Topics covered: Weather Impact on Automotive, Peaked Valuations in Automotive, Normalized Vehicle Sales, DIY Auto Tailwinds, Challenges in Automotive Manufacturing, Automotive Retailers, Auto Parts Demand, Auto Dealer Opportunities
Companies covered: Wabco Holdings Inc. (NYSE:WBC), Tenneco Inc. (NYSE:TEN), Sonic Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:SAH), O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY), CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX), Genuine Parts Company (NYSE:GPC), AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO), Asbury Automotive Group Inc (NYSE:ABG), Advance Auto Parts Inc (NYSE:AAP), Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE:JCI), Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVGI), Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE:PAG), Toyota Motor Corp Ltd Ord (NYSE:TM), Lear Corporation (NYSE:LEA), Honda Motor Company, Ltd. (NYSE:HMC), Harman International Industries, Incorporated (NYSE:HAR), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE:BWA), Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE:ALV), Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack (The) (NYSE:PBY), Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. (NASDAQ:MNRO), Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE:LAD), Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI), AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN)
Topics covered: Strategic Diversification, Netherlands, Maximizing Bottom Line on After-Tax Basis, Long-Term Active Investing, Investing in the Indian Market, Fixed Income Asset Management, Cautious Stance on Biotech and Energy, Bottom-Up Investment Approach, Belgium and Germany Small Caps
Companies covered: BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY), AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOLX), American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), J P Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Deere & Company (NYSE:DE), Caterpillar, Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC)
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)
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)
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)
