30th November 2008

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • NOC, NORTHROP GRUM HOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 66.249763
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation is an integrated enterprise consisting of many formerly separate businesses that cover the entire defense spectrum, from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. The Company is aligned into seven segments categorized into four primary businesses. The Mission Systems, Information Technology, and Technical Services segments are presented as Information and Services. The Integrated Systems and Space Technology segments are presented as Aerospace. The Electronics and Ships segments are each presented as separate businesses. Newport News and Ship Systems are aggregated and reported as the Ships business. In January 2007, the Company acquired Essex Corporation. In April 2008, the Company announced that it has completed the sale of its Electro-Optical Systems business to L-3 Communications. In October 2008, the Company acquired 3001 International, Inc.

  • SU, SUNCOR ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.074671
  • Suncor Energy Inc. (Suncor) is an integrated energy company. The Company focuses on developing Canada?s Athabasca oil sands. In addition, the Company explores for, acquires, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas, transports and refines crude oil and market petroleum and petrochemical products. It also market third party petroleum products. It also carries on energy trading activities focused on buying and selling futures contracts and other derivative instruments based on the commodities it produces. The Company has four principal subsidiaries and partnerships. It has three principal operating businesses: Oil Sands business, Natural Gas business, and Refining and Marketing.

  • 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 consumers? 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. In June 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of the cigarette business assets of Tekel, a Turkish state-owned tobacco company. In July 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of the cigarette businesses of Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni A/S (ST) and certain snus and roll-your-own tobacco interests.

  • BLKB, BLACKBAUD INC. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 22.222506
  • Blackbaud, Inc. is a provider of software and related services designed specifically for non-profit organizations. It offers an operational platform through core software applications, plus an additional 40 extended applications to provide distinct, add-on functionality tailored to meet the specific needs of its diverse customer base. The Company also offers a suite of analytical tools and related services that enable non-profit organizations to extract, aggregate and analyze data to make operational decisions. It operates in six segments: license fees, maintenance fees, subscription fees, consulting and education services, analytic services, and others. Its customers operate in multiple verticals within the non-profit market, including religion, education, foundations, health and human services. In March 2008, the Company announced that it has created a division, Blackbaud Interactive. In July 2008, Blackbaud, Inc. completed the acquisition of Kintera, Inc.

  • 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. In November 2008, Annaly acquired Merganser Capital Management LP (Merganser). Merganser is an institutional fixed-income manager, which will continue to operate as a wholly owned taxable REIT subsidiary of Annaly.

  • SRCL, STERICYCLE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 440.991028
  • Stericycle, Inc. is engaged in the management of medical waste, infection control and pharmaceutical returns and the provision of related compliance services. The Company operates integrated national regulated waste management networks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its national networks include a total of 78 processing or combined processing and collection sites, and 98 additional transfer, collection or combined transfer and collection sites. Stericycle, Inc.?s regulated waste processing technologies include autoclaving, its own electro-thermal-deactivation system (ETD), chemical treatment and incineration. The Company?s national networks include a total of 78 processing or combined processing and collection sites, and 98 additional transfer, collection or combined transfer and collection sites. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company completed 19 acquisitions.

  • 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. It sells its products to retail accounts, through NIKE-owned retail, including stores and Internet sales, and through a mix of independent distributors and licensees, in over 180 countries around the world. Its products include running, training, basketball, soccer, sport-inspired urban shoes, and children?s shoes. It also markets shoes designed for aquatic activities, baseball, bicycling, cheerleading, football, golf, lacrosse, outdoor activities, skateboarding, tennis, volleyball, walking, wrestling, and other athletic and recreational uses. On March 3, 2008, the Company acquired Umbro Ltd. (Umbro). On April 17, 2008, it completed the sale of its Bauer Hockey subsidiary.

  • SWN, SOUTHWESTERN ENER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 183.984299
  • Southwestern Energy Company is an independent energy company primarily engaged in the exploration for and production of natural gas within the United States. The Company also focuses on creating and capturing additional value through its natural gas gathering and marketing businesses, which it refers to as its Midstream Services. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company operated principally in three segments: Exploration and Production (E&P), Midstream Services and Natural Gas Distribution. In July 2008, the Company announced that it had closed the sale of its utility, Arkansas Western Gas Company, to SourceGas, LLC.

  • TECH, TECHNE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 108.706253
  • Techne Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the development and manufacture of biotechnology products and hematology calibrators and controls. These activities are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary, Research and Diagnostic Systems, Inc (R&D Systems). It distributes biotechnology products in Europe through its subsidiary, R&D Systems Europe Ltd. (R&D Europe). R&D Systems Europe Ltd. has a sales subsidiary, R&D Systems GmbH, in Germany. It operates in three segments: biotechnology, R&D Systems Europe and hematology. The biotechnology segment consists of R&D Systems Biotechnology Division, Fortron Bio Science, Inc. (Fortron), BiosPacific, Inc. and R&D Systems China Co. Ltd. (R&D China), which develop, manufacture and sell biotechnology research and diagnostic products. R&D Systems Europe distributes Biotechnology Division products throughout Europe. The hematology segment develops and manufactures hematology controls and calibrators for sale worldwide.

  • UVV, UNIVERSAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.137901
  • Universal Corporation (Universal) is a leaf tobacco merchant and processor. The Company operates in three reportable segments, North America, Other Regions and Other Tobacco Operations. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 (fiscal 2008), the North America and Other Regions segments was part of the Company?s flue-cured and burley tobacco operations. Its tobacco operations has eight segments: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Dark Air-Cured, Oriental, and Special Services. North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia are primarily involved in flue-cured and/or burley leaf tobacco operations for supply to cigarette manufacturers. Dark Air-Cured supplies dark air-cured tobacco principally to manufacturers of cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products, and Oriental supplies oriental tobacco to cigarette manufacturers. The remaining non-tobacco businesses, which were not part of the sale of Deli Operations, were sold in fiscal 2008.

  • PDS, PRECISION DRILL T Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.324528
  • Precision Drilling Trust (the Trust) is an open-ended investment trust. The Trust holds a 99.86% interest in Precision Drilling Limited Partnership (PDLP), which is a limited partnership. On November 7, 2005, Precision Drilling Corporation (Precision) became a wholly owned subsidiary of PDLP. Precision amalgamated with 1195309 Alberta ULC on November 23, 2005; Live Well Service Ltd. on January 1, 2006, and Terra Water Group Ltd. (Terra) on January 1, 2007. Precision’s operations are carried out in two segments: Contract Drilling Services, and Completion and Production Services.

  • TX, TERNIUM S.A. ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.619476
  • Ternium S.A (Ternium) is a steel company in the Americas. The Company is a producer of crude steel in Latin America, with manufacturing, processing and finishing facilities, which produced approximately 11 million tons of crude steel during the year ended December 31, 2007. 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 electro-galvanized 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. Ternium primarily sells its steel products in the regional markets of North, Central and South America. Approximately 56.1% of Ternium?s sales were made to South and Central America, 41.8% to North America and 2.1% to Europe and other markets in 2007. The Company operates in three segments: flat steel products, long steel products and others.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • MOH, MOLINA HEALTHCARE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 13.734159
  • Molina Healthcare, Inc. (Molina Healthcare) is a multi-state managed care organization participating exclusively in government-sponsored health care programs for low-income persons, such as the Medicaid program and the State Children?s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The Company also serves a small number of members who are dually eligible under both the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Molina Healthcare conducts its business primarily through nine licensed health plans in the states of California, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Washington. The health plans are locally operated by the Company?s respective wholly owned subsidiaries in those nine states, each of which is licensed as a health maintenance organization (HMO). In November 2007, the Company acquired Mercy CarePlus, a Medicaid managed care organization based in St. Louis, Missouri.

  • HSC, HARSCO CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 38.473587
  • Harsco Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of industrial services and engineered products. The Company?s operations fall into two segments: Access Services and Mill Services, and an all other category labeled Minerals & Rail Services and Products. The Company has locations in 50 countries, including the United States. On December 7, 2007, the Company completed the sale of its Gas Technologies business group to Wind Point Partners. In March 2008, the Company acquired Baviera S.R.L., a Romania-based distributor of Harsco’s Huennebeck division formwork and scaffolding products in Romania.

  • NUV, NUVEEN MUNI VALUE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 52.871735
  • Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end diversified management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of municipal obligations issued by state and local government authorities or certain United States territories. The Fund’s investments also include zero coupon bonds and inverse floaters. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. invests in various industries, including healthcare, transportation, utilities and consumer staples. Nuveen Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc., serves as the investment advisor of the Fund.

  • 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.

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30th November 2008

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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.

  • 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.

  • HCN, HEALTH CARE REIT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.511654
  • Health Care REIT, Inc. is an equity real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests across the spectrum of senior housing and health care real estate, including continuing care retirement communities, independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals and medical office buildings. It also offers an array of property management and development services. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had 646 properties located in 38 states. In May 2007, it completed the acquisition of 17 medical office buildings and Paramount Real Estate Services, a property management company, from affiliates of Rendina Companies.

  • BMI, BADGER METER INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.240925
  • Badger Meter, Inc. is a manufacturer of flow measurement and control products, serving water utilities, municipalities and industrial customers worldwide. Measuring a variety of liquids, from potable water to oil and lubricants, to industrial processes, the Company?s products provide timely measurement information to its customers. Its product lines fall into two general categories: utility and industrial flow measurement. The utility category comprises residential and commercial water meters that are used by water utilities as the basis for generating water and wastewater revenues. Badger Meter?s industrial products serve a variety of specialty markets, providing flow measurement solutions in industries, such as petroleum, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, concrete, and in chemical processing applications. Common products include Research Control and Series 9000 valves, industrial flow meters, and automotive, insertion, and electromagnetic flow meters.

  • 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.

  • LTC, L T C PROP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 131.236832
  • LTC Properties, Inc. is a healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in long-term care and other healthcare related properties through mortgage loans, property lease transactions and other investments. The Company invests in properties that provide opportunity for additional value and diversifies its investment portfolio by geographic location, operator and form of investment. The Company provides mortgage financing on such properties based on established investment underwriting criteria. At December 31, 2007, the Company?s direct real estate investment portfolio (properties that it own or on which it holds promissory notes secured by first mortgages) consisted of investments in 108 skilled nursing properties with 12,724 beds, 94 assisted living properties with 4,449 units and two schools located in 29 states.

  • HSC, HARSCO CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 38.473587
  • Harsco Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of industrial services and engineered products. The Company?s operations fall into two segments: Access Services and Mill Services, and an all other category labeled Minerals & Rail Services and Products. The Company has locations in 50 countries, including the United States. On December 7, 2007, the Company completed the sale of its Gas Technologies business group to Wind Point Partners. In March 2008, the Company acquired Baviera S.R.L., a Romania-based distributor of Harsco’s Huennebeck division formwork and scaffolding products in Romania.

  • SRCL, STERICYCLE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 440.991028
  • Stericycle, Inc. is engaged in the management of medical waste, infection control and pharmaceutical returns and the provision of related compliance services. The Company operates integrated national regulated waste management networks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its national networks include a total of 78 processing or combined processing and collection sites, and 98 additional transfer, collection or combined transfer and collection sites. Stericycle, Inc.?s regulated waste processing technologies include autoclaving, its own electro-thermal-deactivation system (ETD), chemical treatment and incineration. The Company?s national networks include a total of 78 processing or combined processing and collection sites, and 98 additional transfer, collection or combined transfer and collection sites. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company completed 19 acquisitions.

  • 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, workers? 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.

  • 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.

  • RHB, REHABCARE GROUP I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.775112
  • RehabCare Group, Inc. is a provider of rehabilitation program management services in more than 1,200 hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient facilities and other long-term care facilities. The Company operates in three business segments: program management services, which consists of hospital rehabilitation services and contract therapy; hospitals, and other healthcare services. In partnership with healthcare providers, the Company provides post-acute program management, medical direction, physical therapy rehabilitation, quality assurance, compliance review, specialty programs and census development services. RehabCare also owns and operates three long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) and six rehabilitation hospitals, and it provides other healthcare services, including healthcare management consulting services and staffing services for therapists and nurses. The Company acquired a majority-owned joint venture rehabilitation hospital in Austin, Texas, in August 2007.

  • ROL, ROLLINS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 232.732819
  • Rollins, Inc. is a service company providing pest and termite control services to both residential and commercial customers in North America. Orkin, Inc. (Orkin), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, provides customized services from over 400 locations to approximately 1.7 million customers. Orkin serves customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia providing pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to homes and businesses, including hotels, food service establishments, food manufacturers, retailers and transportation companies. Orkin operates under the Orkin and PCO Services, Inc. trademarks and the Acurid service mark.

  • R, RYDER SYSTEM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 121.216743
  • Ryder System, Inc. (Ryder) is a provider of transportation and supply chain management solutions. The Company operates in three segments: Fleet Management Solutions (FMS), which provides full-service leasing, contract maintenance, contract-related maintenance and commercial rental of trucks, tractors and trailers to customers principally in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom; Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), which provides supply chain solutions, including distribution and transportation services throughout North America, and in Latin America, Europe and Asia, and Dedicated Contract Carriage (DCC), which provides vehicles and drivers as part of a dedicated transportation solution in the United States. In September 2008, Ryder announced the completion of acquisition of the full service truck leasing, commercial truck rental and contract maintenance businesses of Gordon Truck Leasing.

  • UST, U S T INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.726654
  • UST Inc. through its direct and indirect subsidiaries is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of consumer products. The Company?s segments include Smokeless Tobacco Products, Wine and All Other Operations. The Smokeless Tobacco Products segment manufactures and markets smokeless tobacco products. The Wine segment produces and markets varietal and blended wines, and imports and distributes wines from Italy. UST Inc.’s international operations, which market moist smokeless tobacco, are included in the All Other Operations segment. On September 11, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Stag?s Leap Wine Cellars.

  • SCHL, SCHOLASTIC CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.054762
  • Scholastic Corporation (Scholastic) is a global children?s publishing, education and media company. The Company is the publisher and distributor of children?s books and a developer of educational technology products. Scholastic also creates educational and entertainment materials and products for use in school and at home, including magazines, children?s reference and non-fiction materials, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys. The Company is an operator of school-based book clubs and book fairs in the United States. It distributes its products and services through these channels, as well as directly to schools and libraries, through retail stores and the Internet. The Company?s Website, scholastic.com, is a site for teachers, classrooms and parents. The segments of the Company are Children?s Book Publishing and Distribution; Educational Publishing; Media, Licensing and Advertising, and International.

  • ATK, ALLIANT TECH SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.006081
  • Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is a supplier of aerospace and defense products to the United States government, allied nations, and prime contractors. It is also a major supplier of ammunition and related accessories to law enforcement agencies and commercial customers. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had three segments: ATK Armament Systems (formerly ATK Ammunition Systems), ATK Launch Systems and ATK Mission Systems. Effective April 1, 2008, ATK realigned its business operations. As a result of this realignment, ATK Mission Systems was divided into ATK Mission Systems and ATK Space Systems. ATK also renamed ATK Ammunition Systems to ATK Armament Systems. Subsequent to this realignment, ATK has four segments: ATK Armament Systems, ATK Launch Systems, ATK Mission Systems, and ATK Space Systems. ATK acquired Swales Aerospace in June 2007.

  • XRTX, XYRATEX LTD. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.393254
  • Xyratex Limited (Xyratex) is a provider of modular enterprise-class data storage solutions and storage process technology. The Company designs, develops and manufactures enabling technology that provides the customers with data storage products to support high-performance storage and data communication networks. The segments of the Company include Networked Storage Solutions (NSS) and Storage Infrastructure (SI). The NSS products provide modular, highly scalable, high-speed, high-density, reliable and flexible data storage. The SI products include disk drive production test systems, process automation for disk drive and solar panel manufacturing, servo track writers and disk cleaning systems. Xyratex sells its NSS products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and SI products to disk drive manufacturers or their component suppliers.

  • 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.

  • DLB, DOLBY LABORATORIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 247.120453
  • Dolby Laboratories, Inc. develops and delivers products and technologies that improve the entertainment experience. The Company?s technologies are used in digital versatile disc (DVD) players and personal computer DVD playback software, digital televisions and portable media devices, and also in a variety of consumer electronic products, such as gaming systems and audio/video receivers. Dolby cinema products are used by movie theatres and broadcasters around the world. The Company delivers technologies, products and services at each stage of the entertainment chain, content creation, content distribution and content playback. On November 9, 2007, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. acquired Coding Technologies, a provider of audio compression technologies for the mobile, digital broadcast and Internet markets.

  • UPL, ULTRA PETROLEUM C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 127.758949
  • Ultra Petroleum Corp. (Ultra) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the development, production, operation, exploration and acquisition of oil and natural gas properties. The Company?s operations are primarily in the Green River Basin of southwest Wyoming. The Company continually evaluates other opportunities for the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties. As of December 31, 2007, Ultra owns interests in approximately 121,652 gross (62,756 net) acres in Wyoming covering approximately 230 square miles. The Company owns an interest in approximately 676 gross producing wells in this area and is operator of approximately 50% of the 676 gross wells. The Company owns interests in 252,629 gross acres in Pennsylvania. On October 22, 2007, the Company sold Sino-American Energy Corporation (Sino-American), which owned its Bohai Bay assets in China.

  • 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.

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29th November 2008

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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.

  • UFCS, UNITED FIRE CASUA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.556551
  • United Fire & Casualty Company (United Fire) is engaged in the business of writing property and casualty insurance, and life insurance. The Company operates in two segments: property and casualty insurance, and life insurance. The property and casualty insurance segment markets forms of commercial and personal property, and casualty insurance products, including surety bonds and reinsurance. The Company is licensed as a property and casualty insurer in 42 states, primarily in the Midwest, West and South and is represented by 865 independent agencies. The Company?s life insurance subsidiary is licensed in 28 states, primarily in the Midwest and West and is represented by 927 independent agencies. United Fire focuses on its commercial lines, which represented 92.6% of its property and casualty premiums written for the year ended December 31, 2007. United Fire?s principal life insurance products are single premium annuities, universal life products and traditional life products.

  • INFA, INFORMATICA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 84.239273
  • Informatica Corporation (Informatica) is a provider of enterprise data integration, and data quality software and services. Informatica software handles a variety of complex enterprise-wide data integration initiatives, including data migration, data consolidation, data synchronization, data warehousing, establishment of data hubs, data services, cross-enterprise data exchange, and data quality. The Informatica enterprise data integration platform enables and accelerates data integration initiatives, allowing enterprises to meet new business requirements by utilizing cost-effective information technology (IT) systems; to reduce overall IT expenses by extending and adapting IT systems. The Company has also introduced solutions with partners designed to meet the on-demand data needs of the software-as-a-service market. In May 2008, Informatica completed the acquisition of Identity Systems, from Nokia Corporation.

  • FWRD, FOWARD AIR CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.111200
  • Forward Air Corporation provides time-definite surface transportation and related logistics services to the North American deferred airfreight market. The Company offers its customers scheduled surface transportation of cargo as an alternative to air transportation. It operates through terminals located in 85 cities on or near airports in the United States and Canada, including a central sorting facility in Columbus, Ohio, and 10 regional hubs serving key markets. During the year ended December 31, 2007, Forward Air Corporation’s age shipment weighed over 720 pounds. The Company offers its customers logistics services, including expedited truckload (TLX); pool distribution; dedicated fleets; local pick-up and delivery; warehousing; customs brokerage; and shipment consolidation, deconsolidation and handling. It markets its services primarily to airfreight forwarders, integrated air cargo carriers, and passenger and cargo airlines.

  • NBR, NABORS INDS INC N Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.269753
  • Nabors Industries Ltd. (Nabors) is a land drilling contractor with approximately 535 land drilling rigs. The Company conducts oil, gas and geothermal land drilling operations in the United States Lower 48 states, Alaska, Canada, South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Middle East, the Far East, Russia and Africa. It is also a land well-servicing and workover contractors in the United States and Canada. The Company markets approximately 564 land workover and well-servicing rigs in the United States, primarily in the southwestern and western United States, and approximately 173 land workover and well-servicing rigs in Canada. Nabors is a provider of offshore platform workover and drilling rigs, and actively markets 35 platform, 12 jack-up units and 4 barge rigs in the United States and multiple international markets. It has a 51% ownership interest in a joint venture in Saudi Arabia, which actively markets 9 rigs. On August 8, 2007, the Company sold its Sea Mar business.

  • 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 Fund?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.

  • 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 Company?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 Company?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.

  • 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.

  • NOC, NORTHROP GRUM HOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 66.249763
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation is an integrated enterprise consisting of many formerly separate businesses that cover the entire defense spectrum, from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. The Company is aligned into seven segments categorized into four primary businesses. The Mission Systems, Information Technology, and Technical Services segments are presented as Information and Services. The Integrated Systems and Space Technology segments are presented as Aerospace. The Electronics and Ships segments are each presented as separate businesses. Newport News and Ship Systems are aggregated and reported as the Ships business. In January 2007, the Company acquired Essex Corporation. In April 2008, the Company announced that it has completed the sale of its Electro-Optical Systems business to L-3 Communications. In October 2008, the Company acquired 3001 International, Inc.

  • QCOM, QUALCOMM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.467328
  • QUALCOMM Incorporated, incorporated in 1985, 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); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); Qualcomm Wireless & Internet (QWI), and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). QCT is a developer and supplier of integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning. 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. In December 2007, the Company acquired San SoftMax Inc. In March 2008, the Company acquired Xiam Technologies Limited (Xiam), an Ireland-based provider of wireless content targeting solutions.

  • PZE, PETROBRAS ENERGIA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.212611
  • Petrobras Energia Participaciones S.A. (Petrobras Energia Participaciones) is a holding company that operates through its subsidiary Petrobras Energia S.A. (Petrobras Energia) and its subsidiaries, which are engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, refining and distribution, petrochemicals, and gas and energy. It conducts operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. In addition, it acts as contractor and provides technical and operating support in Mexico. The Company manages its activities through four business segments: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Gas and Energy, Refining and Distribution, and Petrochemicals. In February 2007, Petrobras Energia acquired from ConocoPhillips its 25.67% and 52.37% interests in Sierra Chata and Parva Negra, respectively. In November 2007, Petrobras Energia sold 76.15% of its rights and obligations in the Bajada del Palo area.

  • 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.

  • TECH, TECHNE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 108.706253
  • Techne Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the development and manufacture of biotechnology products and hematology calibrators and controls. These activities are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary, Research and Diagnostic Systems, Inc (R&D Systems). It distributes biotechnology products in Europe through its subsidiary, R&D Systems Europe Ltd. (R&D Europe). R&D Systems Europe Ltd. has a sales subsidiary, R&D Systems GmbH, in Germany. It operates in three segments: biotechnology, R&D Systems Europe and hematology. The biotechnology segment consists of R&D Systems Biotechnology Division, Fortron Bio Science, Inc. (Fortron), BiosPacific, Inc. and R&D Systems China Co. Ltd. (R&D China), which develop, manufacture and sell biotechnology research and diagnostic products. R&D Systems Europe distributes Biotechnology Division products throughout Europe. The hematology segment develops and manufactures hematology controls and calibrators for sale worldwide.

  • AUY, YAMANA GOLD INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 145.119125
  • Yamana Gold Inc. (Yamana) is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of mineral properties. Yamana?s principal product is gold. The Company has gold production, development stage properties, exploration properties and land positions in Brazil Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua and the United States. A total of 104,764 ounces of gold were produced by the Company?s mines during year ended December 31, 2007. During 2007, the Company?s projects include Chapada Mine (Brazil), Sao Francisco Mine (Brazil), Jacobina Mining Complex (Brazil), San Andres Mine (Honduras), Fazenda Brasileiro Mine (Brazil), Alumbrera Mine (Argentina), El Penon Mine (Chile), Minera Florida Mine (Chile) and Rossi Property (United States). On October 13, 2007, Yamana acquired Northern Orion Resources Inc. As of November 5, 2007, Yamana had acquired approximately 90% interest in Meridian Gold Inc.

  • NMO, NUVEEN MU MKT OPP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.084943
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  • CSX, C S X CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.526377
  • CSX Corporation (CSX) is a transportation company. Surface Transportation, which includes the Company?s rail and intermodal businesses, provides rail-based transportation services, including traditional rail service and the transport of intermodal containers and trailers. It operates in two business segments: rail and intermodal. The rail segment provides rail freight transportation over a network of approximately 21,000 route miles in 23 states, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The intermodal segment provides integrated rail and truck transportation services and operates a network of dedicated intermodal facilities across North America. CSX?s principal operating company, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), provides a link to the transportation supply chain through its approximately 21,000 route mile rail network, which serves 23 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

  • LKQX, LKQ CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 233.941666
  • LKQ Corporation is a provider of recycled light vehicle original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products and related services. The Company is also a provider of aftermarket collision replacement products, and refurbished bumper covers and wheels. The Company operates out of a total of approximately 300 facilities offering its customers a range of replacement systems, components, and parts to repair light vehicles. It participates in the market for recycled OEM products, as well as the market for collision repair aftermarket products. It obtains aftermarket products and salvage vehicles from a variety of sources, and dismantles the salvage vehicles to obtain a range of vehicle products that it distributes into the light vehicle repair market. In August 2008, it acquired Pick-Your-Part Auto Wrecking. In October 2008, it acquired Automotive Rebuilders Supply Co., Inc. In October 2008, the Company also acquired Goody’s Truck Parts, Inc.

  • MCR, M F S CHARTR INCM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.591106
  • MFS Charter Income Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is to seek high current income. The Fund invests its assets primarily in debt instruments. It normally invests its assets in the United States Government securities, foreign government securities, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities of United States and foreign issuers, corporate bonds of United States and foreign issuers,, and debt instruments of issuers located in emerging market countries. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in lower-quality debt instruments, including those that are in default. It may invest its assets in mortgage dollar rolls. The Fund invests in various industries, including aerospace, automotive, entertainment, industrial, banks, metals and mining, printing and publishing, and telephone services. The Fund?s investment advisor is Massachusetts Financial Services Company.

  • RAI, REYNOLDS AMERICAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.465913
  • Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) is a holding company. The Company has two business segments: RJR Tobacco and Conwood. RAI?s wholly owned subsidiaries include R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. (Santa Fe); Lane, Limited (Lane); R. J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc. (GPI), and Conwood Company, LLC, Conwood Sales Co., LLC, Scott Tobacco LLC and Rosswil LLC, collectively, referred to as the Conwood companies. The RJR Tobacco segment consists of the primary operations of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The Conwood segment consists of the Conwood companies and Lane. RAI?s wholly owned operating subsidiaries Santa Fe and GPI, among others, are included in All Other.

  • FMC, F M C CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 349.872070
  • FMC Corporation is a diversified, global chemical company providing solutions, applications and products to a variety of end markets. The Company operates in three segments. Its Agricultural Products segment focuses on insecticides, which are used to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a pests, and on herbicides, which are used to reduce the need for manual or mechanical weeding. Specialty Chemicals consists of FMC?s BioPolymer and lithium businesses, and focuses on food ingredients, pharmaceutical additives for binding, encapsulation and disintegrant applications, ultrapure technologies for medical devices and lithium specialties for pharmaceutical synthesis, specialty polymers and energy storage. Its Industrial Chemicals segment manufactures a range of inorganic materials, including soda ash, hydrogen peroxide, specialty peroxygens and phosphorus chemicals. In February 2008, the Company sold its European subsidiary, FMC Foret, S.A. (Foret)?s sodium sulfate assets.

  • ANF, ABERCROMBIE & FIT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 22.515133
  • Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F, through its subsidiaries, is a specialty retailer that operates stores and Websites selling casual sportswear apparel, including knit and woven shirts, graphic t-shirts, fleece, jeans and woven pants, shorts, sweaters, outerwear, personal care products and accessories for men, women and kids under the Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie, Hollister and RUEHL brands. In addition, the Company operates stores under the Gilly Hicks brand offering bras, underwear, personal care products, sleepwear and at-home products for women. As of February 2, 2008, the Company operated 1,035 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The Company?s operating segments are Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie, Hollister, RUEHL and Gilly Hicks.

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29th November 2008

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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.

  • 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 world?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. VeriSign?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.

  • MLHR, MILLER HERMAN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.001966
  • Herman Miller, Inc. researches, designs, manufactures, and distributes interior furnishings, for use in various environments, including office, healthcare, educational, and residential settings, and provides related services that support organizations and individuals all over the world. The Company also offers an array of seating, storage, wooden casegoods and freestanding furniture products. The Company operates in three segments: the North American Furniture Solutions segment includes the business associated with the design, manufacture, and sale of furniture products for office and healthcare environments throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico; the Non-North American Furniture Solutions segment includes the business associated with the design, manufacture, and sale of furniture products primarily for work-related settings outside North America, and the Other segment includes North American residential furniture business, as well as other business activities.

  • ANDE, ANDERSONS INC (TH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.495631
  • Andersons, Inc. is an entrepreneurial company with diversified interests in the agriculture and transportation markets. The Company operates in five business segments. The Grain and Ethanol Group purchases and merchandises grain, operates grain elevator facilities located in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois and performs grain trading risk management and other services for its customers. The Rail Group sells, repairs, reconfigures, manages and leases railcars and locomotives. The Plant Nutrient Group manufactures and sells dry and liquid agricultural nutrients and distributes nutrients, chemicals, seed and supplies to dealers and farmers. The Turf and Specialty Group produces granular fertilizer products for the professional lawn care and golf course markets and private label fertilizer and corncob-based animal bedding and cat litter. The Retail Group operates six retail stores, a specialty food market and a distribution center in Ohio.

  • STRA, STRAYER EDUCATION Current Caprock Strength Rating: 225.001740
  • Strayer Education, Inc. is a post-secondary education services corporation. The Company offers academic programs through its wholly owned subsidiary, Strayer University, Inc., both in traditional classroom courses and through Strayer University Online. The Strayer University is an institution of higher learning that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business administration, accounting, information technology, education, and public administration at 47 campuses in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, D.C., via the Internet through Strayer University Online, providing its working adult students a program offering over the Internet. It also owns Education Loan Processing, Inc. (ELP), which was organized to administer the Company?s student loan portfolio. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had more than 32,087 students enrolled in its programs.

  • NFG, NATL FUEL GAS CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 82.851707
  • National Fuel Gas Company is a holding company. The Company is a diversified energy company consisting of five business segments: Utility segment, Pipeline and Storage segment, and Exploration and Production segment, Energy Marketing segment and Timber segment. In August 2007, Seneca Resources Corporation (Seneca) sold all of the issued and outstanding shares of Seneca Energy Canada Inc. (SECI). Its subsidiaries include Horizon Energy Development, Inc., Horizon LFG, Inc., Leidy Hub, Inc. and Data-Track Account Services, Inc.

  • CLF, CLEVELAND CLIFFS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 237.817490
  • Cliffs Natural Resources Inc, formerly 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. It 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, it 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 July 2008, the Company acquired the remaining 30% interest in United Taconite (UTAC), an iron ore mining and pelletizing operation located in Eveleth, Minnesota, from United Mining Co. Ltd.

  • 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 Colorado?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.

  • NOV, NATL OILWELL VARC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.458580
  • National Oilwell Varco, Inc. is a provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry. It has three segments: Rig Technology, Petroleum Services & Supplies, and Distribution Services. The Rig Technology segment designs, manufactures, sells and services systems for the drilling, completion and servicing of oil and gas wells. The Petroleum Services & Supplies segment provides consumable goods and services used to drill, complete, remediate and workover oil and gas wells, service pipelines, flowlines and other oilfield tubular goods. The Distribution Services segment provides maintenance, repair and operating supplies, and spare parts to drill site and production locations worldwide. In July 2007, NOV acquired, through a wholly owned subsidiary, a 76% stake in Sara Services and Engineers Private Limited. In April 2008, it acquired Grant Prideco, Inc.

  • 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 Company?s business units are U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas, Commercial Power, International Energy and Duke Energy?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 Energy?s Natural Gas Transmission business segment and Duke Energy?s 50% ownership interest in DCP Midstream, LLC.

  • MGF, M F S GOVT MKT TR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 209.870056
  • MFS Government Markets Income Trust (the Fund) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is to seek high current income, but it may also consider capital appreciation. The Fund?s portfolio of investments includes mortgage-backed securities, the United States government agencies, emerging market bonds, high grade corporates, municipal bonds, commercial mortgage-backed securities and the United States treasury securities. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of the Fund?s net assets in the United States and non-United States government securities. Massachusetts Financial Services Company serves as the investment adviser of the Fund.

  • AF, ASTORIA FINL CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 44.930077
  • Astoria Financial Corporation is the unitary savings and loan association holding company of Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association, and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively referred to as Astoria Federal). Astoria Federal?s primary business is attracting retail deposits from the general public and investing those deposits, together with funds generated from operations, principal repayments on loans and securities and borrowings, primarily in one- to-four family mortgage loans, multi-family mortgage loans, commercial real estate loans and mortgage-backed securities. To a lesser degree, Astoria Federal also invests in construction loans, and consumer and other loans, United States government, government agency and government-sponsored enterprise (GSE), securities and other investments permitted by federal banking laws and regulations.

  • WW, WATSON WYATT WLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 114.946220
  • Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (Watson Wyatt) is a global consulting firm, providing human capital and financial management consulting services. The Company focuses on delivering consulting services that help its clients anticipate, identify, and capitalize on emerging opportunities in human capital management. It also provides independent financial advice regarding all aspects of life assurance and general insurance, as well as investment advice to assist its clients in developing investment strategies. As of June 30, 2008, Watson Wyatt provided these services through approximately 7,000 associates in 107 offices located in 32 countries. The global operations include five segments: Benefits, Technology and Administration Solutions, Human Capital, Investment Consulting and Insurance and Financial Services. On July 20, 2007, it acquired Dr. Dr. Heissmann GmbH. On July 2, 2007, Watson Wyatt acquired the net assets of WisdomNet. On June 16, 2008, the company acquired Marcu & Asociados S.A.

  • 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), such as welding equipment and supplies. 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 products. 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 produce and distribute carbon dioxide, dry ice, nitrous oxide, specialty gases and anhydrous ammonia. On April 4, 2008, Airgas acquired A&N Plant. The acquisition creates a new business unit of Red-D-Arc Limited, an Airgas company.

  • ARO, AEROPOSTALE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.264440
  • Aeropostale, Inc. is a mall-based specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories. The Company design, market and sell brand of merchandise targeting 14 to 17 year-old young women and young men. Jimmy?Z Surf Co., Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeropostale, Inc., is a California lifestyle-oriented brand targeting trend-aware young women and men aged 18 to 25. The Company also sells Aeropostale merchandise through the e-commerce Website, www.aeropostale.com. As of February 2, 2008, the Company operated 828 stores, consisting of 802 Aeropostale stores in 47 states, 12 Aeropostale stores in Canada, and 14 Jimmy?Z stores in 11 states.

  • MFA, MFA MTG INVTS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 492.858124
  • MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. is a real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the business of investing, on a leveraged basis, in mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The Company?s assets consist of hybrid and adjustable-rate MBS (collectively, ARM-MBS) issued or guaranteed by a federally chartered corporation, such as Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or an agency of the United States Government, such as the Government National Mortgage Association, ARM-MBS rated by at least one nationally recognized rating agency, and MBS-related receivables and cash. At December 31, 2007, 94.8% of total assets consisted of Agency MBS, 5.1% consisted of non-Agency AAA-rated MBS. Non-Agency MBS rated below AAA unrated, comprised less than 0.1% of its remaining assets. In addition, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, provides investment advisory services to third-party institutions with respect to their MBS portfolio investments.

  • 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.

  • MFA, MFA MTG INVTS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 492.858124
  • MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. is a real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the business of investing, on a leveraged basis, in mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The Company?s assets consist of hybrid and adjustable-rate MBS (collectively, ARM-MBS) issued or guaranteed by a federally chartered corporation, such as Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or an agency of the United States Government, such as the Government National Mortgage Association, ARM-MBS rated by at least one nationally recognized rating agency, and MBS-related receivables and cash. At December 31, 2007, 94.8% of total assets consisted of Agency MBS, 5.1% consisted of non-Agency AAA-rated MBS. Non-Agency MBS rated below AAA unrated, comprised less than 0.1% of its remaining assets. In addition, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, provides investment advisory services to third-party institutions with respect to their MBS portfolio investments.

  • CFR, CULLEN FROST BNKR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.610909
  • Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (Cullen/Frost) is a financial holding company and a bank holding company that provides, through its subsidiaries, a range of products and services throughout numerous Texas markets. The segments of the Company include the Banking and the Financial Management Group. The Company offers commercial and consumer banking services, as well as trust and investment management, investment banking, insurance, brokerage, leasing, asset-based lending, treasury management and item processing services. During the year ended December 31, 2007, (fiscal 2007) Cullen/Frost had consolidated total assets of $13.5 billion. It serves a range of industries, including among others, energy, manufacturing, services, construction, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, military and transportation. In fiscal 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Prime Benefits, Inc.

  • ABT, ABBOTT LABORATORI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.519253
  • Abbott Laboratories is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of a diversified line of healthcare products. It has four segments. The Pharmaceutical Products segment?s products include adult and pediatric pharmaceuticals. The Diagnostic Products segment?s products include diagnostic systems and tests for blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories, physicians? offices, alternate care testing sites, plasma protein therapeutic companies and consumers. The Nutritional Products segment?s products include a line of pediatric and adult nutritional. The Vascular Products segment?s products include a line of coronary, endovascular and vessel closure devices. In February 2008, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Company’s SIMCOR (Niaspan/simvastatin), a medicine for cholesterol management. In January 2008, Abbott?s HUMIRA (adalimumab) received approval from FDA, for moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis.

  • NOC, NORTHROP GRUM HOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 66.249763
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation is an integrated enterprise consisting of many formerly separate businesses that cover the entire defense spectrum, from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. The Company is aligned into seven segments categorized into four primary businesses. The Mission Systems, Information Technology, and Technical Services segments are presented as Information and Services. The Integrated Systems and Space Technology segments are presented as Aerospace. The Electronics and Ships segments are each presented as separate businesses. Newport News and Ship Systems are aggregated and reported as the Ships business. In January 2007, the Company acquired Essex Corporation. In April 2008, the Company announced that it has completed the sale of its Electro-Optical Systems business to L-3 Communications. In October 2008, the Company acquired 3001 International, Inc.

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28th November 2008

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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.

  • LKQX, LKQ CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 233.941666
  • LKQ Corporation is a provider of recycled light vehicle original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products and related services. The Company is also a provider of aftermarket collision replacement products, and refurbished bumper covers and wheels. The Company operates out of a total of approximately 300 facilities offering its customers a range of replacement systems, components, and parts to repair light vehicles. It participates in the market for recycled OEM products, as well as the market for collision repair aftermarket products. It obtains aftermarket products and salvage vehicles from a variety of sources, and dismantles the salvage vehicles to obtain a range of vehicle products that it distributes into the light vehicle repair market. In August 2008, it acquired Pick-Your-Part Auto Wrecking. In October 2008, it acquired Automotive Rebuilders Supply Co., Inc. In October 2008, the Company also acquired Goody’s Truck Parts, Inc.

  • 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.

  • 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 Company?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).

  • CSTR, COINSTAR INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.980988
  • Coinstar, Inc. (Coinstar) is a multi-national company offering a range of solutions for retailers? storefronts consisting of self-service coin counting; entertainment services, such as skill-crane machines, bulk vending machines and kiddie rides, and e-payment services, such as money transfer services, prepaid wireless products, stored value cards, payroll cards and prepaid debit cards. In addition, the Company offers self-service digital versatile disc (DVD) kiosks where consumers can rent or purchase movies. As of December 31, 2007, Coinstar owned and operated more than 15,400 coin-counting machines in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. On January 1, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of GroupEx Financial Corporation, JRJ Express Inc. and Kimeco, LLC (collectively, GroupEx). On January 1, 2008, Coinstar exercised an option to acquire a majority ownership interest in Redbox Automated Retail, LLC.

  • FWRD, FOWARD AIR CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.111200
  • Forward Air Corporation provides time-definite surface transportation and related logistics services to the North American deferred airfreight market. The Company offers its customers scheduled surface transportation of cargo as an alternative to air transportation. It operates through terminals located in 85 cities on or near airports in the United States and Canada, including a central sorting facility in Columbus, Ohio, and 10 regional hubs serving key markets. During the year ended December 31, 2007, Forward Air Corporation’s age shipment weighed over 720 pounds. The Company offers its customers logistics services, including expedited truckload (TLX); pool distribution; dedicated fleets; local pick-up and delivery; warehousing; customs brokerage; and shipment consolidation, deconsolidation and handling. It markets its services primarily to airfreight forwarders, integrated air cargo carriers, and passenger and cargo airlines.

  • AGU, AGRIUM INC. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 430.409576
  • Agrium Inc. (Agrium) is a global producer and marketer of agricultural nutrients, industrial products and specialty products, and a retail supplier of agriculture products and services in North and South America. Agrium produces and markets three primary groups of nutrients: nitrogen, potash, and phosphate, as well as controlled-release products and micronutrients. The Company operates through three business segments. The Retail segment markets crop nutrients, crop protection products, seeds, custom application and other agronomic services to customers through 444 outlets in the United States, Argentina and Chile. The Wholesale segment manufactures, purchases and markets a range of nutrients, including nitrogen-based, potash and phosphate-based crop nutrient products. The Advanced Technologies segment consists of crop nutrient technologies and professional products, including the controlled-release crop nutrient and professional products businesses of Nu-Gro and Pursell Technologies.

  • TRP, TRANSCANADA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.040035
  • TransCanada Corporation (TransCanada) is a North American energy infrastructure company focused on pipelines and energy. At December 31, 2007, Pipelines accounted for approximately 53% of revenues and 73% of TransCanada?s total assets and the Energy business accounted for approximately 47% of revenues and 23% of TransCanada?s total assets. TransCanada?s business segments comprise Pipelines and Energy. Pipelines principally comprise the Company?s pipelines in Canada, the United States and Mexico, and its regulated natural gas storage operations in the United States. Energy includes the Company?s power operations, the non-regulated natural gas storage business and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. In August 2008, TransCanada announced that through its subsidiaries, it has acquired KeySpan-Ravenswood, LLC and KeySpan Ravenswood Services Corp. In September 2008, TransCanada acquired Bison Pipeline LLC from Northern Border Pipeline Company.

  • 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 Company?s products and services are targeted to specific roles, including principally senior management, business strategists, and marketing and technology professionals. In July 2008, Forrester Research, Inc. acquired JupiterResearch, LLC, and its parent company, JUPR Holdings, Inc., from MCG Capital Corporation.

  • RSCR, RES-CARE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 22.059252
  • Res-Care, Inc. is a human service company that provides residential, therapeutic, job training and educational supports to people with developmental or other disabilities, to youth with special needs, to adults who are experiencing barriers to employment and to older people who need home care assistance. The Company?s programs include an array of services provided in both residential and non-residential settings for adults and youths with intellectual, cognitive or other developmental disabilities, and youths who have special educational or support needs, are from disadvantaged backgrounds, or have severe emotional disorders, including some who have entered the juvenile justice system. As of December 31, 2007, it had three segments: Community Services, Job Corps Training Services and Employment Training Services. In July 2008, the Company announced the acquisition of Caregivers Home Health, Inc., a Wisconsin home care company with operations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Florida.

  • ENB, ENBRIDGE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 136.114471
  • Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) is an energy delivery company that transports natural gas and crude oil, which are used to heat homes, power transportation systems, and provide fuel and feedstock for industries. The Company?s activities are carried out through five business units: Liquids Pipelines, which includes the operation of the Enbridge crude oil mainline system and feeder pipelines that transport crude oil and other liquid hydrocarbons; Gas Pipelines, which consists of the Company?s interests in natural gas pipelines, including Alliance Pipeline US, Vector Pipeline and Enbridge Offshore Pipelines; Sponsored Investments, which includes investments in Enbridge Income Fund (EIF) and Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (EEP), both managed by Enbridge; Gas Distribution and Services, which includes Enbridge Gas Distribution (EGD), Aux Sable and the Company?s commodity marketing businesses, and International, which includes the Company?s two energy-delivery investments outside of North America.

  • ABT, ABBOTT LABORATORI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.519253
  • Abbott Laboratories is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of a diversified line of healthcare products. It has four segments. The Pharmaceutical Products segment?s products include adult and pediatric pharmaceuticals. The Diagnostic Products segment?s products include diagnostic systems and tests for blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories, physicians? offices, alternate care testing sites, plasma protein therapeutic companies and consumers. The Nutritional Products segment?s products include a line of pediatric and adult nutritional. The Vascular Products segment?s products include a line of coronary, endovascular and vessel closure devices. In February 2008, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Company’s SIMCOR (Niaspan/simvastatin), a medicine for cholesterol management. In January 2008, Abbott?s HUMIRA (adalimumab) received approval from FDA, for moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis.

  • GNA, GERDAU AMERISTEEL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 48.507683
  • Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (Gerdau Ameristeel) is a minimill steel producer in North America with an annual manufacturing capacity of 12 million tons of mill finished steel products. Through its vertically integrated network of 19 mills (including one 50%-owned minimill), 19 scrap recycling facilities and 61 downstream operations, the Company primarily serves customers throughout the United States and Canada. The Company’s operations are segmented into two operating divisions: minimills and downstream operations. Gerdau Ameristeel conducts its operations directly and indirectly through subsidiaries and joint ventures in Canada and the United States. In October 2007, Gerdau Ameristeel acquired Enco Materials, Inc. In September 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Chaparral Steel Company. In April 2008, the Company announced that Pacific Coast Steel (PCS) acquired all the assets of Century Steel, Inc. In October 2008, the Company acquired Metro Recycling.

  • MYD, BLACKROCK MUNIYIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.770908
  • Blackrock Muniyield Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is to provide current income exempt from federal income taxes. It invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The Fund may invest in certain securities, whose income return is inversely related to changes in a floating interest rate (inverse floaters). It may also invest in swap agreements. The Fund invests in sectors, such as transportation, hospital, power, education, housing, and water and sewer. The Fund?s investment manager is BlackRock Advisors, LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, an affiliate of BlackRock Advisors, LLC, serves as the Fund?s sub-advisor.

  • MFA, MFA MTG INVTS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 492.858124
  • MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. is a real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the business of investing, on a leveraged basis, in mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The Company?s assets consist of hybrid and adjustable-rate MBS (collectively, ARM-MBS) issued or guaranteed by a federally chartered corporation, such as Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or an agency of the United States Government, such as the Government National Mortgage Association, ARM-MBS rated by at least one nationally recognized rating agency, and MBS-related receivables and cash. At December 31, 2007, 94.8% of total assets consisted of Agency MBS, 5.1% consisted of non-Agency AAA-rated MBS. Non-Agency MBS rated below AAA unrated, comprised less than 0.1% of its remaining assets. In addition, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, provides investment advisory services to third-party institutions with respect to their MBS portfolio investments.

  • 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?s primary investment objective is to provide current income. Its secondary objective is capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to invest at least 80% of its total managed assets in inflation-linked securities. It will invest not more that 40% of its total managed assets in below investment-grade securities. It may invest up to 100% of its total managed assets in non-United States dollar investments. It 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 Fund?s total managed assets. The Fund?s investment advisor is Claymore Advisors, LLC. Its investment manager is Western Asset Management Company.

  • CEO, CNOOC LTD ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 217.421051
  • CNOOC Limited is a producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. It mainly engages in oil and natural gas exploration, development, production and sales. The Company has four major oil production areas offshore China: Bohai Bay, western South China Sea, eastern South China Sea and East China Sea. It is an offshore oil producer in Indonesia. The Company also has certain upstream assets in regions, such as Africa and Australia. As of December 31, 2007, the Company owned net proved reserves of approximately 2.6 billion barrels-of-oil (BOE) equivalent and its average daily net production was 469,407 barrels-of-oil equivalent.

  • NOC, NORTHROP GRUM HOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 66.249763
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation is an integrated enterprise consisting of many formerly separate businesses that cover the entire defense spectrum, from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. The Company is aligned into seven segments categorized into four primary businesses. The Mission Systems, Information Technology, and Technical Services segments are presented as Information and Services. The Integrated Systems and Space Technology segments are presented as Aerospace. The Electronics and Ships segments are each presented as separate businesses. Newport News and Ship Systems are aggregated and reported as the Ships business. In January 2007, the Company acquired Essex Corporation. In April 2008, the Company announced that it has completed the sale of its Electro-Optical Systems business to L-3 Communications. In October 2008, the Company acquired 3001 International, Inc.

  • FXI, ISHARES TR FTSE I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.772673
  • NAVG, NAVIGATORS GP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.101583
  • The Navigators Group, Inc. (Navigators Group) is an international insurance holding company focused on specialty products within the overall property/casualty insurance market. The Company’s underwriting operations consist of insurance company operations and operations at Lloyd’s of London. Its product line includes ocean marine insurance, professional liability insurance and specialty liability insurance. It conducts operations through its insurance company subsidiaries (Insurance Companies) and its operations at Lloyd’s of London (Lloyd’s Operations). The Insurance Companies consist of Navigators Insurance Company, which includes a United Kingdom Branch and Navigators Specialty Insurance Company, which underwrites specialty and professional liability insurance on an excess and surplus lines basis fully reinsured by Navigators Insurance Company. The Company?s Lloyd?s Operations include Navigators Underwriting Agency Ltd. and Lloyd?s of London underwriting agency.

  • MLHR, MILLER HERMAN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.001966
  • Herman Miller, Inc. researches, designs, manufactures, and distributes interior furnishings, for use in various environments, including office, healthcare, educational, and residential settings, and provides related services that support organizations and individuals all over the world. The Company also offers an array of seating, storage, wooden casegoods and freestanding furniture products. The Company operates in three segments: the North American Furniture Solutions segment includes the business associated with the design, manufacture, and sale of furniture products for office and healthcare environments throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico; the Non-North American Furniture Solutions segment includes the business associated with the design, manufacture, and sale of furniture products primarily for work-related settings outside North America, and the Other segment includes North American residential furniture business, as well as other business activities.

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28th November 2008

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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.

  • WMS, W M S INDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 304.550018
  • WMS Industries Inc. (WMS) is a global provider of gaming products to the legalized gaming industry. WMS designs, manufactures and distributes gaming machines and video lottery terminals (VLTs). The Company also derives revenue from the sale of spare parts, conversion kits, amusement-with-prize (AWP) gaming machines, and from licensing its gaming themes (games) and other intellectual property to third parties. As of June 30, 2008, its primary manufacturing facility was located in the United States, with development or distribution offices in the United States, Argentina, Australia, China, Italy, South Africa, Spain and the United Kingdom. On July 19, 2007, it completed the acquisition Systems in Progress GmbH (SiP), an Austrian-based company focused on developing and selling gaming related systems, including linked progressive systems and slot accounting systems applicable for smaller international casino operators.

  • UMBF, UMB FIN CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 43.275982
  • UMB Financial Corporation is a financial holding company. The Company owns four commercial banks, a brokerage company, a community development corporation, a consulting company, a mutual fund servicing company and 14 other subsidiaries. The four commercial banks (UMB Bank, n.a., UMB Bank Colorado, n.a., UMB National Bank of America, n.a. and UMB Bank Arizona, n.a.) are engaged in general commercial banking business in the United States. One of the banks is in Missouri, one bank in Kansas, one bank in Colorado and one bank in Arizona. The Company operates in six segments: Commercial Banking and Lending, Payment and Technology Solutions, Banking Services, Consumer Services, Asset Management and Investment Services Group. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the UMB Bank, Warsaw, n.a. based affiliate was merged into the UMB Bank, n.a.

  • 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.

  • 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 used in a variety of medical procedures and endovascular devices. The Company provides a range of products into multiple medical markets, primarily in the cardiovascular markets, the orthopedic markets of sports medicine, spine and extremities, and the endovascular markets. The Company sells its products through partners and do not sell direct to the end user. On May 30, 2008, the Company completed the sale of its remaining endovascular business, including the ThromCat, QuickCat and SafeCross products, to The Spectranetics Corporation.

  • BCR, BARD C R INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 345.886597
  • C. R. Bard, Inc. (Bard) is engaged in the designing, manufacturing, packaging, distribution and sale of medical, surgical, diagnostic and patient care devices. The Company sells a range of products worldwide to hospitals, individual healthcare professionals, extended care facilities and alternate site facilities. In general, the Company?s products are intended to be used once and then discarded or implanted either temporarily or permanently. Bard has four major product group categories: vascular, urology, oncology and surgical specialties. The Company has a 50% ownership in Medicon, Inc. (Medicon), a Japanese joint venture with Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. In January 2008, Bard acquired the LifeStent family of stents from Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. These stents are available in the United States for biliary indications only. In June 2008, Specialized Health Products International Inc. completed its merger into a wholly owned subsidiary of Bard.

  • STRA, STRAYER EDUCATION Current Caprock Strength Rating: 225.001740
  • Strayer Education, Inc. is a post-secondary education services corporation. The Company offers academic programs through its wholly owned subsidiary, Strayer University, Inc., both in traditional classroom courses and through Strayer University Online. The Strayer University is an institution of higher learning that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business administration, accounting, information technology, education, and public administration at 47 campuses in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, D.C., via the Internet through Strayer University Online, providing its working adult students a program offering over the Internet. It also owns Education Loan Processing, Inc. (ELP), which was organized to administer the Company?s student loan portfolio. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had more than 32,087 students enrolled in its programs.

  • 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.

  • ME, MARINER ENERGY IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 81.037033
  • Mariner Energy, Inc. (Mariner) is an independent oil and gas exploration, development, and production company. The Company?s principal operations are in three geographic areas: West Texas is an active driller in the prolific Spraberry field in the Permian Basin at depths between 6,000 and 10,000 feet; the deepwater operations of the Gulf of Mexico, where the Company is an active operator of exploration and development projects in water depths ranging from 1,300 feet up to 7,000 feet, and Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico, shelf wells and deep shelf wells extending to 1,300 foot water depths. In January 2008, the Company announced acquisition of an operating subsidiary of Hydro Gulf of Mexico, Inc., a subsidiary of StatoilHydro ASA, which owns substantially all of StatoilHydro’s Gulf of Mexico shelf operations.

  • DO, DIAMOND OFFSHORE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 34.530838
  • Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (Diamond Offshore) provides contract drilling services to the energy industry worldwide and is also engaged in deepwater drilling with a fleet of 44 offshore drilling rigs. The Company?s fleet consists of 30 semisubmersibles, 13 jack-ups and one drillship. The Company offers a range of services worldwide in various markets, including the deep water, harsh environment, conventional semisubmersible and jack-up markets. The Company provides offshore drilling services to a customer base that includes independent oil and gas companies and government-owned oil companies.

  • LKQX, LKQ CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 233.941666
  • LKQ Corporation is a provider of recycled light vehicle original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products and related services. The Company is also a provider of aftermarket collision replacement products, and refurbished bumper covers and wheels. The Company operates out of a total of approximately 300 facilities offering its customers a range of replacement systems, components, and parts to repair light vehicles. It participates in the market for recycled OEM products, as well as the market for collision repair aftermarket products. It obtains aftermarket products and salvage vehicles from a variety of sources, and dismantles the salvage vehicles to obtain a range of vehicle products that it distributes into the light vehicle repair market. In August 2008, it acquired Pick-Your-Part Auto Wrecking. In October 2008, it acquired Automotive Rebuilders Supply Co., Inc. In October 2008, the Company also acquired Goody’s Truck Parts, Inc.

  • 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.

  • UVV, UNIVERSAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.137901
  • Universal Corporation (Universal) is a leaf tobacco merchant and processor. The Company operates in three reportable segments, North America, Other Regions and Other Tobacco Operations. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 (fiscal 2008), the North America and Other Regions segments was part of the Company?s flue-cured and burley tobacco operations. Its tobacco operations has eight segments: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Dark Air-Cured, Oriental, and Special Services. North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia are primarily involved in flue-cured and/or burley leaf tobacco operations for supply to cigarette manufacturers. Dark Air-Cured supplies dark air-cured tobacco principally to manufacturers of cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products, and Oriental supplies oriental tobacco to cigarette manufacturers. The remaining non-tobacco businesses, which were not part of the sale of Deli Operations, were sold in fiscal 2008.

  • 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).

  • HOLX, HOLOGIC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 28.937168
  • Hologic, Inc. (Hologic) is a diversified medical technologies company specializing in diagnostic imaging products and interventional devices serving the healthcare needs of women. Its mammography and breast care products include a portfolio of breast imaging and related products, including digital and film-based mammography systems, computer-aided detection, breast biopsy guidance systems, minimally invasive breast biopsy and tissue extraction devices and its MammoPad breast cushion. Hologic?s osteoporosis assessment products primarily consist of dual-energy X-ray bone densitometry systems and an ultrasound-based osteoporosis assessment product. Its other business unit includes its Fluoroscan mini C-arm imaging products, its Esaote line of extremity magnetic resonance imaging systems that are manufactured by an original equipment manufacturer, and its photoconductor coating business, an ancillary business that Hologic acquired as part of its acquisition of AEG Elektrofotografie GmbH.

  • RJET, REPUBLIC AIRWAYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.193539
  • Republic Airways Holdings Inc. operates Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., (Chautauqua Airlines), Republic Airline Inc. (Republic Airline) and Shuttle America Corporation (Shuttle America). As of December 31, 2007, the Company offered scheduled passenger service on approximately 1,250 flights daily to 119 cities in 39 states, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica and the Bahamas pursuant to code-share agreements with AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, Inc., Continental Airlines, Inc., Delta Air Lines, Inc., Frontier Airlines, Inc., US Airways, Inc. and United Air Lines, Inc. The Company provides its partners with regional jet service, operating as AmericanConnection, Continental Express, Delta Connection, Frontier Airlines, US Airways Express or United Express, including service out of their hubs and focus cities in Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Houston, Indianapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Washington, D.C.

  • 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). During the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007 (fiscal 2007), St. Jude combined its former Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology operating segments to form the CV operating segment, which focuses on the cardiac surgery and cardiology therapy areas. The principal geographic markets for its products are the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. In July 2008, the Company completed the previously announced acquisition of EP MedSystems, Inc.

  • BHP, BHP BILLITON LIMI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 27.263964
  • BHP Billiton Limited is a diversified natural resources company. The Company has businesses producing alumina and aluminum, copper, energy (thermal) coal, iron ore, nickel, manganese, metallurgical coal, oil and gas and uranium, as well as gold, zinc, lead, silver and diamonds. The Company operates in nine customer sector groups (CSGs): petroleum, aluminum, base metals, diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore; manganese, metallurgical coal, and energy coal. In July 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Anglo Potash Ltd.

  • 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.

  • CLF, CLEVELAND CLIFFS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 237.817490
  • Cliffs Natural Resources Inc, formerly 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. It 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, it 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 July 2008, the Company acquired the remaining 30% interest in United Taconite (UTAC), an iron ore mining and pelletizing operation located in Eveleth, Minnesota, from United Mining Co. Ltd.

  • RAI, REYNOLDS AMERICAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.465913
  • Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) is a holding company. The Company has two business segments: RJR Tobacco and Conwood. RAI?s wholly owned subsidiaries include R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. (Santa Fe); Lane, Limited (Lane); R. J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc. (GPI), and Conwood Company, LLC, Conwood Sales Co., LLC, Scott Tobacco LLC and Rosswil LLC, collectively, referred to as the Conwood companies. The RJR Tobacco segment consists of the primary operations of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The Conwood segment consists of the Conwood companies and Lane. RAI?s wholly owned operating subsidiaries Santa Fe and GPI, among others, are included in All Other.

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27th November 2008

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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.
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  • TECH, TECHNE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 108.706253
  • Techne Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the development and manufacture of biotechnology products and hematology calibrators and controls. These activities are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary, Research and Diagnostic Systems, Inc (R&D Systems). It distributes biotechnology products in Europe through its subsidiary, R&D Systems Europe Ltd. (R&D Europe). R&D Systems Europe Ltd. has a sales subsidiary, R&D Systems GmbH, in Germany. It operates in three segments: biotechnology, R&D Systems Europe and hematology. The biotechnology segment consists of R&D Systems Biotechnology Division, Fortron Bio Science, Inc. (Fortron), BiosPacific, Inc. and R&D Systems China Co. Ltd. (R&D China), which develop, manufacture and sell biotechnology research and diagnostic products. R&D Systems Europe distributes Biotechnology Division products throughout Europe. The hematology segment develops and manufactures hematology controls and calibrators for sale worldwide.

  • OII, OCEANEERING INTL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.048775
  • Oceaneering International, Inc. is a global oilfield provider of engineered services and products primarily to the offshore oil and gas industry, with a focus on deepwater applications. Through the use of its applied technology capabilities, the Company also serves the defense and aerospace industries. The services and products the Company provides to the oil and gas industry include remotely operated vehicles, built-to-order specialty hardware, engineering and project management, subsea intervention services, nondestructive testing and inspection, manned diving and mobile offshore production systems. Its business segments are contained within two businesses: services and products provided to the oil and gas industry (Oil and Gas), and all other services and products (Advanced Technologies). The Company has locations in the United States and 17 other countries. In July 2007, the Company acquired Ifokus Engineering AS. In March 2008, the Company acquired GTO Subsea AS.

  • MQY, BLACKROCK MUNIYIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.532555
  • BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, high-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. may invest in certain securities, whose income return is inversely related to changes in a floating interest rate (inverse floaters). The Fund may purchase and write call and put options. The Fund may also invest in swap agreements. The Fund?s investment advisor is BlackRock Advisors, LLC, which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (Merrill Lynch) and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. are the principal owners of BlackRock, Inc.

  • MCRS, MICROS SYSTEMS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 65.635223
  • MICROS Systems, Inc. (MICROS) 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. The hotel information systems consist mainly of software encompassing property-based management systems (PMS), related property-specific modules and applications, and central systems, including central reservation systems (CRS). The restaurant information systems consist of hardware and software for point-of-sale (POS) and operational applications, a suite of back office applications, including inventory, labor and financial management, and certain centrally hosted enterprise applications. The specialty retail systems consist of software encompassing POS, loss prevention, business analytics, customer gift cards, and enterprise applications.

  • HCN, HEALTH CARE REIT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.511654
  • Health Care REIT, Inc. is an equity real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests across the spectrum of senior housing and health care real estate, including continuing care retirement communities, independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals and medical office buildings. It also offers an array of property management and development services. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had 646 properties located in 38 states. In May 2007, it completed the acquisition of 17 medical office buildings and Paramount Real Estate Services, a property management company, from affiliates of Rendina Companies.

  • DUC, DUFF PHELPS UTL B Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.486977
  • Duff & Phelps Utility and Corporate Bond Trust Inc. (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek high current income consistent with investing in securities of investment-grade quality. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in a diversified portfolio of Utility Income Securities, Corporate Income Securities, Mortgage-Backed Securities and Asset-Backed Securities. Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., a subsidiary of Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd., serves as the Fund’s investment advisor.

  • NHP, NATIONWIDE HLTH P Current Caprock Strength Rating: 134.354874
  • Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (NHP) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in healthcare-related senior housing, long-term care properties and medical office buildings. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had investments in 560 healthcare facilities located in 43 states. Its operations are organized into two segments: triple-net leases and multi-tenant leases. In the triple-net leases segment, NHP invests in healthcare related properties and lease the facilities to unaffiliated tenants. In the multi-tenant leases segment, it invests in healthcare related properties that have several tenants under separate leases. As of December 31, 2007, approximately 93% of NHP?s revenues are derived from its leases, with the remaining 7% from the Company?s mortgage loans and other financing activities.

  • SJT, SAN JUAN BASIN RO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 68.237228
  • San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust created by the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Indenture, known as the Original Indenture, between Southland Royalty Company (Southland Royalty) and the Fort Worth National Bank. The Trustee of the Trust is Compass Bank. The function of the Trustee is to collect the net proceeds attributable to the Royalty (Royalty Income), to pay all expenses and charges of the Trust, and then distribute the remaining available income to the Unit Holders. On September 7, 2007, Compass Bancshares, Inc. was acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) and is a wholly owned subsidiary of BBVA.

  • ERF, ENERPLUS RES FD Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.796765
  • Enerplus Resources Fund (Enerplus) is an open-end investment trust. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund?s production averaged 82,319 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The Company?s natural gas portfolio in 2007, comprised aggregator, AECO, and downstream direct sales. In 2007, the Company sold 40% of its natural gas on the daily AECO market and 40% on the monthly AECO market, as well as 20% against the day and month New York Mercantile Exchange indices. The Company?s crude oil portfolio in 2007, was approximately 74% light/medium and 26% heavy. During 2007, daily production averaged 80,959 barrels of oil equivalent per day. During 2007, the average production was weighted 53% to natural gas and 47% to liquids on a barrel of oil equivalent basis. On June 22, 2007, the Fund completed the acquisition of Kirby Oil Sands Partnership. On February 13, 2008, Enerplus closed the acquisition of Focus Energy Trust.

  • MON, MONSANTO COMPANY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1448.830444
  • Monsanto Company (Monsanto) along with its subsidiaries, is a global provider of agricultural products for farmers. The Company?s seeds, biotechnology trait products, and herbicides provide farmers with solutions to produce foods for consumers and feed for animals. It has two segments: Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity. In October 2008, the Company consummated the sale of its dairy business. In September 2007, Monsanto acquired Agroeste Sementes, a Brazilian corn seed company. Agroeste focuses on hybrid corn seed production and serves farmers throughout Brazil. In June 2008, it acquired De Ruiter and a related company. De Ruiter is a protected-culture vegetable seeds company based in the Netherlands with operations worldwide. In July 2008, the Company acquired Marmot, S.A., which operates Cristiani, a seed company.

  • ORA, ORMAT TECHNOLOGIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.656561
  • Ormat Technologies, Inc. (Ormat) is engaged in the geothermal and recovered energy power business. The Company designs, develops, builds, owns and operates geothermal recovered energy-based power plants, usually using equipment that it designs and manufactures. Ormat conducts its business activities in two business segments: Electricity and Products. In the Electricity Segment, the Company develops, builds, owns and operates geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants in the United States and geothermal power plants in other countries around the world, and sells the electricity generated by these plants. In the Products Segment, Ormat designs, manufactures and sells equipment for geothermal and recovered energy-based electricity generation, remote power units and other power generating units, and provides services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance of geothermal and recovered energy power plants.

  • 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.

  • COST, COSTCO WHOLESALE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.922962
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) operates membership warehouses-based offering its members products in a range of merchandise categories. 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 Company?s depots receive container-based shipments from manufacturers and reallocate these goods for shipment to its individual warehouses, generally in less than 24 hours. The Company?s warehouse format averages approximately 140,000 square feet. 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. Many consumable products are offered for sale in case, carton or multiple-pack quantities only. As of August 31, 2008, Costco operated 512 membership warehouses.

  • ONB, OLD NATIONAL BANC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.371874
  • Old National Bancorp (Old National) is a financial holding company. The Company, through its wholly owned banking subsidiary, provides a range of services, including commercial and consumer loan and depository services, investment and brokerage services, lease financing and other traditional banking services. Through its non-bank affiliates, Old National provides services to supplement the banking business, including fiduciary and wealth management services, insurance and other financial services. Old National operates in two segments: community banking and treasury. On February 1, 2007, the Company completed its acquisition of St. Joseph Capital Corporation (St. Joseph), a banking franchise.

  • AGP, AMERIGROUP CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 225.436966
  • AMERIGROUP Corporation is a multi-state managed healthcare company focused on serving people, who receive healthcare benefits through publicly sponsored programs, including Medicaid, State Children?s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), FamilyCare and Medicare Advantage. The Company designs its programs to address the particular needs of its members, for whom AMERIGROUP Corporation facilitates access to healthcare benefits pursuant to agreements with the applicable regulatory authority. The Company combines medical, social and behavioral health services to help its members obtain healthcare in an efficient manner. As of December 31, 2007, AMERIGROUP Corporation provided an array of products to approximately 1,711,000 members in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

  • 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.

  • PGJ, POWERSHARES ETF Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.395359
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • TIP, ISHARES LEHMAN TI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 211.759079

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27th November 2008

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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.

  • AUY, YAMANA GOLD INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 145.119125
  • Yamana Gold Inc. (Yamana) is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of mineral properties. Yamana?s principal product is gold. The Company has gold production, development stage properties, exploration properties and land positions in Brazil Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua and the United States. A total of 104,764 ounces of gold were produced by the Company?s mines during year ended December 31, 2007. During 2007, the Company?s projects include Chapada Mine (Brazil), Sao Francisco Mine (Brazil), Jacobina Mining Complex (Brazil), San Andres Mine (Honduras), Fazenda Brasileiro Mine (Brazil), Alumbrera Mine (Argentina), El Penon Mine (Chile), Minera Florida Mine (Chile) and Rossi Property (United States). On October 13, 2007, Yamana acquired Northern Orion Resources Inc. As of November 5, 2007, Yamana had acquired approximately 90% interest in Meridian Gold Inc.

  • JNJ, JOHNSON AND JOHNS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.617534
  • Johnson & Johnson is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field. Johnson & Johnson has more than 250 operating companies. The Company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. Sales of the Company’s two largest products, RISPERDAL and REMICADE, accounted for approximately 6% and 5% of Johnson & Johnson?s total revenues, respectively, during the fiscal year ended December 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007). During fiscal 2007, the Company acquired three companies: Conor Medsystems, Inc., which is a cardiovascular device company, with new drug delivery technology; Robert Reid, Inc., which is a Japanese orthopedic product distributor, and Maya?s Mom, Inc., which is a social media company. In October 2008, the Company acquired HealthMedia, Inc.

  • 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. It 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. It has six business segments: Merchant Gases, Tonnage Gases, Electronics and Performance Materials, Equipment and Energy, Healthcare and Chemicals. In May 2008, it acquired Goar, Allison & Associates (GAA), Inc. In July 2008, Ashland Inc. purchased the pressure-sensitive adhesive business and the atmospheric emulsions business from the Company. In August 2008, it acquired Harvest Energy Technology, Inc. In September 2008, the Company sold its United States healthcare businesses, A&J Care and COPD Services to Landauer Metropolitan Inc.

  • ABT, ABBOTT LABORATORI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.519253
  • Abbott Laboratories is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of a diversified line of healthcare products. It has four segments. The Pharmaceutical Products segment?s products include adult and pediatric pharmaceuticals. The Diagnostic Products segment?s products include diagnostic systems and tests for blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories, physicians? offices, alternate care testing sites, plasma protein therapeutic companies and consumers. The Nutritional Products segment?s products include a line of pediatric and adult nutritional. The Vascular Products segment?s products include a line of coronary, endovascular and vessel closure devices. In February 2008, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Company’s SIMCOR (Niaspan/simvastatin), a medicine for cholesterol management. In January 2008, Abbott?s HUMIRA (adalimumab) received approval from FDA, for moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis.

  • 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.

  • DKS, DICK’S SPORTING G Current Caprock Strength Rating: 43.393806
  • Dick?s Sporting Goods, Inc. (Dick?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 Dick?s Sporting Goods stores in 36 states, 79 Golf Galaxy stores in 29 states and 15 Chick?s Sporting Goods stores in California. Dick?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 Chick?s Sporting Goods, Inc. (Chick?s).

  • 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-Mart?s operations comprise three business segments: Wal-Mart Stores, Sam?s Club and International. Its Wal-Mart Stores segment is the largest segment of the Company?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-Mart?s online retail operations, walmart.com. Its Sam?s Club segment consists of membership warehouse clubs in the United States and the segment?s online retail operations, samsclub.com. Sam?s Club accounted for 11.8% of the Company?s net sales during fiscal 2008.

  • 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. In October 2008, Assurant announced that it has completed its acquisition of Signal Holdings LLC, a provider of wireless handset protection programs and repair services, from Trident II L.P.

  • MXGL, MAX CAPITAL GROUP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.763169
  • Max Capital Group Ltd. (Max Capital), formerly Max Re Capital Ltd., is a global provider of specialty insurance and reinsurance products for the property and casualty market, with underwriting operations based in Bermuda, Ireland and the United States. It underwrites a diversified portfolio of risks that encompass long-tail business, including but not limited to general liability, medical malpractice, professional liability and workers compensation risks, as well as short-tail business, including but not limited to property, property catastrophe, aviation, and marine and energy risks. The Company also provides reinsurance for the life and annuity market when opportunities arise. Max Capital operates in the reinsurance and insurance business serving four segments: the property and casualty reinsurance segment, the property and casualty insurance segment, the U.S. excess and surplus lines insurance segment, and the life and annuity reinsurance segment.

  • ALK, ALASKA AIR GROUP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.400373
  • Alaska Air Group, Inc. (Air Group) is a holding company with two principal subsidiaries: Alaska Airlines, Inc. (Alaska) and Horizon Air Industries, Inc. (Horizon). Through these subsidiaries, the Company provide passenger air service to approximately 25 million passengers per year to nearly 100 destinations. Alaska operates an all-jet fleet with an average passenger trip length of 1,051 miles. As of December 31, 2007, Alaska?s operating fleet consisted of 115 jet aircraft. Horizon is a regional airline, operates turboprop and jet aircraft, and its average passenger trip is 386 miles. As of December 31, 2007, Horizon?s operating fleet consisted of 21 jets and 49 turboprop aircraft. Alaska and Horizon integrate their flight schedules to provide connections between most points served by their systems.

  • UST, U S T INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.726654
  • UST Inc. through its direct and indirect subsidiaries is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of consumer products. The Company?s segments include Smokeless Tobacco Products, Wine and All Other Operations. The Smokeless Tobacco Products segment manufactures and markets smokeless tobacco products. The Wine segment produces and markets varietal and blended wines, and imports and distributes wines from Italy. UST Inc.’s international operations, which market moist smokeless tobacco, are included in the All Other Operations segment. On September 11, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Stag?s Leap Wine Cellars.

  • WW, WATSON WYATT WLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 114.946220
  • Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (Watson Wyatt) is a global consulting firm, providing human capital and financial management consulting services. The Company focuses on delivering consulting services that help its clients anticipate, identify, and capitalize on emerging opportunities in human capital management. It also provides independent financial advice regarding all aspects of life assurance and general insurance, as well as investment advice to assist its clients in developing investment strategies. As of June 30, 2008, Watson Wyatt provided these services through approximately 7,000 associates in 107 offices located in 32 countries. The global operations include five segments: Benefits, Technology and Administration Solutions, Human Capital, Investment Consulting and Insurance and Financial Services. On July 20, 2007, it acquired Dr. Dr. Heissmann GmbH. On July 2, 2007, Watson Wyatt acquired the net assets of WisdomNet. On June 16, 2008, the company acquired Marcu & Asociados S.A.

  • UFCS, UNITED FIRE CASUA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.556551
  • United Fire & Casualty Company (United Fire) is engaged in the business of writing property and casualty insurance, and life insurance. The Company operates in two segments: property and casualty insurance, and life insurance. The property and casualty insurance segment markets forms of commercial and personal property, and casualty insurance products, including surety bonds and reinsurance. The Company is licensed as a property and casualty insurer in 42 states, primarily in the Midwest, West and South and is represented by 865 independent agencies. The Company?s life insurance subsidiary is licensed in 28 states, primarily in the Midwest and West and is represented by 927 independent agencies. United Fire focuses on its commercial lines, which represented 92.6% of its property and casualty premiums written for the year ended December 31, 2007. United Fire?s principal life insurance products are single premium annuities, universal life products and traditional life products.

  • 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.

  • 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 Company?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. In August 2008, Stone Energy announced that it has completed its acquisition of Bois d?Arc Energy, Inc.

  • VTR, VENTAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 118.689217
  • Ventas, Inc. a real estate investment trust (REIT) with a portfolio of seniors housing and healthcare-related properties in the United States and Canada. As of December 31, 2007, this portfolio consisted of 519 assets, 253 seniors housing communities, 197 skilled nursing facilities, 42 hospitals and 27 medical office, and other properties in 43 states and two Canadian provinces, including 77 seniors housing communities the Company acquired from Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust (Sunrise REIT) on April 26, 2007. With the exception of its medical office buildings (MOBs) and 79 of Ventas, Inc.?s seniors housing communities that are managed by Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (Sunrise) pursuant to long-term management agreements, it leases these properties to healthcare operating companies under triple-net or absolute-net leases, which require the tenants to pay all property-related expenses.

  • MPW, MEDICL PROP TRST Current Caprock Strength Rating: 21.105686
  • Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (Medical Properties), incorporated on August 27, 2003, is a self-advised real estate investment trust that acquires, develops, leases and makes other investments in healthcare facilities providing healthcare services. The Company leases its facilities to healthcare operators pursuant to long-term, net-leases. Medical Properties also makes long-term, interest only mortgage loans to healthcare operators, and from time to time, it also makes operating, working capital and acquisition loans to its tenants. The Company conducts all of its business through its wholly owned subsidiaries, MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. and MPT Development Services, Inc. As of December 31, 2007, the Company?s portfolio consisted of 28 properties, including 25 facilities, which it owns are leased to eight tenants and the remaining in the form of mortgage loans to two operators totaling an aggregate of approximately 3.3 million square feet and 3,453 licensed beds.

  • 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. In August 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of ButterKrust Bakery. In August 2008, the Company announced the completion of its merger with Holsum Bakery, Inc.

  • KTC, KT CORP ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.977843
  • KT Corporation is an integrated telecommunications services provider in Korea. Its services include telephone services, including local, domestic long-distance and international long-distance fixed-line telephone services and interconnection services to other telecommunications companies; broadband Internet access service and other Internet-related services; personal communications system (PCS) mobile telecommunications service through its subsidiary, KT Freetel Co., Ltd. (KTF), and various other services, including leased line service and other data communication service. It operates in two segments: wireline communications segment and mobile services segment. Wireline communications include services provided to fixed-line customers, including Internet access services, data communication services, leased line services and telephone services. Mobile services include both personal communications system (PCS) service and IMT-2000 service.

  • 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 generates revenues from fees it charge users of its online games and from selling advertisements on the NetEase Websites, and to a much lesser extent, of wireless value-added and other fee-based services. The Company?s basic service offerings on the NetEase Websites are available without charge to its users.

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26th November 2008

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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.

  • 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 Fund?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.

  • MCR, M F S CHARTR INCM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.591106
  • MFS Charter Income Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is to seek high current income. The Fund invests its assets primarily in debt instruments. It normally invests its assets in the United States Government securities, foreign government securities, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities of United States and foreign issuers, corporate bonds of United States and foreign issuers,, and debt instruments of issuers located in emerging market countries. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in lower-quality debt instruments, including those that are in default. It may invest its assets in mortgage dollar rolls. The Fund invests in various industries, including aerospace, automotive, entertainment, industrial, banks, metals and mining, printing and publishing, and telephone services. The Fund?s investment advisor is Massachusetts Financial Services Company.

  • IGT, INTL GAME TECH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 129.132645
  • International Game Technology (IGT) is a global company specializing in the design, manufacture and marketing of computerized gaming equipment, network systems, licensing and services. The Company derives its revenue from the distribution of electronic gaming equipment and network systems, related services and licensing of intellectual property (IP). IGT operates in two segments: North America and International. North America includes the Company’s operations in the United States and Canada. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), North America comprised 77% of IGT’s consolidated revenues. International encompasses all other IGT operations worldwide, comprising 23% of consolidated revenues in fiscal 2007. In June 2007, the Company acquired Digideal Corporation.

  • FMC, F M C CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 349.872070
  • FMC Corporation is a diversified, global chemical company providing solutions, applications and products to a variety of end markets. The Company operates in three segments. Its Agricultural Products segment focuses on insecticides, which are used to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a pests, and on herbicides, which are used to reduce the need for manual or mechanical weeding. Specialty Chemicals consists of FMC?s BioPolymer and lithium businesses, and focuses on food ingredients, pharmaceutical additives for binding, encapsulation and disintegrant applications, ultrapure technologies for medical devices and lithium specialties for pharmaceutical synthesis, specialty polymers and energy storage. Its Industrial Chemicals segment manufactures a range of inorganic materials, including soda ash, hydrogen peroxide, specialty peroxygens and phosphorus chemicals. In February 2008, the Company sold its European subsidiary, FMC Foret, S.A. (Foret)?s sodium sulfate assets.

  • 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.

  • SLW, SILVER WHEATON CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.190140
  • Silver Wheaton Corp. (Silver Wheaton) is a mining company with 100% of its revenue from the sale of silver. The Company?s principal product is silver that it has entered into five long-term silver contracts with Goldcorp (Luismin mines in Mexico and Penasquito project in Mexico), Lundin Mining (Zinkgruvan mine in Sweden), Glencore (Yauliyacu mine in Peru) and Hellas Gold (Stratoni mine in Greece), whereby Silver Wheaton acquires silver production from the counterparties. In July 2007, Silver Wheaton completed the acquisition from Goldcorp Inc. of 25% of the life of mine silver production from Goldcorp Inc.’s Penasquito project, located in Zacatecas, Mexico. As of December 31, 2007, the Company owned 12% units of Sabina Silver Corporation (Sabina). In July 2007, Silver Wheaton completed the acquisition from Goldcorp Inc. of 25% of the life of mine silver production from Goldcorp Inc.’s Penasquito project, located in Zacatecas, Mexico.

  • CNL, CLECO CP(HLDG CO) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.245668
  • Cleco Corporation holds investments in several subsidiaries, including Cleco Power LLC (Cleco Power) and Cleco Midstream Resources LLC (Midstream), which are its operating business segments. Cleco Power is an electric utility, which is engaged principally in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity, within Louisiana. Cleco Power serves approximately 273,000 customers in 106 communities in central and southeastern Louisiana. Midstream is a merchant energy subsidiary that owns and operates merchant generation stations and invests in joint ventures that own and operate a merchant generation station. On February 1, 2007, the ownership interests of Midstream?s transmission interconnection facilities, Perryville Energy Holdings LLC and Attala Transmission LLC were transferred to Cleco Corporation.

  • 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-Mart?s operations comprise three business segments: Wal-Mart Stores, Sam?s Club and International. Its Wal-Mart Stores segment is the largest segment of the Company?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-Mart?s online retail operations, walmart.com. Its Sam?s Club segment consists of membership warehouse clubs in the United States and the segment?s online retail operations, samsclub.com. Sam?s Club accounted for 11.8% of the Company?s net sales during fiscal 2008.

  • KOF, COCA COLA FEMSA S Current Caprock Strength Rating: 130.109680
  • Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (Coca-Cola FEMSA) is a bottler of Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Latin America. The Company operates in territories, including Mexico, a substantial portion of central Mexico (including Mexico City) and southeast Mexico (including the Gulf region); Central America, Guatemala (Guatemala City and surrounding areas), Nicaragua (nationwide), Costa Rica (nationwide) and Panama (nationwide); Colombia; Venezuela; Argentina, Buenos Aires and surrounding areas, and Brazil, the area of greater Sao Paulo, Campinas, Santos, the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and part of the state of Goias. On May 30, 2008, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with The Coca-Cola Company to acquire its wholly owned bottling franchise located in the state of Minas Gerais (Refrigerantes Minas Gerais Ltda., or REMIL) in Brazil. On December 21, 2007, and on May 30, 2008, it sold to The Coca-Cola Company most of its brands.

  • MUC, BLACKROCK MUNIHOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.929799
  • BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. (the Fund) 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 purchase or sell financial futures contracts and options on such futures contracts. It may invest in zero-coupon bonds. The Fund invests in sectors, such as education, water and sewer, power, transportation, hospital and housing. The Fund?s investment advisor is BlackRock Advisors, LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. Its sub-advisor is BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, an affiliate of BlackRock Advisors, LLC.

  • PRE, PARTNERRE LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.109940
  • PartnerRe Ltd. (PartnerRe) is an international reinsurance group. The Company provides reinsurance on a worldwide basis through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Partner Reinsurance), PartnerRe SA, Partner Reinsurance Europe Limited (PartnerRe Europe) and Partner Reinsurance Company of the United States (PartnerRe U.S.). Risks reinsured include, but are not limited to property, casualty, motor, agriculture, aviation/space, catastrophe, credit/surety, engineering, energy, marine, specialty property, specialty casualty, multiline and other lines and life/annuity and health. PartnerRe also offers alternative risk products that include weather and credit protection to financial, industrial and service companies on a worldwide basis.

  • 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.

  • GEO, GEO GROUP INC (TH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.920737
  • The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a provider of government-outsourced services specializing in the management of correctional, detention and mental health and residential treatment facilities in the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. The Company operates a range of correctional and detention facilities, including maximum, medium and minimum security prisons, immigration detention centers, minimum security detention centers and mental health and residential treatment facilities. GEO?s correctional and detention management services involve the provision of security, administrative, rehabilitation, education, health and food services, primarily at adult male correctional and detention facilities. Its mental health and residential treatment services, which are operated through the Company?s wholly owned subsidiary GEO Care, Inc., involve the delivery of quality care, programming and active patient treatment, at privatized state mental health facilities.

  • ATK, ALLIANT TECH SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.006081
  • Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is a supplier of aerospace and defense products to the United States government, allied nations, and prime contractors. It is also a major supplier of ammunition and related accessories to law enforcement agencies and commercial customers. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had three segments: ATK Armament Systems (formerly ATK Ammunition Systems), ATK Launch Systems and ATK Mission Systems. Effective April 1, 2008, ATK realigned its business operations. As a result of this realignment, ATK Mission Systems was divided into ATK Mission Systems and ATK Space Systems. ATK also renamed ATK Ammunition Systems to ATK Armament Systems. Subsequent to this realignment, ATK has four segments: ATK Armament Systems, ATK Launch Systems, ATK Mission Systems, and ATK Space Systems. ATK acquired Swales Aerospace in June 2007.

  • 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.

  • SJT, SAN JUAN BASIN RO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 68.237228
  • San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust created by the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Indenture, known as the Original Indenture, between Southland Royalty Company (Southland Royalty) and the Fort Worth National Bank. The Trustee of the Trust is Compass Bank. The function of the Trustee is to collect the net proceeds attributable to the Royalty (Royalty Income), to pay all expenses and charges of the Trust, and then distribute the remaining available income to the Unit Holders. On September 7, 2007, Compass Bancshares, Inc. was acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) and is a wholly owned subsidiary of BBVA.

  • 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 Company?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).

  • VVC, VECTREN CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.719864
  • Vectren Corporation (Vectren) is an energy holding company. The Company?s wholly owned subsidiary, Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc. (Utility Holdings), serves as the intermediate holding company for three operating public utilities: Indiana Gas Company, Inc. (Indiana Gas or Vectren North), Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company (SIGECO or Vectren South), and the Ohio operations (VEDO or Vectren Ohio). Utility Holdings also has other assets that provide information technology and other services to the three utilities. Indiana Gas provides energy delivery services to over 568,000 natural gas customers located in central and southern Indiana. SIGECO provides energy delivery services to over 141,000 electric customers and approximately 112,000 gas customers located near Evansville in southwestern Indiana. SIGECO also owns and operates electric generation to serve its electric customers and optimizes those assets in the wholesale power market.

  • VLCCF, KNIGHTSBRIDGE TNK Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.930265
  • Knightsbridge Tankers Limited (Knightsbridge) is an international tanker company with the primary business activity of international seaborne transportation of crude oil. The Company’s fleet consists of four double-hull very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs), one of which was built in 1996 and three of which were built in 1995. Each of the Vessels is owned by a subsidiary and is deployed on time charters operating worldwide. In addition to the VLCCs, Knightsbridge has contracted to acquire two Capesize bulk carriers under construction. The business of the Company is managed by ICB Shipping (Bermuda) Limited (the Manager), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Frontline Ltd.

  • 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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26th November 2008

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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.

  • VLCCF, KNIGHTSBRIDGE TNK Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.930265
  • Knightsbridge Tankers Limited (Knightsbridge) is an international tanker company with the primary business activity of international seaborne transportation of crude oil. The Company’s fleet consists of four double-hull very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs), one of which was built in 1996 and three of which were built in 1995. Each of the Vessels is owned by a subsidiary and is deployed on time charters operating worldwide. In addition to the VLCCs, Knightsbridge has contracted to acquire two Capesize bulk carriers under construction. The business of the Company is managed by ICB Shipping (Bermuda) Limited (the Manager), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Frontline Ltd.

  • LMT, LOCKHEED MARTIN C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 126.940300
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation principally researches, designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, operates and sustains advanced technology systems, products, and provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic and information services. It serves both domestic and international customers with products and services that have defense, civil and commercial applications, with its principal customers being agencies of the United States Government. The Company operates in four segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems and Global Services (IS&GS) and Space Systems. In September 2008, Lockheed Martin Corporation announced that it has completed its acquisition of Aculight Corporation.

  • FFIC, FLUSHING FIN CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 64.347054
  • Flushing Financial Corporation serves as the holding company for Flushing Savings Bank (the Bank). The Bank owns four subsidiaries: Flushing Commercial Bank, Flushing Preferred Funding Corporation, Flushing Service Corporation and FSB Properties Inc. The Company also owns Flushing Financial Capital Trust II, Flushing Financial Capital Trust III and Flushing Financial Capital Trust IV (the Trusts), special purpose business trusts formed, during the year ended December 31, 2007, to issue capital securities. The Trusts used the proceeds from the issuance of these capital securities, and the proceeds from the issuance of their common stock, to purchase junior subordinated debentures from the Company. As of December 31, 2007, the Bank operated out of its main office and 13 branch offices, located in the New York City Boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, and in Nassau County, New York. The Bank also operates an Internet branch, iGObanking.com.

  • CTRP, CTRIP.COM INTL LT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 158.403076
  • Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (Ctrip) is a travel service provider for hotel accommodations, airline tickets and packaged-tours in China. The Company also sells packaged-tours that include transportation and accommodations, as well as guided tours in some instances. Ctrip targets its services primarily at business and leisure travelers in China who do not travel in groups. It acts as agent in all of its transactions, and does not take inventory risks with respect to the hotel rooms and airline tickets booked through the Company. It derives its hotel reservation, air-ticketing and packaged-tour revenues through commissions from its travel suppliers, primarily based on the transaction value of the rooms, airline tickets and packaged-tour products, respectively, booked through its services.

  • OSIP, OSI PHARMACEUTIC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.800850
  • OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OSI) is a biotechnology company primarily focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of molecular targeted therapies addressing unmet medical needs in oncology, diabetes and obesity. The Company’s primary focus is oncology and its flagship product is Tarceva (erlotinib), a small molecule inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. also has research and development programs in diabetes and obesity, which are conducted through Prosidion Limited, the Company’s United Kingdom subsidiary. In October 2007, Roche Holding Ltd. and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that Tarceva (erlotinib) has been approved in Japan for the treatment of patients with nonresectable, recurrent and advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which is aggravated following chemotherapy.

  • EXC, EXELON CORPORATIO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.499933
  • Exelon Corporation (Exelon) is a utility services holding company. It operates through its principal subsidiaries Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Generation), Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) and PECO Energy Company (PECO). Generation?s business consists of its owned and contracted electric generating facilities, its wholesale energy marketing operations and its competitive retail sales operations. ComEd?s energy delivery business consists of the purchase and regulated retail and wholesale sale of electricity and the provision of distribution and transmission services to retail customers in northern Illinois, including Chicago. PECO?s energy delivery business consists of the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and the provision of transmission and distribution services to retail customers in southeastern Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, as well as the purchase and regulated retail sale of natural gas to retail customers in the Pennsylvania counties.

  • MCRS, MICROS SYSTEMS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 65.635223
  • MICROS Systems, Inc. (MICROS) 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. The hotel information systems consist mainly of software encompassing property-based management systems (PMS), related property-specific modules and applications, and central systems, including central reservation systems (CRS). The restaurant information systems consist of hardware and software for point-of-sale (POS) and operational applications, a suite of back office applications, including inventory, labor and financial management, and certain centrally hosted enterprise applications. The specialty retail systems consist of software encompassing POS, loss prevention, business analytics, customer gift cards, and enterprise applications.

  • SCHL, SCHOLASTIC CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.054762
  • Scholastic Corporation (Scholastic) is a global children?s publishing, education and media company. The Company is the publisher and distributor of children?s books and a developer of educational technology products. Scholastic also creates educational and entertainment materials and products for use in school and at home, including magazines, children?s reference and non-fiction materials, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys. The Company is an operator of school-based book clubs and book fairs in the United States. It distributes its products and services through these channels, as well as directly to schools and libraries, through retail stores and the Internet. The Company?s Website, scholastic.com, is a site for teachers, classrooms and parents. The segments of the Company are Children?s Book Publishing and Distribution; Educational Publishing; Media, Licensing and Advertising, and International.

  • 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 offshore oil and gas producing regions, including North Sea, the United States Gulf of Mexico, Nigeria and Australia. It generated 76% of its revenues from international operations in fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. The Helicopter Services segment operations are conducted through three divisions, Western Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere and Global Training. Western Hemisphere includes North America, and South and Central America. Eastern Hemisphere includes Europe, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Other International and Eastern Hemisphere (EH) Centralized Operations. Global Training includes Bristow Academy. On November 2, 2007, it sold its Grasso business, which comprised its entire Production Management Services segment. As of March 31, 2008, it operated 406 aircrafts.

  • DCOM, DIME COMMUNITY BC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.581848
  • Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. is the parent company of The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh (the Bank), a federally chartered stock savings bank. The Bank operates 21 full-service retail banking offices located in the New York City (NYC) boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, and in Nassau County, New York. The Bank?s principal business is gathering deposits from customers within its market area, and investing them primarily in multifamily residential mortgage loans, commercial real estate loans, one- to four-family residential mortgage loans, construction and land acquisition loans, consumer loans, mortgage-backed securities (MBS), obligations of the United States Government and Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs), and corporate debt and equity securities. The Bank?s revenues are derived principally from interest on its loan and securities portfolios and other short-term investments.

  • ATK, ALLIANT TECH SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.006081
  • Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is a supplier of aerospace and defense products to the United States government, allied nations, and prime contractors. It is also a major supplier of ammunition and related accessories to law enforcement agencies and commercial customers. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had three segments: ATK Armament Systems (formerly ATK Ammunition Systems), ATK Launch Systems and ATK Mission Systems. Effective April 1, 2008, ATK realigned its business operations. As a result of this realignment, ATK Mission Systems was divided into ATK Mission Systems and ATK Space Systems. ATK also renamed ATK Ammunition Systems to ATK Armament Systems. Subsequent to this realignment, ATK has four segments: ATK Armament Systems, ATK Launch Systems, ATK Mission Systems, and ATK Space Systems. ATK acquired Swales Aerospace in June 2007.

  • FST, FOREST OIL CP (NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 101.308121
  • Forest Oil Corporation (Forest) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas and liquids primarily in North America. The Company conducts its operations in three geographical segments and five business units. Geographical segments include the United States, Canada and International. Business units include the Western United States (Western), Southern United States (Southern), Eastern, Canada and International. Forest conducts exploration and development activities in each of its geographical segments. In June 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of The Houston Exploration Company. On August 27, 2007, Forest sold all of its assets located in Alaska (the Alaska Assets) to Pacific Energy Resources Ltd. (PERL).

  • WYNN, WYNN RESORTS LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.379389
  • Wynn Resorts, Limited (Wynn Resorts) is a developer, owner and operator of destination casino resorts. It owns and operates two destination casino resorts: Wynn Las Vegas, on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Wynn Macau, located in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People?s Republic of China (Macau). The Company is also constructing Encore Suites at Wynn Las Vegas (Encore) and Wynn Diamond Suites at Wynn Macau. The Company?s segments include Wynn Las Vegas, which includes Encore, and Wynn Macau.

  • PDX, PEDIATRIX MED GRO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 131.663162
  • Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. is a healthcare services company that focuses on physician services for newborn, maternal-fetal, pediatric subspecialty and anesthesia care. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company’s network was composed of approximately 1,072 affiliated physicians, including 788 neonatal physician specialists who provide clinical care in 32 states and Puerto Rico, primarily within hospital-based neonatal intensive care units, to babies born prematurely or with medical complications. The Company has 109 affiliated physicians who provide maternal-fetal medical care to expectant mothers experiencing complicated pregnancies in many areas where its affiliated neonatal physicians practice. Its network includes other pediatric subspecialists, including 69 physicians providing pediatric cardiology care, 37 physicians providing pediatric intensive care and 16 physicians providing hospital-based pediatric care. In October 2008, it acquired Maternal-Fetal Group, PLLC.

  • 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.

  • BHP, BHP BILLITON LIMI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 27.263964
  • BHP Billiton Limited is a diversified natural resources company. The Company has businesses producing alumina and aluminum, copper, energy (thermal) coal, iron ore, nickel, manganese, metallurgical coal, oil and gas and uranium, as well as gold, zinc, lead, silver and diamonds. The Company operates in nine customer sector groups (CSGs): petroleum, aluminum, base metals, diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore; manganese, metallurgical coal, and energy coal. In July 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Anglo Potash Ltd.

  • 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.

  • SLW, SILVER WHEATON CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.190140
  • Silver Wheaton Corp. (Silver Wheaton) is a mining company with 100% of its revenue from the sale of silver. The Company?s principal product is silver that it has entered into five long-term silver contracts with Goldcorp (Luismin mines in Mexico and Penasquito project in Mexico), Lundin Mining (Zinkgruvan mine in Sweden), Glencore (Yauliyacu mine in Peru) and Hellas Gold (Stratoni mine in Greece), whereby Silver Wheaton acquires silver production from the counterparties. In July 2007, Silver Wheaton completed the acquisition from Goldcorp Inc. of 25% of the life of mine silver production from Goldcorp Inc.’s Penasquito project, located in Zacatecas, Mexico. As of December 31, 2007, the Company owned 12% units of Sabina Silver Corporation (Sabina). In July 2007, Silver Wheaton completed the acquisition from Goldcorp Inc. of 25% of the life of mine silver production from Goldcorp Inc.’s Penasquito project, located in Zacatecas, Mexico.

  • BLKB, BLACKBAUD INC. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 22.222506
  • Blackbaud, Inc. is a provider of software and related services designed specifically for non-profit organizations. It offers an operational platform through core software applications, plus an additional 40 extended applications to provide distinct, add-on functionality tailored to meet the specific needs of its diverse customer base. The Company also offers a suite of analytical tools and related services that enable non-profit organizations to extract, aggregate and analyze data to make operational decisions. It operates in six segments: license fees, maintenance fees, subscription fees, consulting and education services, analytic services, and others. Its customers operate in multiple verticals within the non-profit market, including religion, education, foundations, health and human services. In March 2008, the Company announced that it has created a division, Blackbaud Interactive. In July 2008, Blackbaud, Inc. completed the acquisition of Kintera, Inc.

  • 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.

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