Sunday, June 9, 2013

Best Construction Material Stocks For 2014

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, renewable oil producer Solazyme (NASDAQ: SZYM  ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

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

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Best Construction Material Stocks For 2014: Templeton Dragon Fund Inc.(TDF)

Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc. is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Templeton Asset Management Ltd. It invests in the public equity markets of China. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in value stocks of companies. The fund typically employs fundamental analysis focusing on factors like growth prospects, competitive positions in export markets, technologies, research and development, productivity, labor costs, raw material costs and sources, profit margins, returns on investment, capital resources, government regulation and management. Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc was formed on September 20. 1994 and is domiciled in Singapore.

Best Construction Material Stocks For 2014: Tecsys Inc Com Npv (TCS.TO)

TECSYS Inc., develops, markets, and sells enterprise-wide supply chain management software for distribution, warehousing, and transportation logistics in the United States and Canada. The company�s products include EliteSeries, an enterprise distribution management, warehouse management, and transportation management system that addresses the needs of warehouse-centric distribution operations; and iTopia, a flexible visibility product that helps to assemble and create real-time and personalized views of enterprise data. Its products also comprise Visual Logistics, a patent-pending breakthrough technology that delivers visual cues and images to warehouse workers directly on their handheld devices; and Visual-On-Voice solution, which is a combination of voice technology and Visual Logistics that provides operators aides for quick reference multi-modal processes. In addition, the company provides Supply Management System, a solution that addresses the needs of self-distribut ion supply chain at point-of-use for industries, such as healthcare, utilities, education, municipalities, maintenance and repair, and general businesses; Customer Self-Service Kiosk, a solution that allows a distributor�s customers to place their orders online and pick them up on their own; Mobile Delivery Management, an event tracking and delivery management mobile system for fleet and internal delivery management; and Mobile Business Intelligence, a solution which enables decision makers to gain insight into their organizational data assets in order to make informed decisions. Further, it offers related consulting, education, support, training, custom enhancements, technical support, and hosting services, as well as markets third-party products. The company�s customers include 600 mid-size and Fortune 1000 corporations in heavy equipment, third-party logistics, and general wholesale high-volume distribution industries. TECSYS Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartere d in Montreal, Canada.

Best Medical Companies To Own For 2014: Goldman Sachs Group Inc.(The)

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Its Investment Banking segment offers financial advisory, including advisory assignments with respect to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, risk management, restructurings, and spin-offs; and underwriting securities, loans and other financial instruments, and derivative transactions. The company?s Institutional Client Services segment provides client execution activities, such as fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution related to making markets in interest rate products, credit products, mortgages, currencies, and commodities; and equities related to making markets in equity products, as well as commissions and fees from executing and clearing institutional client transactions on stock, options, and fu tures exchanges. This segment also engages in the securities services business providing financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services to institutional clients, including hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and foundations. Its Investing and Lending segment invests in debt securities, loans, public and private equity securities, real estate, consolidated investment entities, and power generation facilities. This segment also involves in the origination of loans to provide financing to clients. The company?s Investment Management segment provides investment management services and investment products to institutional and individual clients. This segment also offers wealth advisory services, including portfolio management and financial counseling, and brokerage and other transaction services to high-net-worth individuals and families. In addition, it provides global investment research services. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Best Construction Material Stocks For 2014: Imperial Tobacco (ITYBY.PK)

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (Imperial Tobacco), incorporated on August 6, 1996, is a tobacco company. Through the Company�� total tobacco portfolio it provides consumers a range of brands and products, including cigarettes, fine cut tobacco, cigars and snus. Its total tobacco portfolio includes fine cut tobacco, cigars, rolling papers and tubes. Its non-European Union (EU) markets consist of Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East and Asia and markets of the United States and Australasia. Its international cigarette brands include Davidoff, Gauloises Blondes and West. It offers services across the whole logistics value chain to its customers, including order reception, storage and stock management, order preparation, transport and distribution, invoicing and collection and customer services. Its business has two aspects: tobacco logistics and non-tobacco logistics. Imperial Tobacco comprises two distinct businesses: Tobacco and Logistics. The Tobacco business comprises the manufacture, marketing and sale of tobacco and tobacco-related products, including sales to (but not by) the Logistics business. The Logistics business comprises the distribution of tobacco products for tobacco product manufacturers, including Imperial Tobacco, as well as a range of non-tobacco products and services. The Logistics business is run on an operationally neutral basis. Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Robert Holmes]

     Analyst Toby McCullagh says the market is underestimating Imperial Tobacco's medium-term growth potential.

    "In addition to robust, reliable high single digit earnings growth, IMT has further capacity to surprise positively on cash returns, given leverage ratios that are comfortably in check, and perennially strong cash generation," McCullagh writes. "We see scope for upside surprises on the dividend and the buyback in the coming years."

    While McCullagh's base scenario calls for a 14% increase in share price over the next year, his most bullish view has shares rising 41% while his bearish view expects shares to drop 16%.

    The chart below shows shares of Imperial Tobacco that trade on the Pink Sheets in the U.S., but Morgan Stanley is recommending buying shares in London.

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