $3.3 bil of Notes
11/27/13 8K re: sale of $1.6 bil of 2.37% Global Notes due '18
11/25/13 8K re: sale of $1.0 bil of 3.82% Global Notes due '20
11/13/13 8K re: sale of $2 bil Euros of Global Notes
11/1/13 10Q & 2 8Ks 10/23/13 re: results of 3Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/21/13 8K re: contract to sell/lease 9,700 towers to Crown Castle Int'l for $4.85 bil
9/27/13 8K re: increase of # of directors from 13 to 14 & election of Beth E. Mooney to Board
9/10/13 8K re: purchase of spectrum from Verizon


American Express AXP: 11/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for each of the 3 months ended 10/31/13
10/29/13 10Q re: qtr ended 9/30/13
10/16/13 8K re: 3Q results
10/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for qtr ended 9/30/13
9/25/13 8K re: creation of a jv with Certares for business travel unit
9/16/13 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 months ended 8/31/13


Boeing BA: 10/31/13 8K re: $2.3 bil 364 day evolving credit agreement and a $2.3 bil 5 year revolving credit agreement
10/23/13 10Q & 10/23/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

Caterpillar CAT: 11/20/13 8K re: supplemental info re: retail sales of machines & power systems
11/1/13 10Q & 10/23/13 2 8Ks re: quarter ended 9/30/13
 10/22/13 8K re: retail sales of machinery
10/9/13 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: majority voting for uncontested election of directors
9/30/13 8K re: price increases
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


Chevron CVX:  11/8/13 10Q & 11/1/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/9/13 8K re: interim update for 3Q

Cisco CSCO:  12/4/13 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for EVP & Chief Dev. Officer
11/22/13 10Q re: 1 Qtr ended 10/26/13
11/20/13 8K re: amendment of '05 Stock Incentive Plan
11/13/13 8K re: 1 Qtr results & $15 bil increase in share buyback program
 9/30/13 Proxy Materials re: annual shareholder meeting 11/19 at Cisco in San Jose, CA
 9/10/13 10K for fiscal year ended 7/27/13

Coke KO:  11/1/13 8K re: completion of public offering of $3.25 bil of notes
10/24/13 8K & 10/24/13 10Q re: qtr ended 9/27/13 & transfer of India & South West Asia units from Eurasia & Africa operating segment to Pacific operating segment
 10/15/13 8K re: 3Q results



Disney DIS: 11/20/13 & 11/7/13 8K re: fiscal year ended 9/28/13
 10/8/13 8K re: amendment to bylaws to eliminate paper share certificates
10/2/13 8K re: new employment contract for Alan N. Braverman EVP, GC & Sec'y for annual salary of $1.4 mil


DuPont DD:  11/6/13 8K and 10/25/13 8K re: sepration of Performance Chemicals segment
10/22/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/22/13 & 8K re: results for qtr ended 9/30/13
9/3/13 8K re: election of Patrick J. Ward to Board of Dires.


ExxonMobil XOM:  11/5/13 10Q & 10/31/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13


GE:  11/15/13 8K re: IPO of 20% of N. American Retail Finance business
11/1/13 10Q re 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
 10/18/13 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/16/13 8K re: exercise by Berkshire Hathaway of warrants for 10.7 mil shares
 9/13/13 8K re: election of James E. Rohr to Board of Dires.



Goldman Sachs GS:  12/2/13 8K re: approval by regulators of '13 Capital Plan
11/29/13 8K re: $1 bil Flaoting Rate Notes due '23
11/15/13 8K re: $1 bil Floating rate Notes due '18
11/15/13 8K re: Moody's downgrade of Goldman debt
11/7/13 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/13
 10/21/13 8K re: retirement of J. Michael Evans as Vice Chair/Head of Growth Markets
10/17/13 8K re: 3Q results
10/1/13 8K re: exercise by Berkshire Hathaway of warrants for 13,062,594 shares


Home Depot HD:  11/27/13 10Q & 11/19/13 8K re: quarter ended 11/3/13
 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


Intel INTC:  11/22/13 8K re: Investor Meeting
10/28/13 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/28/13
10/23/13 8K re: departure of David Perlmutter, EVP & GM, Architecture Group
10/15/13 2 8Ks re: results for qtr ended 9/28/13



IBM:  11/20/13 8K re: 750 mil Euro issuance of debt securities
11/7/13 8K re: retirement of Mark Laughridge, SVP & CFO, Finance & Enterprise Transformat'n
11/6/13 8K re: 2.5 bil Euro sale of debt securities
11/1/13 8K recommendation against mini-tender offer by third parties
10/29/13 10Q Qtr ended 9/30/13
 10/17/13 8K & 10/16/13 8K re: results for 3Q ended 9/30/13
9/10/13 8K re: sale of outsourcing services business to SYNNEX


JPMorganChase JPM:  11/20/13 8K re: settlement by payment of $13 bil to settle with the President's Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) Work Group of the Fin'l Fraud Enforcement Task Force
11/18/13 8K re: settlement by payment of $4.5 bil with 21 inst'l investors re: RMBS claims
11/1/13 10Q for quarter ended 9/30/13
10/25/13 8K re: $5.1 Bil settlement with FHFA re: MBS
10/23/13 8K re: closing of public offering of $500 mil 5.62% sub. notes due '43
 10/16/13 8K re: settlement w/CFTC by payment of $100 mil fine
10/11/13 8K re: sale of Sr. Medium Term Notes of an indeterminate amount
10/14/13 & 10/11/13 8Ks re: 3Q results
 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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ:  12/4/13 8K re: sale of $3.5 bil Floating Rate notes
11/19/13 8K re: settlement of $2.5 Bil for DePuy hip system claims
11/4/13 10Q for Qtr ended 9/29/13
10/15/13 8K re: election of ex0FDA Commissioner Mark B. McClellan as director
10/15/13 8K re: 3Q results ended 9/29/13


McDonald's MCD:  11/14/13 8K re: sale of 3 mil shares of Ckommon Stock
11/14/13 8K re: Investor Release re: future growth
11/8/13 8K re: 10/13 sales
10/30/13 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/21/13 8K re: 3Q results
9/18/13 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend
9/10/13 8K re: Aug. '13 sales


Merck MRK:  11/7/13 10Q & 10/28/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/1/13 8K re: global restructuring program and lay-offs of 8,500 employees


Microsoft MSFT: 12/6/13 8K re: issuance ofover $5 bil of notes un Euros & US Dollars
11/26/13 8K re: restructuring to a devices & services company
11/20/13 8K re: voting results of '13 Annual Meeting of Sahreholders on 11/19/13
10/24/13 10Q & 10/24/13 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/8/13; 10/7/13 & 10/3/13 Proxy Materials re: annual shareholders meeting on 11/19 in Bellevue, Washington
9/26/13 8K re: adoption of Senior Exec. Severance Benefit Plan
9/26/13 8K re: realignment to become a devices & services company
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

Nike NKE: 10/7/13 10Q, 9/30/13 8K & 9/26/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 8/31/13
9/24/13 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders on 9/19/13



Pfizer PFE:  11/8/13 10Q & 10/29/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/29/13
9/30/13 8K re: election of Shantanu Narayen, Pres. & CEO of Adobe Systems to Board of Directors


Procter & Gamble PG: 11/5/13 8K re: close of sale of 750 mil Euros 2% Notes due '21
11/4/13 8K close of sale of $2 bil Notes
10/28/13 8K re: reorganizing of Global Business Unit into: Global Beauty, Global  Health & Grooming, Blogal Fabric & Home Care, & amp; amp; amp; Global Baby, Feminine & Family Unit
10/25/13 10Q & 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 9/30/13
 10/11/13 8K re: voting results of annual shareholders meeting 10/8/13
10/8/13 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividends
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


3M MMM:  11/19/13 3 8Ks re: pre-arranged stock trading plans for CEO and other execs
10/31/13 10Q & 10/24/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 10/24/13


Travelers TRV:  10/22/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 9/30/13
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


United Technologies UTX:  10/25/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/22/13 8K re: 3Q results
9/26/13 8K re: formation of UTC Building & Industrial Services by combining Otis Elevator & UTC Climate, Controls & Security to be headed by Geraud Darnis as Pres/CEO
9/6/13 8K re: new Pres. at Pratt & Whitney: Paul Adams succeeds David Hess


UnitedHealth Group UNH: 12/2/13 8K re: Annual Investors Conference to be held 12/3 in NYC
11/7/13 10Q re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/17/13 8K re: 3Q results
9/9/13 8K re: investor presentation at Morgan Stanley Global Health Care conf.


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:  11/7/13 8K re: election of Shellye Archambeau as Dir.
10/24/13 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/17/13 8K re: 3Q results
10/8/13 Proxy; 10/8/13 S-8 & 10/3/13 8K re: approval by shareholders to buy Vodafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless, registration of shares to be issued to Vodafone, & $12 bil credit facility to fund the purchase
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


Visa V: 11/25/13 8K re: Gary P. Coughlan not running for re-election to Board
11/22/13 10 K & 10/30/13 8K re: FY 9/30/13
10/23/13 8K re: '14 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 1/29/14
 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


WalMart WMT:  12/6/13 10Q & 11/14/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 10/31/13
11/28/13 8K re: repalcement of CEO Mike Duke with C. Douglas McMillon effective 2/1/13
11/22/13 8K re: election of Pamela C. Craig to Board
10/21/13 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/13
10/1/13 8K re: issuance of 1.95% Notes due 2018


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