Monday, June 9, 2014

6/9/14 Mon. pm Dow Closes at 16943.10 up 18.32 or 0.11% Record High

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Post No. 2,683 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 as and a summary of recent Dow 30 components'  SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  Monday at 16943.10 up 18.82 or 0.11% from Friday's close of 16924.28.  Of the Dow components  14  gained and  16   declined.   The biggest gainer dollar-wise   was United Technologies up $1.19 and percentage-wise was Disney up 1.03%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was McDonald's down 58 cents and percentage-wise was  Intel down 0.92%.


 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 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.47 (last year it was 16.66).  Monday's P/E estimate is 15.13 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 14.91 (year ago it was 13.75) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.16 down from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.17 (last year it was 2.43). The Dow's all-time high was 16,943.10 on June 9,  2014. 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 numerator is 2638.31 up 2.93  from  Friday's   numerator of 2635.38.  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 $87.94 up 9 cents from Friday's  average closing price of $87.85.  The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $80.35   (PG/HD) up 2 cents from Friday's median closing price of $80.33 (PG/HD). The lowest volume was  Visa and the highest volume was Intel.

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 $293   ($263,831 - $263,538).

6/9/14 Monday 4:09    pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says the U.S. stock market ended Monday with modest gains with the benchmark S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at record levels. In a day devoid of economic news, investors focused on deals, such as the announced purchase of Hillshire Brands Co. HSH +0.47% by Tyson Foods Inc.TSN +0.27% . The main benchmarks rose for the fourth consecutive day. The S&P 500 SPX +0.09% closed up 1.83 points, or 0.1%, to 1,951.27, hitting a record level for the 19th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA +0.11% rose 18.82 points, or 0.1%, to 16,943.10. The blue-chip index closed at a record level for the 10th time in 2014. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.34% ended the day up 14.84 points, or 0.3%, at 4,336.24.                    

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
T▼ NYSE
AXP▲ NYSE
BA▼ NYSE
CAT▲ NYSE
CVX▲ NYSE
CSCO▼ NASDAQ-GS
KO▼ NYSE
DIS▲ NYSE
DD▼ NYSE
XOM▼ NYSE
GE▲ NYSE
GS▼ NYSE
HD▼ NYSE
INTC▼ NASDAQ-GS
IBM▼ NYSE
JPM▲ NYSE
JNJ▲ NYSE
MCD▼ NYSE
MRK▲ NYSE
MSFT▼ NASDAQ-GS
NKE▲ NYSE
PFE▼ NYSE
PG▲ NYSE
MMM▲ NYSE
TRV▲ NYSE
UTX▲ NYSE
UNH▼ NYSE
VZ▲ DualListed
V▼ NYSE
WMT▼ NYSE
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The following are excerpts from Mon. morning's Blog:

A  read of the print editions of Monday's  Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, the Wall Street 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 16924.28 up 88.17 or 0.52% from Thursday's close of 16826.11.  For the week was up 207 points or 1.2% . For the year the Dow is up 2.1%.  Of the Dow components  21  gained and 9    declined.   The biggest gainer dollar-wise   was Goldman Sachs up $3.61 and percentage-wise was American Express up 2.27%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was  Travelers down 61 cents or 0.64%.

IBD pB8 "Stocks rise in slow trade; breakouts keep emerging" by Paul Whitfield says stocks advanced for a 3rd day in a row Fri as the Nasdaq posted its 4th straight weekly gain.  Friday's action was up in lower volume and the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.


Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2635.38  up 13.73  from  Thursday's   numerator of 2621.65.  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 $87.85 up 46 cents from Thursday's  average closing price of $87.39.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $80.33   (PG/HD) up 11 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $80.24 (PG/HD). The lowest volume was 3M  and the highest volume was Intel.

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 $1,373  ($263,538 - $262,165 - $260,630).

6/6/14 Friday 4:26    pm MarketWatch by Victor Reklaitis & William L. Watts says U.S. stocks rallied further into record territory Friday after a solid jobs report, leaving the S&P 500 and Dow industrials with their strongest weekly performances since mid-April while the previously pummeled small-cap Russell 2000 index turned positive for the year.
The S&P 500 SPX +0.46%  advanced 8.98 points or 0.4%, to 1,949.44, notching its 18th record close of the year and its third straight record finish. The benchmark index advanced 1.3% for the week, marking its strongest weekly percentage rise since April 17.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.52%  rose 88.17 points, or 0.5%, to 16,924.28, giving the blue-chip index its second straight record close and a 1.2% weekly gain. It has notched eight closing records so far this year. The Dow’s weekly rise was also its strongest since April 17. The S&P 500 and the Dow have each seen three straight weekly gains.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.59%  jumped 25.17 points, or 0.6%, to 4,321.40. The tech-heavy index posted its fourth straight weekly advance, gaining 1.8% from last Friday’s close and trading at levels last seen in late March.
The Russell 2000 RUT +0.98%  was up 11.23 points, or 0.9%, at 1,165.17, putting the small-cap index on track for a 2.7% weekly gain. After serving as Wall Street’s whipping boy this spring, the index on Friday turned barely positive for the year—up 0.1%. Analysts had worried in mid-May that the drop by more economically sensitive small caps would spread to the broader market, but the Russell 2000 has ended up finding a bottom and rallying. The U.S. economy added 217,000 jobs in May, and the unemployment rate held steady at 6.3%, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected a gain of 210,000, with the unemployment rate rising to 6.4% from 6.3% in April.                                         
In the wake of Friday’s jobs report, investors “seem to believe that there is no reason to rip up the script,” said Andrew Wilkinson, chief market analyst at Interactive Brokers, in emailed comments. “Monetary stimulus is likely to remain evident even as the taper-countdown goes on, which means that bond yields are likely to remain low thus underpinning the rally in equity prices to fresh record highs.”                                       
On Thursday, the S&P 500 and Dow industrials both nabbed their best gains since May 21, helped by the European Central Bank announcing a raft of stimulus measures.
Among individual stocks on Friday, Hertz Global Holdings Inc. HTZ -9.05%  fell more than 9% after the car-rental company said it would have to restate and correct its results from 2011 through 2013.
Bank of America Corp. /quotes/zigman/190927/delayed/quotes/nls/bac BAC +1.04%  drew attention after The Wall Street Journal reported the bank is in talks to pay a fine of at least $12 billion to settle probes tied to toxic mortgages. Shares rose 1%.
E-Trade Financial Corp. ETFC +4.38% was among top gainers in the S&P 500, rising 4.4% after reportedly drawing an upbeat note from Nomura Securities analysts, who backed their buy rating.
In other markets, European stocks continued to push higher after the Stoxx Europe 600 XX:SXXP +0.67%  closed at the highest level in six years on Thursday, driven by the ECB’s moves. Asian stocks finished largely mixed on Friday, with the wait for U.S. jobs data keeping a lid on the action. September gold GCZ4 -0.02%  edged lower, while July oil CLN4 -0.01%  managed a small rise.

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

AT&T:   WSJ pB3 "AT&T floats idea on sunday ticket" by Shalini Ramachandran, Thomas Gryta, FT p12 "AT&T",  say AT&T may offer DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket programming to all its wireless phone customers .  Verizon already has the exlcusive smartphone streaming rights to football games for Sun.

Barron's p16 "T-Mobile looks up, deal or note" by Tiernan Ray says T-Mobile is a good stock to buy even if it doesn't merge with Sprint because it is in the best position to compete against AT&T & Verizon.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  IBD pA5 "Apple stock splits 7 for 1 may give lift" b Patrick Seitz says Apple with a lower price for its shares could replace Cisco or Intel as a Dow component.

Barron's p14 Week review" says last week the Supreme Court gave a victory for companies like Cisco by denying bids by patent holders to make it easier for them to sue for royalty revenues.

Disney:  WSJ pB2 "Box Office figures, through Sunday" lists Disney's Maleficient at 2nd with weekend of $33.5 mil & cumulative of $127.4 mil.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  FT p15 "Goldman investing stars fall back to earth" by Miles Johnson discuss the status of traders who made fortunes for the bank.

Home Depot:   No mentions found.

Intel:    IBD pA5 "Apple stock splits 7 for 1 may give lift" b Patrick Seitz says Apple with a lower price for its shares could replace Cisco or Intel as a Dow component.

IBM:   No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft: WSJ pB1 "Microsoft Xbox losing gamers to Sony's PS4" by Ben Fritz, Nathan Olivarez-Giles, USAT p3B "Console games get a new life" by Brett Molina, Mike Snider say Microsoft's Xbox One selling for $499 is having a hard time competing with Sony's PlayStation 4, sold at $399.

Nike:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  FT p13 "Hostile bids reach 14 year high" by Arash Massoudi, Ed Hammond lists the failed Pfizer deal for AstraZeneca as one of three top hostile bids this year.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  Barron's p38 "Another banner year for dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says last week UnitedHealth Group hiked its dividend 34% to 37.5 cents a share resulting in a current yield of just under 2%.

Verizon:    WSJ pB3 "AT&T floats idea on sunday ticket" by Shalini Ramachandran, Thomas Gryta says AT&T may offer DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket programming to all its wireless phone customers .  Verizon already has the exlcusive smartphone streaming rights to football games for Sun.

Barron's p16 "T-Mobile looks up, deal or note" by Tiernan Ray says T-Mobile is a good stock to buy even if it doesn't merge with Sprint because it is in the best position to compete against AT&T & Verizon.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:   No mentions found.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
T▼ NYSE
AXP▲ NYSE
BA▲ NYSE
CAT▲ NYSE
CVX▲ NYSE
CSCO▲ NASDAQ-GS
KO▲ NYSE
DIS▼ NYSE
DD▲ NYSE
XOM▲ NYSE
GE▲ NYSE
GS▲ NYSE
HD▲ NYSE
INTC▲ NASDAQ-GS
IBM▲ NYSE
JPM▲ NYSE
JNJ▼ NYSE
MCD▼ NYSE
MRK▼ NYSE
MSFT▲ NASDAQ-GS
NKE▲ NYSE
PFE▼ NYSE
PG▼ NYSE
MMM▲ NYSE
TRV▼ NYSE
UTX▲ NYSE
UNH▲ NYSE
VZ▲ DualListed
V▲ NYSE
WMT▼ NYSE
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 Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)


American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)


Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)


Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)


Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)


Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)


Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)


Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)


DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)


ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)


GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)


Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)


Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)


Intel INTC Brian Krzanich (Santa Clara, CA)


IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)


JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)


Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)


McDonald's MCD Donald Thompson (Oak Brook, Ill)


Merck MRK Kenneth Frazier (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)


Microsoft MSFT Satya Nadella (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 Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)


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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 5/30/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $431.98
2. Microsoft MSFT 333.47
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 284.64
4. GE 267.04
5. WalMart WMT 246.29
6. Chevron CVX 232.75
7.  Procter & Gamble PG 217.48
8. JPMorgan Chase JPM 211.12
9.  Verizon VZ 205.88
10. Pfizer PFE 188.43
11. IBM 185.36
12. AT&T T 183.57
13. Coke KO 178.36
14. Merck MRK 168.65
15.  Disney DIS 145.61
16. Intel INTC 135.5
17. Visa V 134.4
18. Cisco CSCO 125.71
19. Home Depot HD 109
20. United Technologies UTX 106.21
21. McDonald's MCD 99.59 
22. Boeing BA 98.04 
23. American Express AXP 96.64
24. 3M MMM 92.88
25. UnitedHealth UNH 77.65
26. Goldman Sachs GS 77.45
27. Nike NKE 67.26
28. Caterpillar CAT 63.85
29. DuPont DD 63.26
30. Travelers TRV 32.58

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 5/30/14:

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

AT&T T:
5/19/14 8K re: contract to buy DirecTV
5/2/14 10Q & 4/23/14 8K & 4/22/14 8K re: results of 1 Qtr ended 3/31/14.
4/28/14 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of Stockholders
3/31/14 8K re: closing of sale of Floating Rate Global Notes due '17
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

American Express AXP:
5/15/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats. for 3 months through 4/30/14
5/13/14 8K re: 13% dividend increase
4/29/14 10Q re: 1Q ended 3/31
4/16/14 8K re: 1Q results
4/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 3/31/14
3/27/14 Proxy re: Annual Mtg. of Shareholders 5/12 at  9 a.m. at AXP HQ in NYC
3/26/14 8K re: dividend of 26 cents per share & buyback of up to $4.4 bil of common shares in '14
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


Boeing BA:
5/12/14 8K re: amendment of CEO's employment contract
4/30/14 8K re: voting results from annual meeting of shareholders
4/23/14 10Q & 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/14
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
3/28/14 8K re: selection of Robert E. Verbeck as VP Finance


Caterpillar CAT:
5/28/14 & 4/21/14 Proxies re: annual meeting of stockholders on 6/11/14 at Corinth, MS
5/20/14 8K re: 3 months retail sales stats through 4/14
5/8/14 8K re: underwriting agreement to issue notes
5/2/14 10Q & 4/24/14 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/14 results
4/23/14 8K re: 3 months retail sales stats through 3/14
3/20/14 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 2/14


Chevron CVX:
5/2/14 10Q & 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/10/14 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 5/28 at Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Midland, Tx at 8 am
4/9/14 8K re: Interim update for 1Q
3/28/14 8K re: increase in comp. to exec officers


Cisco CSCO:
5/22/14 10Q & 5/14/14 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 4/26 results
3/26/14 8K re: adoption of pre-arranged exec stock trading plans
3/11/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plan
3/3/14 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes


Coke KO:
4/30/14 10Q/A & 4/24/14 10Q for 1Qtr ended 3/28 results
4/25/14 8K re: election of Kathy N. Waller as CFO
4/23/14 8K re: approval of Equity Comp. Plan
4/15/14 8K re: 1Q results
4/3/14 & 3/28/14 Proxy material re: issue of exec. comp.
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


Disney DIS:
5/6/14 8K & 10Q for 1Qtr ended 3/29 results
3/20/14 8K re: amdmt to cert. of incorp.
3/18/14; 3/4/14; & 2/3/14 Add'l proxy materials 


DuPont DD:
4/28/14 8K re: voting results of Stockholders Mtg
4/22/14 10Q & 4/17/14 re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31
3/17/14 8K re: results for qtr ended 3/31
3/14/14 Proxy Stockholders Mtg 4/23/14 10:30 am, DuPont Theatre, Wilmington, DE
3/10/14 8K re: guidance for 2014


ExxonMobil XOM:
5/14/14 & 4/22/14 Proxy material re: exec comp
5/7/14 10Q & 5/1/14 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
4/11/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg on 5/28 at Myerson Symphony Ctr, Dallas, Tx at 9:30 am
3/24/14 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: '13 Fin'l & Operating Rev
3/20/14 8K re: issuance of Float Rate Notes
3/11/14 8K re: presentation at analyst meeting

GE:
5/12/14 10Q & 4/17/14 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/28/14 8K re: voting results from annual shareholders meeting
4/23/14 8K re: election of John J. Brennan to Board of Dirs.
4/17/14 8K re: 1Q results
3/11/14 8K re: public offering of Notes
3/5/14 Proxy Annual Shareholders Meeting 4/23/14 10 am Sheraton, Chicago


Goldman Sachs GS:
5/29/14 8K re: tender offer for debt securities.
5/19/14 8K re: shareholder meeting voting results
5/19/14 10Q  re: 1 Qtr results ended 3/31
4/21/14 Proxy material re: governance and practices
4/28/14 8K re: amend cert. of incorp. re: series L Preferred rights
4/17/14 8K re: 1Q results
4/4/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg at 5/16 at GS Office, Irving Tx at 9:30 am
3/26/14 8K re: revised '14 capital plan submitted to Fed. Res. Bd.
3/3/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
3/3/14 8K re: election of Peter Oppenheimer to Bod


Home Depot HD:
5/28/14 10Q & 5/20/14 8K re: 1 Qtr results
5/28/14 8K re: voting results from Shareholder Meeting
4/7/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg 5/22 Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, Ga. at 9:00 am
3/27/14 10K for year ended 2/2/14


Intel INTC:
5/28/14 8K re: voting results from Stockholder Mtg
4/25/14 10Q for 1 Qtr ended 3/29
4/15/14 8K re: 1Q results
4/7/14 8K re: changes to operating segments reports
4/3/14 Proxy re: Stockholder Mtg on 5/22 at 8:30 am at Intel HQ, Santa Clara, CA


IBM:
5/14/14  2 8Ks re: FD disclosures re: investors' meeting
5/2/14 8K re: voting results from Stockholder Mtg
4/29/14 10Q for 1 Qtr. ended 3/31
4/17/14 & 4/16/14 8K re: 1Q earnings presentation
4/3/14 Proxy re: add't'l info
3/10/14 Proxy Stockholder Mtg 4/29/14 10 am Osborn Conv. Ctr., Jacksonville, FL


JPMorganChase JPM:
5/22/14 8K re: Voting results from Shareholder Mtg.
5/13/14 8K re: Offering of notes
4/22/14 Proxy information
4/11/14 2 8Ks re: 1Q results
4/9/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg at JPM Offices on 5/20/14 at Tampa, Fl at 10:00 am
3/26/14 8K re: dividend of 40 cents per share & buyback of $6.5 bil of common stock
3/20/14 8K results of '14 Dodd-Frank Act Stress Tests
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
5/2/14 10Q for 1 Qtr ended 3/30
4/25/14 8K re: voting results of shareholder meeting
4/15/14 8K re: results of 1Q ended 3/30/14
3/12/14 Proxy -  Shareholder Meeting 4/24 10 am Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ



McDonald's MCD:
5/28/14 8K re: Voting results of Shareholder Mtg
5/27/14 8K re: retirement of Timothy Fenton
5/8/14 8K re: April sales
5/6/14 10Q & 4/222/14 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/11/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg on 5/22/14 at 8 am at MCD HQ at Oak Brook, Ill
3/21/14 8K re: retirement of COO Tim Fenton & global mgmt. restructure
3/13/14 8K re: presentation at Merrill Lynch Consumer Retail Conf. in NYC 3/12
3/10/14 8K re: Feb. sales


Merck MRK:
5/29/14 8K re: voting results of Shareholder Mtg
5/8/14 10Q & 4/29/14 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31
5/6/14 8K re: FD re: Investor briefing
4/14/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg on 5/27 at 9 am at Bridgewater Marriott, Bridgewater, NJ
3/27/14 8K re: departure of EVP/CEO Peter N. Kellogg

Microsoft MSFT:
4/24/14 10Q & 4/24/14 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
3/20/14 8K re: resignation from Bd. of Dirs. of Stephen J. Luczo
3/12/14 8K re: election of G. Mason Morfit, Pres. ValueAct Capital, to BoD


Nike NKE:
4/7/14 10Q & 3/25/14 & 3/20/14 8Ks re: Year ended 2/28/14
1/7/1410Q  & 12/23/14 8K & 12/19/13 8K re: 4Q ended 11/30/13



Pfizer PFE:
5/27/14; 5/20/14; 5/13/14; 5/2/14  & 4/28/14 8Ks all with respect to bid for and withdrawal of bid for AstraZeneca
5/19/14 8K re: offering of floating rate notes
5/15/14 8K re: public offering of notes
5/8/14 10Q & 5/5/14 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/30 results
4/28/14 8K re: Voting results of Shareholder Meeting
4/11/14 & 4/2/14 Proxy re: add't'l info
3/13/14 Proxy - Shareholder Meeting 4/24/14 8:30 am Hilton Short Hills, NJ


Procter & Gamble PG:
4/23/14 10Q & 2 8Ks re 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/9/14 8K re: sale of Pet Food biz to Mars for $2.9 bil
4/7/14 8K re: dividend of 64 cents  on common & preferred shares


3M MMM:
5/16/14 8K re: sale of notes
5/15/14 8K re: transfer of product lines between divisions
5/14/14 8K re: results of votes of Stockholders
5/1/14 10Q & 4/24/14 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31
4/15/14; 3/27/14; & 3/26/14 Proxy re: Stockholder Mtg on 5/13/14 at 10:00 am at Austin Conv. Ctr. at Austin, Tx
4/8/14 8K re: imminent danger order issued and then lifted for Greystone Plant at Wauscu, Wisc.
3/5/14 8K re: realignment of business segments


Travelers TRV:
4/22/14 10 Q & 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/11/14 Proxy re: shareholder Mtg on 5/27 at 1 pm at Hartford Marriott Downtown, Hartford, Ct.
3/17/14 8K re: cahnge of date of Annual Shareholders Meeting from 5/28 to 5/27/14 at Hartford, Ct., Mariott Downtown


United Technologies UTX:
5/2/14 8K amendment of Long Term Incentive Plan
4/25/14 10Q & 4/22/14 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/8/14 Proxy re: add'l info
3/14/14 Proxy - Shareholder Meeting 4/28 2 pm Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, NC


UnitedHealth Group UNH:
5/23/14 8K re: investor presentation
5/6/14 10 Q & 4/17/14 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31results
4/23/14 2 proxy filings for Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 6/2/14 at 10 am at Anthony Marton Aud. in Las Vegas
3/7/14 8K re: presentation at Barclays Global Healthcare Conf. Miami 3/11


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
5/29/14 8K re: exchange offer of notes
5/6/14 8K re: technical amendment to Bylaws
4/29/14 10Q & 4/24/14 8K re: 1 Qtr results ended 3/31
4/11/14 Proxy re: add'l info
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


Visa V:
4/24/14 10Q & 8K re: 2 Qtr ended 3/31/14 results
4/23/14 8K re: quarterly cash dividend of 40 cents per share
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

WalMart WMT:
5/29/14 & 4 filings  on 4/23/14 Proxy Materials re: 6/6/14 Annual Shareholder Meeting at 7 am at Bud Walton Arena, Fayetteville, Ark
5/15/14 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/21/14 8K re: sale of notes
4/7 8K re: issuance of euro Notes due '22
3/21/14 10K for FY ended 1/31/14

NO MAS, AMIGOS

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