Insurance

June 05, 2015

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Underperformance in the Insurance Sector, Specialty Commercial Automobile Insurance, Special Situations in Reinsurance, Life and Property/Casualty Insurers, Interest Rate and Pricing Pressures, Insurance Space Opportunities, Insurance Headwinds, Bermuda-Based Insurance Companies

Companies covered: Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ:AGII), Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL), XL Group plc (NYSE:XL), W.R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE:WRB), Validus Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE:VR), The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TRV), RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:RNR), Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE:RE), PartnerRe Ltd. (NYSE:PRE), ProAssurance Corporation (NYSE:PRA), Progressive Corporation (The) (NYSE:PGR), The Navigators Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NAVG), HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HCC), Erie Indemnity Company (NASDAQ:ERIE), Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd (NYSE:ENH), Employers Holdings Inc (NYSE:EIG), CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE:CNA), Chubb Corporation (The) (NYSE:CB), Axis Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS), Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG (NYSE:AWH), Allstate Corporation (The) (NYSE:ALL), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL), American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:AFG), Aercap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER), Ace Limited (NYSE:ACE), Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE:WSH), BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG), AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFSI), Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:MET), Mercury General Corporation (NYSE:MCY), Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation (NASDAQ:IPCC), Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) (NYSE:HIG), Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL), Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFH)

Business Services and Application Software

June 05, 2015

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Marketing Services, Heightened Bank Activity, Focus on Cloud and Data, Differentiated Technology, Consumer Financial Health, Business Services Headwinds, Bank Technology, Analytics and Applications Market Opportunities

Companies covered: Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ:WAVX), Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS), Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AZPN), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC), SAP SE (NYSE:SAP), Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Merck & Company, Inc. (NYSE:MRK), Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ:INFA), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ:DWCH), Tableau Software, Inc. (NYSE:DATA), Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), Asure Software Inc (NASDAQ:ASUR), Acxiom Corporation (NASDAQ:ACXM), ACI Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIW), Total System Services, Inc. (NYSE:TSS), Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY), Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (NYSE:HPY), Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), Rocket Fuel Inc. (NASDAQ:FUEL), Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE:FI), Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE:FIS), Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX), CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGP), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE:ADS), CSG Systems International, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGS), Dot Hill Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:HILL)

Semiconductors

May 22, 2015

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Wearables Market, Top Semiconductor Trends, Notification-Based Interfacing, M&A Activity in Semiconductor Space, Internet of Things Trend, Emerging Technologies and Services, Content Growth in Automotive Market, Acceleration of Semiconductor Consolidation

Companies covered: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA), Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWKS), Sony Corp Ord (NYSE:SNE), Orbotech Ltd. (NASDAQ:ORBK), Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ:MVIS), Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN), GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRO), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW), Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLAB), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR), Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), Microchip Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ:MCHP), Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCS), PMC - Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ:PMCS), Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEM)

Investing Strategies

May 22, 2015

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Long-Term Value Investing, Long-Only All-Cap Domestic Equity Fund, Investing in Emerging Markets, Investing in Asia, Higher-Growth Small to Midcap Names, Diversification Across All Sectors, Collaborative Multi-Cap Investing, Active Management

Companies covered: CNA Surety Corp., Coach, Inc. (NYSE:COH), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) (NYSE:GS), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLAB), QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM), Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE:LVLT), Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ:INFA), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM), Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP)

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