Industry & Services >> Sector Roundtables >> March 28, 2005
Samantha Panella is a Vice President at Raymond James & Associates, Inc. She
rejoined Raymond James & Associates in September 2006 as a Research Analyst
focusing on the softline retail sector. She originally joined Raymond James
equity research in May 2000, covering the growth airlines sector alongside
Managing Director Jim Parker through 2005. In 2003, Ms. Panella and Mr. Parker
were named as a team to the Institutional Investor All-America research team as
runners-up for their coverage of the growth airlines sector. They were also
recognized as a team in the 2005 StarMine Top Analyst Survey for stock-picking.
Prior to joining Raymond James, she was an Assistant Vice President at SunTrust
Equitable Securities and a Senior Research Associate at The Robinson Humphrey
Company. She graduated from Villanova University cum laude with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Business Administration. Profile
JAMES CORRIDORE is an Investment Officer at Standard & Poor's Equity
Group, covering the airline, air cargo and logistics industries. Prior
to taking over coverage of the transportation industry in August 2001,
he served as a Senior Industry Analyst covering portions of the
technology industry. He joined Standard & Poor's in 1988 as a
statistician in the Corporation Records department. Upon promotion to
Analyst in 1996, He garnered additional analytical experience, which
allowed him to be promoted again, in 1998, to Industry Analyst. In 2000,
he was promoted to Senior Industry Analyst and in 2002 he was made an
Investment Officer. He is a graduate of the State University of New York
at Albany, graduating magna cum laude in 1987. Profile
CHRIS LOZIER is a stock analyst with Morningstar, covering airlines,
aerospace and defense companies. Prior to joining Morningstar in 2004,
he worked as a consultant in Washington, DC, for such organizations as
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Before that, he was a portfolio manager
for the Chicago investment advisor Schlindwein Associates, LLC. Mr.
Lozier holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Notre
Dame and a master's of business administration Degree from Northwestern
University's Kellogg School of Management. Prior to business school, he
served for six years in the U.S. Navy as a submarine officer. Profile
TWST: A key question about airlines seems to be, 'Who's going to stay inbusiness?' Samantha, what's your outlook at this point for this
industry?
Ms. Panella: We don't cover the legacy