Top 10 Stocks
Nasdaq Composite Index
October 3, 2014

Top 10 Stocks from the purely finance fact-based Obermatt Method for the investment strategies Value, Growth and Safety in the stock index Nasdaq Composite Index from October 3, 2014 (other Top 10 Stocks):

NASDAQ Top 10: Value Investment Strategy

TOP 10 Value	INDUSTRY	VALUE	GROWTH	SAFETY	COMBINED
1. MKS Instruments (M, US)	Semiconductor Equipment	100	100	78	100
2. Jinpan (S, CN)	Electr. Components & Equipment	100	80	92	100
3. II-VI (M, US)	Electronic Components	100	60	100	63
4. Infinera (S, US)	Communications Equipment	100	100	50	61
5. Lincoln Electric (L, US)	Industrial Machinery	100	50	50	100
6. Premier Financial (XS, US)	Regional Banks	100	71	43	89
7. First Niagara Financial (M, US)	Regional Banks	100	52	30	93
8. Vodafone (XXL, GB) ★	Wireless Telecommunication	100	4	68	92
9. ADTRAN (S, US)	Communications Equipment	100	20	67	80
10. Shoe Carnival (XS, US)	Apparel Retail	100	17	62	83

Published: October 3, 2014. Top 10s are published weekly by Top 10 schedule. (Obermatt Stock Update)

TOP 10 Growth	INDUSTRY	VALUE	GROWTH	SAFETY	COMBINED
1. Courier (NA, US)	Commercial Printing	90	100	100	100
2. First Bancorp (XS, US)	Regional Banks	87	100	94	100
3. Alliance Fiber (XS, US)	Communications Equipment	86	100	100	95
4. MKS Instruments (M, US)	Semiconductor Equipment	100	100	78	100
5. Brooks Automation (S, US)	Semiconductor Equipment	83	100	91	100
6. Net 1 UEPS Tech (S, ZA)	Application Software	77	100	94	100
7. Alimera Sciences (XS, US)	Pharmaceuticals	67	100	100	100
8. Rocky Brands (XS, US)	Footwear	79	100	69	100
9. FBR & Co. (XS, US)	Investment Banking & Brokerage	71	100	85	92
10. NASB Financial (XS, US)	Thrifts & Mortgage Finance	52	100	95	93

Published: October 3, 2014. Top 10s are published weekly by Top 10 schedule. (Obermatt Stock Update)

TOP 10 Safety	INDUSTRY	VALUE	GROWTH	SAFETY	COMBINED
1. Courier (NA, US)	Commercial Printing	90	100	100	100
2. Alliance Fiber (XS, US)	Communications Equipment	86	100	100	95
3. Alimera Sciences (XS, US)	Pharmaceuticals	67	100	100	100
4. Kaiser Aluminum (M, US)	Aluminum	64	83	100	100
5. TriCo Bancshares (XS, US)	Regional Banks	45	100	100	93
6. Peapack Gladston (XS, US)	Regional Banks	29	100	100	100
7. China Automotive Systems (XS, CN)	Auto Parts & Equipment	80	50	100	100
8. II-VI (M, US)	Electronic Components	100	60	100	63
9. Universal Forest Products (M, US)	Building Products	73	47	100	94
10. Bio-Reference (NA, US)	Health Care Services	62	52	100	96

Published: October 3, 2014. Top 10s are published weekly by Top 10 schedule. (Obermatt Stock Update)

TOP 10 Combined	INDUSTRY	VALUE	GROWTH	SAFETY	COMBINED
1. Courier (NA, US)	Commercial Printing	90	100	100	100
2. First Bancorp (XS, US)	Regional Banks	87	100	94	100
3. MKS Instruments (M, US)	Semiconductor Equipment	100	100	78	100
4. Jinpan (S, CN)	Electr. Components & Equipment	100	80	92	100
5. Brooks Automation (S, US)	Semiconductor Equipment	83	100	91	100
6. Net 1 UEPS Tech (S, ZA)	Application Software	77	100	94	100
7. Alimera Sciences (XS, US)	Pharmaceuticals	67	100	100	100
8. UTStar (XS, CN)	Communications Equipment	89	83	83	100
9. Marchex (XS, US)	Internet Software & Services	86	92	75	100
10. Popular (L, PR)	Regional Banks	91	96	68	100