Topics covered: Value Investing, Middle-Market Products, Large-Cap Technology, Dividend-Growing Companies
Companies covered: Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), CA Inc. (NASDAQ:CA), Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE:WEC), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY), Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), J P Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC)
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)
Topics covered: Investing in Small-Cap Technology, Investing in Internet Stocks, Infrastructure Investment Opportunities, Canadian Blue-Chip Stocks
Companies covered: Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB), Southern Union Co., Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE:SE), Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (NYSE:PCG), ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE:OKE), NiSource, Inc (NYSE:NI), AGL Resources, Inc. (NYSE:GAS), El Paso Corp., Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO), AGL Resources Inc., TELUS Corporation (NYSE:TU), Research In Motion Ltd., Manulife Financial Corp (NYSE:MFC), Enbridge Energy, L.P. (NYSE:EEP), Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM)
Topics covered: Regulatory and Loan Growth Headwinds, Regionals Put Liquidity to Work, Outperformance and Heated Valuations for Texas Banking, A Surge in M&A Deals
Companies covered: Solera Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SLH), IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS), Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL), Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:TCBI), J P Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), International Bancshares Corporation (NASDAQ:IBOC), Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GBCI), CVB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CVBF), Comerica Incorporated (NYSE:CMA), CoBiz Financial Inc. (NASDAQ:COBZ), City Holding Company (NASDAQ:CHCO), Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ:ZION), Whitney Holding Corp., Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC), United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBSI), SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI), Sterling Bancshares Inc., Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:PPBI), PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW), Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, First Pactrust Bancorp Inc., City National Corporation (NYSE:CYN), Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ:COLB), Washington Federal Inc., Umpqua Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:UMPQ), Prosperity Bancshares Inc., Nara Bancorp Inc., First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC), East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC), Center Financial Corporation, Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE:CFR), Bank of Hawaii Corporation (NYSE:BOH), Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:CTSH), Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP), Western Union Company (The) (NYSE:WU), Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE:RHI), ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN), Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM), Genpact Limited (NYSE:G), Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE:FI), Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE:FIS), ExlService Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXLS), Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG), Accenture plc. (NYSE:ACN), Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIBC), SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB), Vectren Corporation (NYSE:VVC)
Topics covered: Plays on the Employment Theme, Larger IT Systems Upgrades, IT and BPO Stocks Recovery, Cloud Computing and SaaS Trends
Companies covered: Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP), CTPartners Executive Search Inc. (AMEX:CTP), Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE:RHI), Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX), Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:NCI), ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN), Korn/Ferry International (NYSE:KFY), Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HURN), Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSII), FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:FCN), Corporate Executive Board Co., Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE:CRL), Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:CTSH), Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX), Sapient Corporation (NASDAQ:SAPE), Perficient, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRFT), HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC), Ciber, Inc. (NYSE:CBR), Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ:ZION), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (NYSE:MTU), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), FirstMerit Corporation (NASDAQ:FMER), Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB), East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC), City National Corporation (NYSE:CYN), Vmware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD), Synnex Corporation (NYSE:SNX), Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI), NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP), Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), Eastman Kodak Co., Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW), Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE), Websense, Inc., Tibco Software Inc., Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC), Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC), SAP SE (NYSE:SAP), Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), Pepsico, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP), Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), Novell Inc., Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), McAfee, Inc., Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU), Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), Viewpoint Financial Group, Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVBD), Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV), Blue Coat Systems Inc., Pacific Continental Corporation (Ore) (NASDAQ:PCBK), Pansoft Company Limited, Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY), Telestone Technologies Corp., Advent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADVS), iGo, Inc., Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL), eFuture Information Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:EFUT), Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:LIOX)
