John Carty

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

PAA Research LLC is an independent research firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded by Bradley Safalow in 2009 and they are also known as Please Act Accordingly. PPA Research provides investment ideas backed by extensive fundamental and primary research to professional money managers and high net-worth individuals. They seek to generate action-oriented investment ideas with high absolute return potential.

Lexisnexis Risk Assets, Inc. engages in the provision of risk management and fraud prevention information products and software solutions. The company is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.