Method of identifying a universe of stocks for inclusion into an investment portfolio

United States Patent	7,251,627
Vass	July 31, 2007

Once the company has passed through the TSA screening criteria, they are assigned the quality ranking issued by Standard & Poors, an independent research firm.

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August 21, 2008

C Rated Stocks ESP Saratoga Springs manufacturer Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. recorded a 34 percent increase in net income in its recently ended fiscal year, despite a decline in revenue.   Revenue, however, dropped 7 percent, to $25.7 million.   Espey (Amex: ESP) has 180 employees who primarily design and make supplies and transformers for military and industrial customers. The company announced its year-end results on Monday, saying that net income rose 34 percent to $3.4 million, or $1.63 per diluted share.

ESP is up 30% from the TSA Buy Price

August 20, 2008

C Rated Stocks MLAB Mesa Labs Reports 1Q Numbers For the first quarter of fiscal 2009, net sales increased 18 percent to $5,054,000 from $4,286,000 in the same quarter last year. Net income for the quarter increased less than one percent to $1,016,000 or $.31 per diluted share of common stock compared to $1,015,000 or $.31 per diluted share of common stock last year.

MLAB is up over 16% from the TSA Buy Price

C Rated Stocks   ESP Espey reports 34 percent jump in net income The company reported sales of $25.7 million, down $1.9 million from sales figures in fiscal-year 2007. However, Espey’s 2008 fiscal-year sales backlog increased to $44.8 million, up from $36.3 million in 2007.

ESP is up 27% from the TSA Buy Price

August 6, 2008

BLKB is in the Buy Range Under $22

C Stocks 8.1.2008 VSEC VSE Corp reports Q2 EPS of $0.94 vs. $0.71 year ago; revs up 58% Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.94 per share (no consensus), vs. $0.71 in 2Q07; revs increase 58% y/y. "Our funded backlog was approx $674 mln at June 30, 2008 compared to approx $408 mln at December 31, 2007

VSEC is up 37% over the TSA buy Target

C Rated Stocks PLPC Preformed Line Products Co. (Nasdaq: PLPC) has reported solid sales and profit gains for its second quarter compared to the like period last year.The producer of cable and anchoring hardware for utilities and telecom companies said its net income in the period surged 54%, to $5.5 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, from $3.6 million, or 66 cents a share, in the second quarter of 2007. Sales at Preformed Line rose 30%, to $75.4 million from $58.1 million

PLPC is up 32% from the TSA Buy Price

C Rated Stocks   FRD Friedman Industries, Incorporated (AMEX:FRD - News), a Houston-based company engaged in pipe manufacturing, steel coil processing and steel and pipe distribution, announced today its results of operations for the first quarter. For the quarter ended June 30, 2008, the Company recorded net earnings of $3,975,660 ($0.58 per share diluted) on sales of $59,598,696.       MLAB Mesa Labs Reports Higher First Quarter Sales and Earnings LAKEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mesa Laboratories,Inc. (Nasdaq: MLAB) today reported higher sales and earnings for the fiscalfirst quarter ended June 30, 2008.     Highlights:     -- First quarter revenues increase 18% over last fiscal year     -- Twelfth consecutive quarter of year-over-year sales increases     -- DataTrace data logger sales increase 33%

FRD is close to the Buy Range of $6.5                     MLAB is up 22% from the TSA buy Price