Monday, April 7, 2014

4/7/14 Mon. pm Dow Closes at 16245.87 down 166.84 or 1.02%

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Post No. 2,630 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 Monday at 16245.87 down 166.84 or 1.02%  from Friday's close of 16412.71.  Of the Dow components  6   gained, Walmart was unchanged   and   23  declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was IBM was $2.75 or 1.43%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Goldman Sachs down $4.68 and percentage-wise was Pfizer down 2.99%.



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 16.15 down from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.30   (last year it was 15.87).  Monday's P/E estimate is 14.74 unchanged from Friday's P/E estimate of 14.74   (year ago it was 13.05) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.18 unchanged  from Friday's dividend yield of 2.18   (last year it was 2.44). 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.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2529.74 down 25.98  from  Friday's closing numerator of 2555.72.  This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.


The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $84.32 down 87 cents  from Friday's average closing price of $85.19.  The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.81   (DIS/PG) down 29 cents   from Friday's median closing price of $80.10  (PG/DIS). 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 lost $2,598  ($255,572 - $252,974).

4/4/14 Fri. 4:49   pm MarketWatch by Victor Reklaitis and Anora Mahmudova says the U.S. stock market fell sharply on Monday as heavy selling in high-growth stocks, which began on Friday, continued to spill over the broader market.                                      

With Monday’s session light on economic data, investors looked ahead to the start of first-quarter earnings season, and some analysts sounded downbeat about the coming reports.

The Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.16%  fell 47.97 points, or 1.2%, to 4,079.75, falling below its 100-day moving average. The tech-heavy index lost 4.6% over the past three sessions, the steepest three-day loss since November 2011.

The S&P 500 SPX -1.08%  ended the day 20.05 points, or 1.1%, lower at 1,845.04, falling below a key technical level of 1,850 and erasing year-to-date gains. Financial stocks were among the worst hit.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -1.02%  dropped 166.84 points, or 1.3%, to 16,245.87, with Pfizer Inc. PFE +0.26%   and American Express Company AXP -2.88%   leading the losses.

       

Compared with last week, this week is short on top-tier economic data, so investors are likely to focus instead on earnings reports from the first quarter. Alcoa Inc. AA -0.08% , the aluminum producer and former Dow component, unofficially kicks off the earnings season on Tuesday, when it reports results after the closing bell.
         

“The selloff of high-growth stocks on Friday spilled over to the rest of the market for the first time and it is worrying,” said Channing Smith, managing director at Capital Advisors.
“With the economy still muddling through and earnings projected to rise ever so slightly, there are doubts about current valuations, especially among highflying companies on the Nasdaq,” he added.

“The weakness has carried over from Friday. It is hard to imagine how the S&P 500 went from a new all-time high to down on the year in just two days, but it happened. The momentum names and technology names were the first to crack, now we are seeing signs that weakness is moving to the overall market,” said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer’s Investment.

Other analysts have said they’re a little skeptical of the naysayers, adding that this will be the 16th quarter or so in a row where we are being cautioned about earnings.

Among individual stocks on Monday, Internet names TripAdvisor Inc. TRIP +0.26%   and Baidu Inc. BIDU -0.05%  fell 2.7% and 3.9%, respectively, adding to their recent losses.

High-growth companies saw their shares continue to slide. Tesla Motors, Inc shares dropped 2.2%. Pandora Media, Inc. P +1.37%  dropped 5%. Telsa and Pandora are one of the handful of momentum stocks that got caught up in Friday’s rout.

Shares in Facebook Inc. FB +0.33%   dipped in and out of negative territory and closed 0.4% higher. The stock is down more than 18% from its highest closing level, reached on March 10.

Shares in Apple Inc. AAPL +0.02% , which is the heaviest-weighted component in both the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500, also fell 1.6%.

On the plus side, Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. QCOR -0.10% surged 19% after news that Mallinckrodt MNK -2.51%  will buy the drug maker for about $5.6 billion. Read more in the Movers & Shakers column.

In other markets, Asian and European stock markets lost ground Monday. The dollar DXY -0.25%  edged lower, and oil prices fell, with Brent taking the biggest hit on reports that Libya may soon reopen two oil ports. Gold futures dipped and traded below $1,300 an ounce.

Monday'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
WMT unch NYSE

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The following are excerpts from Monday morning's Blog:

A  read of the print editions of  Monday's Barron's, Investors' Business Daily,  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 16412.71 down 159.84 or 0.96%  from Thursday's close of 16572.55.   For the week the Dow was up 89.65 or 0.55% from last Friday's Dow close of 16323.06. For the year the Dow is down 0.99%. Of the Dow components  4   gained   and   26  declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Travelers up 22 cents and percentage-wise was Coca-Cola up 0.39%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Visa down $7.31 or 3.4%.



Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2555.72 down 24.89  from  Thursday's closing numerator of 2580.61.  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 $85.19 down 83 cents  from Thursday's average closing price of $86.02.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $80.10   (PG/DIS) up 35 cents   from Thursday's median closing price of $79.75  (HD/PG). The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was Microsoft.

If  Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $2,489  ($258,061 - $255,572).

4/4/14 Fri. 4:43   pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says US . stocks fell sharply, after heavy selling in momentum stocks such as biotechs and Internet companies on Friday reversed an early rally, sending the Nasdaq Composite to its worst day in two months.                                        
The markets opened higher following a government report showing a steady pace of jobs growth, lifting both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average to intraday highs.

                The Nasdaq Composite                 COMP -2.60%  fell 110.01 points, or 2.6%, to 4,127.73. Friday’s losses resulted in a second weekly loss in a row. Biotechnology and Internet stocks were the worst hit. The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETFIBB +0.22% , a benchmark for that sector, fell 4%. Shares in Apple Inc. /AAPL +0.11% , Nasdaq’s heaviest weighted component, were down 1.3%. Facebook Inc. FB +0.14% , considered a momentum play, tumbled 4.6%. The stock is now in bear market , having fallen more than 20% from its all-time closing high set on March 10.                                         
The S&P 500 SPX -1.25%  ended the day 23.68 points, or 1.3%, lower at 1,865.09. The benchmark index eked out a 0.4% gain over the week. Technology and consumer discretionary sector stocks led the losses, while investors piled into the defensive utilities sector, the only one closing higher.
The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA -0.96%  dropped 159.84 points, or 1%, to 16,412.71 but managed to stay 0.5% higher on the week. Microsoft Corp /t MSFT +0.20% and Visa Inc                         V -3.40% , down 2.8% and 3.4% respectively, were leading the losses among the blue chips.
“We are seeing a key reversal, significant retrenchment in risk in equity markets. For days we saw equities going higher while gold and oil drifted lower and now this trend has reversed,” said Colin Cieszynski, senior market analyst at CMC markets.
“Traders are stepping back from the highflying stocks like Tesla and Facebook, which is a bearish indicator. This is a sign that this rally is tired and is in need of a pullback,” he added.
The U.S. created 192,000 jobs in March as hiring rebounded in the early spring. Hiring in January and February was also stronger than originally reported. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.7% as more people went searching for jobs. Economist polled by MarketWatch expected a gain of 200,000 jobs.
“The report was remarkably consistent with what we have been seeing in the past year or so, in one word good but not great,” said Anthony Valeri, investment strategist at LPL Financial.
“Looking at the fed fund futures, this might mean that the Fed will stay in the game a little longer than anticipated when it comes to raising rates,” he added.
Among individual stocks, shares in so-called momentum high-growth stocks dropped sharply, sending some of them into bear territory. Telsa Motors, Inc TSLA -0.03% fell 5.9%, Pandora Media, Inc                         P -4.86% fell 4.9%, Amazon.com, Inc AMZN -0.23% fell 3.2%.
One of the bright spots today, GrubHub Inc. GRUB +30.81% shares rose 31% in their market debut.
/AMZN 322.27, -0.73, -0.23%                         MYL +1.15%  shares rose 1.5% after reports that Meda AB rejected its proposal to combine the two businesses. “All continued discussions between Meda and Mylan have been terminated without further actions,” said Meda in a statement.                                        
CarMax IncKMX -4.21%  shares fell 4.2% after fourth-quarter results fell short of Wall Street forecasts.
Shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.APC -0.01%  rose 2.1%, adding to a 14.5% gain on Thursday, after the company agreed to a settle all claims against its subsidiary Kerr-McGee for $5.15 billion. The case stems from the bankruptcy of Tronox Inc., which was spun off from Kerr-McGee before it was bought by Anadarko in 2006.
In overseas markets, European stocks rose slightly, their ninth-straight gain. Stocks in Asia closed out mostly higher, though gains were muted ahead of the U.S. data. Gold GCM4 +1.54%  moved higher, along with oilCLK4 +0.79% , while the dollar fell against the Japanese yen after the jobs report.

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

AT&T: WSJ pA3 "Phony calls plague 911 centers" by Jim Carlton says AT&T is in favor of ending the rule that requires even disabled cell phones to be able to dial 911.

Barron's p16 "Vodafone has upside of 20% or more" by Andrew Bary says Vodafone is down amid cooling speculation that AT&T will buy it although it gained after it sold its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications for $130 bil.


American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  Daily Report p5 "Obstacles to S lawsuits in Malaysia Airlines mystery" by Amanda Bronstad says if no plane is found, Boeing won't have any liability due to lack of proof of causation.

Barron's p21 "Why B/E aerospace is flying high" by Alexander Eule says Boeing and Airbus are sold out through 2017 with a combined backlog of 10,600 planes.

Caterpillar:  WSJ pB3 "Caterpillar data dug up" by James R. Hagerty says Caterpillar will face tougher scrutiny from the IRS after being grilled over its tax strategy by a senate subcommittee last week.

WSJ pC1 "Dividend stocks bear fruit" by Dan Strumpf lists  dividend paying shares that have outperformed the market and they are all Dow stocks in this order of performance: Caterpillar, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft & Pfizer.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:   WSJ pB5 "Aud9iences marvel at  Captain" by ben fritz says Disney's Captain America was the leading move this weekend with a $96.2 mil debut.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  Baron's pL20 "Socially responsible funds make an impact" by crystal Kim says ExxonMobil addressed climate change after speaking with Calvert.

GE:  FT p21 "Will Buffett have a GE light bulb moment?" by Stephen Foley says GE and Berkshire Hathaway vie for the title of world's largest publicly listed conglomerate with Berkshire having a market cap of $300 bil vs GE's $260 bil.

Goldman Sachs: WSJ pC6 "Tamer times for jungle king Goldman Sachs" by John carney says before the crisis Goldman and JPMorgan's fixed income trading revenues were moderately correlated.  Since '11 Goldman has looked more like JPMorgan and Bank of America.  It will be hard to justify a valuation for Goldman too much above its tangible book value unless it can show what will drive its growth.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  NYT pB2 "JPMorgan earnings will be closely watched" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Barron's p15 "Week preview" say on Friday 4/11 JPMorgan will announce quarterly earnings.

Johnson & Johnson:  WSJ pC1 "Dividend stocks bear fruit" by Dan Strumpf lists  dividend paying shares that have outperformed the market and they are all Dow stocks in this order of performance: Caterpillar, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft & Pfizer..

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  WSJ pC1 "Dividend stocks bear fruit" by Dan Strumpf lists  dividend paying shares that have outperformed the market and they are all Dow stocks in this order of performance: Caterpillar, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft & Pfizer.
 
Microsoft: NYT pB7 "Microsoft's Effort to counter rivals" by Nick Wingfield says  Microsoft's new virtual assistant for its mobile op system received a lot of attention at a company developer  conference Wed, but its decision to drop licensing fees on some devices drew more attention.

WSJ pC1 "Dividend stocks bear fruit" by Dan Strumpf lists  dividend paying shares that have outperformed the market and they are all Dow stocks in this order of performance: Caterpillar, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft & Pfizer.

Nike: No mentions found.

Pfizer:  WSJ pB5 "Pfizer, Lilly cancer drugs show promise" by Jonathan D. Rockoff, Ron Winslow, NYT pB5 "Guarded optimism after breast cancer drug shows promising results" by Andrew Pollack say Pfizer is in the lead to bring a new class of drugs to market known as palbociclib which recently showed promising results.

WSJ pC1 "Dividend stocks bear fruit" by Dan Strumpf lists  dividend paying shares that have outperformed the market and they are all Dow stocks in this order of performance: Caterpillar, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft & Pfizer.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  Barron's p16 "Don't fly away from United technologies" by Lawrence C. Strauss says shares of United Technologies have surged 29% in the year since a bullish Barron's story outpacing the broad market's 22% gain and they still have some room to run.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

Verizon:   Barron's p16 "Vodafone has upside of 20% or more" by Andrew Bary says Vodafone is down amid cooling speculation that AT&T will buy it although it gained after it sold its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications for $130 bil.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

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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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 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 Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)


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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 3/9/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $409.31
2. Microsoft MSFT 325.76
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 266.23
4.  GE 255.84
5. WalMart WMT 243.21
6. Chevron CVX 222.80
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 218.39
8. Procter & Gamble PG 216.34
9. Pfizer PFE 203.81
10. Verizon VZ 194.10
11. IBM 193.56
12.AT&T T 172.38
13. Coke KO 169.56
14. Merck MRK 166.83
15.  Visa V 143.15
16. Disney DIS 142.71
17. Intel INTC 124.03
18. Cisco CSCO 111.42
19. Home Depot HD 110.84
20.United Technologies UTX 105.02
21. American Express AXP 96.73
22. McDonald's MCD 96.10
23. Boeing BA 92.72
24. 3M MMM 87.91
25. Goldman Sachs GS 78.56
26. UnitedHealth UNH 78.49
27.Nike NKE 70.76
28. DuPont DD 62.08
29. Caterpillar CAT 61.52
30. Travelers TRV 29.61


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 3/19/14:

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

AT&T T:
3/14/14 8K re: issuance of Notes to purchase LEAP
3/11/14 Proxy re Annual Meeting of Stockholders, 4/25/14 9 am, Rivermill Event Centre, Columbus, GA
3/10/14 8K re: issuance of Global Notes
2/21/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/29/14 & 1/28/14 8Ks re: 4Q earnings release
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 accelerations
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


American Express AXP:
3/17/14 8K re: jv agreement with Certares re: Global Business Travel Division
3/17/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 2/28/14
2/25/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/18/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 1/31/14
1/16/14 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



Boeing BA:
3/14/14 Proxy for Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/28/14 10:00 am, Field Museum, Chicago
3/11/14 8K re: amendments to Supp. Exec. Retirement Plan
4/28/14 8K re: selection of Robert E. Verbeck as VP Finance
2/27/14 8K re: grants of restricted stock units to execs
2/14/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/29/14 8K re: 4Q results
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 Boeing 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


Caterpillar CAT:
 2/20/14 8K re: retail sales info
2/18/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/27/14 8K re: 4Q results &  12/31/13 results
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; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; Joshua I. Smith from Board & amp; amp; amendment to by-laws


Chevron CVX:
2/21/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/31/14 8K re: grants of stock options to execs
1/31/14 8K re: 4Q and year end results
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


Cisco CSCO:
3/11/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plan
3/3/14 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
2/26/14 8K re: public offering of Senior Notes
2/20/14 10Q & 2/12/14 8K re: qtr. ended 1/25/14
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


Coke KO:
3/7/14 8K re: public offering of $1 bil Floating Rate Notes due '15
3/7/14 Proxy Statement re: Shareholder Meeting 4/23/14 12:30 pm Cobb Galeria, Atlanta
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/21/14 8K re: Kathy Walker replacing Gary Fayad as EVP/CFO & retirement from BoD of Donald F. McHenry & Jacob Wallenberg
2/19/14 8K re: amendment of Restricted Stock Award Plan
2/18/14 8K re: results of 4Q & year
2/6/14 8K re: agreement with Green Mt. Coffee Roaster
1/24/14 8K & 12/18/13 8K both re: departure of EVP & Pres. of Coca-Cola Americas Steven A. Cahillane



Disney DIS:
3/18/14; 3/4/14; & 2/3/14 Add'l proxy materials 
2/5/14 10Q & 2/5/14 8K re: Qtr ended 12/28/13
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



DuPont DD:
3/14/14 Proxy Stockholders Mtg 4/23/14 10:30 am, DuPont Theatre, Wilmington, DE
3/10/14 8K re: guidance for 2014
2/5/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/28/14 8K re: 4Q results


ExxonMobil XOM:
3/11/14 8K re: presentation at analyst meeting
2/26/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/21/14 8K re: oil reserves info
1/30/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/5/13 10Q & 10/31/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

GE:
3/11/14 8K re: public offering of Notes
3/5/14 Proxy Annual Shareholders Meeting 4/23/14 10 am Sheraton, Chicago
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/17/14 8K re: 4Q results


Goldman Sachs GS:
3/3/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
3/3/14 8K re: election of Peter Oppenheimer to Bod
2/28/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/12/14 8K re: public offering of debt
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


Home Depot HD:
2/28/14 8K re: election of Craig A. Menear, Pes. US Retail
2/25/14 8K re: results for fiscal year and qtr ended 2/2/14



Intel INTC:
2/14/14 10K for year ended 2/28/13
2/3/14 8K re: comp structure for execs & employees
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




IBM:
3/10/14 Proxy Stockholder Mtg 4/29/14 10 am Osborn Conv. Ctr., Jacksonville, FL
2/25/14 8K 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/11/14 8K re: public offering of debt
2/10/14 8K re: closing of sale of IBM's customer care process outsourcing business to SYNNEX
1/31/14 8K re: exec comp. structure
1/23/14 8K re: sale of x86 server portfolio to Lenovo
1/22/14 8K re: 4Q earnings 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


JPMorganChase JPM:
3/14/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
3/10/14 8K re: issuance of Pref. Stock
3/5/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
2/27/14 8K re: Investor Day Presentation
2/6/14 8K re: sale of Pref. Stock
2/5/14 8K re: payment of $614 mil to settle mortgage case brought by US Atty SDNY, FHA, HUD & VA
1/30/14 8K sale of Pref. Stock
1/28/14 8K re: public offering of Notes
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
3/12/14 Proxy -  Shareholder Meeting 4/24 10 am Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ
2/21/14 10K for year ended 12/29/13
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



McDonald's MCD:
3/13/14 8K re: presentation at Merrill Lynch Consumer Retail Conf. in NYC 3/12
3/10/14 8K re: Feb. sales
2/24/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/14/14 8K re: exec awards under cash performance unit plan
2/10/14 8K re: Jan sales
1/31/14 8K re: payout structure for '14 Target Incentive Plan for Execs
1/23/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results for period ended 12/31/13
12/9/13 8K re: Nov. sales



Merck MRK:
2/28/14 8K re: amdmt of Bylaws so 15% of shareholders can call a meeting
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/5/14 8K re: retirement of John Canan, Sr. VP Finance
2/5/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
11/7/13 10Q & 10/28/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

Microsoft MSFT:
3/12/14 8K re: election of G. Mason Morfit, Pres. ValueAct Capital, to BoD
2/4/14 8K re: election of Satya Nadella as CEO
1/23/14 10Q & 1/23/14 8K re: 4Q ended 12/31/13
12/6/13 8K re: issuance of over $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 Shareholders on 11/19/13



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



Pfizer PFE:
3/13/14 Proxy - Shareholder Meeting 4/24/14 8:30 am Hilton Short Hills, NJ
2/28/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/28/14 8K re: results for 4Q and year
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; 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:
2/28/14 8K re: A.G. Lafley's pre-arranged stock trading plan
2/14/14 8K re: exercise of stock options by CEO A.G. Lafley
2/11/14 8K re: company guidance
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



3M MMM:
3/5/14 8K re: realignment of business segments
2/13/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/30/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
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


Travelers TRV:
3/17/14 8K re: cahnge of date of Annual Shareholders Meeting from 5/28 to 5/27/14 at Hartford, Ct., Mariott Downtown
2/13/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/6/14 8K re: election of Philip T. Ruegger III to Bod
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q results ended 12/31/13


United Technologies UTX:
3/14/14 Proxy - Shareholder Meeting 4/28 2 pm Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, NC
2/6/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
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:
3/7/14 8K re: presentation at Barclays Global Healthcare Conf. Miami 3/11
2/28/14 8K re: presentation at Raymond James INv. Conf. Orlando 3/4
2/12/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/16/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
1/3/14 8K re: presentation at Goldman Sachs Healthcare Conf.
12/2/13 8K re: Annual Investors Conference to be held 12/3 in NYC


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
3/17/14 Proxy - Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/1/14 10:30 am, Sheraton, Phoenix, AZ
3/10/14; 2/1/14; 1/30/14 & 1/28/14 8Ks re: closing of the purchase of Vodafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless
3/7/14 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend & repurchase program of up to 100 mil shares
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/24/14 8K re: 2014 guidance
2/12/14 8K re: closing of sale of Notes
2/11/14 8K re: exec comp.
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



Visa V:
3/1/314 8K re: resignation of Elizabeth Buse, EVP Solutions
3/7/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for CFO
3/5/14 8K re: presentation at Morgan Stanley tech, Media & Telecom Conf 3/5
1/30/14 10Q for qtr ended 12/31/13
1/29/14 8K re: results of 1/29/14 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
1/29/14 8K re: declaration of dividends
12/13/13 Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Stockholders 1/29/14 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA

WalMart WMT:
2/20/14 8K re: 4Q results
2/13/14 8K re: amendment to bylaws to allow 10% of sharehodlers to call a meeting
1/31/14 8K re: 2014 guidance
1/29/14 8K re: election of C. Douglas McMillan as Pres/CEO
1/29/14 8K/A re: compensation for EVP David Cheesewright
 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: replacement of CEO Mike Duke with C. Douglas McMillon effective 2/1/13
11/22/13 8K re: election of Pamela C. Craig to Board

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