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

• FXI, ISHARES TR FTSE I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.772673
• SIAL, SIGMA ALDRICH CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 588.294434

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

• APA, APACHE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 178.394318

Apache Corporation is an independent energy company that explores for, develops and produces natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. In North America, the Company’s exploration and production interests are focused in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast, East Texas, the Permian Basin, the Anadarko Basin and the Western Sedimentary Basin of Canada. Outside of North America, the Company has exploration and production interests onshore Egypt, offshore Western Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea (North Sea), and onshore Argentina. It operates in six countries: the United States (Gulf Coast and Central regions), Canada, Egypt, Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea and Argentina. The Company also holds interests in many of its United States, Canadian and other international properties through subsidiaries, including Apache Canada Ltd., DEK Energy Company (DEKALB), Apache Energy Limited (AEL), Apache North America, Inc. and Apache Overseas, Inc.

• BLK, BLACKROCK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.483006

BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock) operates as an investment management firm in the United States. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had $1.357 trillion of assets under management (AUM). BlackRock provides diversified investment management services to institutional clients and to individual investors through various investment vehicles. Its investment management services primarily consist of the active management of fixed income, cash management and equity client accounts; the management of a number of open-end and closed-end mutual fund families, and other non-United States equivalent retail products serving the institutional and retail markets, and the management of alternative funds developed to serve various customer needs. In addition, BlackRock provides risk management, investment system outsourcing, financial advisory and transition management services to institutional investors under the BlackRock Solutions name.

• SFY, SWIFT ERGY (HLDG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.959139

Swift Energy Company is engaged in developing, exploring, acquiring, and operating oil and natural gas properties, with a focus on oil and natural gas reserves onshore and in the inland waters of Louisiana and Texas. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had estimated proved reserves from its domestic continuing operations of 133.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe). Its total estimated proved reserves, both domestically and in New Zealand, were 150.1 MMBoe. Swift Energy Company?s total proved reserves during 2007, were comprised of approximately 43% crude oil, 44% natural gas, and 13% natural gas liquid (NGLs), and 45% of its total proved reserves were proved developed. Its proved reserves are concentrated with 59% of the total in Louisiana, 29% in Texas, 1% in other states, and 11% in New Zealand. In October 2007, Swift Energy Company completed the acquisition of property interests from Escondido Resources, LP, a privately held company.

• 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.

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

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing equipments and software products for treating cancer with radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery and brachytherapy. The Company also designs, manufactures, sells and services x-ray tubes for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); replacement x-ray tubes, and flat panel digital image detectors for filmless x-ray imaging in medical, dental, veterinary, scientific and industrial applications. It designs, manufacturers, sells and services linear accelerators, digital image detectors, image processing software and image detection products for security and inspection purposes. The Company also develops, designs, manufactures and services proton therapy products and systems for cancer treatment. In December 2007, it acquired Pan-Pacific Enterprises, Inc. (Pan-Pacific), an independent distributor of medical x-ray tubes and other imaging components in China.

• STRA, STRAYER EDUCATION Current Caprock Strength Rating: 225.001740

Strayer Education, Inc. is a post-secondary education services corporation. The Company offers a variety of academic programs through its wholly owned subsidiary, Strayer University, Inc., both in classroom courses and online via the Internet. 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 65 campuses in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. As part of its program offering, the University also offers classes online via the Internet. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had more than 44,000 students enrolled in its programs.

• 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 seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal income taxes as by investing 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 zero-coupon bonds. It may invest in various derivative instruments, including swap agreements and other instruments. It invests in sectors, such as hospitals, transportation, education, housing, power, and water and sewer. 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.

• 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.

• CE, CELANESE CORPORAT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.033905

Celanese Corporation (Celanese) is a diversified German chemical company. The Company is an integrated producer of chemicals and advanced materials. It is a producer of acetyl products, which are intermediate chemicals for many industries, as well as a global producer of high performance engineered polymers that are used in a variety of end-use applications. Its operations are primarily located in North America, Europe and Asia. Celanese operates principally through four business segments: Advanced Engineered Materials, Consumer Specialties, Industrial Specialties and Acetyl Intermediates. Advanced Engineered Materials segment develops, produces and supplies a portfolio of high performance technical polymers. Consumer Specialties segment consists of its Acetate Products and Nutrinova businesses. Its Industrial Specialties segment includes its emulsions, polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) and AT Plastics businesses. Acetyl Intermediates segment produces and supplies acetyl products.

• 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.

• 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.

• CMZ, COMPTON PETROLEUM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.024284

Compton Petroleum Corporation (Compton) is an Alberta-based independent public company actively engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas (ngls), and crude oil in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (the WCSB) in Canada. Compton’s exploration, development and exploitation activities are concentrated principally in two core areas: shallow gas resources play, targeting the Plains Belly River and overlying Edmonton Horseshoe Canyon zones, and deep gas plays that include the Basal Quartz sands at Hooker, the Gething/Rock Creek sands at Niton and Caroline in central Alberta, and the Foothills stacked, thrusted Upper Cretaceous Belly River play at Callum in the south. As of December 31, 2007, approximately 84% of the Company?s proved reserves were from natural gas. In December 2007, Compton completed the acquisition of WIN Energy Corporation.

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

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

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

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing equipments and software products for treating cancer with radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery and brachytherapy. The Company also designs, manufactures, sells and services x-ray tubes for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); replacement x-ray tubes, and flat panel digital image detectors for filmless x-ray imaging in medical, dental, veterinary, scientific and industrial applications. It designs, manufacturers, sells and services linear accelerators, digital image detectors, image processing software and image detection products for security and inspection purposes. The Company also develops, designs, manufactures and services proton therapy products and systems for cancer treatment. In December 2007, it acquired Pan-Pacific Enterprises, Inc. (Pan-Pacific), an independent distributor of medical x-ray tubes and other imaging components in China.

• SMA, SYMMETRY MEDICAL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 37.797249

Symmetry Medical Inc. (Symmetry) is an independent provider of implants and related instruments and cases to global orthopedic device manufacturers. The Company designs, develops and produces these products for companies in other segments of the medical device market, including the dental, osteobiologic and endoscopy segments, and it also provides limited specialized products to non-healthcare markets, such as the aerospace market. Its Total Solutions approach presents its customers with a range of products, as well as design, engineering and project management services and production capabilities to help them bring their implant systems to market efficiently. During the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007 (fiscal 2007), its revenue was derived primarily from the sale of products to the orthopedic device market and other medical markets. On January 25, 2008, the Company acquired DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.’s New Bedford, Massachusetts instrument manufacturing facility (New Bedford).

• ITC, ITC HOLDINGS CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 286.261017

ITC Holdings Corp., through its Regulated Operating Subsidiaries, International Transmission Company (ITCTransmission), Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (METC) and ITC Midwest LLC (ITC Midwest), is engaged in the transmission of electricity in the United States. The Company operates contiguous, high-voltage systems in Michigan?s Lower Peninsula and portions of Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri that transmit electricity from generating stations to local distribution facilities connected to its systems. On December 20, 2007, the Company acquired the electric transmission assets of IP&L through ITC Midwest.

• CRK, COMSTOCK RES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 88.390938

Comstock Resources, Inc. (Comstock) is engaged in the acquisition, development, production and exploration of oil and natural gas. The Company?s oil and gas operations are concentrated in east Texas/north Louisiana and south Texas regions. Its oil and natural gas properties have proved reserves of 581.7 billion cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe) as of December 31, 2008. Its consolidated proved oil and natural gas reserve base is 90% natural gas and 67% proved developed on a Bcfe basis as of December 31, 2008. In August 2008, Comstock divested its interests in its offshore oil and gas properties through the sale of Bois d?Arc Energy, Inc.

• BLK, BLACKROCK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.483006

BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock) operates as an investment management firm in the United States. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had $1.357 trillion of assets under management (AUM). BlackRock provides diversified investment management services to institutional clients and to individual investors through various investment vehicles. Its investment management services primarily consist of the active management of fixed income, cash management and equity client accounts; the management of a number of open-end and closed-end mutual fund families, and other non-United States equivalent retail products serving the institutional and retail markets, and the management of alternative funds developed to serve various customer needs. In addition, BlackRock provides risk management, investment system outsourcing, financial advisory and transition management services to institutional investors under the BlackRock Solutions name.

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.

• MATK, MARTEK BIOSCIENCE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 17.617764

Martek Biosciences Corporation (Martek) develops omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) products. The Company produces life?sDHA, a vegetarian source of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA, for use in infant formula, pregnancy and nursing products, foods and beverages, dietary supplements and animal feed, and life?sARS, a vegetarian source of the omega-6 fatty acid, arachidonic acid (ARA) for use in infant formula. The Company has developed production methods for two fatty acids, DHA and ARA. It sells oils containing these fatty acids under the names life?sDHA, DHASCO, Neuromins, ARASCO and life?sARA. Martek derives DHA from microalgae and ARA from fungi, using its own processes. The Company has entered into license agreements with 30 infant formula manufacturers. Its licensees include infant formula manufacturers, such as Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Nestle, Abbott Laboratories, Wyeth and Danone, each of whom is selling infant formula supplemented with Martek?s nutritional oils.

• FE, FIRSTENERGY CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 124.292145

FirstEnergy Corp. (FirstEnergy) is principally a holding company that holds, directly or indirectly, eight principal electric utility operating subsidiaries: Ohio Edison Company (OE), The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI), The Toledo Edison Company (TE), Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn), American Transmission Systems, Inc. (ATSI), Jersey Central Power & Light Company (JCP&L), Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed) and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec). Its revenues are primarily derived from electric service provided by its utility operating subsidiaries and the revenues of its other principal subsidiary, FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (FES). In addition, FirstEnergy holds other direct subsidiaries, including FirstEnergy Properties, Inc., FirstEnergy Ventures Corp., FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), FirstEnergy Securities Transfer Company, GPU Diversified Holdings, LLC, GPU Telecom Services, Inc., GPU Nuclear, Inc. and FirstEnergy Service Company (FESC).

• 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.

• EGLE, EAGLE BULK SHIPPI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.591938

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. is primarily engaged in the ocean transportation of a range of major and minor bulk cargoes, including iron ore, coal, grain, cement and fertilizer, along worldwide shipping routes. The Company operates in the Handymax sector of the dry bulk industry, with particular emphasis on the Supramax class of vessels. As of December 31, 2007, Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. owned and operated a fleet of 18 Handymax dry bulk vessels, 16 of which were of the Supramax class, with a combined carrying capacity of 915,502 deadweight tons and an average age of approximately six years. The Company carries out the commercial management of its fleet through its wholly owned subsidiary, Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC. The Company, either directly or through Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC, provides services, such as commercial operations and technical supervision, safety monitoring, vessel acquisition, and financial, accounting and information technology services.

• K, KELLOGG CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.465094

Kellogg Company (Kellogg), together with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of ready-to-eat cereal and convenience foods, such as cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, fruit snacks, frozen waffles and veggie foods. These products were, as of February 23, 2009, manufactured by Kellogg in 19 countries and marketed in more than 180 countries. Its cereal products are generally marketed under the Kellogg?s name, and are sold principally to the grocery trade through direct sales forces for resale to consumers. The Company uses broker and distribution arrangements for certain products. Kellogg?s also market cookies, crackers and other convenience foods under brands, such as Kellogg?s, Keebler, Cheez-It, Murray, Austin and Famous Amos, to supermarkets in the United States through a direct store-door (DSD) delivery system. In September 2008, the Company acquired Specialty Cereals of Sydney, Australia.

• UBB, UNIBANCO BRASILRS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.280511

Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. (Unibanco) is a financial institutions in Brazil. The Company provides a range of financial products and services to a diversified individual and corporate customer base throughout Brazil. Unibanco?s business consists of five business segments: Retail, Wholesale, Treasury, Wealth Management, and Insurance and Pension Plans. On June 25, 2007, the Company announced the sale of a portion of its interest in Serasa S.A. (Serasa).

• FXI, ISHARES TR FTSE I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.772673
• PNY, PIEDMONT NAT GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.514160

Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (Piedmont) is an energy services company primarily engaged in the distribution of natural gas to over one million residential, commercial and industrial customers in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, including 62,000 customers served by municipalities who are its wholesale customers. The Company has also invested in joint venture, energy-related businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, interstate natural gas storage and intrastate natural gas transportation. Piedmont operates in two business segments: regulated utility and non-utility activities. The regulated utility segment is the largest segment of the Company?s business accounting for approximately 97% of Piedmont?s consolidated assets. Operations of its non-utility activities segment consist of its equity method investments in joint ventures. Operations of both segments are conducted within the United States.

• TMO, THERMO FISHER SCI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 145.394485

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Thermo Fisher) is engaged in serving science. The Company serves its customers through two principal brands: Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific. Thermo Scientific is its technology brand, offering customers a range of analytical instruments, as well as laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents to enable integrated laboratory workflow solutions. Its portfolio of products includes technologies for mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, molecular spectroscopy, sample preparation, informatics, fine- and high-purity chemistry production, cell culture, Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)-interference analysis, immunodiagnostic testing, microbiology, as well as environmental monitoring and process control. It operates in two business segments: Analytical Technologies and Laboratory Products and Services. In November 2008, Thermo Fisher announced that it had acquired Raymond A. Lamb Ltd.

• IMO, IMPERIAL OIL LMT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.015816

Imperial Oil Limited (Imperial) is a Canada-based integrated oil company. The Company?s principal business is energy, involving the exploration, production, transportation and sale of crude oil and natural gas, and the manufacture, transportation and sale of petroleum products. Imperial is also a manufacturer and marketer of petrochemicals. The Company?s operations are conducted through three main segments: natural resources (upstream), petroleum products (downstream) and chemicals. Natural resources operations include the exploration for, and production of, conventional crude oil, natural gas, upgraded crude oil and heavy oil. Petroleum products operations consist of the transportation, refining and blending of crude oil and refined products and the distribution and marketing thereof. The chemicals operations consist of the manufacturing and marketing of various petrochemicals. As of December 31, 2007, Exxon Mobil Corporation owned a 69.6% interest in the Company.

• 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.

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

• PEP, PEPSICO INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 172.410660

PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo) is a global beverage, snack and food company. The Company manufactures, markets and sells a range of salty, convenient, sweet and grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages and foods approximately 200 countries, with its operations in North America, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The Company is organized into three business units: PepsiCo Americas Foods, which includes Frito-Lay North America, Quaker Foods North America and all of its Latin American food and snack businesses, including its Sabritas and Gamesa businesses in Mexico; PepsiCo Americas Beverages, which includes PepsiCo Beverages North America and all of its Latin American beverage businesses, and PepsiCo International, which includes all PepsiCo businesses in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa. The Company?s three business units were organized in six segments: FLNA, QFNA, LAF, PAB, United Kingdom & Europe, and Middle East, Africa & Asia.

• 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.

• WG, WILLBROS GRP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 17.125874

Willbros Group, Inc. (Willbros) is an independent international contractor serving the oil, gas and power industries and government entities worldwide. It provides engineering; construction; engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), and specialty services to industry and governmental entities, specializing in pipelines and associated facilities for onshore, coastal and offshore locations. The Company also provides turnaround services, tank services, heater services, construction services and safety services to the downstream oil and gas markets, primarily refineries. It manufactures specialty items for refinery and petrochemical process units. The Company provides, from time to time, asset development, and participates in ownership and operations as an extension of its portfolio of industry services. Willbros operates its business in three segments: Upstream Oil & Gas, Downstream Oil & Gas, and Engineering. On November 20, 2007, Willbros acquired Integrated Service Company LLC.

• PHI, PHILIPPINE LG DS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 404.734253

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) is a diversified telecommunications company in the Philippines. The Company operates through three segments: Wireless, Fixed Line, and Information and Communications Technology. The Company offers a range of telecommunications services to approximately 32 million subscribers in the Philippines. The Company is a fixed line service provider in the Philippines with approximately 59% of the total reported fixed line subscribers as of December 31, 2007. Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) it?s wholly owned subsidiary, is the cellular service provider, with approximately 37% of total reported cellular subscribers as of December 31, 2007. In April 2008, Smart acquired a local telecommunications company. Smart acquired the entire issued and outstanding capital stock of PH Communications Holdings Corp. and Francom Holdings Inc., which collectively own 100% of Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise Inc. (CURE).

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

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

• 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 December 2008, SPX Corporation announced that it has completed the sale of LDS Test and Measurement to Spectris plc. In January 2009, the Company sold its remaining portion of its DeZurik product line to Sartell Valves Inc.

• WTI, W&T OFFSHORE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 120.783859

W&T Offshore, Inc. (W&T) is an independent oil and natural gas producer, active in the acquisition, exploitation, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico area. The Company holds working interests in approximately 155 producing fields in federal and state waters. It operates wells accounting for approximately 62% of its average daily production. The Company has interests in leases covering approximately 1.7 million acres spanning across the outer continental shelf off the coasts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. It owns interests in approximately 539 offshore structures, of which 340 are platforms in the fields that it operates. W&T maintains these platforms and uses them to separate oil and natural gas produced from nearby wells. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company?s total proved reserves were 638.8 billions of cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe).

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.

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

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

• NFX, NEWFIELD EXP COM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.669856

Newfield Exploration Company is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development and acquisition of natural gas and crude oil properties. The Company?s domestic areas of operation include the Anadarko and Arkoma Basins of the Mid-Continent, the Rocky Mountains, onshore Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Internationally, the Company is active in Malaysia and China. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company had proved reserves of 2.5 trillion cubic feet equivalents (Tcfe). Those reserves were 73% natural gas and 63% proved developed. It sold its shallow water Gulf of Mexico assets in 2007.

• CHCO, CITY HOLDING CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 101.882088

City Holding Company is a bank holding company. It conducts its principal activities through its wholly owned subsidiary, City National Bank of West Virginia (City National). Through its network of 69 banking offices in West Virginia (58 offices), Kentucky (nine offices), and Ohio (two offices), City National provides credit, deposit, trust and investment management, and insurance products and services to its customers. Its business activities are limited to one reportable business segment, which is community banking. The West Virginia locations are primarily cantered in the Charleston, Huntington, Beckley, and Martinsburg markets. City National owns 50 locations and leases 19 locations, pursuant to operating leases. City National?s delivery channels include automated teller machines (ATMs), check cards, interactive voice response systems, and Internet technology. As of December 31, 2007, 53% of its loan portfolio was categorized as residential mortgage and and home equity loans.

• PNY, PIEDMONT NAT GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.514160

Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (Piedmont) is an energy services company primarily engaged in the distribution of natural gas to over one million residential, commercial and industrial customers in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, including 62,000 customers served by municipalities who are its wholesale customers. The Company has also invested in joint venture, energy-related businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, interstate natural gas storage and intrastate natural gas transportation. Piedmont operates in two business segments: regulated utility and non-utility activities. The regulated utility segment is the largest segment of the Company?s business accounting for approximately 97% of Piedmont?s consolidated assets. Operations of its non-utility activities segment consist of its equity method investments in joint ventures. Operations of both segments are conducted within the United States.

• 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.

• 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. Its activities are carried out through five business units: Liquids Pipelines, which includes the operation and construction 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 energy-delivery investment outside of North America.

• XRAY, DENTSPLY INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 34.091137

DENTSPLY International Inc. (DENTSPLY) is a designer, developer, manufacturer and marketer of a range of products for the dental market. The Company conducts its business through four operating segments, all of which were primarily engaged in the design, manufacture and distribution of dental products in three principal categories: dental consumables, dental laboratory products and dental specialty products. In addition to the United States, DENTSPLY conducts its business in approximately 120 foreign countries, principally through its foreign subsidiaries. In July 2008, the Company acquired Dental Depot Lomberg B.V. (Lomberg). In July 2008, the Company acquired E.S. Holding N.V. (E.S. Holding). In December 2008, it acquired the assets of Apollonia & Fama Impant S.r.l. (AFI). On December 31, 2008, the Company acquired a 60% interest in Zhermack S.p.A. (Zhermack).

• ADM, ARCHER DANIELS MD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 105.415352

Archer Daniels Midland Company is engaged in procuring, transporting, storing, processing, and merchandising agricultural commodities and products. The Company is a processor of oilseeds, corn, wheat, cocoa, and other feedstuffs, and is a manufacturer of soybean oil and protein meal, corn sweeteners, flour, biodiesel, ethanol, and other food and feed ingredients. The Company?s operations are classified into three business segments: Oilseeds Processing, Corn Processing and Agricultural Services. The Company?s remaining operations are aggregated and classified as Other. In August 2008, the French malting group Malteurop bought the malting division of Archer Daniels Midland Company. Malteurop is controlled by the French farm cooperative group Champagne Cereales and ADM Malting.

• X, UNITED STATES STE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.435993

United States Steel Corporation (U. S. Steel) is an integrated steel producer with production operations in North America and Europe. The Company has annual raw steel production capability of 31.7 million net tons (tons) (24.3 million tons in North America and 7.4 million tons in Europe). U. S. Steel is also engaged in other business activities including the production of coke in both North America and Europe and iron ore pellets in North America, and transportation services (railroad and barge operations), real estate operations, and engineering and consulting services in North America. U. S. Steel has three reportable operating segments: Flat-rolled Products (Flat-rolled), U. S. Steel Europe (USSE) and Tubular Products (Tubular). On January 31, 2009, the Company completed the sale of a majority of the operating assets of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E) to a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway Company.

• NJ, NIDEC CP (NIHON) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.335129

Nidec Corporation (Nidec) is a manufacturer of spindle motors for computer hard disk drives. The Company also produces a variety of other small precision brushless direct current (DC) motors. In addition to spindle motors, Nidec focuses on the production of other small precision brushless DC motors used in high-speed, continuous-duty applications, such as compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM) drives, CD-read/write (R/W), digital versatile disc (DVD) drives, high-capacity floppy disk drives, as well as in office equipment, such as facsimile machines, laser printers and photocopy machines; brushless DC fans, which are incorporated in computers, game consoles and other electronic equipment to disperse heat and lower the temperature of critical components; mid-size motors used in household appliances, automobiles and industrial equipment; machinery; electronic and optical components, and other products. In April 2007, the Company acquired a 51.7% of Japan Servo Co., Ltd.

• GENZ, GENZYME CORPORATI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.892391

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

• CMO, CAPSTEAD MTG CP N Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1118.925537

Capstead Mortgage Corporation (Capstead) operates as a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that earns income from investing in real estate-related assets on a leveraged basis. These investments consist primarily of a core portfolio of residential adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) securities issued and guaranteed by government-sponsored entities, either Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), or by an agency of the federal government, Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) (Agency Securities). Capstead may also invest a portion of its investment capital in credit-sensitive commercial real estate-related assets, including subordinate commercial real estate loans.

• 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.

• CHK, CHESAPEAKE ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.471542

Chesapeake Energy Corporation is a producer of natural gas in the United States (first among independents). It owns interests in approximately 38,500 producing oil and natural gas wells that are producing approximately 2.2 billion cubic feet equivalent (bcfe), per day, 92% of which is natural gas. Its operations are located in the Mid-Continent region, which includes Oklahoma, Arkansas, southwestern Kansas and the Texas Panhandle; the Forth Worth Basin in north-central Texas; the Appalachian Basin, principally in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, eastern Ohio and southern New York; the Permian and Delaware Basins of West Texas and eastern New Mexico; the Ark-La-Tex area of East Texas and northern Louisiana, and the South Texas and Texas Gulf Coast regions. In August 2008, Chesapeake announced that it has closed the sale of its Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale assets to BP America Inc.

• LUK, LEUCADIA NATL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 110.056374

Leucadia National Corporation (Leucadia) is a diversified holding company engaged in a variety of businesses, including manufacturing, telecommunications, property management and services, gaming entertainment, real estate activities, medical product development and winery operations. The Company also owns equity interests in operating businesses and investment partnerships, including a broker-dealer engaged in making markets and trading of high yield and special situation securities, land-based contract oil and gas drilling, real estate activities and development of a copper mine in Spain. The Company?s operating segments include Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Property Management and Services, Domestic Real Estate, Medical Product Development and Other Operations. In June 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of ResortQuest International, Inc. In March 2007, the Company?s 75% owned subsidiary, STi Prepaid, LLC, acquired the assets of Telco Group, Inc. and its affiliates.

• NAVG, NAVIGATORS GP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.101583

The Navigators Group, Inc. 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 companies and Lloyd’s Operations. The Insurance Companies consist of Navigators Insurance Company, which includes a United Kingdom Branch (the U.K. 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. (NUAL), a Lloyd?s of London (Lloyd?s) underwriting agency, which manages Lloyd?s Syndicate 1221 (Syndicate 1221).

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

Henry Schein, Inc. is a distributor of healthcare products and services to office-based healthcare practitioners in the combined North American and European markets. The Company serves more than 575,000 customers worldwide, including dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices and animal health clinics, as well as government and other institutions. The Company has operations in the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The Company conducts its business through two segments: healthcare distribution and technology. In November 2008, the Company discontinued its wholesale ultrasound business. In April 2008, it acquired Minerva Dental Limited (Minerva), a supplier of dental consumables and equipment in the United Kingdom. On December 23, 2008, it acquired DNA Anthos Impianti (DNA), Medka and Noviko.

• 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. It offers a range of industrial packaging products, such as steel, fibre and plastic drums, intermediate bulk containers, closure systems for industrial packaging products, transit protection products, and polycarbonate water bottles, and services, such as blending, filling and other packaging services, 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 that it manages to maximize long-term value. In addition, the Company sells, from time to time, timberland and special use land, which consists of surplus land, higher and better use (HBU) land, and development land. It operates in three business segments: Industrial Packaging; Paper Packaging, and Timber.

• GLDN, GOLDEN TELECOM IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 330.825806
• AHL, ASPEN INSURANCE H Current Caprock Strength Rating: 101.554764

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

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• ORB, ORBITAL SCIENCES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.550298

Orbital Sciences Corporation develops and manufactures small rockets and space systems for commercial, military and civil government customers, including the United States Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other United States Government agencies. The Company’s primary products and services include Launch Vehicles, which include rockets, small-class space launch vehicles and suborbital launch vehicles; Satellites and Space Systems, which include satellites and interplanetary spacecraft and related systems for communications, remote sensing, scientific and military missions, and space-related technical service, and Advanced Space Programs, which include human-rated space systems for Earth-orbit and lunar exploration, advanced launch systems for medium-class satellites, and small satellites and satellite subsystems. In June 2008, the Company announced the completion of the sale of its non-core Transportation Management Systems (TMS) unit.

• 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.

• USB, US BANCORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 44.086376

U.S. Bancorp and its subsidiaries is a multi-state financial services holding company. The Company provides financial services, including lending and depository services in 24 states. It provides credit card, merchant, and automated teller machine (ATM) processing, mortgage banking, insurance, trust and investment management, brokerage, and leasing activities in domestic markets. The Company?s segments include Wholesale Banking, Consumer Banking, Wealth Management & Securities Services, Payment Services, and Treasury and Corporate Support. The banking subsidiaries are engaged in the general banking business in domestic markets. The non-banking subsidiaries offer investment and insurance products to customers and mutual fund processing services to a range of mutual funds. In November 2008, U.S. Bancorp announced that U.S. Bank National Association has acquired the banking operations of Downey Savings & Loan Association, F.A. and PFF Bank & Trust.

• 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 three segments: Harsco Infrastructure, Harsco Metals and all other category, labeled Harsco Minerals & Rail. The Harsco Infrastructure segment includes the Company’s SGB Group Plc, Hunnebeck Group GmbH and Patent Construction Systems Divisions. The Harsco Metals segment is a provider of onsite, outsourced services to the global metals industries. The All Other Category includes the Excell Minerals, Reed Minerals, Harsco Rail, IKG Industries, Air-X-Changers and Patterson-Kelley Divisions. In April 2008, the Company acquired Sovereign Access Services Limited, a United Kingdom-based provider of mastclimber work platform rental equipment. In March 2008, the Company acquired Romania-based Baviera S.R.L., a distributor of formwork and scaffolding products in Romania. In February 2008, the Company acquired Northern Ireland-based Buckley Scaffolding.

• NWSB, NORTHWEST BANCORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 93.044609

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

• WG, WILLBROS GRP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 17.125874

Willbros Group, Inc. (Willbros) is an independent international contractor serving the oil, gas and power industries and government entities worldwide. It provides engineering; construction; engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), and specialty services to industry and governmental entities, specializing in pipelines and associated facilities for onshore, coastal and offshore locations. The Company also provides turnaround services, tank services, heater services, construction services and safety services to the downstream oil and gas markets, primarily refineries. It manufactures specialty items for refinery and petrochemical process units. The Company provides, from time to time, asset development, and participates in ownership and operations as an extension of its portfolio of industry services. Willbros operates its business in three segments: Upstream Oil & Gas, Downstream Oil & Gas, and Engineering. On November 20, 2007, Willbros acquired Integrated Service Company LLC.

• 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.

• 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. The Fund 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

• LEO, DREYFUS STRA MUNI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.950283

Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc. (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to provide current income exempt from federal income tax. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in municipal obligations. The Fund invests at least 50% of its net assets in municipal bonds considered investment-grade or the unrated equivalent as determined by The Dreyfus Corporation (Dreyfus) in the case of bonds, and in the two highest rating categories or the unrated equivalent as determined by Dreyfus in the case of short-term obligations having or deemed to have maturities of less than one year. Its portfolio includes both long-term and short-term municipal investments. Dreyfus serves as the Fund’s investment advisor.

• GFIG, GFI GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.983421

GFI Group Inc. is an inter-dealer broker specializing in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives products and related securities. The Company provides brokerage services and data and analytics products to institutional clients in markets for a range of credit, financial, equity and commodity instruments. It functions as an intermediary on behalf of its brokerage clients by matching their trading needs with counterparties having reciprocal interests. The Company focuses primarily on the more complex, and often less commoditized, markets for sophisticated financial instruments, primarily OTC derivatives. The Company offers its clients a hybrid brokerage approach, combining a range of telephonic and electronic trade execution services, depending on the needs of the individual markets. It complements its hybrid brokerage capabilities with decision support products, such as value-added data and analytics products. On January 31, 2008, the Company acquired Trayport Limited.

• IDXX, IDEXX LABS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.505745

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (IDEXX) develops, manufactures and distributes products, and provides services primarily for the veterinary, and the food and water testing markets. IDEXX?s primary products and services include point-of-care veterinary diagnostic products, comprising rapid assays and instruments and consumables; laboratory and consulting services used by veterinarians; information products and services, and digital radiography systems used by veterinarians, and point-of-care electrolytes and blood gas analyzers used in the human medical diagnostics market. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company operated primarily through three business segments: products and services for the veterinary market, which it refers to as Companion Animal Group (CAG); water quality products (Water), and products for production animal health, which it refers to as the Production Animal Segment (PAS).

• ACG, ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.761440

AllianceBernstein Income Fund Inc. (the Fund), formerly known as ACM Income Fund Inc., is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to provide high current income consistent with the preservation of capital. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in income producing securities. It normally invests at least 65% of its assets in securities issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and repurchase agreements pertaining to the United States Government securities. It may also invest up to 35% of its assets in other fixed-income securities, including those issued by non-governmental issuers in the United States and those issued by foreign governments. The Fund may invest up to 35% of its net assets in below-investment-grade securities. In addition, the Fund may utilize other investment instruments, including options and futures, and may employ leverage.

• 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.

• BMC, B M C SOFTWARE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.533241

BMC Software, Inc. is a software vendor. The Company provides system and service management solutions primarily for large enterprises. Its portfolio of software solutions spans enterprise systems, applications, databases and information technology (IT) process management. BMC Software also provides maintenance and support for its products and performs software implementation, integration and education services for its customers. The Company is organized into two software business segments: Enterprise Service Management (ESM) and Mainframe Service Management (MSM). In addition, its third segment consists of its Professional Services (PS) organization. In October 2007, the Company acquired Emprisa Networks, Inc. (Emprisa), a provider of network configuration automation software. In April 2008, BMC Software completed the acquisition of BladeLogic, Inc. (BladeLogic), a provider of data center automation software. In June 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of ITM Software.

• ALK, ALASKA AIR GROUP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.400373

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (Air Group) is a holding company. It operates through its subsidiaries Alaska Airlines, Inc. (Alaska) and Horizon Air Industries, Inc. (Horizon). The Company provides passenger air service to approximately 25 million passengers per year to nearly 100 destinations. It also, provides freight and mail services, primarily to and within the state of Alaska and on the West Coast. As of December 31, 2008, Alaska operates an all-jet fleet with an average passenger trip length of 1,113 miles. As of December 31, 2008, Horizon operates turboprop and jet aircraft, and its average passenger trip length was 357 miles.

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

MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end fund and maintains a portfolio that includes investments in investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, United States Government securities, and international investment-grade and emerging markets debt securities. The Trust’s investment objective is to seek high current income, but may also consider capital appreciation. The Fund?s portfolio includes high yield corporates, high grade corporates, non-United States Government bonds, emerging markets bonds, mortgage-backed securities, United States Treasury securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, floating rate loans, asset-backed securities, United States Government agencies, residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations. The Trust is managed by Massachusetts Financial Services Company (MFS).

• LII, LENNOX INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 77.648972

Lennox International Inc. (LII) is a global provider of climate control solutions, which designs, manufactures and markets a range of products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) markets. The Company is focused on four key businesses: Residential Heating & Cooling, Commercial Heating & Cooling, Service Experts and Refrigeration. In the Residential Heating and Cooling segment, LII manufactures and markets a line of home heating and cooling equipment. The Company’s Commercial Heating and Cooling segment sells heating and cooling equipment used in low-rise commercial buildings such as shopping centers, offices, schools, and restaurants. The Service Experts segment is engaged in the sales, installation and service of residential and light commercial heating and cooling equipment. In the Refrigeration segment, LII manufactures and sells unit coolers, condensing units and other commercial equipment used in cold storage applications.

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• RBA, RITCHIE BROS AUCT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 174.723129

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (Ritchie Bros.) is an auctioneer of industrial equipment. As of December 31, 2007, it operated from over 110 locations, including 37 auction sites, in more than 27 countries worldwide. It sells, through unreserved public auctions, a range of industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets used in the construction, transportation, mining, forestry, petroleum, material handling, marine, real estate and agricultural industries. Its customers are both buyers and sellers of equipment, trucks and other industrial assets. The majority of its buyers are end users of equipment, such as contractors, with the remainder being primarily truck and equipment dealers and brokers. During the year ended December 31, 2007, it conducted 183 unreserved industrial auctions at locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Asia. During 2007, it also conducted 177 unreserved agricultural auctions in Canada and the United States.

• BDX, BECTON DICKINSON Current Caprock Strength Rating: 380.990540

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) is a medical technology company engaged in the manufacture and sale of a range of medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products used by healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public. The segments in which the Company operates include BD Medical, BD Diagnostics and BD Biosciences. On May 12, 2008, the Company acquired Cytopeia Inc.

• KMR, KINDER MORGAN MNG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.535538

Kinder Morgan Management, LLC is a limited partner in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., and manages and controls its business and affairs pursuant to a delegation of control agreement. As of December 31, 2007, the Company owned approximately 29.2% of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.?s limited partner interests. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. is the owner and operator of an independent refined petroleum products pipeline system in the United States. The Company’s voting shares are owned by Kinder Morgan, G.P., Inc., of which Knight Inc. owns all the outstanding common equity. Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. is the general partner of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. Kinder Morgan, Inc., is an energy transportation and storage company in North America, operating, either for itself or on behalf of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. On April 30, 2007, the Company acquired the Trans Mountain pipeline system from Knight Inc.

• 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. All Other Operations segment consists of business units that produce and distribute carbon dioxide, dry ice, nitrous oxide, specialty gases and anhydrous ammonia. In December 2008, Airgas acquired Gordon Woods Industrial Welding Supply, Inc., Accu Air Gases & Equipment, LP, Summit Gas & Gear, LP and TexAir Welding Supply, Ltd.

• PCU, SOUTHERN COPPER C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.524392

Southern Copper Corporation is an integrated copper producer. The Company produces copper, molybdenum, zinc and silver. All of its mining, smelting and refining facilities are located in Peru and in Mexico, and it conducts exploration activities in those countries and Chile. Southern Copper Corporation?s Peruvian copper operations involve mining, milling and flotation of copper ore to produce copper concentrates and molybdenum concentrates; the smelting of copper concentrates to produce anode and blister copper, and the refining of blister/anode copper to produce copper cathodes. It operates the Toquepala and Cuajone mines high in the Andes mountains. It also operates a smelter and refinery west of the Toquepala and Cuajone mines in the coastal city of Ilo, Peru. Its Mexican operations are conducted through the Company?s subsidiary, Minera Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Minera Mexico). Minera Mexico engages in the mining and processing of copper, molybdenum, zinc, silver, gold and lead.

• GOLD, RANDGOLD RES LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 703.888306

Randgold Resources Limited is engaged in gold mining and exploration. Its discoveries as of December 31, 2007, include the 7.5 million ounce Morila deposit in southern Mali, the seven million ounce Yalea deposit at Loulo in western Mali and the four million ounce Tongon deposit in the Cote d?Ivoire. The Company financed and developed the Morila mine, which was brought into production in October 2000, and as of December 31, 2007, has produced approximately 4.75 million ounces of gold. It also financed and developed the Loulo project, which went into production, in November 2005, with two open-pit mines. Randgold Resources? focus is on the discovery and development of gold projects. This is supported by exploration projects in the major gold regions of Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cote d?Ivoire, Ghana and Tanzania.

• 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.

• CNMD, CONMED CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.493885

CONMED Corporation (CONMED) is a medical technology company with an emphasis on surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures and monitoring. The Company?s products serve the clinical areas of arthroscopy, powered surgical instruments, electrosurgery, patient care, endosurgery and endoscopic technologies. CONMED?s products are used by surgeons and physicians in a variety of specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, and gastroenterology.

• EGLE, EAGLE BULK SHIPPI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.591938

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. is primarily engaged in the ocean transportation of a range of major and minor bulk cargoes, including iron ore, coal, grain, cement and fertilizer, along worldwide shipping routes. The Company operates in the Handymax sector of the dry bulk industry, with particular emphasis on the Supramax class of vessels. As of December 31, 2007, Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. owned and operated a fleet of 18 Handymax dry bulk vessels, 16 of which were of the Supramax class, with a combined carrying capacity of 915,502 deadweight tons and an average age of approximately six years. The Company carries out the commercial management of its fleet through its wholly owned subsidiary, Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC. The Company, either directly or through Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC, provides services, such as commercial operations and technical supervision, safety monitoring, vessel acquisition, and financial, accounting and information technology services.

• PRA, PROASSURANCE CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.691349

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

• STRA, STRAYER EDUCATION Current Caprock Strength Rating: 225.001740

Strayer Education, Inc. is a post-secondary education services corporation. The Company offers a variety of academic programs through its wholly owned subsidiary, Strayer University, Inc., both in classroom courses and online via the Internet. 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 65 campuses in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. As part of its program offering, the University also offers classes online via the Internet. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had more than 44,000 students enrolled in its programs.

• 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.

• 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, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The Company?s activities include geophysical and geological evaluation and exploratory drilling on properties, for which it has acquired exploration rights. Its properties consist primarily of interests in developed and undeveloped crude oil and natural gas leases and concessions. It also owns natural gas processing plants and natural gas gathering and other crude oil and natural gas related pipeline systems which are primarily used in the processing and transportation of its crude oil, natural gas and NGL production. The Company operates primarily in the Rocky Mountains, Mid-continent, and deepwater Gulf of Mexico areas in the United States, with international operations in offshore Israel, the North Sea and West Africa.

• DCI, DONALDSON CO INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.990479

Donaldson Company, Inc. (Donaldson) is a worldwide manufacturer of filtration systems and replacement parts. The Company?s product mix includes air and liquid filtration systems and exhaust and emission control products. Products are manufactured at 39 plants worldwide and through three joint ventures. The Company has two reporting segments: Engine Products and Industrial Products. Products in the Engine Products segment consist of air filtration systems, exhaust and emissions systems, liquid filtration systems and replacement parts. Products in the Industrial Products segment consist of dust, fume and mist collectors, compressed air purification systems, liquid filtration systems, static and pulse-clean air filter systems for gas turbines, and specialized air filtration systems for diverse applications including computer disk drives. The Company acquired on LMC West, Inc. on February 4, 2008. In October 2008, the Company acquired Western Filter Corporation.

• GWR, GENESEE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.379402

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. is an owner and operator of short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Australia and Canada, and owns a minority interest in a railroad in Bolivia. In addition, the Company provides freight car switching and rail-related services to industrial companies in the United States and Australia. As of December 31, 2007, Genesee & Wyoming operated over approximately 5,800 miles of owned and leased track, and approximately 3,000 additional miles under track access arrangements. It operates in 27 states in the United States, four Australian states, and two Canadian provinces, and serves 12 United States ports and five Australian ports. During the year ended December 31, 2007, it ceased operations in Mexico. In April 2008, it acquired Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF). In June 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of CAGY Industries, Inc. In October 2008, the Company acquired 10 short line railroads known as the Ohio Central Railroad System.

• 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.

• PML, PIMCO MUNI INC FD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.180030

PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in a portfolio of municipal bonds, the interest from which is exempt from federal income tax. It also invests in residual interest municipal bonds/residual interest tax-exempt bonds. Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC serves as the Fund’s investment manager and is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P (Allianz Global). Allianz Global is an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of Allianz SE. PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II’s sub-advisor is Pacific Investment Management Company LLC.

• 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. All Other Operations segment consists of business units that produce and distribute carbon dioxide, dry ice, nitrous oxide, specialty gases and anhydrous ammonia. In December 2008, Airgas acquired Gordon Woods Industrial Welding Supply, Inc., Accu Air Gases & Equipment, LP, Summit Gas & Gear, LP and TexAir Welding Supply, Ltd.

• PDC, PIONEER DRILLING Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.302444

Pioneer Drilling Company provides contract land drilling services to independent and major oil and gas exploration and production companies. It also provides drilling crews and ancillary equipment needed to operate the drilling rigs. The Company conducts its operations in the United States through its operating subsidiary, Pioneer Drilling Services, Ltd. and it conducts the operations in Colombia through Pioneer de Colombia SDAD, Ltda, Surcusal Colombia. On March 1, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of WEDGE Wireline Services, Inc.(WEDGE Wireline), WEDGE Well Services, L.L.C.(WEDGE Well), WEDGE Fishing & Rental Services, L.L.C.(WEDGDE Fishing), WEDGE Group Incorporated, WEDGE Energy, WEDGE Oil & Gas Services, L.L.C.(WEDGE Oil & Gas).

• 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.

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.

• BKT, BLACKROCK INCOME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.136936

BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (the Trust) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Trust?s seeks to provide monthly income while preserving capital by investing in a portfolio of mortgage-backed securities. The Trust?s portfolio include United States Government agency mortgage-backed securities, United States Government agency mortgage-backed securities – collateralized mortgage obligations, non-United States Government agency mortgage backed securities, United States Government and agency obligations, and asset-backed securities.

• AME, AMETEK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.285336

AMETEK, Inc. (AMETEK) is a manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. The Company markets its products worldwide through two operating groups, the Electronic Instruments Group (EIG) and the Electromechanical Group (EMG). EIG builds monitoring, testing, calibration and display devices for the process, aerospace, industrial and power markets. EMG is a supplier of electromechanical devices. EMG produces engineered electromechanical connectors for hermetic (moisture-proof) applications, specialty metals for niche markets, and brushless air-moving motors, blowers, and heat exchangers. In April 2008, the Company acquired Reading Alloys. In June 2008, the Company announced the acquisition of Vision Research, Inc. In August 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of the programmable power business of Xantrex Technology, Inc. In November 2008, Ametek acquired Muirhead Aerospace Limited.

• SO, SOUTHERN CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 59.364277

The Southern Company (Southern Company) owns all of the outstanding common stock of Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, and Mississippi Power, each of which is an operating public utility company. The traditional operating companies supply electric service in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. In addition, Southern Company owns all of the common stock of Southern Power, which is also an operating public utility company. Southern Power constructs, acquires, owns, and manages generation assets and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market. Southern Company also owns all the outstanding common stock or membership interests of SouthernLINC Wireless, Southern Nuclear, SCS, Southern Holdings and other direct and indirect subsidiaries.

• CHCO, CITY HOLDING CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 101.882088

City Holding Company is a bank holding company. It conducts its principal activities through its wholly owned subsidiary, City National Bank of West Virginia (City National). Through its network of 69 banking offices in West Virginia (58 offices), Kentucky (nine offices), and Ohio (two offices), City National provides credit, deposit, trust and investment management, and insurance products and services to its customers. Its business activities are limited to one reportable business segment, which is community banking. The West Virginia locations are primarily cantered in the Charleston, Huntington, Beckley, and Martinsburg markets. City National owns 50 locations and leases 19 locations, pursuant to operating leases. City National?s delivery channels include automated teller machines (ATMs), check cards, interactive voice response systems, and Internet technology. As of December 31, 2007, 53% of its loan portfolio was categorized as residential mortgage and and home equity loans.

• CEDC, CENTRAL EURO DIS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 207.648300

Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC) is an integrated spirit beverages business. The Company produces vodka at two distilleries in Poland and is a distributor of alcoholic beverages. The Company is also an importer of spirits, wine and beer in Poland. Its products are also exported out of Poland. CEDC offers a portfolio of alcoholic beverages with over 700 brands. In July 2007, the Company acquired 100% of the PHS Sp. z o.o., an alcohol distributor located in western Poland. In May 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of a 49.9% voting interest and a 75% economic interest in the Whitehall Group.

• APA, APACHE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 178.394318

Apache Corporation is an independent energy company that explores for, develops and produces natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. In North America, the Company’s exploration and production interests are focused in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast, East Texas, the Permian Basin, the Anadarko Basin and the Western Sedimentary Basin of Canada. Outside of North America, the Company has exploration and production interests onshore Egypt, offshore Western Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea (North Sea), and onshore Argentina. It operates in six countries: the United States (Gulf Coast and Central regions), Canada, Egypt, Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea and Argentina. The Company also holds interests in many of its United States, Canadian and other international properties through subsidiaries, including Apache Canada Ltd., DEK Energy Company (DEKALB), Apache Energy Limited (AEL), Apache North America, Inc. and Apache Overseas, Inc.

• PNY, PIEDMONT NAT GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.514160

Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (Piedmont) is an energy services company primarily engaged in the distribution of natural gas to over one million residential, commercial and industrial customers in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, including 62,000 customers served by municipalities who are its wholesale customers. The Company has also invested in joint venture, energy-related businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, interstate natural gas storage and intrastate natural gas transportation. Piedmont operates in two business segments: regulated utility and non-utility activities. The regulated utility segment is the largest segment of the Company?s business accounting for approximately 97% of Piedmont?s consolidated assets. Operations of its non-utility activities segment consist of its equity method investments in joint ventures. Operations of both segments are conducted within the United States.

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

Devon Energy Corporation (Devon) is an independent energy company engaged primarily in oil and gas exploration, development and production, the acquisition of producing properties, the transportation of oil, gas and natural gas liquids and the processing of natural gas. Devon owns oil and gas properties principally in the United States and Canada and, to a lesser degree, various regions located outside North America, including Azerbaijan, Brazil and China. The Company also owns properties in West Africa In addition to its oil and gas operations, Devon has marketing and midstream operations primarily in North America. These include marketing natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs), and constructing and operating pipelines, storage and treating facilities and gas processing plants. In October 2007, the Company completed the sale of its operations in Egypt. In June 2008, the Company announced the completion of the sale of its oil and gas business in Equatorial Guinea.

• 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.

• WLL, WHITING PETE CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 164.504822

Whiting Petroleum Corporation is an independent oil and gas company engaged in acquisition, development, exploitation, production and exploration activities primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. As of December 31, 2007, the Company?s estimated proved reserves totaled 250.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE). Its estimated December 2007, average daily production was 40.3 thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per day (MBOE/d) and implies an average reserve life of approximately 17.1 years. On July 17, 2007, Whiting Petroleum Corporation sold its approximate 50% non-operated working interest in several gas fields located in the LaSalle and Webb Counties of Texas. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company sold its interests in additional non-core properties located in Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.

• PCU, SOUTHERN COPPER C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.524392

Southern Copper Corporation is an integrated copper producer. The Company produces copper, molybdenum, zinc and silver. All of its mining, smelting and refining facilities are located in Peru and in Mexico, and it conducts exploration activities in those countries and Chile. Southern Copper Corporation?s Peruvian copper operations involve mining, milling and flotation of copper ore to produce copper concentrates and molybdenum concentrates; the smelting of copper concentrates to produce anode and blister copper, and the refining of blister/anode copper to produce copper cathodes. It operates the Toquepala and Cuajone mines high in the Andes mountains. It also operates a smelter and refinery west of the Toquepala and Cuajone mines in the coastal city of Ilo, Peru. Its Mexican operations are conducted through the Company?s subsidiary, Minera Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Minera Mexico). Minera Mexico engages in the mining and processing of copper, molybdenum, zinc, silver, gold and lead.

• MM, METAL MGMT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 145.575363

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• SAN, BANCO SANTANDER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.476246

Banco Santander-Chile (Santander-Chile/the Bank) is a Chilean bank that provides a range of commercial and retail banking services to its customers. Its product mix includes Chilean peso and foreign currency denominated loans to finance a variety of commercial transactions, trade financing, foreign currency forward contracts, credit lines and a variety of retail banking services, including mortgage financing. In addition to its traditional banking operations, the Bank also offers financial leasing, financial advisory services, mutual fund management, securities brokerage, insurance brokerage and investment management. The Bank have 467 total branches, 256 of which operated under the Santander brand name, 109 under the Santander Banefe brand name, 42 that operate under the brand name SuperCaja, 18 that operate under the BancaPrime brand name and 42 auxiliary and payment centers. It divides clients into the segments: Retail, Institutional, Middle-market, and Global Banking and Market.

• NMO, NUVEEN MU MKT OPP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.084943

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• UNT, UNIT CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.678202

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

• 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.

• 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.

• NOC, NORTHROP GRUM HOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 66.249763

Northrop Grumman Corporation (Northrop Grumman) is an integrated enterprise consisting of 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. In January 2008, the Newport News and Ship Systems businesses were realigned into a single operating segment called Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. 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. (3001).

• 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), Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company (SIGECO) and the Ohio operations (VEDO). 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 111,000 gas customers located near Evansville in southwestern Indiana. SIGECO also owns and operates electric generation.

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

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

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• 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.

• 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. The Fund 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.

• 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.

• HXM, DESARROLLADORA HO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.585304

Desarrolladora Homex, S.A.B. de C.V. (Homex) is a vertically integrated home development company engaged in the development, construction and sale of entry level, middle-income and upper-income housing in Mexico. During the year ended December 31, 2007, Homex sold 51,672 homes. As of December 31, 2007, it had 98 developments under construction in 33 cities located in 21 Mexican states. It had total land reserves under title of approximately 67.5 million square meters as of December 31, 2007. Homex operates in markets throughout Mexico, from Tijuana in the north to Tapachula in the south, which represent 21 states and 33 cities as of December 31, 2007. In 2007, 34% of the Company?s revenues originated in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, and 17% in Guadalajara. The remaining revenues were originated in 31 cities.

• MUR, MURPHY OIL CP HLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 106.178574

Murphy Oil Corporation (Murphy) is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company, with refining and marketing operations in the United States and the United Kingdom. Its operations are classified into two business activities: Exploration and Production, and Refining and Marketing. Murphy?s exploration and production activities are subdivided into six geographic segments, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Ecuador and all other countries. Murphy?s refining and marketing activities are subdivided into geographic segments for North America and United Kingdom. Murphy exited the gasoline retailing business in Canada during the year ended December 31, 2007.

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

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

• MLNM, MILLENNIUM PHARM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 133.557907
• NYT, N Y TIMES CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.988705

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

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

CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS Caremark) is a provider of prescriptions and related healthcare services in the United States. The Company fills or manages more than one billion prescriptions annually. As a fully integrated pharmacy services company, CVS Caremark drives value for its customers by managing pharmaceutical costs and improving healthcare outcomes through its approximately 6,200 CVS/pharmacy retail stores; CVS Caremark?s pharmacy benefit management, mail order and specialty pharmacy division, Caremark Pharmacy Services; its retail-based health clinic subsidiary, MinuteClinic, and the Company?s online pharmacy, CVS.com. Effective March 22, 2007, the Company closed its merger with Caremark Rx, Inc. Following the Caremark Merger, the Company changed its name to CVS Caremark Corporation. CVS Caremark operates two business segments: Retail Pharmacy and Pharmacy Services. As of October 16, 2008, the Company had acquired approximately 77.55% interest in Long Drug Stores Corporation.

• FCN, FTI CONSULTING IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 154.865845

FTI Consulting, Inc. (FTI) is a global consulting firm to organizations confronting the critical legal, financial and reputational issues that shape their futures. Its teams of professionals provide consulting services in many areas, including fraud, damages, lost profits, valuation, anti-trust and anti-competition, accountant?s liability and malpractice, contract disputes, patent infringement, price fixing, solvency and insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, preferences, disclosure statements, trademark and copyright infringement, the financial impact of government regulations, and electronically stored information and repository services. FTI has capabilities in specialized industries, including telecommunications, healthcare, transportation, utilities and energy, chemicals, commercial and investment banking, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, retail and information technology (IT). In March 2008, the Company announced the acquisitions of Brewer Consulting Ltd. and Forensic Accounting LLP.

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

BHP Billiton plc 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.

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

Veolia Environnement is a global provider of environmental management services, which include water and wastewater services, waste management services, energy services (excluding the production, trading and sale of electricity, other than production through co-generation) and transportation services. The Company provides clients with a full-service package tailored to fit their individual needs, which may include, supplying water, recycling wastewater, collecting, treating and recycling waste, supplying heating and cooling services, and generally optimizing the industrial processes used in their facilities. The Company?s operations are conducted primarily through four divisions: Veolia Eau (Water), Veolia Energie (Dalkia) (Energy Services), Veolia Proprete (Environmental Services) and Veolia Transport (Transportation). In May 2008, Veolia ES Industrial Services, Inc. acquired Pacific Liners, a full-service pipe and sewer line restoration company.

• BRLI, BIO-REFERENCE LAB Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.119001

Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (Bio-Reference) is principally engaged in providing clinical laboratory testing services, primarily to customers in the greater New York metropolitan area, as well as to customers in a number of other states. Bio-Reference offers a list of chemical diagnostic tests, including blood and urine analysis, blood chemistry, hematology services, serology, radioimmuno analysis, toxicology (including drug screening), pap smears, tissue pathology (biopsies) and other tissue analysis. The Company operates two clinical laboratories, one in Elmwood Park, New Jersey and one in Valley Cottage, New York, and an andrology laboratory in New York City, a cytogenetics testing laboratory located in Milford, Massachusetts, a pathology laboratory in Poughkeepsie, New York, a pathology laboratory in Clarksburg, Maryland and a genetics laboratory in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

• 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. In January 2009, the Company completed its acquisition of Crane Pest Control, Inc.

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

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) is a pipeline transportation and energy storage company in North America. The Company owns an interest in or operate more than 26,000 miles of pipelines and approximately 170 terminals. The pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide and other products, and the terminals store petroleum products and chemicals and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke. KMP is also a provider of carbon dioxide for the oil recovery projects in North America. The Company operates in five business segments: product pipelines, natural gas pipelines, CO2 , terminals and Kinder Morgan Canada. On April 1, 2008, the Company sold its 25% equity ownership interest in Thunder Creek Gas Services, LLC to PVR Midstream LLC, subsidiary of Penn Virginia Corporation.

• JBHT, JB HUNT TRANS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.248028

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) is a holding company. The Company provides a range of transportation services to customers throughout the continental United States, Canada and Mexico. Through its subsidiaries, the Company offers transportation of full-load freight, which it directly transports in multi-modal arrangements utilizing Company-owned revenue equipment and Company drivers, independent contractors, or third parties. JBHT also provides customized freight movement, revenue equipment, labor and systems services that are tailored to meet individual customers? requirements and involve long-term contracts. These arrangements are referred to as dedicated services and may include multiple pickups and drops, local and home deliveries, freight handling, specialized equipment and network design. JBHT operates in four business segments: intermodal (JBI), dedicated contract services (DCS), full-load dry-van (JBT) and integrated capacity solutions (ICS).

• BPT, B P PRUDHOE BAY U Current Caprock Strength Rating: 128.812286

BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (the Trust) is a grantor trust. The Trust was formed for the sole purpose of owning and administering an overriding royalty interest (the Royalty Interest) conveyed by The Standard Oil Company (Standard Oil). The Royalty Interest is a non-operational interest in minerals. The Royalty Interest entitles the Trust to a royalty on 16.4246% of the lesser of the first 90,000 barrels of the average actual daily net production of crude oil and condensate per quarter from the working interest of BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (BP Alaska), as of February 28, 1989, in the Prudhoe Bay oil field located on the North Slope in Alaska, or the average actual daily net production of crude oil and condensate per quarter from that working interest. The Prudhoe Bay field is one of four contiguous North Slope oil fields that are operated by BP Alaska and are known collectively as the Prudhoe Bay Unit. Standard Oil and BP Alaska are indirect 100%-owned subsidiaries of the BP p.l.c.

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

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

• TSU, TIM PARTICIPACOES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.498489

TIM Participacoes SA is a wireless provider in Brazil. The Company primarily uses the global system for mobile communications technology (GSM), to provide mobile telecommunications services throughout Brazil. The Company offers value-added services, including short message services or text messaging, multimedia messaging services, push-mail, Blackberry service, video call, turbo mail, wireless application protocol (WAP) downloads, Web browsing, business data solutions, songs, games, television access, voice mail, conference calling, chats and other content and services. The Company provides interconnection services to fixed line and mobile service providers as well.

• KND, KINDRED HEALTHCAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.169164

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. is a healthcare services company that through its subsidiaries operates hospitals, nursing centers and a contract rehabilitation services business across the United States. As of December 31, 2007, the Company’s hospital division operated 84 long-term acute care (LTAC) hospitals (6,567 licensed beds) in 24 states. Kindred Healthcare’s health services division operated 228 nursing centers (29,106 licensed beds) in 27 states. The Company also operated a contract rehabilitation services business that provides rehabilitative services primarily in long-term care settings. Kindred Healthcare is organized into three operating divisions: the hospital division, the health services division and the rehabilitation division. The hospital division operates LTAC hospitals. The health services division operates nursing centers. The rehabilitation division provides rehabilitation services primarily in long-term care settings.

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• 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.

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

Bucyrus International, Inc. designs, manufactures mining equipment for the extraction of coal, copper, oil sands, iron ore and other minerals in mining centers throughout the world. In addition to the manufacture of original equipment, the Company also provides the aftermarket replacement parts and service for equipment. The Company operates in two business segments: surface mining and underground mining. The Company?s manufacturing facilities include Australia, China, Germany, Poland and the United States, and service and sales centers include Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, England, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Africa and the United States. The Company?s surface mining equipment includes draglines, electric mining shovels and rotary blasthole drills. In December 2008, the Company announced that it has completed the acquisition of OKD, Bastro a.s. (Bastro). Bastro is an engineering services and manufacturing support company located in the Czech Republic.

• SYK, STRYKER CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.098660

Stryker Corporation (Stryker) is a medical technology company with a range of products in orthopaedics and a presence in other medical specialties. The Company’s products include implants used in joint replacement, trauma, spinal and craniomaxillofacial surgeries; biologics; surgical, neurologic, ear, nose and throat (ENT), and interventional pain equipment; endoscopic, surgical navigation, communications and digital imaging systems, as well as patient handling and emergency medical equipment. The Company segregates its operations into two business segments: Orthopaedic Implants and MedSurg Equipment. In June 2007, the Company completed the sale of its outpatient physical therapy business, Physiotherapy Associates, to Water Street Healthcare Partners.

• CCC, CALGON CARBON CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 159.372314

Calgon Carbon Corporation (Calgon Carbon) is a provider of products, and solutions for purifying water and air. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had operated in three business segments: Activated Carbon and Service, Equipment, and Consumer. The Activated Carbon and Service segment manufactures granular activated carbon for use in applications to remove organic compounds from water, air, and other liquids and gases. The service aspect of the segment consists of the leasing, monitoring and maintenance of carbon adsorption equipment. The Equipment segment provides solutions to customers? air and water purification problems through the design, fabrication and operation of systems that utilize a combination of the Company?s enabling technologies: carbon adsorption, ultraviolet (UV) and advanced ion exchange separation (ISEP) among others. The Consumer segment primarily consists of the manufacture and sale of carbon cloth and new consumer products based on the Company?s technologies.

• MCD, MCDONALDS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 125.146095

McDonald?s Corporation primarily franchises and operates McDonald?s restaurants in the food service industry. These restaurants serve a varied, yet limited, value-priced menu in more than 100 countries around the world. The Company also has a minority ownership interest in United Kingdom-based Pret A Manger. The Company owned Boston Market prior to its sale in August 2007. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company disposed of its investment in Chipotle Mexican Grill (Chipotle). All restaurants are operated either by the Company, by independent entrepreneurs under the terms of conventional franchise arrangements (franchisees), or by affiliates and developmental licensees operating under license agreements. During the year ended December 31, 2007, McDonald?s Corporation sold its businesses in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and 13 other countries in Latin America, and the Caribbean to a developmental licensee organization.

• 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.

• 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.

• UNT, UNIT CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.678202

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

• CLB, CORE LABS NV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 114.552124

Core Laboratories N.V. (Core Lab) is a provider of reservoir description, production enhancement and reservoir management services to the oil and gas industry. Core Lab has over 70 offices in more than 50 countries. The Company derives its revenues from services and product sales to clients primarily in the oil and gas industry. Its reservoir optimization services and technologies are interrelated and are organized into three complementary segments: Reservoir Description, which encompasses the characterization of petroleum reservoir rock, fluid and gas samples; Production Enhancement, which includes products and services relating to reservoir well completions, perforations, stimulations and production, and Reservoir Management, which combines and integrates information from reservoir description and production enhancement services.

• WTI, W&T OFFSHORE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 120.783859

W&T Offshore, Inc. (W&T) is an independent oil and natural gas producer, active in the acquisition, exploitation, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico area. The Company holds working interests in approximately 155 producing fields in federal and state waters. It operates wells accounting for approximately 62% of its average daily production. The Company has interests in leases covering approximately 1.7 million acres spanning across the outer continental shelf off the coasts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. It owns interests in approximately 539 offshore structures, of which 340 are platforms in the fields that it operates. W&T maintains these platforms and uses them to separate oil and natural gas produced from nearby wells. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company?s total proved reserves were 638.8 billions of cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe).

• RRC, RANGE RES CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 499.272614

Range Resources Corporation (Range) is engaged in the exploration, development and acquisition of oil and gas properties, primarily in the Southwestern, Appalachian and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company?s proved reserves comprised 2.2 trillion cubic feet equivalents (Tcfe) of proved reserves; 82% natural gas; 64% proved developed; 77% operated, and a reserve life of 17.7 years. During 2007, Range owned 3,385,000 gross (2,695,000 net) acres of leasehold, including 407,800 acres it also owns a royalty interest. The Company has built a multi-year inventory drilling that is estimated to contain over 11,000 drilling locations, with approximately 8,500 drilling locations in its Appalachian region. In 2007, the Company?s annual production averaged 319 millions of cubic feet equivalent (Mmcfe) per day. In 2007, Range drilled 967 gross wells. In January 2008, Range purchased producing and non-producing Barnett Shale properties.

• PPDI, PHARM PROD DEV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 183.971298

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (PPD) is a global contract research organization engaged in providing drug discovery and development services, post-approval expertise and compound partnering programs. The Discovery Sciences Group focuses on the discovery research segment of the biopharmaceutical research and development outsourcing market. The Development Group has designed its various global services to be integrated in order to assist its clients in optimizing their research and development spending through the clinical stages of the development process. The Development Group provides a range of development services to meet clients’ needs. In addition, for marketed drugs, biologics and devices, PPD offers support services, such as product launch services, medical information, patient compliance programs, patient and disease registry programs, product safety and pharmacovigilance, Phase IV monitored studies and prescription-to-over-the-counter programs.

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

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

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

Circor International, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes different valves and related fluid-control products and certain services to a variety of end-markets for use in different applications to ensure the safety of fluid-control systems. The Company operates 17 manufacturing facilities that are located in the United States, Canada, Western Europe and the People?s Republic of China. Circor has two product groups: Instrumentation and Thermal Fluid Controls Products and Energy Products. As of December 31, 2007, the Company?s products were sold through distributors and it serviced more than 10,000 customers in over 130 countries around the world. On September 28, 2007, Circor and its Instrumental and Thermal Fluid Controls Dutch subsidiary, Dovianus in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, sold its 50% equity interest in Keofitt Holdings, A/S, a Danish company to the other 50% joint venture partner. In May 2008, CIRCOR completed the acquisition of Motor Technology, Inc.

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

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

• 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.

• USB, US BANCORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 44.086376

U.S. Bancorp and its subsidiaries is a multi-state financial services holding company. The Company provides financial services, including lending and depository services in 24 states. It provides credit card, merchant, and automated teller machine (ATM) processing, mortgage banking, insurance, trust and investment management, brokerage, and leasing activities in domestic markets. The Company?s segments include Wholesale Banking, Consumer Banking, Wealth Management & Securities Services, Payment Services, and Treasury and Corporate Support. The banking subsidiaries are engaged in the general banking business in domestic markets. The non-banking subsidiaries offer investment and insurance products to customers and mutual fund processing services to a range of mutual funds. In November 2008, U.S. Bancorp announced that U.S. Bank National Association has acquired the banking operations of Downey Savings & Loan Association, F.A. and PFF Bank & Trust.

• MDR, MCDERMOTT INT PAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 58.341206

McDermott International, Inc. is an engineering and construction company with specialty manufacturing and service capabilities and is the parent company of the McDermott group of companies, including J. Ray McDermott, S.A. (JRMSA) and The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W). The Company operates in three business segments: Offshore Oil and Gas Construction, Government Operations and Power Generation Systems. On July 27, 2007, the Company acquired Secunda International Limited. On May 1, 2007, it acquired Marine Mechanical Corporation.

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

Devon Energy Corporation (Devon) is an independent energy company engaged primarily in oil and gas exploration, development and production, the acquisition of producing properties, the transportation of oil, gas and natural gas liquids and the processing of natural gas. Devon owns oil and gas properties principally in the United States and Canada and, to a lesser degree, various regions located outside North America, including Azerbaijan, Brazil and China. The Company also owns properties in West Africa In addition to its oil and gas operations, Devon has marketing and midstream operations primarily in North America. These include marketing natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs), and constructing and operating pipelines, storage and treating facilities and gas processing plants. In October 2007, the Company completed the sale of its operations in Egypt. In June 2008, the Company announced the completion of the sale of its oil and gas business in Equatorial Guinea.

• HBHC, HANCOCK HLDG CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.951651

Hancock Holding Company is a bank holding company. As of December 31, 2007, the Company operated more than 162 banking and financial services offices, and more than 132 automated teller machines (ATMs) in the states of Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and Alabama through four wholly owned bank subsidiaries: Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi, Hancock Bank of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Hancock Bank of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida and Hancock Bank of Alabama, Mobile, Alabama (collectively, the Banks). The Banks are community oriented and focus primarily on offering commercial, consumer and mortgage loans and deposit services to individuals and small to middle market businesses in their respective market areas.

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• APA, APACHE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 178.394318

Apache Corporation is an independent energy company that explores for, develops and produces natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. In North America, the Company’s exploration and production interests are focused in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast, East Texas, the Permian Basin, the Anadarko Basin and the Western Sedimentary Basin of Canada. Outside of North America, the Company has exploration and production interests onshore Egypt, offshore Western Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea (North Sea), and onshore Argentina. It operates in six countries: the United States (Gulf Coast and Central regions), Canada, Egypt, Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea and Argentina. The Company also holds interests in many of its United States, Canadian and other international properties through subsidiaries, including Apache Canada Ltd., DEK Energy Company (DEKALB), Apache Energy Limited (AEL), Apache North America, Inc. and Apache Overseas, Inc.

• GIM, TEMPLETON GLOBAL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 100.861855

Templeton Global Income Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company. The Fund seeks current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in income-producing securities, including debt securities of United States and foreign issuers, including emerging markets. The Fund also has the ability to invest in investment-grade and sub-investment-grade sovereign debt. Its portfolio includes government bonds, municipal bonds and short-term investments. The Fund may purchase or write options. The Fund may invest in the Franklin Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio (Sweep Money Fund), an open-end investment company managed by the Fund?s investment adviser. The Fund?s investment adviser is Franklin Advisers, Inc.

• PEG, PUB ENTRPR GP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 32.920681

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) is an energy company. The wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company are PSEG Power LLC (Power), Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), PSEG Energy Holdings L.L.C. (Energy Holdings) and PSEG Services Corporation (Services). The operating subsidiaries of Power include PSEG Fossil LLC (Fossil), PSEG Nuclear LLC (Nuclear) and PSEG Energy Resources & Trade LLC (ER&T), and of Energy Holdings include PSEG Global L.L.C. (Global) and PSEG Resources L.LC. (Resources). In July 2008, the Company closed the sale of the SAESA Group of Companies (SAESA Group) in southern Chile to a consortium formed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

• 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 seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal income taxes as by investing 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 zero-coupon bonds. It may invest in various derivative instruments, including swap agreements and other instruments. It invests in sectors, such as hospitals, transportation, education, housing, power, and water and sewer. 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.

• ITC, ITC HOLDINGS CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 286.261017

ITC Holdings Corp., through its Regulated Operating Subsidiaries, International Transmission Company (ITCTransmission), Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (METC) and ITC Midwest LLC (ITC Midwest), is engaged in the transmission of electricity in the United States. The Company operates contiguous, high-voltage systems in Michigan?s Lower Peninsula and portions of Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri that transmit electricity from generating stations to local distribution facilities connected to its systems. On December 20, 2007, the Company acquired the electric transmission assets of IP&L through ITC Midwest.

• NMO, NUVEEN MU MKT OPP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.084943

Company description not available.

• 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, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The Company?s activities include geophysical and geological evaluation and exploratory drilling on properties, for which it has acquired exploration rights. Its properties consist primarily of interests in developed and undeveloped crude oil and natural gas leases and concessions. It also owns natural gas processing plants and natural gas gathering and other crude oil and natural gas related pipeline systems which are primarily used in the processing and transportation of its crude oil, natural gas and NGL production. The Company operates primarily in the Rocky Mountains, Mid-continent, and deepwater Gulf of Mexico areas in the United States, with international operations in offshore Israel, the North Sea and West Africa.

• AGN, ALLERGAN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 34.217606

Allergan, Inc. is a multi-specialty healthcare company focused on developing and commercializing pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical devices. The Company discovers, develops and commercializes specialty pharmaceutical, medical device and over-the-counter products for the ophthalmic, neurological, medical aesthetics, medical dermatological, breast aesthetics, obesity intervention, urological, and other specialty markets in more than 100 countries around the world. In January 2007, Allergan, Inc. acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Groupe Corneal Laboratoires (Corneal), a healthcare company that develops, manufactures and markets dermal fillers, viscoelastics, and a range of ophthalmic surgical device products. In October 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Esprit Pharma Holding Company, Inc. (Esprit). Allergan, Inc. operates in two business segments: specialty pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

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

Kendle International Inc. is a global clinical research organization (CRO) that provides a range of Phase I-IV global clinical development services to the biopharmaceutical industry. The Company augments the research and development activities of biopharmaceutical companies by offering clinical research services and information technology designed to reduce drug development time and expense. It delivers integrated clinical development services, including clinical trial management, clinical data management, statistical analysis, medical writing, regulatory consulting and organizational meeting management and publications services on a contract basis. Its Early Stage business focuses on the Company?s Phase I operations, while Late Stage is comprised of clinical development services related to Phases II through IV clinical trials, regulatory affairs and biometrics offerings. In June 2008, the Company announced the acquisition of DecisionLine Clinical Research Corporation.

• BMC, B M C SOFTWARE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.533241

BMC Software, Inc. is a software vendor. The Company provides system and service management solutions primarily for large enterprises. Its portfolio of software solutions spans enterprise systems, applications, databases and information technology (IT) process management. BMC Software also provides maintenance and support for its products and performs software implementation, integration and education services for its customers. The Company is organized into two software business segments: Enterprise Service Management (ESM) and Mainframe Service Management (MSM). In addition, its third segment consists of its Professional Services (PS) organization. In October 2007, the Company acquired Emprisa Networks, Inc. (Emprisa), a provider of network configuration automation software. In April 2008, BMC Software completed the acquisition of BladeLogic, Inc. (BladeLogic), a provider of data center automation software. In June 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of ITM Software.

• HCP, HEALTHCARE PROP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.127659

HCP, Inc. (HCP), formerly Health Care Property Investors, Inc., is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focusing primarily on properties serving the healthcare industry. HCP is a self-administered REIT that invests directly or through joint ventures in healthcare facilities. The Company acquires, develop, lease, dispose and manage healthcare real estate and provide mortgage and other financing to healthcare providers. The Company?s holdings include 753 properties distributed among distinct sectors of healthcare, including senior housing, medical office, life science, hospital and skilled nursing. Its portfolio includes investments in five healthcare segments: senior housing, life science, medical office, hospital and skilled nursing. In August 2007, the Company acquired Slough Estates USA Inc.

• 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.

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

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

• WWE, WORLD WRESTLING E Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.328812

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) is an integrated media and entertainment company. The Company develops creative content centered on its talent and presented at its live and televised events. Its three brands include Raw, SmackDown and ECW. The Company operates through four segments: Live and Televised Entertainment, Consumer Products, Digital Media and WWE Films.

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

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

• CSX, C S X CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.526377

CSX Corporation (CSX) is a transportation company. The Company operates in two segments: rail and intermodal. The Company?s rail and intermodal businesses provide rail-based transportation services, including traditional rail service and the transport of intermodal containers and trailers. 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 centers in 23 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. In addition to CSXT, the rail segment includes Total Distribution Services, Inc. (TDSI), Transflo Terminal Services, Inc. (Transflo), CSX Technology, Inc. (CSX Technology) and other subsidiaries. CSX Intermodal, Inc. (Intermodal) is a coast-to-coast intermodal transportation provider.

• 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.

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

Kendle International Inc. is a global clinical research organization (CRO) that provides a range of Phase I-IV global clinical development services to the biopharmaceutical industry. The Company augments the research and development activities of biopharmaceutical companies by offering clinical research services and information technology designed to reduce drug development time and expense. It delivers integrated clinical development services, including clinical trial management, clinical data management, statistical analysis, medical writing, regulatory consulting and organizational meeting management and publications services on a contract basis. Its Early Stage business focuses on the Company?s Phase I operations, while Late Stage is comprised of clinical development services related to Phases II through IV clinical trials, regulatory affairs and biometrics offerings. In June 2008, the Company announced the acquisition of DecisionLine Clinical Research Corporation.

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

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

• NMO, NUVEEN MU MKT OPP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.084943

Company description not available.

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• ADM, ARCHER DANIELS MD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 105.415352

Archer Daniels Midland Company is engaged in procuring, transporting, storing, processing, and merchandising agricultural commodities and products. The Company is a processor of oilseeds, corn, wheat, cocoa, and other feedstuffs, and is a manufacturer of soybean oil and protein meal, corn sweeteners, flour, biodiesel, ethanol, and other food and feed ingredients. The Company?s operations are classified into three business segments: Oilseeds Processing, Corn Processing and Agricultural Services. The Company?s remaining operations are aggregated and classified as Other. In August 2008, the French malting group Malteurop bought the malting division of Archer Daniels Midland Company. Malteurop is controlled by the French farm cooperative group Champagne Cereales and ADM Malting.

• CCC, CALGON CARBON CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 159.372314

Calgon Carbon Corporation (Calgon Carbon) is a provider of products, and solutions for purifying water and air. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had operated in three business segments: Activated Carbon and Service, Equipment, and Consumer. The Activated Carbon and Service segment manufactures granular activated carbon for use in applications to remove organic compounds from water, air, and other liquids and gases. The service aspect of the segment consists of the leasing, monitoring and maintenance of carbon adsorption equipment. The Equipment segment provides solutions to customers? air and water purification problems through the design, fabrication and operation of systems that utilize a combination of the Company?s enabling technologies: carbon adsorption, ultraviolet (UV) and advanced ion exchange separation (ISEP) among others. The Consumer segment primarily consists of the manufacture and sale of carbon cloth and new consumer products based on the Company?s technologies.

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

Kendle International Inc. is a global clinical research organization (CRO) that provides a range of Phase I-IV global clinical development services to the biopharmaceutical industry. The Company augments the research and development activities of biopharmaceutical companies by offering clinical research services and information technology designed to reduce drug development time and expense. It delivers integrated clinical development services, including clinical trial management, clinical data management, statistical analysis, medical writing, regulatory consulting and organizational meeting management and publications services on a contract basis. Its Early Stage business focuses on the Company?s Phase I operations, while Late Stage is comprised of clinical development services related to Phases II through IV clinical trials, regulatory affairs and biometrics offerings. In June 2008, the Company announced the acquisition of DecisionLine Clinical Research Corporation.

• 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. In December 2008, Johnson & Johnson acquired Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

• GOLD, RANDGOLD RES LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 703.888306

Randgold Resources Limited is engaged in gold mining and exploration. Its discoveries as of December 31, 2007, include the 7.5 million ounce Morila deposit in southern Mali, the seven million ounce Yalea deposit at Loulo in western Mali and the four million ounce Tongon deposit in the Cote d?Ivoire. The Company financed and developed the Morila mine, which was brought into production in October 2000, and as of December 31, 2007, has produced approximately 4.75 million ounces of gold. It also financed and developed the Loulo project, which went into production, in November 2005, with two open-pit mines. Randgold Resources? focus is on the discovery and development of gold projects. This is supported by exploration projects in the major gold regions of Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cote d?Ivoire, Ghana and Tanzania.

• PEP, PEPSICO INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 172.410660

PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo) is a global beverage, snack and food company. The Company manufactures, markets and sells a range of salty, convenient, sweet and grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages and foods approximately 200 countries, with its operations in North America, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The Company is organized into three business units: PepsiCo Americas Foods, which includes Frito-Lay North America, Quaker Foods North America and all of its Latin American food and snack businesses, including its Sabritas and Gamesa businesses in Mexico; PepsiCo Americas Beverages, which includes PepsiCo Beverages North America and all of its Latin American beverage businesses, and PepsiCo International, which includes all PepsiCo businesses in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa. The Company?s three business units were organized in six segments: FLNA, QFNA, LAF, PAB, United Kingdom & Europe, and Middle East, Africa & Asia.

• PVTB, PRIVATEBANCORP IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.539383

PrivateBancorp, Inc. through its PrivateBank subsidiaries provides personalized, financial services primarily to entrepreneurial and middle-market companies, affluent individuals, wealthy families, professionals, entrepreneurs and real estate investors. The Company as of December 31, 2007, had six bank subsidiaries: PrivateBank – Chicago, The PrivateBank – Michigan, The PrivateBank – Georgia, The PrivateBank – Wisconsin, The PrivateBank – St. Louis, The PrivateBank – Kansas City (in organization) and The PrivateWealth Trust Company. As of March 31, 2008, the Company owned 100% of three trusts: PrivateBancorp Statutory Trust II, PrivateBancorp Statutory Trust III, and Bloomfield Hills Statutory Trust I (the Trusts).

• SYT, SYNGENTA AG ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 517.944214

Syngenta AG (Syngenta) is an agri business company engaged in the crop protection and seeds businesses. The crop protection chemicals include herbicides, insecticides and fungicides to control weeds, insects and diseases in crops. The seeds business operates in two commercial sectors: seeds for field crops, including corn, oilseeds, cereals and sugar beet; and vegetable and flower seeds. The Company, through its business development research is applying biotechnology to areas, including biofuels. The Company operates in three business segments: crop protection, seeds and business development. On April 13, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of 49% in Sanbei Seeds Co. Limited. In November 2008, Syngenta completed the acquisition of SPS Argentina SA (SPS). On November 19, 2008, Syngenta completed the acquisition of Goldsmith Seeds, Inc. (Goldsmith). On December 12, 2008, the Company acquired the pot and garden chrysanthemum and aster business of Yoder Brothers 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.

• INTU, INTUIT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.931304

Intuit Inc. (Intuit) is a provider of business, financial management solutions for small and medium sized businesses, financial institutions, consumers and accounting professionals. The Company?s flagship products and services, including QuickBooks, Quicken and TurboTax software, enable small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. It has six business segments: QuickBooks, Payroll and Payments, Consumer Tax, Accounting Professionals, Financial Institutions and Other Businesses. The Company?s Small Business division consists of two segments: QuickBooks segment, and Payroll and Payments segment. The QuickBooks segment includes QuickBooks financial and business management software and services, technical support, financial supplies, and Website design and hosting services for small businesses. In December 2007, Intuit Inc. acquired Homestead Technologies Inc. In February 2008, it acquired Electronic Clearing House Inc.

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

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

• IRM, IRON MOUNTAIN (DE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 99.393646

Iron Mountain Incorporated is engaged in information protection and storage services. The Company offers records management and data protection solutions, along with the focus on address complex information challenges, such as rising storage costs, litigation, regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. The Company has a diversified customer base, which consists of commercial, legal, banking, healthcare, accounting, insurance, entertainment and government organizations. As of December 31, 2007, the Company provided services in 37 countries on five continents, employed over 20,000 people and operated over 1,000 records management facilities. In June 2007, the Company announced that it has acquired Accutrac Software, Inc., a provider of records management software and professional services. In November 2007, Iron Mountain Incorporated announced the acquisition of Xepa Digital, LLP.

• 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.

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

Bucyrus International, Inc. designs, manufactures mining equipment for the extraction of coal, copper, oil sands, iron ore and other minerals in mining centers throughout the world. In addition to the manufacture of original equipment, the Company also provides the aftermarket replacement parts and service for equipment. The Company operates in two business segments: surface mining and underground mining. The Company?s manufacturing facilities include Australia, China, Germany, Poland and the United States, and service and sales centers include Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, England, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Africa and the United States. The Company?s surface mining equipment includes draglines, electric mining shovels and rotary blasthole drills. In December 2008, the Company announced that it has completed the acquisition of OKD, Bastro a.s. (Bastro). Bastro is an engineering services and manufacturing support company located in the Czech Republic.

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

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

• 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.

• OLN, OLIN CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.668947

Olin Corporation is a manufacturer concentrated in two business segments, including Chlor Alkali Products and Winchester. The Chlor Alkali Products manufactures and sells chlorine and caustic soda, sodium hydrosulfite, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, sodium chlorate, bleach products and potassium hydroxide. Winchester products include sporting ammunition, reloading components, small caliber military ammunition and components, and industrial cartridges. On August 31, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Pioneer Companies, Inc. (Pioneer). The Company?s subsidiary, PCI Chemicals Canada Company/Societe PCI Chimie Canada, operating two chlor alkali facilities, Becancour and Dalhousie sells chlor alkali-related products within Canada and to the United States. The Company?s subsidiary, The Winchester Australia Limited loads and packs sporting and industrial ammunition in Australia.