Richard Croft Nasdaq Stock Market NDAQ-Q TOP PICK Oct 19, 2007

(Top Pick Jan 15/15, Up 25.76%) It is going to do well on volatility and on volume. They have been good managers of their business. They have cut costs and increased margins. It would do badly in a secular bear market. We are either in a cyclical bear market or a correction, depending on who you talk to.

He is positive on this. It is a story about volume and technology. They are increasing margins very effectively through using different tools.

(A Top Pick Sept 30/15. Up 34.71%.) This has done extremely well on the back of acquisitions. They are worldwide and on 6 continents. Made an acquisition in Canada recently. They own OMX, a Netherlands-based electronic platform, and then introduced a lot of technology to make it more efficient, bring down costs and increase margins. When he bought this, it was at about 15X earnings, and is now at about 18X. Not quite as compelling, but still a Buy.

Does not own shares in company anymore.
Shares down after recent M&A.
Equity exchange business more competitive.
Information style business' are better.

It's done well for him for many years. They've been investing a lot in technology to offer customers things like risk-management tools. Also, their listings have done very well; the more IPOs and listings, the better for NDAQ.