Sunday, August 24, 2014

Top 10 Up And Coming Companies To Invest In 2014

Pike Electric (NYSE: PIKE  ) has seen a shift in minority ownership following the completion of a secondary public offering of the company's common stock. Eight million shares formerly held by private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg were sold in the issue, at a price of $11.50 apiece. Also, the offering's underwriters exercised their option to buy just over 1 million additional shares from the seller.

In the press release announcing the news, Pike Electric stressed that it will receive no proceeds from the issue, as it was not the selling party.

The company also announced that it repurchased $40 million worth of its own stock from the selling shareholder. That equates to more than 3.66 million shares, for which the company paid $10.925 apiece. The company has subsequently cancelled those shares.

Top 10 Dow Dividend Companies To Watch In Right Now: ExlService Holdings Inc.(EXLS)

Exlservice Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides outsourcing and transformation services primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. Its outsourcing services include claims processing, premium and benefit administration, agency management, account reconciliation, policy research, underwriting support, new business processing, policy servicing, trades/sub-account transactions, add-on processing, premium audit, billing and collection, and customer services in insurance and healthcare sector; back-office processing for customer operations, metering-related services and billing, debt recovery operations, imbalance management, and account management services in utilities sector; and servicing and processing various banking products, including residential mortgage lending, retail banking, credit cards, consumer finance, commercial lending, and investment management in banking and financial services sector. The company?s outsourcing services also co mprise processing transactions, including supply chain management, warehousing, transloading, transportation management, and international logistics services in transportation and logistics sector; managing and improving operational, financial, and analytical functions for travel management companies; and finance and accounting services, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, inter-company reconciliations, financial and statutory reporting, treasury management, and tax compliance. In addition, it offers transformation services consisting of decision analytics services, including data filtering, organization and synthesis, management information system reporting, trend and variance analysis, statistical and econometric modeling, and economic and financial markets research; finance transformation services; and operations and process excellence services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Seth Jayson]

    Calling all cash flows
    When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on Exlservice Holdings (Nasdaq: EXLS  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

  • [By Seth Jayson]

    Calling all cash flows
    When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on Exlservice Holdings (Nasdaq: EXLS  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

Top 10 Up And Coming Companies To Invest In 2014: Micromem Technologies Inc (MMTIF)

Micromem Technologies Inc. (Micromem), incorporated on October 21, 1985, is a development-stage company. The Company is engaged in the development of memory technology that has the characteristics of non-volatility, which is the ability to retain information after power has been shut off. The Company is focused on magnetic sensor applications. The Company is focused on research and development of nano-magnetic random access memory (MRAM). Micromem operates in a single segment as a developer of non-volatile magnetic memory and sensor technology. The Company partners with industry to manufacture.

The Company�� technology is based on the ability to use magnetic materials in combination with a sensor to record the state of magnetization. Each magnetic element stores one bit of data based on its ability to alternate between states of magnetic polarization, which states are determined by a sensor.

The Company competes with IBM.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Peter Graham]

    At the end of last week, small cap stocks Senesco Technologies, Inc (OTCBB: SNTI), VolitionRX Ltd (OTCMKTS: VNRX) and Micromem Technologies Inc (OTCBB: MMTIF) were all trending upwards ��ending up 13.65%, 8.73% and 7.61%, respectively, on Friday. However, it�� a new trading week with the last two trading days for the year. So what direction will these three small caps head in for the end of this year and into next year? Here is a quick look to help you decide on a trading or investment strategy:

Top 10 Up And Coming Companies To Invest In 2014: MeetMe Inc (MEET)

MeetMe, Inc. (MeetMe), incorporated on April 17, 2011, is a social network for meeting new people in the United States and the public market for social discovery. MeetMe makes meeting new people fun through social games and apps, monetized by both advertising and virtual currency. The Company has 60% customers coming from mobile. MeetMe is the social gathering place for the mobile generation. The Company operates MeetMe.com and MeetMe apps on iPhone, iPad, and android in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

The Company provides advertising facilities through MeetMe Ads and Social Theater. MeetMe Ads had over two billion page views monthly, over 78 million registered users across the world and approximately 50% of activity on mobile, as of November 17, 2012. Social Theater consists of traditional marketing and social networking.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Roberto Pedone]

    One under-$10 technology player that's starting to look poised for higher prices is MeetMe (MEET), which is a social network for meeting new people in the US and the public market leader in social discovery. This stock has been beaten-down by the bears so far in 2013, with shares off by 46%.

    If you take a look at the chart for MeetMe, you'll notice that this stock has been trending sideways and consolidating for the last month and change, with shares moving between $1.50 on the downside and $2.05 on the upside. Shares of MEET are now starting to spike higher right off its 50-day moving average. That spike is starting to push shares of MEET within range of triggering a near-term breakout trade above a key downtrend line that started back in early August.

    Traders should now look for long-biased trades in MEET if it manages to break out above some near-term overhead resistances levels at $1.96 to its 200-day moving average at $2.06 a share with high volume. Look for a sustained move or close above those levels with volume that hits near or above its three-month average action of 812,971 shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then MEET will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $2.27 to $2.76 a share. Any high-volume move above those levels will then give MEET a chance to tag $3.20 to $3.50 a share.

    Traders can look to buy MEET off weakness to anticipate that breakout and simply use a stop that sits right below some near-term support levels at $1.70 or $1.60 a share. One can also buy MEET off strength once it takes out those breakout levels with volume and then simply use a stop that sits a comfortable percentage from your entry point.

  • [By James E. Brumley]

    Last Friday when yours truly suggested MeetMe Inc. (NYSEMKT:MEET) shares were taking flight and were a "buy", I didn't aim to imply it was going to be the next Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) or LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE:LNKD). It was just a short-term idea assuming the near-term technical clues would get traction. Today's action from MEET seals that deal.

Top 10 Up And Coming Companies To Invest In 2014: iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY)

iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the short-term sector of the United States Treasury market as defined by the Lehman Brothers 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index (the Index). The Index includes all publicly issued United States Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of between 1 and 3 years, are non-convertible, are denominated in United States dollars, are rated investment grade (Baa3 or better) by Moody�� Investors Service, are fixed rate, and have $250 million or more of outstanding face value. Excluded from the Index are certain special issues, such as flower bonds, targeted investor notes (TINs), and state and local government bonds (SLGs), and coupon issues that have been stripped from assets already included in the Index.

The Index is a market capitalization-weighted index. The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. The Fund�� investment advisor is Barclays Global Fund Advisor.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Donald van Deventer]

    Shorter-duration Treasury Exchange-Traded Funds: (SHY), (SHV), (IEI), (BIL), (TUZ), (FIVZ), (DTUL), (VGSH), (DTUS), (DFVS), (DFVL), (SST), (ISTB), (TBZ).

Top 10 Up And Coming Companies To Invest In 2014: Panasonic Corp (PCRFF)

Panasonic Corporation is a Japan-based electronics manufacturer. The Audio-Visual Computer (AVC) Network segment offers audio and video equipment. The Appliance segment provides household air-conditioning machines. The System Communications segment provides system network and mobile communications-related products and services. The Eco-solutions segment consists of riding, energy system, housing system and others. The Automotive systems segment provides automotive multimedia-related equipment and others. The Device segment provides electronic components, semiconductors and optical devices. The Energy segment provides solar system and lithium-ion batteries. The Others segment consists of health care, manufacturing solutions and PanaHome. On October 1, 2013, it announced it had set up a research and development center in Singapore. In December 2013, it transferred its 66.7% stake in a Japan-based subsidiary. In December 2013, it acquired a Turkey-based company. Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Victor Selva]

    Of course, a great bet also involves many risks. Even though LCD technology became very popular in these last few years, both in TV screens and computer monitors, we should never miss the fact that technological markets are often exposed to products becoming obsolete due to the development of new, more efficient technology. Without going any further, it�� easy to recall the plasma display panel (PDP) fiasco, an apparently promising market in the 1990s and early 2000s but quickly replaced by LCDs (by 2008 LCDs sell 21.1 million units, almost 10 times PDP sales on the same year). Even Panasonic Corporation (PCRFF) announced it will interrupt production of PDP on 2014.

  • [By MARKETWATCH]

    LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks slipped early Monday, with the Nikkei Stock Average (JP:NIK) down 0.1% at 14,298.17, and the Topix dropping 0.4%. Singapore-traded lead futures for the Nikkei Average had suggested a 0.8% gain for the index, but the indicator fell after the Cabinet Office reported fourth-quarter economic growth of 0.3%, flat from the previous quarter and below expectations in separate Reuters and Wall Street Journal/Nikkei surveys. The disappointing economic data also pushed the yen higher, weighing on some exporters, with Panasonic Corp. (JP:6752) (PCRFF) down 1.8%, NEC Corp. (JP:6701) (NIPNF) off 1.3%, and Sony Corp. (JP:6758) (SNE) down 0.7% after S&P downgraded the firm's credit rating to BBB- from BBB with a negative outlook. Shares of Internet retailer Rakuten Inc. (JP:4755) (RKUNF) dropped 12% after announcing plans to buy online messaging and telecom firm Viber Media Inc. for $900 million as well as posting below-consensus full-year profit. Banks were broadly lower, with Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (JP:8411) (MFG) off 1% and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (JP:8316) (SMFG) off 1.1%, though Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (JP:8601)

  • [By Jesse Solomon]

    And while competitors Panasonic (PCRFF), Row 44 and Viasat are vying for in-flight wi-fi space, many of Gogo's clients -- which include Delta (DAL, Fortune 500), American (AAMRQ, Fortune 500), and Virgin America -- have contracts until 2018, according to Schildkraut.

Top 10 Up And Coming Companies To Invest In 2014: Amarin Corporation PLC(AMRN)

Amarin Corporation Plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing treatments for cardiovascular diseases. Its lead product candidate includes AMR101, a prescription grade omega-3 fatty acid, which is in second Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of high triglyceride levels in statin-treated patients who have mixed dyslipidemia. The company, formerly known as Ethical Holdings plc, was founded in 1989 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Roberto Pedone]

    Amarin (AMRN) is a biopharmaceutical company that commercializes and develops therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health. This stock closed up 5.9% to $1.95 in Tuesday's trading session.

    Tuesday's Range: $1.83-$1.99

    52-Week Range: $1.36-$12.90

    Tuesday's Volume: 8.08 million

    Three-Month Average Volume: 9.08 million

    From a technical perspective, AMRN spiked sharply higher here with decent upside volume. This stock has been uptrending for the last month, with shares moving higher from its low of $1.36 to its intraday high of $1.99. During that move, shares of AMRN have been consistently making higher lows and higher highs, which is bullish technical price action. That move has now pushed shares of AMRN within range of triggering a near-term breakout trade. That trade will hit if AMRN manages to take out Tuesday's high of $1.99 to more near-term resistance at $2.04 with high volume.

    Traders should now look for long-biased trades in AMRN as long as it's trending above some key near-term support levels at $1.75 to $1.72 or above $1.45 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 9.08 million shares. If that breakout hits soon, then AMRN will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $2.24 to $2.45. Any high-volume above $2.45 will then give AMRN a chance to re-fill some of its previous gap down zone from October that started just above $5.

  • [By Sean Williams]

    Now what: Omthera shareholders certainly made out like bandits today, just a month after the company went public. While it's certainly a boost for Omthera with the financial backing of AstraZeneca, it's a crushing blow to Amarin (NASDAQ: AMRN  ) and its FDA-approved fish oil treatment Vascepa. Amarin has long been thought to be the buyout candidate based on its triglyceride-lowering fish oil treatment, yet Omthera, at roughly 45% of Amarin's market value, garnered the interest from big pharma. Worse yet, AstraZeneca can kick in its marketing expertise if Epanova is eventually approved. Today is certainly a case of one company's pain being another's gain!

Top 10 Up And Coming Companies To Invest In 2014: Market Vectors Short Municipal Index ETF (SMB)

Market Vectors Short Municipal Index ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital AMT-Free Short Continuous Municipal Index (the Index). The Index provides broad exposure to investment-grade municipal bonds with a nominal maturity of 1 to 6 years. To be included in the Index, bonds must be rated investment-grade (Baa3/BBB- or higher) by at least two ratings agencies: Moody��, S&P, Fitch. If only two of the three agencies rate the security, the lower rating is used to determine index eligibility. If only one of the three agencies rates a security, the rating must be investment grade. They must have an outstanding par value of at least $7 million and be issued as part of a transaction of at least $75 million. The bonds must be fixed rate, have a dated-date within the last five years, and must be at least 1 year but less than 6 years from their maturity date. Its investment advisor is Van Eck Associates Corporation. Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Todd Rosenbluth]

    Two others are iShares Short-Term National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF (SUB) and Market Vectors Short Municipal Index ETF (SMB).

    The Market Vectors fund, not surprisingly, has more A bond exposure and less AA exposure than the iShares fund. However, both have lower average durations than iShares National AMT-Free Muni Bond and thus might appeal to investors concerned about the impact of higher rates.

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