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Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated Stock rating lists on the website.
The Caprock Analytics Strength Metric is a proprietary metric that estimates the current strength of a security based on an advanced, proprietary algorithm using a variety of technical and fundamental factors. A security with a high strength metric indicates strong momentum and a likelihood for further strength in the near future. For a full list of all Caprock Strength Ratings, and a list of the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated lists on the website. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential investments to ensure they are a fit for your investing goals and objectives.

• GMR, GENERAL MARITIME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.461419

General Maritime Corporation is a provider of international seaborne crude oil transportation services. The Company’s fleet consists of 21 wholly owned vessels, consisting of 10 Aframax and 11 Suezmax vessels. The 21 vessels that the Company operates have a total of 2.7 million deadweight (dwt), all of which are double hulled. Many of the vessels in the Company’s fleet are sister ships. The majority of the Company’s vessels operate in the Atlantic, which includes ports in the Caribbean, South and Central America, the United States, Western Africa, the Mediterranean, Europe and the North Sea. Although the majority of its vessels operate in the Atlantic, The Company also operates vessels in the Black Sea and in other regions, which enables it both to take advantage of market opportunities and to position its vessels in anticipation of drydockings. The Company’s customers include most oil companies, as well as oil producers, oil traders, vessel owners and others.

• ITG, INVESTMENT TEC NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.947548

Investment Technology Group, Inc. (ITG) is a specialized agency brokerage and technology firm that partners with clients globally to provide solutions spanning the entire investment process. The Company has three operating segments: United States Operations, Canadian Operations and International Operations. The United States Operations segment provides trading, trade order management, connectivity and research services to institutional investors, plan sponsors, brokers, alternative investment funds and money managers in United States. The Canadian Operations segment provides trading, as well as connectivity and research services. The International Operations segment includes its trading, connectivity and research service businesses in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, as well as a research and development facility in Israel.

• NWSB, NORTHWEST BANCORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 93.044609

Northwest Bancorp, Inc. is a holding company of Northwest Savings Bank (the Bank). The Bank is a community-oriented institution offering traditional deposit and loan products, and through a wholly owned subsidiary, consumer finance services. As of December 31, 2007, the primary activity of the Company was the ownership of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Bank. As of December 31, 2007, through the Bank, Northwest Bancorp, Inc. operated 166 community-banking offices throughout its market area in northwest, southwest and central Pennsylvania, western New York, eastern Ohio, Maryland and Florida. The Company, through the Bank and its wholly owned subsidiaries, also operates 49 consumer finance offices throughout Pennsylvania and two consumer finance offices in New York. Northwest Bancorp, Inc. focuses its lending activities primarily on the origination of loans secured by first mortgages on owner-occupied, one- to four-family residences.

• KWK, QUICKSILVER RES I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 213.799698

Quicksilver Resources Inc. (Quicksilver) is an independent oil and gas company. The Company is primarily engaged in the development, exploitation, exploration, acquisition and production and sale of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and crude oil. It is also involved in the marketing, processing and transmission of natural gas. Quicksilver owns natural gas and oil properties in the United States, principally in Texas, Wyoming and Montana, and in Canada, principally in Alberta. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had total proved reserves of approximately 1.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas equivalents (Tcfe). It owns approximately 73% of Quicksilver Gas Services LP, a midstream master limited partnership. The Company also owns approximately 32% of the limited partner units of BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. The Company previously held properties in Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky (Northeast Operations), which were divested to BreitBurn on November 1, 2007.

• SMA, SYMMETRY MEDICAL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 37.797249

Symmetry Medical Inc. (Symmetry) is an independent provider of implants and related instruments and cases to global orthopedic device manufacturers. Symmetry designs, develops and produces these products for companies in other segments of the medical device market, including the dental, osteobiologic and endoscopy segments, and it also provides limited specialized products and services to non-healthcare markets, such as the aerospace market. The CompanyG??s primary products and services include implants, instruments, cases and other specialized products and services for non-healthcare markets, primarily the aerospace market. In April 2007, it acquired TNCO Inc., a specialty medical instrument company. On January 9, 2007, it subsidiary Thornton Precision Components Limited acquired Whedon Limited and the holding company of Clamonta Limited. In September 2007, the Company acquired Specialty Surgical Instruments (SSI) and Ultra Containers of America (UCA).

• COST, COSTCO WHOLESALE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.922962

Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) operates membership warehouses based on the concept that offering its members very low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private-label products in a range of merchandise categories will produce high sales volumes and rapid inventory turnover. It buys the majority of its merchandise directly from manufacturers and route it to a cross-docking consolidation point (depot) or directly to its warehouses. The CompanyG??s depots receive container-based shipments from manufacturers and reallocate these goods for shipment to its individual warehouses, generally in less than twenty-four hours. The CompanyG??s warehouse format averages approximately 140,000 square feet; newer units tend to be larger. Its warehouses operate on a seven-day, 69-hour week. It carries an average of approximately 4,000 active stockkeeping units (SKUs) per warehouse in its core warehouse business.

• LIHR, LIHIR GOLD LTD AD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 94.448135

Lihir Gold Limited is a gold producer in the Australasian region. The CompanyG??s principal activities consist of the exploration for, development of and mining, processing and sale of gold assets. The company operates gold mines and processing facilities on the island of Lihir, 900 kilometers northeast of Port Moresby in New Ireland province of Papua New Guinea. In March 2007, the Company completed a merger with Victorian gold mining company Ballarat Goldfields NL. Ballarat is building an underground mine and process plant at the historic gold mining centre of Ballarat, 110 kilometers north-west of Melbourne in Victoria. In March 2008, the Company and Equigold NL announced the merger of their businesses.

• XEC, CIMAREX ENERGY CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 83.668793

Cimarex Energy Co. is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. The Company’s operations are mainly located in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Louisiana and Wyoming. Proved oil and gas reserves as of December 31, 2007, totaled nearly 1.5 trillion cubic feet equivalent (Tcfe), consisting of 1.1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas and 58.3 million barrels of oil and natural gas liquids. Of total proved reserves, 76% are gas and 79% are classified as proved developed. The Company operates the wells that account for 82% of its total proved reserves and approximately 79% of production. The CompanyG??s operations are focused in the Mid-Continent region, which consists of Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle and southwest Kansas; the Permian Basin region of west Texas and southeast New Mexico, and the Gulf Coast areas of Texas, south Louisiana, and offshore Louisiana. It also has operations in Michigan and Wyoming.

• PACR, PACER INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.644479

Pacer International, Inc. (Pacer International) is a non-asset based North American logistics provider. Using the CompanyG??s information systems, it provides logistics services to numerous Fortune 500 and multi-national companies, including Big Lots, C.H. Robinson, General Electric, Sony, Union Pacific, Toyota and Conagra, which together represented approximately 19.0% of its revenues for the year ended December 28, 2007, as well as to numerous intermodal marketing companies. The Company provides its transportation services from two operating segments, its intermodal segment, which provides services principally to transportation intermediaries, beneficial cargo owners and international shipping companies who utilize intermodal transportation, and its logistics segment, which provides truck brokerage, truck transport (including specialized haulage), supply chain services, freight forwarding, ocean shipping and warehousing and distribution services to a range of end user customers.

• MUC, BLACKROCK MUNIHOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.929799

BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. (the Fund), formerly MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc., is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal and California income taxes. It invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal and California income taxes. The Fund may invest in certain securities whose potential income return is inversely related to changes in a floating interest rate (inverse floaters). It may invest in swap agreements. The Fund invests in leveraged residual certificates (TOB Residuals) issued by tender option bond trusts (TOBs). The Fund may write covered call options and purchase put options. The FundG??s investment advisor is BlackRock Advisors, LLC. Its sub-advisor is BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, which is an affiliate of BlackRock Advisors, LLC.

• CLF, CLEVELAND CLIFFS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 237.817490

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc is an international mining company, a producer of iron ore pellets in North America and a supplier of metallurgical coal to the global steelmaking industry. The Company operates six iron ore mines in Michigan, Minnesota and Eastern Canada, and three coking coal mines in West Virginia and Alabama. Cliffs also owns 80.4% of Portman, an iron ore mining company in Australia, serving the Asian iron ore markets with direct-shipping fines and lump ore. In addition, the Company has a 30% interest in the Amapa Project, a Brazilian iron ore project, and a 45% economic interest in the Sonoma Project, an Australian coking and thermal coal project. It is organized into three business segments: North America Iron Ore, North American Coal and Asia-Pacific Iron Ore. In March 2007, the Company acquired a 30% interest in MMX Amapa Mineracao Ltda. In April 2007, it completed the acquisition of a 45% economic interest in Sonoma. In July 2007, it completed its acquisition of PinnOak.

• WIW, WESTERN/CLAYMR FD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 190.254791

Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (the Fund), formerly Western Asset/Claymore U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Fund 2, is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income for its shareholders. Capital appreciation, when consistent with current income, is a secondary investment objective. Substantially all of the FundG??s net investment income (after any interest in connection with forms of leverage (if applicable)) is distributed to the FundG??s shareholders. The Fund’s investment advisor is Claymore Advisors, LLC. The Fund may invest up to 20% of the portfolio in debt instruments of emerging markets issuers that are not inflation-linked securities. Reverse repurchase agreements and other forms of leverage will not exceed 38% of the FundG??s total managed assets. The Fund completed the redemption of its outstanding preferred shares on November 22, 2006.

• SJI, SOUTH JERSEY IND Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.902923

South Jersey Industries, Inc. (SJI) is an energy services holding company that provides a variety of energy related products and services through its wholly owned subsidiaries, South Jersey Gas Company (SJG), South Jersey Energy Company (SJE), South Jersey Resources Group, LLC (SJRG), Marina Energy, LLC (Marina) and South Jersey Energy Service Plus, LLC (SJESP). SJG is a regulated natural gas utility that distributes natural gas in the seven southernmost counties of New Jersey. SJE acquires and markets natural gas and electricity to retail end users, and provides total energy management services to commercial and industrial customers. SJRG markets wholesale natural gas storage, commodity and transportation in the mid-Atlantic and southern states. Marina develops and operates onsite energy-related projects. SJESP installs residential and small commercial heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and provides plumbing services and services appliances.

• KGC, KINROSS GOLD CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 371.050720

Kinross Gold Corporation (Kinross) is engaged in gold mining and related activities, including exploration and acquisition of gold-bearing properties, the extraction and processing of ore, and reclamation of mining properties. KinrossG?? gold production and exploration activities are carried out in the United States, Brazil, Chile and the Russian Federation. The Company had gold production and exploration activities in Canada up until December 21, 2007, when the Porcupine Joint Venture and Musselwhite Joint Venture were sold as part of the Goldcorp asset swap transactions. Gold is produced in the form of dore, which is shipped to refineries for final processing. KinrossG??s operating mines, in which it owns 100% interest, include Fort Knox, Round Mountain, Paracatu, La Coipa, Maricunga and Kettle River. In January 2008, the Company announced it sold its 98.1% stake in Omoloskaya zolotorudnaya kompaniya OAO, gold mining company to Polimetall OAO.

• GEF, GREIF INC CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 75.771164

Greif, Inc. is a global producer of industrial packaging products with manufacturing facilities located in over 45 countries. The Company offers a line of industrial packaging products, such as steel, fiber and plastic drums, intermediate bulk containers, closure systems for industrial packaging products, and polycarbonate water bottles, which are complemented with a variety of value-added services, including blending, packaging, logistics and warehousing. It also produces containerboard and corrugated products for niche markets in North America. Greif, Inc. sells timber to third parties from its timberland in the southeastern United States. The Company also owns timberland in Canada that it does not actively manage. In addition, it sells timberland and special use land, which consists of surplus land, higher and better use (HBU) land, and development land. Greif, Inc. operates in three business segments: Industrial Packaging and Services; Paper, Packaging and Services, and Timber.

• NBL, NOBLE ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 209.519943

Noble Energy, Inc. (Noble Energy) is an independent energy company that has been engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas. Exploration activities include geophysical and geological evaluation and exploratory drilling on properties, for which the Company has exploration rights. Noble Energy operates throughout major basins in the United States, including ColoradoG??s Wattenberg field and Piceance basin, the Mid-continent area of western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, the San Juan basin in New Mexico, the Gulf Coast and the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Company also conducts business internationally in China, Ecuador, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, West Africa (Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon) and in other areas.

• UNT, UNIT CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.678202

Unit Corporation (Unit) conducts its operations through three principal wholly owned subsidiaries: Unit Drilling Company, Unit Petroleum Company and Superior Pipeline Company, L.L.C. Unit Drilling Company drills onshore oil and natural gas wells for the CompanyG??s own account and for others (land contract drilling). Unit Petroleum Company explores, develops, acquires and produces oil and natural gas properties for its own account (oil and natural gas exploration). Superior Pipeline Company, L.L.C. buys, sells, gathers, processes and treats natural gas for its own account and for third parties (mid-stream). The drilling segment added 12 drilling rigs during the year ended December 31, 2007, and averaged an 80% utilization rate. Its oil and natural gas segment replaced 171% of its 2007 oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and natural gas production.

• MMT, M F S MULTIMKT IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.363444

MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end fund and maintains a portfolio that includes investments in investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, United States Government securities, and international investment-grade and emerging markets debt securities. The Trust’s investment objective is to seek high-current income, but may also consider capital appreciation. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2007, shares of the Trust provided a total return of 5.19%, at net asset value, underperforming the Multimarket Income Trust Blended Index, the EMBI Global, Government/Mortgage and United States High-Yield indices. The Trust is managed by Massachusetts Financial Services Company (MFS).

• HEW, HEWITT ASSOC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 116.713028

Hewitt Associates, Inc. (Hewitt) is a global provider of human resource benefits, outsourcing and consulting services. HewittG??s three business segments: Benefits Outsourcing, Human Resource Business Process Outsourcing (HR BPO) and Consulting, help clients develop, implement, and deliver strategies and programs that for human resources business process design, administration, and technologies, as well as help manage the human elements necessary to acquire, develop, motivate, and retain the talent required to meet business objectives. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, approximately of the CompanyG??s net revenues 50% were generated by its Benefits Outsourcing business, approximately 30% by its Consulting segment and approximately 20% by its HR BPO segment. It has ownership interest in Hewitt Associates LLC that serves as its operating entity in the United States. In September 2007, it acquired RealLife HR. In March 2008, Hewitt acquired New Bridge Street Consultants.

• HSP, HOSPIRA INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.546497

Hospira, Inc. (Hospira) is a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company. Hospira is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of specialty injectable pharmaceuticals and medication delivery systems that deliver drugs and intravenous (I.V.) fluids. Hospira is also a provider of contract manufacturing services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for formulation development, filling and finishing of injectable pharmaceuticals. HospiraG??s portfolio of products is used by hospitals and alternate site providers, such as clinics, home healthcare providers and long-term care facilities. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the CompanyG??s sales in United States accounted for approximately 69% and sales outside the United States accounted for the remaining 31% of its total sales.

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Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated Stock rating lists on the website.
The Caprock Analytics Strength Metric is a proprietary metric that estimates the current strength of a security based on an advanced, proprietary algorithm using a variety of technical and fundamental factors. A security with a high strength metric indicates strong momentum and a likelihood for further strength in the near future. For a full list of all Caprock Strength Ratings, and a list of the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated lists on the website. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential investments to ensure they are a fit for your investing goals and objectives.

• EMR, EMERSON ELEC CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 71.880608

Emerson Electric Co (Emerson), is engaged in designing and supplying product technology and delivering engineering services in a range of industrial, commercial and consumer markets globally. The business segments of the Company includes Process Management, providing measurement, control and diagnostic capabilities for automated industrial processes producing items, such as foods, fuels, medicines and power; Industrial Automation, bringing integrated manufacturing solutions to diverse industries globally; Network Power, providing power and environmental conditioning and reliability to help keep telecommunication systems, data networks and critical business applications continuously operating; climate technologies for household and commercial comfort, as well as food safety and energy efficiency through air-conditioning and refrigeration technology, and appliance and tools, providing designed motors for applications, appliances and integrated appliance solutions.

• ATK, ALLIANT TECH SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.006081

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is a weapon and space systems company. The Company is a supplier of aerospace and defense products to the United States Government, United States allies, and major prime contractors. ATK is also a supplier of ammunition and related accessories to law enforcement agencies and commercial customers. The Company operates through three segments: Mission Systems Group, Ammunition Systems Group and Launch Systems Group. The Mission Systems Group operates in four areas: Weapon Systems, Aerospace Systems, Space Systems, and Technical Services. The Ammunition Systems Group develops and produces military ammunition and gun systems, civil ammunition and accessories, and propellant and energetic materials. The Launch Systems Group produces rocket motor systems for human and cargo launch vehicles, conventional and strategic missiles, and missile defense interceptors. In June 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Swales Aerospace.

• GENZ, GENZYME CORPORATI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.892391

Genzyme Corporation is a biotechnology company. The Company operates in six units. Renal develops, manufactures and distributes products that treat patients suffering from renal diseases, including chronic renal failure. Therapeutics develops, manufactures and distributes therapeutic products, with a focus on products to treat patients suffering from genetic diseases and other chronic debilitating diseases. Transplant develops, manufactures and distributes therapeutic products that address pre-transplantation, prevention and treatment of graft rejection in organ transplantation and other hematologic and auto-immune disorders. Biosurgery develops, manufactures and distributes biotherapeutics and biomaterial products, with an emphasis on products that meet medical needs in orthopaedics and broader surgical areas. Genetics provides testing services for the oncology, prenatal and reproductive markets. Oncology develops, manufactures and distributes products for the treatment of cancer.

• LSTR, LANDSTAR SYSTEM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.941391

Landstar System, Inc. (Landstar) is a non-asset based transportation and logistics services company, providing transportation capacity and related transportation services to shippers throughout the United States, and to a lesser extent, in Canada, and between the United States and Canada, Mexico and other countries. These business services emphasize safety, information coordination and customer service and are delivered through a network of independent commission sales agents and third party capacity providers linked together by a series of technological applications, which are provided and coordinated by the Company. The Company has three business segments: carrier, global logistics and insurance segments.

• APD, AIR PRODUCTS CHEM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 83.468361

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. serves technology, energy, industrial and healthcare customers globally with a portfolio of products, services and solutions that include atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment and services. The Company is a supplier of hydrogen and helium, and has built positions in markets, such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The Company operates through six business segments: Merchant Gases, Tonnage Gases, Electronics and Performance Materials, Equipment and Energy, Healthcare and Chemicals. In September 2007, FUJIFILM Holdings CorporationG??s subsidiary, FUJIFILM Electronic Materials, acquired the OptiYield Positive Photoresist developer business of Air Products and Chemicals Inc. In October 2007, the Company acquired Air Products Shanfeng, making the venture a wholly owned Air Products subsidiary in China.

• ECL, ECOLAB INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.403633

Ecolab Inc. (Ecolab) develops and markets products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, healthcare and industrial markets. The Company provides cleaning and sanitizing products and programs, as well as pest elimination, maintenance and repair services primarily to hotels and restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, quick-service (fast food and other convenience store) units, grocery stores, commercial and institutional laundries, light industry, dairy plants and farms, food and beverage processors, and the vehicle wash industry. The Company operates in three business segments: United States Cleaning & Sanitizing segment, United States Other Services segment and International segment. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company acquired Apprise Technologies, Inc., Green Harbour, Fuma Pest, Eagle Environmental Systems and Microtek Medical Holdings, Inc. In September 2007, the Company completed the sale of Peter Cox Limited.

• INTU, INTUIT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.931304

Intuit Inc. is a provider of business, financial management solutions for small and medium sized businesses, financial institutions, including banks and credit unions, consumers and accounting professionals. The CompanyG??s flagship products and services, including QuickBooks, Quicken and TurboTax software, enable small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. It has six business segments: QuickBooks, Payroll and Payments, Consumer Tax, Professional Tax, Financial Institutions and Other Businesses. The CompanyG??s Small Business division consists of two segments: QuickBooks segment and Payroll and Payments segment. In August 2007, the Company sold its Intuit Distribution Management Solutions business. In March 2007, the Company sold its Complete Payroll and Premier Payroll Service businesses to Automatic Data Processing, Inc. In February 2008, the Company acquired Electronic Clearing House Inc.

• NYT, N Y TIMES CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.988705

The New York Times Company is a diversified media company, including newspapers, Internet businesses, television and radio stations, and investments in paper mills and other investments. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company operated in two segments: News Media Group and the About Group. In May 2007, the Company closed the sale of its Broadcast Media Group to Oak Hill Capital Partners. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company also acquired UCompareHealthCare.com, a site that provides consumers with access to quality ratings and related information on hospitals, nursing homes and doctors and ConsumerSearch.com, an online aggregator and publisher of reviews of consumer products.

• SDA, SADIA S.A. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 57.907032

Sadia SA (Sadia) is a Brazil-based company involved in the food processing sector. It is principally engaged in the production of refrigerated and frozen food products. Sadia operates 14 industrial units and 16 distribution centers located in 14 Brazilian states. The CompanyG??s product line includes pork meat, cooked meat, poultry cuts, sausages, margarines, pizzas, soups, desserts and pasta. It has offices located in Germany, Russian, Japan, China, Turkey, Argentina, Chile and Panama, among others. The Company also provides packaging services. SadiaG??s subsidiaries include Sadia International Ltd, Big Foods Industria de Produtos Alimenticios Ltda, Sadia GmbH and Sadia Overseas Ltd.

• XEC, CIMAREX ENERGY CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 83.668793

Cimarex Energy Co. is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. The Company’s operations are mainly located in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Louisiana and Wyoming. Proved oil and gas reserves as of December 31, 2007, totaled nearly 1.5 trillion cubic feet equivalent (Tcfe), consisting of 1.1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas and 58.3 million barrels of oil and natural gas liquids. Of total proved reserves, 76% are gas and 79% are classified as proved developed. The Company operates the wells that account for 82% of its total proved reserves and approximately 79% of production. The CompanyG??s operations are focused in the Mid-Continent region, which consists of Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle and southwest Kansas; the Permian Basin region of west Texas and southeast New Mexico, and the Gulf Coast areas of Texas, south Louisiana, and offshore Louisiana. It also has operations in Michigan and Wyoming.

• MTD, METTLER TOLEDO IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 61.375210

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. is a global supplier of precision instruments and services. It is a provider of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. It is also a provider of analytical instruments for use in life science, reaction engineering and real-time analytic systems used in drug and chemical compound development, and process analytics instruments used for inline measurement in production processes. In addition, the Company is a supplier of end-of-line inspection systems used in production and packaging for food, pharmaceutical and other industries. Its business is geographically diversified, with net sales during the year ended December 31, 2007, derived 43% from Europe, 38% from North and South America and 19% from Asia and other countries. The Company has five segments: U.S. Operations, Swiss Operations, Western European Operations, Chinese Operations and Other.

• PBT, PERMIAN BASIN ROY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 252.514313

The Permian Basin Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust. The net overriding royalties conveyed to the Trust (the Royalties) include a 75% net overriding royalty carved out of Southland RoyaltyG??s fee mineral interests in the Waddell Ranch in Crane County, Texas (the Waddell Ranch properties), and a 95% net overriding royalty carved out of Southland RoyaltyG??s major producing royalty interests in Texas (the Texas Royalty properties). The Waddell Ranch properties consist of 76,922 gross (33,246 net) producing acres. A majority of the proved reserves are attributable to six fields: Dune, Sand Hills (Judkins), Sand Hills (McKnight), Sand Hills (Tubb), University-Waddell (Devonian) and Waddell. The Texas Royalty properties consist of royalty interests in mature producing oil fields, such as Yates, Wasson, Sand Hills, East Texas, Kelly-Snyder, Panhandle Regular, N. Cowden, Todd, Keystone, Kermit, McElroy, Howard-Glasscock, Seminole and others.

• CB, CHUBB CP THE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.253525

The Chubb Corporation (Chubb) is a holding company for a family of property and casualty insurance companies known as the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (the P&C Group). The P&C Group is divided into three business units: Chubb Commercial Insurance, Chubb Commercial Insurance and Chubb Specialty Insurance. Chubb Commercial Insurance offers a range of commercial insurance products, including coverage for multiple peril, casualty, workersG?? compensation and property and marine. Chubb Specialty Insurance offers a variety of specialized professional liability products for privately and publicly owned companies, financial institutions, professional firms and healthcare organizations. Chubb Specialty Insurance also includes the CompanyG??s surety business. Chubb Personal Insurance offers products for individuals with fine homes and possessions. The P&C Group provides insurance coverages principally in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and parts of Latin America and Asia.

• DKS, DICK’S SPORTING G Current Caprock Strength Rating: 43.393806

DickG??s Sporting Goods, Inc. (DickG??s) is a full-line sporting goods retailer that offers an assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment, apparel, and footwear in a specialty store environment. As of February 2, 2008, the Company operated 340 DickG??s Sporting Goods stores in 36 states, 79 Golf Galaxy stores in 29 states and 15 ChickG??s Sporting Goods stores in California. DickG??s carry a variety of well-known brands, including Nike, North Face, Columbia, Adidas, TaylorMade, Callaway and Under Armour, as well as private label products, which are available only in its stores. On February 13, 2007, the Company acquired Golf Galaxy, Inc. (Golf Galaxy) by means of merger of its wholly owned subsidiary with and into Golf Galaxy. On November 30, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of ChickG??s Sporting Goods, Inc. (ChickG??s).

• LH, LABORATORY CORP N Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.657993

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings is an independent clinical laboratory company in the United States. The Company has a national network of 37 primary laboratories and over 1,600 patient service centers along with a network of branches and STAT laboratories, which are laboratories that have the ability to perform certain routine tests and report the results to the physician immediately. Through its national network of laboratories, the Company offers a range of clinical laboratory tests, which are used by the medical profession in routine testing, patient diagnosis, and in the monitoring and treatment of disease. In addition, the Company has developed specialty testing businesses based on certain types of specialized testing capabilities and client requirements, such as oncology testing, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genotyping and phenotyping, diagnostic genetics and clinical research trials.

• SSL, SASOL LTD ADR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 74.745232

Sasol Limited is an integrated oil and gas company with substantial chemical interests. Sasol mines coal in South Africa. Through Sasol Synfuels, this coal, along with Mozambican natural gas, is converted into fuels and chemical feedstock using Fischer-Tropsch technology. The Company also has chemical manufacturing and marketing operations in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Its larger chemical portfolios include monomers, polymers, solvents, olefins, surfactants, surfactant intermediates, comonomers, waxes, phenolics and nitrogenous products. Sasol produces crude oil offshore Gabon. The Company operates through three segments clusters: South African energy cluster (Sasol Mining, Sasol Synfuels, Sasol Oil and Sasol Gas), international energy cluster (Sasol Synfuels International and Sasol Petroleum International) and chemical cluster (Sasol Polymers, Sasol Solvents, Sasol Olefins & Surfactants, Sasol Nitro, Sasol Wax and Infrachem).

• CHTT, CHATTEM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 195.330902

Chattem, Inc. (Chattem) is a marketer and manufacturer of a portfolio of branded over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare products, toiletries and dietary supplements, in such categories as medicated skin care products, topical pain care, oral care, internal OTC, medicated dandruff shampoos, dietary supplements and other OTC and toiletry products. The CompanyG??s portfolio of products includes brands, such as Icy Hot, Aspercreme and Capzasin (topical pain care); Gold Bond Balmex and Cortizone-10 – medicated skin care; ACT and Herpecin-L – oral care; Selsun Blue and Selsun Blue Naturals – medicated dandruff shampoos, and Bullfrog, UltraSwim and Sun-In – other OTC and toiletry products.

• BNI, BURLINGTN N SANTE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.647608

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF), through its subsidiaries, is engaged primarily in the freight rail transportation business. BNSF transports a range of products and commodities derived from manufacturing, agricultural and natural resource industries. Its freight business consists of consumer products, industrial products, coal and agricultural products. The Consumer ProductsG?? consists of three business areas: international intermodal, domestic intermodal and automotive. Industrial ProductsG?? consists of five business areas: building products, construction products, petroleum products, chemicals and plastics products, and food and beverages. The Agricultural ProductsG?? freight business transports agricultural products, including corn, wheat, soybeans, bulk foods and fertilizer. As of December 31, 2007, BNSF Railway operated over a railroad system consisting of approximately 32,000 route miles of track, approximately 23,000 miles, of which are owned route miles.

• SPW, S P X CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 514.885315

SPX Corporation is a global multi-industry manufacturing company. Its infrastructure-related products and services include wet and dry cooling systems, thermal service and repair work, heat exchangers and power transformers into the global power market. Its infrastructure-related products also include packaged cooling towers, boilers, heating and ventilation equipment and filters. In the test and measurement products and services area, it provides, among other things, electronic diagnostic systems, specialty service tools, service equipment and technical information services. The Company has four operating segments: Flow Technology, Test and Measurement, Thermal Equipment and Services, and Industrial Products and Services. In August 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of the European diagnostics division of Johnson Controls. In October 2007, it completed the acquisition of Matra-Werke GmbH. On December 31, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of APV operation.

• NBL, NOBLE ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 209.519943

Noble Energy, Inc. (Noble Energy) is an independent energy company that has been engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas. Exploration activities include geophysical and geological evaluation and exploratory drilling on properties, for which the Company has exploration rights. Noble Energy operates throughout major basins in the United States, including ColoradoG??s Wattenberg field and Piceance basin, the Mid-continent area of western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, the San Juan basin in New Mexico, the Gulf Coast and the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Company also conducts business internationally in China, Ecuador, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, West Africa (Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon) and in other areas.

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• CCE, COCA COLA ENTRPR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.380109

Coca Cola Enterprises Inc. is engaged in marketing, producing and distributing non-alcoholic beverages. The Company serves a market of approximately 414 million consumers throughout the United States, Canada, the United States Virgin Islands and certain other Caribbean islands, Belgium, continental France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco and Netherlands. It represents 18% of the total Coca-Cola product volume globally. During the year ended December 31, 2007, it sold approximately 42 billion bottles and cans (or 2 billion physical cases) throughout its territories. Products licensed to the Company through The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) and its affiliates and joint ventures represented approximately 93% of its volume in 2007. The Company manufacture its finished product from syrups and concentrates it buys from TCCC and other licensors. It sells its products to consumers through retailers and wholesalers. In March 2008, the Company acquired the Cen-Tex Coca-Cola Bottling Company.

• STJ, ST. JUDE MEDICAL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.876364

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (St. Jude) develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for the global cardiac rhythm management, cardiology and cardiac surgery and atrial fibrillation therapy areas and implantable neurostimulation devices for the management of chronic pain. The Company operates in four business segments: Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM), Cardiovascular (CV), Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Advanced Neuromodulation Systems (ANS). The CompanyG??s principal products in each operating segment include CRM-tachycardia implantable cardioverter defibrillator systems (ICDs) and bradycardia pacemaker systems (pacemakers); CV-vascular closure devices and heart valve replacement and repair products; AF-electrophysiology (EP) introducers and catheters, advanced cardiac mapping and navigation systems and ablation systems, and ANS-neurostimulation devices.

• ECL, ECOLAB INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.403633

Ecolab Inc. (Ecolab) develops and markets products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, healthcare and industrial markets. The Company provides cleaning and sanitizing products and programs, as well as pest elimination, maintenance and repair services primarily to hotels and restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, quick-service (fast food and other convenience store) units, grocery stores, commercial and institutional laundries, light industry, dairy plants and farms, food and beverage processors, and the vehicle wash industry. The Company operates in three business segments: United States Cleaning & Sanitizing segment, United States Other Services segment and International segment. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company acquired Apprise Technologies, Inc., Green Harbour, Fuma Pest, Eagle Environmental Systems and Microtek Medical Holdings, Inc. In September 2007, the Company completed the sale of Peter Cox Limited.

• NGPC, NGP CAPITAL RESOU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 23.226631

NGP Capital Resources Company is a financial services company established to invest primarily in small and mid-size private energy companies. The CompanyG??s investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation primarily through debt investments with certain equity components. It is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act). A key focus area for its targeted investments in the energy industry is domestic upstream businesses that produce, develop, acquire and explore for oil and natural gas. The Company also evaluates investment opportunities in such businesses as coal, power, electricity, energy services and alternative energy. The CompanyG??s operations are conducted by its external manager, NGP Investment Advisor, LP, (the Manager), pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between NGP Capital Resources Company.

• TJX, T J X COS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 47.664700

The TJX Companies, Inc. is an off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the United States and worldwide. The CompanyG??s T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and A.J. Wright chains in the United States, its Winners chain in Canada, and its T.K. Maxx chain in Europe sell off-price family apparel and home fashions. The CompanyG??s HomeGoods chain in the United States and its HomeSense chain, operated by Winners in Canada, sell off-price home fashions. The target customer for all of its off-price chains, except A.J. Wright, is the middle-to upper-middle income shopper, with the same profile as a department or specialty store customer. A.J. Wright targets the moderate-income customer. The TJX Companies, Inc.G??s seven off-price chains are synergistic in their philosophies and operating platforms. The Company has over 500 buyers, 10,000 vendors worldwide and over 2,500 stores.

• CVD, COVANCE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 154.708130

Covance Inc. is a drug development services company providing a range of early-stage and late-stage product development services on a worldwide basis primarily to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The Company also provides laboratory testing services to the chemical, agrochemical and food industries. Covance maintains offices in more than 20 countries. The services it provides constitute two segments: early development services, which include preclinical services and clinical pharmacology services, and late-stage development services, which include central laboratory, clinical development, periapproval and market access services. Covance Inc. provides product development services on a global basis to, among others, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company served in excess of 300 biopharmaceutical companies.

• SY, SYBASE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.381767

Sybase, Inc. (Sybase) is an enterprise software company delivering on the Unwired Enterprise vision by managing, integrating and mobilizing data from multiple sources, and making decision-ready information easily accessible at the point of action. Sybase delivers a range of solutions to ensure that customer information is managed and mobilized to the point of action, including enterprise and mobile databases, middleware, synchronization, encryption and device management software, and mobile messaging services. Its business is organized into three principal operating segments, Infrastructure Platform Group (IPG), iAnywhere Solutions, Inc. (iAS) and Sybase 365, Inc. (Sybase 365).

• CEF, CENTRAL FD CDA CL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 303.932526

Central Fund of Canada Limited is a specialized, self-governing, passive holding company with most of its assets held in gold and silver bullion. At October 31, 2007, 98% of Central FundG??s net assets consisted of unencumbered, segregated and insured, passive long-term holdings of gold and silver bullion.

• AHL, ASPEN INSURANCE H Current Caprock Strength Rating: 101.554764

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (Aspen Holdings) is a Bermuda-based holding company. Aspen Holdings conducts insurance and reinsurance business through its wholly owned subsidiaries in three jurisdictions: Aspen Insurance UK Limited (Aspen U.K.) in United Kingdom, Aspen Insurance Limited (Aspen Bermuda) in Bermuda and Aspen Specialty Insurance Company (Aspen Specialty) in United States. It operates in the global markets for property and casualty reinsurance, and specialty insurance and reinsurance. The Company also provides commercial property and casualty insurance in the domestic markets of the United States and the United Kingdom. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company wrote $1,818.5 million in gross premiums. The Company operates in four segments: property reinsurance, casualty reinsurance, international insurance and United States insurance.

• FXI, ISHARES TR FTSE I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.772673
• NWSB, NORTHWEST BANCORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 93.044609

Northwest Bancorp, Inc. is a holding company of Northwest Savings Bank (the Bank). The Bank is a community-oriented institution offering traditional deposit and loan products, and through a wholly owned subsidiary, consumer finance services. As of December 31, 2007, the primary activity of the Company was the ownership of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Bank. As of December 31, 2007, through the Bank, Northwest Bancorp, Inc. operated 166 community-banking offices throughout its market area in northwest, southwest and central Pennsylvania, western New York, eastern Ohio, Maryland and Florida. The Company, through the Bank and its wholly owned subsidiaries, also operates 49 consumer finance offices throughout Pennsylvania and two consumer finance offices in New York. Northwest Bancorp, Inc. focuses its lending activities primarily on the origination of loans secured by first mortgages on owner-occupied, one- to four-family residences.

• CNMD, CONMED CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.493885

CONMED Corporation (CONMED) is a medical technology company that focuses on surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures and monitoring. The Company’s products serve the clinical areas of arthroscopy, powered surgical instruments, electrosurgery, cardiac monitoring disposables, endosurgery and endoscopic technologies. CONMED’s products are used by surgeons and physicians in a range of specialties, including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery and gastroenterology. CONMED distributes its products worldwide from 10 manufacturing locations. The Company manufactures all of its products in facilities located in the United States, Mexico and Finland. CONMED markets its products both domestically and internationally directly to customers and through distributors. During the year ended December 31, 2007, international sales accounted for approximately 42% of the total sales.

• WHQ, W-H ENERGY SVCS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.501338

W-H Energy Services, Inc. (W-H) is a diversified oilfield service company that provides products and services used in connection with the drilling and completion of oil and natural gas wells and the production of oil and natural gas. The Company has operations in North America and select areas internationally. The business operations include drilling related products and services, which include logging-while-drilling, measurement-while-drilling, directional drilling, down-hole drilling motors, drilling fluids and rental tools, and completion and workover related products and services, which include cased-hole wireline logging, perforating, tubing conveyed perforating and associated rental equipment, coiled tubing, completion fluids and rental tools. The customers include independent oil and natural gas companies, drilling contractors and other oilfield service companies.

• HGT, HUGOTON ROYALTY T Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.132065

Hugoton Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust created under the laws of Texas pursuant to the Hugoton Royalty Trust Indenture entered into on December 1, 1998 between XTO Energy Inc., as grantor, and NationsBank, N.A., as trustee. Bank of America, N.A. succeeded NationsBank as the trustee of the Trust. Effective December 1, 1998, XTO Energy conveyed to the Trust 80% net profits interests in certain natural gas producing working interest properties in Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming under three separate conveyances. In exchange for these net profits interest conveyances to the Trust, 40 million units of beneficial interest were issued to XTO Energy. In May 2006, XTO Energy distributed all of its remaining 21.7 million trust units. As of December 31, 2006, XTO Energy is not a unitholder of the trust. The net profits interests entitle the Trust to receive 80% of the net proceeds from the sale of oil and gas from the underlying properties.

• ESRX, EXPRESS SCRIPTS C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 61.213497

Express Scripts, Inc. is a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) in North America. The Company provides a range of services to its clients, which include health maintenance organizations (HMOs), health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans, workersG?? compensation plans and government health programs. The Company operates in two segments: Pharmacy Benefit Management Services (PBM) and Specialty and Ancillary Services (SAAS). Its PBM services include retail network pharmacy management; retail drug card programs; home delivery pharmacy services; benefit design consultation; drug utilization review; specialty services; drug formulary management programs, and compliance and therapy management programs for its clients. SAAS segment consists of the specialty operations of CuraScript, Inc. (CuraScript), and its Specialty Distribution Services (SDS) and Phoenix Marketing Group LLC (PMG) lines of business.

• DVN, DEVON ENERGY CP ( Current Caprock Strength Rating: 157.656082

Devon Energy Corporation (Devon) is an independent energy company engaged primarily in oil and gas exploration, development and production, the acquisition of producing properties, the transportation of oil, gas and natural gas liquids and the processing of natural gas. Devon owns oil and gas properties principally in the United States and Canada and, to a lesser degree, various regions located outside North America, including Azerbaijan, Brazil and China. The Company also owns properties in West Africa. In addition to its oil and gas operations, Devon has marketing and midstream operations primarily in North America. These include marketing natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs), and constructing and operating pipelines, storage and treating facilities and gas processing plants. In October 2007, the Company completed the sale of its operations in Egypt.

• ITG, INVESTMENT TEC NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.947548

Investment Technology Group, Inc. (ITG) is a specialized agency brokerage and technology firm that partners with clients globally to provide solutions spanning the entire investment process. The Company has three operating segments: United States Operations, Canadian Operations and International Operations. The United States Operations segment provides trading, trade order management, connectivity and research services to institutional investors, plan sponsors, brokers, alternative investment funds and money managers in United States. The Canadian Operations segment provides trading, as well as connectivity and research services. The International Operations segment includes its trading, connectivity and research service businesses in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, as well as a research and development facility in Israel.

• NBL, NOBLE ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 209.519943

Noble Energy, Inc. (Noble Energy) is an independent energy company that has been engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas. Exploration activities include geophysical and geological evaluation and exploratory drilling on properties, for which the Company has exploration rights. Noble Energy operates throughout major basins in the United States, including ColoradoG??s Wattenberg field and Piceance basin, the Mid-continent area of western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, the San Juan basin in New Mexico, the Gulf Coast and the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Company also conducts business internationally in China, Ecuador, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, West Africa (Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon) and in other areas.

• CBU, COMMUNITY BK SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 98.150024

Community Bank System, Inc. is a single bank holding company, which wholly owns five subsidiaries: Community Bank, N.A. (the Bank), Benefit Plans Administrative Services, Inc. (BPAS), CFSI Closeout Corp. (CFSICC), First of Jermyn Realty Co. (FJRC) and Town & Country Agency LLC (T&C). BPAS owns three subsidiaries, Benefit Plans Administrative Services LLC (BPA), Harbridge Consulting Group LLC and Hand Benefit & Trust Company. BPAS provides administration, consulting and actuarial services to sponsors of employee benefit plans. CFSICC, FJRC and T&C are inactive companies. The Company also wholly owns three unconsolidated subsidiary business trusts established for the purpose of issuing mandatorily redeemable preferred securities, which are considered Tier I capital under regulatory capital adequacy guidelines. On May 18, 2007, BPAS acquired Hand Benefits & Trust, Inc. On June 1, 2007, the Company acquired TLNB Financial Corporation, parent company of Tupper Lake National Bank.

• DNP, DNP SELECT INCOME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.749287

DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end diversified management investment company. The primary investment objectives of the Fund are current income and long-term growth of income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. The Fund has engaged Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (the Adviser) to provide professional investment management services for the Fund and has engaged J. J. B. Hilliard, W. L. Lyons, Inc. (the Administrator) to provide administrative and management services for the Fund.

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The Caprock Analytics Strength Metric is a proprietary metric that estimates the current strength of a security based on an advanced, proprietary algorithm using a variety of technical and fundamental factors. A security with a high strength metric indicates strong momentum and a likelihood for further strength in the near future. For a full list of all Caprock Strength Ratings, and a list of the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated lists on the website. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential investments to ensure they are a fit for your investing goals and objectives.

• HSIC, HENRY SCHEIN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 151.201889

Henry Schein, Inc. is a distributor of healthcare products and services primarily to office-based healthcare practitioners in the combined North American and European markets. The Company serves more than 550,000 customers worldwide, including dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices and animal health clinics, as well as government and other institutions. The Company has operations in the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The Company conducts its business through two segments: healthcare distribution and technology. Effective September 29, 2007, it acquired Software of Excellence International Ltd., a provider of clinical and practice management solutions. On August 29, 2007, it acquired W&J Dunlop, Ltd. In April 2008, the Company acquired Minerva Dental Limited.

• HLEX, HEALTHEXTRAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.287270

HealthExtras, Inc. provides pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services and supplemental benefit programs. The Company operates through two business segments: PBM and supplemental benefits. The PBM segment, which operates primarily under the brand name Catalyst Rx, provides the CompanyG??s clients access to a contracted, non-exclusive national network of approximately 60,000 pharmacies. Its PBM clients include more than 1,000 self-insured employers, including state and local governments, managed care organizations, third-party administrators (TPAs) and unions, who contract with HealthExtras, Inc. to administer the prescription drug component of their overall health benefit programs. The supplemental benefits segment provides supplemental benefit programs, under the brand name HealthExtras, which include lump sum accidental disability benefits, accidental death and dismemberment benefits, and emergency accident and sickness medical reimbursement benefits.

• GIM, TEMPLETON GLOBAL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 100.861855

Templeton Global Income Fund (the Fund) is a is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company. The Fund seeks high current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. Templeton Global Income Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in income producing securities, including debt securities of United States and foreign issuers, including emerging markets. Its portfolio includes government bonds and short-term investments. Its portfolio includes government bonds and short-term investments. The Fund’s investments include companies located in Asia, Americas, the Middle East, Africa, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Malaysia and Poland. Templeton Global Income Fund’s investment manager is Franklin Advisers, Inc. (Advisers). The Fund may invest in the Franklin Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio (the Sweep Money Fund), an open-end investment company managed by Advisers.

• KTF, DSW MUN INC TR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.159714

DWS Municipal Income Trust (the Fund) is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income tax by investing in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade, tax-exempt securities. It invests in individual bonds whose yields and market values fluctuate. In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The FundG??s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet been made. Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, serves as the investment advisor of the Fund. DWS Scudder Investments Service Company is an affiliate of the Advisor.

• CHL, CHINA MOBILE LIMI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 204.887497

China Mobile Limited is an investment holding company and a mobile services provider in China. Its principal activity is providing mobile telecommunications and related services in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and directly administered municipalities in Mainland China and Hong Kong. As of December 31, 2007, the total number of subscribers reached 369.339 million. The CompanyG??s businesses can be primarily divided into voice business and new businesses.

• NWN, NORTHWEST NAT GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.835892

Northwest Natural Gas Company, doing business as NW Natural, is principally engaged in the distribution of natural gas in Oregon and southwest Washington. The Company’s has three business segments: local gas distribution, gas storage and other. Local gas distribution also referred to as the utility, which involves purchasing gas from producers, transporting the gas over interstate pipelines from the supply basins to its service territory, and reselling the gas to customers at rates and terms approved by the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) or by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC). The gas storage business segment includes NW NaturalG??s underground natural gas storage services to interstate and intrastate customers using NW NaturalG??s storage and related transportation capacity that is in excess of core utility customer requirements.

• OTTR, OTTER TAIL CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.140118

Otter Tail Corporation is engaged in businesses that have been classified into six segments: Electric, which includes the production, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy; Plastics, which consists of businesses producing polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene pipe; Manufacturing, which consists of the production of waterfront equipment, wind towers, material and handling trays and horticultural containers as well as contract machining and metal parts stamping and fabrication; Health Services, which consists of the DMS Health Group involved in the sale of diagnostic medical equipment and related supplies and accessories; Food ingredient processing, which consists of Idaho Pacific Holdings, Inc. that manufactures and supplies dehydrated potato products to food manufacturers; and Other Business Operations, which consists of businesses in residential, commercial and industrial electric contracting industries, construction, transportation and energy services.

• NTES, NETEASE.COM ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.720587

NetEase.com, Inc. operates an interactive online community in China and is a provider of Chinese language content and services through its online games, Internet portal and wireless value-added services businesses. The Company operates through its subsidiaries and contracts with its affiliates Guangzhou NetEase, Guangyitong Advertising and Guangzhou Ling Yi Electronics Technology Limited (Ling Yi) and their respective shareholders. The Company generates revenues from fees it charges users of its online games and, to a much lesser extent, of wireless value-added and other fee-based services, as well as from selling advertisements on the NetEase websites. The CompanyG??s basic service offerings on the NetEase Websites are available without charge to its users.

• DNP, DNP SELECT INCOME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.749287

DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end diversified management investment company. The primary investment objectives of the Fund are current income and long-term growth of income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. The Fund has engaged Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (the Adviser) to provide professional investment management services for the Fund and has engaged J. J. B. Hilliard, W. L. Lyons, Inc. (the Administrator) to provide administrative and management services for the Fund.

• WW, WATSON WYATT WLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 114.946220

Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (Watson Wyatt), incorporated on February 17, 1958, is a global consulting firm, providing human capital and financial management consulting services. On February 1, 2007, the Company acquired the net assets of Watson Wyatt Brans & Co (Watson Wyatt Netherlands). On July 20, 2007, it acquired the outstanding stock of Dr. Dr. Heissmann GmbH (Heissmann). On July 2, 2007, Watson Wyatt acquired the net assets of WisdomNet. The global operations include five segments: Benefits, Technology and Administration Solutions, Human Capital, Investment Consulting and Insurance and Financial Services.

• AIZ, ASSURANT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 147.249084

Assurant, Inc. (Assurant) is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected international markets. Assurant provides creditor-placed homeowners insurance, manufactured housing homeowners insurance, debt protection administration, credit insurance, warranties and extended service contracts, individual health and small employer group health insurance, group dental insurance, group disability insurance, group life insurance and pre-funded funeral insurance. Assurant operates through five segments: Assurant Solutions, Assurant Specialty Property, Assurant Health, Assurant Employee Benefits, and Corporate and Other. The Corporate and Other segment includes activities of the holding company. On October 1, 2007, it acquired Centrepoint Insurance Services Limited. On July 12, 2007, the Company acquired Swansure Group. On July 1, 2007, Assurant acquired Mayflower National Life Insurance Company.

• DMND, DIAMOND FOODS IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.694626

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Diamond) is a branded food company specializing in processing, marketing and distributing culinary, snack, in-shell and ingredient nuts, and snack products. The Company offers all of its products in an array of packages to meet different market needs. Diamond sells its culinary nut products in packages that are smaller and more convenient to use than its traditional one-pound packages. Its snack nut products are sold in various on-the-go package styles, including resealable foil bags and resealable plastic containers. It also offers snack products in 20 ounce to 40 ounce polyethylene therephthalate (PET) containers and bags for the club channel.

• FPL, F P L GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.367302

FPL Group, Inc. (FPL Group) is a provider of electricity-related services. The Company has two principal operating subsidiaries, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and FPL Energy, LLC (FPL Energy). FPL is a rate-regulated utility engaged primarily in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy. FPL Energy is the CompanyG??s competitive energy subsidiary, which produces the majority of its electricity from clean and renewable fuels. FPL Group Capital Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FPL Group, holds the capital stock of, or has equity interests in, FPL Group’s operating subsidiaries, other than FPL, and provides funding for those subsidiaries, including FPL Energy. As at December 31, 2007, FPL’s and FPL Energy’s generating assets, together, represented approximately 37,700 megawatt of capacity. FPL FiberNet, LLC, a wholly subsidiary of the Company, provides fiber-optic services to FPL, telecommunications companies and other customers throughout Florida.

• K, KELLOGG CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.465094

Kellogg Company (Kellogg) together with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of ready-to-eat cereal and convenience foods, such as cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, fruit snacks, frozen waffles and veggie foods. These products were, as of February 22, 2008, manufactured by Kellogg in 18 countries and marketed in more than 180 countries. Its cereal products are generally marketed under the KelloggG??s name, and are sold principally to the grocery trade through direct sales forces for resale to consumers. The Company uses broker and distribution arrangements for certain products. In January 2008, the Company announced that it has acquired The United Bakers Group, a cracker, biscuit and breakfast cereal producers. United Bakers’ products are marketed primarily under the Yantar and Lyubyatovo brands.

• PEP, PEPSICO INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 172.410660

PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo) is a global snack and beverage company. The Company manufactures, markets and sells a range of salty, convenient, sweet and grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages and foods. The Company is organized into four divisions: Frito-Lay North America (FLNA), PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA), PepsiCo International (PI) and Quaker Foods North America (QFNA). Its North American divisions operate in the United States and Canada. Its international division sells products in approximately 200 countries, with operations in Mexico and the United Kingdom.

• CRM, SALESFORCE.COM IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.232422

salesforce.com, inc. is a provider of software on demand. The Company provides customer relationship management (CRM) service to businesses of all sizes and industries worldwide. Approximately 41,000 customers worldwide use salesforce.com to manage their vital customer, sales and operational data. As of January 31, 2008, its customer base had grown to approximately 41,000 worldwide from approximately 29,800 customers as of January 31, 2007. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2008 (fiscal 2007), salesforce.com had approximately 1.1 million paying subscriptions. Its on-demand technology platform, Force.com, which was introduced, during fiscal 2007, allows customers and partners to customize and integrate Salesforce CRM applications or build entirely new on-demand applications beyond CRM without having to invest in new software, hardware and related infrastructure. The Company also offers the AppExchange, an online directory for on-demand applications.

• IHS, IHS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 339.527802

IHS Inc. (IHS) is a provider and source of Critical Information and Insight in the global information market. The Company provides information-driven solutions to meet its customers’ needs, which include gaining insight into global energy market movements, managing product lifecycles, meeting growing environmental challenges, and assessing national or corporate security issues. IHS customers range from governments and large multinational corporations to small companies and technical professionals, doing business in more than 180 countries. At the center of its Critical Information products and services is data obtained from public sources, third parties and its own databases. The Company operates through two segments. The Energy segment is focused primarily on the Energy information domain while its Engineering segment is focused primarily on the Product Lifecycle, Security and Environmental information domains. In March 2008, the Company acquired JFA International.

• GLDN, GOLDEN TELECOM IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 330.825806

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• FFIN, FIRST FINL BKSHS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.325367

First Financial Bankshares, Inc. is a financial holding company. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, First Financial Bankshares of Delaware, Inc., owns 10 banks, a trust company and a technology operating company. These subsidiaries are First Financial Bank, National Association, Abilene, Texas; First Technology Services, Inc., Abilene, Texas; First Financial Trust & Asset Management Company, National Association, Abilene, Texas; Hereford State Bank, Hereford, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Sweetwater, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Eastland, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Cleburne, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Stephenville, Texas; San Angelo National Bank, San Angelo, Texas; Weatherford National Bank, Weatherford, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Southlake, Texas, and First Financial Bank, National Association, Mineral Wells, Texas.

• SCG, SCANA CP NEW Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.660450

SCANA Corporation (SCANA), through its wholly owned regulated subsidiaries is primarily engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in parts of South Carolina and the purchase, transmission and sale of natural gas in portions of North Carolina and South Carolina. Through a wholly owned non-regulated subsidiary, SCANA markets natural gas to retail customers in Georgia and to wholesale customers primarily in the southeast. Other wholly owned non-regulated subsidiaries provides fiber optic and other telecommunications services, and provides service contracts to homeowners on certain home appliances and heating and air conditioning units. A service company subsidiary of SCANA provides administrative, management and other services to the other subsidiaries.

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• CDE, COEUR D ALENE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.986561

Coeur dG??Alene Mines Corporation (Coeur) is a silver producer located in North America and is engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the operation and/or ownership, development and exploration of silver and gold mining properties and companies located primarily within the United States (Nevada and Alaska), South America (Chile, Argentina and Bolivia), Australia (New South Wales), Mexico (Chihuahua) and Africa (Tanzania). The Company, either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries, owns, leases and has interests in certain exploration-stage mining properties located in the United States, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico and Tanzania. On December 21, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of Bolnisi Gold NL (Bolnisi) and Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation (Palmarejo).

• KMP, KINDER MORGAN ENE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 79.919151

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) is a pipeline transportation ad energy storage company in North America. The Company owns an interest in or operates more than 25,000 miles of pipelines and approximately 165 terminals. The Company’s pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide and other products, and its terminals store petroleum products and chemicals and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke. The Company operates through five segments: Products Pipelines, which consists of approximately 8,300 miles of refined petroleum products pipelines; CO2, which produces, markets and transports, through approximately 1,300 miles of pipelines, carbon dioxide (CO2) to oil fields; Terminals, which consists of approximately 108 owned or operated liquids and bulk terminal facilities and more than 45 rail transloading and materials handling facilities, and Trans Mountain, which consists of over 700 miles of common carrier pipelines.

• VE, VEOLIA ENVIRONN A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.246994

Veolia Environnement is a provider of collective services, such as distribution of drinking water and heating, passenger transport network, household waste collection and others to local authorities. Veolia EnvironnementG??s operations are conducted primarily through four divisions: water, environmental services, energy services and transportation. Veolia Environnement manages municipal drinking water and/or waste water services. As of February 18, 2008, Dalkia had acquired a 97.9% interest in Praterm, a polish district heating company. On July 2, 2007, the Company acquired Sulo Group in Germany. On October 3, 2007, the Company acquired 75% interest in VSA Tecnitalia, an Italian subsidiary of Termomeccanica Ecologica. On December 12, 2007, the Company acquired Thermal North America, Inc. On August 31, 2007, the Transportation Division sold its activities in Denmark. On November 9, 2007, the Transportation Division sold its activities in Spain.

• ATR, APTAR GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.487984

AptarGroup, Inc. (AptarGroup) is a supplier of a range of dispensing systems for the personal care, fragrance/cosmetic, pharmaceutical, household and food/beverage markets. The Company focuses on providing value-added dispensing systems (pumps, closures and aerosol valves) to global consumer product marketers. It is organized into three reportable business segments. Operations that sell spray and lotion dispensing systems and accessories primarily to the personal care, fragrance/cosmetic and household markets form the Beauty & Home segment. Operations that sell dispensing systems to the pharmaceutical market form the Pharma segment. Operations that sell closures to each market served by AptarGroup form the Closures segment. AptarGroup has manufacturing facilities located worldwide, including North America, Europe, Asia and South America. In April 2008, the Company acquired a 70% interest in Next Breath LLC, a contract service organization located in Baltimore, Maryland.

• MTD, METTLER TOLEDO IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 61.375210

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. is a global supplier of precision instruments and services. It is a provider of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. It is also a provider of analytical instruments for use in life science, reaction engineering and real-time analytic systems used in drug and chemical compound development, and process analytics instruments used for inline measurement in production processes. In addition, the Company is a supplier of end-of-line inspection systems used in production and packaging for food, pharmaceutical and other industries. Its business is geographically diversified, with net sales during the year ended December 31, 2007, derived 43% from Europe, 38% from North and South America and 19% from Asia and other countries. The Company has five segments: U.S. Operations, Swiss Operations, Western European Operations, Chinese Operations and Other.

• NTES, NETEASE.COM ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.720587

NetEase.com, Inc. operates an interactive online community in China and is a provider of Chinese language content and services through its online games, Internet portal and wireless value-added services businesses. The Company operates through its subsidiaries and contracts with its affiliates Guangzhou NetEase, Guangyitong Advertising and Guangzhou Ling Yi Electronics Technology Limited (Ling Yi) and their respective shareholders. The Company generates revenues from fees it charges users of its online games and, to a much lesser extent, of wireless value-added and other fee-based services, as well as from selling advertisements on the NetEase websites. The CompanyG??s basic service offerings on the NetEase Websites are available without charge to its users.

• CHP, C&D TECHNOLOGIES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.501881

C&D Technologies, Inc. (C&D) is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of electrical power storage systems for the standby power market. The Company manufactures, markets and distributes lead acid batteries and standby power systems that integrate lead acid batteries with other electronic components. Specifically, C&D sells lead acid batteries in two categories: flooded lead acid batteries and valve-regulated lead acid. Flooded batteries require periodic watering and maintenance, are used in uninterruptible power supply, telecommunications and utility applications. The Company’s batteries and standby power systems are marketed and sold under the Dynasty, Maxrate, msENDUR, Liberty and Sageon brands. On August 31, 2007, C&D completed the sale of its Power Electronics Division. On October 24, 2007, the Company announced the sale of certain assets of its Motive Power Division.

• WLT, WALTER INDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 203.552536

Walter Industries, Inc., through its operating segments offers a line of products and services, including coal and natural gas, furnace and foundry coke and slag fiber, mortgage financing, and home construction. The segments of the Company include Natural Resources, Sloss, Financing, Homebuilding and Other. The Natural Resources segment consists of Jim Walter Resources, Inc. (JWR), Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. (TRI), Kodiak Mining Company, LLC (Kodiak) and United Land Corporation (United Land). Sloss is a manufacturer of furnace and foundry coke and slag fiber. The Financing segment, which includes Walter Mortgage Company (WMC), originates, purchases, services and securitizes non-conforming instalment notes and loans that are secured by mortgages and liens. The Homebuilding segment includes Jim Walter Homes, Inc. (JWH), which is an on-your-lot homebuilder. The Other segment includes the Company’s other land subsidiaries and corporate expenses.

• PBNY, PROVIDENT NEW YOR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 68.846123

Provident New York Bancorp (Provident Bancorp) is a unitary savings and loan holding company that owns all of the outstanding shares of Provident Bank (the Bank). Provident Bank is a full-service, community-oriented savings bank that provides financial services to individuals and businesses. The Company operates 33 branches that serve the Hudson Valley region, including 32 branches located in Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster and Putnam Counties in New York, and one branch in Bergen County, New Jersey that operates under the name Towncenter Bank, a division of Provident Bank, New York. The Bank also offers deposit services to municipalities located in the State of New York through Provident Bank’s wholly owned subsidiary, Provident Municipal Bank. Provident Bank offers a line of commercial, community business and retail banking products and services.

• WMB, WILLIAMS COS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.454456

The Williams Companies, Inc. (Williams) is a natural gas company. The Company primarily finds, produces, gathers, processes and transports natural gas. Its operations are concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountains, Gulf Coast and the Eastern Seaboard. Its activities are primarily operated through business segments, which include Exploration & Production, Gas Pipeline, Midstream Gas & Liquids, and Gas Marketing Services. Exploration & Production produces, develops and manages natural gas reserves primarily located in the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent regions of the United States. Gas Pipeline includes interstate natural gas pipelines and pipeline joint venture investments. Midstream Gas & Liquids includes natural gas gathering, treating and processing business. Gas Marketing Services manage its natural gas commodity risk. Other primarily consists of corporate operations. Other also includes the CompanyG??s interest in Longhorn Partners Pipeline, L.P.

• AXS, AXIS CAP HLDGS LT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.647703

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited is a Bermuda-based holding company for the AXIS group of companies. Through its various operating subsidiaries and branches, the Company provides a range of insurance and reinsurance products to insureds and reinsureds worldwide with operations in Bermuda, Europe, Singapore and the United States. Its business consists of two global underwriting platforms: AXIS Insurance and AXIS Re. AXIS Insurance is organised into four divisions managed across all geographic locations: Specialty Lines, Professional Lines, Capital Risk Solutions and AXIS Select Markets. The Company operates through two business segments: insurance and reinsurance. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company purchased the assets of the Media Professional Division (Media Pro) of MPI Insurance Agency, Inc., an Aon Group, Inc. subsidiary.

• NYT, N Y TIMES CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.988705

The New York Times Company is a diversified media company, including newspapers, Internet businesses, television and radio stations, and investments in paper mills and other investments. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company operated in two segments: News Media Group and the About Group. In May 2007, the Company closed the sale of its Broadcast Media Group to Oak Hill Capital Partners. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company also acquired UCompareHealthCare.com, a site that provides consumers with access to quality ratings and related information on hospitals, nursing homes and doctors and ConsumerSearch.com, an online aggregator and publisher of reviews of consumer products.

• SGY, STONE ENERGY CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.302979

Stone Energy Corporation (Stone Energy) is an independent oil and natural gas company. The Company is engaged in the acquisition and subsequent exploration, development, operation and production of oil and gas properties located primarily in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). It also has operations in the Rocky Mountain Basins and the Williston Basin (Rocky Mountain Region). It is also engaged in an exploratory joint venture in Bohai Bay, China and has begun acquiring leasehold interests in Appalachia. The CompanyG??s property base also contains multiple deep shelf exploration opportunities in the GOM, which are defined as prospects below 15,000 feet. On June 29, 2007, the Company completed the sale of substantially all of its Rocky Mountain Region properties and related assets to Newfield Exploration Company.

• DBC, DB COMMODITY IDX Current Caprock Strength Rating: 427.720947
• ZOLL, ZOLL MEDICAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.852735

ZOLL Medical Corporation (ZOLL) develops technologies and software that help clinicians, emergency medical services (EMS) personnel and lay rescuers advance the practice of resuscitation. ZOLL’s Line of resuscitation products includes professional defibrillators, automated external defibrillator (AED), AutoPulse Non-invasive Cardiac Support Pump, information management, fluid replacement and disposable electrodes. On September 18, 2007, the Company acquired certain assets from Radiant Medical, Inc. (Radiant), a private medical technology company developing endovascular temperature therapy products. On April 10, 2006, ZOLL completed the acquisition of Lifecor, Inc. (Lifecor), a privately owned medical equipment company that designs, manufactures and markets a wearable external defibrillator system (LifeVest), and formed the subsidiary ZOLL Lifecor Corporation to manufacture and market wearable external defibrillator systems.

• BRS, BRISTOW GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.767635

Bristow Group Inc. is a provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry with global operations. The Company has operations in the United States Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea, and operations in several offshore oil and gas producing regions of the world, including Alaska, Australia, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia and Trinidad. It also provides production management services for oil and gas production facilities in the United States Gulf of Mexico. As of March 31, 2007, the Company operated 345 aircraft and its unconsolidated affiliates operated 143 aircraft, in addition to those aircraft leased from the Company. On April 2, 2007, it acquired Helicopter Adventures, Inc. (HAI) (renamed Bristow Academy, Inc.) In November 2007, Bristow Group Inc. acquired Vortex Helicopters, Inc. (renamed Bristow Academy Inc., New Iberia Campus), a flight training school based in New Iberia, Los Angeles.

• ESRX, EXPRESS SCRIPTS C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 61.213497

Express Scripts, Inc. is a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) in North America. The Company provides a range of services to its clients, which include health maintenance organizations (HMOs), health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans, workersG?? compensation plans and government health programs. The Company operates in two segments: Pharmacy Benefit Management Services (PBM) and Specialty and Ancillary Services (SAAS). Its PBM services include retail network pharmacy management; retail drug card programs; home delivery pharmacy services; benefit design consultation; drug utilization review; specialty services; drug formulary management programs, and compliance and therapy management programs for its clients. SAAS segment consists of the specialty operations of CuraScript, Inc. (CuraScript), and its Specialty Distribution Services (SDS) and Phoenix Marketing Group LLC (PMG) lines of business.

• FII, FEDERATED INV INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 40.086418

Federated Investors, Inc. (Federated), together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is a provider of investment management products and related financial services. The Company sponsors, markets and provides investment-related services to various investment products, including mutual funds and Separate Accounts (which include separately managed accounts, institutional accounts, sub-advised funds (both variable annuity and other) and other managed products). During the year ended December 31, 2007, Federated provided investment advisory services to $39.5 billion in Separate Account assets. On August 24, 2007, Federated completed a transaction with Rochdale Investment Management LLC (Rochdale) to acquire certain assets relating to its business of providing investment advisory and investment management services to the Rochdale Atlas Portfolio (Rochdale Acquisition).

• GG, GOLDCORP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.096573

Goldcorp Inc. (Goldcorp) is a gold producer engaged in gold mining and related activities, including exploration, extraction, processing and reclamation. The CompanyG??s assets are comprised of the Red Lake, Porcupine and Musselwhite gold mines in Canada, the Alumbrera gold/copper mine (37.5% interest) in Argentina, the El Sauzal gold mine and Luismin gold/silver mines in Mexico, the Marlin gold/silver mine in Guatemala, the San Martin gold mine in Honduras, the Marigold gold mine (67% interest) and the Wharf gold mine in the United States. On July 24, 2007, Goldcorp sold 25% of the silver produced from its Penasquito project to Silver Wheaton for the life of mine. On January 31, 2007, Goldcorp completed the sale of the San Martin mine in Mexico to Starcore International Ventures Ltd. (Starcore).

• PEP, PEPSICO INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 172.410660

PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo) is a global snack and beverage company. The Company manufactures, markets and sells a range of salty, convenient, sweet and grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages and foods. The Company is organized into four divisions: Frito-Lay North America (FLNA), PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA), PepsiCo International (PI) and Quaker Foods North America (QFNA). Its North American divisions operate in the United States and Canada. Its international division sells products in approximately 200 countries, with operations in Mexico and the United Kingdom.

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• PGJ, POWERSHARES ETF Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.395359
• NTRS, NORTHERN TR CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 134.052872

Northern Trust Corporation is a financial holding company, which provides investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary, and banking solutions for corporations, institutions, and affluent individuals. The Company conducts business through various United States and non-United States subsidiaries, including The Northern Trust Company (Bank). Northern Trust has organized its services globally around its two client-focused principal business units: Corporate and Institutional Services (C&IS) and Personal Financial Services (PFS). C&IS is a provider of asset servicing, asset management, and related services. PFS provides personal trust, investment management, custody, and philanthropic services; financial consulting; guardianship and estate administration; qualified retirement plans, and private and business banking. Two other business units provide services to the two principal business units, Northern Trust Global Investments and Worldwide Operations and Technology.

• CNMD, CONMED CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.493885

CONMED Corporation (CONMED) is a medical technology company that focuses on surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures and monitoring. The Company’s products serve the clinical areas of arthroscopy, powered surgical instruments, electrosurgery, cardiac monitoring disposables, endosurgery and endoscopic technologies. CONMED’s products are used by surgeons and physicians in a range of specialties, including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery and gastroenterology. CONMED distributes its products worldwide from 10 manufacturing locations. The Company manufactures all of its products in facilities located in the United States, Mexico and Finland. CONMED markets its products both domestically and internationally directly to customers and through distributors. During the year ended December 31, 2007, international sales accounted for approximately 42% of the total sales.

• NBL, NOBLE ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 209.519943

Noble Energy, Inc. (Noble Energy) is an independent energy company that has been engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas. Exploration activities include geophysical and geological evaluation and exploratory drilling on properties, for which the Company has exploration rights. Noble Energy operates throughout major basins in the United States, including ColoradoG??s Wattenberg field and Piceance basin, the Mid-continent area of western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, the San Juan basin in New Mexico, the Gulf Coast and the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Company also conducts business internationally in China, Ecuador, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, West Africa (Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon) and in other areas.

• CLHB, CLEAN HARBORS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.791763

Clean Harbors, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a provider of environmental services and an operator of non-nuclear hazardous waste treatment facilities in North America. The Company performs environmental services for over 45,000 customers, including more than 325 Fortune 500 companies, in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico. It performs environmental services through a network of more than 100 service locations, and operates six incineration facilities, nine commercial landfills, six wastewater treatment operations, and 20 transportation, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs), as well as six polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) management facilities, and two oil and used oil products recycling facilities. Clean Harbors operates in two segments: Technical Services and Site Services. In March 2008, the Company acquired Universal Environmental, Inc., an environmental services company.

• ARG, AIRGAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.699491

Airgas, Inc. and subsidiaries (Airgas) is a distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases (delivered in packaged or cylinder form), and welding, safety and related products (hardgoods). Airgas is a producer of nitrous oxide in the United States, a producer and supplier of dry ice and a supplier of liquid carbon dioxide in the Southeastern United States. The Company is also a distributor of process chemicals, refrigerants and ammonia. The Company has two operating segments: Distribution and All Other Operations. The Distribution segment primarily engages in the distribution of packaged gases and hardgoods. The All Other Operations segment consists of business units that principally produce and distribute carbon dioxide, dry ice, nitrous oxide, specialty gases and anhydrous ammonia. The Company’s joint venture, National Welders Supply Company, Inc. (National Welders) is included in the All Other Operations segment. In February 2008, Airgas acquired Merriam-Graves Corporation.

• KNSY, KENSEY NASH CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.144695

Kensey Nash Corporation is a medical device company known for product development and technology in the fields of resorbable biomaterials and endovascular devices, used in a variety of medical procedures. The Company provides a range of products in multiple medical markets, primarily the endovascular and orthopaedic markets. The Company also invents and develops the Angio-Seal Vascular Closure Device, which is exclusively licensed to St. Jude Medical, Inc. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company ceased the activities on its embolic protection platform. The Company introduced various products in cardiovascular marketing in its endovascular product platform, including the TriActiv System, the TriActiv FX System and the TriActiv ProGuard. In fiscal 2007, the Company acquired certain assets of the MacroPore Biosurgery spinal and orthopaedic business unit of Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.

• PACR, PACER INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.644479

Pacer International, Inc. (Pacer International) is a non-asset based North American logistics provider. Using the CompanyG??s information systems, it provides logistics services to numerous Fortune 500 and multi-national companies, including Big Lots, C.H. Robinson, General Electric, Sony, Union Pacific, Toyota and Conagra, which together represented approximately 19.0% of its revenues for the year ended December 28, 2007, as well as to numerous intermodal marketing companies. The Company provides its transportation services from two operating segments, its intermodal segment, which provides services principally to transportation intermediaries, beneficial cargo owners and international shipping companies who utilize intermodal transportation, and its logistics segment, which provides truck brokerage, truck transport (including specialized haulage), supply chain services, freight forwarding, ocean shipping and warehousing and distribution services to a range of end user customers.

• STT, STATE STREET CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 233.163345

State Street Corporation is a financial holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, including its banking subsidiary, State Street Bank and Trust Company, State Street Corporation provides a range of products and services for institutional investors globally. The lines of business of the Company are Investment Servicing and Investment Management. The business provide services to support institutional investors, including custody, daily pricing and administration, brokerage and other trading services, deposit and short-term investment facilities, loan and lease financing, investment manager and hedge fund manager operations outsourcing, performance, risk and compliance analytics, investment research and investment management, including passive and active United States and non United States equity and fixed income strategies. On July 2, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Investors Financial Services Corp., a bank holding company based in Boston, Massachusetts.

• CVS, CVS CAREMARK CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.376015

CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS Caremark) is a provider of prescriptions and related healthcare services in the United States. The Company fills or manages more than one billion prescriptions annually. As a fully integrated pharmacy services company, CVS Caremark drives value for its customers by managing pharmaceutical costs and improving healthcare outcomes through its approximately 6,200 CVS/pharmacy retail stores; CVS CaremarkG??s pharmacy benefit management, mail order and specialty pharmacy division, Caremark Pharmacy Services; its retail-based health clinic subsidiary, MinuteClinic, and the CompanyG??s online pharmacy, CVS.com. Effective March 22, 2007, the Company closed its merger with Caremark Rx, Inc. (Caremark). Following the Caremark Merger, the Company changed its name to CVS Caremark Corporation. CVS Caremark operates two business segments: Retail Pharmacy and Pharmacy Services.

• APD, AIR PRODUCTS CHEM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 83.468361

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. serves technology, energy, industrial and healthcare customers globally with a portfolio of products, services and solutions that include atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment and services. The Company is a supplier of hydrogen and helium, and has built positions in markets, such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The Company operates through six business segments: Merchant Gases, Tonnage Gases, Electronics and Performance Materials, Equipment and Energy, Healthcare and Chemicals. In September 2007, FUJIFILM Holdings CorporationG??s subsidiary, FUJIFILM Electronic Materials, acquired the OptiYield Positive Photoresist developer business of Air Products and Chemicals Inc. In October 2007, the Company acquired Air Products Shanfeng, making the venture a wholly owned Air Products subsidiary in China.

• DTV, THE DIRECTV GROUP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.242550

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. is a provider of digital television entertainment in the United States and Latin America. The business segments, DIRECTV U.S. and DIRECTV Latin America are engaged in acquiring, promoting, selling and/or distributing digital entertainment programming through satellite to residential and commercial subscribers. On January 30, 2007, the Company acquired Darlene Investments LLC’s 14% minority interest in DLA LLC. On August 23, 2006, the Company completed the merger of its Brazil business, Galaxy Brasil Ltda. (GLB), with Sky Brazil Servicos LTDA (Sky Brazil) and completed the purchase of News Corporation’s and Liberty Media International’s interests in Sky Brazil. On February 16, 2006, it completed the acquisition of Sky Mexico. The Company has a fleet of ten geosynchronous satellites, including nine owned satellites and one leased satellite.

• CFFN, CAPITOL FEDERAL F Current Caprock Strength Rating: 69.011314

Capitol Federal Financial is a federally chartered mid-tier mutual holding company that operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, Capitol Federal Savings Bank (the Bank). The Bank is a federally chartered and insured savings bank headquartered in Topeka, Kansas. The Bank attracts retail deposits from the general public and invests those funds primarily in permanent loans secured by first mortgages on owner-occupied, one- to four-family (single-family) residences. It also originates consumer loans, loans secured by first mortgages on non-owner-occupied one- to four-family residences, permanent and construction loans secured by one- to four-family residences, commercial real estate loans and multi-family real estate loans. The Bank has 29 traditional and nine in-store banking offices serving primarily the entire metropolitan areas of Topeka, Wichita, Lawrence, Manhattan, Emporia and Salina, Kansas and a portion of the metropolitan area of greater Kansas City.

• PX, PRAXAIR INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 103.292290

Praxair, Inc. is an industrial gas supplier in North and South America. Praxair’s primary products for its industrial gases business are atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases) and process gases (carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, acetylene). The Company also designs, engineers, and builds equipment that produces industrial gases for internal use and external sale. The Company’s surface technologies segment, operated through Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., supplies wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings and powders.

• CLHB, CLEAN HARBORS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.791763

Clean Harbors, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a provider of environmental services and an operator of non-nuclear hazardous waste treatment facilities in North America. The Company performs environmental services for over 45,000 customers, including more than 325 Fortune 500 companies, in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico. It performs environmental services through a network of more than 100 service locations, and operates six incineration facilities, nine commercial landfills, six wastewater treatment operations, and 20 transportation, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs), as well as six polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) management facilities, and two oil and used oil products recycling facilities. Clean Harbors operates in two segments: Technical Services and Site Services. In March 2008, the Company acquired Universal Environmental, Inc., an environmental services company.

• SFG, STANCORP FINCL GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.632567

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., incorporated in 1988, is a holding company for its insurance and asset management subsidiaries. Its operations include two segments: Insurance Services and Asset Management. The Insurance Services segment offers group and individual disability insurance, group life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, and group dental insurance. The Asset Management segment offers full-service 401(k) plans, 457 plans, defined benefit plans, money purchase pension plans, profit sharing plans, 403(b) plans and non-qualified deferred compensation products and services through an affiliated broker-dealer. This segment also offers investment management and financial planning services, commercial mortgage loan origination and servicing, and individual fixed annuities.

• BTI, BRITISH AMER TOB Current Caprock Strength Rating: 195.369827

British American Tobacco PLC is a holding company that owns, directly or indirectly, investments in the numerous companies constituting the British American Tobacco Group of companies. The Company is an international tobacco company engaged in the sale of cigarettes, cigars, leaf and other tobacco products. It produces and markets a diverse range of brands to suit consumersG?? preferences, with a particular focus on its four Global Drive Brands (GDBs), which are Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall. Its cigar portfolio includes the handmade Dunhill Signed Range. The Company has over 300 brands in its portfolio and its brands are sold in over 180 markets.

• WDC, WESTERN DIGITAL C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 111.287331

Western Digital Corporation (WD) designs, develops, manufactures and sells hard drives. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufactures for use in computer systems, subsystems or consumer electronics (CE) devices, and to distributors, resellers and retailers. Its hard drives are used in desktop computers, notebook computers and enterprise applications, such as servers, workstations, network attached storage, storage area networks and video surveillance equipment. Its hard drives are used in CE applications, such as digital video recorders, and satellite and cable set-top boxes. It markets hard drives under brand names, including WD Caviar, WD Raptor, WD Scorpio, WD Passport, My Book, My DVR Expander and GreenPower. In September 2007, WD, through its indirect subsidiary, State M Corporation, acquired Komag, Incorporated. As a result of the merger, Komag became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of WD and changed its name to WD Media, Inc.

• KNDL, KENDLE INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.166256

Kendle International Inc. is a global clinical research organization (CRO) that provides a range of Phase I-IV global clinical development services to the biopharmaceutical industry. The Company augments the research and development activities of biopharmaceutical companies by offering clinical research services and information technology designed to reduce drug development time and expense. It delivers integrated clinical development services, including clinical trial management, clinical data management, statistical analysis, medical writing, regulatory consulting and organizational meeting management and publications services on a contract basis. Its Early Stage business focuses on the CompanyG??s Phase I operations, while Late Stage is comprised of clinical development services related to Phases II through IV clinical trials, regulatory affairs and biometrics offerings. The Company operates in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America and Africa.

• NEM, NEWMONT MIN CP (H Current Caprock Strength Rating: 23.004967

Newmont Mining Corporation (Newmont) is primarily a gold producer with significant assets or operations in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, Canada, Bolivia, New Zealand and Mexico. As of December 31, 2007, Newmont had proven and probable gold reserves of 86.5 million equity ounces and an aggregate land position of approximately 42,680 square miles (110,550 square kilometers). Newmont is also engaged in the production of copper, principally through its Batu Hijau operation in Indonesia. The Company has operating segments of Nevada, Yanacocha in Peru, Australia/New Zealand, Batu Hijau in Indonesia, Africa and Other Operations comprising smaller operations in Bolivia, Mexico and Canada. It also has a Merchant Banking Segment and an Exploration Segment. In March 2008, Newmont Mining B.C. Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation, acquired the remaining interest in Miramar Mining Corporation.

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• VAR, VARIAN MED SYS IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.595242

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., formerly Varian Associates, Inc., is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing X-ray tubes for original equipment manufacturers (OEM); replacement X-ray tubes; flat panel digital image detectors for filmless X-rays used in medical, dental, veterinary, scientific and industrial applications; linear accelerators, image detectors, image processing software and image detection systems for security and inspection purposes; proton therapy systems for cancer treatment; and scientific instruments used in fundamental and applied physics research. The segments in which the Company operates include Oncology Systems, X-Ray Products and Others. During the fiscal year ended September 28, 2007 (fiscal 2007), Oncology Systems contributed 81% of the total revenues. In fiscal 2007, X-ray Products and Others represented 15% and 4% of total revenues. In January 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of ACCEL Instruments GmbH.

• TZIX, TRIZETTO GP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.253662

The TriZetto Group, Inc. offers a portfolio of information technology (IT) products and services targeted to the payer industry, which is comprised of health insurance plans and third party benefits administrators. The Company offers core administration software, including Facets Extended Enterprise, QicLink Extended Enterprise, QNXT, enterprise software, including Clinical CareAdvance and Personal CareAdvance, and its NetworX suite for provider network management. The Company also provides a number of component software solutions and add-ons to the enterprise software solutions, including Workflow, Constituent Web Solution and Benefit Cost Modeler. In addition, the Company also provides business solutions for Medicare Advantage, Detection and Recovery Services, and Healthcare Informatics. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Quality Care Solutions, Inc. (QCSI).

• CHTT, CHATTEM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 195.330902

Chattem, Inc. (Chattem) is a marketer and manufacturer of a portfolio of branded over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare products, toiletries and dietary supplements, in such categories as medicated skin care products, topical pain care, oral care, internal OTC, medicated dandruff shampoos, dietary supplements and other OTC and toiletry products. The CompanyG??s portfolio of products includes brands, such as Icy Hot, Aspercreme and Capzasin (topical pain care); Gold Bond Balmex and Cortizone-10 – medicated skin care; ACT and Herpecin-L – oral care; Selsun Blue and Selsun Blue Naturals – medicated dandruff shampoos, and Bullfrog, UltraSwim and Sun-In – other OTC and toiletry products.

• BHP, BHP BILLITON LIMI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 27.263964

BHP Billiton Limited is a diversified resources group. The Company is a producer of energy-related products, such as energy coal, oil, gas, liquefied natural gas and uranium. Its customer sector groups (CGS) are organized into nine business units: petroleum, aluminium, base metals, diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore, manganese, metallurgical coal and energy coal. The Company generally extracts and processes minerals, oil and gas in the southern hemisphere from its production operations in Australia, Latin America and southern Africa. Its sales are concentrated in the northern hemisphere. In August 2006, BHP Billiton plc completed the sale of its 45.5% interest in the Valesul Aluminio SA joint venture to its joint venture partner, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce. In April 2007, the Company acquired a 33.3% interest in Global Alumina’s Sangaredi Refinery Project in Guinea, West Africa.

• AIQ, ALLIANCE IMAGING Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.709152

Alliance Imaging, Inc. is a provider of shared-service and fixed-site diagnostic imaging services. The CompanyG??s principal sources of revenue are derived from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET and PET/CT). It provides imaging and therapeutic services primarily to hospitals and other healthcare providers on a shared-service and full-time service basis. The Company also provides services through a number of fixed sites primarily to hospitals or health systems. The CompanyG??s services normally include the use of its imaging systems, technologists to operate the systems, equipment maintenance and upgrades and management of day-to-day shared-service and fixed-site diagnostic imaging operations. It also provides non scan-based services, which includes only the use of its imaging systems under a short-term contract.

• TIP, ISHARES LEHMAN TI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 211.759079
• LIFC, LIFECELL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.990746

LifeCell Corporation develops, processes and markets biological soft tissue repair products made from human (allograft) and animal (xenograft) tissue. Surgeons use the CompanyG??s products to restore structure, function and physiology in a variety of reconstructive, orthopedic and urogynecologic surgical procedures. Its allograft products include AlloDerm, for plastic reconstructive, general surgical, burn and periodontal procedures; GraftJacket, for orthopedic applications and lower extremity wounds; AlloCraft DBM, for bone grafting procedures, and Repliform, for urogynecologic surgical procedures. In June 2007, it received clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a xenograft product, Strattice, which is an animal based product and is intended for certain plastic reconstructive and general surgical procedures.

• FLO, FLOWERS FOODS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 72.814384

Flowers Foods, Inc. (Flowers Foods) is a producer and marketer of bakery products in the United States. Flowers Foods consists of two business segments: Flowers Foods Bakeries Group (Flowers Bakeries) and Flowers Foods Specialty Group (Flowers Specialty). The Company produces fresh packaged and frozen bakery products. Flowers Bakeries focuses on producing and marketing bakery products in the southeastern, southwestern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Flowers Bakeries markets a variety of breads and rolls under the brands outlined in the table above. Flowers Specialty produces snack cakes for sale to retail, vending, and co-pack customers as well as frozen bread, rolls and buns for sale to retail and foodservice customers.

• QCOM, QUALCOMM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.467328

QUALCOMM Incorporated, designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access (CDMA) technology and other technologies. The Company operates through four segments. QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT) is a developer and supplier of integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning. QUALCOMM Technology Licensing (QTL) grants licenses to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of CDMA products. QUALCOMM Wireless & Internet (QWI) generates revenue primarily through mobile communication products and services, software and software development. QUALCOMM Strategic Initiatives (QSI) makes investments to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA products and services. In March 2008, the Company acquired Xiam Technologies Limited.

• NUE, NUCOR CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.432022

Nucor Corporation is engaged in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. The Company operates in two business segments: steel mills and steel products. Principal products from the steel mills segment include hot-rolled steel and cold-rolled steel. Steel mills segmentG??s hot-rolled steel products include angles, rounds, flats, channels, sheet, wide-flange beams, pilings, billets, blooms, beam blanks and plate. Principal products from the steel products segment include steel joists and joist girders, steel deck, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, metal building systems and light gauge steel framing. In March 2008, Nucor Corporation completed the acquisition of SHV North America Corporation, which owns 100% of The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ) and related affiliates. In April 2008, Nucor Corporation completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Metal Recycling Services Inc. MRS will operate under the name, Metal Recycling Services, LLC.

• ECA, ENCANA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 69.142899

EnCana Corporation (EnCana) is a natural gas producer. The Company is one of the holders of natural gas and oil resource lands onshore North America. EnCana’s other operations include the transportation and marketing of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids, as well as the refining of crude oil and the marketing of refined petroleum products. All of EnCana’s proved reserves and production come from onshore North America. The Corporation is also engaged in select exploration activities internationally. In January of 2007, EnCana, with ConocoPhillips, completed the creation of an integrated oil business.

• SIGI, SELECTIVE INS GP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 53.364811

Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (Selective), through its subsidiaries, offers property and casualty insurance products, and diversified insurance services and products. The Company operates through three business segments: Insurance Operations, Investments and Diversified Insurance Services. The Insurance Operations segment sells property and casualty insurance products and services primarily in 21 states in the Eastern and Midwestern United States. Diversified Insurance Services provides human resource administration outsourcing products and services, and federal flood insurance administrative services. The CompanyG??s Insurance Operations segment includes commercial lines, which markets primarily to businesses, and represents approximately 87% of SelectiveG??s net premiums written (NPW), and personal lines, which markets primarily to individuals and represents approximately 13% of NPW.

• GPS, GAP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 38.580017

The Gap, Inc. is a global specialty retailer operating retail and online stores selling casual apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women and children under the Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Piperlime brands. The Company operates stores in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, and Japan. It also has franchise agreements with unaffiliated franchisees to operate Gap and Banana Republic stores in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Under these agreements, third parties operate or will operate stores that sell apparel, purchased from the Company, under its brand names. In addition, United States customers may shop online at www.gap.com, www.bananarepublic.com, www.oldnavy.com, and www.piperlime.com.

• VRSN, VERISIGN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 69.371475

VeriSign, Inc. (VeriSign) operates infrastructure services that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the worldG??s voice, video and data networks. The Company offers a variety of Internet and communications-related services, which are marketed through Website sales, direct field sales, channel sales, telesales, and member organizations in its global affiliate network. VeriSignG??s business consists of two segments: the Internet Services Group and the Communications Services Group. The Internet Services Group consists of the Information and Security Services business and the Naming Services business. The Communications Services Group provides communications services, such as connectivity and interoperability services and intelligent database services; commerce services, such as billing and operational support system services, and mobile commerce services, and content services, such as digital content and messaging services.

• FFIN, FIRST FINL BKSHS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.325367

First Financial Bankshares, Inc. is a financial holding company. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, First Financial Bankshares of Delaware, Inc., owns 10 banks, a trust company and a technology operating company. These subsidiaries are First Financial Bank, National Association, Abilene, Texas; First Technology Services, Inc., Abilene, Texas; First Financial Trust & Asset Management Company, National Association, Abilene, Texas; Hereford State Bank, Hereford, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Sweetwater, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Eastland, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Cleburne, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Stephenville, Texas; San Angelo National Bank, San Angelo, Texas; Weatherford National Bank, Weatherford, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Southlake, Texas, and First Financial Bank, National Association, Mineral Wells, Texas.

• PBT, PERMIAN BASIN ROY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 252.514313

The Permian Basin Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust. The net overriding royalties conveyed to the Trust (the Royalties) include a 75% net overriding royalty carved out of Southland RoyaltyG??s fee mineral interests in the Waddell Ranch in Crane County, Texas (the Waddell Ranch properties), and a 95% net overriding royalty carved out of Southland RoyaltyG??s major producing royalty interests in Texas (the Texas Royalty properties). The Waddell Ranch properties consist of 76,922 gross (33,246 net) producing acres. A majority of the proved reserves are attributable to six fields: Dune, Sand Hills (Judkins), Sand Hills (McKnight), Sand Hills (Tubb), University-Waddell (Devonian) and Waddell. The Texas Royalty properties consist of royalty interests in mature producing oil fields, such as Yates, Wasson, Sand Hills, East Texas, Kelly-Snyder, Panhandle Regular, N. Cowden, Todd, Keystone, Kermit, McElroy, Howard-Glasscock, Seminole and others.

• WLT, WALTER INDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 203.552536

Walter Industries, Inc., through its operating segments offers a line of products and services, including coal and natural gas, furnace and foundry coke and slag fiber, mortgage financing, and home construction. The segments of the Company include Natural Resources, Sloss, Financing, Homebuilding and Other. The Natural Resources segment consists of Jim Walter Resources, Inc. (JWR), Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. (TRI), Kodiak Mining Company, LLC (Kodiak) and United Land Corporation (United Land). Sloss is a manufacturer of furnace and foundry coke and slag fiber. The Financing segment, which includes Walter Mortgage Company (WMC), originates, purchases, services and securitizes non-conforming instalment notes and loans that are secured by mortgages and liens. The Homebuilding segment includes Jim Walter Homes, Inc. (JWH), which is an on-your-lot homebuilder. The Other segment includes the Company’s other land subsidiaries and corporate expenses.

• PIF, INSURD MUNI INCM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.223713

Insured Municipal Income Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end diversified management investment company. The FundG??s investment objective is to achieve a high-level of current income that is exempt from federal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital. In the normal course of business the Fund may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (UBS Global AM) serves as investment advisor and administrator of the Fund. UBS Global AM is an indirect wholly owned asset management subsidiary of UBS AG, an internationally diversified organization with headquarters in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, and operations in areas of the financial services industry.

• ZOLL, ZOLL MEDICAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.852735

ZOLL Medical Corporation (ZOLL) develops technologies and software that help clinicians, emergency medical services (EMS) personnel and lay rescuers advance the practice of resuscitation. ZOLL’s Line of resuscitation products includes professional defibrillators, automated external defibrillator (AED), AutoPulse Non-invasive Cardiac Support Pump, information management, fluid replacement and disposable electrodes. On September 18, 2007, the Company acquired certain assets from Radiant Medical, Inc. (Radiant), a private medical technology company developing endovascular temperature therapy products. On April 10, 2006, ZOLL completed the acquisition of Lifecor, Inc. (Lifecor), a privately owned medical equipment company that designs, manufactures and markets a wearable external defibrillator system (LifeVest), and formed the subsidiary ZOLL Lifecor Corporation to manufacture and market wearable external defibrillator systems.

• LIHR, LIHIR GOLD LTD AD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 94.448135

Lihir Gold Limited is a gold producer in the Australasian region. The CompanyG??s principal activities consist of the exploration for, development of and mining, processing and sale of gold assets. The company operates gold mines and processing facilities on the island of Lihir, 900 kilometers northeast of Port Moresby in New Ireland province of Papua New Guinea. In March 2007, the Company completed a merger with Victorian gold mining company Ballarat Goldfields NL. Ballarat is building an underground mine and process plant at the historic gold mining centre of Ballarat, 110 kilometers north-west of Melbourne in Victoria. In March 2008, the Company and Equigold NL announced the merger of their businesses.

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• PGH, PENGROWTH EGY UTS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.609730

Pengrowth Energy Trust (the Trust) is a Canada-based closed-end investment trust. The purpose of the Trust is to directly and indirectly explore for, develop and hold interests in petroleum and natural gas properties, through investments in securities, royalty units, net profits interests and notes issued by subsidiaries of the Trust. The activities of Pengrowth Corporation (the Corporation) and its subsidiaries are financed by issuance of royalty units and interest bearing notes to the Trust and third party debt. The Trust owns all of the royalty units and 91% of the common shares of the Corporation. The Corporation directly and indirectly acquires, owns and manages working interests and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties. The Trust owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of Esprit Exploration Ltd. The Trust and the Corporation are managed by Pengrowth Management Limited.

• SNH, SENIOR HSG SBI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.017380

Senior Housing Properties Trust (Senior Housing) is a real estate investment trust (REIT). As of December 31, 2007, the Company owned 202 properties located in 32 states. Senior apartments are marketed to residents, who are capable of caring for themselves. Residence is usually restricted on the basis of age. Independent living properties, or congregate care communities, also provide privacy to residents and require residents to be independent. Assisted living properties have one bedroom units, which include private bathrooms and efficiency kitchens. Services bundled within one charge usually include three meals per day in a central dining room, daily housekeeping, laundry, medical reminders and 24-hour availability of assistance with the activities of daily living, such as dressing and bathing. Professional nursing and healthcare services are available at the property on call or at regularly scheduled times.

• MMT, M F S MULTIMKT IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.363444

MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end fund and maintains a portfolio that includes investments in investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, United States Government securities, and international investment-grade and emerging markets debt securities. The Trust’s investment objective is to seek high-current income, but may also consider capital appreciation. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2007, shares of the Trust provided a total return of 5.19%, at net asset value, underperforming the Multimarket Income Trust Blended Index, the EMBI Global, Government/Mortgage and United States High-Yield indices. The Trust is managed by Massachusetts Financial Services Company (MFS).

• AEM, AGNICO EAGLE MINE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 290.837463

Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (Agnico-Eagle) is a gold producer with mining operations located in northwestern Quebec, mine construction projects in northwestern Quebec, northern Finland, Nunavut and northern Mexico and exploration activities in Canada, Finland, Mexico and the United States. The Company operates through four regional units: the Quebec Region, the European Region, the Mexican Region and the Nunavut Region. The Quebec region includes the LaRonde Mine, the LaRonde Mine extension project and the Goldex and Lapa mine projects, each of which is held directly by the Company. The Company’s operations in the European Region are conducted through its indirect subsidiary, Riddarhyttan Resources AB (Riddarhyttan), which indirectly owns the Kittila mine project in Finland. The Company’s operations in the Mexican Region are conducted through its subsidiary, Agnico Eagle Mexico S.A. de C.V., which owns the Pinos Altos mine project.

• WGL, WGL HOLDINGS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 23.206200

WGL Holdings, Inc. (WGL Holdings) is a holding company that was established to own subsidiaries that sell and deliver natural gas and provide a variety of energy-related products and services to customers primarily in the District of Columbia, and the surrounding metropolitan areas in Maryland and Virginia. The Company owns all of the shares of common stock of Washington Gas Light Company (Washington Gas), a regulated natural gas utility, and all of the shares of common stock of Washington Gas Resources Corporation (Washington Gas Resources), Hampshire Gas Company (Hampshire) and Crab Run Gas Company (Crab Run). Washington Gas Resources owns three unregulated subsidiaries that include Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc. (WGEServices), Washington Gas Energy Systems, Inc. (WGESystems) and Washington Gas Credit Corporation. It operates in three business segments: regulated utility segment, retail energy-marketing segment, and commercial heating, ventilating and air conditioning segment.

• SIAL, SIGMA ALDRICH CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 588.294434

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation develops, manufactures, purchases and distributes a range of biochemicals and organic chemicals. These chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical and other high-technology manufacturing. The Company operates in 36 countries, manufacturing 46,000 of the 100,000 chemical products it offers. The Company also offers 30,000 equipment products. It sells into over 160 countries. The Company has four business units: Research Essentials, Research Specialties, Research Biotech and a Fine Chemicals unit (SAFC).

• UVV, UNIVERSAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.137901

Universal Corporation (Universal) is a leaf tobacco merchant and processor that has operations in agri-products and in the distribution of lumber and building products. The Company operates in three reportable segments, North America; Other Regions, and Other Tobacco Operations. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the North America and Other Regions segments, which are part of the CompanyG??s flue-cured and burley tobacco operations, accounted for 17% and 68% of its revenues and 19% and 63% of the CompanyG??s segment operating income, respectively. Its Other Tobacco Operations segment accounted for 14% of the CompanyG??s revenues and 18% of its segment operating income in fiscal 2007. As of September 1, 2006, the Company sold the lumber and building products businesses, along with a portion of the agri-products operations.

• TX, TERNIUM S.A. ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.619476

Ternium S.A , is a steel company in the Americas. It is a producer of crude steel in Latin America, with manufacturing, processing and finishing facilities, which produced nearly ten million tons of crude steel during the year ended December 31, 2006. Ternium produces and distributes a range of semi-finished and finished steel products, including value-added steel products, such as tinplate, cold rolled coils and sheets, galvanized and electrogalvanized sheets, pre-painted sheets, welded pipes, hot rolled pickled and annealed and tailor-made flat products. It also produces long steel products, such as bars and wire rod. Approximately 56.4% of TerniumG??s sales were made to South and Central America, 42.1% to North America and 1.5% to Europe and other markets during 2006. On July 26, 2007, it obtained 100% of shares of Grupo Imsa S.A. de C.V., a steel manufacturer.

• GENZ, GENZYME CORPORATI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.892391

Genzyme Corporation is a biotechnology company. The Company operates in six units. Renal develops, manufactures and distributes products that treat patients suffering from renal diseases, including chronic renal failure. Therapeutics develops, manufactures and distributes therapeutic products, with a focus on products to treat patients suffering from genetic diseases and other chronic debilitating diseases. Transplant develops, manufactures and distributes therapeutic products that address pre-transplantation, prevention and treatment of graft rejection in organ transplantation and other hematologic and auto-immune disorders. Biosurgery develops, manufactures and distributes biotherapeutics and biomaterial products, with an emphasis on products that meet medical needs in orthopaedics and broader surgical areas. Genetics provides testing services for the oncology, prenatal and reproductive markets. Oncology develops, manufactures and distributes products for the treatment of cancer.

• HSIC, HENRY SCHEIN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 151.201889

Henry Schein, Inc. is a distributor of healthcare products and services primarily to office-based healthcare practitioners in the combined North American and European markets. The Company serves more than 550,000 customers worldwide, including dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices and animal health clinics, as well as government and other institutions. The Company has operations in the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The Company conducts its business through two segments: healthcare distribution and technology. Effective September 29, 2007, it acquired Software of Excellence International Ltd., a provider of clinical and practice management solutions. On August 29, 2007, it acquired W&J Dunlop, Ltd. In April 2008, the Company acquired Minerva Dental Limited.

• RTN, RAYTHEON CO (NEW) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 561.782532

Raytheon Company designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, supports and provides a range of technologically advanced products, services and solutions for governmental customers in the United States and worldwide. The Company operates through six business segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS), Missile Systems (MS), Network Centric Systems (NCS), Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) and Technical Services (TS). During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company completed the sale of Raytheon Aircraft Company (Raytheon Aircraft) and Flight Options LLC (Flight Options), two former operating commercial aviation businesses. In October 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Oakley Networks, Inc., a privately held technology company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, which provides cyber security and data leakage prevention systems. In April 2008, the Company acquired SI Government Solutions.

• WEC, WISCONSIN ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.740028

Wisconsin Energy Corporation is a diversified holding company. The Company conducts its operations primarily in two operating segments: a utility energy segment and a non-utility energy segment. Its primary subsidiaries include Wisconsin Electric Power Company (Wisconsin Electric), Wisconsin Gas LLC (Wisconsin Gas), Edison Sault Electric Company (Edison Sault) and W.E. Power, LLC (We Power). The CompanyG??s utility energy segment consists of Wisconsin Electric, Wisconsin Gas and Edison Sault. Its non-utility energy segment consists primarily of We Power. On September 28, 2007, Wisconsin Electric sold Point Beach, a nuclear generation facility, to an affiliate of FPL Group, Inc.

• CRA, APPLERA CP-CELERA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.164644

Celera Group, Applera Corp., formerly Celera Genomics Group, conducts business through two business segments. Its Applied Biosystems Group (Applied Biosystems) serves the life science industry and research community by developing and marketing instrument-based systems, consumables, software, and services. Its customers use these tools to analyze nucleic acids, small molecules and proteins to make scientific discoveries and develop new pharmaceuticals. Applied BiosystemsG?? products also serve the needs of some markets outside of life science research, which it refers to as applied markets, such as the fields of human identity testing (forensic and paternity testing). Its Celera Group (Celera) is primarily a molecular diagnostics business that is using genomics and proteomics discovery platforms to identify and validate diagnostic markers. In October 2007, the Company acquired Berkeley HeartLab, Inc. In October 2007, it acquired substantially all of the assets of Atria Genetics, Inc.

• ACL, ALCON INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.471506

Alcon, Inc. (Alcon) is a research and development driven, global medical specialty company focused on eye care. The Company develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, surgical equipment and devices and consumer eye care products to treat diseases and disorders of the eye. Alcon manages its business through two segments: Alcon United States and Alcon International. Its portfolio spans three key ophthalmic categories: pharmaceutical, surgical and consumer eye care products. In its pharmaceutical category Alcon develops, manufactures and markets a range of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceutical products. Alcon offers a range of surgical equipment, single-use and disposable products. The Company markets contact lens care products, artificial tears and ocular vitamins, in its consumer eye care products category.

• SNN, SMITH&NEPHEW PLC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 48.221367

Smith & Nephew plc is a global medical devices company engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of medical devices in the sectors of orthopedic reconstruction, orthopedic trauma and clinical therapies, endoscopy and advanced wound management. It has four business segments: reconstruction, trauma and clinical therapies, endoscopy and advanced wound management. Reconstruction implants offered include hip, knee and shoulder joints, as well as ancillary products, such as bone cement and mixing systems used in cemented reconstruction joint surgery. Its trauma and clinical therapies products comprise both trauma fixation products and associated clinical therapies. Its endoscopy business develops and commercializes endoscopic (minimally invasive surgery) techniques and value-added services for surgeons to treat and repair soft tissue and articulating joints. Its advanced wound management business offers products from initial wound bed preparation through to full wound closure.

• WMT, WAL MART STORES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.768475

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart) operates retail stores in various formats around the world. The Company earns the trust of its customers every day by providing an assortment of merchandise and services at every day low prices (EDLP), while fostering a culture that rewards and embraces mutual respect, integrity and diversity. Wal-MartG??s operations comprise three business segments: Wal-Mart Stores, SamG??s Club and International. Its Wal-Mart Stores segment is the largest segment of the CompanyG??s business, accounting for 64% of its net sales, during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2008 (fiscal 2008), and operates stores in three different formats in the United States, as well as Wal-MartG??s online retail operations, walmart.com. Its SamG??s Club segment consists of membership warehouse clubs in the United States and the segmentG??s online retail operations, samsclub.com. SamG??s Club accounted for 11.8% of the CompanyG??s net sales during fiscal 2008.

• TEF, TELEFONICA SA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 119.150848

Telefonica, S.A. (Telefonica) together with its subsidiaries and investees (Telefonica Group), operates mainly in the telecommunications, media and entertainment industries. The Telefonica Group is also involved in the media and contact center activities through investments in Telefonica de Contenidos and Atento. The Company operates through three segments: Telefonica Spain, Telefonica Europe and Telefonica Latin America. Telefonica Spain oversees the wireline and wireless telephony, broadband and data businesses in Spain. Telefonica Latin America oversees the same businesses in Latin America. Telefonica Europe oversees the wireline, wireless, broadband and data businesses in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Isle of Man, Ireland, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. In July 2006, the Company completed the sale of 59.90% of Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion, S.A. to Yell Group plc.In July 2007, the Company sold its 99.7% stake in ENDEMOL INVESTMENT HOLDING BV.

• ROS, OJSC ROSTELECOM A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 304.300751

Rostelecom telecommunications services provider and carrier of domestic long distance (DLD) and international long distance (ILD) traffic in the Russian Federation. The Company owns and operates a trunk telecommunications network and carry the bulk of Russia’s long-distance and international traffic. The Company renders domestic and international long-distance telecommunications services to end users and provides traffic throughput services to Russian operators, including each of Russia’s seven Internet-ready computer systems (IRCs) and alternative operators. In addition, the Company provides telecommunications services to various government entities across Russia and ensures the operation of the ground-based network of most television and radio broadcasting channels. Its trunk network, which transmits a majority of Russia’s domestic and international long-distance traffic, comprises of nearly 145,000 kilometers of digital and analog lines.

• ROSE, ROSETTA RESOURCES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 13.033669

Rosetta Resources Inc. is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil and gas properties in North America. Its operations are primarily concentrated in the Sacramento Basin of California, the Rocky Mountains, the Lobo and Perdido trends in South Texas, the State Waters of Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. The Company operates approximately 88% of its estimated proved reserves. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company had one major customer, which accounted for approximately 55% of the CompanyG??s consolidated annual revenue. For the year ended December 31, 2007, it drilled 195 gross and 169 net wells.

• AG, AGCO CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 525.557983

AGCO Corporation (AGCO) manufactures and distributes agricultural equipment and related replacement parts. AGCO sells a range of agricultural equipment, including tractors, combines, self-propelled sprayers, hay tools, forage equipment and implements, and a line of diesel engines. Its products are marketed under a number of brand names, including AGCO, Challenger, Fendt, Gleaner, Hesston, Massey Ferguson, RoGator, Spra-Coupe, Sunflower, Terra-Gator, Valtra and White Planters. AGCO distributes most of its products through a combination of approximately 3,000 independent dealers and distributors in more than 140 countries. In addition, the Company provides retail financing in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and Austria through its finance joint ventures with Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank). On September 10, 2007, the Company acquired Industria Agricola Fortaleza Limitada (SFIL).

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• GEF, GREIF INC CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 75.771164

Greif, Inc. is a global producer of industrial packaging products with manufacturing facilities located in over 45 countries. The Company offers a line of industrial packaging products, such as steel, fiber and plastic drums, intermediate bulk containers, closure systems for industrial packaging products, and polycarbonate water bottles, which are complemented with a variety of value-added services, including blending, packaging, logistics and warehousing. It also produces containerboard and corrugated products for niche markets in North America. Greif, Inc. sells timber to third parties from its timberland in the southeastern United States. The Company also owns timberland in Canada that it does not actively manage. In addition, it sells timberland and special use land, which consists of surplus land, higher and better use (HBU) land, and development land. Greif, Inc. operates in three business segments: Industrial Packaging and Services; Paper, Packaging and Services, and Timber.

• ASR, GRUPO AEROPORTUAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.714497

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR) holds concessions to operate, maintain and develop nine airports in the southeast region of Mexico. As operator of these airports, the Company charges airlines, passengers and other users fees for the use of the airports’ facilities. ASUR also derives rental and other income from commercial activities conducted at its airports, such as the leasing of space to restaurants and retailers. Its concessions include the concession for Cancun International Airport. ASUR also holds concessions to operate the airports in Cozumel, Huatulco, Merida, Minatitlan, Oaxaca, Tapachula, Veracruz and Villahermosa. During the year ended December 31 , 2006, its airports served a total of 13.8 million passengers, approximately 58.2% of which were international passengers.

• BUCY, BUCYRUS INTL CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 196.695038

Bucyrus International, Inc. designs, manufactures mining equipment for the extraction of coal, copper, oil sands, iron ore and other minerals in mining centers throughout the world. In addition to the manufacture of original equipment, the Company also provides the aftermarket replacement parts and service for equipment. The Company operates in two business segments: surface mining and underground mining. The CompanyG??s manufacturing facilities include Australia, China, Germany, Poland and the United States, and service and sales centers include Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, England, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Africa and the United States. The CompanyG??s surface mining equipment includes draglines, electric mining shovels and rotary blasthole drills. In May 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of DBT GmbH, a subsidiary of RAG Coal International AG.

• CEG, CONSTELLATION ENG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 17.823517

Constellation Energy Group Inc. is an energy company that conducts its business through various subsidiaries, including a merchant energy business and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE). The CompanyG??s merchant energy business is a provider of energy solutions for a variety of customers. BGE is a regulated electric transmission and distribution utility company and a regulated gas distribution utility company with a service territory that covers the City of Baltimore and all or part of 10 counties in central Maryland. The CompanyG??s operating segments are Merchant Energy, Regulated Electric and Regulated Gas. Its remaining non-regulated businesses design, construct and operate renewable energy, heating, cooling and cogeneration facilities for commercial, industrial and governmental customers throughout North America, as well as provide home improvements, service electric and gas appliances, service heating, air conditioning and plumbing to residential customers in Central Maryland.

• NWN, NORTHWEST NAT GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.835892

Northwest Natural Gas Company, doing business as NW Natural, is principally engaged in the distribution of natural gas in Oregon and southwest Washington. The Company’s has three business segments: local gas distribution, gas storage and other. Local gas distribution also referred to as the utility, which involves purchasing gas from producers, transporting the gas over interstate pipelines from the supply basins to its service territory, and reselling the gas to customers at rates and terms approved by the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) or by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC). The gas storage business segment includes NW NaturalG??s underground natural gas storage services to interstate and intrastate customers using NW NaturalG??s storage and related transportation capacity that is in excess of core utility customer requirements.

• YUM, YUM BRANDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.396934

YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a quick service restaurant (QSR) with over 35,000 units in more than 100 countries and territories. Through the five concepts of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS and A&W (the Concepts), the Company develops, operates, franchises and licenses a worldwide system of restaurants, which prepare, package and sell a menu of food items. In all five of its Concepts, the Company either operates units or they are operated by independent franchisees or licensees under the terms of franchise or license agreements. In addition, the Company owns non-controlling interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates who operate similar to franchisees. During the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company had approximately 20,000 system restaurants in the United States. The International Division, based in Dallas, Texas, comprises more than 12,000 system restaurants, primarily KFCs and Pizza Huts, operating in over 100 countries outside the United States.

• BK, BANK OF N Y CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.957783

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon) is a global financial services company. BNY MellonG??s subsidiaries engage in trust and custody activities, investment management services, banking services and various securities-related activities. The Company operates through seven segments: Asset Management; Wealth Management; Asset Servicing; Issuer Services; Clearing and Execution Services; Treasury Services and Other. Bank of New York Mellon was formed in July 2007, through a merger between The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and Mellon Financial Corporation of Pittsburgh. In January 2008, the Company acquired ARX Capital Management, which is an independent asset management business. ARX Capital Management specializes in Brazilian multi-strategy, long/short and long only investment strategies.

• MCRS, MICROS SYSTEMS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 65.635223

MICROS Systems, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer, marketer and servicer of enterprise information solutions for the global hospitality and specialty retail industries. Its enterprise solutions comprise three major areas: hotel information systems, restaurant information systems and specialty retail information systems. In addition to its software enterprise solutions and hardware products, the Company offers an array of support services and products for its hotel, restaurant and retail information systems. On July 10, 2007, the Company acquired a majority interest in Check-in-Data, a distributor of MICROS products and services. On January 29, 2007, the Company acquired the RedSky IT Hospitality, Travel and Retail subsidiaries of RedSky IT. In February 2006, The Company acquired CommercialWare, Inc. In January 2008, the Company announced the formation of MICROS-Retail, its retail solutions division, which includes its subsidiary companies Datavantage, CommercialWare and eOne Group.

• AHL, ASPEN INSURANCE H Current Caprock Strength Rating: 101.554764

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (Aspen Holdings) is a Bermuda-based holding company. Aspen Holdings conducts insurance and reinsurance business through its wholly owned subsidiaries in three jurisdictions: Aspen Insurance UK Limited (Aspen U.K.) in United Kingdom, Aspen Insurance Limited (Aspen Bermuda) in Bermuda and Aspen Specialty Insurance Company (Aspen Specialty) in United States. It operates in the global markets for property and casualty reinsurance, and specialty insurance and reinsurance. The Company also provides commercial property and casualty insurance in the domestic markets of the United States and the United Kingdom. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company wrote $1,818.5 million in gross premiums. The Company operates in four segments: property reinsurance, casualty reinsurance, international insurance and United States insurance.

• EAC, ENCORE ACQUISITIO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 57.562366

Encore Acquisition Company (Encore) is engaged in the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas reserves from onshore fields in the United States. The Company’s properties and oil and natural gas reserves are located in four core areas: the Cedar Creek Anticline (CCA) in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota; the Permian Basin of West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico; the Rockies, which includes non-CCA assets in the Williston, Big Horn and Powder River Basins of Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming, and the Paradox Basin of southeastern Utah, and the Mid-Continent area, which includes the Arkoma and Anadarko Basins of Oklahoma, the North Louisiana Salt Basin, and the East Texas Basin. In April 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of the oil and natural gas properties in the Williston Basin from subsidiaries of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

• MC, MATSUSHITA EL IND Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.698673

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Matsushita) is engaged in the production and sales of electronic and electric products in an array of business areas. It offers a range of products, systems and components for consumer, business and industrial use. Most of the CompanyG??s products are marketed under the Panasonic brand name worldwide, along with other product, or region, specific brand names, including National primarily for home appliances and household electric equipment sold in Japan, and Technics for certain hi-fi products. Some of its subsidiaries also use their own brand names, such as Quasar, Victor, JVC and PanaHome. At March 30, 2007, the Company acquired the remaining 35.5% equity interest in Matsushita Toshiba Picture Display Co., Ltd. from Toshiba (renamed MT Picture Display Co., Ltd).

• ZTR, ZWEIG TOTL RETURN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 21.609512

The Zweig Total Return Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. The Fund’s objective is to seek the highest total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income, consistent with the preservation of capital. The FundG??s equity sectors included information technology (IT), energy, industrials, consumer staples, and financials. The Fund’s top individual equity positions, as on December 31, 2007, included Allstate, Altria Group, AT&T, ConocoPhillips, Freeport McMoRan, McDonalds, Merck, Occidental Petroleum, PepsiCo and Verizon. The FundG??s investment advisor is Phoenix/Zweig Advisers LLC (the Adviser).

• RIG, TRANSOCEAN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 103.550560

Transocean Inc. (Transocean) is an international provider of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. As of February 20, 2008, the Company owned, had partial ownership interests in or operated 139 mobile offshore drilling units. Its fleet included 39 high-specification floaters (ultra-deepwater, deepwater and harsh environment semisubmersibles, and drillships), 29 midwater floaters, 10 high-specification jackups, 57 standard jackups and four other rigs. As of February 20, 2008, the Company also has eight ultra-deepwater floaters contracted for or under construction. The CompanyG??s primary business is to contract these drilling rigs, related equipment and work crews primarily on a day rate basis to drill oil and gas wells. In November 2007, the Company completed its merger transaction with GlobalSantaFe Corporation (GlobalSantaFe).

• PVA, PENN VIRGINIA CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 53.993431

Penn Virginia Corporation (Penn Virginia) is engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas and crude oil primarily in various onshore United States regions, including East Texas, the Mid-Continent, Appalachia, Mississippi and the Gulf Coast. The Company also indirectly owns partner interests in Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (PVR), which is engaged in the coal and natural resource management and natural gas midstream businesses and Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P., (PVG), which owns PVRG??s general partner. The Company operates in three primary business segments: oil and gas, coal and natural resource management, and natural gas midstream. The Company operates its oil and gas segment and PVR operates its coal and natural resource management and natural gas midstream segments. On October 25, 2007, Penn Virginia completed an acquisition in east Texas targeting the Cotton Valley.

• OHI, OMEGA HEALTHCARE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 75.914658

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (Omega), is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in income producing healthcare facilities, principally long-term care facilities located in the United States. It provides lease or mortgage financing to qualified operators of skilled nursing facilities and, to a lesser extent, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation and acute care facilities. As of December 31, 2007, the Company’s portfolio of investments consisted of 236 healthcare facilities located in 27 states and operated by 32 third-party operators. This portfolio was made up of 222 long-term healthcare facilities and two rehabilitation hospitals owned and leased to third parties; fixed-rate mortgages on nine long-term healthcare facilities, and three long term care facilities as held-for-sale.

• TIP, ISHARES LEHMAN TI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 211.759079
• PRA, PROASSURANCE CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.691349

ProAssurance Corporation is a holding company for property and casualty insurance companies focused on professional liability insurance. The Company sells professional liability insurance primarily to physicians, dentists, other healthcare providers and healthcare facilities, principally in the mid-Atlantic, Midwest and southern United States. ProAssurance Corporation also has a legal professional liability business in the Midwest. The Company maintains 15 local claims and/or underwriting offices to have a local presence in the markets it serves. ProAssurance CorporationG??s core operating subsidiaries are The Medical Assurance Company, Inc., ProNational Insurance Company, NCRIC Insurance Company, Inc., Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. (PIC Wisconsin) and Red Mountain Casualty Insurance Company, Inc. The Company also writes a limited amount of medical professional liability insurance through its non-core operating subsidiary, Woodbrook Casualty Insurance, Inc.

• VLCCF, KNIGHTSBRIDGE TNK Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.930265

Knightsbridge Tankers Limited (Knightsbridge), is an international tanker company whose primary business activity is the international seaborne transportation of crude oil. The CompanyG??s fleet consists of five double-hull very large crude carrier (Vessels). Each of the Vessels is owned by a new subsidiary and has been renamed and reflagged in the Marshall Islands and is deployed either on time charters or in the spot market, operating on routes between the Arabian Gulf and the Far East, northern Europe, the Caribbean and the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP). The Company’s charters with Shell International Petroleum Company Limited (Shell International) expired during the year ended December 31, 2004. Following the expiry, the Company has entered into a five year time charter for one of its vessels while two of the Company’s vessels have each been time chartered for a period of three years.

• AFL, A F L A C INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 200.546982

Aflac Incorporated is a general business holding company and acts as a management company, overseeing the operations of its subsidiaries by providing management services and making capital available. Its principal business is supplemental health and life insurance, which is marketed and administered through its subsidiary, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (Aflac), which operates in the United States (Aflac U.S.) and as a branch in Japan (Aflac Japan). Aflac Japan sells supplemental insurance products, including cancer life plans, general medical indemnity plans, medical/sickness riders, care plans, living benefit life plans, ordinary life insurance plans and annuities. Aflac U.S. sells supplemental insurance products, including accident/disability plans, cancer expense plans, short-term disability plans, sickness and hospital indemnity plans, hospital intensive care plans, fixed-benefit dental plans, vision care plans, long-term care plans and life insurance products.

• WDR, WADDELL&REED FIN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 102.671936

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. conducts business through its subsidiaries, and primarily provides investment management, investment product underwriting and distribution, and shareholder services administration to mutual funds and institutional and separately managed accounts. The Company sells its investment products through three distribution channels: the Advisors channel, the Wholesale channel and the Institutional channel. In the Advisors channel, its sales force consists of 2,293 financial advisors, who focus their efforts primarily on the sale of investment products advised by the Company. The Advisors channel’s primary market is middle income and mass affluent individuals, families and businesses across the United States.

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Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated Stock rating lists on the website.
The Caprock Analytics Strength Metric is a proprietary metric that estimates the current strength of a security based on an advanced, proprietary algorithm using a variety of technical and fundamental factors. A security with a high strength metric indicates strong momentum and a likelihood for further strength in the near future. For a full list of all Caprock Strength Ratings, and a list of the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated lists on the website. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential investments to ensure they are a fit for your investing goals and objectives.

• CIR, CIRCOR INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.260674

Circor International, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes different valves and related fluid-control products and certain services to a variety of end-markets for use in different applications to ensure the safety of fluid-control systems. The Company operates 17 manufacturing facilities that are located in the United States, Canada, Western Europe and the PeopleG??s Republic of China. Circor has two product groups: Instrumentation and Thermal Fluid Controls Products and Energy Products. As of December 31, 2007, the CompanyG??s products were sold through distributors and it serviced more than 10,000 customers in over 130 countries around the world. On July 6, 2007, the Company purchased the assets of Survival Engineering, Inc. (SEI). On September 28, 2007, Circor and its Instrumental and Thermal Fluid Controls Dutch subsidiary, Dovianus in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, sold its 50% equity interest in Keofitt Holdings, A/S, a Danish company to the other 50% joint venture partner.

• IAU, ISHARES COMEX GOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 351.922455
• MCRS, MICROS SYSTEMS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 65.635223

MICROS Systems, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer, marketer and servicer of enterprise information solutions for the global hospitality and specialty retail industries. Its enterprise solutions comprise three major areas: hotel information systems, restaurant information systems and specialty retail information systems. In addition to its software enterprise solutions and hardware products, the Company offers an array of support services and products for its hotel, restaurant and retail information systems. On July 10, 2007, the Company acquired a majority interest in Check-in-Data, a distributor of MICROS products and services. On January 29, 2007, the Company acquired the RedSky IT Hospitality, Travel and Retail subsidiaries of RedSky IT. In February 2006, The Company acquired CommercialWare, Inc. In January 2008, the Company announced the formation of MICROS-Retail, its retail solutions division, which includes its subsidiary companies Datavantage, CommercialWare and eOne Group.

• NLY, ANNALY CAPITAL MA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 566.720886

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (Annaly) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and manages a portfolio of mortgage-backed securities. It also owns, manages, and finances a portfolio of investment securities, including mortgage pass-through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), agency callable debentures, and other securities representing interests in or obligations backed by pools of mortgage loans. Fixed Income Discount Advisory Company (FIDAC) is the wholly owned taxable REIT subsidiary of the Company. The Company is focused in generating net income for distribution to the stockholders from the spread between the interest income on the investment securities and the cost of borrowings to finance the acquisition of investment securities.

• NQU, NUVEEN QUAL MUNI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.661982

Nuveen Quality Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end management investment company. It invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of municipal obligations issued by state and local government authorities or certain United States territories. The Fund’s investments include those in United States guaranteed, healthcare, transportation, tax obligation/general, tax obligation/limited, water and sewer, housing/multifamily and utilities. Nuveen Asset Management (NAM) is the Funds’ investment manager.

• DE, DEERE CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 353.266449

Deere & Company (John Deere), through its subsidiaries, operates in four business segments. The agricultural equipment segment manufactures and distributes a line of farm equipment and related service parts, including tractors; combine, cotton and sugarcane harvesters; tillage, seeding and soil preparation machinery; sprayers; hay and forage equipment; integrated agricultural management systems technology, and precision agricultural irrigation equipment. The commercial and consumer equipment segment manufactures and distributes equipment, products and service parts for commercial and residential uses. In May 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of LESCO, Inc. In August 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Ningbo Benye Tractor & Automobile Manufacture Company Limited.

• DUK, DUKE ENERGY CP HL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 38.342281

Duke Energy Corporation (Duke Energy) is an energy company located in the Americas that provides its services through four business units. The CompanyG??s business units are U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas, Commercial Power, International Energy and Duke EnergyG??s 50% interest in the Crescent Resources joint venture (Crescent JV or Crescent). In May 2007, Duke Energy acquired the wind power development assets of Energy Investor Funds from Tierra Energy. The purchase includes more than 1,000 megawatts of wind assets in various stages of development in the Western and Southwestern United States. On January 2, 2007, Duke Energy completed the spin-off of its natural gas businesses, named Spectra Energy Corp., including its wholly owned subsidiary Spectra Energy Capital, LLC. The natural gas businesses spun off primarily consisted of Duke EnergyG??s Natural Gas Transmission business segment and Duke EnergyG??s 50% ownership interest in DCP Midstream, LLC.

• PT, PORTUGAL TELECM S Current Caprock Strength Rating: 109.948700

Portugal Telecom, SGPS, SA is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in providing a range of telecommunications and multimedia services in Portugal and other countries, including Brazil. The Company provides wireline services, which include fixed-line telephone services for residential and non-residential customers, leased lines, unbundled local loop access and wholesale line rental, interconnection, Internet access, data and business solutions, portal and e-commerce services through its subsidiaries, in particular PT Comunicacoes, S.A.. It offers mobile telecommunications services, such as voice, data and Internet-related services in Portugal through its subsidiary, TMN-Telecomunicacoes Movies Nacionais, S.A. (TMN) and in Brazil through its 50%-owned joint venture, Vivo Participacoes S.A. (Vivo). It operates through three business segments: Wireline (including Retail, Wholesale and Data and Corporate), Domestic Mobile (TMN) and Brazilian Mobile (Vivo).

• MTD, METTLER TOLEDO IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 61.375210

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. is a global supplier of precision instruments and services. It is a provider of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. It is also a provider of analytical instruments for use in life science, reaction engineering and real-time analytic systems used in drug and chemical compound development, and process analytics instruments used for inline measurement in production processes. In addition, the Company is a supplier of end-of-line inspection systems used in production and packaging for food, pharmaceutical and other industries. Its business is geographically diversified, with net sales during the year ended December 31, 2007, derived 43% from Europe, 38% from North and South America and 19% from Asia and other countries. The Company has five segments: U.S. Operations, Swiss Operations, Western European Operations, Chinese Operations and Other.

• NBL, NOBLE ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 209.519943

Noble Energy, Inc. (Noble Energy) is an independent energy company that has been engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas. Exploration activities include geophysical and geological evaluation and exploratory drilling on properties, for which the Company has exploration rights. Noble Energy operates throughout major basins in the United States, including ColoradoG??s Wattenberg field and Piceance basin, the Mid-continent area of western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, the San Juan basin in New Mexico, the Gulf Coast and the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Company also conducts business internationally in China, Ecuador, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, West Africa (Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon) and in other areas.

• BBL, BHP BILLITON SP A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.693428

BHP Billiton plc is a diversified resources group. The Company is a producer of energy-related products, such as energy coal, oil, gas, liquefied natural gas and uranium. Its customer sector groups (CGS) are organized into nine business units: petroleum, aluminium, base metals, diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore, manganese, metallurgical coal and energy coal. The Company generally extracts and processes minerals, oil and gas in the southern hemisphere from its production operations in Australia, Latin America and southern Africa. Its sales are concentrated in the northern hemisphere. In August 2006, BHP Billiton plc completed the sale of its 45.5% interest in the Valesul Aluminio SA joint venture to its joint venture partner, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce. In April 2007, the Company acquired a 33.3% interest in Global Alumina’s Sangaredi Refinery Project in Guinea, West Africa.

• OFIX, ORTHOFIX INTL NV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 27.007980

Orthofix International N.V. (Orthofix) is an orthopedic products company offering a line of surgical and non-surgical products for the spine, orthopedics, sports medicine and vascular market sectors. Its products are designed to address the lifelong bone-and-joint health needs of patients of all ages. OrthofixG??s business is divided into four segments: Orthofix Domestic (Domestic), Blackstone, Breg, and Orthofix International (International). Domestic consists of operations of its subsidiary Orthofix Inc. Blackstone specializes in the design, development and marketing of spinal implant and related human cellular, and tissue based products (HCT/P) through Blackstone Medical, Inc. (Blackstone). Breg designs, manufactures, and distributes orthopedic products for post-operative reconstruction and rehabilitative patient use. International consists of locations in Europe, Mexico, Brazil, and Puerto Rico, as well as independent distributors outside the United States.

• QGEN, QIAGEN NV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 186.214981

QIAGEN N.V. (QIAGEN) is a provider of technologies and products for preanalytical sample preparation and linked molecular assay solutions. The Company also supplies diagnostic kits, tests, and assays for human and veterinary molecular diagnostics. Products are sold to academic research markets, to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, to applied testing customers (such as in forensics, veterinary, biodefense and industrial applications), as well as to molecular diagnostics laboratories. In addition, the Company sells and/or licenses technologies to others. The Company has developed more than 500 consumable products and automated solutions. QIAGEN markets its products in more than 40 countries throughout the world. It has subsidiaries in the markets, including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, Japan, China, Australia, Canada, Italy and several other countries. The Company also has specialized independent distributors and importers.

• VIVO, MERIDIAN BIOSCIEN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 237.487747

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. is a fully integrated life science company. The CompanyG??s principal businesses are the development, manufacture, sale and distribution of diagnostic test kits, primarily for certain respiratory, gastrointestinal, viral and parasitic infectious diseases; the manufacture and distribution of bulk antigens, antibodies, and reagents used by researchers and other diagnostic manufacturers, and the contract development and manufacture of proteins and other biologicals for use by biopharmaceutical and biotechnology companies engaged in research for new drugs and vaccines. MeridianG??s primary source of domestic and international revenues is core diagnostic products, which represented 80% of consolidated net sales during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007). It has three business segments: US Diagnostics, European Diagnostics, and Life Science.

• NKE, NIKE INC CL B Current Caprock Strength Rating: 32.154182

NIKE, Inc. (NIKE) is engaged in the design, development and worldwide marketing of footwear, apparel, equipment and accessory products. NIKE sells athletic footwear and athletic apparel. Its product portfolio includes running, training, basketball, soccer, sport-inspired urban shoes and children’s shoes. It also markets shoes designed for tennis, golf, baseball, football, lacrosse, walking, outdoor activities, skateboarding, bicycling, volleyball, wrestling, cheerleading, aquatic activities, and other athletic and recreational uses. NIKE sells a line of performance equipment under the NIKE brand name, including bags, socks, sport balls, eyewear, timepieces, electronic devices, bats, gloves, protective equipment and other equipment designed for sports activities. The Company sells its products to retail accounts, through NIKE-owned retail stores, and through a mix of independent distributors and licensees in over 180 countries. In April 2008, NIKE sold its Bauer Hockey subsidiary.

• PZE, PETROBRAS ENERGIA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.212611

Petrobras Energia Participaciones S.A. (Petrobras Participaciones) is a holding Company that operates through Petrobras Energia S.A. (Petrobras Energia) and its subsidiaries. The CompanyG??s principal assets is 75.8% of the equity interest of Petrobras Energia, an integrated energy company, focused in oil and gas exploration and production, refining, petrochemical activities, generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and sale and transmission of hydrocarbons. In March 2007, Petrobras Energia purchased from ConocoPhillips a 25.67% and 52.37% interest in Sierra Chata and Parva Negra, respectively. On July 19, 2007, Petrobras Energia approved the sale of the total of its 50% stake in Compania Inversora en Transmision Electrica Citelec S.A., which is a controlling entity, with 52.67% participation, of Compania de Transporte en Energia Electrica en Alta Tension Transener S.A., to Energia Argentina and Electroingenieria S.A. in equal parts.

• WMGI, WRIGHT MEDICAL GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.325432

Wright Medical Group, Inc. is a global orthopedic medical device company specializing in the design, manufacture and marketing of reconstructive joint devices and biologics products. The Company operates through Wright Medical Technology, Inc. and other operating subsidiaries. The Company offers products in four primary market sectors: knee reconstruction, hip reconstruction, extremity reconstruction and biologics. Biologics are used to replace damaged or diseased bone, to stimulate bone growth and to provide other biological solutions for surgeons and their patients. In April 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of INBONE Technologies, Inc.

• FORR, FORRESTER RESRCH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.737383

Forrester Research, Inc. offers products and services in four major areas: research, data, consulting, and community. The CompanyG??s products and services are targeted to specific roles, including principally senior management, business strategists, and marketing and technology professionals.

• PRXL, PAREXEL INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 352.510712

PAREXEL International Corporation (PAREXEL) is a bio/pharmaceutical services company, providing a range of capability in clinical research, medical communications services, consulting, and informatics and technology products and services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. The CompanyG??s product and service offerings include clinical trials management, data management, biostatistical analysis, medical communications services, clinical pharmacology, patient recruitment, regulatory and product development consulting, health policy and reimbursement, performance improvement, industry training and publishing, medical imaging services, interactive voice response systems (IVRS), clinical trial management systems (CTMS), Web-based portals, systems integration, and other drug development services. In March 2008, PAREXEL announced the sale of a bioanalytical laboratory in Poitiers, France, to SYNEXEL Research International, a subsidiary of Synchron.

• STFC, STATE AUTO FINL C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.305928

State Auto Financial Corporation (State Auto Financial) is a property and casualty insurance holding company. The Company is primarily engaged in writing both personal and business lines of insurance. State Auto Financial owns 100% of State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company (State Auto P&C), Milbank Insurance Company (Milbank), Farmers Casualty Insurance Company (Farmers), State Auto Insurance Company of Ohio (SA Ohio) and State Auto National Insurance Company (SA National), each of which is a property and casualty insurance company. State Auto Financial owns 100% of Stateco Financial Services, Inc. (Stateco), which provides investment management services to affiliated insurance companies. It also owns 100% of Strategic Insurance Software, Inc. (S.I.S.), a developer and seller of insurance-related software. State Auto P&C and Stateco share ownership of 518 Property Management and Leasing, LLC (518 PML), which owns and leases property to affiliated companies.

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