Value Investing and Other Strategies

January 03, 2014

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Value Oriented Strategy, Small-Cap Investing, Quality of Business, Multicap Contrarian Investing, Long-Term Intrinsic Value, High-Quality Companies, Contrarian Approach to Investing, Asset-Heavy Companies

Companies covered: Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), TRW Automotive Holdings Corporation (NYSE:TRW), TE Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE:TEL), Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE:NFX), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN), State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), Sanofi (NYSE:SNY), QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM), Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS), Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE:MMC), McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK), Southwest Airlines Company (NYSE:LUV), Life Technologies Corporation, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD), CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS), Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE:CAH), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), AmerisourceBergen Corporation (Holding Co) (NYSE:ABC), Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A)

Oil & Gas: Drilling Equipment and Services

January 03, 2014

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Unconventional Resources, Shale, Oil Price Expectations, Oil and Gas Transportation Services, Offshore and Deepwater Drilling, International Energy Opportunities, Domestic Crude Prices, Dividend Yields for Energy Investors, Bundled Oil and Gas Services

Companies covered: National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV), TransCanada Corporation (NYSE:TRP), Enbridge Inc (NYSE:ENB), Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (NYSE:CP), Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE:CNI), FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI), Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR), Dresser-Rand Group Inc. (NYSE:DRC), Dow Inc. (NYSE:DOW), Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT), Schlumberger N.V. (NYSE:SLB), Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG), Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ:IEP), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), Cameron International Corporation (NYSE:CAM), Baker Hughes (NYSE:BKR), Noble Corporation (NYSE:NE), Hornbeck Offshore Services (NYSE:HOS), Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE:HLX), Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (OTCMKTS:DOFSQ), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), ENSCO plc (NYSE:ESV), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Rowan Companies plc (NYSE:RDC), Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII), Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE:NBL), Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (NYSE:PBR)

Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Banks

January 03, 2014

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Rise of Commercial and Industrial Lending, Regulatory Outlook Gains Clarity, Regulatory Obstacles and Fee Income Replacement, Prolonged Interest Rate Environment Challenges, Pockets of Growth in Northeastern Banking, Midcap Market Share Gains, Interest Rates and Loan-Growth Strategies, Annualized Loan Growth Acceleration

Companies covered: Chicopee Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBNK), Cape Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBNJ), Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRKL), Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNCL), United Financial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBNK), TFS Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:TFSL), The Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:TBBK), Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUSQ), Sterling Financial Corp., SI Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIFI), Rockville Financial Inc., PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) (NYSE:PNC), OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:OCFC), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFBK), Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBVT), J P Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Investors Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISBC), Hampden Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:HBNK), Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:FXCB), Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISI), First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (NYSE:FCF), Meridian Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBSB), Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCOM), Meta Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CASH), Astoria Financial Corporation (NYSE:AF), WSFS Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:WSFS), Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE:WBS), People's United Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:PBCT), M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE:MTB), First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), CIT Group Inc (NYSE:CIT), Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY), Roma Financial Corp., Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:LBAI), Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCBK), Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF), Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:NVSL)

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