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• DCM, NTT DOCOMO ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.530607

NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) is a mobile operator and provider of advanced mobile services. The Company serves over 54 million customers in Japan, including 48 million using i-mode, the mobile e-mail/Internet platform, and 47 million using FOMA, the third generation (3G) mobile service based on wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA). The Company offers a range of telecommunications services, such as 3G and second generation (2G) cellular services, and other specialized wireless telecommunications services, including satellite telephone services. The total number of 2G and 3G subscriptions was approximately 53.39 million during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. DOCOMO is focused on the development of wireless data transmission and mobile multimedia services, such as the Company?s i-mode Internet service and its 3G services. The Company terminated terminated Personal Handyphone System (PHS) services on January 7, 2008.

• ONB, OLD NATIONAL BANC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.371874

Old National Bancorp (Old National) is a financial holding company. The Company, through its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, provides range of services, including commercial and consumer loan and depository services, investment and brokerage services, lease financing and other traditional banking services. Through its non-bank affiliates, the Company provides services to supplement the banking business including fiduciary and wealth management services, insurance and other financial services. Old National Bank is its wholly owned banking subsidiary. It provides financial services primarily in Indiana, eastern and southeastern Illinois, and central and western Kentucky. The Company operates in two segments: community banking and treasury.

• HAE, HAEMONETICS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.928413

Haemonetics Corporation is engaged in developing and manufacturing blood processing technology that help ensures a safe and adequate blood supply. The Company has been engaged in manufacturing automated systems and single use consumables used in blood donation, blood processing, and surgical salvage of blood. Its direct customers are blood and plasma collectors, hospitals and hospital service providers. Haemonetics Corporation markets devices and related consumables, information technology platforms, and consulting services. The Company manages three global product families: Donor, which markets blood and plasma collection devices, consumables and other business solutions; Patient, which markets into hospitals surgical blood salvage and blood demand diagnostic devices and consumables, as well as blood management services, and Software/Services, which markets information technology platforms and consulting services to blood and plasma collectors and hospitals.

• BCR, BARD C R INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 345.886597

C. R. Bard, Inc. (Bard) is engaged in the design, manufacture, packaging, distribution and sale of medical, surgical, diagnostic and patient care devices. The Company sells a range of products worldwide to hospitals, individual healthcare professionals, extended care facilities and alternate site facilities. Bard has four product group categories: vascular, urology, oncology and surgical specialties. On January 11, 2008, Bard acquired LifeStent family of stents from Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. On June 5, 2008, the Company acquired Specialized Health Products International, Inc.

• SIGI, SELECTIVE INS GP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 53.364811

Selective Insurance Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers property and casualty insurance products and diversified insurance services and products. The Company operates three segments: Insurance Operations, which sells property and casualty insurance products and services primarily in 22 states in the Eastern and Midwestern United States; Investments, and Diversified Insurance Services, which provides human resource administration outsourcing (HR Outsourcing) products and services, and federal flood insurance administrative services (Flood).

• CTRP, CTRIP.COM INTL LT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 158.403076

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (Ctrip) is a travel service provider for hotel accommodations, airline tickets and packaged-tours in China. The Company also sells packaged-tours that include transportation and accommodations, as well as guided tours in some instances. Ctrip targets its services primarily at business and leisure travelers in China who do not travel in groups. It acts as agent in all of its transactions, and does not take inventory risks with respect to the hotel rooms and airline tickets booked through the Company. It derives its hotel reservation, air-ticketing and packaged-tour revenues through commissions from its travel suppliers, primarily based on the transaction value of the rooms, airline tickets and packaged-tour products, respectively, booked through its services.

• GEO, GEO GROUP INC (TH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.920737

The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a provider of government-outsourced services specializing in the management of correctional, detention and mental health and residential treatment facilities in the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. It operates a range of correctional and detention facilities, including maximum, medium and minimum security prisons, immigration detention centers, minimum security detention centers and mental health and residential treatment facilities. The Company conducts its business through four business segments: United States corrections segment; International services segment; GEO Care segment, and Facility construction and design segment.

• QCOM, QUALCOMM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.467328

QUALCOMM Incorporated, incorporated in 1985, designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access (CDMA) technology and other technologies. The Company operates through four segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); Qualcomm Wireless & Internet (QWI), and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). QCT is a developer and supplier of integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning. QTL grants licenses to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of CDMA products. In December 2007, the Company acquired San SoftMax Inc. In March 2008, the Company acquired Xiam Technologies Limited (Xiam), an Ireland-based provider of wireless content targeting solutions.

• NOV, NATL OILWELL VARC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.458580

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV) is a provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The Company operates in three segments. The Rig Technology segment designs, manufactures, sells and services systems for the drilling, completion and servicing of oil and gas wells. The Petroleum Services & Supplies segment provides a variety of consumable goods and services used to drill, complete, remediate and workover oil and gas wells, service pipelines, flowlines and other oilfield tubular goods. The Distribution Services segment provides maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) supplies, and spare parts to drill site and production locations worldwide.On April 21, 2008, NOV acquired Grant Prideco, Inc. In December 2008, it acquired Sakhalin Outfitters LLC and Mid-South Machine, Inc. In April 2009, NOV acquired ASEP Group Holding B.V. and Anson Limited.

• PTY, PIMCO CP OPPORTUN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.936417

PIMCO Corporate Opportunity Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation in a diversified portfolio of United States dollar-denominated corporate debt obligations of varying maturities and other income producing securities. These include corporate bonds, debentures, notes and other similar types of corporate debt instruments. It focuses on corporate debt obligations rated in the lowest investment-grade category (Baa or BBB) and in the highest non-investment-grade category (Ba or BB). It invests in residual interest municipal bonds and residual interest tax exempt bonds (inverse floaters), whose interest rates bear an inverse relationship to the interest rate on another security or the value of an index. The Fund?s investment manager is Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC. Its sub-advisor is Pacific Investment Management Company LLC.

• KNDL, KENDLE INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.166256

Kendle International Inc. is a global clinical research organization (CRO) that provides a range of Phase I-IV global clinical development services to the biopharmaceutical industry. The Company augments the research and development activities of biopharmaceutical companies by offering clinical research services and information technology designed to reduce drug development time and expense. Kendle International Inc. is managed in two reportable segments: Early Stage and Late Stage. The Early Stage business focuses on the Company?s Phase I operations while Late Stage is comprised of clinical development services related to Phase II through III clinical trials conducted worldwide, late phase clinical development services related to Phase IIIB and IV clinical trials conducted worldwide, regulatory affairs and biometrics offerings. In June 2008, the Company announced the acquisition of DecisionLine Clinical Research Corporation.

• GG, GOLDCORP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.096573

Goldcorp Inc. (Goldcorp) is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of precious metal properties. The Company?s principal product is gold. In addition to gold, the Company also produces silver and copper. It has gold mineral reserves at the Red Lake Gold Mines, the Porcupine Mine, the Musselwhite Mine, the Marigold Mine, the Wharf Mine, the El Sauzal Mine and the Nukay Mine; gold and silver mineral reserves at the Los Filos Mine, the San Dimas Mines and the Marlin Mine; gold and copper mineral reserves at the Alumbrera Mine; gold, silver and copper mineral reserves at the Pueblo Viejo Project, and gold, silver, lead and zinc mineral reserves at the Penasquito Project. On September 25, 2008, Goldcorp completed its acquisition of Gold Eagle Mines Ltd.

• RBA, RITCHIE BROS AUCT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 174.723129

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (Ritchie Bros.) is an auctioneer of industrial equipment. As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated from over 110 locations, including 38 auction sites, in more than 25 countries worldwide. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a range of used and unused industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets utilized in the construction, transportation, agricultural, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum and marine industries. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company conducted 193 unreserved industrial auctions at locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and Australia. During 2008, it also conducted 147 unreserved agricultural auctions in Canada and the United States. Ritchie Bros. offers rbauctionBid-Live, an Internet bidding service.

• ISBC, INVESTORS BANCORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 93.468834

Investors Bancorp, Inc. is a holding company for Investors Savings Bank (the Bank), a New Jersey chartered savings bank. The Bank is engaged in the business of attracting deposits from the public through its branch network and borrowing funds in the wholesale markets to originate loans and to invest in securities. It originates mortgage loans secured by one-to four-family residential real estate and consumer loans, the majority of which are home equity loans and home equity lines of credit. The Bank has expanded its lending activities to include commercial real estate, construction, multi-family loans, and commercial and industrial loans. It offers a variety of deposit accounts. On June 6, 2008, the Company completed its merger of Summit Federal Bankshares, Inc. (Summit Federal), the federally-chartered holding company for Summit Federal Savings Bank. As of June 6, 2008, Summit Federal operated five branches in Union, Middlesex, Hunterdon and Warren counties, New Jersey.

• HEW, HEWITT ASSOC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 116.713028

Hewitt Associates, Inc. (Hewitt) is a global provider of human resource benefits, outsourcing and consulting services. The Company operates in three business segments: Benefits Outsourcing, Human Resource Business Process Outsourcing (HR BPO) and Consulting. Through these segments it helps clients develop, implement and deliver strategies and programs for human resources business process design, administration and technologies, as well as manage the human elements necessary to acquire, develop, motivate and retain the talent required to meet business objectives. In March 2008, Hewitt acquired New Bridge Street Consultants. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, it also acquired CSi, a specialist compensation consultancy and LCG, which provides an array of integrated disability, leave and absence-management solutions.

• ROL, ROLLINS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 232.732819

Rollins, Inc. is an international service company provides pest and termite control services through its wholly owned Orkin, Inc. (Orkin) subsidiary to both residential and commercial customers in North America with international franchises in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia. Orkin provides customized services from over 400 locations. Orkin serves customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia providing pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to homes and businesses, including hotels, food service establishments, food manufacturers, retailers and transportation companies. Orkin operates under the Orkin and PCO Services, Inc. trademarks and the Acurid service mark. The Company completed the acquisition of Crane Pest Control, Inc. effective December 31, 2008.

• CTRP, CTRIP.COM INTL LT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 158.403076

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (Ctrip) is a travel service provider for hotel accommodations, airline tickets and packaged-tours in China. The Company also sells packaged-tours that include transportation and accommodations, as well as guided tours in some instances. Ctrip targets its services primarily at business and leisure travelers in China who do not travel in groups. It acts as agent in all of its transactions, and does not take inventory risks with respect to the hotel rooms and airline tickets booked through the Company. It derives its hotel reservation, air-ticketing and packaged-tour revenues through commissions from its travel suppliers, primarily based on the transaction value of the rooms, airline tickets and packaged-tour products, respectively, booked through its services.

• CSTR, COINSTAR INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.980988

Coinstar, Inc. (Coinstar) is a multi-national company offering a range of 4th Wall solutions for retailers? storefronts. The Company?s services consist of self-service coin counting; self-service digital versatile disc (DVD) kiosks where consumers can rent or purchase movies; entertainment services, such as skill-crane machines, bulk vending machines and kiddie rides, money transfer services, and electronic payment (e-payment) services, such as stored value cards, payroll cards, prepaid debit cards and prepaid wireless products via point-of-sale terminals and stored value kiosks. The Company operates in four segments: Coin and Entertainment services, DVD services, Money Transfer services and E-payment Services. On January 1, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of GroupEx Financial Corporation, JRJ Express Inc. and Kimeco, LLC (collectively, GroupEx).

• LMT, LOCKHEED MARTIN C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 126.940300

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security company that is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products. The Company provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic and information services. It serves both domestic and international customers with products and services that have defense, civil and commercial applications, with its principal customers being agencies of the United States Government. The Company operates in four segments: Electronic Systems, Information Systems and Global Services (IS&GS), Aeronautics and Space Systems. In September 2008, Lockheed Martin Corporation acquired Aculight Corporation. In January 2009, the Company completed its acquisition of Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH).

• YUM, YUM BRANDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.396934

YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a quick service restaurant (QSR) with over 36,000 units in more than 110 countries and territories. Through the five concepts of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS and A&W (the Concepts), the Company develops, operates, franchises and licenses a worldwide system of restaurants, which prepare, package and sell a menu of food items. The Company either operates units or they are operated by independent franchisees or licensees under the terms of franchise or license agreements. In addition, the Company owns non-controlling interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates in China who operate similar to franchisees. YUM?s business consists of three segments: United States, YUM Restaurants International (YRI) and the China Division. The China Division includes mainland China (China), Thailand and KFC Taiwan, and YRI includes the remainder of its international operations.

• AGU, AGRIUM INC. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 430.409576

Agrium Inc. is a retailer of agriculture products and services in the United State, as well as Argentina and Chile, and global producer and wholesale marketer of nutrients for agricultural and industrial markets. The Company?s three operating business units are: Retail, Wholesale, and Advanced Technologies. The Company operates 872 retail centers, 72 terminals and 19 distribution centers in North and South America. On May 5, 2008, the Company acquired UAP Holding Corp. (UAP), a distributor of a range of crop protection products, nutrients, seed and services to growers across North America. On July 8, 2008, it acquired a 70% interest in Common Market Fertilizers S.A. (CMF) a fertilizer distribution company.

• SIAL, SIGMA ALDRICH CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 588.294434

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation develops, manufactures, purchases and distributes a range of biochemicals and organic chemicals and equipment throughout the world. These chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic and proteomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical and other high-technology manufacturing. The Company operates in 37 countries, manufacturing 46,000 of the 100,000 chemical products it offers. The Company also offers 30,000 equipment products. It sells into over 160 countries. The Company has four business units: Research Essentials, Research Specialties, Research Biotech and a Fine Chemicals unit (SAFC). In March 2009, the Company acquired the non core electrophoresis business from NextGen Group plc. In March 2009, the Company acquired Sigal Ltda, its primary distributor in Chile, and established Sigma-Aldrich Quimica Ltda.

• NMO, NUVEEN MU MKT OPP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.084943

Nuveen California Performance Plus Municipal Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end exchange traded fund. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income exempt from both regular federal and California income tax. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade tax-exempt California municipal obligations rated within the four highest grades (Baa/BBB or better). The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in unrated California municipal obligations, considered to be of comparable quality. The Fund may employ financial futures and options. It is authorized to invest in inverse floating-rate securities, futures contracts and zero coupon securities. The Fund?s investment adviser is Nuveen Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc.

Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics. These stocks, which represent a small portion of all rated stocks, highlight a sample of the strongest rated stocks from over 4,000 stocks that are actively tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. To view all of the top rated stocks updated on a daily basis, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated Stock rating lists on the website.
The Caprock Analytics Strength Metric is a proprietary metric that estimates the current strength of a security based on an advanced, proprietary algorithm using a variety of technical and fundamental factors. A security with a high strength metric indicates strong momentum and a likelihood for further strength in the near future. For a full list of all Caprock Strength Ratings, and a list of the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated lists on the website. Before investing, thoroughly investigate any potential investment to ensure the potential risks and rewards are appropriate for your investing goals and objectives.

• SWSI, SUPERIOR WELL SER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 37.117695

Superior Well Services, Inc. provides a range of wellsite solutions to oil and natural gas companies, primarily technical pumping services and down-hole surveying services. Technical services include technical pumping, down-hole surveying and completion, production and rental tool services. Fluid logistics services include those services related to the transportation, storage and disposal of fluids that are used in the drilling, development and production of hydrocarbons. The Company operates through its 36 service centers located in Pennsylvania, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado , Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. As of December 31, 2008, the Company owned a fleet of 1,628 commercial vehicles, through which it provided technical pumping services. In July 2008, the Company acquired Nuex Wireline, Inc.

• ABX, BARRICK GOLD CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 235.477280

Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick) is engaged the production and sale of gold, as well as related activities, such as exploration and mine development. Barrick also produces copper and holds interests in a platinum group metals development project and a nickel development project, both located in Africa, and a platinum group metals project located in Russia. Barrick has four regional business units (RBUs): North America, South America, Australia Pacific and Africa. On March 5, 2008, Barrick completed the acquisition of additional 40% interest in the Cortez property. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company acquired Cadence Energy Inc.

• MUR, MURPHY OIL CP HLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 106.178574

Murphy Oil Corporation (Murphy) is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company, with refining and marketing operations in the United States and the United Kingdom. Its operations are classified into two business activities: Exploration and Production, and Refining and Marketing. Murphy?s exploration and production activities are subdivided into six geographic segments, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Ecuador and all other countries. Murphy?s refining and marketing activities are subdivided into geographic segments for North America and United Kingdom. In November 2008, the Company acquired a 70% interest and operatorship of a second Browse Basin exploration permit in Block WA-423-P.

• GLDN, GOLDEN TELECOM IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 330.825806
• WTI, W&T OFFSHORE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 120.783859

W&T Offshore, Inc. (W&T) is an independent oil and natural gas producer engaged in the acquisition, exploitation, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico. The Company has acquired rights to develop and exploit new prospects, and has acquired existing oil and natural gas properties in both the deepwater and the deep shelf, while at the same time continuing its focus on the conventional shelf. As of December 31, 2008, it had four fields of major significance, which were Ship Shoal 349 field, Main Pass 108 field, Brazos A-133 field and East Cameron 321 field. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had interests in leases covering approximately 1.4 million gross acres (0.8 million net acres) spanning across the outer continental shelf off the coasts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. On January 29, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of the Ship Shoal 349 field, from Apache Corporation.

• GLD, STREETTRACKS GOLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 354.687714
• CRA, APPLERA CP-CELERA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.164644

Celera Corporation (Celera) is a healthcare business delivering personalized disease management through a combination of products and services. The Company operates in three segments: a clinical laboratory testing service business (Lab Services), a products business (Products), and a segment which includes other activities under corporate management (Corporate). Its Lab Services business, conducted through Berkeley HeartLab, Inc., (BHL), offers a portfolio of clinical laboratory tests and disease management services to help healthcare providers improve cardiovascular disease treatment regimens for patients. Its Products business develops, manufactures, and oversees the commercialization of molecular diagnostic products, which are commercialized through its relationship with Abbott Molecular, a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. On July 1, 2008, Celera announced that it has completed its split-off from Applera Corporation.

• ACV, ALBERTO-CULVER CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 200.841766

Alberto Culver Company (New Alberto Culver) develops, manufactures, distributes and markets beauty care products, as well as food and household products in the United States and more than 100 other countries. The Company operates in two business segments: United States and International. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 (fiscal 2008), beauty care products accounted for approximately 94% of the Company?s consolidated net sales. During fiscal 2008, food and household products accounted for approximately 6% of its consolidated net sales. On October 1, 2008, the Company acquired the Noxzema skin care business in the United States, Canada and portions of Latin America, as well as the worldwide rights and trademarks to the Noxzema brand. On July 31, 2008 Cederroth Intressenter AB, a company owned by two funds controlled by CapMan, acquired Cederroth International AB.

• DNP, DNP SELECT INCOME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.749287

DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end diversified management investment company. The primary investment objectives of the Fund are current income and long-term growth of income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. The Fund has engaged Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (the Adviser) to provide professional investment management services for the Fund. It has engaged J. J. B. Hilliard, W. L. Lyons, Inc. (the Administrator) to provide administrative and management services for the Fund.

• STFC, STATE AUTO FINL C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.305928

State Auto Financial Corporation (State Auto Financial) is a property and casualty insurance holding company. The Company is primarily engaged in writing both personal and business lines of insurance. State Auto Financial owns 100% of State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company (State Auto P&C), Milbank Insurance Company (Milbank), Farmers Casualty Insurance Company (Farmers), State Auto Insurance Company of Ohio (SA Ohio) and State Auto National Insurance Company (SA National), each of which is a property and casualty insurance company. State Auto Financial owns 100% of Stateco Financial Services, Inc. (Stateco), which provides investment management services to affiliated insurance companies. It also owns 100% of Strategic Insurance Software, Inc. (S.I.S.), a developer and seller of insurance-related software. State Auto P&C and Stateco share ownership of 518 Property Management and Leasing, LLC (518 PML), which owns and leases property to affiliated companies.

• BKN, BLACKROCK INV MUN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 34.977795

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. (the Trust) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Trust seeks to provide high current income, which is exempt from regular federal income tax consistent with the preservation of capital. The Trust may invest in zero-coupon bonds. It invests in sectors, such as hospitals, housing, transportation, power, education, and water and sewer. The Trust?s investment advisor is BlackRock Advisors, LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. Its sub-advisor is BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (BFM), an affiliate of the advisor.

• GD, GEN DYNAMICS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.551872

General Dynamics Corporation (General Dynamics) offers a portfolio of products and services in business aviation; combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; shipbuilding design and construction, and information systems, technologies and services. The Company focuses on delivering products and services to military, federal government, commercial and international customers. General Dynamics operates through four business groups: Aerospace, Combat Systems, Marine Systems, and Information Systems and Technology. On December 19, 2008, the Company acquired AxleTech International (AxleTech), a manufacturer and supplier of axles, suspensions, brakes and aftermarket parts for heavy-payload vehicles for a variety of military and commercial customers. On November 5, 2008, it acquired Jet Aviation of Zurich, Switzerland. On July 23, 2008, it acquired HSI Electric, Inc. (HSI), a marine and industrial electrical company. On July 22, 2008, the Company acquired ViPS, Inc. (ViPS).

• RJET, REPUBLIC AIRWAYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.193539

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. operates three airlines: Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., (Chautauqua Airlines), Republic Airline Inc. (Republic Airline) and Shuttle America Corporation (Shuttle America). As of December 31, 2008, the Company offered scheduled passenger service on approximately 1,250 flights daily to 109 cities in 35 states, Canada, Mexico and Jamaica pursuant to code-share agreements with AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, Inc. (American), Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta), Midwest Airlines, Inc. (Midwest), Mokulele Flight Service, Inc. (Mokulele), United Air Lines, Inc. (United), and US Airways, Inc. (US Airways). The Company provides its partners with regional jet service, operating as AmericanConnection, Continental Express, Delta Connection, Frontier Airlines, US Airways Express or United Express, including service out of their hubs and focus cities.

• PHI, PHILIPPINE LG DS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 404.734253

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) is a diversified telecommunications company in the Philippines. Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), PLDT’s wholly owned subsidiary, is the cellular service provider in the country. The Company operates through three segments: Wireless, Fixed Line, and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). On June 4, 2008, PLDT acquired the fixed line assets of Pilipino Telephone Corporation (Piltel). On March 24, 2008, ePLDT, Inc. (ePLDT) acquired additional shares from Airborne Access Corporation (Airborne Access) thereby increasing its 51% ownership interest to 99.4%. On May 1, 2008, Smart Broadband, Inc. (SBI) acquired from ePLDT the 99.4% equity ownership in Airborne Access. On April 28, 2008, Smart acquired PH Communications Holdings Corporation (PHC) and Francom Holdings, Inc. (FHI), which collectively own 100% of Connectivity Unlimited Resources Enterprises.

• APD, AIR PRODUCTS CHEM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 83.468361

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. serves technology, energy, industrial and healthcare customers globally with a portfolio of products, services and solutions that include atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment and services. The Company is the supplier of hydrogen and helium and has built positions in growth markets, such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, natural gas liquefaction and advanced coatings and adhesives. The Company operates in four business segments: merchant gases, tonnage gases, electronic and performance materials, and equipment and energy. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 (fiscal 2008), the Company completed the selling of high purity process chemicals business. In January 2008, the Company sold its interest in the vinyl acetate ethylene polymers joint ventures to Wacker Chemie AG. In June 2008, the Company completed the sale of the polymers emulsions business.

• FORR, FORRESTER RESRCH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.737383

Forrester Research, Inc. is an independent research company that provides advice to global companies in business and technology. The Company’s products and services are targeted to 19 specific roles, including senior management, business strategists, and marketing and information technology professionals. Research serves as the foundation for all the Company?s offerings and consists primarily of annual memberships to its syndicated research offering RoleView, which provides access to its core research on a range of business and technology issues. In addition to RoleView, the Company also provides a portfolio of products and services that allow its clients to interact directly with analysts and their peers and explore in detail the issues and topics covered by RoleView on a role and client-specific basis. In July 2008, the Company acquired JupiterResearch, LLC, and its parent company, JUPR Holdings, Inc.

• PXP, PLAINS EXPL&PROD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.217514

Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP) is an independent oil and gas company primarily engaged in the activities of acquiring, developing, exploring and producing oil and gas properties primarily in the United States. The Company owns oil and gas properties with principal operations in Onshore California; Offshore California; the Gulf of Mexico; the Gulf Coast Region; the Mid-Continent Region, and the Rocky Mountains. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had estimated proved reserves of 292.1 million barrels of oil equivalent, of which 61% was comprised of oil and 72% was proved developed. During the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, PXP participated in 123 exploratory wells, of which 102 were successful, and 660 development wells, 652 of which were successful. The Company also has an interest in an exploration prospect offshore Vietnam.

• NQU, NUVEEN QUAL MUNI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.661982

Nuveen Quality Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of municipal obligations issued by state and local government authorities or certain United States territories. The Fund?s portfolio includes sectors, such as United States guaranteed securities, transportation, tax obligation securities, utilities, healthcare, water and sewer, and other. Nuveen Asset Management (NAM) is the Fund?s investment adviser.

• HSIC, HENRY SCHEIN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 151.201889

Henry Schein, Inc. is a distributor of healthcare products and services to office-based healthcare practitioners in the combined North American and European markets. The Company serves more than 575,000 customers worldwide, including dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices and animal health clinics, as well as government and other institutions. The Company conducts its business through two segments: healthcare distribution and technology. In November 2008, the Company discontinued its wholesale ultrasound business. In April 2008, it acquired Minerva Dental Limited (Minerva), a supplier of dental consumables and equipment in the United Kingdom. On December 23, 2008, it acquired DNA Anthos Impianti (DNA), Medka and Noviko. In March 2009, the Company acquired Ortho Organizers, a manufacturer and distributor of orthodontics products.

• AKS, A K STEEL HLDG CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 168.714890

AK Steel Holding Corporation (AK Holding) is a producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, and tubular products through its wholly owned subsidiary, AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel). The Company?s operations consist of seven steelmaking and finishing plants located in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania that produce flat-rolled carbon steels, including coated, cold-rolled and hot-rolled products, and specialty stainless and electrical steels that are sold in slab, hot band, and sheet and strip form. The Company?s operations also include AK Tube LLC (AK Tube), which further finishes flat-rolled carbon and stainless steel at two tube plants located in Ohio and Indiana into welded steel tubing used in the automotive, large truck and construction markets. In addition, the Company?s operations include European trading companies that buy and sell steel and steel products and other materials.

• PQ, PETROQUEST ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.731385

PetroQuest Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and gas company with operations in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and the Gulf Coast Basin. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company drilled 109 gross exploratory wells and 41 gross development wells.

• NOC, NORTHROP GRUM HOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 66.249763

Northrop Grumman Corporation (Northrop Grumman) is an integrated enterprise consisting of businesses that cover the entire defense spectrum, from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. The Company is aligned into seven segments categorized into four primary businesses. The Mission Systems, Information Technology, and Technical Services segments are presented as Information and Services. The Integrated Systems and Space Technology segments are presented as Aerospace. The Electronics and Ships segments are each presented as separate businesses. In January 2008, the Newport News and Ship Systems businesses were realigned into a single operating segment called Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. In April 2008, the Company announced that it has completed the sale of its Electro-Optical Systems business to L-3 Communications. In October 2008, the Company acquired 3001 International, Inc. (3001).

• GHL, GREENHILL & CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 51.067162

Greenhill & Co., Inc. is an independent investment banking firm. It provides financial advice on significant mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and similar corporate finance matters, as well as its fund placement services for private equity and other financial sponsors, and manages merchant banking funds and similar vehicles and commits capital to those funds and vehicles. The Company acts for the clients worldwide from offices in New York, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Tokyo, Dallas, San Francisco and Chicago. Its principal sources of revenue are financial advisory and merchant banking.

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• CRM, SALESFORCE.COM IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.232422

Salesforce.com, inc. is a provider of software on demand. The Company provides customer relationship management (CRM) service to businesses of all sizes and industries worldwide. The Company also provides a technology platform for customers and developers to build and run business applications. Approximately 55,400 customers worldwide use salesforce.com to manage their customer, sales and operational data. The Company designed and developed its offering to be an easy-to-use and intuitive solution that can be deployed rapidly, can be customized easily and can be integrated with other software applications. The Company deliver its service through a standard Web browser. Customers who use its enterprise cloud computing CRM service and platform are able to avoid many of the expenses and complexities of traditional enterprise software development and implementations.

• AGN, ALLERGAN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 34.217606

Allergan, Inc. is a multi-specialty health care company focused on developing and commercializing pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical devices. The Company is engaged in discovering, developing and commercializing specialty pharmaceutical, medical device and over-the-counter products for the ophthalmic, neurological, medical aesthetics, medical dermatology, breast aesthetics, obesity intervention, urological and other specialty markets in more than 100 countries globally. In January 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Groupe Corneal Laboratoires (Corneal). In October 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Esprit Pharma Holding Company, Inc. (Esprit). In July 2008, the Company acquired the Aczone (dapsone) gel 5% from QLT USA, Inc. (QLT), a wholly owned subsidiary of QLT Inc. The Company operates in two business segments: specialty pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

• KO, COCA COLA CO THE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 235.789154

The Coca-Cola Company is a manufacturer, distributor and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. Finished beverage products bearing its trademarks are sold in more than 200 countries. The Company markets nonalcoholic sparkling brands, which include Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite. The Company manufactures beverage concentrates and syrups, which it sells to bottling and canning operations, fountain wholesalers and some fountain retailers, as well as finished beverages, which it sells primarily to distributors. The Company owns or licenses approximately 500 brands, including diet and light beverages, waters, enhanced waters, juices and juice drinks, teas, coffees, and energy and sports drinks. During 2008, the Company acquired the brands and licenses in Denmark and Finland from Carlsberg Group Beverages (Carlsberg).

• CHP, C&D TECHNOLOGIES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.501881

C&D Technologies, Inc. (C&D) is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of electrical power storage systems for the standby power market. The Company manufactures, markets and distributes lead acid batteries and standby power systems that integrate lead acid batteries with other electronic components, which are used to provide backup or standby power for electrical equipment in the event of power loss from the primary power source. Its product offering includes flooded lead acid batteries (flooded); valve-regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries, and power rectifiers and other related power distribution and monitoring equipment. Standby power systems are used in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, wireless and wireline telecommunications, cable television (CATV) systems, utilities and other applications. The Company’s batteries and standby power systems are marketed and sold under the Dynasty, Maxrate, msENDUR, Liberty and Sageon brands.

• LG, LACLEDE GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.185394

The Laclede Group, Inc. (Laclede Group) is a public utility holding company. Laclede Group is committed to providing natural gas service through its regulated core utility operations, while engaging in non-regulated activities that provide sustainable growth. All of the Company?s subsidiaries are wholly owned. The Regulated Gas Distribution segment includes Laclede Gas Company (Laclede Gas or the Utility), Laclede Group?s largest subsidiary and core business unit. Laclede Gas is a public utility engaged in the retail distribution and sale of natural gas. The Non-Regulated Gas Marketing segment includes Laclede Energy Resources, Inc. (LER), a subsidiary engaged in the non-regulated marketing of natural gas and related activities. Other non-regulated subsidiaries provide less than 10% of revenues. In March 2008, Laclede Group announced that it has closed on the sale of 100% of its interest in SM&P Utility Resources, Inc.

• CRM, SALESFORCE.COM IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.232422

Salesforce.com, inc. is a provider of software on demand. The Company provides customer relationship management (CRM) service to businesses of all sizes and industries worldwide. The Company also provides a technology platform for customers and developers to build and run business applications. Approximately 55,400 customers worldwide use salesforce.com to manage their customer, sales and operational data. The Company designed and developed its offering to be an easy-to-use and intuitive solution that can be deployed rapidly, can be customized easily and can be integrated with other software applications. The Company deliver its service through a standard Web browser. Customers who use its enterprise cloud computing CRM service and platform are able to avoid many of the expenses and complexities of traditional enterprise software development and implementations.

• BHP, BHP BILLITON LIMI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 27.263964

BHP Billiton Limited is a diversified natural resources company. The Company has businesses producing alumina and aluminum, copper, energy (thermal) coal, iron ore, nickel, manganese, metallurgical coal, oil and gas and uranium, as well as gold, zinc, lead, silver and diamonds. The Company operates in nine customer sector groups (CSGs): petroleum, aluminum, base metals, diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore; manganese, metallurgical coal, and energy coal. In July 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Anglo Potash Ltd.

• CL, COLGATE PALMOLIVE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 320.927460

Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate) is a consumer products company whose products are marketed in over 200 countries and territories globally. The Company operates its business through two product segments: oral, personal and home care, and pet nutrition. Colgate?s Oral Care products include Colgate Total and Colgate Max Fresh toothpastes, Colgate 360? manual toothbrushes and Colgate and Colgate Plax oral rinses. Colgate?s Oral Care business also includes dental floss and pharmaceutical products for dentists and other oral health professionals. Colgate?s personal care products include Palmolive and Softsoap brand shower gels, Palmolive, Irish Spring and Protex bar soaps and Speed Stick and Lady Speed Stick deodorants and antiperspirants. Colgate?s personal care businesses outside the United States include the Palmolive shampoo and the conditioners.

• CLHB, CLEAN HARBORS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.791763

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• ATK, ALLIANT TECH SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.006081

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is a supplier of aerospace and defense products to the United States government, allied nations, and prime contractors. It is also a major supplier of ammunition and related accessories to law enforcement agencies and commercial customers. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had three segments: ATK Armament Systems (formerly ATK Ammunition Systems), ATK Launch Systems and ATK Mission Systems. Effective April 1, 2008, ATK realigned its business operations. As a result of this realignment, ATK Mission Systems was divided into ATK Mission Systems and ATK Space Systems. ATK also renamed ATK Ammunition Systems to ATK Armament Systems. Subsequent to this realignment, ATK has four segments: ATK Armament Systems, ATK Launch Systems, ATK Mission Systems, and ATK Space Systems. ATK acquired Swales Aerospace in June 2007. In March 2009, the Company acquired Eagle Industries. Eagle Industries will become part of ATK’s Armament Systems group.

• CNL, CLECO CP(HLDG CO) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.245668

Cleco Corporation is a public utility company, which holds investments in several subsidiaries. The Company operates in two business segments: Cleco Power and Midstream. Cleco Power, an integrated electric utility services company regulated by the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and other regulators, which serves approximately 276,000 customers across Louisiana and also engages in energy management activities. Midstream, an energy company regulated by FERC owns and operates the power plant (Evangeline). Midstream also owns a 50% interest in a merchant power plant (Acadia) and operates the plant on behalf of its partner.

• BBL, BHP BILLITON SP A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.693428

BHP Billiton plc is a diversified natural resources company. The Company has businesses producing alumina and aluminum, copper, energy (thermal) coal, iron ore, nickel, manganese, metallurgical coal, oil and gas and uranium, as well as gold, zinc, lead, silver and diamonds. The Company operates in nine customer sector groups (CSGs): petroleum, aluminum, base metals, diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore; manganese, metallurgical coal, and energy coal. In July 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Anglo Potash Ltd.

• DNP, DNP SELECT INCOME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.749287

DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end diversified management investment company. The primary investment objectives of the Fund are current income and long-term growth of income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. The Fund has engaged Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (the Adviser) to provide professional investment management services for the Fund. It has engaged J. J. B. Hilliard, W. L. Lyons, Inc. (the Administrator) to provide administrative and management services for the Fund.

• NGPC, NGP CAPITAL RESOU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 23.226631

NGP Capital Resources Company is a financial services company established to invest primarily in debt securities of small and mid-size private energy companies. The Company?s investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation primarily through debt investments with certain equity components. It is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act). A key focus area for its targeted investments in the energy industry is domestic upstream businesses that produce, develop, acquire and explore for oil and natural gas. The Company also evaluates investment opportunities in such businesses as coal, power, electricity, energy services and alternative energy.

• CEO, CNOOC LTD ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 217.421051

CNOOC Limited is a producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. It mainly engages in oil and natural gas exploration, development, production and sales. It has four major production areas in offshore China, which are Bohai Bay, Western South China Sea, Eastern South China Sea and East China Sea. During the year ended December 31, 2008, it owned net proved reserves of 2.52 billion barrel of oil equivalent (BOE), including 1.58 BOE of crude oil and 5,623.3 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas. In 2008, it produced an average of 422,068 barrels of crude oil and 621.1 million cubic feet (mmcf) of natural gas daily, with a total net oil and gas production of 530,728 BOE per day. It is organized into three major business segments. It is involved in the upstream operating activities of the petroleum industry that comprise independent operations, production sharing contracts with foreign partners and trading business.

• ECL, ECOLAB INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.403633

Ecolab Inc. (Ecolab) develops and markets products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, health care and industrial markets. The Company provides cleaning and sanitizing products and programs, as well as pest elimination, maintenance and repair services primarily to hotels and restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, quick service (fast-food and convenience store) units, grocery stores, commercial and institutional laundries, light industry, dairy plants and farms, food and beverage processors, and the vehicle wash industry. The Company operates in three business segments: United States Cleaning & Sanitizing segment, United States Other Services segment and International segment. In February 2008, the Company acquired Ecovation, Inc., a provider of renewable energy solutions and management systems primarily for the food and beverage manufacturing industry in the United States, including dairy, beverage and meat and poultry producers.

• NDAQ, NASDAQ STOCK MKT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.383184

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ OMX), is a holding company. The Company is a global exchange group that delivers trading, exchange technology, securities listing, and public company services around six continents. The Company?s offerings include trading across multiple asset classes, market data products, financial indexes, capital formation solutions, financial services and market technology products and services. The Company operates in three segments: Market services, Issuer services and Market technology. In the United States it operates The NASDAQ Stock Market, a registered national securities exchange. In Europe, it operates exchanges in Stockholm (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki (Finland), and Iceland as NASDAQ OMX Nordic and exchanges in Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia) and Vilnius (Lithuania) as NASDAQ OMX Baltic. In addition, the Company operates NASDAQ OMX Europe.

• BMI, BADGER METER INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.240925

Badger Meter, Inc. (Badger Meter) is a manufacturer and marketer of products incorporating liquid flow measurement and control technologies serving markets worldwide. Its products are used in a variety of applications to measure and control the flow of liquids, but primarily water. The Company?s product lines fall into two general categories: utility and industrial. The utility category comprises residential and commercial water meters that are used by water utilities as the basis for generating water and wastewater revenues. The market for these product lines is North America, primarily the United States, because these meters are designed and manufactured to conform to standards promulgated by the American Water Works Association. Industrial product line sales comprise the remainder of the Company?s sales and include precision valves, electromagnetic inductive flow meters, impeller flow meters, and turbine and positive displacement industrial flow meters.

• SPW, S P X CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 514.885315

SPX Corporation is a global multi-industry manufacturing company with operations in over 40 countries and sales in over 150 countries around the world. The majority of its revenues, approximately 56% during the year ended December 31, 2008, are driven by global infrastructure development.The Company has four operating segments: Flow Technology, Test and Measurement, Thermal Equipment and Services, and Industrial Products and Services. In September 2008, the Company acquired Autoboss Tech, Inc., a China-based manufacturer of diagnostic tools and equipment. In January 2009, the Company sold its remaining portion of its DeZurik product line to Sartell Valves Inc. In July 2008, it announced the completion of the sale of its air filtration business unit to the Riverside Company. In December 2008, the Company sold its operations of Vibration Testing and Data Acquisition Equipment business (LDS) and Scales and Counting Systems business.

• SNH, SENIOR HSG SBI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.017380

Senior Housing Properties Trust (Senior Housing) is a real estate investment trust (REIT). As of December 31, 2008, the Company owned 271 properties located in 34 states and Washington, D.C. The Company owns independent living and assisted living communities, continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes, wellness centers, and medical office, clinic and biotech laboratory buildings located throughout the United States.

• NUE, NUCOR CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.432022

Nucor Corporation (Nucor) and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel and steel products, with operating facilities and customers primarily located in North America. The Company operates in three business segments: steel mills, steel products and raw materials. In 2008, the Company recycled approximately 20 million tons of scrap steel. In February 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of SHV North America Corporation, which owns 100% of The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ) and certain affiliates. In July 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of a 50% interest in Duferdofin – Nucor S.r.l.

• ORA, ORMAT TECHNOLOGIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.656561

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (Ormat) is engaged in the geothermal and recovered energy power business. The Company designs, develops, builds, owns and operates geothermal recovered energy-based power plants, usually using equipment that it designs and manufactures. Ormat conducts its business activities in two business segments: Electricity and Products. In the Electricity Segment, the Company develops, builds, owns and operates geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants in the United States and geothermal power plants in other countries around the world, and sells the electricity generated by these plants. In the Products Segment, Ormat designs, manufactures and sells equipment for geothermal and recovered energy-based electricity generation, remote power units and other power generating units, and provides services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance of geothermal and recovered energy power plants.

• RTN, RAYTHEON CO (NEW) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 561.782532

Raytheon Company designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, supports and provides a range of products, services and solutions for principally governmental customers in the United States and worldwide. The Company operates in six business segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), Intelligence and Information Systems (ibis’), Missile Systems (MS), Network Centric Systems (NCS), Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) and Technical Services (TS). In April 2008, the Company acquired SI Government Solutions. In July 2008, Raytheon Company acquired Telemus Solutions, Inc., a provider of information security, intelligence and technical services to defense, intelligence and other federal customers.

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• PRXL, PAREXEL INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 352.510712

PAREXEL International Corporation (PAREXEL) is a biopharmaceutical services company, providing a range of capability in clinical research, medical communications services, consulting, and informatics and technology products and services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. The Company?s product and service offerings include clinical trials management, data management, biostatistical analysis, medical communications services, clinical pharmacology, patient recruitment, regulatory and product development consulting, health policy and reimbursement, performance improvement, industry training and publishing, medical imaging services, interactive voice response systems (IVRS), clinical trial management systems (CTMS), Web-based portals, systems integration, patient diary applications, and other drug development services. In August 2008, PAREXEL completed the acquisition of ClinPhone plc.

• HP, HELMERICH PAYNE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 111.265259

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. is primarily engaged in contract drilling of oil and gas wells for others. The Company’s contract drilling business is composed of three business segments: United States land drilling, offshore drilling and international land drilling. The Company’s United States land drilling is conducted primarily in Oklahoma, California, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Utah, Arkansas, New Mexico and North Dakota. Offshore drilling operations are conducted in the Gulf of Mexico, and offshore of California, Trinidad and Equatorial Guinea. The Company’s international land segment operated in five international, during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 (fiscal 2008), include Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina and Tunisia. In May 2008, the Company acquired TerraVici Drilling Solutions, Inc. (TerraVici).

• UMBF, UMB FIN CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 43.275982

UMB Financial Corporation is a multi-bank holding company. The Company owns four commercial banks, a brokerage company, a community development corporation, a mutual fund servicing company and 13 other subsidiaries. The four commercial banks are engaged in general commercial banking business. The principal location of each bank is in Missouri, Colorado, Kansas and Arizona, respectively. The principal subsidiary bank, UMB Bank, n.a., whose principal office is in Missouri, also has branches in Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. The banks offer a range of banking services to commercial, retail, government and correspondent bank customers. UMB Bank, n.a. also provides international banking services, investment and cash management services. The Company?s operations are aligned into six major segments: Commercial Banking and Lending; Payment and Technology Solutions; Banking Services; Consumer Services; Asset Management, and Fund Services.

• SDA, SADIA S.A. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 57.907032

Sadia SA is a Brazil-based company engaged in refrigerated and frozen products including poultry, pork, beef, turkey and chicken. The Company is also engaged in convenience products, such as ready meals, pizza, pasta, margarine and desserts. Its operations include 18 farms for poultry and hog stock, hatcheries, pork breeding centers, slaughterhouses, processing units, animal feed production plants, representative offices and distribution centers. In addition, the Company operates an international unit in Kaliningrad, Russia. Sadia SA has 16 distribution units located in 14 Brazilian states. In June 2008, Sadia SA announced the acquisition of a 73.93% stake in Baumhardt Comercio e Participacoes Ltda. Other subsidiaries of the Company include Big Foods Industria de Produtos Alimenticios Ltda, Sadia Industrial Ltda and Sadia Overseas Ltd.

• ESRX, EXPRESS SCRIPTS C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 61.213497

Express Scripts, Inc. is a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company in North America. The Company provides a range of services to its clients, which include health maintenance organizations (HMOs), health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans, workers? compensation plans and government health programs. The Company operates in two segments: Pharmacy Benefit Management Services (PBM) and Specialty and Ancillary Services (SAAS). Its PBM services include retail network pharmacy management; retail drug card programs; home delivery pharmacy services; benefit design consultation; drug utilization review; drug formulary management programs, and compliance and therapy management programs for its clients. On June 30, 2008, the Company completed the sale of CuraScript Infusion Pharmacy, Inc. On July 22, 2008, it completed the acquisition of the Pharmacy Services Division of Medical Services Company.

• LSTR, LANDSTAR SYSTEM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.941391

Landstar System, Inc. (Landstar) is a non-asset based transportation and logistics services company, providing transportation capacity and related transportation services to shippers throughout the United States, and to a lesser extent, in Canada, and between the United States and Canada, Mexico and other countries. The Company operates in three business segments: the carrier segment, the global logistics segment and the insurance segment. The Company markets its services, through independent commission sales agents who enter into contractual arrangements with Landstar and are responsible for locating freight, making that freight available to Landstar?s capacity providers and coordinating the transportation of the freight with customers and capacity providers.

• ATR, APTAR GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.487984

AptarGroup, Inc. (AptarGroup) is a supplier of a range of dispensing systems for the personal care, fragrance/cosmetic, pharmaceutical, household and food/beverage markets. It provides value-added dispensing systems (pumps, closures and aerosol valves) to global consumer product marketers. It is organized into three segments. Operations that sell spray and lotion dispensing systems and accessories primarily to the personal care, fragrance/cosmetic and household markets form the Beauty & Home segment. Operations that sell closures to each market served by AptarGroup form the Closures segment. Operations that sell dispensing systems to the pharmaceutical market form the Pharma segment. In April 2008, AptarGroup acquired the equipment, inventory and intellectual property of CCL Industries Inc.?s ABS Bag-on-Valve business. In April 2008, it acquired a 70% interest in Next Breath LLC.

• OMG, OM GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 83.674637

OM Group, Inc. is a diversified global developer, producer and marketer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials that are essential to complex chemical and industrial processes. The Company is the refiner of cobalt and producer of cobalt-based specialty products. The Company also produces specialty chemicals and materials from barium, calcium, iron, manganese, potassium, rare earths, zinc, zirconium, germanium and copper. The Company?s businesses serve approximately 50 industries worldwide, producing a variety of specialty chemicals and materials. The Company is organized in to two segments: Specialty Chemicals and Advanced Materials. The Specialty Chemicals segment consists of electronic chemicals, advanced organics, ultra pure chemicals (UPC) and photomasks. The Advanced Materials segment consists of inorganics, Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC) smelter joint venture and metal resale. The Company?s business serves approximately 4,000 customers as of December 31, 2008.

• NTT, NIPPON TELEPHONE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.992891

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) is a Japan-based telecommunications provider offering fixed and mobile voice related services, Internet protocol (IP)/packet communications services and system integration services. The Company primarily operates in five business segments. The regional communications segment is engaged in the provision of domestic intra-prefectural communication services and incidental services. The long distance and international communications segment is engaged in the provision of domestic inter-prefectural and international communication services and incidental services. The mobile communications segment is engaged in the provision of mobile phones services and other related services. The data communications segment is engaged in the provision of system integration and network system services, among others. The others segment is engaged in the city development and financial businesses.

• CHCO, CITY HOLDING CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 101.882088

City Holding Company is a bank holding company. The Company conducts its principal activities through its wholly owned subsidiary, City National Bank of West Virginia (City National). Through its network of 69 banking offices in West Virginia (58 offices), Kentucky (eight offices), and Ohio (three offices), City National provides credit, deposit, trust and investment management, and insurance products and services to its customers. The Company?s business activities are limited to one reportable business segment, which is community banking. The West Virginia locations are primarily cantered in the Charleston, Huntington, Beckley, and Martinsburg markets. City National owns 50 locations and leases 19 locations, pursuant to operating leases. City National?s delivery channels include automated teller machines (ATMs), check cards, interactive voice response systems, and Internet technology.

• CRL, CHARLES RIVER LAB Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.914513

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (Charles River) is a global provider of solutions that advance the drug discovery and development process, including research models and associated services, and outsourced preclinical services. The Company operates in two segments: Research Models and Services (RMS) and Preclinical Services (PCS). The Company provides the animal research models required in research and development of drugs, devices and therapies. Charles River?s customer base includes global pharmaceutical companies, a range of biotechnology companies, as well as government agencies, hospitals and academic institutions worldwide. The Company operates approximately 70 facilities in 17 countries worldwide. During the fiscal year ended December 27, 2008 (fiscal 2008), the Company acquired NewLab BioQuality AG and MIR Preclinical Services.

• BMC, B M C SOFTWARE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.533241

BMC Software, Inc. is a software vendor. The Company provides system and service management solutions primarily for large enterprises. Its portfolio of software solutions spans enterprise systems, applications, databases and information technology (IT) process management. BMC Software also provides maintenance and support for its products and performs software implementation, integration and education services for its customers. The Company is organized into two software business segments: Enterprise Service Management (ESM) and Mainframe Service Management (MSM). In addition, its third segment consists of its Professional Services (PS) organization. In October 2007, the Company acquired Emprisa Networks, Inc. (Emprisa), a provider of network configuration automation software. In April 2008, BMC Software completed the acquisition of BladeLogic, Inc. (BladeLogic), a provider of data center automation software. In June 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of ITM Software.

• LUK, LEUCADIA NATL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 110.056374

Leucadia National Corporation (Leucadia) is a diversified holding company engaged in a variety of businesses, including manufacturing, telecommunications, property management and services, gaming entertainment, real estate activities, medical product development and winery operations. The Company also owns equity interests in operating businesses and investment partnerships, including a broker-dealer engaged in making markets and trading of high yield and special situation securities, land-based contract oil and gas drilling, real estate activities and development of a copper mine in Spain. The Company?s operating segments include Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Property Management and Services, Gaming Entertainment, Domestic Real Estate, Winery and Medical Product Development. On October 1, 2008, STi Prepaid, LLC (STi Prepaid) completed the acquisition of Sprint. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had acquired approximately 25% interest in AmeriCredit Corp. (ACF).

• GHL, GREENHILL & CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 51.067162

Greenhill & Co., Inc. is an independent investment banking firm. It provides financial advice on significant mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and similar corporate finance matters, as well as its fund placement services for private equity and other financial sponsors, and manages merchant banking funds and similar vehicles and commits capital to those funds and vehicles. The Company acts for the clients worldwide from offices in New York, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Tokyo, Dallas, San Francisco and Chicago. Its principal sources of revenue are financial advisory and merchant banking.

• FWRD, FOWARD AIR CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.111200

Forward Air Corporation provides time-definite surface transportation and related logistics services to the North American deferred airfreight market. The Company operates in two segments: Forward Air, Inc. (Forward Air) and Forward Air Solutions, Inc. (FASI). Through its Forward Air segment, the Company is a provider of time-definite surface transportation and related logistics services to the North American deferred air freight market. It operates the Forward Air segment through a network of terminals located on or near airports in 82 cities in the United States and Canada, including a central sorting facility in Columbus, Ohio and 11 regional hubs. Through its Forward Air segment, Forward Air Corporation markets its airport-to-airport services primarily to air freight forwarders, integrated air cargo carriers, and passenger and cargo airlines.

• AG, AGCO CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 525.557983

AGCO Corporation (AGCO) is a manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and related replacement parts. The Company sells a range of agricultural equipment, including tractors, combines, self-propelled sprayers, hay tools, forage equipment and implements and a line of diesel engines. AGCO?s products are marketed under a number of brands including, Challenger, Fendt, Massey Ferguson and Valtra. It distributes most of its products through a combination of approximately 2,800 independent dealers and distributors in more than 140 countries. In addition, AGCO provides retail financing in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and Austria through its finance joint ventures with Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., which it refer to as Rabobank.

• PBT, PERMIAN BASIN ROY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 252.514313

The Permian Basin Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust. The net overriding royalties conveyed to the Trust (the Royalties) include a 75% net overriding royalty carved out of Southland Royalty?s fee mineral interests in the Waddell Ranch in Crane County, Texas (the Waddell Ranch properties), and a 95% net overriding royalty carved out of Southland Royalty?s major producing royalty interests in Texas (the Texas Royalty properties).

• BKMU, BANK MUTUAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.878338

Bank Mutual Corporation serves as a unitary savings and loan holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank Mutual (the Bank), a federal savings bank. The Bank is a community-oriented financial institution. Its principal business is originating mortgage loans, consumer loans, commercial real estate loans, and commercial business loans and attracting retail deposits from the general public. It also invests in various mortgage-related securities and investment securities. The principal lending is on one-to four-family, owner-occupied homes, home equity loans and lines of credit, automobile loans, multi-family and commercial real estate loans, and commercial business loans. During February 27, 2009, the Bank had 78 banking offices located in 31 counties in Wisconsin, in addition to a Minnesota bank office.

• NMO, NUVEEN MU MKT OPP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.084943

Nuveen California Performance Plus Municipal Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end exchange traded fund. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income exempt from both regular federal and California income tax. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade tax-exempt California municipal obligations rated within the four highest grades (Baa/BBB or better). The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in unrated California municipal obligations, considered to be of comparable quality. The Fund may employ financial futures and options. It is authorized to invest in inverse floating-rate securities, futures contracts and zero coupon securities. The Fund?s investment adviser is Nuveen Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc.

• DNP, DNP SELECT INCOME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.749287

DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end diversified management investment company. The primary investment objectives of the Fund are current income and long-term growth of income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. The Fund has engaged Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (the Adviser) to provide professional investment management services for the Fund. It has engaged J. J. B. Hilliard, W. L. Lyons, Inc. (the Administrator) to provide administrative and management services for the Fund.

• KWK, QUICKSILVER RES I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 213.799698

Quicksilver Resources Inc. (Quicksilver) is an independent energy company. The Company is primarily engaged in exploration, development and production of unconventional natural gas onshore in North America. Quicksilver owns producing oil and natural gas properties in the United States, principally in Texas, Wyoming and Montana, and in Alberta, Canada. As of December 31, 2008, it had total proved reserves of approximately 2.2 trillion cubic feet equivalents (Tcfe) of natural gas. It also owns approximately 73% of Quicksilver Gas Services LP (KGS), a midstream master limited partnership controlled by Quicksilver. It owns approximately 41% of the limited partner units of BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. (BBEP), an oil and natural gas exploration and production master limited partnership. In December 2008, Quicksilver announced that it has completed the sale of the Lake Arlington Dry System.

• WMS, W M S INDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 304.550018

WMS Industries Inc. (WMS) is a global provider of gaming products to the legalized gaming industry. WMS designs, manufactures and distributes gaming machines and video lottery terminals (VLTs). The Company also derives revenue from the sale of spare parts, conversion kits, amusement-with-prize (AWP) gaming machines, and from licensing its gaming themes (games) and other intellectual property to third parties. As of June 30, 2008, its primary manufacturing facility was located in the United States, with development or distribution offices in the United States, Argentina, Australia, China, Italy, South Africa, Spain and the United Kingdom. On July 19, 2007, it completed the acquisition Systems in Progress GmbH (SiP), an Austrian-based company focused on developing and selling gaming related systems, including linked progressive systems and slot accounting systems applicable for smaller international casino operators.

• ACV, ALBERTO-CULVER CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 200.841766

Alberto Culver Company (New Alberto Culver) develops, manufactures, distributes and markets beauty care products, as well as food and household products in the United States and more than 100 other countries. The Company operates in two business segments: United States and International. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 (fiscal 2008), beauty care products accounted for approximately 94% of the Company?s consolidated net sales. During fiscal 2008, food and household products accounted for approximately 6% of its consolidated net sales. On October 1, 2008, the Company acquired the Noxzema skin care business in the United States, Canada and portions of Latin America, as well as the worldwide rights and trademarks to the Noxzema brand. On July 31, 2008 Cederroth Intressenter AB, a company owned by two funds controlled by CapMan, acquired Cederroth International AB.

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• DUC, DUFF PHELPS UTL B Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.486977

Duff & Phelps Utility and Corporate Bond Trust Inc. (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is to seek high current income consistent with investing in securities of investment-grade quality. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in a portfolio of Utility Income Securities, Corporate Income Securities, Mortgage-Backed Securities and Asset-Backed Securities. Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., a subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners Inc., serves as the Fund?s investment advisor.

• OFIX, ORTHOFIX INTL NV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 27.007980

Orthofix International N.V. (Orthofix) is medical device company offering a line of surgical and non-surgical products for the spine, orthopedics, sports medicine and vascular market sectors. Its products are designed to address the lifelong bone-and-joint health needs of patients of all ages, and to help them achieve a more active and mobile lifestyle. Orthofix?s business is divided into four segments: Orthofix Domestic (Domestic), Blackstone, Breg, and Orthofix International (International). Domestic consists of operations of its subsidiary Orthofix Inc. Blackstone specializes in the design, development and marketing of spinal implant and related human cellular, and tissue based products (HCT/P) through Blackstone Medical, Inc. (Blackstone). Breg designs, manufactures and distributes orthopedic products for post-operative reconstruction and rehabilitative patient use and sells those Sports Medicine products.

• NMO, NUVEEN MU MKT OPP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.084943

Nuveen California Performance Plus Municipal Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end exchange traded fund. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income exempt from both regular federal and California income tax. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade tax-exempt California municipal obligations rated within the four highest grades (Baa/BBB or better). The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in unrated California municipal obligations, considered to be of comparable quality. The Fund may employ financial futures and options. It is authorized to invest in inverse floating-rate securities, futures contracts and zero coupon securities. The Fund?s investment adviser is Nuveen Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc.

• IDXX, IDEXX LABS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.505745

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (IDEXX) develops, manufactures and distributes products, and provides services primarily for the veterinary, and the food and water testing markets. IDEXX?s primary products and services include point-of-care veterinary diagnostic products, comprising rapid assays and instruments and consumables; laboratory and consulting services used by veterinarians; information products and services, and digital radiography systems used by veterinarians, and point-of-care electrolytes and blood gas analyzers used in the human medical diagnostics market. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company operated primarily through three business segments: products and services for the veterinary market, which it refers to as Companion Animal Group (CAG); water quality products (Water), and products for production animal health, which it refers to as the Production Animal Segment (PAS).

• PT, PORTUGAL TELECM S Current Caprock Strength Rating: 109.948700

Portugal Telecom SGPS SA is a Portugal-based holding company that provides telecommunications services mainly in Portugal, Brazil and certain countries in Africa. The Company services include wireline services, which consists of fixed line telephone services for residential and nonresidential customers, leased lines, unbundled local loop access and wholesale line rental, interconnection, Internet access, dial-up and broadband asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), data and business solutions, portal and e-commerce services through its subsidiaries, in particular PT Comunicacoes SA (PT Comunicacoes); mobile telecommunications services, such as voice, data and Internet-related services in Portugal through its subsidiary, Telecomunicacoes Moveis Nacionais SA (TMN) and in Brazil through its 50%-owned joint venture Vivo; Internet protocol television (IPTV) and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay television services, through PT Comunicacoes, and sales of telecommunications equipment.

• CRK, COMSTOCK RES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 88.390938

Comstock Resources, Inc. (Comstock) is engaged in the acquisition, development, production and exploration of oil and natural gas. The Company?s oil and gas operations are concentrated in east Texas/north Louisiana and south Texas regions. Its oil and natural gas properties have proved reserves of 581.7 billion cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe) as of December 31, 2008. Its consolidated proved oil and natural gas reserve base is 90% natural gas and 67% proved developed on a Bcfe basis as of December 31, 2008. In August 2008, Comstock divested its interests in its offshore oil and gas properties through the sale of Bois d?Arc Energy, Inc.

• BLKB, BLACKBAUD INC. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 22.222506

Blackbaud, Inc. is a global provider of software and related services designed specifically for non-profit organizations. It offers an operational platform through core software applications, plus an additional 40 extended applications to provide distinct, add-on functionality tailored to meet the specific needs of its diverse customer base. The Company also offers a suite of analytical tools and related services that enable non-profit organizations to extract, aggregate and analyze data to make operational decisions. The Company operates in six segments: license fees, maintenance fees, subscription fees, consulting and education services, analytic services, and others. Its customers operate in multiple verticals within the non-profit market, including religion, education, foundations, health and human services, arts and cultural, public and societal benefits, environment and animal welfare, and international and foreign affairs. On July 8, 2008, the Company acquired Kintera Inc.

• FCX, FREEPORT MCMORAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.827534

Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Phelps Dodge Corporation (Phelps Dodge) is a copper, gold and molybdenum mining company. The Company?s portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, which contains single recoverable copper reserve and the single gold reserve of any mine; significant mining operations in North and South America, and the Tenke Fungurume development project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As of December 31, 2008, consolidated recoverable proven and probable reserves totaled 102.0 billion pounds of copper, 40 million ounces of gold, 2.48 billion pounds of molybdenum, 266.6 million ounces of silver and 0.7 billion pounds of cobalt. Approximately 35 % of its copper reserves were in Indonesia, approximately 31 % were in South America, approximately 28 % were in North America and approximately six % were in Africa.

• STRA, STRAYER EDUCATION Current Caprock Strength Rating: 225.001740

Strayer Education, Inc. is a post-secondary education services corporation. The Company offers a variety of academic programs through its wholly owned subsidiary, Strayer University, Inc., both in classroom courses and online via the Internet. The Strayer University is an institution of higher learning that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business administration, accounting, information technology, education and public administration at 65 campuses in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. As part of its program offering, the University also offers classes online via the Internet. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had more than 44,000 students enrolled in its programs.

• NDAQ, NASDAQ STOCK MKT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.383184

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ OMX), is a holding company. The Company is a global exchange group that delivers trading, exchange technology, securities listing, and public company services around six continents. The Company?s offerings include trading across multiple asset classes, market data products, financial indexes, capital formation solutions, financial services and market technology products and services. The Company operates in three segments: Market services, Issuer services and Market technology. In the United States it operates The NASDAQ Stock Market, a registered national securities exchange. In Europe, it operates exchanges in Stockholm (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki (Finland), and Iceland as NASDAQ OMX Nordic and exchanges in Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia) and Vilnius (Lithuania) as NASDAQ OMX Baltic. In addition, the Company operates NASDAQ OMX Europe.

• BMI, BADGER METER INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.240925

Badger Meter, Inc. (Badger Meter) is a manufacturer and marketer of products incorporating liquid flow measurement and control technologies serving markets worldwide. Its products are used in a variety of applications to measure and control the flow of liquids, but primarily water. The Company?s product lines fall into two general categories: utility and industrial. The utility category comprises residential and commercial water meters that are used by water utilities as the basis for generating water and wastewater revenues. The market for these product lines is North America, primarily the United States, because these meters are designed and manufactured to conform to standards promulgated by the American Water Works Association. Industrial product line sales comprise the remainder of the Company?s sales and include precision valves, electromagnetic inductive flow meters, impeller flow meters, and turbine and positive displacement industrial flow meters.

• DMND, DIAMOND FOODS IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.694626

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Diamond) is a branded food company specializing in processing, marketing and distributing culinary, in-shell and ingredient nuts and snack products. The Company?s products are sold in over 60,000 retail locations in the United States and in over 100 countries. Diamond offers all of its products in an array of packages to meet different market needs. The Company?s snack nut products are sold in various on-the-go package styles, including resealable foil bags and resealable plastic containers. Diamond also offers snack products in 20-ounce to 40-ounce polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers and bags for the club channel. The Company offers its microwave popcorn products in various package sizes, including 100-calorie snack size. It has four product lines: culinary; snack; in-shell, and ingredient/food service. Sales to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. accounted for approximately 22% of its net sales during the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008 (fiscal 2008).

• PNY, PIEDMONT NAT GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.514160

Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (Piedmont) is an energy services company primarily engaged in the distribution of natural gas to over one million residential, commercial and industrial customers in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, including 62,000 customers served by municipalities who are its wholesale customers. The Company has also invested in joint venture, energy-related businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, interstate natural gas storage and intrastate natural gas transportation. Piedmont operates in two business segments: regulated utility and non-utility activities. The regulated utility segment is the largest segment of the Company?s business accounting for approximately 97% of Piedmont?s consolidated assets. Operations of its non-utility activities segment consist of its equity method investments in joint ventures. Operations of both segments are conducted within the United States.

• ABT, ABBOTT LABORATORI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.519253

Abbott Laboratories is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of a range of health care products. It operates through four business segments: Pharmaceutical Products, Nutritional Products, Diagnostic Products, and Vascular Products. The Pharmaceutical Products segment?s products include a line of adult and pediatric pharmaceuticals manufactured, marketed and sold worldwide. The Diagnostic Products segment?s products include diagnostic systems and tests manufactured, marketed and sold worldwide to blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories. The Nutritional Products segment?s products include a line of pediatric and adult nutritional products manufactured, marketed, and sold worldwide. The Vascular Products segment?s products include a line of coronary, endovascular, and vessel closure devices manufactured, marketed and sold worldwide. In January 2009, the Company acquired Ibis Biosciences, Inc. In February 2009, it acquired Advanced Medical Optics (AMO).

• ROS, OJSC ROSTELECOM A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 304.300751

Rostelecom telecommunications services provider and carrier of domestic long distance (DLD) and international long distance (ILD) traffic in the Russian Federation. The Company owns and operates a trunk telecommunications network and carry the bulk of Russia’s long-distance and international traffic. The Company renders domestic and international long-distance telecommunications services to end users and provides traffic throughput services to Russian operators, including each of Russia’s seven Internet-ready computer systems (IRCs) and alternative operators. In addition, the Company provides telecommunications services to various government entities across Russia and ensures the operation of the ground-based network of most television and radio broadcasting channels. Its trunk network, which transmits a majority of Russia’s domestic and international long-distance traffic, comprises of nearly 145,000 kilometers of digital and analog lines.

• TRE, TANZANIAN ROYALTY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.442011

Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation is a Canada-based exploration-stage company. The Company is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties, including the optioning out of properties for pre-production option payments and royalties on future gold production. All of the Company?s concessions are located in Tanzania. The Itetemia property is located in the Mwanza region of the Lake Victoria Archean Greenstone Belt, some 90 kilometers southwest of Mwanza, Tanzania. The Company?s Luhala property consists of six licenses totaling 75.76 square kilometers. The Kigosi property consists of 20 prospecting licenses. The Lunguya property consists of nine prospecting licenses. The Company?s Kanagele property consists of 11 prospecting licenses. The Company?s Tulawaka property consists of 11 prospecting licenses.

• TEVA, TEVA PHARM INDS A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 40.720695

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (Teva) is a global pharmaceutical company that develops, produces and markets generic drugs covering all treatment categories. The Company has a pharmaceutical business, whose principal products are Copaxone for multiple sclerosis and Azilect for Parkinson?s disease and respiratory products. Teva?s active pharmaceutical ingredient business provides vertical integration to Teva?s own pharmaceutical production and sells to third party manufacturers. The Company?s global operations are conducted in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Israel. Teva has operations in more than 60 countries, as well as 38 finished dosage pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in 17 countries, 20 generic research and development centers operating mostly within certain manufacturing sites and 20 API manufacturing sites around the world. In January 2009, Phibro Animal Health Corporation completed the acquisition of the Abic Animal Health business from the Company.

• PDS, PRECISION DRILL T Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.324528

Precision Drilling Trust (the Trust or Precision) is engaged in land drilling in North America with drilling rigs operating in gas basin. The Company operates in two business segments: contract drilling services and completion and production services. Precision operated 374 land rigs, 229 service rigs and 100 camps along with catering, rental, snubbing and wastewater services. During the year ended December 31, 2008, Precision?s fleet consisted of 374 rigs with 220 in Canada, 151 in the United States, two in Mexico and one in Chile. On December 23, 2008, the Company acquired Grey Wolf, Inc. (Grey Wolf). Its subsidiaries include Grey Wolf Inc., Kenting Energy Services Inc., LRG Oilfield Services Ltd. McKenzie Caterers (1984) Ltd., Rostel Industries Ltd. and Columbia Oilfield Supply Ltd.

• CAM, CAMERON INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 42.026272

Cameron International Corp (Cameron) is a provider of flow equipment products, systems and services to worldwide oil, gas and process industries. The Company?s operations are organized into three business segments: Drilling & Production Systems (DPS), Valves & Measurement (V&M) and Compression Systems (CS). DPS is a provider of systems and equipment used to control pressures, direct flows of oil and gas wells and separate oil and gas from impurities. V&M is a provider of valves and measurement systems primarily used to control, direct and measure the flow of oil and gas as they are moved from individual wellheads through flow lines, gathering lines and transmission systems to refineries, petrochemical plants and industrial centers for processing. CS is a provider of reciprocating and integrally geared centrifugal compression equipment and aftermarket parts and services.

• AIZ, ASSURANT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 147.249084

Assurant, Inc. (Assurant) is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, it is engaged in providing specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected other international markets. Its four segments include Assurant Solutions, Assurant Specialty Property, Assurant Health and Assurant Employee Benefits. These segments provide debt protection administration, credit insurance, warranties and service contracts, pre-funded funeral insurance, creditor?placed homeowners insurance, manufactured housing homeowners insurance, individual health and small employer group health insurance, group dental insurance, group disability insurance and group life insurance. In October 2008, it announced that it has completed its acquisition of Signal Holdings LLC, a provider of wireless handset protection programs and repair services, from Trident II L.P. On September 26, 2008, it completed the acquisition of Warranty Management Group business from GE Consumer & Industrial.

• CHL, CHINA MOBILE LIMI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 204.887497

China Mobile Limited,is an investment holding company.The Company?s principal activity is providing mobile telecommunications and related services in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and directly administered municipalities in Mainland China and Hong Kong. The Company?s global system for mobile communications (GSM), global roaming services covered 237 countries and regions and its general packet radio service (GPRS) roaming services covered 179 countries and regions. As of December 31, 2008, the total number of subscribers reached 457 million. The Company?s businesses can be primarily divided into voice business and new businesses.

• PBT, PERMIAN BASIN ROY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 252.514313

The Permian Basin Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust. The net overriding royalties conveyed to the Trust (the Royalties) include a 75% net overriding royalty carved out of Southland Royalty?s fee mineral interests in the Waddell Ranch in Crane County, Texas (the Waddell Ranch properties), and a 95% net overriding royalty carved out of Southland Royalty?s major producing royalty interests in Texas (the Texas Royalty properties).

• PDX, PEDIATRIX MED GRO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 131.663162

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