Friday, January 3, 2014

1/3/14 Fri. pm Dow Closes at 16469.99 up 28.64 or 0.17%

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Post No. 2,508 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 Friday at 16469.99 up 28.64 or 0.17%   from  Thursday's  close of 16441.35. For the week the Dow was down 8.42 or 0.05% from last Friday's close of 16478.41.  Of  the Dow components   15  gained and  15   declined.   The biggest gainer dollar-wise   was Goldman Sachs up $1.29 and percentage-wise was Johnson & Johnson up 0.93%.   The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Verizon down 58 cents or 1.18%.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 25664.64 up 4.46   from Thursday's closing numerator of 2560.18. 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 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  16.96 down from Thursday's  trailing P/E of 17.07   (last year it was 14.86).  Friday's   P/E estimate is  15.25 unchanged    from Thursday's closing  P/E estimate of 15.25   (year ago it was 12.57) and Friday's  dividend yield is  2.31 up from Thursday's closing  dividend yield of 2.05  (last year it was 2.66). The Dow's all-time high was 16,576.66 on December 31, 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   Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $85.49 up 15 cents from  Thursday's average closing price of $85.34.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $80.27    (WMT/HD) down 20 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $80.47.     (WMT/HD).  The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume was Cisco.


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 $446  ( $256,464 - $256,018).

MarketWatch 1/3/14 Fri. 4:37 pm by Anora Mahmudova says U.S. stocks ended a choppy trading session mostly lower on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke defended the extraordinary measures undertaken by the central bank to boost the economic recovery.
The S&P 500 SPX -0.03%  slipped less than a point to end at 1,831.37, leaving it down 0.5% for the week.                                      
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.17%  closed up 28.64 points, or 0.2%, at 16,469.99, but finished the week marginally lower.                                       
The tech-heavy Nasdaq CompositeCOMP -0.27%  shed 11.16 points, or 0.3%, to 4,131.91 on Friday and lost 0.6% for the week.          
Volumes on Wall Street were thin, with many traders still on vacation. Also, a major storm in the Northeast hampered travel and states of emergency were declared in New York and New Jersey.
“Next week volumes will rise as market participants will be back to work and investors will be reallocating portfolios for 2014,” said Channing Smith, managing director at Capital Advisors.
U.S. stocks perked up briefly in the afternoon after the Fed Chairman Bernanke spoke at the American Economics Association conference. He defended Fed policy, including its asset-buying program.
Last month, the Fed said it would reduce its monthly asset purchases by $10 billion to $75 billion, but stressed it was committed to low interest rates until further declines in the unemployment rate. Critics of the bond-buying program see the Fed’s $4 trillion balance sheet as a potential future cause of inflation, while proponents worry the withdrawal of monetary stimulus will hamper the economic recovery.                                       
During the session, markets reacted negatively to comments by Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser, who said the central bank may have to be “aggressive” in raising interest rates. Plosser is known for his hawkish views and becomes a voting Federal Open Market Committee member this year.
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Investors digested data on December car sales , which are often seen as a barometer of consumer confidence. Ford Motor Co. F -0.06% , the second-largest auto maker, reported a 2% gain in net sales in December to 218,058 vehicles. Analysts expected a 5.9% gain. Ford shares closed 0.5% higher, after earlier weakness.
Privately owned Chrysler Group LLC reported a 5.7% increase in sales last month to 161,007 units, missing analysts’ expectations.
General Motors Co.GM +0.18%  shares dropped 3.4% after the car maker reported a decline in U.S. vehicle sales for December to 230,157 units, down 6.3% from a year ago, while analysts expected a rise of 0.8%.
FireEye Inc. FEYE +0.40%  shares surged nearly 39%. The computer-security firm on Thursday said it acquired Mandiant Corp., a company known for its report linking cyberattacks on U.S. companies to the Chinese military that was published in early 2013, in a deal worth about $1 billion.
Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL +0.24%  climbed 5.5% after the firm said its passenger unit revenue was up 10% in December.
Rite Aid Corp.                         RAD -0.37%  advanced 8.5% after the drugstore chain said same-store sales increased 2.9% in December over the same period a year ago, due to growth in its pharmacy division.
Shares of Twitter Inc.TWTR +2.22%  rose 2.2%.
Sprint Corp.                        S -0.40%  shares fell 4.4%. They declined 3.3% on Thursday after a downgrade from Cowen & Co. to a market perform rating from outperform, even as the firm raised its price target on Sprint to $8.25 from $7.50.
Owens Illinois Inc. OI -1.89%  fell 1.9%. Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch reportedly downgraded the glass company to neutral from buy , according to the Analyst Ratings Network.

Friday'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 Fri. morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of  Friday's Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily,  New York Times &amp, 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 Thurday's closing stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 16441.35 down 135.31 or 0.82%   from  Tuesday's  close of 16576.66.  For the year the Dow is down 0.82%. Of  the Dow components  2   gained and 28  declined.   The biggest gainer dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was Walmart up 22 cents or 0.28%.   The biggest decliner dollar-wise was 3M down $2.12  and percentage-wise was DuPont 1.94%.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2560.18 down 21.07   from Tuesday's closing numerator of 2581.25. 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.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks trip out of gate" by Alexandra Scaggs" says stocks kicked off a new year with a decline for the first time since 2008, after a '13 rally brought the biggest gains in 18 years to the Dow.

NYT pB2 "After robust 2013, shares open year with a decline" & AJC pA9 "New year, new results as stocks start weak" by Steve Rothwell, AP says stocks were down and were overbought and needed to pull back.

IBD pB2 "Stocks start the new eyar witha  thorough thrashing" by Paul Whitfield says stocks started '14 with nasty losses in volume that was up.  The current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

FT p21 "Wall St" says US stocks fell yesterday as investors booked profit in the wake of the S&P 500's best yearly advance since '97.

USA T pB1 "Stocks which off new year with drop" by Matt Krantz  says all 3 indexes finished their frist days of trading down nearly 1% as investors who wanted to lock in gains from '13's remarkable rally took their first opportunity in a new tax year.

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  16.96 down from Thursday's  trailing P/E of 17.07   (last year it was 14.86).  Friday's   P/E estimate is  15.25 unchanged    from Thursday's closing  P/E estimate of 15.25   (year ago it was 12.57) and Friday's  dividend yield is  2.31 up from Thursday's closing  dividend yield of 2.05  (last year it was 2.66). The Dow's all-time high was 16,576.66 on December 31, 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   Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $85.34 down 40 cents from  Tuesday's average closing price of $86.04.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $80.47    (WMT/HD) down 5 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $80.52.     (WMT/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 made $ 2,107  ( $258,125-  $256,018).

MarketWatch 1/4/13 Tues. 4:24 pm by Anora Mahmudova says  stocks on Wall Street closed sharply lower on the first trading day of 2014 after data pointed to a slowdown in manufacturing expansion in China and the United States.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.82%  fell 135.31 points, or 0.8%, to 16,441.35, marking its biggest one-day point loss since Nov. 7.The S&P 500 SPX -0.89%  dropped 16.38 points, or 0.9%, to 1,831.98. Broad-based losses on the S&P 500 were led by the technology and energy sectors.The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.80%  dropped 33.52 points, or 0.8%, to 4,143.07.The main stock indexes fell on the first trading day of the year for the first time since 2008 and analysts said that losses were due to profit-taking after the market’s strong rally in 2013. The Dow and S&P 500 both ended 2013 at record highs on Tuesday and U.S. markets were closed on Wednesday for New Year’s Day.Thursday’s losses came as data raised some concerns about manufacturing growth. China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers index fell in December to 51.0 from 51.4 in the previous month, pointing to the difficulties facing exporters. In the U.S., the Institute for Supply Management reported that its closely followed manufacturing index slipped to 57% in December from 57.3% the month before. The level indicates a slower but still-healthy pace of expansion.Upbeat data on jobless claims did little to cheer investors. Initial weekly claims for unemployment benefits fell by 2,000 to 339,000 last week, the Labor Department reported.“Today’s jobless claims and manufacturing data were positive and showed continued momentum in the economy,” said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial.“The ISM headline number was not spectacular, but if you look at the details, new orders were sharply up. The improving economy is also reflected in 10-year Treasury yields, which are marching higher. All this bodes well for stocks, so we see today’s pullback as profit-taking and consolidation.”Yields on the 10-year Treasury note 10_YEAR -1.62% traded near 3%.“Retails investors, who are usually the ‘morning’ traders, are readjusting their portfolios after great returns,” Krosby said.
  • Stocks move on analysts ratings : Apple Inc. AAPL -0.01%  shares dropped 1.4% after Wells Fargo downgraded the iPhone maker to market perform from outperform. Losses in Apple shares dragged the technology sector as well as the Nasdaq Composite down.
  • Shares in Bank of America BAC +0.12%  rose 3.4% after analysts at Citigroup Inc. upgraded the stock to buy from neutral.
  • Sprint Corp. S -0.39%  shares fell 3.3% after Cowen & Co. downgraded the firm to market perform from outperform. However, analyst Colby Synesael raised the price target to $8.25 from $7.50. “We still believe Sprint is a ‘concept stock’ and that valuation is more subjective, but using our assumptions it is fairly valued,” Synesael wrote.
  • Urban Outfitters Inc. URBN -0.02%  climbed 1.8% after Jefferies analysts upgraded the stock to buy, citing it as a top pick for 2014, according to the Analyst Ratings Network.
  • Twitter Inc. TWTR -0.15%  shares rose 6.1% after a volatile December. The stock surged over the month, despite a tumble in some of the final days.
  • BlackBerry Ltd shares BBRY +0.39%  rose 2.8% after the company announced it is ending Alicia Keys’ contract as a creative director.
  • The comment: Nouriel Roubini — a.k.a. ‘Dr. Doom’ — is getting optimistic . The respected New York University economist has been pivoting toward a more optimistic outlook over the past few months. Now, his latest 2014 outlook definitely bolsters his nascent bullish credentials.
Friday's Dow News followed by Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB3 "Boeing's topunion to vote on key pact" by Jon Ostrower says the Int'l Assoc of Machinists and Aerospace Workers which represents over 32,000 Boeing employee will vote on an 8 year contract following Boeing's promise to assemble its 777X in unionized plants in Washingto state.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  USAT p3b "Cisco sysems" says Cisco has suffered along with other large tech stocks including Apple.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney: NYT pB12 "Bob Grant, a combative personality on NY talk radio, dies at 84" by Paul Vitello says that the Disney Company, the parent company of WABC, fired Grant in '96 after he said mean things about Ron Brown.

DuPont:   No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

MacDonald'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.

UnitedHealthcare:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart: FT p1 "Fox not so fantastic for Walmart's Chinese spicy donkey delicacy" by Jamil Anerlini, IBD pA2 "Walmart"  say Walamrt will compensate Chinese customers who bought its spicy doneky meat after a supplier adulterated the popular delicacy with fox meat.

Thursday'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
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
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; 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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