Michelle Applebaum Research is a Chicago-based equity research consulting firm founded by Michelle Applebaum, formerly a Managing Director of Salomon Brothers. The company provides consulting expertise in the area of steel and steel equities to institutional investors and industry. Ms. Applebaum spent over 20 years at Salomon Brothers, in New York and Chicago. During her years on Wall Street, Ms. Applebaum was the top-rated steel industry analyst according to the prestigious Institutional Investor All-Star poll for a dozen years. During that time she served as an advisor to the country’s largest money managers and worked as part of the investment banking team advising corporations on over 2-dozen initial and secondary public offerings, mergers and acquisitions. In addition to publishing regular reports on the industry, with special attention to trends in pricing, as well as analysis of earnings for the top companies in the steel industry, we provide personalized service to our clients in the form of equity research reports, conference calls, e-mailed analysis of news trends and events, field trips and other consulting services.PLEASE NOTE OUR CHANGE OF VENUE