Daily High Five For Friday August 3, 2007

Jersey City, NJ – August 3, 2007

The LocateStock.com HIGH FIVE for Friday, August 3^rd are:

5 – Qiagen N.V. – NASDAQ:QGEN

4 – RAIT Financial Trust – NYSE:RAS

3 – Alesco Financial – NYSE:AFN

2 – Fremont General – NYSE:FMT

1 – Accredited Home Lenders – NASDAQ:LEND

QIAGEN N.V., (NASDAQ:QGEN) through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of products for the handling, separation, purification, and subsequent use of nucleic acids and proteins. It offers sample and assay consumable products, which include disposable sample processing devices and/or other proprietary technologies; reagents and buffers; and a technical handbook that includes a detailed protocol and background information.

* On Tuesday, 7/31 Qiagen announced that in conjunction with Second Quarter 2007 Earnings release, a conference call of the company’s earnings will be broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. ET, with Peer M. Schatz, President and Chief Executive Officer and Roland Sackers, Chief Financial Officer. Shares of QGEN were up 58 cents or 3.40% on the NASDAQ on Thursday.

RAIT Investment Trust (NYSE:RAS) operates as a self-managed and self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT). The company provides a set of debt financing options to the real estate industry.

* RAIT Investment Trust held a 2007 second-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday, August 2^nd at 9:00 a.m. EST. Shares of RAS were down 28 cents or 2.85% on Thursday.

Alesco Financial Inc. (NYSE:AFN) is a publicly owned real estate investment trust. The firm typically invests in real estate and other securities including trust-preferred securities, mortgage backed securities, and corporate loan obligation.

* On July 13^th the Alesco announced that the Company will be issuing its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 after market hours on August 7, 2007. A conference call to discuss these financial results with investors and analysts will be held on August 8, 2007 at 10:00am ET. Shares of Alesco were trading up 20 cents or 4.88% to $4.30 on the NYSE on Thursday in anticipation of the earnings call.

Fremont General Corporation (NYSE:FMT) operates as the holding company for Fremont Investment & Loan, which engages in commercial and residential real estate lending business in the United States. It originates non-prime or sub-prime residential real estate loans through independent brokers on a wholesale basis, which are primarily sold to third party investors; and commercial real estate loans, including bridge, construction, and permanent loans on a nationwide basis.

* After lenders too a big beating this week due to fellow sub-prime lender American Home’s margin calls and credit lines being tapped, many of the lenders, including AHM, and NFI, surged in trading on Thursday. However, shares of FMT remained relatively flat. FMT was down just 36 cents or 6.27% on the NYSE on Thursday.

Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. (NASDAQ:LEND) and its subsidiaries operate as a mortgage banking company in the United States and Canada. The company originates finances, securitizes, services, and sells nonprime mortgage loans secured by residential real estate.

* Accredited Home plummeted 41% in mid-day trading on Thursday as the lender warned of possible insolvency if the mortgage industry continues to deteriorate. The company also said if any of its own lenders decided to execute a so-called margin call - requiring the company to put up additional cash or collateral in exchange for the funding -- the company could be in deep trouble. Shares of LEND were down 2.90 or 35.32% in NASDAQ trading on Thursday.

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