Friday, March 7, 2014

3/7/14 Fri. pm Dow Closes at 16452.72 up 30.83 or 0.19%

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Post No. 2,592 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 a summary of Dow 30 components'  recent SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 16452.72 up 30.83 or 0.19%    from Thursday's close of 16421.89.   For the week the Dow is up 131.01 or 0.8% from last Friday's close of 16321.71. Of the Dow components   14  gained and 16 declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise was  Goldman Sachs up $1.66 and percentage-wise was Nike up 1.59%.   The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Disney down $1.13 or 1.36%. 

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2561.95 up 4.80  from  Thursday's closing numerator of 2557.15. 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 16.15 up from Thursday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.09     (last year it was 15.69).  Friday's P/E estimate is 14.55 unchanged from  Thursday's P/E estimate of 14.55   (year ago it was 12.53) and Friday's dividend yield is 2.15 down from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.16  (last year it was 2.46). 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 $85.40 up 16 cents    from Thursday's average closing price of $85.24. The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $80.84  (NKE/DIS) up 6 cents  from Thursday's median closing price of $80.78    (NKE/DIS). The lowest volume was 3M  and the highest volume was Verizon  .

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 $480  ($256,195 - $255,715).

3/7/14 Fri. 4:08   pm MarketWatch by William L. Watts says U.S. stocks ended mostly higher but trimmed earlier gains scored after a bigger-than-expected rise in February nonfarm payrolls. The S&P 500 SPX +0.05% rose 1.01 point, or 0.1%, to 1,878.04, marking another record close for the index, which also posted a 1% weekly rise. The Dow industrials DJIA +0.19% also held on to gains, rising 30.83 points, or 0.2%, to 16,452.72, contributing to a 0.8% weekly advance. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.37% bucked the trend, losing 15.90 points, or 0.4%, to 4,336.22, and trimming its weekly rise to 0.7%.

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
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 Friday morning's Blog:

A  read of the print editions of  Friday's Wall St. Journal,   Financial Times,  Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today,   Atlanta Journal & Constitution  & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Georgia)  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 Wednesday's closing stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 16421.89 up 61.71 or 0.38%    from Wednesday's close of 16360.18.   For the year the Dow is down 0.93%. Of the Dow components   25  gained and 5 declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was American Express up $1.38 or 1.5%.   The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Home Depot down 50 cents and percentage-wise was Pfizer down 0.89%. 

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2557.15 up 9.61 from  Wednesday's closing numerator of 2547.54. 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 pC4 "S&P 500  notches another record" by Chris Dieterich says the S&P 500 pushed to another record while weakness in shares of drug firms helped push the Nasdaq lower.

NYT pB9 "Another S&P high as market mostly rises" by Reuters says the stock market moved mostly higher Thurs with the S&P hitting another record high as investors were encouraged by a drop in initial jobless claims.

FT p23 "Bulls unfazed by Ukraine as US stocks climb to record high" by Dave Shellock says a positive payrolls report buoyed the US stock markets.

IBD pB2 "Stock indexes stay calm, but medical indexes sell off" by Paul Whitfield says Thursday's action was mixed inlower vol as the current outlook stays a confirmed uptrend.

AJC pA15 "Falling jobless claims a spur" by AP says stocks mostly rose Thurs due to a report that showed the number of people who filed for unemployment benefits fell last week to a 3 month low.



The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $85.24 up 32 cents    from Wednesday's average closing price of $84.92. The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $80.78  (NKE/DIS) up 50 cents  from Wednesday's median closing price of $80.28    (NKE/DIS). The lowest volume was United Technologies  and the highest volume was Verizon  .

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 $961  ($255,715 - $254,754).

3/5/14 Tues. 4:28   pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says U.S. stocks finished Thursday generally higher, with the S&P 500 index closing at a record level for the 50th time in the past 12 months. However, sharp declines in biotech stocks dragged the Nasdaq Composite into the red.
Investors focused on a number of economic reports and speeches from several Federal Reserve officials as well as remarks from the ECB President Mario Draghi, after the european central bank left the interest rates unchanged.                                       
The main indexes were boosted by a larger-than-expected drop in weekly jobless claims ahead of a official payrolls report on Friday.                                         
The S&P 500 SPX +0.17%  hit an intraday high in early trade, but gains petered out by the close. The benchmark index still closed at a record level, adding 3.22 points, or 0.2%, to 1,877.03.
The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA +0.38% closed 61.71 points, or 0.4%, higher at 16,421.89.
The Nasdaq Composite                        COMP -0.13%  reversed earlier gains and closed down 5.85 points, or 0.1%, at 4,352.13. The biotechnology and pharmaceuticals were the biggest losers on the index on Thursday. The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF                         IBB +0.03%  dropped 2.7%.
                                     
“Jobless claims falling to a three-month low sets us up for tomorrow’s payrolls report. Unless it comes dramatically lower, investors will shrug it off as the weather factor is already baked into expectations,” said Chris Gaffney, senior market strategist at EverBank.
Before the opening bell, a report on weekly jobless claims showed a larger-than-expected drop in the week ended March 1. The number of people who applied for U.S. unemployment benefits fell by 26,000 to 323,000 in the week ended March 1, marking the lowest level since late November, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Like other economic reports, claims have been distorted by a harsh winter. The four-week average that reduces the effects of weather and other unusual factors fell by 2,000 to 336,500, and it’s shown little change in 2014. The jobless claims data come ahead of Friday’s nonfarm-payrolls report, which is expected to show job gains of around 140,000 for February.
U.S. productivity growth in the fourth quarter was reduced to a 1.8% annual rate instead of 3.2% as originally reported, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. The revision matched economists’ forecasts.
Orders for goods produced in U.S. factories fell 0.7% in January, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected orders to fall by 0.6%.
Apart from economic reports, several Federal Reserve officials speaking Thursday attracted investors’ attention.

Staples, Costco earnings disappoint

Staples /SPLS +0.04%  shares slumped 15% after the company posted declines in sales and traffic for its fiscal fourth quarter, disappointing Wall Street. It also forecast a sales decline in the first quarter of 2014 and said it would close 225 stores by the end of 2015.

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

AT&T:  IBD pA1 "Broadband pricing key in Comcast deal" by Reinhardt Krause says all of AT&T's U verse customers who go beyond 250GB monthly pay $10 extra for every 50GB.

WSJ pA1 "With shouts and hugs, Sprint boss drives turnaround" by Mayumi Negishi, Ryan Knutson says Sprint's new CEO Masayoshi Son, head of Softbank, is trying to quash the loser mentality that keeps Sprint behind AT&T and Verizon.

  IBD pA4 "Wall Street bullish on Verizon prospects" by Reinhardt Kruase says Verizon's $130 bil bet on wireless by buying Vodafone's 45% stake in Verizon Wireless  has been given a big thumbs up on Wall Street even though Verizon faces massive debt load and competition from T-Mobile and AT&T.

American Express:

Boeing:  WSJ pB3 "Boeing will freeze the pension plans of 68,000 workers" by Jon Ostrower, Theo Francis, AJC pA14 "Boeing freezing nonunion pensions"  say Beoing will freeze its defined benefit pensions for 68,000 nonunion employees starting in '16.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:    FT p15 "Big oil counts the cost of tapping new discoveries" by Ed Crooks says Chevron and shell have announced cuts in capital spending as has Exxon.

Cisco:  No mentions found.


Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pB4 "Walt Disney interactive unit lays off a quarter of its staff" by Ben Fritz, NYT pB3 "Interactive unit at Disney cuts a quarter of its staff" by Brooks Barnes, AJC pA14 "Disney div cuts quarter of workforce" says Disney's struggling video game & Internet div laid off 700 or 26% of its global staff.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  FT p15 "Big oil counts the cost of tapping new discoveries" by Ed Crooks says Chevron and shell have announced cuts in capital spending as has Exxon.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  NYT pB1 "Book deal falls apart for parodist of Goldman" by Leslie Kaufman, William Alden says due to a lack of credibility, the publisher pulled a book written about Goldman Sachs.

FT p9 "Goldman discovers that money can buy respect" byBillian Tett discusses Goldman's efforts to help female entrepreneurs.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  WSJ pB3 "Workers continue to strike at an IBM factory in China" by Paul Mozur, NYT pB8 "1,000 strike at IBM plant in China after its sale" by Keith Bradsher, FT p14 "Strike over IBM deal with Lenovo" by Tom Mitchell, Charles Clover  say more than 1,000 workers have gone on strike at an IBM factory in China.  IBM is selling Lenovo its x86 business and this is one of the factories.

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.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  IBD pA4 "Wall Street bullish on Verizon prospects" by Reinhardt Kruase says Verizon's $130 bil bet on wireless by buying Vodafone's 45% stake in Verizon Wireless  has been given a big thumbs up on Wall Street even though Verizon faces massive debt load and competition from T-Mobile and AT&T.

WSJ pA1 "With shouts and hugs, Sprint boss drives turnaround" by Mayumi Negishi, Ryan Knutson says Sprint's new CEO Masayoshi Son, head of Softbank, is trying to quash the loser mentality that keeps Sprint behind AT&T and Verizon.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:        No mentions found.                                   


Thursday'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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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) (to be succeeded by Satya Nadella)


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 1/27/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $414.66
2. Microsoft MSFT 299.08
3. WalMart WMT 260.40
4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 253.76
5. GE 253.64
6. Chevron CVX 239.93
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 221.96
8. Procter & Gamble PG 213.30
9. IBM 193.17
10. Pfizer PFE 192.23
11. AT&T T 176.53
12. Coke KO 171.03
13. Merck MRK 153.49
14. Visa V 137.68
15.  Verizon VZ 136.48
16. Disney DIS 126.96
17. Intel INTC 122.88
18. Cisco CSCO 117.63
19. Home Depot HD 111.17
20.United Technologies UTX 104.41
21. Boeing BA 103.22
22. McDonald's MCD 93.60
23. American Express AXP 92.06
24. 3M MMM 86.82
25. Goldman Sachs GS 75.51
26. UnitedHealth UNH 72.13
27.Nike NKE 63.67
28. Caterpillar CAT 58.09
29. DuPont DD 55.79
30. Travelers TRV 29.9632.20


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/27/14:

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

AT&T T:
 1/22/14 8K re: certain fin'l items for 4Q
12.18/13 8K re: sale of AT&T's incumbent local exchange opers in Ct. to Frontier Comm. for $ 2 bil
12/16/13 8K re: redemption of shares of Perpetual Cumulative Pref. Stock held by subsidiaries
12/12/13 8K re: amendments to '11 Incentive Plan re: triggers of benefit acclerations
12/11/13 8K re: amendment to $5 bil credit agreement
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


American Express AXP:
1/16/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/15/14 8K re: deling. & write-off states for 3 mos. through 12/31/13
12/24/13 8K re: settlement with bank regulators re: credit card add-on products
12/19/13 8K re: settlement of class action filed by US merchants
12/16/13 8K re: deling. & write-off states for 3 mos. through 11/30/13
 11/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for each of the 3 months ended 10/31/13


Boeing BA:
12/19/13 8K re: promotion of Dennis A. Muilenberg from CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security to COO of Boeing & promotion of Raymond L. Conner to Boeing Vice-Chair & CEO of Beoing Comm'l Airplanes & technical amendments to By-laws
12/16/13 8K re: increase in quarterly dividend and add'l $10 bil for stock repurchase program
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:
1/27/14 8K re: 4Q results 12/31/13
1/24/14 8K re: 3 mo. dealer stats thru 12/13
12/23/13 8K re: restructuring of Gosseliers, Belgium ops
12/19/13 8K re: 3 mo. dealer stats thru 11/13
12/11 8K re: mandatory retirement of David R. Goode, Charles D. Powell & amp; amp; amp; amp; Joshua I. Smith from Board & amendment to by-laws
 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


Chevron CVX:
 1/9/14 8K re: interim update for 4Q
12/13/13 8K re: election of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to Board & amendment to By-laws
 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:
12/23/13 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
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


Coke KO:
1/24/14 8K & 12/18/13 8K both re: departure of EVP & Pres. of Coca-Cola Americas Steven A. Cahillane
 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:
1/24/14 Def. Proxy (& Prelim 12/23/13) re: Annual Shareholders Mtg on 3/18/14 at 10 am Keller Aud., Portland, OR
12/23/13 8K re: election of Jack Dorsey to Board
12/9/13 8K re: Medium-Term Note Program
 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: separation 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

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

GE:
 1/17/14 8K re: 4Q results
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


Goldman Sachs GS:
1/16/14 8K re: 4Q & year end results for 12/31/13.
 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:
 1/16/14 8K re: results for 4Qtr & fiscal year ended 12/28/13
12/9/13 8K re: amdmt to '07 Annul Pref. Cash Bonus Plan for Exec Officers
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:
1/23/14 8K re: sale of x86 server portfolio to Lenovo
1/22/14 8K re: 4Q earnibgs presentation
1/21/14 8K re: fin'l results for period ending 12/31/13
12/13/13 8K re: consulting contract with retiring Mark Loughridge, SVP
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

JPMorganChase JPM:
1/24/14 8K re: grant of restricted stock units to CEO Jamie Dimon
1/22/14 8K re: issuance of fixed to floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock
1/14/14 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/7/14 8K re: settlement with various regulations relating to Madoff fraud
1/3/14 8K re: election of Michael A. Nead to Board
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q 7 fiscal year ended 12/29/13 results
1/17/14 8K re: sale to Carlyle Group of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics unit
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


McDonald's MCD:
 1/23/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results for period ended 12/31/13
12/9/13 8K re: Nov. sales
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


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:
1/23/14 10Q & 1/23/14 8K re: 4Q ended 12/31/13
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


Nike NKE:
1/7/1410Q  & 12/23/14 8K & 12/19/13 8K re: 4Q ended 11/30/13
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:
12/28/13 8K re: retirement of M. Anthony Burns from Board
12/19/13 8K re: amdmt of By-laws
12/17/13 8K re: promotion of Albert Bourla to Group VP, Vaccine, ONcology & amp; amp; amp; amp; Consumer Health instead of Amy Schulman who leaves Pfizer (she was GC) & promotion of Susan Silberman to Pres. & amp; GM Global Vaccines
11/8/13 10Q & 10/29/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/29/13


Procter & Gamble PG:
1/24/14 10Q & 1/24/14 2 8Ks re: results for fiscal year ended 12/31/13
1/14/14 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend
12/13/13 8K re: amdmt to Code of Regulations
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; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; Global Baby, Feminine & amp; amp; 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


3M MMM:
12/17/13 8K re: declaration of dividend & update of its 5 year plan ('13 - '17)
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:
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q results ended 12/31/13
10/22/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 9/30/13


United Technologies UTX:
1/22/14 8K re: 4Q results
12/13/13 8K re: amdmt to B-Laws re: forum to adjudicate certain disputes
10/25/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/22/13 8K re: 3Q results


UnitedHealth Group UNH:
 1/16/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
1/3/14 8K re: presentation at Goldman Scahs Healthcare Conf.
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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q results
12/10/13 8K re: issuance of shares to purchase Vodafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless
12/10/13 Proxy re: Special Mtg of Shareholders re: Vodafone  1/28/14 10 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ
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


Visa V:
 12/13/13 Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Stockhodlers 1/29/14 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA
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

WalMart WMT:
 12/10/13 8K re: promotion of David Cheesewright to Pres. & CEO Walmart Int'l
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

THAT'S All.

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