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• UBB, UNIBANCO BRASILRS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.280511

Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. (Unibanco) is a financial institutions in Brazil. The Company provides a range of financial products and services to a diversified individual and corporate customer base throughout Brazil. Unibanco?s business consists of five business segments: Retail, Wholesale, Treasury, Wealth Management, and Insurance and Pension Plans. On June 25, 2007, the Company announced the sale of a portion of its interest in Serasa S.A. (Serasa).

• BK, BANK OF N Y CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.957783

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon) is a global financial services company. BNY Mellon?s subsidiaries engage in trust and custody activities, investment management services, banking services and various securities-related activities. The Company operates through seven segments: Asset Management; Wealth Management; Asset Servicing; Issuer Services; Clearing and Execution Services; Treasury Services and Other. Bank of New York Mellon was formed in July 2007, through a merger between The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and Mellon Financial Corporation of Pittsburgh. In June 2008, U.S. Bancorp?s lead bank, U.S. Bank National Association, acquired Mellon 1st Business Bank in California, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In October 2008, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. announced the completion of its investment in Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC (GW&K). As part of the transaction, the Company purchased the entire ownership interest in GW&K from BNY Mellon.

• TECH, TECHNE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 108.706253

Techne Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the development and manufacture of biotechnology products and hematology calibrators and controls. These activities are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary, Research and Diagnostic Systems, Inc (R&D Systems). It distributes biotechnology products in Europe through its subsidiary, R&D Systems Europe Ltd. (R&D Europe). R&D Systems Europe Ltd. has a sales subsidiary, R&D Systems GmbH, in Germany. It operates in three segments: biotechnology, R&D Systems Europe and hematology. The biotechnology segment consists of R&D Systems Biotechnology Division, Fortron Bio Science, Inc. (Fortron), BiosPacific, Inc. and R&D Systems China Co. Ltd. (R&D China), which develop, manufacture and sell biotechnology research and diagnostic products. R&D Systems Europe distributes Biotechnology Division products throughout Europe. The hematology segment develops and manufactures hematology controls and calibrators for sale worldwide.

• CHK, CHESAPEAKE ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.471542

Chesapeake Energy Corporation is a producer of natural gas in the United States (first among independents). It owns interests in approximately 38,500 producing oil and natural gas wells that are producing approximately 2.2 billion cubic feet equivalent (bcfe), per day, 92% of which is natural gas. Its operations are located in the Mid-Continent region, which includes Oklahoma, Arkansas, southwestern Kansas and the Texas Panhandle; the Forth Worth Basin in north-central Texas; the Appalachian Basin, principally in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, eastern Ohio and southern New York; the Permian and Delaware Basins of West Texas and eastern New Mexico; the Ark-La-Tex area of East Texas and northern Louisiana, and the South Texas and Texas Gulf Coast regions. In August 2008, Chesapeake announced that it has closed the sale of its Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale assets to BP America Inc.

• BRLI, BIO-REFERENCE LAB Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.119001

Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. is an independent regional clinical laboratory servicing the greater New York metropolitan area. The Company offers a list of laboratory testing services utilized by healthcare providers in the detection, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring and treatment of diseases. It processes 3.7 million requisitions each year. The Company has a network of over 50 patient service centers for collection of patient specimens. In addition to the clinical testing operations, it operates a clinical knowledge management service through the PSIMedica business unit. It also operates a Web-based connectivity portal solution for laboratories and physicians, through the CareEvolve subsidiary. In 2007, the Company introduced genome-wide oligonucleotide microarray analysis testing useful for the diagnosis of among other conditions developmental disorders. In 2006, it acquired GeneDx, a diagnostic genetic testing laboratory providing services to customers.

• IAU, ISHARES COMEX GOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 351.922455
• MFA, MFA MTG INVTS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 492.858124

MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. is a real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the business of investing, on a leveraged basis, in mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The Company?s assets consist of hybrid and adjustable-rate MBS (collectively, ARM-MBS) issued or guaranteed by a federally chartered corporation, such as Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or an agency of the United States Government, such as the Government National Mortgage Association, ARM-MBS rated by at least one nationally recognized rating agency, and MBS-related receivables and cash. At December 31, 2007, 94.8% of total assets consisted of Agency MBS, 5.1% consisted of non-Agency AAA-rated MBS. Non-Agency MBS rated below AAA unrated, comprised less than 0.1% of its remaining assets. In addition, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, provides investment advisory services to third-party institutions with respect to their MBS portfolio investments.

• CBZ, CBIZ INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 82.244987

CBIZ, Inc. provides professional business services primarily to small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals, governmental entities, and non-profit enterprises throughout the United States and Toronto, Canada. CBIZ delivers its integrated services through four practice groups: Financial Services, Employee Services, Medical Management Professionals (MMP) and National Practices. Financial Services seeks to help clients manage their finances. Employee Services provides group health, property and casualty, COBRA/flex, retirement planning, wealth management, life insurance, human capital management and payroll and actuarial services. National Practices consists of managed networking and hardware services, health care and Information Technology consulting, software solutions, project management and mergers and acquisitions. MMP comprises coding and billing, accounts receivable management and full practice management services. On April 1, 2008, it acquired EFL Associates, Inc.

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

UMB Financial Corporation is a financial holding company. The Company owns four commercial banks, a brokerage company, a community development corporation, a consulting company, a mutual fund servicing company and 14 other subsidiaries. The four commercial banks (UMB Bank, n.a., UMB Bank Colorado, n.a., UMB National Bank of America, n.a. and UMB Bank Arizona, n.a.) are engaged in general commercial banking business in the United States. One of the banks is in Missouri, one bank in Kansas, one bank in Colorado and one bank in Arizona. The Company operates in six segments: Commercial Banking and Lending, Payment and Technology Solutions, Banking Services, Consumer Services, Asset Management and Investment Services Group. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the UMB Bank, Warsaw, n.a. based affiliate was merged into the UMB Bank, n.a.

• ZTR, ZWEIG TOTL RETURN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 21.609512

The Zweig Total Return Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. The Fund’s objective is to seek the highest total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income, consistent with the preservation of capital. The Fund?s equity sectors included information technology (IT), energy, industrials, consumer staples, and financials. The Fund’s top individual equity positions, as on December 31, 2007, included Allstate, Altria Group, AT&T, ConocoPhillips, Freeport McMoRan, McDonalds, Merck, Occidental Petroleum, PepsiCo and Verizon. The Fund?s investment advisor is Phoenix/Zweig Advisers LLC (the Adviser).

• ERF, ENERPLUS RES FD Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.796765

Enerplus Resources Fund (Enerplus) is an open-end investment trust. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund?s production averaged 82,319 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The Company?s natural gas portfolio in 2007, comprised aggregator, AECO, and downstream direct sales. In 2007, the Company sold 40% of its natural gas on the daily AECO market and 40% on the monthly AECO market, as well as 20% against the day and month New York Mercantile Exchange indices. The Company?s crude oil portfolio in 2007, was approximately 74% light/medium and 26% heavy. During 2007, daily production averaged 80,959 barrels of oil equivalent per day. During 2007, the average production was weighted 53% to natural gas and 47% to liquids on a barrel of oil equivalent basis. On June 22, 2007, the Fund completed the acquisition of Kirby Oil Sands Partnership. On February 13, 2008, Enerplus closed the acquisition of Focus Energy Trust.

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

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., formerly The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., is a holding company operating The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC as its wholly owned subsidiary. Nasdaq commenced operations as a registered national securities exchange for Nasdaq-listed securities. The Company, through its subsidiaries provides securities listing, trading, and information products and services. The Company?s segments include Market Services segment and Issuer Services segment. The Market Services segment includes the transaction-based business and market information services business. The Issuer Services segment includes securities listings business, insurance business, shareholder, directors and newswire services and financial products business. In July 2008, the Company completed its previously announced acquisition of Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (PHLX). In August 2008, it announced that it has completed its acquisition of the Boston Stock Exchange. In November 2008, it acquired Bloom Partners.

• NYB, NEW YORK CMMTY BN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.975937

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank. New York Community Bank has 179 banking offices serving customers in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County in New York, and Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Union counties in New Jersey, and operates through six local divisions: Queens County Savings Bank, Roslyn Savings Bank, Richmond County Savings Bank, Roosevelt Savings Bank, Synergy Bank, and Garden State Community Bank. New York Commercial Bank has 38 branches serving Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Westchester County, and Long Island, including 19 branches of Atlantic Bank.

• UBB, UNIBANCO BRASILRS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.280511

Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. (Unibanco) is a financial institutions in Brazil. The Company provides a range of financial products and services to a diversified individual and corporate customer base throughout Brazil. Unibanco?s business consists of five business segments: Retail, Wholesale, Treasury, Wealth Management, and Insurance and Pension Plans. On June 25, 2007, the Company announced the sale of a portion of its interest in Serasa S.A. (Serasa).

• FFIC, FLUSHING FIN CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 64.347054

Flushing Financial Corporation serves as the holding company for Flushing Savings Bank (the Bank). The Bank owns four subsidiaries: Flushing Commercial Bank, Flushing Preferred Funding Corporation, Flushing Service Corporation and FSB Properties Inc. The Company also owns Flushing Financial Capital Trust II, Flushing Financial Capital Trust III and Flushing Financial Capital Trust IV (the Trusts), special purpose business trusts formed, during the year ended December 31, 2007, to issue capital securities. The Trusts used the proceeds from the issuance of these capital securities, and the proceeds from the issuance of their common stock, to purchase junior subordinated debentures from the Company. As of December 31, 2007, the Bank operated out of its main office and 13 branch offices, located in the New York City Boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, and in Nassau County, New York. The Bank also operates an Internet branch, iGObanking.com.

• CLB, CORE LABS NV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 114.552124

Core Laboratories N.V. (Core Lab) is a provider of reservoir description, production enhancement and reservoir management services to the oil and gas industry. Core Lab has over 70 offices in more than 50 countries. The Company derives its revenues from services and product sales to clients primarily in the oil and gas industry. Its reservoir optimization services and technologies are interrelated and are organized into three complementary segments: Reservoir Description, which encompasses the characterization of petroleum reservoir rock, fluid and gas samples; Production Enhancement, which includes products and services relating to reservoir well completions, perforations, stimulations and production, and Reservoir Management, which combines and integrates information from reservoir description and production enhancement services.

• AEM, AGNICO EAGLE MINE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 290.837463

Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (Agnico-Eagle) is a gold producer with mining operations located in northwestern Quebec, mine construction projects in northwestern Quebec, northern Finland, Nunavut and northern Mexico and exploration activities in Canada, Finland, Mexico and the United States. The Company operates through four regional units: the Quebec Region, the European Region, the Mexican Region and the Nunavut Region. The Quebec region includes the LaRonde Mine, the LaRonde Mine extension project and the Goldex and Lapa mine projects, each of which is held directly by the Company. The Company’s operations in the European Region are conducted through its indirect subsidiary, Riddarhyttan Resources AB (Riddarhyttan), which indirectly owns the Kittila mine project in Finland. The Company’s operations in the Mexican Region are conducted through its subsidiary, Agnico Eagle Mexico S.A. de C.V., which owns the Pinos Altos mine project.

• ENB, ENBRIDGE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 136.114471

Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) is an energy delivery company that transports natural gas and crude oil, which are used to heat homes, power transportation systems, and provide fuel and feedstock for industries. The Company?s activities are carried out through five business units: Liquids Pipelines, which includes the operation of the Enbridge crude oil mainline system and feeder pipelines that transport crude oil and other liquid hydrocarbons; Gas Pipelines, which consists of the Company?s interests in natural gas pipelines, including Alliance Pipeline US, Vector Pipeline and Enbridge Offshore Pipelines; Sponsored Investments, which includes investments in Enbridge Income Fund (EIF) and Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (EEP), both managed by Enbridge; Gas Distribution and Services, which includes Enbridge Gas Distribution (EGD), Aux Sable and the Company?s commodity marketing businesses, and International, which includes the Company?s two energy-delivery investments outside of North America.

• TRP, TRANSCANADA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.040035

TransCanada Corporation (TransCanada) is a North American energy infrastructure company focused on pipelines and energy. At December 31, 2007, Pipelines accounted for approximately 53% of revenues and 73% of TransCanada?s total assets and the Energy business accounted for approximately 47% of revenues and 23% of TransCanada?s total assets. TransCanada?s business segments comprise Pipelines and Energy. Pipelines principally comprise the Company?s pipelines in Canada, the United States and Mexico, and its regulated natural gas storage operations in the United States. Energy includes the Company?s power operations, the non-regulated natural gas storage business and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. In August 2008, TransCanada announced that through its subsidiaries, it has acquired KeySpan-Ravenswood, LLC and KeySpan Ravenswood Services Corp. In September 2008, TransCanada acquired Bison Pipeline LLC from Northern Border Pipeline Company.

• MMSI, MERIT MEDICAL SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 154.594406

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. provides a line of disposable products designed to assist physicians in diagnosing disease and intervening in the areas of radiology and cardiology. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company?s United States domestic sales force made approximately 41% of its sales directly to United States hospitals and approximately 14% of sales through other channels such as United States customs packagers and distributors. Original equipment manufacturers (OEM), companies accounted for approximately 15% of its 2007, sales. Approximately 31% of its sales in 2007, were made in international markets (of which OEM international sales accounted for approximately 1%).

• SCG, SCANA CP NEW Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.660450

SCANA Corporation (SCANA), through its wholly owned regulated subsidiaries is primarily engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in parts of South Carolina and the purchase, transmission and sale of natural gas in portions of North Carolina and South Carolina. Through a wholly owned non-regulated subsidiary, SCANA markets natural gas to retail customers in Georgia and to wholesale customers primarily in the southeast. Other wholly owned non-regulated subsidiaries provides fiber optic and other telecommunications services, and provides service contracts to homeowners on certain home appliances and heating and air conditioning units. A service company subsidiary of SCANA provides administrative, management and other services to the other subsidiaries.

• HSC, HARSCO CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 38.473587

Harsco Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of industrial services and engineered products. The Company?s operations fall into two segments: Access Services and Mill Services, and an all other category labeled Minerals & Rail Services and Products. The Company has locations in 50 countries, including the United States. On December 7, 2007, the Company completed the sale of its Gas Technologies business group to Wind Point Partners. In March 2008, the Company acquired Baviera S.R.L., a Romania-based distributor of Harsco’s Huennebeck division formwork and scaffolding products in Romania.

• OXY, OCCIDENTAL PET Current Caprock Strength Rating: 164.502548

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental) conducts its operations through various oil and gas, chemical and other subsidiaries and affiliates. The Company operates in two segments: oil and gas, and chemical. The oil and gas segment explores for, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas. The chemical segment (OxyChem) manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls and performance chemicals. The Company?s domestic oil and gas operations are located at the Permian Basin in west Texas and New Mexico, Elk Hills and other locations in California, the Hugoton field in Kansas and Oklahoma, Utah and western Colorado. International operations are located in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Libya, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. OxyChem manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls, chlorinated organics and performance chemicals. In June 2007, BP p.l.c. acquired Occidental?s oil and gas interests in Horn Mountain.

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