Fee-Free Stock Trading Makes a Comeback

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Alamy As the Dow Jones Industrial Index keeps setting new record highs, individual investors are returning to the stock market in droves. Four years of steady stock market growth have been capped by this year's 24 percent year-to-date rise on the Dow. Individual investors hoping to catch the rising tide have put $167 billion into stock mutual funds the stock market so far this year. Leaving aside the question of whether that's a wise move -- investing after the market has hit an all-time high, rather than putting money to work after a correction when stocks are cheap -- there's a more pertinent question for these investors: What method will use to you invest your money in the market, and how much will it cost you? "Free" Is a Nice Price Would you believe it might cost you nothing at all to invest in the stock market -- at least as far as stock buying fees are concerned? It has been years since investors last saw companies offering them truly commission-free online brokerage services. Years since sites like Freetrade.com and Zecco.com went belly up. (Zecco got bought by TradeKing, and upped its commission cost from $0 to $4.95). But now a new site says it's ready to give the free trading business model another whirl -- and its name is "Loyal3." Operating out of offices in San Francisco and Haverhill, Mass., private equity-backed Loyal3 is putting its unique stamp on the zero-fee stock trading game, featuring: a $10 minimum balance to open an account the option to buy stocks with a credit card the ability to buy fractions of a share (if, for example, if the $515 price tag on a whole share of Apple (AAPL) is beyond your budget, you can buy just a slice) $0 cost to buy a stock, or to sell a stock, too -- even for IPOs and for new investors nervous about privacy, a guarantee that the company uses "military grade encryption to protect your data" and "will not provide your information to third parties," either. Simplify, Simplify There are a few caveats, of course. (To see many of the details on how Loyal3 works, you have to watch the "how are there no fees" video, then freeze it at the 40 second mark to read all the fine print.) To keep costs low, Loyal3 offers only a few ultra-popular stocks to choose from. 53 to be precise, including "the 50 most 'liked' public companies on Facebook." (And yes, that includes Facebook (FB) itself. Also Apple and Amazon.com (AMZN). And Coca-Cola (KO), Walt Disney (DIS), and Microsoft (MSFT) to boot. Each potential investment has its own brightly colored button that you push to buy it, so you don't have to worry about remembering any pesky stock ticker symbols, either. And for folks who object that in a world of 10,000 publicly traded companies, a menu featuring only 53 is too limiting? Well, not everyone wants to wade through 10,000 choices in search of an investment. And Loyal3 has put most of the biggies on its menu already. Chances are good that these are the stocks most likely to interest new stock investors. This limited menu of stock choices may be a big part of how Loyal3 is able to offer stock trading free of charge. Management explains that it generates revenues not by charging fees to customers, but by "providing services to companies, and charging for those services." The services in question aren't explained in detail, but include increasing "brand engagement" in those companies whose shares can be purchased via its service. By promoting investor interest in those shares, it's possible Loyal3 is helping to boost the stock price and market cap of these companies as a result -- which would explain why companies might pay for this service. Read the fine print More significant restrictions include: No single customer can buy more than $2,500 of any single stock in any single month Customers can't pick the time when they buy or sell shares. Loyal3 collates all buy orders, and all sell orders for a given stock, then places a single trade for each at a time of its own choosing. Then it divvies up the results for the customers who placed orders that day. "Batch trading" like this, the company is able to keep its transaction costs low, further facilitating its ability to offer free trades. The upshot: Loyal3 may not offer the flexibility of other online brokers, but its unique twist on free trading should have real attractions for the new investor. And the price is certainly right.

GoDaddy drops sexy tease in Super Bowl ads

Sex will be seriously sidelined at the upcoming Super Bowl.

That, at least, is the decision of the game's traditionally raciest advertiser, GoDaddy, which on Thursday will announce plans to air two spots during the Feb. 2, 2014, game, but without so much as a jiggle, wiggle or double-entendre giggle.

Even Danica Patrick, who will also return for the eighth consecutive year, will no longer be relegated to the role of sex kitten. Both of GoDaddy's Super Bowl spots will be humor-laden with a new brand message — but drop all sexual suggestiveness.

"We have to move on to the next phase," says Barb Rechterman, chief marketing officer. "We polarized some. I understand that. But I'm not ashamed of our past. Now we need to take this brand to a new level."

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Yes, this is the same company that last year aired a 30-second Super Bowl spot solely focused on supermodel Bar Refaeli planting a lengthy French kiss on a flummoxed nerd.

Rebranding a company that's invested many millions on its current brand is a huge risk. For GoDaddy, under new leadership, a strategic decision has been made that standing out in a social-media age requires more than a rehash of the sexual teases of Super Bowls past.

The company is eager to move beyond the branding of its name and focus, instead, on convincing small-business owners that its domain naming and website-hosting services can help them.

"We are the world's largest Web hosting provider, and nobody knows that," says Rechterman. "We need to change the messaging."

Patrick, who has starred in more Super Bowl spots than anyone, says she's ready for the change. "I love what's going on at GoDaddy," she says.

But not everyone approves. "Why would anyone want to change what is working and what has been so memorable?" asks Laura Ries, a brand consultant. "Should Aflac dump the duck? Should Corona move to a lemon instead of a lime?"

GoDaddy ! has lots to show for its decade of Super Bowl efforts. When it aired its first Super Bowl spot in 2005, GoDaddy was a $100 million company, Today, it's a $1.3 billion company. Two years ago, GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons told USA TODAY that his $70 million in Super Bowl ads were directly responsible for much of the additional $1 billion in business.

Which leaves Ries perplexed. "After 10 years of bad boob jokes, brands do need to evolve," says Ries. "But now they are totally walking away from what built the brand. That usually backfires. Just ask J.C. Penney."

Mexican Govt. Looks to Pull the Nation's Sweet Tooth with a Junk-Food Tax

Americans may get bad press for being fatties, but our southern neighbors are giving us a run (or maybe a slow walk?) for the money.

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Statistics from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) say close to 70 percent of Mexicans ages 15 and older are overweight while nearly one-third of the population is obese – which is creating a slew of long-term health issues, like adult-onset diabetes. And Mexico's government is saying ¡Ya basta!, enough is enough.

Late Thursday, the nation's lower house of Congress passed a controversial measure to charge a five percent tax on some high-calorie snack foods. The Mexican Senate is expected to approve the bill, which has set off a loud debate between food companies and health activists.

Mexico's plan to wean its citizens off junk foods "appears to be the most aggressive strategy anywhere in the world in recent years to improve diets via tax disincentives," Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, told The Wall Street Journal.

But the bill's opponents say the tax would endanger millions of jobs in Mexico, all along the food and sugar production chain. In an interview with The New York Times, the director of Anprac, Mexico's $15 billion soft drink industry, said the government had not properly "evaluated the collateral damage of this inefficient tax" – which if enacted, he said, would simply drive Mexicans to make sweet drinks at home.

Mexicans have a well-established love of candies, pastries, fried foods and sugary soft drinks. And that love, notes the WSJ, has boosted revenues for beverage and snack food producers like Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP). It's also helped Grupo Bimbo (OTC: GRBMF) , the Mexico City-based owner of America's Sara Lee brand, become one of the giants in the multinational packaged foods industry.

But even if the junk food tax is enacted in Mexico, many doubt it will seriously curb the country's sweet tooth."People will continue to sell and buy Coca-Cola for the rest of our lives," Rafael Venegas, who has a corner store in Mexico City, told the Times. "We have it in our DNA."

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Whither Japan Stocks: Panasonic, Sony, And Sharp

Last Friday, October 11, was a strong up day for the Tokyo market.  The Nikkei 225 rose 210 yen, or 1.5%, to 14,404, a fourth consecutive up day.

Sony executive vice president and Sony Computer Entertainment president Kazuo Hirai bows to apologize for the massive theft of personal data from users of the company's PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services, at a press conference at the Sony headquarters in Tokyo on May 1, 2011. Sony said on May 1 it would 'shortly' begin restoring its PlayStation Network and Qriocity following a major security breach that compromised millions of users. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife)

(Today, the 15th, it rose slightly to 14,441.)  Boosting the market has been a reversal of the yen's recent strengthening trend which was mainly an adverse market reaction to the Yellen nomination. The Japanese currency is now around 98.5 yen/dollar, close to its recent lows.

At the present level, the Nikkei 225 is off its YTD high of 15,627 set on May 22, but it is even further above the YTD low of 10,487 set on January 23. Short term moving averages have been rising.  My sense, as posted previously, is that further broad market gains are likely.

Amid Friday's general market cheer and rising prices, we note with interest the substantially different performance of the stocks of Japan's three leading consumer electronics companies, Panasonic (OTC:PCRFY), Sony (NYSE:SNE), and Sharp (OTC:SHCAY). All three are in the throes of massive and painful restructurings, on-going market evaluation of which has been the main factor driving their stock prices. Hint for what comes below:  on Friday in Tokyo, Panasonic was up 2.8%, Sony was up 1.05%, and Sharp lost 2%. Today, the 15th, the movement was Panasonic up 0.63%, Sony us 0.99%, and Sharp dropping a further 2.39%.

Last week Panasonic announced that by March 31, 2014 it would completely end production of plasma television panels and stop all related sales globally. Previously the company had targeted exiting this product business a year later, in FY 2014, which ends March 2105. It had already stopped R&D. Now the company decided it would not drag out the withdrawal and would immediately close (and sell) the one factory in Japan located in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, still producing the panels.

According to the October 9 Nihon Keizai Shimbun, in the two fiscal years ended March 31, 2013, Panasonic had lost annually over JPY 750 billion (USD 7.7 billion) in the plasma TV business.   This volume of bleeding had to be stopped.  From the mid-2000s Panasonic invested over JPY 500 billion (USD 5.1 billion) in the Amagasaki factory. By now equipment is fully depreciated and the book value of buildings is only JPY 40 billion (USD 408 million). A write-off of this and other costs of the plasma TV business is not expected to prevent Panasonics main business from returning to profits.

Sony was also in the news on October 11, with its CEO Hirai Kazuo declaiming in an interview with the Nihon Keizai Shimbun the ambition to raise Sony's share of the world smartphone market from the current 6th place to 3rd. Hirai is nothing if not ambitious.

Hirai believes Sony can leverage its digital camera and television technology to produce a differentiated, competitive smartphone that can capture market share from Samsung and Apple. Engineers from Sony's camera and TV divisions have been transferred to its smartphone R&D division for the task of producing a market-leading product. "Good products have started to come out," Hirai said.

Sony posits that the global smartphone market will continue to expand by double digits.  In Japan Sony is competing with the iPhone being sold by NTT Docomo.  After one year, Hirai believes Sony's Xperia device is taking market share from Apple. Interestingly, reflecting that operating resources are limited, Hirai hinted that Sony would focus on the domestic and European markets and not attempt a full sales campaign the U.S. and China.

Hirai reported that restructuring continues "according to plan" in Sony's money-losing electronics and television divisions, such that a return to profitability is in sight. In TVs, the restructuring has meant winnowing models and reducing unit production while rolling out the more competitive 4K television model which it is hoped will recapture market share.

Hirai did not comment on Sony's computer sales, but reports are that the company is reducing sales forecast numbers. A Sony SVP in charge of computer sales was quoted in the October 8 Nihon Keizai Shimbun as saying that this fiscal year's sales budget of 6.2 million units, down 18% from the previous year, will be hard to achieve. The forecast had been lowered in August and will probably be lowered again. It seems that consumers have been migrating away from computers to tablets.

Which brings us to Sharp. Friday's stock price drop within an up market, and today's further decline, occurred as the company completed a public offering of 400 million shares. Some 120-128 million of the shares—the maximum allowed—were offered to foreign investors.  Price per share for both domestic and foreign investors was 279 yen.  (The stock closed on Friday at 293 and today at 286.) Sharp is netting some JPY 119.1 billion (USD 1.2 billion) from the new issue.  But the company had hoped to sell the shares for 348 yen and net JPY 149 billion.

Whither Japan's three iconic electronics brands?  No doubt they will all survive.  I do not own any of them but if I did it would be Panasonic.  As I have suggested in earlier posts, of the three companies, Panasonic is in all ways the strongest. It also seems to have been executing—and with a growing sense of urgency–the most effective restructuring strategy.  Here is some more data:

Panasonic:  ADR price $9.72.  10/15 TSE close 961.  PBR 1.85 times. Forward PER 46.85 times.  Dividend yield 1.08%. EPS yield 2.19%. TSE YTD high 993 (5/22); low 502 (1/9).

Sony:  ADR price $19.75.  10/15 TSE close 1,938.  PBR 0.88 times. Forward PER 38.84 times. Dividend yield 1.3%. EPS yield 2.57%. TSE YTD high 2413 (5/22); low 918 (1/9).

Sharp:  ADR price:  $2.89.  10/15 TSE close 286.  PBR 2.79 times. Forward PER 69.65 times.  Dividend yield: nil. Forward EPS yield 1.41%. TSE YTD high 633 (5/21); low 234 (4/3).

Top 5 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014

LONDON -- I'm always searching for shares that can help ordinary investors like you make money from the stock market. So right now I am trawling through the FTSE 100 and giving my verdict on every member of the blue-chip index. Simply put, I'm hoping to pinpoint the very best buying opportunities in today's uncertain market.

Today I am looking at London Stock Exchange (LSE: LSE  ) (NASDAQOTH: LDNXF  ) to determine whether you should consider buying the shares at 1,342 pence.

I assess each company on several ratios:

Price/earnings: Does the share look like a good value when compared against its competitors? P/E to growth: Does the share look like a good value when factoring in predicted growth? Yield: Does the share provide a solid income for investors? Dividend cover: Is the dividend sustainable?

So let's look at the numbers:

Stock

Price

3-Year EPS Growth

Top 5 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: Domino Printing(DNO.L)

Domino Printing Sciences plc engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of industrial printing equipment, controllers, and consumables for the high-speed printing of variable information. Its primary products include printers, controllers, consumables, fluids, and spare parts, as well as provides after sales support services. The company also offers black ink for a range of plastic-based substrates; coding and marking solutions to identify, authenticate, and personalize products; and codes and marks for protection of brand value. In addition, Domino Printing Sciences plc provides various technology solutions, including ink jet, thermal ink jet, scribing laser, binary, thermal transfer overprinting, drop on demand, print and apply labelling machinery, and laser printers. Further, it offers digital printing technologies, which are used in Web-based applications. Domino Printing Sciences plc serves beverage, binding, cable and wire, construction, cosmetics and personal care, electronics, finishing, food, games management, mailing, pharmaceutical, plastic cards, newspaper, postal systems, and tobacco, as well as for tickets, tags, and labels industries. The company distributes its products through third party distributors primarily in North America, South America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and the Middle East/Africa. Domino Printing Sciences plc was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Top 5 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: Rubicon Minerals Corp(RBY)

Rubicon Minerals Corporation, a mineral exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada and the United States. It primarily explores for gold and base metal deposits. The company?s key asset is the Phoenix Gold Project located in the Red Lake gold camp, in the Province of Ontario. As of March 31, 2010, it controlled approximately 65,000 acres of prime exploration ground in the prolific Red Lake gold district of Ontario, Canada, as well as approximately 380,000 acres surrounding the Pogo Mine in Alaska and approximately 225,000 acres in northeast Nevada. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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• [By Sean Williams]

  Another reason this fund looks attractive (at least to me) is that Rubicon Minerals (NYSEMKT: RBY  ) is one of its largest holdings at 6.02% of its assets as of May 10, 2013. Rubicon is in the late stages of the development process for the F2 Gold System, which has yielded drilling assessments as high as 767 grams/ton. F2 appears to be just as bountiful in gold well below the surface as it is near the surface, which could mean a very long and profitable mine life for Rubicon.

Hot Undervalued Stocks For 2014: GP Strategies Corp (GPX)

GP Strategies Corporation (GP Strategies), incorporated in 1966, is a global performance improvement solutions provider of sales and technical training, e-learning solutions, management consulting and engineering services. The Company operates in five segments: Learning Solutions, Professional & Technical Services, Sandy Training & Marketing, RWD and Energy Services. Its clients include companies and governmental and other commercial customers in a variety of industries. It serves companies in the automotive, steel, oil and gas, power, chemical, electronics and technology, manufacturing, software, financial, retail, healthcare and food and beverage industries, as well as government agencies. On December 31, 2011, GP Strategies Corporation merged with and into its operating subsidiary, General Physics Corporation (General Physics). On August 1, 2011, the Company acquired TK Holdings Ltd and its subsidiary Beneast Training Ltd. In September 2012, the Company acquired Rovsing Dynamics. In October 2012, it acquired BlessingWhite. In June 2013, the Company announced that it has acquired Prospero Learning Solutions. In June 2013, GP Strategies Corp announced that it has acquired Lorien Engineering Solutions (LES).

On April 15, 2011, the Company acquired the consulting business of RWD Technologies, LLC (RWD). On April 1, 2011, the Company acquired Ultra Training Ltd. On February 1, 2011, through its wholly owned subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Shanghai, the Company acquired the training business and certain related assets of Cathay/Communication Consulting Limited. The Company conducts its business outside of the United States in over 40 countries primarily through its wholly owned subsidiaries located in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Singapore, China and India. As of December 31, 2011, the Company operates in five segments: Learning Solutions, Professional & Technical Services, Sandy Training & Marketing (Sandy), RWD and Energy Services. On October 1, 2011, the C! ompany made two management reporting changes, which resulted in a change to its segments. The Learning Solutions group and the Europe group, which were both formerly part of the Manufacturing & BPO segment are aggregated into a separate segment named Learning Solutions. In addition, the Manufacturing group, which was also part of the Manufacturing & BPO segment, assumed management responsibility for the former Process & Government group and this newly combined group is a separate reportable segment named Professional & Technical Services.

The Company offers a range of training business process outsourcing (BPO) services, including design, delivery and global management of comprehensive learning programs, to national and multinational businesses and government organizations and can deliver its services individually or as a complete, integrated training solution. The Company�� consulting, engineering, and technical support services range from traditional business consulting, which include lean enterprise consulting services, to specialized engineering and technical support services, such as design and evaluation services regarding facilities, processes and systems. The Company�� consulting and engineering customers typically operate in industries, such as oil and gas, power, chemical, aerospace, transportation and manufacturing industries, and include customers, such as Pratt & Whitney, General Dynamics Corporation, Rockwell Automation, Luminant Energy, NRG Energy and Ameren Energy.

Learning Solutions

The Learning Solutions segment delivers training, curriculum design and development, e-Learning services, system hosting, training business process outsourcing and consulting services primarily to companies in the electronics and semiconductors, healthcare, software, financial and other industries as well as to government agencies. This segment�� ability to deliver a range of training services on a global basis allows it to take over the entire learning function f! or the cl! ient, including their training personnel.

Professional & Technical Services

The Professional & Technical Services segment is engaged in providing training, consulting, engineering and technical services, including lean consulting, emergency preparedness, safety and regulatory compliance, chemical demilitarization and environmental services primarily to companies in the manufacturing, steel, pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries, federal and state government agencies and government contractors. This segment also provides services to users of alternative fuels, including designing and constructing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen fueling stations, as well as supplying fuel and equipment.

Sandy Training & Marketing

The Sandy segment provides custom product sales training and serving manufacturing customers in the United States automotive industry. Sandy provides custom product sales training designed to better educate customer sales forces with respect to new vehicle features and designs, in effect rapidly increasing the sales force knowledge base and enabling them to address detailed customer queries. In addition, Sandy helps its clients assess their customer relationship marketing (CRM) strategy, measure performance against competitors and connect with their customers on a one-to-one basis. This segment also provides technical training services to automotive customers.

RWD

The RWD segment provides human capital management and information technology (IT) consulting services, end user training, change management, knowledge management and operator effectiveness management solutions. The Segment operates in industries, such as manufacturing, aerospace, healthcare, life sciences, consumer products, financial, telecommunications, services and higher education, as well as the public sector.

Energy Services

The Energy Services segment provides engineering services, products and training primarily! to elect! ric power utilities. The Company�� EtaProTM Performance Monitoring and Optimization System provides a suite of performance solutions for power generation plants and is installed at approximately 900 power generating units in over 30 countries. In addition to providing custom training solutions, this segment provides Web-based training through its GPiLearn portal to over 30,000 power plant personnel in the United States and in over 40 countries.

The Company provides custom training services and products to support existing, as well as the launch of new, plants, products, equipment, technologies and processes. The range of services includes fundamental analysis of a client�� training needs, curriculum design, instructional material development (in hard copy, electronic/software or other format), information technology service support and delivery of training. Training products include custom instructor and student training manuals, and instructional materials suitable for Web-based and blended learning solutions. The Company�� instructional delivery capabilities include traditional classroom, structured on-the-job training (OJT), just-in-time methods, computer-based, Web-based, video-based and the spectrum of e-Learning technologies.

The Company provides end-to-end business process outsourcing solutions, including the management of its customers training departments, as well as administrative processes, such as tuition assistance program management, vendor management, call center / help desk administration and learning management system (LMS) administration. The Company�� training BPO services encompass a spectrum of learning engagements from transactional multi-week assignments focused on a single aspect of a learning process to multi-year contracts where it manages the learning infrastructure of its customer. In addition, the Company automates a huge amount of its customers tuition reimbursement programs by utilizing its own software.

The consulting servi! ces inclu! de not only training-related consulting services, but also traditional business management, engineering and other disciplines. The Company also provides engineering consulting services to support regulatory and environmental compliance, modification of facilities and processes, plant performance improvement, reliability-centered maintenance practices and plant start-up activities. Consulting services also include IT consulting and enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation services, operations continuity assessment, planning, training and procedure development. Consulting products include training and reference materials.

The technical support services include procedure writing and configuration control for capital intensive facilities, plant start-up assistance, logistics support (inventory management and control), implementation and engineering assistance for facility or process modifications, facility management for high technology training environments, staff augmentation and help-desk support for standard and customized client desktop applications. Technical support products include the Company�� EtaPRO and Virtual Plant software applications that serve the power generation industry.

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 GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

Top 5 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: Singapore Airlines Ltd 200 (C6U.SI)

Singapore Airlines Limited provides passenger and cargo air transportation services. It also provides engineering services, air charters, and tour wholesaling and related services, as well as engages in the training of pilots. In addition, the company offers aircraft maintenance services, including technical and non-technical handling at the airport; component overhaul services; repair and overhaul of hydro-mechanical equipment; and aviation insurance and pilot recruitment services. Further, it manufactures aircraft cabin equipment and refurbishes aircraft galleys; provides and markets cargo community systems; markets and supports portal services for the air cargo industry; and markets abacus computer reservations systems. As of March 31, 2012, the company�s fleet consisted of 133 aircraft, including 120 passenger aircraft and 13 freighters. It operates in east Asia, Europe, south west Pacific, Americas, west Asia, and Africa. The company was founded in 1947 and is based in Singapore.

Top 5 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: First California Financial Group Inc.(FCAL)

First California Financial Group, Inc. operates as the holding company for First California Bank, which provides commercial banking services to individuals, professionals, and small- to mid-sized business in California. Its deposit products comprise non-interest bearing checking, interest checking, savings accounts, time deposits, and money market accounts. The company?s loan portfolio includes revolving lines of credit, term loans, commercial real estate loans, construction loans, consumer and home equity loans, entertainment finance, and small business administration loans. As of March 18, 2010, it operated through 17 full-service branches in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura counties. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Westlake Village, California.

Houston Astros owner sues Comcast, NBC, ex-owner

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros owner Jim Crane has sued the team's former owner and a pair of media companies, alleging he's lost possibly hundreds of millions of dollars because they misrepresented the value of a regional television network that broadcasts Astros games.

The lawsuit, filed in state court in Houston on Thursday, accuses former Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr., as well as Comcast and NBC Universal Media of fraud, misrepresentation and conspiracy. The suit also accuses McLane of breach of contract.

Astros games are broadcast in the Houston area on Comcast SportsNet Houston. When Crane bought the Astros in 2011 for $615 million, part of that included a more than 40% stake in the regional television network.

But only 40% of the city's television households could view games this year; most cable providers in the area did not have carriage agreements.

In his lawsuit, Crane alleges that McLane fraudulently boosted the value of the network by false representing the subscription fees that providers would pay. The lawsuit says McLane knew these rates were "too high and that other distributors would not agree to pay the rate."

At a news conference Friday, Crane said the network's failings have cost the team "tens, probably hundreds" of millions of dollars in revenue and if the network deal stays in place, losses would continue for years.

"We now face a situation where either we accept millions of dollars in loss each year, with the damage to this franchise and this city for next 20 years, or we fight back," Crane said. "I did not buy this team to have a low payroll and be mediocre. We bought this team to win championships and we bought part of this network so our fans can watch the games."

In September, affiliates of Comcast filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition on behalf of Comcast SportsNet Houston. The petition was made after the Astros had indicated the team likely would end its agreement with the network. The Astros are asking that the petition be di! smissed.

Comcast, which owns NBC Universal, said it rejected any claims of wrongdoing.

"It appears that Mr. Crane is suffering from an extreme case of buyer's remorse, and aiming to blame the network's challenges on anything but his own actions," Comcast said in a statement. "Comcast/NBCUniversal looks forward to vindicating itself in this litigation and also remains committed to a reorganization of the network in bankruptcy court."

McLane said in a statement the sale of the Astros was "absolutely transparent" and his side had provided thousands of pages of documents and answers to all questions that Crane and his representatives had.

"This was one of the most complex and scrutinized transactions of my business career," McLane said. "The accusations that have been reported are hollow and appear to be an attempt to recreate the facts."

The other partner in the network, the Houston Rockets, is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit, even though the suit says that Rockets owner Leslie Alexander also was aware the subscription fees the network was proposing were too high.

The Astros had the lowest payroll in the majors this year at about $29.3 million as they finished a major league-worst 51-111, their third straight 100-loss season.

Crane said the network's ongoing problems won't change plans he had to increase the payroll sign free agents.

"We won't let this alter the on field success," he said.

Green Mountain Coffee: Never Mind the Earnings, Stock Still a Short, Einhorn Says

Hedge fund star David Einhorn was on CNBC's "Fast Money: Halftime Report" with Scott Wapner a little while ago talking about a number of topics, including his persistent short selling of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR).

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The shares are up $9.44, over 15%, at $71.27, today, after it last night beat fiscal Q4 expectations, announced a new $1 billion share repurchase program, and projected this fiscal year's EPS higher than analysts have been modeling.

That, and the stock's 72% rise this year, haven't dented Einhorn's conviction in his negative view of the company's future, he told Wapner.

Einhorn contends there are "two ways to win" in betting against the roaster.

One is the funky fundamentals he's warned of. "We've had questions about the numbers, the way they've disclosed them, the capital spending, whether the revenues really are what they're saying," said Einhorn.

"But the other way to win, you don't really have to have the accounting firm blow up, you don't have to have the SEC investigate the numbers. Because the real problem they have is, this was theoretically a great razor and razor-blade business."

“But they've lost the patents on the K-Cup. Anybody can make these things. And now in the grocery store, more than a quarter of K-Cups sold have nothing to do with Green Mountain. We think there's going to be commoditziation, price competition."

When Wapner asked why the shares are so resistant to the negative argument, Einhorn responded "It's a very emotional stock," before resuming his critique, remarking "Now they want to increase their buybacks, they want to double their capital spending, which makes no sense to me."

"I think over time our thesis is playing out pretty much exactly as we hoped it would," said Einhorn.

Among his positive bets, Einhorn said he likes mattress maker Tempur Sealy International (TPX), given that it is in an industry that is consolidating, and he generally likes consolidation. He also had positive remarks about Apple (AAPL) and Micron Technology (MU), which are written up in a post on the Tech Trader Daily blog.

Summers' withdrawal doesn't change Obama timetable

The withdrawal of Lawrence Summers as a candidate for Federal Reserve chairman doesn't change President Barack Obama's timetable for selecting a nominee to replace Ben S. Bernanke, his spokesman said.

Mr. Obama has said “he expects to have an announcement in the fall,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday. “We are still in the summer.”

On Sunday, Mr. Summers withdrew from consideration for the top Fed job, sparing the president a potential fight within his own party after an unprecedented campaign by several Democratic senators to block a nomination before it was even made. That threatened to leave Mr. Obama needing help from Republican senators at a time when he's gearing up for battles over federal spending, the debt ceiling and dealing with Syria.

“The prospect of facing a fight over its Federal Reserve nominee was simply one battle too many for the White House,” said Isaac Boltansky, an analyst with Compass Point Research & Trading LLC.

With Mr. Summers out of the running, Fed Vice Chairman Janet Yellen, 67, moves up on the list of possible choices but she isn't “a lock to get the nod” from Mr. Obama, he said.

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The president said last month he was looking at a “range of outstanding candidates.” He previously mentioned Ms. Yellen and Donald Kohn, 70, a onetime Fed vice chairman. Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, another potential candidate, isn't interested in the job, according to several people, who asked for anonymity to talk about internal debates.Lightning Rod

Summers had become a lightening rod for some of Obama's allies in Congress and advocacy groups. Democratic lawmakers, including Senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Sherrod Brown of Ohio, said they opposed Summers on the grounds that he was too lax on financial regulation.

Summers, a former Treasury secretary and top economic adviser, acknowledged the opposition in a letter yesterday to the president.

“Any possible confirmation process for me would be acrimonious and would not serve the interests of the Federal Reserve, the administration, or ultimately, the interests of the nation's ongoing recovery,” Summers, 58, wrote.

The people familiar with the process said Summers had been Obama's top choice, even though White House officials late last week insisted the president had yet to make a decision.

The president's inner circle was divided over whether Obama should expend capital on a Summers confirmation fight. Unlike the drama playing out in public, it wasn't a split along gender lin

[video] Quick Take: Demand for Private Aviation Soars

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- There has been a new way for global aircraft to take flight, with Kenny Dichter, founder and CEO of Wheels Up, and Thomas Flohr, founder and CEO of VistaJet.

Flohr has built a long-range network over Europe, Asia, and Africa, and as the two chief executive officers told TheStreet's Jill Malandrino, the service is now making its way into the United States.

Flohr said the U.S. has the largest market in the world, with 10,000 jets, compared with 8,000 in the rest of the world.

Although it's typically a complex task, renting a luxury airliner has become somewhat easy. With just a three-page contract, clients pay hourly to use the jet service, with a 100-hour minimum over a three-year span, Flohr said. He added that there is an unprecedented demand for global transportation and that many U.S. corporations already use this service overseas. VistaJet uses only new aircrafts, which are still covered by the manufacturer's guarantee. The executives concluded that they should sell out about 5,000-hours within three to four months with 40 to 50 clients and have plans for similar sales, if not more, in 2014. The current arrangement allows for further expansion, with more jets. -- Written by Bret Kenwell in Petoskey, Mich. Follow @BretKenwell

Stocks Going Ex-Dividend on Monday, November 18 (TGT, AFL, More)

Ex-dividend dates are very important to dividend investors, since you must purchase a stock prior to its ex-dividend date in order to receive its upcoming dividend payout. For more information, check out Everything Investors Need to Know About Ex-Dividend Dates

Below are seven stocks going ex-dividend on Monday, November 18:

Target
Target Corporation (TGT) offers a dividend yield of 2.58% based on Thursday's closing price of $66.67 and the company's quarterly dividend payout of 43 cents. The stock is up 12% year-to-date. Dividend.com currently rates TGT as “Neutral” with a DARS™ rating of 3.4 stars out of 5 stars.

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AFLAC
AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) offers a dividend yield of 2.19% based on Thursday's closing price of $67.47 and the company's quarterly dividend payout of 37 cents. The stock is up 27% year-to-date. Dividend.com currently rates AFL as “Neutral” with a DARS™ rating of 3.4 stars out of 5 stars.

Energizer
Ener

LTC Financing in Crisis, Commission Says

While the recommendations that the Long Term Care Commission voted Sept. 12 to include in its final report to Congress later this month are “Band-Aids on [the] large and ever-growing problem” of LTC financing, according to one LTC expert, another expert believes the report was “a step in the right direction as it makes very clear that there is a crisis situation facing the country.”

The federal Commission on Long-Term Care completed its work on a package of recommendations that are designed to better ensure LTC coverage is available for the elderly and disabled. The recommendations must be included in the final report the group sends to lawmakers on Sept. 30.

In the area of LTC financing, the commission recommended improvements to Medicare and Medicaid as well as a "sustainable balance of public and private financing  for long-term services and supports (LTSS) that enables individuals with functional limitations to remain in the workforce or in appropriate care settings of their choice."

Jesse Slome, executive director of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, says that the recommendations “appear to be many small steps,” with the biggest recommendation being the “creation of a new committee to study the issue” of LTC financing. “It is silly to think that an issue as complex as long-term care financing could be resolved, let alone adequately addressed, in such a short time and in such a heated political climate.”

Slome notes that those who were hoping the commission “might recommend a new social program must be disappointed.” The private marketplace, he says, “will continue. Rising interest rates will relieve much of the financial pressure on insurers, and we are confident about the future.”

However, with midterm elections on the horizon followed by a new presidential campaign, Slome says, “it will be interesting to see if there is any traction or support for further action.”

Bruce Chernof, the commission’s chairman, said in releasing the recommendations that while the commission had less than 100 days to craft solutions, he was “pleased” that a majority of the commission agreed on a number of “thoughtful recommendations that serve as a launching pad for future action by Congress and the administration.”

Chernof said that he was hopeful the “bipartisan nature” of the report and “the suite of ideas garnering broad agreement dispels the myth that our nation’s long-term care crisis is just too hard a problem to tackle. We must work to improve our approach to serving Americans with functional and cognitive limitations and their families, realizing that the time to act is now.”

But Chris Orestis, a long-term care specialist and former insurance industry lobbyist who is CEO of Life Care Funding, says that six of the panel members voted against the commission’s final report “because they do not believe it goes far enough in recommending specific ways to address the financing of long-term care.” While Orestis says he’s “glad” that the commission acknowledged there is a “national financial crisis surrounding long-term care,” he’s hoping “they will do more to act on solutions, such as Life Care Funding.”

As he explains, Life Care Funding is one private-funding option recommended to the commission. It would allow middle-class seniors with too much money for Medicaid and too little to pay for their long-term care to convert their life insurance policies into LTC benefits earmarked to pay for such services as in-home nursing care and assisted living.

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“Numerous states introduced legislation this year, and Texas passed into law, a bill that would require their Medicaid departments to inform seniors” of the Life Care Funding option, he says. “The seniors can sell the death benefit — instead of just giving up the policy they’ve been paying premiums on for years — and use the funds to pay for their care.” This allows them to “avoid the restrictions imposed by going on Medicaid and they keep future Medicaid eligibility intact.”

The LTC Commission, which consists of 15 members appointed by Democratic and Republican congressional leaders and the White House, was established after the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act was repealed by the American Taxpayer Relief Act, better known as the fiscal cliff  law, in January.

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Cott Corporation (USA) (COT): A Potential Sales, Margin Acceleration Story In 2014

With another lackluster quarter out of the way, the story remains much of the same at Cott Corporation (NYSE: COT), with North American volume troubles and resulting deleverage weighing on results as the company continues to navigate through a difficult environment and make its way to 2014.

Cott Corporation engages in the production and distribution of retailer brand beverages in North America and internationally. It offers carbonated soft drinks, flavored waters, energy-related drinks, juice, juice-based products, bottled water, and ready-to-drink teas. It primarily serves grocery, mass-merchandise, drugstore, wholesale, and convenience store chains.

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In 2014, comparables should ease, and raw material tailwinds should kick in at current spot rates, noting that the company will likely spend back some of the upside. However, the key question remains how long it will take for trends to stabilize.

"Today, the biggest risk to an otherwise compelling growth and margin opportunity in 2014 is aggressive competitive price points by the national branded competitors, who appear to be redeploying savings from likely unanticipated commodity cost weakness to relatively deep price promotions," Deutsche Bank analyst Bill Schmitz Jr. said in a client note.

There are significant challenges in the form of weakened category trends, stubbornly high commodity costs, irrational competitive behavior, suboptimal weather, or one of several other factors that have emerged to foil the company's progress in any given quarter over the last several.

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According to management, summer promotions on 2 liter products have persisted well into September, with one branded competitor still pricing its 2-liter portfolio at sub-$1/bottle. Both Coke and Pepsi issued pricing letters in late September, but retail pricing doesn't seem to be improving.

"Still, care! ful to note that plenty of potential risks loom and the company appears very cautious on the overall CSD landscape into 2014, we continue to believe the set-up looks relatively compelling," Schmitz said.

UK results accelerated this recent quarter, helped by Calypso and continued diversification away from the CSD category, with Cott exposed to a European consumption environment showing signs of life.

Moving down the P&L, and most importantly as we look out to next year, if the commodity environment continues to cooperate, the company should recognize a relatively significant margin tailwind in 2014.

On the flip side, hedge positions may limit some of this upside and potential volume deleverage if the competitive environment does not improve could also weigh on gross margin.

"Company has been clear that commodity upside from apple juice concentrate prices will be spent back to help return the category to growth, a sound decision for the long-term given the company's leverage to the category, while HFCS (High fructose corn syrup) should be a margin tailwind, all else equal," Schmitz noted.

With the set-up into 2014 looking compelling despite recent category softness and elevated promotional activity in the US, there is potential upside in Cott shares, with likely cash flow acceleration.

There is also potential for additional capital structure optimization (2018 notes) and plenty of accretive options for redeployment with stock currently trading at roughly 6x EBITDA and a greater than 13 percent free cash flow yield to the equity.

"Category deflating promotional activity cannot continue forever, with Coke and Pepsi's recent pricing letters to the trade potential steps in the right direction, noting ample free cash flow generation should continue to support Cott shares through this prolonged volume downturn," Schmitz added.

COT shares, which trade 14.8 times its forward earnings, were traded between $7.39 and $11.25 during the past 52-weeks.

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Pharma giant Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE) is expected to release its third-quarter financial results on�Oct.29�and will host a conference call on the same day at at 10 a.m. EDT to discuss the operating performance and outlook.

New York-based Pfizer is expected to earn 56 cents a share, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. In the same period last year, it earned 53 cents a share.

Earnings of Pfizer, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, have beat thee street's view twice in the past four quarters. The consensus estimate has increased by a penny in the past 90 days with three analysts raising their earnings estimate in the last month.

Sales for the July to September period are estimated to fall 9,1 percent to $12.70 billion from $13.98 billion in the year-ago quarter. The sales could be weighed due to the loss of patent exclusivity of certain key drugs and forex headwinds.

Top Penny Stocks To Invest In 2014: ZST Digital Networks Inc.(ZSTN)

ZST Digital Networks, Inc. engages in supplying digital and optical network equipment and providing installation services to cable system operators in China, as well as in providing GPS location and tracking services to local logistics and transportation companies in China. It offers a line of IPTV devices that are used to provide bundled cable television, Internet, and telephone services to residential and commercial customers. The company has assisted in the installation and construction of approximately 400 local cable networks in approximately 90 municipal districts, counties, townships, and enterprises. ZST Digital Networks has also launched a commercial line of vehicle tracking devices utilizing its GPS tracking technologies and support services for transport-related enterprises to track, monitor, and optimize their businesses. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Zhengzhou City, the People?s Republic of China.

Top Penny Stocks To Invest In 2014: Ever-Glory International Group Inc.(EVK)

Ever-Glory International Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of apparel for women, men, and children. Its products include coats, jackets, slacks, skirts, shirts, trousers, vests, skiwear, down jackets, knitwear, and jeans. The company offers its products to the casual wear, sportswear, and outerwear brands, as well as retailers, such as department stores, flagship stores, stores-within-a-store, and specialty stores primarily in Europe, the United States, Japan, and the People?s Republic of China. As of December 31, 2010, it operated 293 retail stores in the People?s Republic of China. The company is based in West Covina, California.

Best Low Price Companies To Buy Right Now: The Cushing MLP Total Return Fund(SRV)

Cushing MLP Total Return Fund is a closed-end mutual fund launched by Swank Capital, LLC. The fund is managed by Swank Energy Income Advisors L.P. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe with a focus in United States. The fund typically invests in MLPs, Other Natural Resource Companies, and global commodities. It primarily invests in the securities of MLPs, other equity securities, debt securities, and securities of non-U.S. issuers employing a fundamental analysis. Cushing MLP Total Return Fund was formed on May 23, 2007 and is domiciled in Dallas.

Top Penny Stocks To Invest In 2014: Jewett-Cameron Trading Company(JCTCF)

Jewett-Cameron Trading Company, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the warehouse distribution and direct sale of wood products and specialty metal products to home centers and other retailers primarily in the United States. It operates in four segments: Industrial Wood Products; Lawn, Garden, Pet, and Other; Seed Processing and Sales; and Industrial Tools and Clamps. The Industrial Wood Products segment processes and distributes industrial wood products; and provides treated plywood to boat manufacturers and the transportation industry. The Lawn, Garden, Pet, and Other segment wholesales wood products, including fencing and landscape timbers; and manufactures and distributes specialty metal products comprising dog kennels, proprietary gate support systems, perimeter fencing, and greenhouses. The Seed Processing and Sales segment processes, distributes, and sells agricultural seeds to distributors. The Industrial Tools segment imports and distributes products, inclu ding pneumatic air tools, industrial clamps, and saw blades. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in North Plains, Oregon.

Top Penny Stocks To Invest In 2014: Harvard Bioscience Inc.(HBIO)

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets apparatus and scientific instruments used in life science research in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities, and government laboratories in the United States and internationally. The company?s products target ADMET testing, and molecular biology and liquid handling application areas. Its ADMET testing products comprise absorption diffusion chambers that measure the absorption of a drug into the bloodstream; well equilibrium dialysis plates for serum protein binding assays; organ testing systems; infusion pumps for infusing liquids; behavioral products used in neuroscience, cardiology, psychological, and respiratory studies to evaluate the effects of situational stimuli, drugs, and nutritional infusions on motor and sensory, activity, and learning and test behavior; cell injection systems; ventilators; and electroporation products. The company also distributes various devices, instruments, and c onsumable items used in experiments involving cells, tissues, organs, and animals in the fields of proteomics, physiology, pharmacology, neuroscience, cell biology, molecular biology, and toxicology. It sells its ADMET testing products under the Harvard Apparatus, BTX, KD Scientific, Hugo Sachs Elektronik, Panlab, and Warner Instruments brands names. Its molecular biology and liquid handling products include molecular biology spectrophotometers, DNA/RNA/protein calculators, multi-well plate readers, amino acid analysis systems, liquid dispensers, gel electrophoresis systems, and consumables primarily consisting of pipettes, pipette tips, autoradiography films, gloves, thermal cycler accessories, and reagents. The company sells its products to researchers through catalogs, its Website, and distributors, as well as directly in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, and Canada. Harvard Bioscience, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Hollisto n, Massachusetts.

Top Penny Stocks To Invest In 2014: Stein Mart Inc.(SMRT)

Stein Mart, Inc. operates retail stores that offer fashion merchandise for women and men in the United States. The company?s stores provide fashion apparel, accessories, shoes, and home fashions. As of April 19, 2011, it operated a chain of 263 retail stores. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

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  Stein Mart, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMRT) reported comparable store sales for the four-week period ended August 25, 2012 increased 5.6 percent. Total sales for the period were $79.0 million, an increase of 6.9 percent from $73.9 million in the same period in 2011.

Top Penny Stocks To Invest In 2014: Sparton Corporation(SPA)

Sparton Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, offers electronic manufacturing services primarily for medical device, defense and security systems, and electronic manufacturing services industries worldwide. The company?s Medical segment engages in the contract development, design, production, and distribution of medical related electromechanical devices for the medical OEM and ET customers primarily in the vitro diagnostic and therapeutic device areas. Its EMS segment involves in the contract manufacturing, assembly, design, preproduction, prototyping, and/or box building assemblies, such as flight control systems and fuel control systems for the aerospace, medical diagnostics systems, security systems, detection systems, lighting, and defense. The company?s DSS segment engages in the design, development, and production of electromechanical equipment, such as sonobuoys, an anti-submarine warfare device used by the United States Navy and foreign governments; and perf orms an engineering development function for the United States military and prime defense contractors on advanced technologies for defense products, and replacement of current systems. It also offers non-sonobuoy related manufacturing and services. Sparton Corporation was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois.

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  Futures (SPA) on the Standard & Poor�� 500 Index fell and the yen climbed against the dollar as U.S. lawmakers continued to scrap over raising the debt limit and the government shutdown. Crude oil declined while gold rallied.

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  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 Sparton (NYSE: SPA  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

Top Penny Stocks To Invest In 2014: Orion Marine Group Inc(ORN)

Orion Marine Group, Inc. operates as a marine specialty contractor serving the heavy civil marine infrastructure market. The company provides a range of marine construction and specialty services on, over, and under the water along the Gulf Coast, the Atlantic Seaboard, the West Coast, Canada, the Caribbean Basin, and the Pacific Northwest. The company?s marine construction services include construction of marine transportation facilities, marine pipelines, bridges and causeways, and marine environmental structures. Its marine transportation facility construction projects comprise public port facilities for container ship loading and unloading; cruise ship port facilities; private terminals; recreational use marinas and docks; and other marine-based facilities. Orion Marine Group?s marine pipeline service projects consist of the installation and removal of underwater buried pipeline transmission lines; installation of pipeline intakes and outfalls for industrial facilities ; construction of pipeline outfalls for wastewater and industrial discharges; river crossing and directional drilling; and creation of hot taps and tie-ins. Its bridge and causeway projects include the construction, repair, and maintenance of bridges and causeways, as well as the development of fendering systems in marine environments; and marine environmental structure projects primarily comprise the installation of concrete mattresses to ensure erosion protection, and the installation of geotubes for wetlands and island creation. In addition, the company offers dredging services; specialty services, including salvage, demolition, surveying, towing, diving and underwater inspection, excavation, and repair; and survey services comprising surveying pipelines and performing hydrographic surveys. Its customers include federal, state, and municipal governments, as well as private commercial and industrial enterprises. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Houst on, Texas.

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  When judging a company's prospects, how quickly it turns cash outflows into cash inflows can be just as important as how much profit it's booking in the accounting fantasy world we call "earnings." This is one of the first metrics I check when I'm hunting for the market's best stocks. Today, we'll see how it applies to Orion Marine Group (NYSE: ORN  ) .

2 Airline Stocks You Really Should Own in 2014

 

BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- "If you want to become a millionaire, start off as a billionaire and buy an airline." So goes the conventional wisdom of airline investing.

And for years, that advice has been dead on the money; airline stocks have done a good job of enriching bankruptcy attorneys and few others. In fact, it's difficult to even look at historical airline stock performance in the last decade or two simply because so many have gone out of business. So yes, the conventional wisdom says you'd have to be nuts to own airline stocks.

But as I'm about to show you, the conventional wisdom is wrong this time.

Why Investors Hate Airlines

Airlines are one of the go-to examples when people talk about cyclical industries. Cyclical doesn't mean straight down, though. Instead, it means that after every painful long-term correction, there's some exuberance to be had. And right now, we're entering "buy mode."

So why do investors hate airlines in the first place?

To be sure, there are some big headwinds in the airline business. First, it's capital-intense. New jets cost a fortune, so there are some big fixed costs that need to get vaulted before an airline can book its first penny of profit. Ongoing maintenance isn't cheap either. The safety record for U.S. air carriers is stellar for good reason: The FAA requires airlines to maintain their planes, pilots and crew to a high standard.

Variable costs aren't much better. Far and away, the biggest variable cost for air carriers is fuel. And with the upward trajectory of crude prices for the last few decades, it's no wonder that airlines have struggled to stay profitable. But fuel costs aren't a one-way street.

Instead, airlines have three big weapons they can use against the climbing cost of crude: hedging, fuel efficiency and rate hikes. While hedging has lost favor with many carriers (because it's hard to do right and easy to do wrong), more efficient aircraft and rising airfares have been working hard to boost margins at airlines.

Both of those fixes are slow. Higher efficiency means cutting huge checks for new planes, and airfare increases risk ceding market share to rivals. But both have made a material difference in airline profitability in the last few years.

Industry Changes Are Afoot

Another key trend that's pumping profits into airlines has been industry consolidation. In the last few years we've seen Delta Air Lines (DAL) swallow up Northwest, United and Continental merge together to form United Continental (UAL), and Southwest (LUV) buy AirTran, in addition to scores more lower-profile combinations of every shape and size.

A proposed merger between American Airlines parent AMR (AMR) and US Airways Group (LCC) is the latest big-legacy combination to hit the headlines.

Industry consolidations cut costs, they improve efficiency, and they improve airlines' pricing power on their most lucrative routes.

The industry shakeups have been dramatic enough that you don't even need to crack a 10-K filing to see that's true. Instead, just ask a frequent flier with elite status whether it's gotten easier or harder to snag those complimentary upgrades on their trips. Flight occupancy has reached a record-high 80.3% this year, according to IATA.

Today, the planes are more full, and less profitable routes have been eliminated. The end result is bigger profits for airlines. And that's putting record industry revenue within reach for 2014.

A Solid Technical Time to Buy Airline Stocks

Ultimately, none of that fundamental improvement matters if the market doesn't notice it.

But airline stocks have been on fire this year, stomping what's already been a strong year for the S&P 500. From a technical standpoint, the Dow Jones U.S. Airlines Index looks well-positioned for more upside even following a nearly 85% rally year-to-date:

Airlines spent some time consolidating sideways this summer, bleeding off some overbought momentum after a fast start to the year. But the industry broke out again in the middle of September, and it's just now starting to find its legs again.

Looking at the index from a relative strength basis, we're actually seeing even stronger outperformance over the S&P this quarter than we saw to start the year. That's a very strong signal that now's the time to be a buyer.

So, with all that in mind, which airline stocks make sense to buy?

For starters, individual stocks are your only choice. As of this year, there aren't any more exchange-traded funds that track airline stocks. But I think that just two names offer the best of all worlds in the airline industry right now.

Delta Air Lines

Believe it or not, old-school legacy carrier Delta is the best-in-breed airline stock right now. Delta is one of the country's oldest carriers and one of the largest airlines in the world, with more than 720 aircraft serving 247 mainline destinations globally. And it makes sense to own Delta if only for the stellar execution this company has churned out in recent years.

Delta's margins have become huge. The firm was able to drive 13% of every sales dollar directly down to its bottom line in the most-recent quarter. Even if that feat can't be sustained indefinitely, it's a promising accomplishment nevertheless. Delta's balance sheet leverage is manageable, especially considering nearly $4 billion in cash that the firm currently holds in its coffers.

One of the most compelling things about Delta is that despite its legacy reputation, the firm is actually one of the most diversified names in the airline business. Besides its regular brand, Delta owns a stake in Virgin Atlantic, and it operates a private jet charter business. As revenues climb in 2014, Delta's operational prowess should help it reward its investors the most.

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Southwest Airlines

One corner of the market that Delta has yet to crack successfully is discount air travel. The firm's Song brand landed for the last time in 2006, reverting back to mainline Delta livery in an effort to cut costs. Southwest Airlines is still the best low-cost carrier play more than four decades after pioneering the model.

Southwest's point-to-point network to nearly 100 destinations eschews the hub and spoke approach seen at legacy carriers. As a result, consumers looking for direct flights at non-hub locations get considerable convenience by booking with LUV. The firm was also the first to roll out a single-aircraft model across an entire fleet, dramatically reducing maintenance costs and keeping customer experience uniform.

Now, as LUV adds on new, more lucrative routes such as Hawaii, Cabo and Cancun, shareholders stand to benefit. Southwest has historically been one of the most effective fuel cost hedgers as well, something that reduces a lot of commodity risk when it's done right. While there's no shortage of publicly traded low-cost carriers out there, LUV is the one to own.

-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.

McDonald's 500 Calorie Plus Menu

McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) public relations department has been working overtime to show that the fast food chain cares about customer health. In September it announced:

McDonald's is partnering with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, founded by the Clinton Foundation and American Heart Association, to increase customers' access to fruit and vegetables and help families and children to make informed choices in keeping with balanced lifestyles

Access is one thing, and choices are another. The McDonald’ menu is still dominated by high calorie, high fat, and high sodium foods. The tremendous presence of these on the menu shows how strongly McDonald’s puts sales over heath concerns, which is as it should be with a public company, the goal of which is to sell as much fast food as quickly as possible.

The products which have been the core of the McDonald’s menu for decades are big sandwiches and sugary drinks. Among the mainstays of the menu are the Big Mac which has 550 calories, the Quarter Pounder with Cheese which has 520 calories. For people who want to upgrade, McDonald’s offers the Bacon & Cheese Quarter Pounder with 600 calories. For customers who can’t fight the urge to have a side dish, the Large French Fries have only 500 calories–without ketchup. It is hard to wash so much food down without a drink. A large McCafe Chocolate Shake has only 850 calories.

McDonald’s largest push to increase global sales has been to become a breakfast destination, and its earnings have consistently shown that the decision has helped. Breakfast, for the most part, is not for dieters. A Steak, Egg & Cheese Biscuit only has 510 calories. And, for those who want a real meal, the Big Breakfast has 740 calories, Add a Large McCafe Mocha with 500 calories…

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It would not be fair to tour the McDonald’s menu without a look at its salads. The calorie count in the Premium Bacon Ranch Salad With Crispy Chicken–only 390, for people who need to watch their weight.

 

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy For 2014

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, upstream MLP BreitBurn Energy Partners (NASDAQ: BBEP  ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at BreitBurn, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

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Headquarters (founded)

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Market Cap

$1.6 billion

Industry

Oil and gas exploration and production

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy For 2014: IMPERIAL METALS CORP.(III.TO)

Imperial Metals Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, mining, and production of base and precious metals. The company holds interests in properties situated in British Columbia, including the Mount Polley open pit copper/gold mine covering 18,321 hectares, which consists of 7 mining leases totaling 2,007 hectares, as well as 41 mineral claims encompassing 16,315 hectares located in the northeast of Williams Lake; Huckleberry open pit copper/molybdenum mine consisting of a mining lease covering approximately 1,912 hectares, and 38 mineral claims encompassing approximately 16,594 hectares situated southwest of Houston; Red Chris copper/gold deposit encompassing 68 mineral claims totaling 16,994 hectares located in the village of Iskut; and Ruddock Creek zinc/lead property consisting of 23 mineral claims totalling 11,047 hectares located northeast of Kamloops. It also holds interests in the Sterling gold property comprising 272 lode mining claims l ocated northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada; and Catface copper/molybdenum property situated on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy For 2014: RTI International Metals Inc.(RTI)

RTI International Metals, Inc. produces and supplies titanium mill products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: The Titanium Group, The Fabrication Group, and The Distribution Group. The Titanium Group segment melts, processes, and produces various titanium mill products, including, blooms, billets, sheets, and plates, which are further processed by its customers for use in various commercial aerospace, defense, and industrial and consumer applications. This segment also produces ferro titanium alloys for its steel-making customers. It serves prime aircraft manufacturers, as well as their subcontractors comprising fabricators, forge shops, extruders, castings producers, fastener manufacturers, machine shops, and metal distribution companies. The Fabrication Group segment extrudes, forms, fabricates, machines, and assembles titanium and other specialty metal parts and components. Its products primarily include complex engineered parts and assemblies that are used in commercial aerospace, defense, medical device, oil and gas, power generation, and chemical process industries, as well as in various other industrial and consumer markets. This segment also provides engineered tubulars and extrusions, fabricated and machined components, and sub-assemblies, as well as engineered systems for deepwater oil and gas exploration and production infrastructure. In addition, it produces components for the production of minimally invasive and implantable medical devices. The Distribution Group segment stocks, distributes, finishes, cuts-to-size, and facilitates delivery services of titanium, steel, and other specialty metal products primarily nickel-based specialty alloys to commercial aerospace, defense, and industrial and consumer customers. The company sells its products primarily through its sales force. RTI International Metals, Inc. was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Top Stocks To Watch Right Now: Treehouse Foods Inc.(THS)

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. operates as a food manufacturer in the United States and Canada. The company?s products include non-dairy powdered creamers; private label canned soups; salad dressings and sauces; powdered drink mixes; and hot cereals, such as oatmeal, farina, and grits in single-serve instant packets and microwaveable bowls. It also offers macaroni and cheese; skillet dinners; Mexican and other sauces comprising salsa, picante, cheese dip, enchilada sauce, pasta sauce, and taco sauce; jams and pie fillings; pickles and related products, including peppers and pickled vegetables; aseptic products, such as cheese sauces and puddings; and refrigerated salad dressings and liquid non-dairy creamer products. The company offers pickles under the Farman?s, Nalley?s, Peter Piper, and Steinfeld brand names; sauces and syrups under the Bennett?s, Hoffman House, Roddenbery?s Northwoods, and San Antonio Farms brand names; non-dairy powdered creamer under the Cremora brand na me; refrigerated products under the Mocha Mix and Second Nature brand names; jams and other sauces under the E.D. Smith and Habitant brand name; oatmeal under the McCann?s brand name; and food away from home products under the Schwartz and Saucemaker brands. It primarily serves grocery retailers, mass merchandisers, and foodservice operators through various distribution channels, including retail grocery; foodservice distributors; and industrial and export channels comprising food manufacturers and repackagers of foodservice products. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. was founded in 1862 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

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 Treehouse Foods (NYSE: THS  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy For 2014: MFA Financial Inc (MFA)

MFA Financial, Inc., incorporated on July 24, 1997, is engaged in the business of investing, on a leveraged basis, in residential Agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and Non-Agency MBS. Its business objective is to generate net income for distribution to its stockholders resulting from the difference between the interest and other income it earn on its investments and the interest expense it pays on the borrowings, which it uses to finance its leveraged investments and its operating costs. Its operating policies require that at least 50% of its investment portfolio consist of ARM-MBS, which are either Agency MBS or rated in two rating categories by at least one of rating agency, such as Moody�� Investors Services, Inc., Standard & Poor�� Corporation (S&P) or Fitch, Inc. The remainder of its assets may consist of direct or indirect investments in other types of MBS and residential mortgage loans; other mortgage and real estate-related debt and equity; and other yield instruments.

The mortgages collateralizing the Company�� MBS portfolio are Hybrids, ARMs and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages. The Hybrids collateralizing its MBS typically have fixed-rate periods ranging from three to 10 years. Interest rates on the mortgage loans collateralizing its ARM-MBS reset based on specific index rates, which include London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or the one-year constant maturity treasury (CMT) rate. The mortgages collateralizing its ARM-MBS have interim and lifetime caps on interest rate adjustments. The Company�� Non-Agency MBS have been at discounts to face/par value.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jon C. Ogg]

  MFA Financial Inc. (NYSE: MFA) has an estimated $0.20 decline in book value. This is partially attributable to the company’s recent special dividend declaration. For the third quarter, Sterne Agee sees MFA with a core earnings per share of $0.19, yet the dividend of $0.50 is a combined $0.22 estimated and $0.28 special.

• [By Jonas Elmerraji]

  We're seeing the exact opposite setup in shares of MFA Financial (MFA). Unlike NCT, shares of MFA have been in a well-defined downtrend since the middle of May. That high probability range puts this stock's likely target price lower for the end of August.

  Since the best time to buy an uptrend is at support, it makes sense that the best time to sell a stock in a downtrend is at trendline resistance. That's the exact level that MFA is testing this week. If you own MFA right now, it makes sense to be a seller on the first semblance of a bounce lower.

  Momentum provides some extra confirmation here too. RSI has been suck down in bearish territory since the uptrend began in May. Oscillators like RSI tend to become range-bound when stocks' price action trends. I'd look for a move above 50 on RSI as a precondition to a move higher in price.

• [By Dividend]

  MFA Financial (MFA) has a market capitalization of $2.68 billion. The company employs 37 people, generates revenue of $499.16 million and has a net income of $306.84 million. MFA Financial�� earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $289.95 million. The EBITDA margin is 58.09 percent (the operating margin is 57.14 percent and the net profit margin 61.47 percent).

• [By Rich Duprey]

  After raising its payout last quarter by 10%,�residential mortgage-backed securities REIT�MFA Financial (NYSE: MFA  ) announced today it was keeping its second-quarter dividend steady at $0.22 per share.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy For 2014: Willis Group Holdings Limited(WSH)

Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company provides a range of insurance brokerage, reinsurance, and risk management consulting services to its clients worldwide. The company offers various insurance brokerage services, including property damage, offshore construction, liability, and control of well and pollution insurance to the energy industry; and marine insurance and reinsurance brokerage services consisting of hull, cargo, and general marine liabilities. It also provides its services to aerospace clients, including aircraft manufacturers, air cargo handlers and shippers, airport managers, and other general aviation companies; and advisory services comprising claims recovery, contract and leasing risk management, market information, and safety services. In addition, the company offers risk management advice and brokerage services to the construction industry; brokerage for directors' and officers' insurance, as well as professional indemnity insurance for corporation s and professional firms; and specialist risk management and insurance services to fine art, diamond, and jewelry businesses, and operators of armored cars. Further, it provides special contingencies packages; services for horse racing and breeding industry, and agriculture/crop sector; and advice to companies involved in the insurance and reinsurance industry on capital markets products. Additionally, the company offers health, welfare, and human resources consulting and brokerage services to small, medium, and large corporations, as well as the employee benefits practice. It serves clients located in approximately 190 countries, including multinational and middle-market companies operating in various industries, as well as public institutions and individual clients. The company was formerly known as Willis Group Holdings Limited and changed its name to Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company in January 2010. The company was founded in 1828 and is headquartered in Lond on, the United Kingdom.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy For 2014: Cincinnati Financial Corporation(CINF)

Cincinnati Financial Corporation engages in the property casualty insurance business in the United States. Its Commercial Lines Property Casualty Insurance segment provides coverage for commercial casualty, commercial property, commercial auto, and workers? compensation. It also offers specialty packages, including coverages for property, liability, and business interruption for specific industry classes, such as artisan contractors, dentists, or street businesses. In addition, this segment provides contract and commercial surety bonds, fidelity bonds, and director and officer liability insurance, as well as machinery and equipment coverage. The company?s Personal Lines Property Casualty Insurance segment offers coverage for personal auto and homeowners, as well as other insurance products, such as dwelling fire, inland marine, personal umbrella liability, and watercraft coverages to individuals. Cincinnati Financial?s Excess and Surplus Lines Property Casualty Insurance s egment offers commercial casualty insurance that covers businesses for third-party liability from accidents occurring on their premises or arising out of their operations, including products and completed operations; and commercial property insurance, which insures loss or damage to buildings, inventory, equipment, and business income from causes of loss, such as fire, wind, hail, water, theft, and vandalism. The company?s Life Insurance segment provides term insurance; universal life insurance; whole life insurance; and worksite products, which include term, whole life, universal life, and disability insurance offered to employees through their employer. This segment also markets disability income insurance, deferred annuities, and immediate annuities. Its Investment segment invests in fixed-maturity investments, equity investments, and short-term investments. Cincinnati also offers commercial leasing and financing services. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquarte red in Fairfield, Ohio.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Investors have always been interested in stocks that pay dividends, but lately, low interest rates on bonds and other fixed-income investments have made solid dividend payers even more valuable. Among the most promising dividend stocks in the market is Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ: CINF  ) , and one big reason is that it is one of the few exclusive companies to make the list of Dividend Aristocrats. In order to become a member of this elite group, a company must have raised its dividend payouts to shareholders every single year for at least a quarter-century. Only a few dozen stocks manage to make the cut, and those that do tend to stay there for a long time.

• [By Insider Monkey]

  Cincinnati Financial (CINF), lastly, is an under-covered insurance company that has grown dividends in 53 straight years. The stock pays a yield of 3.5% at a modest payout of 47% of earnings, and in 2013, it has appreciated by more than 20%. Three Cincinnati Financial insiders-one director, a senior VP and the company's CFO-have bought shares in the past six months. CFO Michael Sewell initiated the biggest transaction of the bunch when he bought $147K worth of the stock in the last few days of July.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Loew’s, however isn’t just cheap on its own terms. It’s also cheap relative to other investor insurers, including Markel (MKL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF) and Berkshire Hathaway. Shanker and Stefano write:

• [By Dividends4Life]

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Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy For 2014: Jewett-Cameron Trading Company(JCTCF)

Jewett-Cameron Trading Company, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the warehouse distribution and direct sale of wood products and specialty metal products to home centers and other retailers primarily in the United States. It operates in four segments: Industrial Wood Products; Lawn, Garden, Pet, and Other; Seed Processing and Sales; and Industrial Tools and Clamps. The Industrial Wood Products segment processes and distributes industrial wood products; and provides treated plywood to boat manufacturers and the transportation industry. The Lawn, Garden, Pet, and Other segment wholesales wood products, including fencing and landscape timbers; and manufactures and distributes specialty metal products comprising dog kennels, proprietary gate support systems, perimeter fencing, and greenhouses. The Seed Processing and Sales segment processes, distributes, and sells agricultural seeds to distributors. The Industrial Tools segment imports and distributes products, inclu ding pneumatic air tools, industrial clamps, and saw blades. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in North Plains, Oregon.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy For 2014: Multivision Communications Corp (MTV.V)

Multivision Communications Corp., through its subsidiary, Multivision S.A., operates a wireless cable television business in Bolivia. It provides subscription television services in La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, and Tarija cities in Bolivia. The company offers its services using multi-channel, multi-point, and distribution system (MMDS) technology, which serves households without the need to build and maintain coaxial cable networks. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy For 2014: Shore Gold Inc Com Npv (SGF.TO)

Shore Gold Inc., an explorations stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. It principally explores for diamond. The company primarily focuses on the exploration of the Star � Orion South diamond project located in the Fort � la Corne Provincial Forest, Saskatchewan, Canada. It also holds a 33% interest in the Buffalo Hills property located in northern Alberta, Canada. The company was formerly known as Shore Gold Fund Inc. and changed its name to Shore Gold Inc. in August 1994. Shore Gold Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy For 2014: Mint Technology Corp.(MIT.V)

Mint Technology Corp., through its subsidiary, Mint Middle East LLC, provides vertically integrated prepaid card and payroll services in the Middle East. The company manages the issuance, administration, customer support, payment processing, set-up, sponsorship, and reporting of the cards and related activities. It designs, packages, delivers, and manages MasterCard and Visa branded payment programs for global acceptance and utility for credit card issuers, retailers, and member associations. The company also plans to provide alternative payment solutions, including microcredit, mobile top-up, and money remittance services to the unbanked sector of the working population in other countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Mint Technology Corp. is based in Toronto, Canada.