Investing Strategies

April 11, 2014

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Upside in Small-Cap Stocks, Small-Cap Investing, MLP Investing, Investing Through Construction Trends, Global Macro Trends, Dividend-Paying Stocks, Dividend-Paying Small Caps, Capital Appreciation

Companies covered: Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE:TWC), Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Merck & Company, Inc. (NYSE:MRK), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL), Sony Corp Ord (NYSE:SNE), Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:NUS), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE:HP), Gamestop Corporation (NYSE:GME), Buckle, Inc. (The) (NYSE:BKE), Aeropostale Inc (NYSE:ARO), Abercrombie & Fitch Company (NYSE:ANF), American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO), Crosstex Energy LP, Sunoco Logistics Partners LP (NYSE:SXL), Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE:PAA), Targa Resources Partners LP (NYSE:NGLS-A), MarkWest Energy Partners, LP (NYSE:MWE), Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE:MMP), El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD), Enbridge Energy, L.P. (NYSE:EEP), Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Buckeye Partners L.P. (NYSE:BPL), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX), Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO), TRW Automotive Holdings Corporation (NYSE:TRW), McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd (NYSE:CHU), China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. (NYSE:CHL), Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE:SPG), MasTec, Inc. (NYSE:MTZ), Home Depot, Inc. (The) (NYSE:HD), EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE:EME), AECOM (NYSE:ACM), Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:WLL), Walgreen Co., Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), The Priceline Group Inc. (NASDAQ:PCLN), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS), Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE:ICE), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG), EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE:EOG), Walt Disney Company (The) (NYSE:DIS), CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS), Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR), American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE:AEM)

Building Materials, Residential Construction and Housing

April 11, 2014

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Production Rates in Capital Goods, Opportunities in Domestic Shale Infrastructure, Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure Build in Emerging Markets, Increased Rental Demand, Growth in Equipment Leasing Adoption Rates, Energy Infrastructure Companies, Construction Equipment Replacement Trends

Companies covered: General Steel Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:GSI), Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (NYSE:LEG), Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE), Wabco Holdings Inc. (NYSE:WBC), Titan International, Inc. (NYSE:TWI), Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ:TITN), Terex Corporation (NYSE:TEX), Manitowoc Company, Inc. (The) (NYSE:MTW), Deere & Company (NYSE:DE), Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI), Caterpillar, Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Blount International, Inc. (NYSE:BLT), United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), Parker-Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:PH), PACCAR Inc. (NASDAQ:PCAR), Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV), Kennametal Inc. (NYSE:KMT), Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW), Emerson Electric Company (NYSE:EMR), AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), RPM International Inc. (NYSE:RPM), Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:VMC), USG Corporation (NYSE:USG), Texas Industries Inc., Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE:MLM), Eagle Materials Inc (NYSE:EXP), Smith (A.O.) Corporation (NYSE:AOS), Willbros Group, Inc. (NYSE:WG), Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE:PWR), Primoris Services Corporation (NASDAQ:PRIM), MasTec, Inc. (NYSE:MTZ), Matrix Service Company (NASDAQ:MTRX), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC), Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR), Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (NYSE:FIX), EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE:EME), Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (NYSE:CBI), United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI), Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK)

Investment Banks and Asset Management

March 27, 2014

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Regulatory Outlook Gains Clarity, Investing in Financial Services, Capital Flow Into Equities, Asset Growth, Alternative Asset Management, Active Management

Companies covered: Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR), Principal Financial Group Inc (NYSE:PFG), GFI Group Inc. (NYSE:GFIG), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TROW), The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW), Janus Capital Group, Inc (NYSE:JNS), Cohn & Steers Inc (NYSE:CNS), BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYSE:AMTD), Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:AINV), Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE:WDR), State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), SEI Investments Company (NASDAQ:SEIC), Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM), Invesco Ltd. (NYSE:IVZ), Eaton Vance Corporation (NYSE:EV), Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX), Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation (The) (NYSE:BK), Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN), Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE:AMG), Allianceberstein Holding L.P. (NYSE:AB)

Investing Strategies

March 26, 2014

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Secular Growth Themes, Large-Cap Growth, Investing in the Swiss Market, Investing in Stable Economies, Global Growth Equities, Dividend-Paying Stocks, Capital Appreciation, Basic Needs Investing

Companies covered: Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL), Tesoro Corporation (NYSE:TSO), Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE:PKG), Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (NYSE:PCL), Meadwestvaco Corporation (NYSE:MWV), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Bunge Limited (NYSE:BG), Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM), Chart Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLS), V.F. Corporation (NYSE:VFC), TJX Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:TJX), O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY), Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Crown Castle International (NYSE:CCI), American Tower Corporation (REIT) (NYSE:AMT), UIL Holdings Corporation (NYSE:UIL), AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Pepsico, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP), National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI), Coca-Cola Company (The) (NYSE:KO), GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE:GSK), ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS (NYSE:ETP), EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR), Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc (NYSE:DPS), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Owens Corning Inc (NYSE:OC), Avago Technologies Limited (NASDAQ:AVGO), Toyota Motor Corp Ltd Ord (NYSE:TM), Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS), Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland (The) (NYSE:IRE), Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT), UBS AG (NYSE:UBS), Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG), Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS), Credit Suisse Group (NYSE:CS), ABB Ltd (NYSE:ABB)

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