Best Specialty Retail Companies To Invest In 2014

I went out on a limb last week, and now it's time to see how that decision played out.

I predicted that Titan Machinery (NASDAQ: TITN  ) would close lower on the week. The specialty retailer of agricultural and construction equipment has been disappointing on the bottom line in recent quarters, and analysts were expecting Titan to post its first quarterly deficit since going public six years ago come Thursday. It did. The stock declined 0.5% on the week. I was right. I predicted that the tech-heavy Nasdaq would outperform the Dow Jones Industrial Average. (DJINDICES: ^DJI  ) . This has been a tricky call lately, so how did it play out this time? Well, the market saved itself by rallying on Friday. The Nasdaq moved 0.4% higher on the week. The Dow managed to close 0.9% lower. I was wrong. My final call was for Francesca's Holdings (NASDAQ: FRAN  ) to beat Wall Street's income estimates in its latest quarter. The rapidly expanding boutique operator has been posting blowout quarterly results over the past year, and I was banking on seeing the trend continue. Analysts were looking for a profit of $0.26 a share during the quarter, and it merely matched that target. That was close, but not what I had predicted. I was wrong.

One out of three? Bummer! I was an impressive 16 out of 18 over the six previous weeks.

Best Specialty Retail Companies To Invest In 2014: Cytori Therapeutics Inc(CYTX)

Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of medical products and devices to enable the practice of regenerative medicine. Regenerative medicines focus on repairing or restoring lost or damaged tissue and cell function. Its principal products include the Celution family of products, which processes patients' adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells (ADRCs) at the point of care. The Celution family of products consists of a central device, a related single-use consumable used for each patient procedure, proprietary enzyme reagents, and related instrumentation. Its core product, the Celution System, provides physicians with clinical grade stem and regenerative cells for use in the cosmetic and reconstructive surgery market. The company also provides PureGraft, a consumable product that provides grafts for use in aesthetic body contouring procedures. In addition, it sells the StemSource family of products worldwide, including in the United States, for research, as well as for the cryopreservation and storage of ADRCs. It offers the StemSource System as a standalone product, or as a part of a comprehensive suite of systems, equipment, and protocols collectively referred to as a StemSource Cell Bank. Further, the company develops Celution System, which has completed two clinical trials for applications in cardiovascular disease, wound healing, gastrointestinal disorders, stress urinary incontinence, liver and renal disease, spinal disc degeneration, and pelvic health conditions. It has strategic development and manufacturing joint venture agreement, and other related agreements with Olympus Corporation. The company was formerly known as MacroPore Biosurgery, Inc. Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Best Specialty Retail Companies To Invest In 2014: Kaiser Federal Financial Group Inc.(KFFG)

Kaiser Federal Financial Group, Inc. operates as the holding company for Federal Bank that provides retail and commercial banking services to individuals and business customers in California. The company?s deposit products include savings accounts, money market accounts, demand deposit accounts, and certificate of deposit accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises real estate loans consisting of one-to-four family residential, multi-family residential, and commercial real estate loans; and consumer loans, including home equity lines of credit, new and used automobile loans, and loans secured by savings deposits, as well as unsecured loans. The company also offers automated teller machine, bill payment, and Internet banking services. It provides its services through three branch offices and six financial service centers located in California. The company was formerly known as K-Fed Bancorp and changed its name to Kaiser Federal Financial Group, Inc. on November 15, 2010. Kaise r Federal Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Covina, California.

Top 10 Penny Stocks To Buy Right Now: W&T Offshore Inc.(WTI)

W&T Offshore, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas producer, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties primarily in the Gulf of Mexico. The company holds working interests in approximately 58 producing and 2 capable of producing offshore fields in federal and state waters. As of December 31, 2011, it had interests in offshore leases covering approximately 0.8 million gross acres in the coasts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama, as well as onshore leasehold interest in approximately 0.2 million gross acres in Texas; proved reserves of 116.9 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe); and proved undeveloped reserves of 40.5 MMBoe. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Best Specialty Retail Companies To Invest In 2014: Jacada Ltd.(JCDA)

Jacada Ltd. and its subsidiaries develop, market, and support solutions that optimize and improve the effectiveness of customer service interactions worldwide. The company offers Jacada WorkSpace, which delivers a range of capabilities that enable optimal contact center processes and maximize customer service representative productivity; Jacada Fusion, a non-invasive integration platform for automating processes that involve various business applications; and Jacada WinFuse that enables organizations to leverage their existing Windows client/server and Web-based applications to automate business processes and transfer data from one application to another. It also provides Jacada Interaction Manager that guides the customer service agent through an optimized interaction with the customer; Jacada Advisor, a technology-enablement solution, which is designed to simplify customer service desktop applications; Jacada HostFuse, a software solution for integrating host-centric bus iness systems with multiple packaged applications, frameworks, and client environments; and Jacada Interface Server that generates graphical user interfaces for mainframe and midrange software applications. In addition, the company offers professional services, including training, consulting, product or solution support, and maintenance services. Jacada Ltd. markets its products and services through direct sales force primarily in North America and Europe, as well as through indirect distribution channels, such as system integrators, partners, and call center outsourcers to end users, telecommunications providers, insurance companies, and public utility providers. The company was formerly known as Client/Server Technology Ltd. and changed its name to Jacada Ltd. in August 1999. Jacada Ltd. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.