Cupps Capital Management

February 2008 - Emerging Manager Monthly, “2nd Annual Manager Awards: 21 Nominees Vie for Second Annual Awards”

Excerpt:

“Nominees in seven categories were ranked based on the following criterion: excess returns performance versus peers, asset growth, asset percentage growth and standard deviation.”

“Overall, over 525 products were considered”

-Cupps Small Cap Ranked #1 for Small Cap Equities

-Cupps Mid Cap Ranked #10 for Mid Cap Equities

January 19, 2008 - Chicago Tribune, “Chicago hedge funds outperform global peers in 4th quarter, but barely.”

Excerpt:

“Other standout performers included Hinsdale-based LJM Partners Ltd.'s LJM Managed Futures, up 17.44 percent, and Chicago-based Cupps Capital Management's CCM Vision Fund, up 14.82 percent.

"The biggest thing we had going for us was a good investment in First Solar," a solar-panels manufacturer whose stock was up 126 percent, said Drew Cupps, president of the firm with $35 million in assets. "We're growth investors, so we're looking for earnings growth, and preferably dramatic earnings growth."

Earlier this month, trade publication Dow Jones Hedge Fund Trades identified Phoenix-based First Solar as 2007's fifth-best trade, calling it "one of the sector's hottest performers."

Also paying off for Cupps was its investment in Intuitive Surgical Inc., whose stock jumped 40 percent.

November 12, 2007, Pensions & Investments, “TOP PERFORMING MANAGERS.”

Synopsis:

Cupps Capital Management's Small Cap Growth strategy was ranked #6 in the P&I universe of growth style managers for the five-year period ending September 30, 2007.

September 4, 2007, Crain’s Chicago Business, “Innovators will Drive Market in Second Half.”

Synopsis:

Interview with Andrew Cupps, who shares his view that low interest and inflation rates are creating a good environment for stocks. He cites more regional balance in the global economy and less competition from the real estate asset class as positive factors for stocks. He believes innovative stocks within the healthcare and technology sectors will lead the market in the second half of 2007 rather than the industrial stocks which have recently led. He highlights Fuel-Tech as a small innovative company and First Solar and Zoltek as favored stocks within the alternative energy area. The five largest holdings in the Cupps Small Cap Growth strategy are: Fuel Tech [FTEK], First Solar [FSLR], American Superconductor [AMSC], Zoltek [ZOLT] and Illumina [ILMN].

August 20, 2007, Pensions & Investments, “TOP PERFORMING MANAGERS.”

Synopsis:

Cupps Capital Management's Small Cap Growth strategy was ranked #10 in the P&I universe of growth style managers for the five-year period ending June 30, 2007.

May 15, 2006, Pensions & Investments, “TOP PERFORMING MANAGERS.”

Synopsis:

Cupps Capital Management's Small Cap Growth strategy was ranked #4 in the P&I universe of managers overall and #2 in the P&I universe of growth style managers for the one-year period ending March 31, 2006.