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• OII, OCEANEERING INTL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.048775

Oceaneering International, Inc. a global oilfield provider of engineered services and products primarily to the offshore oil and gas industry, with a focus on deepwater applications. Through the use of its applied technology, the Company also serves the defense and aerospace industries. The Company?s business segments are contained within two businesses: services and products provided to the oil and gas industry (Oil and Gas) and all other services and products (Advanced Technologies). Its five business segments within the Oil and Gas business are Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), Subsea Products, Subsea Projects, Inspection and Mobile Offshore Production Systems. The services and products provided to the oil and gas industry include ROVs, built-to-order specialty hardware, engineering and project management, subsea intervention services, non-destructive testing and inspection, manned diving and mobile offshore production systems. In March 2008, the Company acquired GTO Subsea AS.

• DUK, DUKE ENERGY CP HL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 38.342281

Duke Energy Corporation (Duke Energy) is an energy company that provides its services through three business segments. The Company?s business segments are U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas, Commercial Power and International Energy. During the year ended December 31, 2008, Crescent was a reportable business segment of Duke Energy. However, in 2008, the Company included the operations of Crescent Other business segment. In September 2008, the Company acquired Catamount Energy Corporation from Diamond Castle Partners. In June 2009, the Company’s affiliate acquired Aguaytia Energy, LLC from The Maple Gas Development Corporation, a partially owned subsidiary of Maple Energy plc.

• 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.

• AFL, A F L A C INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 200.546982

Aflac Incorporated is a general business holding company and acts as a management company, overseeing the operations of its subsidiaries by providing management services and making capital available. Its principal business is supplemental health and life insurance, which is marketed and administered through its subsidiary, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (Aflac), which operates in the United States (Aflac U.S.) and as a branch in Japan (Aflac Japan). Aflac?s insurance business consists of two segments: Aflac Japan and Aflac U.S. Aflac Japan sells cancer plans, general medical indemnity plans, medical/sickness riders, care plans, living benefit life plans, ordinary life insurance plans and annuities. Aflac U.S. sells accident/disability plans, cancer expense plans, short-term disability plans, sickness and hospital indemnity plans, hospital intensive care plans, fixed-benefit dental plans, vision care plans, long-term care plans and life insurance products.

• CDE, COEUR D ALENE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.986561

Coeur d?Alene Mines Corporation (Coeur) is a silver producer with gold assets located in North America. The Company through its subsidiaries is engaged in the operation and/or ownership, development and exploration of silver and gold mining properties and companies located primarily within South America (Chile, Argentina and Bolivia), Mexico (Chihuahua), United States (Nevada and Alaska) and Australia (New South Wales). Coeur either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries, owns, leases and has interests in certain exploration-stage mining properties located in the United States, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico and Tanzania. Coeur owns, either directly or indirectly, 100% of Empresa Minera Manquiri S.A. It also owns, either directly or indirectly, 100% of the capital stock of Coeur Argentina S.R.L. Coeur owns 100% of the Cerro Bayo mine in southern Chile, which comprises a high-grade gold and silver underground mine and processing facilities.

• 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.

• PIF, INSURD MUNI INCM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.223713

Insured Municipal Income Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end diversified management investment company. The FundG??s investment objective is to achieve a high-level of current income that is exempt from federal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital. In the normal course of business the Fund may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (UBS Global AM) serves as investment advisor and administrator of the Fund. UBS Global AM is an indirect wholly owned asset management subsidiary of UBS AG, an internationally diversified organization with headquarters in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, and operations in areas of the financial services industry.

• 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.

• GOLD, RANDGOLD RES LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 703.888306

Randgold Resources Ltd. is engaged in gold mining, exploration and related activities. Its activities are focused on West and East Africa. In Mali, it has an 80% controlling interest in the Loulo mine through Societe des Mines de Loulo S.A. The Loulo mine is mining from two open pits and one underground mine, and is developing a further underground mine. The Company also owns 50% of Morila Limited, which in turn owns 80% of Morila SA, the owner of the Morila mine in Mali. In addition, it owns an effective 84% controlling interest in the development-stage Tongon project located in Cote d?Ivoire. It owns an effective 83% controlling interest in the Massawa project in Senegal. It also has exploration permits and licenses covering substantial areas in Mali, Cote d?Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal and Tanzania. As of April 30, 2009, the Company declared proven and probable reserves of 8.87 million ounces attributable to its percentage ownership interests in Loulo, Morila and Tongon.

• STLD, STEEL DYNAMICS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 168.864273

Steel Dynamics, Inc. is a steel producer and metals recycler. The Company has three segments: steel operations, steel fabrication operations, and metals recycling and ferrous resources operations. The Company’s products in its steel segment include hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, Galvalume and painted sheet steel; various structural steel beams and rails; special bar quality steel, and various merchant steel products, including beams, angles, flats and channels. Its products in the metals recycling segment include ferrous and nonferrous scrap processing, scrap management, transportation, and brokerage and trading products and services. The steel fabrication segment produces steel joists and decking materials. On June 9, 2008, it acquired the remaining 75% equity interest in Recycle South, LLC. On June 24, 2008, it acquired certain assets of Sturgis Iron & Metal, an operator of scrap collection and processing locations in Indiana, Michigan and Georgia.

• FPL, F P L GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.367302

FPL Group, Inc. (FPL Group) is a provider of electricity-related services. The Company has two principal operating subsidiaries, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and NextEra Energy Resources. FPL is a rate-regulated utility engaged primarily in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy. NextEra Energy Resources is the Company?s competitive energy subsidiary, which produces the majority of its electricity from clean and renewable fuels. FPL Group Capital Inc. (FPL Group Capital), a wholly owned subsidiary of FPL Group, holds the capital stock of, or has equity interests in, FPL Group’s operating subsidiaries, other than FPL, and provides funding for those subsidiaries, including NextEra Energy Resources. FPL FiberNet, LLC (FPL FiberNet), a wholly subsidiary of the Company, provides fiber-optic services to FPL, telecommunications companies and other customers throughout Florida.

• SWN, SOUTHWESTERN ENER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 183.984299

Southwestern Energy Company (Southwestern) is an independent energy company primarily focused on the exploration and production of natural gas within the United States. Its operations primarily are located in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas. The Company also focuses on creating and capturing additional value through its natural gas gathering and marketing businesses, which it refers to as its Midstream Services. Effective July 1, 2008, the Company sold its utility subsidiary, Arkansas Western Gas Company (AWG) and, as a result, the Company does not have any natural gas distribution operations. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company sold the oil and gas leases, wells and equipment that consist of its Permian Basin and onshore Texas Gulf Coast operating assets. In 2008, it also sold certain oil and gas leases, wells and gathering equipment in its Fayetteville Shale play to XTO Energy, Inc.

• LTC, L T C PROP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 131.236832

LTC Properties, Inc., is a healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in long-term care and other healthcare related properties through mortgage loans, property lease transactions and other investments. The Company invests in properties that provide opportunity for additional value and diversifies its investment portfolio by geographic location, operator and form of investment. The Company provides mortgage financing on such properties based on established investment underwriting criteria. At December 31, 2008, the Company?s direct real estate investment portfolio (properties that it own or on which it holds promissory notes secured by first mortgages) consisted of investments in 101 skilled nursing properties with 11,707 beds, 101 assisted living properties with 4,598 units and two schools located in 30 states.

• 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.

• NHP, NATIONWIDE HLTH P Current Caprock Strength Rating: 134.354874

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (NHP) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in healthcare-related senior housing, long-term care properties and medical office buildings. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had investments in 583 healthcare facilities located in 43 states. Its operations are organized into two segments: triple-net leases and multi-tenant leases. In the triple-net leases segment, NHP invests in healthcare related properties and lease the facilities to unaffiliated tenants. In the multi-tenant leases segment, it invests in healthcare related properties that have several tenants under separate leases. As of December 31, 2008, approximately 93% of NHP?s revenues are derived from its leases, with the remaining 7% from the Company?s mortgage loans and other financing activities.

• CLC, CLARCOR INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.751421

CLARCOR Inc. conducts business in three segments: Engine/Mobile Filtration, Industrial/Environmental Filtration and Packaging. The Company?s Engine/Mobile Filtration Segment sells filtration products used on engines and in mobile equipment applications, including trucks, automobiles, buses and locomotives, and marine, construction, industrial, mining and agricultural equipment.. The Company?s Industrial/Environmental Filtration Segment centers on the manufacturing and marketing of filtration products used in industrial and commercial processes and in buildings, and infrastructures of various types. The Company?s consumer and industrial packaging products business is conducted, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, J.L. Clark, Inc. (J.L. Clark). In May 2008, the Company acquired a 30% share in BioProcess H2O LLC (BPT), a Rhode Island-based manufacturer of industrial waste water and water reuse filtration systems. The Company acquired 100% of the Keddeg Company on December 29, 2008.

• MLNM, MILLENNIUM PHARM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 133.557907
• ITG, INVESTMENT TEC NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.947548

Investment Technology Group, Inc. (ITG) is a specialized agency brokerage and financial technology company that partners with asset managers globally to provide solutions spanning the investment field. ITG’s integrated approach includes a range of products from portfolio management and pre-trade analysis to trade execution and post-trade evaluation. It has three segments. The U.S. Operations segment provides trading, trade order management, network connectivity and research services to institutional investors, plan sponsors, brokers, alternative investment funds and money managers. The Canadian Operations segment provides trading, network connectivity and research services. The International Operations segment includes the Company?s trading, trade order management, network connectivity and research service businesses in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. On July 30, 2008, the Company acquired the remaining 50% interest in POSIT Alert LLC (formerly Block Alert, LLC).

• 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).

• CNMD, CONMED CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.493885

CONMED Corporation (CONMED) is a medical technology company with an emphasis on surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures and monitoring. The Company?s products serve the clinical areas of arthroscopy, powered surgical instruments, electrosurgery, patient care, endosurgery and endoscopic technologies. CONMED?s products are used by surgeons and physicians in a variety of specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, and gastroenterology.

• FXI, ISHARES TR FTSE I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.772673
• 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. In April 2009, Blackbaud, Inc. acquired RLC CCT.

• HLEX, HEALTHEXTRAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.287270

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