What Bank of America Sellers & Rope-a-Dope have in Common

I still strongly favor Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) shares, but for the last couple weeks, I bet holders are feeling like an opponent of the great Muhammad Ali. The Greatest, God rest his soul, was known for wearing opponents out by making them chase him around the ring and by blocking their early barrages. Then, finally, after tiring them out, he would back up against the ropes for one last bit of exhausting trickery, before unloading on the tired out dope. Holders of Bank of America are probably feeling that same sort of exhaustion these days, especially after the last couple body blows we have taken. So is Bank of America a dope on a rope? Or, are the sellers of BAC shares here the real dopes, tired out by the volatility and now knocked out of the stock just before the big opportunity is realized? See the full story at Bank of America & Rope-a-Dope.

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Stocks Up 10.6% since Kaminis' February Call - What’s Next?

Fidelity.com SPY Chart Reflecting Appreciation Since Kaminis Recommendation

Well, it looks like the market has absolutely no concern about the miniscule job growth reported for May, and is absolutely only counting on how it plays for the Fed… for now. Readers of my work know that I have been forecasting a Q2 economic pickup and am not a believer in deterioration. They will also be aware of my buy stocks call made back on February 18 and reinforced on February 19th, notably at the height of fear. But the market, I expected, would worry about such a poor economic data point, so I suggested investors should protect their wealth on Friday. Capital did shift back into safer sectors Friday morning, but risky bets returned into the close and to start this week. It seems greed is good for now and stocks could push to that 52-week high we thought we would reach last week. The most aggressive of risk takers may take further upside here on the greed-driven run to and possibly through the 52-week high, but I cannot recommend in good conscience new long stakes in risky equities now. There are far too many perils ahead for us in June and the margin of safety that existed in February has gone away. There are risks to this view (listed below), and they should be paid attention to as we progress forward. See this whole report on stocks here.

Security Sector	06-07-16 AM
SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY)	+0.1%
SPDR Dow Jones (NYSE: DIA)	+0.3%
PowerShares QQQ (Nasdaq: QQQ)	+0.0%
iShares Russell 2000 (NYSE: IWM)	+0.1%
Vanguard Total Stock Market (NYSE: VTI)	+0.2%
Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF)	+0.1%
Technology Select Sector SPDR (Nasdaq: XLK)	+0.6%
Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE)	+0.6%
Health Care Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLV)	-0.5%
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:  XLY)	+0.1%
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLP)	-0.1%
Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLU)	+0.1%
Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLB)	+0.2%
Industrial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLI)	+0.5%

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For Gold the Run is Done

This report was published before gold dropped precipitously on Wednesday. See the link below.

For gold, it seems Friday’s retail sales data marked the beginning of the end. Confirming my suspicions about the economy, April’s data was far better than the winter reports. It supports my “negative feedback loop” theory, and it means the dollar is more likely to appreciate moving forward. I have been warning for months about the likelihood of a Fed rate hike in June, and the idea is now gaining traction among some pundits as well. It all adds up to a strengthening dollar, which means it’s the beginning of the end for the year’s early gold run. See the whole story at For Gold It's the Beginning of the End of the Run.

Precious Metal Securities	05-18-16 1:00 PM EDT
SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD)	-0.6%
iShares Gold Trust (NYSE: IAU)	-0.6%
iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV)	-1.0%
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X (NYSE: NUGT)	-5.4%
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bearish 3X (NYSE: DUST)	NM
Market Vectors Gold Miners (NYSE: GDX)	-1.6%
Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners (NYSE: GDXJ)	-1.3%
Goldcorp (NYSE: GG)	-1.6%
Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM)	-0.8%
Randgold Resources (Nasdaq: GOLD)	-1.0%
Barrick Resources (NYSE: ABX)	-1.2%
Yamana Gold (NYSE: AUY)	-2.5%
Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE: GFI)	-0.7%
Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW)	-2.1%
Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE)	-2.5%

Please see our disclosures at the Wall Street Greek website and author bio pages found there. This article and website in no way offers or represents financial or investment advice. Information is provided for entertainment purposes only. Article should interest investors in precious metals stocks: Goldcorp (NYSE: GG), Agnico-Eagle Mines (NYSE: AEM), Allied Nevada Gold (AMEX: ANV), AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU), AuRico Gold (NYSE: AUQ), Aurizon Mines (AMEX: AZK), Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX), Brigus Gold (AMEX: BRD), Charles & Covard (Nasdaq: CTHR), Claude Resources (AMEX: CGR), Commerce Group (OTC: CGCO.PK), Compania Mina Buenaventura S.A. (NYSE: BVN), DRDGOLD (Nasdaq: DROOY), Eldorado Gold (NYSE: EGO), Entrée Gold (AMEX: EGI), Exeter Resource (AMEX: XRA), Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI), Gold Reserve (AMEX: GRZ), Gold Resource (Nasdaq: GORO), Golden Eagle Int’l (OTC: MYNG.PK), Golden Star Resources (AMEX: GSS), Great Basin Gold (AMEX: GBG), Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY), IAMGOLD (NYSE: IAG), International Tower Hill Mines (AMEX: THM), Jaguar Mining (NYSE: JAG), Keegan Resources (AMEX: KGN), Kimber Resources (AMEX: KBX), Kingold Jewelry (Nasdaq: KGJI), Kinross Gold (NYSE: KGC), Midway Gold (AMEX: MDW), Minco Gold (AMEX: MGH), Nevsun Resources (AMEX: NSU), New Jersey Mining (OTC: NJMC.PK), Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM), North Bay Resources (OTC: NBRI.OB), Northgate Minerals (AMEX: NXG), NovaGold Resources (AMEX: NG), Richmont Mines (AMEX: RIC), Royal Gold (Nasdaq: RGLD), Rubicon Minerals (AMEX: RBY), Seabridge Gold (AMEX: SA), Solitario Exploration and Royalty (AMEX: XPL), Tanzanian Royalty Exploration (AMEX: TRE), Thunder Mountain Gold (OTC: THMG.OB), U.S. Gold (NYSE: UXG), Vista Gold (AMEX: VGZ), Wits Basin Precious Metals (OTC: WITM.PK), Yamana Gold (NYSE: AUY), Coeur d’Alene Mines (NYSE: CDE), Endeavour Silver (NYSE: EXK), Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL), Mag Silver (AMEX: MVG), Mines Management (AMEX: MGN), Silver Standard Resources (Nasdaq: SSRI), Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW), SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEArca: GLD), Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEArca: GDX), iShares Silver Trust (NYSEArca: SLV), ProShares Ultra Silver (NYSEArca: AGQ), ProShares Ultra Short Silver (NYSEArca: ZSL), Great Panther Silver (AMEX: GPL), Silvercorp Metals (NYSE: SVM), Paramount Gold and Silver (AMEX: PZG), Pan American Silver (Nasdaq: PAAS) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE: AG).

Why Oil Prices Will Rise to $50 This Week

Oil prices should charge to $50 this week given several powerful factors working in the commodity's favor. Expectations are more confident now for another bullish draw from inventory storage levels this week, due to the Canadian supply disruption. The situation in Nigeria has deteriorated as well and is a support to higher prices. The economic outlook for the U.S. got a boost from April's retail sales growth, which is an important indication about U.S. energy demand. Finally, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) made a bullish call on oil. With all these factors working in its favor, oil prices should rise into the $50 mark for Brent and I suspect for WTI crude as well this week. See the whole story at Why Oil Will Rise to $50 this Week.

Please see our disclosures at the Wall Street Greek website and author bio pages found there. This article and website in no way offers or represents financial or investment advice. Information is provided for entertainment purposes only. Article interests energy investors including Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), BP (NYSE: BP), PetroChina (NYSE: PTR), Petrobras (NYSE: PZE), Royal Dutch Shell (OTC: RYDAF.PK), Total (NYSE: TOT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Repsol (OTC: REPYY.PK), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), Eni SpA (NYSE: E), Sasol (NYSE: SSL), Encana (NYSE: ECA), Suncor (NYSE: SU), Imperial Oil (AMEX: IMO), Statoil (NYSE: STO), Cenovus (NYSE: CVE), Transocean (NYSE: RIG), Penn West Petroleum (NYSE: PWE), Continental Resources (NYSE: CLR), Noble (NYSE: NE), Concho (NYSE: CXO), Diamond Offshore (NYSE: DO), Ensco (NYSE: ESV), Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL), Nabors (NYSE: NBR), Pride International (NYSE: PDE), Helmerich & Payne (NYSE: HP), QEP Resources (NYSE: QEP), Enerplus (NYSE: ERF), Rowan (NYSE: RDC), Cobalt (NYSE: CIE), Patterson UTI (Nasdaq: PTEN), SandRidge (NYSE: SD), Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB), Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV), Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI), Weatherford International (NYSE: WFT), Cameron (NYSE: CAM), FMC Tech (NYSE: FTI), Oil States International (NYSE: OIS), Superior Energy (NYSE: SPN), Carbo Ceramics (NYSE: CRR), Helix Energy (NYSE: HLX), Pioneer (NYSE: PXD), CNOOC (NYSE: CEO), China Petroleum and Chemical (NYSE: SNP), Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE: CNQ), Apache (NYSE: APA), Anadarko (NYSE: APC), Devon (NYSE: DVN), EOG (NYSE: EOG), Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK).

Guess Who Predicted the Oil Price Surge

Oil prices could surge significantly this week. It's understood that the forest fires in Alberta, Canada affected oil sands production, but the significance of the impact is only now being factored into the price of oil. As this week's crude oil inventory data is reported and as next week's is contemplated, oil prices could surge significantly. See the whole story here: Why Oil Prices Could Surge this Week.

Please see our disclosures at the Wall Street Greek website and author bio pages found there. This article and website in no way offers or represents financial or investment advice. Information is provided for entertainment purposes only. Article interests energy investors including Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), BP (NYSE: BP), PetroChina (NYSE: PTR), Petrobras (NYSE: PZE), Royal Dutch Shell (OTC: RYDAF.PK), Total (NYSE: TOT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Repsol (OTC: REPYY.PK), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), Eni SpA (NYSE: E), Sasol (NYSE: SSL), Encana (NYSE: ECA), Suncor (NYSE: SU), Imperial Oil (AMEX: IMO), Statoil (NYSE: STO), Cenovus (NYSE: CVE), Transocean (NYSE: RIG), Penn West Petroleum (NYSE: PWE), Continental Resources (NYSE: CLR), Noble (NYSE: NE), Concho (NYSE: CXO), Diamond Offshore (NYSE: DO), Ensco (NYSE: ESV), Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL), Nabors (NYSE: NBR), Pride International (NYSE: PDE), Helmerich & Payne (NYSE: HP), QEP Resources (NYSE: QEP), Enerplus (NYSE: ERF), Rowan (NYSE: RDC), Cobalt (NYSE: CIE), Patterson UTI (Nasdaq: PTEN), SandRidge (NYSE: SD), Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB), Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV), Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI), Weatherford International (NYSE: WFT), Cameron (NYSE: CAM), FMC Tech (NYSE: FTI), Oil States International (NYSE: OIS), Superior Energy (NYSE: SPN), Carbo Ceramics (NYSE: CRR), Helix Energy (NYSE: HLX), Pioneer (NYSE: PXD), CNOOC (NYSE: CEO), China Petroleum and Chemical (NYSE: SNP), Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE: CNQ), Apache (NYSE: APA), Anadarko (NYSE: APC), Devon (NYSE: DVN), EOG (NYSE: EOG), Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK).

Oil has Collapsed Since Our March 23 Warning at Peak – Keep Selling

Weighing the positives and negatives, the upside and downside, I see an imbalance of risk for oil, and unfortunately it is to the downside. The price of oil has already come back a good deal since my report from March 23rd, Why Energy is in Serious Danger, and it is down significantly even since I theorized this article a few days ago. But the situation can get worse, and I expect it will. See more of this oil report here.

Energy Relative Shares	March 22 to April 5
SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY)	-0.2%
United States Oil (NYSE: USO)	-13.4%
iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil (NYSE: OIL)	-13.8%
United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG)	+0.6%
Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE)	-4.3%
SPDR S&P Oil & Gas E&P (NYSE: XOP)	-5.4%
Market Vectors Oil Services (NYSE: OIH)	-5.6%
Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM)	-2.3%
Chevron (NYSE: CVX)	-3.0%
B.P. (NYSE: BP)	-6.5%
TOTAL S.A. (NYSE: TOT)	-5.2%
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP)	-6.9%
Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX)	-5.9%
Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY)	-3.1%
Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB)	-1.3%
Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI)	-15.2%
Halliburton (NYSE: HAL)	-4.4%

Please see our disclosures at the Wall Street Greek website and author bio pages found there. This article and website in no way offers or represents financial or investment advice. Information is provided for entertainment purposes only. Article interests energy investors including Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), BP (NYSE: BP), PetroChina (NYSE: PTR), Petrobras (NYSE: PZE), Royal Dutch Shell (OTC: RYDAF.PK), Total (NYSE: TOT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Repsol (OTC: REPYY.PK), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), Eni SpA (NYSE: E), Sasol (NYSE: SSL), Encana (NYSE: ECA), Suncor (NYSE: SU), Imperial Oil (AMEX: IMO), Statoil (NYSE: STO), Cenovus (NYSE: CVE), Transocean (NYSE: RIG), Penn West Petroleum (NYSE: PWE), Continental Resources (NYSE: CLR), Noble (NYSE: NE), Concho (NYSE: CXO), Diamond Offshore (NYSE: DO), Ensco (NYSE: ESV), Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL), Nabors (NYSE: NBR), Pride International (NYSE: PDE), Helmerich & Payne (NYSE: HP), QEP Resources (NYSE: QEP), Enerplus (NYSE: ERF), Rowan (NYSE: RDC), Cobalt (NYSE: CIE), Patterson UTI (Nasdaq: PTEN), SandRidge (NYSE: SD), Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB), Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV), Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI), Weatherford International (NYSE: WFT), Cameron (NYSE: CAM), FMC Tech (NYSE: FTI), Oil States International (NYSE: OIS), Superior Energy (NYSE: SPN), Carbo Ceramics (NYSE: CRR), Helix Energy (NYSE: HLX), Pioneer (NYSE: PXD), CNOOC (NYSE: CEO), China Petroleum and Chemical (NYSE: SNP), Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE: CNQ), Apache (NYSE: APA), Anadarko (NYSE: APC), Devon (NYSE: DVN), EOG (NYSE: EOG), Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK).

Negative Feedback Loop - Stock Market Hurt Economy in Early 2016

This is a groundbreaking report presenting an original idea not yet being discussed across media about why early year economic data being reported now has soured.

On Monday when consumer spending data was reported, it showed a disappointing result for February and a downward revision to January. The news disappointed investors and raised speculation about the well-being of the economy, even after the upward GDP revision for Q4 reported last week. I believe the decrease in economic activity at the start of this year was directly due to the disruption to the stock market in January and February, which concerned Americans enough to limit their spending habits. There are signs of it in other data as well, but it is apparently reversing in March, not coincidentally as stocks have recovered. February’s poor data is the result of a negative feedback loop, which hopefully does not develop into a downward spiral. If investors can understand this argument, it should go a long way to preventing that end for stocks. See more about the Negative Feedback Loop here.

Security Sector	03-29-16 11:30 AM
SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY)	-0.1%
SPDR Dow Jones (NYSE: DIA)	-0.2%
PowerShares QQQ (Nasdaq: QQQ)	+0.4%
iShares Russell 2000 (NYSE: IWM)	+0.4%
Vanguard Total Stock Market (NYSE: VTI)	-0.1%
Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF)	-0.8%
Technology Select Sector SPDR (Nasdaq: XLK)	+0.5%
Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE)	-1.1%
Health Care Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLV)	-0.0%
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:  XLY)	+0.2%
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLP)	-0.1%
Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLU)	+0.1%
Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLB)	-0.9%
Industrial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLI)	-0.3%
iPath S&P 500 VIX ST Futures (NYSE: VXX)	-0.1%
SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD)	+0.6%
United States Oil (NYSE: USO)	-3.5%

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Sell Stocks Right Now

The shocking terrorist attacks in Brussels are raising concern about Europe, firing up relative dollar strength, and turning back oil prices – that is enough to stop the nascent stock market rally. I’m suggesting investors raise cash, buy volatility hedges and seek safety in utilities. On the day of the events in Brussels, equities in the U.S. seemed to brush it off. However, it has become apparent to me that the courage of U.S. equity holders could be lost if oil declines near-term as I suspect it will. Here’s what I see happening. See the full warning to sell stocks now right here.

Security Sector	03-23-16 Late PM
SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY)	-0.7%
SPDR Dow Jones (NYSE: DIA)	-0.5%
PowerShares QQQ (Nasdaq: QQQ)	-0.9%
iShares Russell 2000 (NYSE: IWM)	-1.5%
Vanguard Total Stock Market (NYSE: VTI)	-0.8%
Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF)	-0.6%
Technology Select Sector SPDR (Nasdaq: XLK)	-0.6%
Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE)	-2.3%
Health Care Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLV)	-0.7%
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:  XLY)	-0.7%
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLP)	-0.0%
Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLU)	+0.7%
Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLB)	-1.4%
Industrial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLI)	-0.7%
iPath S&P 500 VIX ST Futures (NYSE: VXX)	+4.2%
SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD)	-2.1%
United States Oil (NYSE: USO)	-4.2%

Please see our disclosures at the Wall Street Greek website and author bio pages found there. This article and website in no way offers or represents financial or investment advice. Information is provided for entertainment purposes only. Article should interest investors in SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA), SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY), PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQ), ProShares Short Dow 30 (NYSE: DOG), ProShares Ultra Short S&P 500 (NYSE: SDS), ProShares Ultra QQQ (NYSE: QLD), NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX), The NASDAQ OMX Group (Nasdaq: NDAQ), Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), E*Trade Financial (Nasdaq: ETFC), Charles Schwab (Nasdaq: SCHW), Asset Acceptance Capital (Nasdaq: AACC), Affiliated Managers (NYSE: AMG), Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP), TD Ameritrade (Nasdaq: AMTD), BGC Partners (Nasdaq: BGCP), Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE: BK), BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), CIT Group (NYSE: CIT), Calamos Asset Management (Nasdaq: CLMS), CME Group (NYSE: CME), Cohn & Steers (NYSE: CNS), Cowen Group (Nasdaq: COWN), Diamond Hill Investment (Nasdaq: DHIL), Dollar Financial (Nasdaq: DLLR), Duff & Phelps (Nasdaq: DUF), Encore Capital (Nasdaq: ECPG), Edelman Financial (Nasdaq: EF), Equifax (NYSE: EFX), Epoch (Nasdaq: EPHC), Evercore Partners (NYSE: EVR), EXCorp. (Nasdaq: EZPW), FBR Capital Markets (Nasdaq: FBCM), First Cash Financial (Nasdaq: FCFS), Federated Investors (NYSE: FII), First Marblehead (NYSE: FMD), Fidelity National Financial (NYSE: FNF), Financial Engines (Nasdaq: FNGN), FXCM (Nasdaq: FXCM), Gamco Investors (NYSE: GBL), GAIN Capital (Nasdaq: GCAP), Green Dot (Nasdaq: GDOT), GFI Group (Nasdaq: GFIG), Greenhill (NYSE: GHL), Gleacher (Nasdaq: GLCH), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), INTL FCStone (Nasdaq: INTL), Intersections (Nasdaq: INTX), Investment Technology (NYSE: ITG), Invesco (NYSE: IVZ), Jefferies (NYSE: JEF), JMP Group (NYSE: JMP), Janus Capital (NYSE: JNS), KBW (NYSE: KBW), Knight Capital (NYSE: KCG), Lazard (NYSE: LAZ), Legg Mason (NYSE: LM), LPL Investment (Nasdaq: LPLA), Ladenburg Thalmann (AMEX: LTS), Mastercard (NYSE: MA), Moody’s (NYSE: MCO), MF Global (NYSE: MF), Moneygram (NYSE: MGI), MarketAxess (Nasdaq: MKTX), Marlin Business Services (Nasdaq: MRLN), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), MSCI (Nasdaq: MSCI), MGIC Investment (NYSE: MTG), NewStar Financial (Nasdaq: NEWS), National Financial Partners (NYSE: NFP), Nelnet (NYSE: NNI), Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS), NetSpend (Nasdaq: NTSP), Ocwen Financial (NYSE: OCN), Oppenheimer (NYSE: OPY), optionsXpress (Nasdaq: OXPS), PICO (Nasdaq: PICO), Piper Jaffray (NYSE: PJC), PMI Group (NYSE: PMI), Penson Worldwide (Nasdaq: PNSN), Portfolio Recovery (Nasdaq: PRAA), Raymond James (NYSE: RJF), SEI Investments (Nasdaq: SEIC), Stifel Financial (NYSE: SF), Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE), State Street (NYSE: STT), SWS (NYSE: SWS), T. Rowe Price (Nasdaq: TROW), Visa (NYSE: V) and Virtus Investment Partners (Nasdaq: VRTS).