U.S. stocks rose, following the Standard & Poor�� 500 Index�� first weekly gain since Aug. 2, as investors speculated whether a report showing durable-goods orders fell in July would delay stimulus cuts.
Amgen Inc. (AMGN) jumped 7.9 percent after agreeing to buy cancer-treatment developer Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ONXX) in a $10.4 billion transaction. Facebook Inc. (FB) advanced 2.1 percent to $41.67 as the world�� largest social network�� market value exceeded $100 billion. Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN), the largest U.S. meat processor, fell 6.2 percent after Bank of America Corp. analysts cut their rating on the stock.
The S&P 500 rose 0.1 percent to 1,665.67 at 1:49 p.m. in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 14.98 points, or 0.1 percent, to 15,025.49. Trading in S&P 500 stocks was 28 percent below the 30-day average at this time of day.
Best High Tech Stocks To Watch For 2014: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company(RRD)
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company provides pre-media, printing, logistics, and business process outsourcing products and services to private and public sectors worldwide. The company operates primarily in the commercial print portion of the printing industry, with related product and service offerings designed to offer customers solutions for communicating their messages to target audiences. Its products and related service offerings include magazines, catalogs, retail inserts, books, directories, financial print, direct mail, forms, labels, office products, statement printing, pre media, and logistics services. The company also offers business process outsourcing services that comprise transactional print and outsourcing services, statement printing, direct mail, and print management services; and product configuration, customized kitting, and order fulfillment for technology, medical device, and other companies. It distributes its products to end-users through the United Sta tes postal services, retail channels, electronically, or by direct shipment to customer facilities. R.R. Donnelley & Sons was founded in 1864 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By John Udovich]
Printing and the various forms of marketing communications that need to be printed (like business cards and stationary) are fundamental to the needs of every business, meaning the recent share surge of small cap Standard Register Co (NYSE: SR) after it announced an acquisition along with its long-term performance against better known peers like RR Donnelley & Sons Co (NASDAQ: RRD) and VistaPrint Limited (NASDAQ: VPRT) is worth taking a closer look at. After all, Standard Register is up 363.2% since the start of the year verses a return of 113.4% for RR Donnelley & Sons Co and�75.9% for VistaPrint Limited.
Best High Tech Stocks To Watch For 2014: Savills(SVS.L)
Savills plc, through its subsidiaries, provides transactional advice, consultancy, and management services in connection with commercial, residential, and agricultural property, as well as property related financial services and fund management services. The company offers its services to residential, office, industrial, retail, leisure, healthcare, rural, and hotel properties, as well as to mixed use development schemes. It operates through five segments: Transactional Advice, Consultancy, Property and Facilities Management, Financial Services, and Fund Management. The Transactional Advice segment provides property services relating to commercial, residential, and agricultural agency; and investment advice on purchases and sales. This segment offers services in the areas of acquisition, divestments, leasing and rental, sales and leaseback, and capital raising. The Consultancy segment provides various property consultancy services, such as valuation, building consultancy, housing consultancy, capital allowances and rating, affordable housing and student accommodation, landlord and tenant, planning, and research, as well as environmental consultancy and strategic projects services. The Property and Facilities Management segment offers asset, facilities, commercial, land and farm, and project management services. The Financial Services segment provides residential mortgage broking, commercial debt broking, insurance, financial planning, equity raising, debt shortening, and corporate finance/merger and acquisition advisory services. The Fund Management segment engages in the investment management of commercial and residential property portfolios for institutional or professional investors on a pooled or segregated account basis. Savills plc has operations in the Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1855 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
Top Penny Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Nv Gold Corp (NVX.V)
NV Gold Corporation, an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in the United States. The company primarily explores for gold and copper. It owns 100% interest in the Afgan-Kobeh project that consists of 109 unpatented claims and covers approximately 2,180 acres located in Eureka County, Nevada. The company�s properties also include the Shamrock (Cobre) copper property located in Grant County, New Mexico; and the Roberts Gold property located in Eureka County, Nevada. NV Gold Corporation was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Best High Tech Stocks To Watch For 2014: Newbridge Capital Inc(NBC.V)
KazaX Minerals Inc. engages in the acquisition, mining exploration, development, and production of iron ore properties primarily in Kazakhstan. It owns interests in the Lomonosovskoye iron ore deposit that is located in Kostanay Oblast. The company was formerly known as Newbridge Capital Inc. and changed its name to KazaX Minerals Inc. in March 2012. KazaX Minerals Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Best High Tech Stocks To Watch For 2014: SAI Global Ltd(SAI.AX)
SAI Global Limited engages in providing information services and solutions for managing risk, achieving compliance, and driving business enhancement worldwide. The company?s Information Services segment distributes technical and business information, such as standards, legislation, and other technical information; provides internally developed intellectual property, including bibliographic databases and property certificates; and provides conveyancing, lending, and other workflow solutions. Its Compliance Services segment offers advisory services; newsfeeds, alerts, and databases covering key compliance and regulatory topics; governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions that catalogue, monitor, update, notify, and manage a company?s operational GRC needs; a library of Web-based learning and awareness solutions, supported by a learning management system providing audit and compliance learning management; and whistleblower and related case management and incident repor ting services. The company?s Assurance Services segment provides assessing system and product conformity to international and locally based standards; a suite of services across the food value chain, from agricultural production through to the point of sale or service for managing risks within the supply chain and enhancing the quality, safety, and security of food products; tools for enhancing business processes; and standards related training and business enhancement solutions. SAI Global Limited was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
Best High Tech Stocks To Watch For 2014: Red Fork Energy Ltd(RFE.AX)
Red Fork Energy Limited operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company in the United States. The company engages in the exploration, appraisal, development, and production of oil and gas in the mid-continent region of the United States. It explores for conventional oil and gas horizons, shallow coal bed methane horizons, and shale gas. The company holds interests in Big River Mississippi project covering approximately 50,000 acres located in northern Oklahoma; and West Tulsa project comprising approximately 15,000 acres, Osage project covering approximately 5,000 acres, and East Oklahoma project comprising approximately 110,000 acres in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As of June 30, 2011, it had proved reserves of 8.0 million barrels of oil equivalent. Red Fork Energy Limited was founded in 2004 and is based in Perth, Australia.
Best High Tech Stocks To Watch For 2014: Zicom Group Ltd (ZGL.AX)
Zicom Group Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of deck machinery, offshore structures, fluid metering stations, process plants, foundation equipment and concrete mixers, and precision engineered machinery and services to the offshore marine, oil and gas, construction, electronics, biomedical, and agriculture industries. The company offers deck machinery and equipment, including winches, windlasses, capstans, deck cranes, derricks, cable laying and life boat davits, shark jaws, and towing pins; oil and gas equipment, such as fluid regulating and metering stations, and water bath heaters; transit concrete mixers; and foundation equipment, which include vibratory piling hammers, impact piling hammers, boring machines, and vibroflots. It also provides precision engineered and automation equipment comprising turn-key automated production lines, semi-conductor and electronic equipment, bio-medical equipment, equipment and modular components, and precision machining, as well as production integration systems solutions consisting of production jigs. In addition, the company offers industrial and mobile equipment, including hydraulic systems drives and special purpose hydraulically driven industrial machineries; and geotechnical equipment, as well as production integration solutions and hydraulic system services. It operates in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Bangladesh, Thailand, the United States, and internationally. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Singapore.
Best High Tech Stocks To Watch For 2014: Cavco Industries Inc. (CVCO)
Cavco Industries, Inc. engages in the design, production, wholesale, and retail sale of manufactured homes. It also produces modular homes, which include single and multi-section/modular ranch-style dwellings; split-level homes; Cape Cod style homes; two and three story homes; and multi-family units, such as apartments and duplexes. In addition, the company manufactures park model homes and vacation cabins, as well as commercial structures, including apartment buildings, condominiums, hotels, schools, and housing for U.S. military troops. Further, it provides conforming mortgages to purchasers of factory-built and site-built homes; and property and casualty insurance to owners of manufactured homes. The company sells its products under the Cavco Homes, Fleetwood Homes, Palm Harbor Homes, and Nationwide Homes brands. As of March 31, 2012, it distributed its homes through 53 company-owned retail outlets, and a network of approximately 1,029 independent retail outlets n the U nited States, Canada, Mexico, and Japan. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
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 Cavco Industries (Nasdaq: CVCO ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.
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