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Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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United states Consumer discretionary / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The market was of two minds the past week, with big caps outperforming small caps and furniture and furnishings retailers outperforming manufacturers.</li><li>The WTR Commercial/Contract Furniture Index was down 2.6% and the Residential Manufacturers &amp; Suppliers Index was down 0.2%, while the Home Goods Retailers Index was up 2.9% and the Mass Retailers Index was up 5.4%.</li><li>The S&amp;P 500 and DJ30 were both up 0.7%, while the R2K fell 1.2%.</li></ul>

The market was of two minds the past week, with big caps outperforming small caps and furniture and furnishings retailers outperforming manufacturers.The WTR Commercial/Contract Furniture Index was down 2.6% and the Residential Manufacturers &amp; Suppliers Index was down 0.2%, while the Home Goods Retailers Index was up 2.9% and the Mass Retailers Index was up 5.4%.The S&amp;P 500 and DJ30 were both up 0.7%, while the R2K fell 1.2%.

Furniture/Furnishings Weekly Black Friday; Furniture Demand Still Weak