Chemicals, Rubber and Plastics Report

March 21, 2011

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Positive Trends in End-Market Demand, Margin Preservation Despite Rising Materials Cost

Companies covered: Mace Security International Inc (OTCMKTS:MACE), Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFFN), PrivateBancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:PVTB), Peoples Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:PEBO), Old Second Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSBC), M B T Financial Corp (NASDAQ:MBTF), Horizon Bancorp (IN) (NASDAQ:HBNC), First Place Financial Corp., First Busey Corporation (NASDAQ:BUSE), Valspar Corporation (The) (NYSE:VAL), Sherwin-Williams Company (The) (NYSE:SHW), RPM International Inc. (NYSE:RPM), Rockwood Holdings Inc., Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX), PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG), Nalco Holding Co., 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), Hexcel Corporation (NYSE:HXL), Ferro Corporation (NYSE:FOE), Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL), Dow Inc. (NYSE:DOW), Dupont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE:DFT), Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE:CYT), Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE), Boeing Company (The) (NYSE:BA), Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY), Ashland Inc. (NYSE:ASH), Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG), Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD), Penson Worldwide Inc, ADA-ES Inc., Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBLX)