Will This Ground AIG's Flight to Recovery?

AIG's (NYSE: AIG  ) agreement to sell 90% of its ILFC subsidiary to a group of Chinese investors returned to headlines today. Is this news something AIG shareholders should be concerned about?

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Does This Struggling Drugmaker Have an Ace Up Its Sleeve?

Shares of health-care giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ  ) have climbed more than 22% since the start of 2013. Part of this Dow component's success has been its growing pharmaceutical portfolio, which includes the recently approved type 2 diabetes drug Invokana. Shares of Merck (NYSE: MRK  ) have also jumped around 15% year to date, but the company hasn't had a drug with blockbuster potential approved by the FDA so far this year. There is a great deal of optimism, however, surrounding Merck's PD-1 drug for the treatment of melanoma. In the following video, health-care analyst Max Macaluso discusses this experimental drug and another PD-1 drug in development at Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY  ) .

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Top Integrated Utility Stocks To Buy For 2014

Since we're celebrating all the wonderful mothers out there today, I figured it was appropriate to look at a few stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI  ) that every mom would love to own. The stock should be one that not only will produce a strong return on investment but also represents a business that mom uses regularly in her busy life. So without further ado, let's get to it.

My first choice is Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS  ) . As I've heard mothers say from time to time, one of the greatest things in the world is seeing their kids' faces light up with joy and happiness. And I'm not sure there's any company out there that makes that happen better than Disney, whether it's from watching the newest Pixar flick, or being lucky enough to travel to one of the many Disney parks around the world. Disney is truly a company that makes dreams come true. And not only does it entertain the kids, but its ESPN property can keep Dad occupied when Mom needs some time alone. Furthermore, when it comes to making money, Disney makes a boatload, which has helped push the stock to an all-time high. Year to date, the shares are up 34%.

Top Integrated Utility Stocks To Buy For 2014: Nexen Inc.(NXY)

Nexen Inc. operates as an independent energy company worldwide. The company?s Conventional Oil and Gas segment explores for, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas from conventional sources. This segment operates in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, and offshore West Africa, Colombia, and Yemen. Nexen?s Oil Sands segment develops and produces synthetic crude oil from the Athabasca oil sands in northern Alberta. The company?s Shale Gas segment explores for and produces unconventional gas from shale formations in northeastern British Columbia. Nexen Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Top Integrated Utility Stocks To Buy For 2014: EXILLON ENERGY PLC ORD USD0.0000125(EXI.L)

Exillon Energy plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent oil producer. The company engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in the Commonwealth of Independent States region. It extracts and sells crude oil in the Timan-Pechora basin in the Komi Republic region and in the Western Siberian basin in the Khanty-Mansiysk region in the Russian Federation. Exillon Energy plc also engages in oil trading activities in Moscow in the Russian Federation. The company was formerly known as Caspian Minerals plc and changed its name to Exillon Energy plc in August 2009. The company is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Top Financial Companies To Invest In 2014: Saizen Real Estate Inv Trust (DZ8U.SI)

Saizen REIT is a real estate investment trust launched by Japan Regional Assets Manager Limited. The fund is managed by Japan Residential Assets Manager Limited. The fund invests in residential properties of Japan. It primarily invests in real estate primarily for residential and residential-related purposes, and real estate-related assets. Saizen REIT was formed on 27 September 2007 and is domiciled in Singapore.

A Closer Look at RSA Insurance's Dividend Potentialro

LONDON -- Dividend income accounts for around two-thirds of total returns, the actual rate of return taking into account both capital and income appreciation. Given that share prices are often volatile and unpredictable, the potential for plump dividends can give shareholders much-needed peace of mind for decent returns.

I am currently looking at the dividend prospects of RSA Insurance Group  (LSE: RSA  ) and assessing whether the company is an appetising pick for income investors.

How does RSA Insurance Group's dividend history stack up?

  2009 2010 2011 2012

FY Dividend Per Share	8.25p	8.82p	9.16p	7.31p
DPS Growth	7%	6.9%	3.9%	-20.2%
Dividend Cover	1.5x	1.1x	1.3x	1.3x

Source: RSA Insurance Group Company Accounts.

RSA boasted a solid record in recent years, steadily increasing payouts since 2009 even as earnings remained broadly under pressure during these years. However, last year's decision to rebase the dividend in an effort to recharge earnings potential eventually took a scythe to shareholder payments.

Dividend coverage remained well below the safety benchmark of two times earnings during the period, which ultimately left shareholders heavily exposed to last year's eventual dividend cut.

What are RSA Insurance Group's dividends expected to do?

  2013 2014

FY Dividend Per Share	6.91p	6.71p
DPS Growth	-5.5%	-2.9%
Dividend Cover	1.8x	1.9x
Dividend Yield	6%	5.8%

Source: Digital Look.

City analysts are anticipating an earnings rebound from this year onwards, with earnings per share expected to advance 30% and 3% in 2013 and 2014 correspondingly. RSA announced in May that premiums had grown 7% to 2.4 billion pounds in the first quarter, propelled predominantly by surging emerging market activity where the company is investing heavily, underlining the group's solid growth prospects.

However, the potential for improved earnings are not expected to be matched with a resurgence in dividend payments. RSA's decision to slash shareholder payouts in order to pursue growth opportunities, thus securing a progressive dividend policy for the long haul, is anticipated to keep dividends rolling lower in the interim.

How does RSA Insurance Group's dividend prospects rate against the competition?

  Prospective Dividend Yield Prospective P/E Ratio

Non-life Insurance	4.8%	10.6
FTSE 100	3.1%	16.6

Source: Digital Look.

RSA was recently dealing on a P/E readout of 9.4 for 2013, beating the readings for both its rivals in the insurance sector as well as the broader FTSE 100. And the company also outstrips both of these groups in terms of forward dividend yield, even though payouts are expected to keep heading lower.

Although RSA's decision to rebase the dividend makes sense for long-term growth, in my opinion, this leaves huge question marks over what payouts could clock in at in the meantime. May's interims yielded mostly positive news, although lasting weakness in traditional markets casts a shadow over future earnings, and this could bring fresh pressure upon potential dividends. I believe that more secure stock markets picks are available for income investors.

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The Importance of Choosing Great Leaders

On this day in economic and business history...

Thomas J. Watson, Sr. became president of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company on May 1, 1914 -- you know it today as International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM  ) , and it's thanks in no small part to Watson's enduring legacy that you know it at all. In 1914, the future IBM was a disjointed, sprawling enterprise that its founders were having difficulty controlling. Watson streamlined the company, giving it a focus, a motto, and a corporate identity that persists to this day.

To understand Watson's importance to the fledgling IBM, one need only see the facts presented in the obituary that ran in The New York Times on the day of his death on June 20, 1956:

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was a small organization when he took over with fewer than 400 employees. Its products were a punch-card tabulator, which had been invented in time for use in the 1890 census; time clocks and other business machines. In February, 1924, the company was merged with the International Business Machines Corporation and assumed its name. ...

It would have cost $2,750 to buy 100 shares of the company's stock in 1914, the year Mr. Watson took over. Anyone exercising rights accruing to those shares through 1925 would have increased his cash investment to $6,364 for 153 shares.

Such a person would now hold 3,990 shares, and would have obtained a value of $2,164,000 based on market prices this year and cash dividends of $209,000 paid thus far. ...

The company has 60,000 employees. Its gross assets last year were reported as $629,510,998, and its 1955 net income after taxes reached a record total of $55,872,633.

Watson's legacy lived on at IBM after his death thanks to the work of his son, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., who became a legendary businessman in his own right by moving the company boldly into the computer age. Together, the two Watsons would helm IBM from 1914 through 1971, molding in a way few executives have ever molded a company. To read more about the Watsons' impact on IBM, click here to read about the three secrets to IBM's success.

Targeting low prices
The first Target (NYSE: TGT  ) opened in a suburb of St. Paul, Minn., on May 1, 1962. At the time, the store was a concept in upscale discount retailing developed to expand the reach of the Dayton Company, a department store company that had a critical role in the development of the modern shopping mall.

Target was at first merely one of several Dayton (and later Dayton-Hudson following a 1969 merger) store concepts, but by the mid-1970s Target had grown to become the company's most important revenue-driver. However, the company whose shares now read "Target" remained Dayton-Hudson until the year 2000, at which point it renamed itself. Four years later Target would divest itself of its department store segments, fully embracing the upscale-discount "concept" that had brought it from one of many to the second-largest discount retailer in the United States.

When Dayton-Hudson went public in 1967, it reported prior-year profit of $8 million on annual revenue of $223 million. Four decades later, Target earned $2.8 billion on revenue of $63.4 billion, representing annual growth rates of 15.8% and 15.2%, respectively.

It's not so BASIC as that
The very first BASIC program ran through the very first BASIC compiler at Dartmouth College on May 1, 1964. It was not the first high-level programming language -- FORTRAN had been released seven years earlier -- but it was the first language designed from the ground up to be easy to use (at least for those with technical inclinations). BASIC was so effective at spreading programming to the masses that it deserves primary credit for bringing about the PC revolution. Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT  ) original business purpose, way back in 1975, was to implement a BASIC compiler on the MITS Altair microcomputer, and the company would continue to develop BASIC compilers well into the 1980s.

Kiss the sky
May 1 is a special day in the history of skyscrapers. The very first began construction on May 1, 1884. Built for the Home Insurance Company in Chicago, the Home Insurance Building was the first to ever use structural steel in its frame (although much was built with iron) and the first tall building to be supported by a fireproof metal frame. It would rise 138 feet into the air and comprise 10 stories by the time construction wrapped up later in the year. The metal-construction techniques pioneered for the Home Insurance Building brought its weight down to a mere third of that borne by similarly sized masonry-and-brick constructions, and it was one of the first to use another new high-rise development: the elevator.

Nearly 50 years later, on May 1, 1931, the Empire State Building opened to the public with a grand ceremony, complete with an appearance by President Herbert Hoover, who pressed a button to turn on the skyscraper's lights. The Empire State Building's construction was record-breaking and also quite rare -- it went up in a little more than a year, under budget and well ahead of schedule, employing up to 3,400 workers who built at a frenzied pace. Nearly five stories of the building were completed per week during the most productive construction periods.

However, the building also became a symbol of wealthy hubris in the face of an economic downturn: Its construction began in the early days of the Great Depression. When ground was broken in early 1930, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI  ) was already 35% off its 1929 high. By the time President Hoover pressed his ceremonial button, the index had utterly collapsed to a level 60% lower than that 1929 high -- already a record decline but far from the end of the slide. This horrendous market crash would later make the Empire State Building the prime example of the Skyscraper Index, which posits that record-breaking buildings often coincide with devastating stock losses.

The Empire State Building reigned as the world's tallest until it was surpassed by the World Trade Center's twin towers near the end of their construction. These new record-breakers also became examples of the Skyscraper Index, arriving as they did in the middle of the worst market decline since (you guessed it) the Great Depression.

You might soon be able to invest in the Empire State Building, if you're so interested -- the family that controls it is pushing hard to offer shares to the public as a real-estate investment trust.

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How Dividends Change the Game for Cisco Shareholders

The wealth-building power of compound interest will never cease to amaze me. It's a story of patience and attention to detail, where small, short-term differences add up to massive divergence over decades. And in the end, the biggest winners don't always deliver the fattest share-price returns.

Today, we'll take a closer look at a newcomer in the dividends game. Say hello to computer-networking titan Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO  ) .

Cisco started paying dividends just two years ago, so it can't be considered a true dividend aristocrat for another 28 years. But the quarterly payout has nearly tripled in Cisco's young dividend history, rising from the original $0.06 per share to $0.17 per share today. That most recent dividend will be paid out tomorrow to shareholders on record as of May 8. The policy certainly hit the ground running.

The current 2.9% yield places Cisco shoulder to shoulder with Dow (DJINDICES: ^DJI  ) peers Johnson and Johnson (NYSE: JNJ  ) and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM  ) , which offer 3% and 2.8% yields, respectively. The trio ranks in the upper half of all Dow yields, with JPMorgan grabbing the 13th spot out of 30 Dow components -- dividend payers, every last one.

Cisco seems set to break away from these two peers via future dividend increases. The networker powers its payouts with just 29% of its trailing earnings, which is among the lowest payout ratios on the Dow. J&J, in stark contrast, funnels 65% of its earnings into dividend checks. The situation doesn't change much if you look at cash flow instead of earnings: J&J spends a meaty 38% of free cash flow on dividend expenses (the Dow's second-highest ratio), while Cisco slides in at a far more comfortable 21%. It's fair to say that Cisco has more headroom for dividend increases than the medical giant does.

JPMorgan's earnings and cash headroom are even loftier than Cisco's, but the megabank remains under the thumb of government regulation. It may be years before JPMorgan is allowed to increase its payouts in any meaningful way, but Cisco can't seem to stop boosting those dividends. So, out of this Dow trio, Cisco is the dividend booster to watch for the next few years.

There's a downside to this dividend bonanza that doesn't get much press, though. Cisco has scaled back its share repurchase program significantly since it started paying dividends in early 2011. Some might say dividends are superior to buybacks because company leaders are seldom great investors. That being said, you should keep this strategy shift in mind before going all-in on Cisco as a long-term income stock.

CSCO Free Cash Flow TTM data by YCharts.

Once a highflying tech darling, Cisco is now on the radar of value-oriented dividend lovers. Get the lowdown on the routing juggernaut in The Motley Fool's premium report. Click here now to get started.

1 Retailer's New High

The following video is from Tuesday's MarketFoolery podcast, in which host Chris Hill, along with analysts Jason Moser and Jeff Fischer, discuss the top business and investing stories of the day.

Home Depot (NYSE: HD  ) reported higher-than-expected first-quarter earnings. Same-store sales increased 4%. Shares of the retailer hit an all-time high on the news. In this installment of MarketFoolery, our analysts discuss the future of Home Depot.

The retail space is in the midst of the biggest paradigm shift since mail order took off at the turn of last century. Only the most forward-looking and capable companies will survive, and they'll handsomely reward investors who understand the landscape. You can read about the 3 Companies Ready to Rule Retail in The Motley Fool's special report. Uncovering these top picks is free today; just click here to read more.

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Starbucks Has a Plan for Cheap Coffee Drinkers

There's a second act brewing for Starbucks' (NASDAQ: SBUX  ) Seattle's Best Coffee.

The baron of baristas opened 10 Seattle's Best Coffee stores on Monday, but they won't be gunning for the customers of its larger sister store. The stores don't have dine-in areas. We're talking about small boxes with drive-thru service and a walk-up window. All but two of the locations are inside Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT  ) parking lots, a pretty fair indicator of the target audience here.

Starbucks is hoping to woo thrifty coffee sippers, making this more of an attack on McDonald's (NYSE: MCD  ) , which has gained steam with its McCafe line of flavored but inexpensive coffee drinks. Dunkin' Brands (NASDAQ: DNKN  ) is also a target given the small-box nature of Dunkin' Donuts.

In this video, longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz explains why this is a smart move by Starbucks.

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Despite its McCafe-fueled buzz, McDonald's turned in a dismal year in 2012, underperforming the broader market by 25%. Looking ahead, can the Golden Arches reclaim its throne atop the restaurant industry, or will this unsettling trend continue? Our top analyst weighs in on McDonald's future in a recent premium report on the company. Click here now to find out whether a buying opportunity has emerged for this global juggernaut.

 

Best Semiconductor Companies To Own In Right Now

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, computer chip giant�Intel (NASDAQ: INTC  ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

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

Intel facts

Headquarters (founded)	Santa Clara, Calif. (1968)
Market Cap	$110.0 billion
Industry	Semiconductors Best Semiconductor Companies To Own In Right Now: (NIIT.BO) NIIT Limited provides information technology (IT) learning solutions for individuals, enterprises, schools, and colleges worldwide. It offers instructor-led and computer-based training, and e-learning programs, such as GNIIT for IT careers; NIIT Edgeineers, a program for engineering graduates and IT professionals; NIIT GlobalNet+, a program on networking and infrastructure management; degrees in alliance with universities; SWIFT for Internet and IT literacy; bioinformatics and educational technology programs; executive management programs for working professionals; training programs for financial services sector; NIIT Uniqua that provides training programs for workers in the business and technology services industry; training.com, an e-Learning Web site; and industry linked joint programs in IT and management sciences, as well as facilitate scholarship programs and IT aptitude test. The company also provides enterprise learning solutions, such as instructor-led and e-learn ing training in IT and soft skills; advisory services; custom content development; application and process rollout training; learner management systems; learner support services; a suite of catalogue products from Element K; assessment and testing services; English language testing, assessment, and training services. In addition, it offers services for colleges and universities, including curriculum design, in-campus learning delivery, and learner and faculty support services. Further, the company provides NIIT eGuru, a school learning solution that includes interactive classrooms; Math lab, a mathematics laboratory for schools; IT Wizard that equips the students with computer knowledge and IT skills; Quick School, an education resource planning solution for school management; and Mobile Science Lab, a portable computerized science laboratory. Additionally, it operates career development centers and other learning centers. NIIT Limited was founded in 1981 and is based in Gur gaon, India. Advisors' Opinion: [By Stephen] NIIT Limited is leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT trainer. NIIT Limited reported consolidated annual net revenue of Rs. 1,199.3 Cr, for the year ended March 31, 2010, up 4% over the previous year. The company’s system-wide revenue stood at Rs. 1,796.4 Cr, up 6 %. The earnings per share (EPS) stood at Rs. 4.3. NIIT reported an increase in operating profit to Rs 156.9 Cr, up 32%. The company, in its history of providing IT in schools, has over shot the significant milestone of 15,000 schools during this quarter. Best Semiconductor Companies To Own In Right Now: Supreme Resources Ltd (SPR.V) Supreme Resources Ltd., a junior exploration and mining company, engages in the acquisition and development of mineral resource properties in Canada. The company primarily explores for copper, gold, silver, and zinc deposits. Its principal properties include TAS project covering a total area of 30,000 acres located in the Similkameen Mining Division of British Columbia; and Verde project comprising an area of 1,200 acres located to the east of Virginia Pit of Copper Mountain Camp. The company was formerly known as Universal Energy Corporation and changed its name to Supreme Resources Ltd. in February 2007. Supreme Resources Ltd. was incorporated in 1979 and is based in Coquitlam, Canada. Supreme Resources Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Just Energy Exchange Corp. Top 10 Long Term Stocks For 2014: Emclaire Financial Corp(EMCF) Emclaire Financial Corp. operates as the holding company for The Farmers National Bank of Emlenton, which provides retail and commercial financial products and services to individuals and businesses in western Pennsylvania. Its deposit products include checking, savings, term certificate, money market, and non-interest bearing and interest bearing demand deposit accounts, as well as time and savings deposits. The company?s loan portfolio comprises one-to-four family mortgage loans, home equity loans, and commercial business and commercial real estate loans; and consumer loans, such as loans for automobile purchases, home improvements not secured by real estate, capital, and other personal expenditures, as well as unsecured revolving personal lines of credit and overdraft protection. Emclaire Financial Corp., through its other subsidiary, Emclaire Settlement Services, LLC, provides real estate settlement services. In addition, the company offers investment advisory service s. As of April 23, 2010, it operated 13 full service offices in Venango, Butler, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Jefferson, and Mercer counties, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Emlenton, Pennsylvania. Thursday, May 23, 2013 Top 5 Food Companies To Own For 2014 Would you like a sandwich with your coffee? Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX  ) just booked strong revenue growth for its fiscal second quarter. And the rise was fueled in part by one unlikely star product: panini sandwiches. The coffee king's sales jumped higher by 7% in the U.S. Of course, popular espresso beverages -- like the vanilla spice latte and hazelnut macchiato -- did their part by selling well. But food also played a big role in delivering Starbucks' outsized sales gains. Food and prepaid cards pair well That's partly thanks to the company's prior success in selling massive amounts of prepaid cards. Customers loaded more than $1 billion onto their loyalty cards in the final three months of 2012, and gift cards were one of the most popular presents over the holidays. Those trends added up to billions of dollars of Starbucks money just sitting in people's pockets, ready to be spent. Top 5 Food Companies To Own For 2014: MicroFinancial Incorporated(MFI) Microfinancial Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialized commercial finance company that provides microticket equipment leasing and rental, and other financing services in the United States. The company provides financing alternatives, and leases and rents commercial equipment to start-up and established businesses for use in their daily operations. It leases water filtration systems, food service equipment, security equipment, point-of-sale cash registers, salon equipment, health care and fitness equipment, and automotive equipment. The company primarily sources its originations through a network of independent equipment vendors, sales organizations, and other dealer-based origination networks. Microfinancial Incorporated was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts. Top 5 Food Companies To Own For 2014: Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) Flowers Foods, Inc. (Flowers Foods), incorporated in October 2000, is a producer and marketer of bakery products in the United States. The Company is the producer and marketer of packaged bakery foods for retail and foodservice customers in the United States. Flowers Foods operates 44 bakeries that produce a range of bakery products, which include breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and pastries. These products are sold through a direct-store-delivery network with access to approximately 70% of the United States population in the East, South, and Southwest, as well as in certain markets in California. Select Flowers products are sold nationwide through customers' delivery systems. Among the Company�� top brands are Nature�� Own and Tastykake. The Company has two business segments: direct-store-delivery (DSD segment) and warehouse delivery segment (warehouse segment). In May 2011, the Company acquired Tasty Baking Company. In July 2012, it acquired Lepage Bakeries, Inc. The DSD segments focuses on the production and marketing of bakery products to United States customers in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Southwest, as well as select markets in California and Nevada primarily through its DSD system. The warehouse segment produces snack cakes and breads and rolls that are shipped both fresh and frozen to national retail, foodservice, vending, and co-pack customers through their warehouse channels. The Company�� brands include Whitewheat, Cobblestone Mill, Blue Bird, ButterKrust, Dandee, Mary Jane, and Mary Jane and Friends. During the year ended December 31, 2011, it introduced the new products under this brand, including Nature�� Own Whitewheat Sandwich Rounds; Nature�� Own Whole Grain Sandwich Rolls and Hot Dog Rolls; Nature�� Own Cinnamon Raisin Thin Sliced Bagels; Nature�� Own Soft Oatmeal Specialty Bread; Nature�� Own 100% Whole Grain Specialty Bread, and Nature�� Own Honey Wheat Berry Specialty Bread. In addition to Nature�� Own, its DSD segment also marke! ts: a range of specialty breads and rolls under the Company-owned Cobblestone Mill brand; white breads and buns under regional company owned and franchised brands, such as Sunbeam, Bunny, Aunt Hattie��, Holsum, and ButterKrust; Tastykake and Blue Bird branded snack cakes and pastries; flour, white, and corn tortillas under the Mi Casa and Frestillas brands, and fresh packaged bakery products under store brands for retailers. The Company�� warehouse segment markets a range of specialty breads and rolls under the European Bakers brand, breads, buns, and rolls for specific foodservice customers, and tortillas and tortilla chips under Leo�� Foods and Juarez. This segment�� snack cakes are sold under the Mrs. Freshley��, Broad Street Bakery, and store brands. Its warehouse segment products are distributed nationally through retail, foodservice and vending customer warehouses. The Company competes with Grupo Bimbo S.A. de C.V./Bimbo Bakeries, Hostess Brands, Inc., Sara Lee Corporation, Campbell Soup Company, McKee Foods Corporation, Cloverhill Bakery, Hostess Brands, Inc., Alpha Baking Co., Inc., Rotella�� Italian Bakery, United States Bakery, Turano Baking Company and All Round Foods, Inc. Advisors' Opinion: [By Portfolio Grader] This week, Flowers Foods’ (NYSE:FLO) ratings are up from a B last week to an A. Flowers Foods produces and markets packaged bakery foods for retail and foodservice customers. Wall Street has pushed the stock higher by 6.1% over the past month.  5 Best Gold Stocks To Own For 2014: Prestige Brand Holdings Inc.(PBH) Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in marketing, selling, and distributing over-the-counter healthcare and household cleaning products primarily in North America. The company?s Over-The-Counter Healthcare segment offers a portfolio of OTC products under nine core OTC brands, including Chloraseptic sore throat remedies, Clear Eyes eye drops, Compound W wart removers, Dramamine motion sickness products, Efferdent and Effergrip denture products, Little Remedies pediatric healthcare products, Luden's cough drops, PediaCare pediatric healthcare products, and The Doctor?s brand of oral care products. This segment also provides other significant brands that include Dermoplast first-aid products, Murine eye and ear care products, NasalCrom allergy relief product, New-Skin liquid bandage, and Wartner wart removers. Its Household Cleaning segment markets household cleaning products, such as abrasive and non-abrasive tub and tile cleaner, scrubb ing pads and sponges, dilutables, anti-bacterial hard surface spray for counter tops, and glass cleaners under the Comet, Chore Boy, and Spic and Span brands. Prestige Brands Holdings distributes its products through various retail channels, including drug, food, dollar, and club stores, as well as supermarkets and mass merchandisers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Irvington, New York. Top 5 Food Companies To Own For 2014: SAP AG(SAP) SAP AG provides business software primarily in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific Japan region. The company?s products includes SAP Business Suite software, which supports large organizations in their core business operations, such as supplier relationship, production, warehouse management, sales, administration, and customer relationship; SAP Business All-in-One, a business management software that assists midsize companies in managing various business functions, including financials, human resources, procurement, inventory, manufacturing, logistics, product development, sales, and marketing; SAP Business One, a business management application for small businesses; and SAP Business ByDesign, an on-demand solution for integrated business management applications. Its products also comprises SAP BusinessObjects Edge business intelligence and enterprise performance management solutions; Xcelsius, a data visualization software; Crystal Reports, which helps users design interactive reports; Sybase IQ, an optimized analytics server designed to deliver results for business intelligence, analytics, data warehousing, and reporting solutions; SAP solutions for sustainability; and SAP NetWeaver technology platform, which integrates information and business processes across various technologies and organizational structures. In addition, the company offers industry and solution-focused, business transformation, information technology transformation, custom development, and support services; and program, project management, quality assurance, and education and certification services. It sells its products through its subsidiaries and resellers. SAP AG has a strategic relationship with Cap Gemini S.A. to develop and deploy enterprise mobility solutions. The company was formerly known as SAP Aktiengesellschaft Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung. SAP AG was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Walldorf , Germany. Top 5 Food Companies To Own For 2014: SuperValu Inc.(SVU) SUPERVALU INC., together with its subsidiaries, operates retail food stores in the United States. Its stores offer grocery, general merchandise, health and beauty care, pharmacy, and fuel products. The company operates stores under the Acme, Albertsons, Cub Foods, Farm Fresh, Hornbacher?s, Jewel-Osco, Lucky, Shaw?s, Shop ?n Save, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, and Star Market banners, as well as in-store pharmacies under the Osco and Sav-on banners. It operates approximately 2,394 traditional and hard-discount retail food stores, including 899 licensed Save-A-Lot stores. The company also offers supply chain services, which include wholesale distribution of products to independent retailers, including single and multiple grocery store independent operators, regional and national chains, mass merchants, and the military customers, as well as provides logistics support services. SUPERVALU was founded in 1871 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Best Buy or hhgregg: Which Will Be the First to Go? The following video is from Tuesday's Investor Beat, in which host Chris Hill and analysts Jason Moser and Jeff Fischer dissect the hardest-hitting investing stories of the day. Best Buy and hhgregg are bricks-and-mortar electronics retailers that are struggling for survival. Both reported earnings with very different results. Best Buy showed encouraging signs of growth in online sales while reducing costs. Meanwhile, hhgregg's fourth-quarter profits fell 82%. In this installment of Investor Beat, Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Jeff Fischer discuss the electronics retail industry and why investors should steer clear of both stocks. Also, our analysts take a look at the four stocks making the biggest moves on Tuesday's market, and two stocks investors should have their eyes on this week. The brick-and-mortar vs. e-commerce battle wages on, with Best Buy caught in the middle. After what might have been its most tumultuous year in history, there are now even more unanswered questions about the future for the big-box electronics retailer. How will new leadership perform? Will a smaller store format work out for both the company and its brave investors? Should you be one such brave investor? To help answer all these questions, The Motley Fool has released a premium research report detailing the opportunities -- and the risks -- in store for Best Buy. Simply click here now to claim your comprehensive report today. #pitch{ margin-bottom: 15px; } More Expert Advice from The Motley Fool The Motley Fool's chief investment officer has selected his No. 1 stock for the next year. Find out which stock in our brand-new free report: "The Motley Fool's Top Stock for 2013." I invite you to take a copy, free for a limited time. Just click here to access the report and find out the name of this under-the-radar company. Best Healthcare Equipment Companies To Own For 2014 This year has started off pretty well for Detroit's Big Three automakers -- for the most part. Ford (NYSE: F  ) and General Motors (NYSE: GM  ) have enjoyed surges in market share and sales while beating Wall Street estimates with their first-quarter numbers. But the story hasn't been quite as bright yet for Detroit's third automaker, Chrysler. Recently there's been chatter that Fiat might purchase the remaining shares of Chrysler and consider taking it public again. That would give investors another chance to trade their cash for Chrysler shares. If that does take place, here are some numbers you need to know and a red flag to consider. First-quarter numbers As the company forewarned, the numbers for Chrysler's first quarter looked pretty ugly compared with its crosstown rivals. Chrysler's net income sank to $166 million from $473 million a year ago -- a 65% decline. Net revenue also declined to $15.4 billion from $16.4 billion a year ago. It wasn't all bad news, though, as cash on hand improved and net industrial debt decreased. Chrysler also grabbed some market share -- albeit less than rivals Ford and GM -- improving from 11.2% a year ago to 11.4%.� Best Healthcare Equipment Companies To Own For 2014: Tyler Technologies Inc. (TYL) Tyler Technologies, Inc. provides integrated information management solutions and services for the public sector with a focus on local governments in the United States and internationally. The company offers financial management solutions, including modular fund accounting systems for government agencies and not-for-profit entities; and utility billing systems to support the billing and collection of metered and non-metered services. It also provides financial management systems, such as specialized products to automate various city functions, including municipal courts, parking tickets, equipment and project costing, animal and business licenses, permits and inspections, code enforcement, citizen complaint tracking, ambulance billing, fleet maintenance, and cemetery records management; and student information systems and transportation solutions to K-12 schools, as well as software applications to manage public sector pension funds. In addition, the company offers integra ted suite of judicial solutions comprising court case management, court and law enforcement, prosecutor, and supervision systems to handle complex, multi-jurisdictional county, statewide implementations, and single county systems; systems and software to automate the appraisal and assessment of real and personal properties; tax applications for agencies that bill and collect taxes; and software applications that enable county governments to enhance and automate courthouse operations. Further, it provides subscription-based services, such as application service provider arrangements and other hosted service offerings, software subscriptions, and disaster recovery services; electronic document filing solutions for courts and law offices; professional IT services, including software and hardware installation, data conversion, training, and product modifications; and outsourced property appraisal services for taxing jurisdictions. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquart ered in Dallas, Texas. Best Healthcare Equipment Companies To Own For 2014: Rediff.com India Limited(REDF) Rediff.com India Limited provides online Internet based services in India and to the global Indian community. The company's Websites consist of channels relevant to Indian interests, such as cricket, astrology, matchmaker, and movies; content on various matters, which include news and finance; search facilities; and a range of community features consisting of e-mail, chat, messenger, photo/video sharing capabilities, e-commerce, blogs, broadband wireless content, and mobile value-added services to mobile phone subscribers in India, as well as online advertising and online shopping services. It also publishes two weekly newspapers, ?India Abroad? and ?India in New York? for the Indian-American community based in the United States and Canada. The company?s target client base for advertising and sponsorships include global companies doing business in India, domestic corporations, and small and medium enterprises. As of March 31, 2010, it had 89.5 million online registered use rs. The company was formerly known as Rediff Communication Private Limited and changed its name to Rediff.com India Limited in February 2000. Rediff.com India Limited was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India. 10 Best High Tech Stocks To Watch For 2014: Emclaire Financial Corp(EMCF) Emclaire Financial Corp. operates as the holding company for The Farmers National Bank of Emlenton, which provides retail and commercial financial products and services to individuals and businesses in western Pennsylvania. Its deposit products include checking, savings, term certificate, money market, and non-interest bearing and interest bearing demand deposit accounts, as well as time and savings deposits. The company?s loan portfolio comprises one-to-four family mortgage loans, home equity loans, and commercial business and commercial real estate loans; and consumer loans, such as loans for automobile purchases, home improvements not secured by real estate, capital, and other personal expenditures, as well as unsecured revolving personal lines of credit and overdraft protection. Emclaire Financial Corp., through its other subsidiary, Emclaire Settlement Services, LLC, provides real estate settlement services. In addition, the company offers investment advisory service s. As of April 23, 2010, it operated 13 full service offices in Venango, Butler, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Jefferson, and Mercer counties, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Emlenton, Pennsylvania. Best Healthcare Equipment Companies To Own For 2014: Gems Tv Holdings Limited(AM3.SI) Gems TV Holdings Limited does not have significant operations. Previously, it was engaged in the manufacturing and trading of jewellery, gemstones, handicrafts, carved collectibles, valuable metals, and other related products in Asia and the Americas. The company is based in George Town, the Cayman Islands. Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Chevron Didn't Get Bailed Out Like ExxonMobil As energy producers continue their balancing act between oil and natural gas production, price swings have left two of the industry's biggest producers scratching their heads. For the past few years, low natural gas prices have left these producers looking for more oil. Now, with the price of crude oil falling in the first quarter, it left both ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM  ) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX  )  staring at weaker revenue results from the year before. Luckily for Exxon, its refining business helped pad margins despite the segments' profits falling 2.6%. Overall, Exxon was able to grow its earnings by $50 million year over year. While that might not sound like a lot, because it's an expert share repurchaser, this represented 6% earnings growth on a per-share basis. Unfortunately, Chevron wasn't so lucky as its integrated business was affected by downtime at two of its refineries. The company's Richmond, Calif., plant has been down since last August's fire, while the Pascagoula, Miss., plant experienced preannounced maintenance in the quarter. What that meant for Chevron is that as upstream earnings fell from $6.17 billion to $5.52 billion year over year, the problem was compounded as downstream earnings slipped, too, from $804 million to $701 million. Together, this contributed to an earnings drop of about 3% per share. What we're seeing in the quarter is that Exxon's integrated asset base really helped to bail it out, while Chevron's didn't. That's rather interesting, considering that Exxon has been so vocal about exporting LNG, which would affect the chemicals side of its business. Sure, Exxon wins either way, but considering that its chemical business fetched 62% more profit year over year for a total haul of $1.1 billion, the company would have been in the same boat as Chevron if it wasn't bailed out by these profits. This is especially true when you factor in that these margins were made possible by low natural gas. With that context, you have to wonder why it's so vocal to export our excess gas. Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW  ) has taken the opposite argument for exactly this reason. Feedstock costs are at rock-bottom levels because of the natural gas production surge, which has slashed prices. Dow says it and its chemical manufacturing brethren such as Huntsman (NYSE: HUN  ) will create more jobs in the U.S. than if LNG is exported. Source: Dow Chemical. Huntsman CEO Peter Huntsman has been just as vocal, saying that increased exports will cause "our nation's natural gas advantage to be stripped and sent overseas to build a new manufacturing base that would otherwise be built here in the U.S." That statement is certainly debatable, as a government study, which, while agreeing that exports would increase the price of natural gas, also noted that exports would be a net positive benefit to our economy. In fact, it sees $47 billion in new economic activity even with unlimited exports. As the nation's No. 1 natural gas producer, Exxon sees its upstream business gaining far more than its downstream business loses under an increased export scenario. Its thoughts are that while its downstream business might have bailed it out this quarter, higher oil and natural gas prices are what will drive its future profits. That will enable the company to earn more on its current production while also investing to increase production from sources that currently don't have the economic terms that meet its current return criteria. So while its downstream operations bailed it out this quarter, Exxon would much rather see its upstream operations fueling its earnings. As much as expanded exports will benefit Exxon, the real winner hear could be the nation's No. 2 natural gas producer. Chesapeake Energy's share price has been hit hard after negative news surfaced concerning the company's management as well as low natural gas prices and spiraling debt picture. While the debt issues still persist, giant steps have been taken to help mitigate the problems. To learn more about Chesapeake and its enormous potential, you're invited to check out The Motley Fool's brand-new premium report on the company. Simply click here now to access your copy. Monday, May 20, 2013 1 Easy Way Steve Jobs Could Have Done Even More Few business luminaries of our time have built the kind of resume that Steve Jobs did in his 56 years on Earth. He co-founded Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) , sparked revolutions in personal and mobile computing, nurtured Pixar into a household name before selling it to Disney (NYSE: DIS  ) , and transformed the music industry, among many other accomplishments. No one would argue that Jobs needed to do more, but there's a way that he could have done more that would have been remarkably easy: have coffee with a stranger for an hour. We'll never know That's exactly what his successor, Tim Cook, did. Last month, he donated a coffee date to CharityBuzz, which would auction off the meet-and-greet and send the proceeds to the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The "estimated value" of the date was pegged at $50,000. Two days later, bidding had reached more than half a million dollars. After the initial jump, bidding slowed down until the auction closed last week. The final price tag was $610,000 after 86 bids were placed, more than double the highest bids on 118 other auctions at the time pledging proceeds to the RFK Center. The move shows that Cook is serious about addressing human-rights criticisms surrounding his company's globalized supply chain. That's a substantial sum that will do a lot of good in the name of human rights, and all it costs Cook is an hour of his time spent at Apple HQ. At most, Cook may have to cover the cup o' joe, since the unnamed winner is forking over $610,000 in addition to related travel expenses. One can't help wondering how much a similar rendezvous would fetch if Steve Jobs was the guest of honor. We'll never know, but it could have easily raised millions of dollars for worthy causes. Pick a cause, any cause By offering a tiny nugget of his time, Jobs could have theoretically donated to a wide range of philanthropic goals, including both professional and personal ones. For instance, near the end of Jobs' life, he became a staunch advocate for organ donation reform in California. He helped get a bill passed that would encourage donors. At the time, he considered the system to be an "obscure process" since people weren't actively asked if they'd like to donate. The net result was that there weren't enough donated livers in the state, and 400 Californians died the prior year just waiting for livers. Jobs put his name on a list at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., where he had a higher chance of getting a liver. He was fortunate enough to have the resources where he could fly across the country within the four-hour window needed to successfully transplant a healthy organ, which he did in 2009. However, Jobs was never publicly philanthropic. On the other hand, his widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, is known to be quite philanthropic, although also not publicly. The New York Times reports that Powell Jobs has been making more public pushes recently. Still, by donating something as simple as a coffee date, Jobs could have theoretically raised game-changing proceeds for charitable purposes. Apple has a history of cranking out revolutionary products ... and then creatively destroying them with something better. Read about the future of Apple in the free report, "Apple Will Destroy Its Greatest Product." Can Apple really disrupt its own iPhones and iPads? Find out by clicking here. Sunday, May 19, 2013 Top 5 Financial Companies For 2014 Shares of medical robotics maker Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG  ) are in free-fall today after yesterday's earnings, with the stock plummeting 4.7% after losing a bundle yesterday as well. Earnings aren't the disappointment, however: Intuitive destroyed analyst expectations and showed solid growth in both procedures and device sales. Investors haven't been so kind to the stock, however, and with shares of the company down almost 8% in the last five days alone, it's time to ask: Why is everyone selling this stock? Investors in a panic attack The company's financial footing certainly isn't the culprit. Intuitive drilled earnings-per-share expectations, topping projections by $0.58 and beating revenue estimates by almost $30 million. The firm also racked up double-digit growth in both categories over the quarter a year ago, including growth of more than 30% in EPS. Top 5 Financial Companies For 2014: Patriot National Bancorp Inc.(PNBK) Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Patriot National Bank that provides consumer and commercial banking services to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, and professionals in Connecticut and New York. It offers various consumer and commercial deposit accounts, such as checking accounts, interest-bearing NOW accounts, insured money market accounts, time certificates of deposit, savings accounts, individual retirement accounts, and health savings accounts. The company also provides commercial loans, including secured and unsecured loans to service companies, real estate developers, manufacturers, restaurants, wholesalers, retailers, and professionals, as well as to small and medium-sized businesses; personal loans, such as lines of credit, installment loans, overdraft protection, and credit cards; real estate loans, including home mortgages, home improvement loans, bridge loans, home equity loans, and lines of credit to individua ls; and commercial real estate and construction loans to area businesses and developers. In addition, it offers Internet banking, bill paying, remote deposit capture, debit card, money order, traveler?s checks, and automated teller machine services; and solicits and processes mortgage loan applications from consumers on behalf of permanent investors and originates loans for sale. As of June 20, 2011, the company operated 15 full service branches, including 12 branches in Connecticut and 3 branches in New York, as well as a loan production office in Stamford, Connecticut. Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Patriot National Bancorp Inc. is a subsidiary of PNBK Holdings LLC. Top 5 Financial Companies For 2014: Washington Real Estate Investment Trust(WRE) Washington Real Estate Investment Trust is an equity real estate investment trust (REIT). The company engages in the ownership, operation, and development of real properties. The firm invests in real estate markets of the greater Washington D.C. metro region. It focuses on office, medical office, industrial/flex space, retail, and multifamily real estate investments. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust was founded in 1960 and is based in Rockville, Maryland. Top 5 Biotech Companies To Own For 2014: AmTrust Financial Services Inc (AFSI) Amtrust Financial Services, Inc., incorporated on November 7, 1990, is a holding company. The Company is a multinational specialty property and casualty insurer focused on generating consistent underwriting profits. The Company operates in four business segments: small commercial business, specialty program and personal lines reinsurance. The Company transacts business through 11 insurance company subsidiaries: Technology Insurance Company, Inc. (TIC), Rochdale Insurance Company (RIC), Wesco Insurance Company (WIC), Associated Industries Insurance Company, Inc. (AIIC), Milwaukee Casualty Insurance Company (MCIC), Security National Insurance Company (SNIC), AmTrust Insurance Company of Kansas, Inc. (AICK) and AmTrust Lloyd�� Insurance Company of Texas (ALIC). In January 2013, the Company acquired First Nonprofit Companies, Inc. In February 2013, the Company's subsidiary acquired Car Care Plan (Holdings) Limited (CCPH) from Ally Insurance Holdings, Inc. Small Commercial Business Small Commercial Business segment provides workers��compensation to small businesses that operate in low and medium hazard classes, such as restaurants, retail stores, physicians and other professional offices, and commercial package and other property and casualty insurance products to small businesses. The Company is authorized to write its Small Commercial Business products in all 50 states. The Company distributes its policies through a network of over 8,100 select retail and wholesale agents who are paid commissions based on the annual policy premiums written. Commercial package products provide a range of insurance to small businesses, including commercial property, general liability, inland marine, automobile, workers��compensation, and umbrella coverage. The Company maintains Small Commercial Business property and casualty claims operations in several of its domestic offices and the commercial package claims operation is separated into four processing units: casualty, propert! y, cost-containment/recovery and a fast-track physical damage unit. As of December 31, 2012, its Small Commercial Business property and casualty claims were approximately 61% automobile and 13% property and inland marine with the remaining 26% involving general liability and umbrella losses. Specialty Risk and Extended Warranty The Company��Specialty Risk and Extended Warranty segment provides coverage for consumer and commercial goods and custom designed coverages, such as accidental damage plans and payment protection plans offered in connection with the sale of consumer and commercial goods in the United States and Europe, and certain niche property, casualty and specialty liability risks in the United States and Europe, including general liability, employers��liability and professional and medical liability. specialty risk business primarily covers, such as legal expenses in the event of unsuccessful litigation; property damage for residential properties; home emergency repairs caused by incidents affecting systems, such as plumbing, wiring or central heating; latent defects that materialize on real property after building or completion; payment protection to insureds if they become unable to meet financial obligations under finance contracts; guaranteed asset protection (GAP) to cover the difference between an insurer�� settlement and the asset value in the event of a total loss, and general liability, employers��liability, public liability, negligence of advisors and liability of health care providers and medical facilities. The Company's extended warranty business covers selected consumer and commercial goods and other risks, including personal computers; consumer electronics, such as televisions and home theater components; consumer appliances, such as refrigerators and washing machines; automobiles (excluding liability coverage); furniture, and heavy equipment. The Company also serve as a third party administrator to provide claims handling and ca! ll center! services to the consumer products and automotive industries in the United States and Canada. It underwrites the specialty risk coverage on a coverage plan-level basis, which involves substantial data collection and actuarial analysis, as well as analysis of applicable laws governing policy coverage language and exclusions. Specialty Program The Company�� Specialty Program segment provides workers��compensation, package products, general liability, commercial auto liability, excess and surplus lines programs and other specialty commercial property and casualty insurance to a narrowly defined, homogeneous group of small and middle market companies. The type of risk covered by this segment is similar to the type of risk in Small Commercial Business but also covers, to a small extent, certain higher risk businesses. The coverage is offered through accounts with various agents to multiple insureds. Policyholders in this segment primarily include industries, such as retail, wholesale, service operations, artisan contracting, trucking, light and medium manufacturing, habitational and professional employer organizations. As of December 31, 2012, the Company underwrote 77 programs through 44 independent wholesale and managing general agents. Workers��compensation insurance consists approximately 33% of this business during the year ended December 31, 2012. Personal Lines Reinsurance The Company�� Personal Lines Reinsurance Segment has a 20% participation in the Personal Lines Quota Share, by which it receive 10% of the net premiums of the personal lines business. The Personal Lines Quota Share provides that the reinsurers, severally, in accordance with their participation percentages, will receive 50% of the net premium of the GMACI Insurers and assume 50% of the related net losses. Top 5 Financial Companies For 2014: Development Secs(DSC.L) Development Securities PLC engages in property development, trading, and investment operations primarily in the United Kingdom. Its property portfolio includes retail, mixed-use, industrial, office, and residential properties. The company is based in London, the United Kingdom. Top 5 Financial Companies For 2014: PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II(PFN) PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC. It is co-managed by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It invests in securities of companies operating across the diversified sectors. The fund invests in floating-rate debt instruments primarily high-yield senior floating-rate loans. It employs fundamental analysis with top-down approach to create its portfolio. The fund conducts an in-house research to make its investments. It was formerly known as PIMCO Floating Rate Strategy Fund. PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II was formed on June 30, 2004 and is domiciled in the United States. Saturday, May 18, 2013 Top 5 High Dividend Companies To Own In Right Now Many investors look to the so-called BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) for emerging growth opportunities. However, these investors may be overlooking one emerging powerhouse in Southeast Asia. Overall, as an investor, I particularly like emerging-market dividend stocks for 2013. Companies in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index have increased dividend payments steadily for the past 10 years. Unlike earnings, dividend payments have been far steadier, with payout ratios mostly in the 30% to 40% range. Additionally, as many of these companies mature, the potential to increase dividend payouts is high -- companies in emerging markets often have lower debt levels than firms in developed markets. The number of emerging stocks with high dividend yields in the MSCI World Index has increased from 60 in 1995 to more than 300 last year. Top 5 High Dividend Companies To Own In Right Now: Ensign Energy Svs Com Npv (ESI.TO) Ensign Energy Services Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides oilfield services to the crude oil and natural gas industry in Canada, the United States, and internationally. Its oilfield services include drilling and well servicing, oil sands coring, directional drilling, underbalanced drilling, equipment rentals, transportation, wireline services, production testing services, and custom manufacturing. The company offers shallow, intermediate and deep well drilling, and specialized drilling services, including horizontal drilling, underbalanced drilling, horizontal re-entry, and slant drilling for steam assisted gravity drainage applications. It also provides coring/drilling rigs that support oil sands, coal bed methane, and shallow oil and natural gas development, as well as coring and drilling services to the mining and oil and natural gas industries. In addition, the company offers shallow to deep well services to oil and natural gas producers, such as completion s, abandonments, production workovers, and bottom hole pump changes; engages in the rental of oilfield equipment comprising drill strings, loaders, tanks, pumps, rig matting, and blow-out preventers; and offers ancillary equipment consisting of mud cleaning equipment, drill collars, drives, rotating heads, gas busters, iron roughnecks, hydraulic chokes, forklifts, and loaders. Further, it provides drilling contractor services, including directional drilling services; slickline, braided line, and production testing services; production and manufacturing services to the oil and natural gas industry; and mechanical wireline, production testing, and well optimization services, as well as designs and manufactures oil and natural gas production equipment. As of December 31, 2011, the company owned and operated a fleet of 344 land drilling and specialty rigs, as well as 139 well servicing rigs. Ensign Energy Services was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. Top 5 High Dividend Companies To Own In Right Now: Tiffany & Co.(TIF) Tiffany & Co., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and retail of fine jewelry worldwide. Its jewelry products include fine and solitaire jewelry; diamond engagement rings and wedding bands for brides and grooms; and non-gemstone, sterling silver, gold, and platinum jewelry. The company also provides timepieces, sterling silver goods, china, crystal, stationery, fragrances, personal accessories, and leather goods. Tiffany & Co. sells its products through retail sales, Internet and catalog sales, business-to-business sales, and wholesale distribution primarily in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company also sells its products through its stores, as well as through department store boutiques in Japan. As of January 31, 2011, it operated 233 TIFFANY & CO. stores and boutiques worldwide. The company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in New York, New York. 5 Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Compass Group(CPG.L) Compass Group PLC, through its subsidiaries, provides contract foodservice and support services to its clients. It offers various foodservice solutions ranging from free-flow restaurants to formal dining, grab and go deli and caf�outlets to hospitality services, and vending; and a range of support services, such as cleaning, building operations and maintenance, business and office, logistics and transport, outdoor, project management, and security. The company also operates fine dining facilities. It provides its services under the Eurest, Eurest Services, Restaurant Associates, Bon App�it Management, and FLIK International, as well as Chartwells, Scolarest, MEDIREST, MORRISON, Crothall, All Leisure, and ESS brand names. Compass Group PLC serves business and industry; healthcare and seniors; education; sports and leisure; and defense, offshore, and remote sectors. The company serves approximately 4 billion meals a year in 45,000 client locations. It offers its services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Continental Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Africa, central Asia, and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 1941 and is based in Chertsey, the United Kingdom. Top 5 High Dividend Companies To Own In Right Now: Nautilus Minerals Com Npv (NUS.TO) Nautilus Minerals Inc., an exploration stage company, engages in the exploration and development of the ocean floor for copper, gold, silver, and zinc deposits in Australasia. The company holds interest in Solwara 1, a seafloor copper-gold project located at 1600 meters water depth in the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea. As of March 26, 2012, it had approximately 600,000 square kilometers of prospective exploration acreage in the western Pacific; and in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Tonga, as well as in the eastern Pacific. The company has a strategic partnership agreement with Harren & Partner to own and operate a production support vessel that would serve as the operational base to extract copper and gold in the Solwara 1 project. Minerals Inc. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Top 5 High Dividend Companies To Own In Right Now: Nevado Venture Cap Corp(VDO.V) Nevado Resources Corporation engages in the exploration of mineral resource properties. The company was formerly known as Nevado Venture Capital Corporation and changed its name to Nevado Resources Corporation on August 27, 2010. Nevado Resources Corporation was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada. Friday, May 17, 2013 A Closer Look at Imperial Tobacco Group's Dividend Potential LONDON -- Dividend income accounts for around two-thirds of total returns, the actual rate of return taking into account both capital and income appreciation. Given that share prices are often volatile and unpredictable, the potential for plump dividends can give shareholders much-needed peace of mind for decent returns. I am currently looking at the dividend prospects of Imperial Tobacco Group  (LSE: IMT  ) (NASDAQOTH: ITYBY  ) and assessing whether the company is an appetizing pick for income investors. How does Imperial Tobacco Group's dividend history stack up? Metric  2009 2010 2011 2012 FY Dividend per Share (pence) 73 84.3 95.1 105.6 DPS Growth 15.7% 15.5% 12.8% 11% Dividend Cover 2.2 times 2.1 times 2 times 1.9 times Source: Imperial Tobacco Group company accounts. Imperial Tobacco has been a solid deliverer of double-digit dividend growth over the past four years, even though a slowdown in earnings growth has seen dividend expansion follow suit. Still, full-year dividend growth over the past three years has still comfortably outperformed earnings increases. The firm's operations in a traditionally defensive sector -- historically speaking, global cigarette demand remains strong even in spite of broader economic weakness -- provides investors with extra security over future payments. And even though dividend cover has slipped in recent years, last year's reading was still around the benchmark reading of two times earnings, which generally represents very decent security. What are Imperial Tobacco Group's dividends expected to do? Metric  2013 2014 FY Dividend per Share (pence) 116.1 128.1 DPS Growth 10% 10.3% Dividend Cover 1.8 times 1.8 times Dividend Yield 5% 5.5% Source: Digital Look. Imperial Tobacco announced in April's half-year report that tobacco net revenues fell 2% at constant exchange rates in September-March, to 3.3 billion pounds, which drove group adjusted operating profit 5.1% lower to 1.4 billion pounds. Weakness was attributed mainly to declining product demand in much of Europe. More encouragingly, however, its key Gauloises Blondes, Davidoff, John Player Special, and West brands saw net revenues and volumes rise 5% and 1%, respectively, during the period, while group sales in the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, and the Middle East also took off. Imperial Tobacco's belief in future growth was affirmed by its decision to lift the interim dividend 11% and said that it plans to "grow dividends by at least 10% per year over the medium term." City estimates expect moderate earnings growth during the year ending September 2013 and in the following 12 months to present healthy dividend expansion close to 10% during this period. How does Imperial Tobacco Group's dividend prospects rate against the competition?   Prospective Dividend Yield Prospective P/E Ratio Tobacco 4.5% 13.6 FTSE 100 3.2% 15.7 Source: Digital Look. Imperial Tobacco currently changes hands on a P/E rating of 11 for 2013, representing a chunky discount to its peers in both the tobacco and FTSE 100 sectors, while it also beats both groups in terms of projected dividends. I believe that the firm provides stellar value for money at current price levels given its plans to turbocharge future earnings. Imperial Tobacco is embarking on an ambitious restructuring program, closing scores of local brands and refocusing operations toward its more successful main labels, which have far superior pricing power, and plans to create 300 million pounds of cost savings per annum from October to September 2018. In my opinion, this -- combined with rising turnover from developing regions -- should help to deliver increasingly exciting earnings, and consequently dividend, growth moving forward. Furthermore, I believe that Imperial Tobacco's ongoing buyback policy sweetens the investment case for income seekers. Last year the tobacco specialists spent 528 million pounds on share repurchases and announced at 2012's finals that it plans to keep its buyback program rolling, with approximately 500 million pounds' worth of transactions targeted per year. Zone in on other spectacular stocks If you already hold shares in Imperial Tobacco Group, check out this newly updated special report that highlights a host of other FTSE winners identified by ace fund manager Neil Woodford. Woodford -- head of U.K. Equities at Invesco Perpetual -- has more than 30 years' experience in the industry and has identified two other fantastic cigarette manufacturers in the report set to deliver spectacular investor returns. The report, compiled by The Motley Fool's crack team of analysts, is totally free and comes with no further obligation. Click here now to download your copy. Thursday, May 16, 2013 Zipcar Expands Into 11 Airports After acquiring Zipcar for $500 million in January, Avis  (NASDAQ: CAR  ) has expanded Zipcar into 11 airports across North America in the past several weeks. It announced eight of the openings this week following three last month. The eight newest airports are:  Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, Palm Beach International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Mineta San Jose International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport. The three previous ones are: Newark Liberty, LaGuardia, and John F. Kennedy airports. The company says a March survey reported that 64% of members were interested in airport service. Altogether, Zipcar members now have access to nearly 10,000 vehicles in 20 cities, at more than 300 universities, and now in 11 airports. At the airports, the Zipcars will be in Zipcar-branded parking spaces next to Avis Car Rental pick-up facilities. link Today’s 3 Worst Stocks Another day, another all-time record close for the S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC  ) . But, really, it's nothing new. Tuesday was the fourth straight day the S&P set new records, as it rose 8.5 points, or 0.5%, to close at 1,625. Even as most stocks were busy defying gravity, three major underperformers still left their distinctive stains on the 500 stock index. First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR  ) was a victim of its own quarterly results, losing 8.9% after sales came in higher than expected but earnings disappointed. The company, which is one of the most watched in the solar industry, even caused some of the other players in its market to stumble big-time, despite the fact there was nothing to indicate these companies had done anything wrong. First Solar, for its part, spooked investors when it said its sales pipeline was looking great but incredibly uncertain.  After advancing for three straight days, shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG  ) slipped 3.5% Tuesday. It seems the market may simply be acknowledging how fully priced the organic Mexican food restaurant company's stock is. Of the five investment houses that changed their price targets for Chipotle in April, two of them rated the stock a buy. Yet the highest price target of the five only represents an 8% upside from today's levels. The last of today's laggards, beleaguered retailer J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP  ) , stumbled 3.1%. With official quarterly earnings set to come in next Monday, the company seems to be doing a bit of expectation management. Preliminary sales figures came in 16% lower than a year ago, aptly disappointing because the recently ousted CEO decided to do away with sales initiatives. On the brighter side, sales are returning to the retailer, and shareholders can at least be hopeful for a brighter future under new leadership. More Expert Advice from The Motley Fool Chipotle's stock has been on an absolute tear since the company went public in 2006. Unfortunately, 2012 hasn't been kind to Chipotle's stock, as investors question whether its growth has come to an end. Fool analyst Jason Moser's new premium research report analyzes the burrito maker's situation and answers the question investors are asking: Can Chipotle still grow? If you own or are considering owning shares in Chipotle, you'll want to click here now and get started! Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Here's Why Wells Fargo Is Immune to Today's Drop Shares of Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC  ) have followed the larger market straight down into negative territory. With investors trying to determine the longevity of the current market surge, there are sure to be times when they pull back, bringing share prices lower -- this morning may prove to be one of those times. So far, the momentum has brought the bank down 0.2% as of 10:30 a.m. EDT. But for the long-term investor, there's nothing to fear when it comes to Wells Fargo. Let's take a look at some of the reasons the stock will stay strong going forward. Confidence man It's hard to cover the pros for Wells Fargo without mentioning Warren Buffett. The Oracle of Omaha has been a big selling point for the bank since Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-B  ) biggest holding is in Wells. At the recent annual shareholder meeting, Buffett once again reiterated his confidence in the banks and his strong position in Wells Fargo. It would appear that as the opportunities present themselves, Berkshire will continue to invest in new shares of the bank. Rebuilding the housing market As housing continues to strengthen, the banks are set to gain as well. With the past few weeks' data showing a continued upward trend for new home lending, this is a great sign that the market is on the right track so far. Though the data shows that the majority of new loans are for refinancings (to take advantage of the low, low interest rates), new mortgages will come back online as the available home inventory meets demand. Wells Fargo was at the top of the 2012 mortgage originators list. Commanding an astonishing 29% of the market in the third quarter alone, with its closest competitor, JPMorgan Chase  (NYSE: JPM  ) , only serving 10%. As the largest conventional bank in the country, Wells' operations focus on lending for revenue growth, positioning it well for when the demand for new mortgages grows. The good and the bad Of course there's going to be a hurdle for Wells Fargo every now and again. The most recent is a possible lawsuit from the New York Attorney General's office regarding violations the bank allegedly committed while servicing homeowners under the terms of a recent mortgage settlement. The NYAG has cited Wells and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC  ) as having committed 210 and 129 individual violations, respectively. Bank of America has pushed back against the suit, saying that the AG needs to give the banks time to cure the alleged violations before suing because they have not been addressed. The bank noted that it just received the list of violations last week, so therefore the case cannot proceed until the allotted time has passed for the bank to make corrections. Forward march Wells Fargo is one of the strongest banks in the country, with traditional operations and solid growth. As today's moves prove once again, a day's action on the market is not indicative of a problem with the company or its stock. As a Foolish investor, keep an eye on the fundamentals -- not on the ups and downs on any given day. Wells Fargo's dedication to solid, conservative banking helped it vastly outperform its peers during the financial meltdown. Today, Wells is the same great bank as ever, but with its stock trading at a premium to the rest of the industry, is there still room to buy, or is it time to cash in your gains? To help figure out whether Wells Fargo is a buy today, I invite you to download our premium research report from one of The Motley Fool's top banking analysts. Click here now for instant access to this in-depth take on Wells Fargo. Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Top 5 Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2014 Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. What: Shares of ICU Medical (NASDAQ: ICUI  ) �-- a medical device maker in the fields of infusion therapy, oncology, and critical care -- soared as much as 17% on a report that the company could be exploring a sale. So what: According to a Bloomberg News report that cites people familiar with the matter, ICU Medical has employed JPMorgan Chase�to help it explore a sale that could yield a buy price of greater than $1 billion. As you might expect, neither ICU Medical nor JPMorgan Chase could be reached for comment. Now what: Almost two years ago to the day that I included ICU Medical as one of my 10 small caps to rule them all because of its history of consistent growth, the opportunity that an aging population would present in terms of future growth, its large cash pile, and the potential that it may attract a buyer. Thus far that prognostication has been spot on with the share price having doubled and rumors swirling that it may indeed be looking to be purchased. This is a win-win for shareholders either way, because they either get the immediate pop of a buyout, or -- as I predicted -- ICU will continue higher over the long run as an aging population requires greater medical device usage. Top 5 Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2014: FuelCell Energy Inc.(FCEL) FuelCell Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacturing, and sale of high temperature fuel cells for clean electric power generation primarily in South Korea, the United States, Germany, Canada, and Japan. The company offers proprietary carbonate Direct FuelCell Power Plants that electrochemically produce electricity from hydrocarbon fuels, such as natural gas and biogas. Its fuel cells operate on a range of hydrocarbon fuels, including natural gas, renewable biogas, propane, methanol, coal gas, and coal mine methane. The company also develops carbonate fuel cells, planar solid oxide fuel cell technology, and other fuel cell technologies. It provides its products to universities; manufacturers; mission critical institutions, such as correction facilities and government installations; hotels; and natural gas letdown stations, as well as to customers who use renewable biogas for fuel, including municipal water treatment facilities, br eweries, and food processors. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut. Advisors' Opinion: [By Roberto Pedone]  Fuelcell Energy (FCEL) designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services ultra-clean, highly efficient stationary fuel cell power plants for distributed baseload power generation. This stock is trading up 7.2% to $1.01 in recent trading. Today’s Range: $0.94-$1.01 52-Week Range: $0.83-$1.95 Volume: 1.27 million Three-Month Average Volume: 1.04 million From a technical perspective, FCEL is ripping higher here right above its 50-day moving average of 92 cents per share with above-average volume. This move is quickly pushing shares of FCEL within range of triggering a near-term breakout trade. That trade will hit if FCEL manages to take out its 200-day moving average at $1.05 and then once it takes out more overhead resistance at $1.06 with high volume. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in FCEL as long as it’s trending above its 50-day at 92 cents per share, and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 1.04 million shares. If that breakout hits soon, then FCEL will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance level at $1.18. Any high-volume move above $1.18 will then put $1.39 into range for shares of FCEL. [By SmallCap Investor] The developer of stationary fuel cells used by commercial and government customers might be headed for a rebound from a pullback that began this spring - which has left the stock down 39 percent year-to-date. Top 5 Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2014: EZchip Semiconductor Limited(EZCH) EZchip, a fabless semiconductor company, engages in the development and marketing of Ethernet network processors for networking equipment. Its products include network processor chips, evaluation boards and network-processor based systems, and development software toolkits. The company offers network processors for use in forming the silicon core of networking equipment, such as switches and routers; and for voice, video and data integration in various applications. Its network processors are single-chip solutions, which enable its customers to design multi-port line cards, such as processing and classification engines, traffic managers, media access controllers, as well as a range of specialized hardware blocks that accelerate various functions. The company offers Evaluation systems which enable customers to test NPU-based systems; and toolkits that assist customers in creating, verifying, and implementing solutions based on its network processors. It provides a library f eaturing data plane code for a range of applications, which include Metro Ethernet protocols, Multi-Protocol Label Switching, IPv4 and IPv6 routing, Access Control Lists, GPON/EPON OLT functionality, Network Address Translation, and Server Load Balancing. The company sells its products directly, and through contract manufacturers and distributors to network equipment vendors. It markets its products in Israel, China, Hong Kong, the Far East, Canada, the United States, and Europe. The company was formerly known as LanOptics Ltd. and changed its name to EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. in July 2008. EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. was founded in 1989 and is based in Yokneam, Israel. Advisors' Opinion: [By Paul]   Known for designing high-speed networking equipment chips. They had a solid first quarter as revenue gained 38% and now they are sitting on $75 million of cash with no expenses or debt. I believe this is a strong technology bet and I place a target of $30. 10 Best Value Stocks For 2014: OmniVision Technologies Inc.(OVTI) OmniVision Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets semiconductor image-sensor devices. The company offers CameraChip image sensors, which are single-chip solutions that integrate various functions, such as image capture, image processing, color processing, signal conversion, and output of a processed image or video stream for use in various consumer and commercial mass-market applications; and CameraCube imaging devices that are image sensors with integrated wafer-level optics. It also provides companion chips used to connect its image sensors to various interfaces, including the universal serial bus and other industry standard interfaces; and companion digital signal processors that perform compression in standardized still photo and digital video formats. In addition, the company designs and develops software drivers for Linux, Mac OS, and Microsoft Windows, as well as for embedded operating systems, such as Blackberry OS, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows CE, Windows Embedded, and Windows Mobile. Its products are used in mobile phones, notebooks, Webcams, digital still and video cameras, commercial and security and surveillance, and automotive and medical applications, as well as in entertainment devices. The company sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers and value added resellers, as well as indirectly through distributors worldwide. OmniVision Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is based in Santa Clara, California. Advisors' Opinion: [By Karim]   They make the 5-megapixel sensors in the camera of every iPhone. Along with this they carry a strong balance sheet and upbeat earnings expectations boding well for future growth. Top 5 Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2014: Panera Bread Company(PNRA) Panera Bread Company, together with its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and franchises retail bakery-cafes in the United States and Canada. Its bakery-cafes offer fresh baked goods, sandwiches, soups, salads, custom roasted coffees, and other complementary products, as well as provide catering services. The company also manufactures and supplies dough and other products to company-owned and franchise-operated bakery-cafes. As of March 29, 2011, it owned and franchised 1,467 bakery-cafes under the Panera Bread, Saint Louis Bread Co., and Paradise Bakery & Cafe names. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri. Advisors' Opinion: [By Sy_Harding] Panera is a great growth story that continues to get better. Panera is thriving in the casual dining arena with fellow Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG). Quick food that is good and good for you. The company is now moving into cities, which provides another strong revenue stream for the company and continues to build up their image. It has the potential for a lot more stores, and we believe the company is ready to move into new markets. We have a $170 PT on the company, and we see this stock as a growth story about to take off even further in 2012. Allocation: $2000 Entry: $137.00 Target: $150, $170 Top 5 Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2014: Petroquest Energy Inc(PQ) PetroQuest Energy, Inc. operates as an independent oil and gas company. It engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of oil and gas properties in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas, as well as onshore and in the shallow waters offshore the Gulf Coast Basin. As of December 31, 2009, the company had estimated proved reserves of 1,931 thousand barrels of oil and 167,361 million cubic feet equivalent of natural gas. It owned working interests in 9 net producing oil wells and 277 net producing gas wells. PetroQuest Energy was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana. Advisors' Opinion: [By SmallCap Investor] Shares traded sharply higher after the oil and gas explorer issued an operational update that revealed details of a discovery at its La Cantera site in Louisiana. Raymond James analysts bumped the stock rating to market perform based on the new findings and an improving balance sheet. 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