Thomas WadewitzJ.P. MorganThomas Wadewitz, who spent the past three years at No. 1, slips to second place but continues to impress clients with his “low-key, levelheaded way of cutting through the noise and hype — a handy antidote to short-term market swings,” as one money manager puts it. In October 2011 the J.P. Morgan analyst downgraded C.H. Robinson Worldwide from neutral to underweight, at $73.74, on a combination of sluggish demand and increased competition from privately held rivals. Shares of the Eden Prairie, Minnesota–based logistics provider tumbled 23.2 percent, to $56.61, and trailed the sector by 23.5 percentage points, through August. Covering a universe of 25 stocks, Wadewitz favors the railroads at present — especially Canadian Pacific Railway, a Calgary, Alberta–based transcontinental transport company, on recent operating and cost improvements.