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• OTTR, OTTER TAIL CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.140118

Otter Tail Corporation is engaged in businesses that have been classified into six segments: Electric, which includes the production, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy; Plastics, which consists of businesses producing polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene pipe; Manufacturing, which consists of the production of waterfront equipment, wind towers, material and handling trays and horticultural containers as well as contract machining and metal parts stamping and fabrication; Health Services, which consists of the DMS Health Group involved in the sale of diagnostic medical equipment and related supplies and accessories; Food ingredient processing, which consists of Idaho Pacific Holdings, Inc. that manufactures and supplies dehydrated potato products to food manufacturers; and Other Business Operations, which consists of businesses in residential, commercial and industrial electric contracting industries, construction, transportation and energy services.

• HBHC, HANCOCK HLDG CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.951651

Hancock Holding Company is a bank holding company. As of December 31, 2007, the Company operated more than 162 banking and financial services offices, and more than 132 automated teller machines (ATMs) in the states of Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and Alabama through four wholly owned bank subsidiaries: Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi, Hancock Bank of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Hancock Bank of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida and Hancock Bank of Alabama, Mobile, Alabama (collectively, the Banks). The Banks are community oriented and focus primarily on offering commercial, consumer and mortgage loans and deposit services to individuals and small to middle market businesses in their respective market areas.

• 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.

• 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, 2007, the Company owned 202 properties located in 32 states. Senior apartments are marketed to residents, who are capable of caring for themselves. Residence is usually restricted on the basis of age. Independent living properties, or congregate care communities, also provide privacy to residents and require residents to be independent. Assisted living properties have one bedroom units, which include private bathrooms and efficiency kitchens. Services bundled within one charge usually include three meals per day in a central dining room, daily housekeeping, laundry, medical reminders and 24-hour availability of assistance with the activities of daily living, such as dressing and bathing. Professional nursing and healthcare services are available at the property on call or at regularly scheduled times.

• TKC, TURKCELL ILET NEW Current Caprock Strength Rating: 112.638435

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (Turkcell) is a provider of mobile services in Turkey. The Company provides mobile voice and data services over its global system for mobile communications (GSM) network. As of April 1, 2008, Turkcell provided service to its subscribers in 197 countries through commercial roaming agreements with 576 operators. The Company provides wireless and value-added mobile communications services to subscribers throughout Turkey. Subscribers can choose between its postpaid and pre-paid services. As of December 31, 2007, Turkcell had approximately 29 million pre-paid subscribers and 6.4 million postpaid subscribers. The Company has investments in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova and the Ukraine. In August 2008, Turkcell announced that it had completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Belarusian Telecommunications Network (BEST).

• 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.

• BKT, BLACKROCK INCOME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.136936

BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (the Trust) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Trust?s seeks to provide monthly income while preserving capital by investing in a portfolio of mortgage-backed securities. The Trust?s portfolio include United States Government agency mortgage-backed securities, United States Government agency mortgage-backed securities – collateralized mortgage obligations, non-United States Government agency mortgage backed securities, United States Government and agency obligations, and asset-backed securities.

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

Clean Harbors, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a provider of environmental services and an operator of non-nuclear hazardous waste treatment facilities in North America. The Company performs environmental services for over 45,000 customers, including more than 325 Fortune 500 companies, in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico. It performs environmental services through a network of more than 100 service locations, and operates six incineration facilities, nine commercial landfills, six wastewater treatment operations, and 20 transportation, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs), as well as six polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) management facilities, and two oil and used oil products recycling facilities. Clean Harbors operates in two segments: Technical Services and Site Services. In March 2008, the Company acquired Universal Environmental, Inc., an environmental services company.

• AXS, AXIS CAP HLDGS LT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.647703

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited is a Bermuda-based holding company for the AXIS group of companies. Through its various operating subsidiaries and branches, the Company provides a range of insurance and reinsurance products to insureds and reinsureds worldwide with operations in Bermuda, Europe, Singapore and the United States. Its business consists of two global underwriting platforms: AXIS Insurance and AXIS Re. AXIS Insurance is organised into four divisions managed across all geographic locations: Specialty Lines, Professional Lines, Capital Risk Solutions and AXIS Select Markets. The Company operates through two business segments: insurance and reinsurance. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company purchased the assets of the Media Professional Division (Media Pro) of MPI Insurance Agency, Inc., an Aon Group, Inc. subsidiary.

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

Coeur d?Alene Mines Corporation (Coeur) is a silver producer located in North America and is engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the operation and/or ownership, development and exploration of silver and gold mining properties and companies located primarily within the United States (Nevada and Alaska), South America (Chile, Argentina and Bolivia), Australia (New South Wales), Mexico (Chihuahua) and Africa (Tanzania). The Company, 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. On December 21, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of Bolnisi Gold NL (Bolnisi) and Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation (Palmarejo).

• MMT, M F S MULTIMKT IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.363444

MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end fund and maintains a portfolio that includes investments in investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, United States Government securities, and international investment-grade and emerging markets debt securities. The Trust’s investment objective is to seek high-current income, but may also consider capital appreciation. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2007, shares of the Trust provided a total return of 5.19%, at net asset value, underperforming the Multimarket Income Trust Blended Index, the EMBI Global, Government/Mortgage and United States High-Yield indices. The Trust is managed by Massachusetts Financial Services Company (MFS).

• ARA, ARACRUZ CELULOSE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 52.415356

Aracruz Celulose S.A. (Aracruz) is producer of bleached hardwood kraft market pulp. The Company produces eucalyptus pulp, which is a variety of hardwood pulp used by paper manufacturers to produce a range of products, including tissues, printing and writing papers, liquid packaging boards and specialty papers. The Company?s production facilities consist of the Barra do Riacho Unit in Espirito Santo State, which has three production units each with two bleaching, drying and baling lines, the Guaiba Unit, located in the municipality of Guaiba, State of Rio Grande do Sul, and Veracel, located in the municipality of Eunapolis, State of Bahia, where it has a 50% stake. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company produced approximately 2,569,000 tons of bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp (BEKP) (3,095,000 tons including 50% of Veracel’s pulp production).

• 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 diversified portfolio of Utility Income Securities, Corporate Income Securities, Mortgage-Backed Securities and Asset-Backed Securities. Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., a subsidiary of Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd., serves as the Fund’s investment advisor.

• MO, ALTRIA GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 92.071342

Altria Group, Inc. (ALG) is the holding company of Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM USA) and John Middleton, Inc., which are engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Philip Morris Capital Corporation (PMCC), another wholly owned subsidiary, maintains a portfolio of leveraged and direct finance leases. In addition, at December 31, 2007, ALG held a 28.6% economic and voting interest in SABMiller plc (SABMiller), which is engaged in the manufacture and sale of various beer products. The Company?s segments are U.S. tobacco; European Union; Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa; Asia; Latin America, and Financial Services. In March 2008, the Company completed the spin-off of Philip Morris International Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary. On December 11, 2007, ALG acquired 100% of John Middleton, Inc., a manufacturer of machine-made large cigar.

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

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (DoCoMo) is a mobile telecommunications services provider and a cellular phone service operator. The Company offers a range of telecommunications services, such as third generation (3G) and second generation (2G) cellular services, and other specialized wireless telecommunications services, including satellite telephone services. As of March 31, 2008, 47.99 million cellular subscriptions had signed up for i-mode services. i-mode is an optional service available to cellular voice subscribers offered on its nationwide 2G and 3G networks, which allows users to send and receive e-mail, access online services, including banking services and airline and ticket reservations, access an array of information from i-mode servers and execute and settle retail transactions directly through their handsets. The Company terminated terminated Personal Handyphone System (PHS) services on January 7, 2008.

• CSTR, COINSTAR INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.980988

Coinstar, Inc. (Coinstar) is a multi-national company offering a range of solutions for retailers? storefronts consisting of self-service coin counting; entertainment services, such as skill-crane machines, bulk vending machines and kiddie rides, and e-payment services, such as money transfer services, prepaid wireless products, stored value cards, payroll cards and prepaid debit cards. In addition, the Company offers self-service digital versatile disc (DVD) kiosks where consumers can rent or purchase movies. As of December 31, 2007, Coinstar owned and operated more than 15,400 coin-counting machines in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. On January 1, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of GroupEx Financial Corporation, JRJ Express Inc. and Kimeco, LLC (collectively, GroupEx). On January 1, 2008, Coinstar exercised an option to acquire a majority ownership interest in Redbox Automated Retail, LLC.

• 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.

• PGJ, POWERSHARES ETF Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.395359
• 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).

• DVN, DEVON ENERGY CP ( Current Caprock Strength Rating: 157.656082

Devon Energy Corporation (Devon) is an independent energy company engaged primarily in oil and gas exploration, development and production, the acquisition of producing properties, the transportation of oil, gas and natural gas liquids and the processing of natural gas. Devon owns oil and gas properties principally in the United States and Canada and, to a lesser degree, various regions located outside North America, including Azerbaijan, Brazil and China. The Company also owns properties in West Africa In addition to its oil and gas operations, Devon has marketing and midstream operations primarily in North America. These include marketing natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs), and constructing and operating pipelines, storage and treating facilities and gas processing plants. In October 2007, the Company completed the sale of its operations in Egypt. In June 2008, the Company announced the completion of the sale of its oil and gas business in Equatorial Guinea.

• TSU, TIM PARTICIPACOES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.498489

TIM Participacoes SA is a wireless provider in Brazil. The Company primarily uses the global system for mobile communications technology (GSM), to provide mobile telecommunications services throughout Brazil. The Company offers value-added services, including short message services or text messaging, multimedia messaging services, push-mail, Blackberry service, video call, turbo mail, wireless application protocol (WAP) downloads, Web browsing, business data solutions, songs, games, television access, voice mail, conference calling, chats and other content and services. The Company provides interconnection services to fixed line and mobile service providers as well.

• CVS, CVS CAREMARK CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.376015

CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS Caremark) is a provider of prescriptions and related healthcare services in the United States. The Company fills or manages more than one billion prescriptions annually. As a fully integrated pharmacy services company, CVS Caremark drives value for its customers by managing pharmaceutical costs and improving healthcare outcomes through its approximately 6,200 CVS/pharmacy retail stores; CVS Caremark?s pharmacy benefit management, mail order and specialty pharmacy division, Caremark Pharmacy Services; its retail-based health clinic subsidiary, MinuteClinic, and the Company?s online pharmacy, CVS.com. Effective March 22, 2007, the Company closed its merger with Caremark Rx, Inc. Following the Caremark Merger, the Company changed its name to CVS Caremark Corporation. CVS Caremark operates two business segments: Retail Pharmacy and Pharmacy Services. As of October 16, 2008, the Company had acquired approximately 77.55% interest in Long Drug Stores Corporation.

• DBC, DB COMMODITY IDX Current Caprock Strength Rating: 427.720947

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