In addition to our major sources of research — RBC Capital Markets, Credit Suisse First Boston, Argus Corporation — RBC Dain Correspondent Services offers a variety of supplemental research sources, both proprietary and non-proprietary. These sources can help round out your research capabilities, providing you with even more insights on which to base your recommendations.

Here are the proprietary and non-proprietary resources that we make available to our correspondents:

Proprietary

Mutual fund research — We employ a thorough and rigorous research process to ensure that the mutual funds included in our "recommended" list are among the top performing funds available.

Money manager research — All independent investment managers in our Resource II program have passed a highly selective due diligence screening process. All managers have strong track records in performance, integrity and client service.

Non-proprietary

Wall Street on Demand® — Wall Street on Demand® gives you access to a half-million reports on more than 14,000 individual companies and mutual funds — delivered within 90 seconds, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Reports available include:

• First Call Earnings Estimates
• Standard and Poor's Information Services (Stock reports, industry reports, news stories)
• Renaissance IPO Reports
• Business Wire
• Lipper Mutual Fund Reports
• Vickers Insider Trading

Standard & Poor's MarketScope® — MarketScope® provides market coverage on more than 7,200 public companies, plus market and economic information.

Advisor Insight by S & P MarketScope® — Advisor Insight offers a variety of functions, including the following:

• MarketScope® — Provides real-time research and analysis. You'll find 90 features available to help you make timely, strategic decisions and react quickly to client inquiries.
• Mutual fund reports — You'll get quick access to exclusive fund rankings and comprehensive data and analysis for over 8,500 mutual funds.
• Stock reports — You can choose from research reports issued on nearly 7,000 publicly held U.S. corporations.

Research pays off. And when you join RBC Dain Correspondent Services, you'll have all the research opportunities you need to succeed.