Topics covered: Small Cap Growth Companies, Preservation of Capital, Major Trends in the Macro Environment, Long/Short Hedge Strategy, High Quality Fast-Growing Smaller Cap Companies, Global Small Cap Value, Consistent Growth in Earnings, All-Weather Business Models, Absolute Return Strategies
Companies covered: IMS Health Inc., First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC), Cal Dive International Inc, Dean Foods Company (NYSE:DF), Courier Corporation (NASDAQ:CRRC), China Fire & Security Group, I, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Procter & Gamble Company (The) (NYSE:PG), Pepsico, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP), Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL), Conagra Brands Inc. (NYSE:CAG), Texas Pacific Land Trust (NYSE:TPL), Telkonet Inc., Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTG), Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE:TUP), Saks Incorporated, Steven Madden, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHOO), Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE:PLT), Nike, Inc. (NYSE:NKE), Maximus, Inc. (NYSE:MMS), Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRUS), BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), The Talbots Inc., Rosetta Resources Inc. (NASDAQ:ROSE), PRA Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRAA), Polypore International Inc (NYSE:PPO), NetLogic Microsystems Inc., lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU), HMS Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:HMSY), East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC), ev3, Inc., Brigham Exploration Co., ANN INC. (NYSE:ANN), United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN), Walt Disney Company (The) (NYSE:DIS), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Tenneco Inc. (NYSE:TEN), Questar Corporation (NYSE:STR), Nortel Inversora SA (NYSE:NTL), Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE:NBR), Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ININ), DG FastChannel, Inc., American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AXL), Cincinnati Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CINF), Zenith National Insurance Corp, Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd (NYSE:PTP), Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM), Church & Dwight Company, Inc. (NYSE:CHD), Alberto-Culver Co., Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAVM), Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE:NOG), Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIGL), Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ:PNRA), Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (NASDAQ:LINC), Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (NASDAQ:GMCR), AstraZeneca PLC (NASDAQ:AZN)
