John Diffendal Email & Phone Number

John H. Diffendal, CFA, covered the Manufactured Housing/Recreation Vehicles/Specialty Construction sector. In recent awards, he was named #1 earnings estimator in the automobile industry (for his RV coverage) by Forbes.com/StarMine in its 2007 Analyst Awards survey. He was named the #1 stock picker in the automobile industry by Forbes.com/StarMine in its 2006 Analyst Awards survey and in 2006 also won the Best on the Street award in the Leisure Products sector from the Wall Street Journal. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner with J.C. Bradford & Co. in Nashville from December 1984 until Bradford was acquired by Paine Webber in June 2000.During his tenure there, he served as Director of Research from January 1993 until November 1999. Registrations – Series 7, 9, 10, 16, 88, 87 and 63