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• 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.

• WHQ, W-H ENERGY SVCS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.501338
• WRE, WASH REAL EST INV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.690000

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WREIT) is a self-administered, self-managed, equity real estate investment trust (REIT). The business consists of the ownership and operation of income-producing real properties in the greater Washington metro region. WREIT owns a portfolio of office buildings, medical office buildings, industrial/flex properties, multifamily buildings and retail centers. WREIT operates in five business segments: regional office, medical office, retail, multifamily and industrial/flex properties. In September 2008, WRIT acquired The Kenmore, a 374-unit, 270,000 square foot apartment building located in Washington, DC.

• CMZ, COMPTON PETROLEUM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.024284

Compton Petroleum Corporation (Compton) is engaged in the exploration for and, development and production of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil in western Canada. The Company?s operations are located in the deep basin fairway of the western Canada sedimentary basin in the province of Alberta. Compton is active in three deep basin natural gas development plays: the Basal Quartz sands at Hooker in southern Alberta, the Gething/Rock Creek sands at Niton and Caroline in central Alberta, and the shallower Plains Belly River sand play in southern Alberta. Its subsidiaries include Compton Petroleum Finance Corporation and Hornet Energy Ltd.

• BXS, BANCORPSOUTH INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.531313

BancorpSouth, Inc., incorporated in 1982, is a financial holding company for its principal subsidiary, BancorpSouth Bank (the Bank). The Company conducts commercial banking and financial services operations through 313 offices in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Missouri. The Bank and its subsidiaries provide a range of financial services to individuals and small-to-medium size businesses. The Bank operates investment services, credit insurance and insurance agency subsidiaries, which engage in investment brokerage services and sales of other insurance products. The Bank?s trust department offers a range of services, including personal trust and estate services, employee benefit accounts and plans, including individual retirement accounts, and limited corporate trust functions.

• PTNR, PARTNER COMM ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 209.521347

Partner Communications Company Ltd. (Partner) is an Israeli mobile telephone network operator providing global system for mobile (GSM). The Company markets its services under the Orange brand. As of December 31, 2008, the Company?s GSM network covered approximately 98% of the Israeli population. The Company operates its GSM network in the 900 megahertz and 1800 megahertz bands. Its GSM services include enhanced GSM services, as well as value-added services and products, such as roaming, voice mail, voice messaging, color picture messaging, ringtone and game downloads, information services and General Packet Radio Services (GPRS), which enables the packet transfer of data.

• KOF, COCA COLA FEMSA S Current Caprock Strength Rating: 130.109680

Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (Coca-Cola FEMSA) is a Coca-Cola bottler. The Company is a multi-category beverage player in Latin America. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company continued to expand its product portfolio with different beverage categories, including juices and nectars to orangeades, and vitamin water. The Company developed and distributed several beverages, including Valle Frut orangeade. On May 31, 2008, the Company completed the franchise acquisition of Refrigerantes Minas Gerais, Ltda. (REMIL) in Brazil. On July 17, 2008, the Company acquired jug water business in Valle De Mexico, jointly with The Coca-Cola Company and Agua De Los Angeles. In February 2009, the Company, jointly with The Coca-Cola Company acquired the Brisa de Bavaria.

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

Company description not available.

• VLCCF, KNIGHTSBRIDGE TNK Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.930265

Knightsbridge Tankers Limited (Knightsbridge) is an international tanker company with the primary business activity of international seaborne transportation of crude oil. The Company’s fleet consists of four double-hull very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs), one of which was built in 1996 and three of which were built in 1995. Each of the Vessels is owned by a subsidiary and is deployed on time charters operating worldwide. In addition to the VLCCs, Knightsbridge has contracted to acquire two Capesize bulk carriers under construction. The business of the Company is managed by ICB Shipping (Bermuda) Limited (the Manager), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Frontline Ltd.

• X, UNITED STATES STE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.435993

United States Steel Corporation (U. S. Steel) is an integrated steel producer with production operations in North America and Europe. The Company has annual raw steel production capability of 31.7 million net tons (tons) (24.3 million tons in North America and 7.4 million tons in Europe). U. S. Steel is also engaged in other business activities including the production of coke in both North America and Europe and iron ore pellets in North America, and transportation services (railroad and barge operations), real estate operations, and engineering and consulting services in North America. U. S. Steel has three reportable operating segments: Flat-rolled Products (Flat-rolled), U. S. Steel Europe (USSE) and Tubular Products (Tubular). On January 31, 2009, the Company completed the sale of a majority of the operating assets of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E) to a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway Company.

• 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.

• FXE, CURRENCYSHARES EU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 439.070251
• PDX, PEDIATRIX MED GRO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 131.663162

Company description not available.

• PML, PIMCO MUNI INC FD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.180030

PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in a portfolio of municipal bonds, the interest from which is exempt from federal income tax. It also invests in residual interest municipal bonds/residual interest tax-exempt bonds. Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC serves as the Fund’s investment manager and is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P (Allianz Global). Allianz Global is an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of Allianz SE. PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II’s sub-advisor is Pacific Investment Management Company LLC.

• BBG, BILL BARRETT CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 99.990746

Bill Barrett Corporation is engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas and crude oil, and all of the Company?s operations are conducted in the United States. The Company began active natural gas and oil operations with the acquisition of properties in the Wind River Basin. The Company has exploration and development projects in Uinta Basin, Piceance Basin, Powder River Basin, Wind River Basin, Paradox Basin, Montana Overthrust and Big Horn Basin.

• PX, PRAXAIR INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 103.292290

Praxair, Inc. (Praxair) is an industrial gas supplier in North and South America. Praxair’s primary products for its industrial gases business are atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases) and process gases (carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, acetylene). The Company also designs, engineers, and builds equipment that produces industrial gases for internal use and external sale. The Company’s surface technologies segment, operated through Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., supplies wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings and powders. Praxair serves approximately 25 industries, such as healthcare and petroleum refining; computer-chip manufacturing and beverage carbonation; fiber-optics and steel making, and aerospace, chemicals and water treatment. During the year ended December 31, 2008, Praxair acquired Kirk Welding Supply, Inc., an independent packaged gas distributor.

• GPS, GAP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 38.580017

The Gap, Inc. is a global specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories and personal care products for men, women, children and babies under the Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime and Athleta brands. The Company operates stores in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland and Japan. It also has franchise agreements with unaffiliated franchisees to operate Gap and Banana Republic stores in many other countries worldwide. Under these agreements, third parties operate or will operate stores that sell apparel, purchased from the Company, under its brand names. In addition, its United States customers may shop online at www.gap.com, www.oldnavy.com, www.bananarepublic.com, www.piperlime.com and www.athleta.com. On September 28, 2008, the Company acquired Athleta, Inc. (Athleta), a women?s sports and active apparel company.

• 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.

• FFIN, FIRST FINL BKSHS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.325367

First Financial Bankshares, Inc. is a financial holding company. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, First Financial Bankshares of Delaware, Inc., owns 10 banks, a trust company and a technology operating company and an insurance agency. These subsidiaries are First Financial Bank, National Association, Abilene, Texas; Hereford State Bank, Hereford, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Sweetwater, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Eastland, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Cleburne, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Stephenville, Texas; San Angelo National Bank, San Angelo, Texas; Weatherford National Bank, Weatherford, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Southlake, Texas; First Financial Bank, National Association, Mineral Wells, Texas; First Technology Services, Inc., Abilene, Texas; First Financial Trust & Asset Management Company and First Financial Insurance Agency, Inc., Abilene, Texas.

• NAVG, NAVIGATORS GP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.101583

The Navigators Group, Inc. is an international insurance holding company focused on specialty products within the overall property/casualty insurance market. The Company’s underwriting operations consist of insurance company operations and operations at Lloyd’s of London. Its product line includes ocean marine insurance, professional liability insurance and specialty liability insurance. It conducts operations through its insurance companies and Lloyd’s Operations. The Insurance Companies consist of Navigators Insurance Company, which includes a United Kingdom Branch (the U.K. Branch), and Navigators Specialty Insurance Company, which underwrites specialty and professional liability insurance on an excess and surplus lines basis fully reinsured by Navigators Insurance Company. The Company?s Lloyd?s Operations include Navigators Underwriting Agency Ltd. (NUAL), a Lloyd?s of London (Lloyd?s) underwriting agency, which manages Lloyd?s Syndicate 1221 (Syndicate 1221).

• HGT, HUGOTON ROYALTY T Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.132065

Hugoton Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust created under the laws of Texas pursuant to the Hugoton Royalty Trust Indenture entered into on December 1, 1998 between XTO Energy Inc., as grantor, and NationsBank, N.A., as trustee. Bank of America, N.A. succeeded NationsBank as the trustee of the Trust. XTO Energy conveyed to the Trust 80% net profits interests in certain natural gas producing working interest properties in Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming under three separate conveyances. In exchange for these net profits interest conveyances to the Trust, 40 million units of beneficial interest were issued to XTO Energy. XTO Energy distributed all of its remaining 21.7 million trust units. As of December 31, 2008, XTO Energy is not a unitholder of the trust. The net profits interests entitle the Trust to receive 80% of the net proceeds from the sale of oil and gas from the underlying properties.

• ROSE, ROSETTA RESOURCES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 13.033669

Rosetta Resources Inc. together with its subsidiaries (Rosetta) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil and gas properties in North America. The Company?s operations are concentrated in the areas of the Sacramento Basin of California, the Rockies, and South Texas. In addition, Rosetta has non-core positions in the State Waters of Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company drilled 184 gross and 152 net wells, with a success rate of 89%. In 2008, the Company had 398.2 billion of cubic feet equivalents (Bcfe) of proved oil and natural gas reserves, including 376.5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas and 3,603 million barrels (MBbls) of oil and condensate.

• SFY, SWIFT ERGY (HLDG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.959139

Swift Energy Company is engaged in developing, exploring, acquiring, and operating oil and natural gas properties, with a focus on oil and natural gas reserves onshore and in the inland waters of Louisiana and Texas. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company completed the selling of its New Zealand-based operations. In 2008, the total proved reserves for the Company was comprised of approximately 43% crude oil, 42% natural gas, and 15% natural gas liquids (NGLs); and 53% of the total proved reserves were proved developed. The proved reserves are concentrated with 61% of the total in Louisiana, 38% in Texas, and 1% in other states. The Company focuses its development and exploration in four areas: Southeast Louisiana, South Texas, Central Louisiana/East Texas and South Louisiana.

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