Alex Barrón

Founded in 2010 by Alex Barron, Housing Research Center LLC is an independent research firm located in El Paso, Texas. The firm focuses primarily on the U.S. housing market and publicly traded homebuilders.

Haggai International Institute for Advanced Leadership Training, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization that provides religious activities. The company was founded by John Edmund Haggai in 1969 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Agency Trading Group, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in Wayzata, Minnesota. The firm provides structural, equity execution and research services to institutional investors. Their wide area network allows clients to directly access multiple markets of liquidity. Agency has relationships on the floor of every major U.S. market and the Toronto stock exchange. They are a member of FINRA. Agency's lines of business include: technology services, long/short coverage, specialty equity trading, derivative execution, anonymous block trading, fundamental research, soft dollar management, capital formation and prime brokerage services. The firm has the ability to build out some or all of a client's trading technology, including the capabilities of LAVA and Sterling Technology. They provide on-line technical research and effective coverage of any or all client positions. Agency handles all orders with full anonymity and high touch execution by monitoring news events and any volume momentum that may move individual stocks. They also screen within sectors for trading ideas. The firm provides sophisticated spread trading for a range of products with a focus on efficient, low impact, anonymous execution. Agency has relationships with market makers and specialist firms to create an off floor liquidity pool that ensures the best execution. They have significant experience in handling options and sophisticated derivative strategies. In addition, Agency is able to effectively manage large block transactions. Agency seeks to provide high quality, objective, unbiased, timely, comprehensive fundamental research of the housing sector. The firm has extensive experience managing soft dollar budgets for customers of all sizes. They also work closely with clients to source capital from both internal and external sources. Agency provides a state-of-the-art prime brokerage platform through a partnership with Mid Atlantic Capital and National Financial Services.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

Templeton Investment Counsel LLC (TIC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Templeton Worldwide, Inc., ultimately held by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). TIC provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to US and non-US registered funds, and unregistered funds, as well as separate accounts for institutional and high net-worth clients.