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)

Industrial Equipment, Aerospace and Defense

May 22, 2015

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Used Aircraft in Commercial Aerospace, Growth in Commercial Aerospace, Future Growth for Multi-Industrials, Energy Equipment Manufacturing, Composite Materials, Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing, Commercial Aerospace Aftermarket, Attractive Defense Environment

Companies covered: Erickson Incorporated (NASDAQ:EAC), Chart Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLS), B/E Aerospace, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAV), American Airlines Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL), United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), Triumph Group, Inc. (NYSE:TGI), Transdigm Group Incorporated (NYSE:TDG), Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SPR), SAIC, Inc., Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), Precision Castparts Corporation (NYSE:PCP), ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ:MANT), Southwest Airlines Company (NYSE:LUV), Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT), Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Esterline Technologies Corporation (NYSE:ESL), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE:CW), CACI International, Inc. (NYSE:CACI), Boeing Company (The) (NYSE:BA), Graham Corporation (NYSE:GHM), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (NYSE:WAB), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD), AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE:ROK), ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT), Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG), Emerson Electric Company (NYSE:EMR), Dover Corporation (NYSE:DOV), ABB Ltd (NYSE:ABB), Hexcel Corporation (NYSE:HXL)

Medical Real Estate, Research and Diagnostic Substances

May 07, 2015

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Strong Performance by Diversified Diagnostics Companies, Large Health Care REITs, Lagging Diagnostics Space, Health Care REIT Earnings Growth, Diagnostics and Lab Services, Consolidation in the REIT Sector

Companies covered: Cytori Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CYTX), Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR), Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE:TCO), Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE:SPG), Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI), Macerich Company (The) (NYSE:MAC), Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE:HCN), HCP, Inc. (NYSE:HCP), Meridian Bioscience Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO), Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN), Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (NYSE:LH), Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE:DGX), DARA Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:DARA)

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