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Company Name: Wingstop Inc. Wingstop Inc. is restaurant operator and franchisor. Wingstop is a fast casual restaurant chain that offers cooked-to-order chicken wings, fries and side dishes. The company operates/franchises approximately 800 Wingstop locations throughout the U.S. and abroad (Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates). Ticker Symbol: WING (NASDAQ) Company … Read more

Company Name: Northern Trust Corporation Northern Trust Corporation is a financial holding company. Through subsidiaries, the company provides a variety of banking and financial services in the United States and internationally. Northern Trust has operations in approximately 19 states and Washington, D.C. as well as approximately 20 international locations. Ticker Symbol: NTRS (NASDAQ) Company Website: … Read more

Company Name: Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group is an alternative asset management company with investment vehicles that include CLOs, credit funds, equity funds, multi-strategy funds and real estate funds. Examples of clients include Corporations Family offices Foundations and endowments Fund-of-funds Pension funds Private banks Ticker Symbol: OZM (New York Stock Exchange) … Read more

Company Name: First Data Corporation First Data Corporation is a provider of electronic commerce payment solutions and technology. The company secures and processes over 2,300 transactions per second and provides a variety of business, financial and network and security solutions to approximately 4,000 financial institutions and approximately six million businesses worldwide. Ticker Symbol: FDC (New … Read more

Company Name: Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ticker Symbol: ARIA (NASDAQ) Company Website: www.ariad.com Social Media: Ariad Pharmaceuticals LinkedIn Ariad Pharmaceuticals Twitter Ariad Pharmaceuticals YouTube Classification: Biotech Areas of Focus: Cancer Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Lausanne, Switzerland Related Links: List of Healthcare Companies List of Pharmaceutical Companies Publicly Traded Companies in Massachusetts Publicly Traded Companies by Sector and … Read more

Name of ETF: iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF Ticker Symbol: COMT Underlying Commodity Exposure:  This ETF is designed to move in the same direction as a portfolio of commodity futures and commodity producing stocks. Fund Highlights: Does not produce a K-1 Form. Examples of the stocks that have historically been in this ETF include BHP Billiton (BHP), Rio … Read more

Name of ETF: Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Industrial ETF Benchmark Index: S&P 500 Equal Weight Index Industrials Ticker Symbol: RGI Approximate Number of Stocks in this ETF: 65 Types of Stocks Included in this ETF: Large and mid-sized U.S. companies in the industrial sector. Examples of industrial companies that have been included in this … Read more

Company Name: Patriot National, Inc. Patriot National provides outsourcing services to the worker’s compensation insurance industry. Examples of these services include working with carriers to design customized workers’ compensation programs. Patriot National does not actually write any of the policies, they simply provide the services to the insurance companies. Ticker Symbol: PN (New York Stock … Read more

Company Name: Versartis, Inc. Versartis, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The company is engaged in the development of long-acting therapeutic proteins designed to treat endocrine disorders. The company’s initial developmental product candidate is designed to treat growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Ticker Symbol: VSAR (NASDAQ) Company Website: www.versartis.com Social Media: Versartis LinkedIn Classification: Biotech Headquarters: Menlo … Read more

Company Name: Manulife Financial Corp Manulife Financial provides a wide range of insurance and financial products throughout Asia, Canada and the United States for individuals, corporations and commercial and entities. The company operates under the Manulife Financial brand in Asia and Canada and under the John Hancock brand in the United States. Examples of their … Read more