Metals and Mining

April 12, 2013

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Precious Metals, Midcap and Small-Cap Consolidation Activity, Global Iron Ore Production, Emerging Market Infrastructure Construction

Companies covered: Comstock Mining, Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:LODE), Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WOR), Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:USAP), Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCHN), RTI International Metals, Inc. (NYSE:RTI), Haynes International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAYN), Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE:CRS), Castle (A.M.) & Co. (NYSE:CAS), Dynamic Materials Corporation (NASDAQ:BOOM), Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI), Quaterra Resources Inc., Olympic Steel, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZEUS), United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X), Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WLT), Thomson S.A., Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD), Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE:RS), Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE), Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (NASDAQ:KALU), GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:GTI), Commercial Metals Company (NYSE:CMC), Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLF), Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU), National Steel Company (NYSE:SID), Boeing Company (The) (NYSE:BA), AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS), VALE S.A. (NYSE:VALE), Teck Resources Ltd. (NYSE:TECK), Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (NYSE:TC), Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGLD), Plains Exploration & Productio, Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM), McMoRan Exploration Co., Freeport-McMoran, Inc. (NYSE:FCX), Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD)

Investing in Energy, MLPs and Other Strategies

April 12, 2013

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Value Investing, Oil and Gas, Long-Term Investing, Large-Cap Investing, Investment Strategies, Investing in Energy, High-Quality Companies

Companies covered: Cardinal Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CFNL), Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (NASDAQ:AAWW), inContact, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAAS), Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), Kaman Corporation (NYSE:KAMN), Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE:JCI), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), Hub Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HUBG), Exterran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EXH), Esterline Technologies Corporation (NYSE:ESL), Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE:CBU), Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK), Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ:OZRK), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP), M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE:MTB), CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX), J P Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST), Walt Disney Company (The) (NYSE:DIS), Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), Boeing Company (The) (NYSE:BA), American Tower Corporation (REIT) (NYSE:AMT), Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE:PAA), Targa Resources Partners LP (NYSE:NGLS-A), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD), CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP)

Building Materials, Construction and Housing

April 12, 2013

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Strong End Markets for Building Products, North American Electrical Transmission, Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure Build in Emerging Markets, Energy Infrastructure Companies

Companies covered: Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), Foster Wheeler AG, Dow Inc. (NYSE:DOW), Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (NYSE:CBI), Owens Corning Inc (NYSE:OC), Granite Construction Incorporated (NYSE:GVA), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD), Aegion Corp (NASDAQ:AEGN), Willbros Group, Inc. (NYSE:WG), WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC), Tetra Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:TTI), AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE:PWR), Powell Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:POWL), MYR Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYRG), MasTec, Inc. (NYSE:MTZ), Hubbell Inc., EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE:EME), Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DY), General Cable Corporation (NYSE:BGC), Belden Inc (NYSE:BDC), AZZ Incorporated (NYSE:AZZ), Acuity Brands Inc (NYSE:AYI), Anixter International Inc. (NYSE:AXE), Primoris Services Corporation (NASDAQ:PRIM), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC), Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR), United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X), Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD), Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE), BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP)

Investment Banks and Asset Management

April 01, 2013

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Private Middle Market Funding, Increase In Investor Risk Tolerance, Fixed Income Bonds, Exchanges Trading Volumes and Cash Flow, Decreased Bank Loan Competition, Consistent BDC Dividend Yield, Capital Flow Into Equities, Asset Growth

Companies covered: Gamco Investors, Inc. (NYSE:GBL), Capital Southwest Corporation (NASDAQ:CSWC), Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE:WDR), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TROW), Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM), Janus Capital Group, Inc (NYSE:JNS), Epoch Holding Corporation, BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK), Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN), Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE:FII), Eaton Vance Corporation (NYSE:EV), Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX), Triangle Capital Corporation (NYSE:TCAP), Greenhill & Co., Inc. (NYSE:GHL), CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), UBS AG (NYSE:UBS), State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW), Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:NTRS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Invesco Ltd. (NYSE:IVZ), Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE:ICE), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) (NYSE:GS), Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation (The) (NYSE:BK), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE:AMTD), GFI Group Inc. (NYSE:GFIG), Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust (AMEX:FTF)

Investing in Gold and Value for Downside Protection

April 01, 2013

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Value Investing, Precious Metals, Longer-Term Investing, Long-Term Value Conservation, Long-Term Investing, Large-Cap Investing, Investment Strategies, Investing in Gold, High-Quality Companies, Global Investing

Companies covered: Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), Altria Group (NYSE:MO), Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT), Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HE), U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (NASDAQ:GROW), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Pepsico, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP), Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Mercury General Corporation (NYSE:MCY), Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE:LUK), Coca-Cola Company (The) (NYSE:KO), Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE:KGC), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD), Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG), Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE:AEM), CA Inc. (NASDAQ:CA), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:QSII), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE:HRB), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) (NYSE:GS), BMC Software Inc.

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