Monday, February 23, 2015

2/23/15 Mon. pm Dow Closes at 18116.84 down 23.6 or 0.13%


 
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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 3,065 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 recent Dow 30 components'  SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 18116.84 down 23.6 or 0.13% from Friday's close of 18140.44. Of the Dow components   13 gained   and 17   declined. The  biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth up $3.78 or 3.36%. The  biggest decliner dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was Boeing down $3.57 or 2.26%.

As of the open of  the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of  Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Monday's trailing P/E   ratio is 17.06 up  from Friday's   trailing P/E ratio of 16.93 (last year it was 15.84).  Monday's P/E estimate is 16.68 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 16.73 (year ago it was 14.50) and  Monday's dividend yield is 2.21 down from  Friday's dividend yield of 2.45  (last year it was 2.20). The Dow's all-time high was 18140.44 on February 20,  2015. 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 2821.08 down 3.67  from  Friday's   numerator of 2824.75.  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 $94.04 down 12 cents  from Friday's  average closing price of $94.16.  The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $87.20  (PG/XOM) unchanged 13 cents from Friday's median closing price of $87.20 (PG/XOM).  The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was Microsoft.

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 $367  ($282,475 - $282,108).

2/23/15 Mon. 4:40 pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova  & Barbara Kollmeyer says
U.S. stocks ended Monday’s choppy session roughly where they started it, as a late-afternoon rebound helped pare early losses. A drop in oil prices weighed on energy companies. Meanwhile, a pickup in merger-and-acquisition activity in the pharmaceutical industry helped push health-care stocks slightly higher. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.10%  ended the session 5 points, or 0.1%, higher at 4,960, helped in large by a 2.7% jump in Apple, Inc. AAPL, +2.71%   Monday’s gain is the tech-heavy index’s ninth in a row. The last time the index rose for this long was in September 2010, according to FactSet. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.03%  closed flat at 2,109.66. Monday’s trade was skewed toward defensive plays, as investors preferred utilities and health-care stocks, while staying away from telecoms, energy and consumer discretionary companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.13%  retreated from a record close notched on Friday. The blue-chip index slipped 23.54 points, or 0.1%, to 18,116.90. More than half of its 30 members finished lower. Boeing Co. BA, -2.26%   was the biggest decliner, while UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH, +3.36%   led gainers.
David O’Malley, chief executive officer at Penn Mutual Asset Management, said geopolitical news has tended to dictate market direction at the open, with money flows then pushing stocks higher in afternoon trading.“There is a 180-degree shift in sentiment in all markets. In January, investors were worried the U.S. will have deflationary problems, but the Fed eased fears with [reassurances] to be patient and data-dependent while money is pouring into equity funds,” O’Malley said.
Steven Wieting, global chief investment strategist at Citi Private Bank, said investors are waiting to see the positive economic effects of falling oil prices.“We have seen immediate effects of lower oil prices in reduced earnings and cuts in capital expenditures by energy companies, but consumers are not spending their windfall just yet,” Wieting said.

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 Monday morning's Blog:

A  read of the print editions of  Monday's Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, 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 18140.44 up 154.67 or 0.86% from Thursday's close of 17985.77. For the week the Dow was up 121.09 or 0.67% from last Friday's close of  18019.35.  For the year the Dow is up 1.78%. Of the Dow components 23  gained, McDonald's was unchanged   and 6   declined. The  biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Boeing up $4.56 or 2.97%. The  biggest decliner dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was Johnson & Johnson down 44 cents or 0.44%.

IBD pB9 "Stocks stage upside reversal; uptrend now looking stronger" by Paul Whitfield says Friday's action was up in higher vol while the current outlook is confirmed uptrend.  Home depot will earnings on Tuesday.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2824.75 up 24.08  from  Thursday's   numerator of 2800.67.  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 $94.16 up 78 cents  from Thursday's  average closing price of $93.36.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $87.20  (PG/XOM) down 13 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $87.33 (PG/XOM).  The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was GE.

If  Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made  $2,408  ($282,475 - $280,748).

2/20/15 Fri. 4:38 pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova  & Sarah Sjolin says U.S. stocks rallied on Friday, sending the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average to record levels on news that eurozone ministers agreed to a four-month extension of Greece’s bailout.The main indexes booked weekly gains for the third consecutive week. The antiausterity Greek government sought an extension to its loan agreement and on Friday after hours of meetings eurozone ministers reached an agreement. Athens has to submit a list of reform proposals by Monday. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.61%  climbed 12.85 points, or 0.6% to 2,110.30, with nine of its 10 main sectors finishing higher. The benchmark index gained 0.6% over the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.86%  swung from a triple-digit loss to a triple-digit gain, adding 154.67 points, or 0.9%, to 18,140.44. The blue-chip index closed at a record high for the first time this year and booked a 0.7% gain over the week.The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.63%  rose for the eighth consecutive session, adding 31.27 points, or 0.6%, to 4,952 and gaining 1.3% over the week. The tech-heavy index outperformed other benchmarks so far this year, gaining 4.6%, compared with a gain of 2.5% for the S&P 500.The stock market had been trending higher, but news of an accord between Greece and its creditors helped fuel a rally.Jeffrey Saut, chief investment strategist at Raymond James, dismissed daily moves, but noted that there are probably many traders with short positions who wouldn't want to go into the weekend holding those positions in the wake of positive Greek news.John Manley, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, pointed to the Greek reports as another example the market failed to fail, implying that equity values are growing lofty.“Investors are building up strong confidence, as we see how every dip in this market is bought. Bull markets end when investors get excited and stay excited. The trip to that excitement has begun, but it may last anywhere from 6 months or 18 months,” Manley said.Channing Smith, portfolio manager at Capital Advisors, taking a slightly longer view of the market, said it is hard to explain investor enthusiasm that had led to the rally so far this month.“Investor optimism has been fueled the relative strength of the U.S. economy, unbridled faith in central banks across the globe, which have broadly adopted easy-money policies amid deflation fears, and lack of alternatives, Smith said. Data: Friday’s sole piece of U.S. economic data showed that manufacturing activity picked up in February, with the Markit flash purchasing managers index climbing to 54.3, above forecasts by economists polled by MarketWatch. However, details were much weaker and indicated the U.S. economy has entered a slower growth phase.PMI readings out of the eurozone showed business activity in the currency union grew at a faster pace in February than expected, to reach a seven-month high.Earnings: Nordstrom Inc. JWN, +5.96%   turned in fourth-quarter earnings of $255 million, or $1.32 a share, missing Wall Street’s consensus estimate of $1.35 a share. Sales rose to $3.94 billion from $3.61 billion. Shares dropped 4.4%.
Intuit Inc. INTU, +6.16% shares jumped 6.2% after its chief financial officer said Thursday that the company hasn’t found any evidence that its systems were hacked into in connection with a number of fraudulent tax-return filings this month.Fannie Mae FNM, -0.07%  shares dropped 7.5% after the company offered a dour earnings outlook as it reported quarterly profits that sank by about 80%.

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

AT&T: WSJ pB3 "AT&T says Dish tactics distorted license sale" by Thomas Gryta, Shalini Ramachandran says AT&T says Dish skewed prices and distorted the results of last month's US sale of wireless licenses. AT&T won $18.,2 bil of licenses  and Verizon won $10.4 bil 

American Express: No mentions found.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  IBD pB2 "Monster beverage Coke pact draws closer" says Coke is buying a 16.7% stake in Monster and will transfer its energy drink brands to Monster.

Disney: WSJ pB3 "Ticket prices rise for US theme parks" by AP says a one day ticket for Disney land or California Adventure is up to $99 from $96.

WSJ pB6 "Est. box office figures" has McFarland, USA a Disney film at 4 with weekend sales at $11.3 mil

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE: No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  WSJ pC2 "The Ticker", IBD pB9 "Stocks stage upside reversal; uptrend now looking stronger" by Paul Whitfield say  Home depot will earnings on Tuesday with estimate of 89 cents per share vs. 73 cents a year ago.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  IBD pA2 "Microsoft cloud plan praised" says Microsoft is well positioned to gain market share in cloud computing as more firms choose a hybrid approach for the info tech needs.

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:   WSJ pB3 "AT&T says Dish tactics distorted license sale" by Thomas Gryta, Shalini Ramachandran says AT&T says Dish skewed prices and distorted the results of last month's US sale of wireless licenses. AT&T won $18.,2 bil of licenses  and Verizon won $10.4 bil

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  IBD pB2 "Walmart raises workers' pay", Sat. NYT pA18 "Walmart gives a raise", FT p12 "Walmart raises the bar for low pay employers" by David Crow, sam Fleming   say the 7th biggest story of the week was the Walamrt will boost wages for 500,000 employees to $9 per hour in april and $10 by feb. '16.

Friday'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
MCDNYSE
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 Craig Menear (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Brian M. 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 (to be replaced by Steve Easterbrook on 3/1) (Oak Brook, Ill)

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

Microsoft MSFT Satya Nadella (Redmond, WA)

Nike NKE 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)

UnitedHealth UNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Greg Hayes (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Visa V Charles W. Scharf (San Francisco, CA)

Wal-Mart WMT Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)
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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 1/2/15  ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $370.18
2. Microsoft MSFT 331.43
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 280.3
4. Wal-Mart WMT 273.91
5. GE 240.09
6. Procter & Gamble PG 227.63   
7.  JPMorgan Chase JPM 202.89
8. Pfizer PFE 196.90
9.  Chevron CVX 193.83
10. Verizon VZ 189.93
11. Coke KO 180.33
12.  Merck MRK 171.85
13.AT&T T 170.76
14. Visa V 160.15
15. Intel INTC 157.57  
16. Disney DIS 154.24
17. IBM 151.93
18. Home Depot HD 137.61 
19. Cisco CSCO 134.82
20. UnitedHealth UNH 103.38
21.  3M MMM 103.08 
22. United Technologies UTX 102.73  
23. Boeing BA 102.79 
24. McDonald's MCD 89.96   
25. American Express AXP 82.95
26. Nike NKE 79.70
27. Goldman Sachs GS 77.84
28. DuPont DD 64.44
29. Caterpillar CAT 48.45
30. Travelers TRV 33.13
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/2/15  for the prior 90 day period:

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

AT&T T:
1/30/15 8K re: results of FCC wireless licenses auction
1/28/15 8K, 1/27/15 8K & 1/16/15 8K re: fin'l results of 4Qtr ended 12/31/14
1/22/15 8K re: credit agreement
12/19/14 8K re: amendment to Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan
12/2/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/10/14 2 10/A's & 10Q re: qtr. ended 9/10/14
11/10/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/7/14 8K re: increased of Board to 15 & election of William E. Kennardd & agrmt to buy Mexican wireless firm GSF telecom

American Express AXP:
1/21/15 8K re: 4Q fin'l results
1/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off delinq. stats. for 3 mos ended 12/31/14.
12/15/14 8K re: Delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 11/30
12/5/14 8K re: issuance of Sub. Notes
12/4/14 8K re: retirement of Director Richard A. McGinn
11/17/14 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 mos. ended 10/31
11/12/14 8K re: issuance of Series B Preferred Shares

Boeing BA:
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/19/14 8K re: retirement of Shephard W. Hill, Pres. of Boeing Int'l & Sr. VP, Bus. Dev/Strategy
12/15/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div & authorization of $12 bil share buyback

Caterpillar CAT:
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/26/15 8K re: 3 mos ended 12/31/14 retail sales stats
12/18/14 8K re: retirement of Group VPs Stuart L. Levenick & Steven H. Wunning
12/18/14 8K & 11/20/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: retail sales of machines & power systems
12/11/14 8K re: retirement of director Peter A. Magowan

Chevron CVX:
1/30/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/12/14 8K re: election of Alexander B. Cummings Jr. to Board
11/18/14 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
11/7/14 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/14

Cisco CSCO:
12/19/14 & 12/18/14 8Ks re: Pre-arranged stock trading plan for execs
11/24/14 8K re: amendment to employee stock purchase plan
11/12/14 8K; 11/14/14 8K & 11/20/14 10Q re: results of 1 Qtr. ended 10/25/14

Coke KO:
12/11/14 8K re: increase Board to 17 & election of Marc Balland & David B. Weinberg

Disney DIS:
1/16/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: Annual Mtg. of Shareholders at 10 am 3/12/15 at Palace of Fine Arts, SF
12/23/14 8K re: adoption of Def. Comp. Plan
11/19/14 10K & 11/6/14 8K re: results of fiscal year ended 9/27/14
11/6/14 8K re: 4Qtr & FY ended 9/27/14

DuPont DD:
1/27/15, 1/15/15, 1/14/15, 1/13/15, 1/9/15 (five) 14A Proxy: re: Nelson Peltz's Train's proposal to break-up DuPont
1/12/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/18/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: presentation re: Performance Chemicals segment
12/18/14 8-K/A re: pre-tax charges re: restructuring plan

ExxonMobil XOM:
11/24/14 8K re: retirement of VP S.D. Pryor
11/5/14 10Q & 10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

GE:
1/23/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
11/10/1 8K re: incentive grant to CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt
11/4/14 10Q & 10/17/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Goldman Sachs GS:
1/23/15 8K re: issuance of notes
1/16/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/19/14 8K re: election to Board of Mark A. Flaherty & Mark D. winkelman
12/17/14 & 12/16/14 8Ks re: issuance of notes
11/5/14 10Q & 10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Home Depot HD:
1/16/15 8K re: replacement of Chairman of Board Francis S. Blake with Craig A. Menear
11/25/14 10Q & 11/18/14 8K re: Qtr. ended 11/2/14
11/6/14 8K re: breach of payment data system

Intel INTC:
1/15/15 8K re: fin'l results of 4Qtr ended 12/27
12/16/14 8K re: trigger of  interest change on debentures
11/21/14 28Ks & 11/18/14 8K re: FD Disclosure re: Annual investor meeting
11/20/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & '15 Business Outlook

IBM:
1/30/15 8K re: compensation amounts for execs for 2014
1/21/15 & 1/20/15 8Ks re: 4Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
1/7/15 8K re: exec promotions and amendment to bylaws to increase Board to 14 & election of Peter R. Voser to Bd
12/8/14 8K re: retirement of Robert C. Weber sVP, Legal
11/25/14 8K re: issuance of debt securities
11/12/14 8K re: investors conference
11/5/14 8K re: underwriting contract with JPMorgan

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
1/23/15 8K re: closing of note offering
1/14/15 8Ks (two) re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/9/14 8K re: close of public offering of Sub. Notes
11/12/14 8K re: payment of $1.01d bil to settle foreign exchange trading allegations
11/3/14 &  2 8Ks (10/14) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
1/20/15 8K re: 4Qtr ended 12/28/14 fin'l results
11/21/14 8K re: issuance of notes
11/10/14 8K re: closing of purchase of Alios BioPharma, Inc. for $1.75 bil

McDonald's MCD:
1/23/15 8K re: 4Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
12/8/14 8K re: Nov. '12 sales
11/12/14 8K re: Oct. '12 sales
11/3/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Merck MRK:
11/10/14 10Q re: Qtr. ended 9/30/14

Microsoft MSFT:
1/26/15 10Q & 1/26/15 8K re: fin'l results for qtr ended 12/31/14
12/4/14 8K re: results of votes at 12/3 Annual Shareholders Meeting
11/14/14 Proxy Letter from Bd Chair John W. Thompson re: Annual Mtg

Nike NKE:
1/7/15 10Q & 12/2214 8K re: results of qtr ended 11/30
12/18/14 8K & 10/7/14 10Q re: results of Qtr. ended 11/30/14

Pfizer PFE:
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
11/6/14 10Q for quarter ended 9/28/14
11/6/14 10Q & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14

Procter & Gamble PG:
1/27/15 10Q & 1/27/15 8K re: 2Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
1/13/15 8K re: quarterly div. of 0.6436 cents payable 2/17 to record holders as of close of business 1/23/15
12/22/14 8K re: changes to presentation of fin'l info due to sale of Duracell business
11/21/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan of CEO A.G. Lafley
11/13/14 8K re: '14 Analysts Mtg & sale of Duracell to Berkshire Hathaway
11/4/14 8K re: closing of sale of floating rate notes due '64
11/3/14 8K re: sale of notes
11/3/14 re: Argentina regulatory problems re: taxes

3M MMM:
1/31/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/16/14 8K re: dividend for 1Q '15 & '15 outlook
11/10/14 8K re: sale of Floating rate Notes

Travelers TRV:
1/22/15 8K re: qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results

United Technologies UTX:
1/26/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/23/15 8K re: separation agreement for ex-CEO Louis Chenevert
1/15/15 8K re: departure of exec Alain M. Bellemare
12/19/14 8K re: rejection of mini tender offer by TRC Capital
12/10/14 8K re: appointment of Akhil Johri, Sr. VP & CFO
11/24/14 Retirement of Louis Chenevert replaced by Gregory J. Hayes & election of Dir. Edward A. Kangas as Chairman of Bd. & appointment of Peter F. Longo as Acting CFO

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
1/21/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/8/14 8K re: sale of notes
12/1/14 8K re: annual investor conference
11/12/14 8K re: appointment of David S. Wichmann Pres/CFO & Larry Renfro as Vice-Chair
11/10/14 10Q for Qtr. ended 9/30/14

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
1/30/15 8K re: results of bidding for AWS-3 spectrum licenses in FCC auction
1/22/15 & 1/16/15 8Ks re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/14/15 8K re: retirement from Board of Robert W. Lane
12/8/14 28Ks re: change of duties for Randal S. Milch EVP & GC
12/1/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/26/14 8K re: trading of shares in UK

Visa V:
1/29/15 10Q & 1/29/15 8K re: 1Qtr ended 2/31/14 fin'l results
1/29/15 8K, 1/21/15 Proxy & 1/14/15 Proxy  re: amendment of Cert of Incorp. for stock split
1/28/15 8K re: dividend of 48 cents payable 3/3 for record holders on 2/13
12/19/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plans
12/12/14 & 1/21/15  & 12/23/14 Proxies re: Annual Stockholders Meeting 1/28/15 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA
11/21/14 10K for fiscal year ended 9/30/14

WalMart WMT:
12/16/14 8K re: latest ruling re: class action lawsuit in Phil for underpaying employees - Braun/Hummel v. Walmart
12/1/14 10Q & 11/13/14 8K re: quarter ended 10/31/14
11/24/14 8K re: election of Thomas W. Horton to Board

THAT'S ALL MY FRIENDS


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