10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015

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10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: Willamette Valley Vineyards Inc. (WVVI)

Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. engages in the production and sale of wines in the United States. It offers wines under the Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Riesling and Oregon Blossom, Oregon's Nog, Edelweiss, Semi-Sparkling Muscat, Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, The Griffin, and Viognier brand names. The company markets and sells its wines directly at its winery; directly and indirectly through its shareholders; through self-distribution to local restaurants and retail outlets in Oregon; directly through mailing lists; and through distributors and wine brokers outside Oregon. Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Turner, Oregon.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By CRWE]

  Willamette Valley Vineyards (NASDAQ:WVVI), a leading Oregon producer of Pinot Noir, generated a net profit of $219,912, or $0.05 cents per share for the second quarter of 2012, an increase of 27.6% from the comparable prior year period.

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA (HRTPY.PK)

HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA, formerly BN 16 Participacoes Ltda, is a Brazil-based holding company engaged in the oil and gas industry. The Company is primarily involved in the exploration and production (E&P) of oil and natural gas in Brazil and Namibia. Through its subsidiaries, it is active in the geophysical and geological research, exploration, development, production, import, export and sale of oil and natural gas, as well as in the provision of air logistics services in transporting people and equipment related to oil and gas activities in the exploratory campaign in the Solimoes Basin. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had seven subsidiaries, including Integrated Petroleum Expertise Company Servicos em Petroleo Ltda (IPEX), HRT O&G Exploracao e Producao de Petroleo Ltda, HRT Netherlands BV, HRT America Inc, HRT Africa, HRT Canada Inc and Air Amazonia Servicos Aereos Ltda.

Top 10 Biotech Stocks To Buy For 2015: Alamos Gold Inc Com Npv (AGI.TO)

Alamos Gold Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and extraction of precious metals, primarily gold in Canada, Mexico, and Turkey. It owns and operates the Mulatos Mine within the 30,536 hectare Salamandra group of concessions located in the state of Sonora in northwest Mexico. The company also owns the 7,657 hectare Ağı Dağı and Kirazli advanced-stage gold development projects located in the Biga Peninsula of northwestern Turkey. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: Beacon Minerals Ltd(BCN.AX)

Beacon Minerals Limited engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Australia. The company primarily explores for gold mineralization, as well as for uranium and nickel ores. It principally holds interest in approximately 300 square kilometers of prospective ground in 3 tenements in the Barlee gold project located in the Murchison District, Western Australia. The company is based in West Perth, Australia.

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: Bravo Brio Restaurant Group Inc.(BBRG)

Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc. owns and operates Italian restaurant brands in the United States. Its brands include BRAVO! Cucina Italiana, and BRIO Tuscan Grille. The company also operates an American-French bistro restaurant under the brand Bon Vie. As of March 02, 2012, it owned and operated 95 restaurants in 30 states. The company was formerly known as Bravo Development, Inc. and changed its name to Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc. in June 2010. Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shaun Currie, CFA]

  Bravo Brio Restaurant Group (BBRG) presented at a retail/restaurant conference on Tuesday and provided very important information to investors. To give some background, the stock has been an underperformer for two reasons:

• [By Monica Wolfe]

  Bravo Brio Restaurant Group (BBRG)

  During the second quarter Ashton increased his position in Bravo Brio by 540%. Ashton purchased 108,000 shares at a second quarter price range of $15.37 to $19.01, with an estimated average price range of $17.28. Since then the price per share has dropped approximately -8.7%.

• [By Rick Munarriz]

  Bravo Brio Restaurant Group (NASDAQ: BBRG  ) saw comps slide 1.6% at BRAVO! Cucina Italiana and a steeper 3.2% drop at Brio Tuscan Grille. However, the midpoint of its comps guidance for all of 2013 suggests that the operator of modestly upscale Italian restaurants will check in with positive same-store sales for the balance of the year.

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: Inphi Corporation (IPHI)

Inphi Corporation provides high-speed analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions for the communications, datacenter, and computing markets worldwide. Its analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions offer high signal integrity at data speeds while reducing system power consumption. The company�s semiconductor solutions are designed to address bandwidth bottlenecks in networks, maximize throughput and minimize latency in computing environments, and enable the rollout of next generation communications, datacenter, and computing infrastructures. Its solutions provide a high-speed interface between analog signals and digital information in high-performance systems, such as telecommunications transport systems, enterprise networking equipment, datacenters and enterprise servers, storage platforms, test and measurement equipment, and military systems. The company also provides 40G and 100G high-speed analog semiconductor solutions for the communications market and high- speed memory interface solutions for the computing market. Its products include amplifiers and modulator drivers, clock and data recovery, isolation memory buffer, register, and SerDes products that perform a range of functions, such as amplifying, encoding, multiplexing, demultiplexing, retiming, and buffering data and clock signals at speeds up to 100 Gbps. Inphi Corporation sells its products directly through its sales force, as well as through a network of sales representatives and distributors to original equipment manufacturers. The company was formerly known as TCom Communications, Inc. and changed its name to Inphi Corporation in February 2001. Inphi Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Roberto Pedone]

  Inphi (IPHI) provides high-speed analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions for the communications, datacenter and computing markets. This stock closed up 4.7% at $13.25 in Monday's trading session.

  Monday's Volume: 838,000
  
  Three-Month Average Volume: 202,080
  
  Volume % Change: 378%

  From a technical perspective, IPHI jumped higher here right above some near-term support at $12.44 with heavy upside volume. This stock has been uptrending strong for the last five months, with shares soaring higher from its low of $8.62 to its intraday high of $13.85. During that uptrend, shares of IPHI have been consistently making higher lows and higher highs, which is bullish technical price action. That move briefly pushed shares of IPHI into breakout territory, since the stock flirted with some near-term overhead resistance at $13.50.

  Traders should now look for long-biased trades in IPHI as long as it's trending above some near-term support at $12.44 and then once it sustains a move or close above its new 52-week high at $13.85 with volume that hits near or above 202,080 shares. If we get that move soon, then IPHI will set up to enter new 52-week-high territory, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that move are its next major overhead resistance levels at $14.79 to $16.94, or possibly even $18.

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: Cobra Venture Corporation (CBV.V)

Cobra Venture Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of petroleum and natural gas interests in western Canada. The company holds a 27% net working interest in the Pembina Area; a 80% working interest in an oil well located in the Willesden Green area; and option to acquire a 13.5% working interest in the Davey Lake area located in Alberta, Canada. It also holds interests in approximately 15.78 acres of land located in the Municipal District of Rocky View No. 44, in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in West Vancouver, Canada.

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: Seaway Energy Services Inc. (SEW.V)

Seaway Energy Services Inc., an oil field service company, provides construction and environmental consulting services to the petroleum and natural gas industry. Its services include site scouting, surveying assistance, and other pre-construction activities; completion of pre-construction site assessments and environmental field reports; well site and access road construction; well site and access road cleanup; reclamation and remediation services; detailed site assessments; and reclamation certificates preparation and submission. Seaway Energy Services Inc., formerly known as Dolce Financial Corp., was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Calgary, Canada.

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: American Patriot Corp (APAT)

American Patriot Corp., formerly Midwest Uranium Corporation, incorporated in July 2003, is a development-stage company. The Company was formerly engaged in the distribution of deck products in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.

The Company was also granted distribution rights by Thruflow, Inc. in Canada and the states of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had no commercial operations. The Company is seeking business opportunity with entities which have recently commenced operations.

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: Invesco Plc(IVZ)

Invesco Ltd. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to individuals, typically high net worth individuals. It also manages accounts for institutions. The firm manages separate client focused equity, fixed income, balanced portfolios. It also launches equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in core, growth, and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. The firm employs a fundamental and quantitative analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to make its investments. It conducts in-house research to make its investments. Invesco Ltd. was founded in December 1935 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By M. Joy Hayes]

  In early 2012, representatives from Aguilar's former employer, Invesco (NYSE: IVZ  ) , met with Aguilar to present its argument� that the proposed regulations were "extreme," that the "current reforms are working," and that the new regulations would "disrupt market functioning and damage a fragile economic recovery."

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Lately, though, T. Rowe Price hasn't benefited as much from share-price gains. Competitor Invesco (NYSE: IVZ  ) has managed to expand its margins and produce growth among its current lineup of funds, with exposure to a big range of markets that leaves it broadly placed to serve its customers' needs. But for T. Rowe Price and peer Federated Investors (NYSE: FII  ) , investors haven't been putting as much money to work in their funds as analysts had expected to see, and that has led to some growth shortfalls. Federated in particular missed its earnings estimates in its most recent quarter, and analysts see growth there slowing to just 3%. T. Rowe Price has better prospects, retaining its double-digit revenue growth, but after a substantial move upward at the beginning of the year, its stock has treaded water.

• [By Zacks]

  Currently, shares of T. Rowe Price carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Among other investment managers, Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) is scheduled to report December quarter end results on Jan 30, Legg Mason Inc. (NYSE: LM) on Jan 31 and Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) on Feb 4.

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: M2 Telecommunications Group Ltd(MTU.AX)

M2 Telecommunications Group Limited provides retail and wholesale fixed line, mobile, and data telecommunications services for small to medium businesses and telecommunications resellers in Australia and New Zealand. Its services include fixed line voice services, including line rental services; mobile voice and data services; and terrestrial dial-up and high speed broadband Internet services, as well as mobile telephone hardware. The company also provides various Internet services, including business broadband ADSL, premium DSL, mobile broadband, BYO mobile broadband, and secure virtual private networks. M2 Telecommunications Group Limited was founded in 1999 and is based in Southbank, Australia.

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: Weight Watchers International Inc(WTW)

Weight Watchers International, Inc. provides weight management services worldwide. It offers various services and products that are built upon its weight management plans comprising nutritional, exercise, and behavioral tools and approaches. The company, through its WeightWatchers.com offerings, provides two Internet subscription products, Weight Watchers Online and Weight Watchers eTools. Weight Watchers Online provides online content, functionality, resources, and interactive Web based weight management plans. Weight Watchers eTools is an Internet weight management tool for the Weight Watchers meetings members that helps to manage the day-to-day aspects of weight management plan online, discover various food options, stay informed, and keep track of their weight management efforts. Weight Watchers International also sells various products that complement its weight management plans, such as bars, snacks, cookbooks, food and restaurant guides with PointsPlus values, Weigh t Watchers magazines, and PointsPlus calculators primarily to its members and franchisees. In addition, it offers iPhone application, which provides subscribers with access to a suite of weight-loss tools, as well as helpful content; and iPad application, which provides subscribers with access to a set of recipe tools. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Duprey]

  Weight-loss specialist Weight Watchers International� (NYSE: WTW  ) announced today its second-quarter dividend of $0.175 per share, the same rate it's paid since it began making a payout in 2006.

• [By Brian Pacampara]

  What: Shares of Weight Watchers International (NYSE: WTW  ) sank 3% today after Credit Suisse downgraded the weight management company from outperform to neutral.

• [By Michele Lerner]

  Getty Images Stress can drive people to do self-destructive things ... such as using "retail therapy" as a distraction or grabbing some Ben & Jerry's to lift the mood. Whether your emotions drive you to overeat or overspend, there are strategies to eliminate the connection between your feelings and behavior you know is bad for your wallet or your waistline. It's all about learning self-discipline, say Ellie Kay and Danna Demetre, co-authors of "Lean Body Fat Wallet."Doing so transforms your mind-set to the point where your internal motivation to do the right thing becomes natural. Getting to that point -- the point where you "realize that you don't need to eat or spend money to feel good about yourself" -- begins with thinking about why you overeat or overspend, Kay says. "For example, I've worked with military families that have a high level of debt. Some of them spend too much money just to comfort themselves when a family member is deployed." Breaking that habit -- snipping the connection between your emotions and your bad habits -- is the goal of the strategy that Kay and Demetre developed. The 3D Strategy The 3 D's are: determine, distract and delay. Kay describes the 3 Ds in action: "If you go to the mall and just buy the shoes your son needs, you start out determined not to buy anything you don't need," she says "Then you see some amazing Jimmy Choo shoes in the window that are on sale, but you know they're not in your budget. So you distract yourself by going to the other store and buying your son's shoes. Then you delay by promising yourself that you'll come back in a week or two if you can find money in your budget to buy those shoes. Chances are you won't be back." Demetre suggests starting with a 10-minute delay before eating anything or buying anything, just to exercise your discipline. During that 10 minutes, ask yourself, "Why do I want this?" "If it's immediate gratification, you may have buyer's remorse," Demetre says. "Whatever you

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: RLJ Lodging Trust(RLJ)

RLJ Lodging Trust is an independent equity real estate investment trust. The firm also manages real estate funds. It invests in the real estate markets of the United States. The firm primarily invests in premium-branded, focused service, and compact full-service hotels. RLJ Lodging Trust was launched in 2000 and is domiciled in Bethesda, Maryland.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Markus Aarnio]

  American Hotel Income Properties' competitors include Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), and Hersha Hospitality Trust (HT).

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.(CBRL)

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development and operation of the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant and retail concept in the United States. Its restaurants provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The company?s gift shops offer various decorative and functional items, such as rocking chairs, holiday and seasonal gifts, apparel, toys, music CD?s, cookware, old-fashioned-looking ceramics, figurines, a book-on-audio sale-and-exchange program, and various other gift items, as well as candies, preserves, pies, cornbread mixes, coffee, syrups, pancake mixes, and other food items. As of November 22, 2011, it operated 608 company-owned locations in 42 states. The company was formerly known as CBRL Group, Inc. and changed its name to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. in December 2008. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jonas Elmerraji]

  Things are looking a whole lot more promising for another chain based in the south, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL). This small-cap restaurant stock has been on a tear in 2013, rallying more than 54% since the calendar flipped over to January. And now, a bullish price setup points to even more upside in the second half of the year.

  CBRL is currently forming an ascending triangle pattern, a price setup formed by horizontal resistance above shares at $102, and uptrending support to the downside. Basically, as CBRL bounces in between those two technical price levels, it's getting squeezed closer and closer to a breakout above that $102 price ceiling. When that happens, it makes sense to be a buyer.

  Whenever you're looking at any technical price pattern, it's critical to think in terms of buyers and sellers. Triangles, double tops, and other price pattern names are a good quick way to explain what's going on in this stock, but they're not the reason it's tradable. Instead, it all comes down to supply and demand for shares.

  That resistance line at $102, for example, is a price where there is an excess of supply of shares; in other words, it's a place where sellers have been more eager to take recent gains and sell their shares than buyers are to buy. That's what makes the move above it so significant -- the breakout indicates that buyers are finally strong enough to absorb all of the excess supply above that price level.

  The 50-day moving average has been a stellar proxy for support on the way up. I'd put a protective stop on the other side of it.

• [By Rick Munarriz]

  Finally, we have Cracker Barrel (NASDAQ: CBRL  ) serving up a heaping hike. The chain of rustic restaurants serving up Southern vittles in eateries with adjacent gift shops may be a throwback, but it's also throwing back more money at its stakeholders. The restaurateur followed blowout quarterly results with a healthy 50% increase to its quarterly distributions. Investors will now be receiving $0.75 a share every three months.

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  On Monday, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ: CBRL  ) will release its latest quarterly results. But with the stock having recently hit all-time record highs, can the restaurant chain's earnings deliver enough to justify its stock's performance?

• [By Rick Munarriz]

  Investors in Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores (NASDAQ: CBRL  ) and Bob Evans (NASDAQ: BOBE  ) were rewarded last week with gains of 9% and 4%, respectively, after both casual-dining chains posted better-than-expected quarterly results.�

10 Best Shipping Stocks For 2015: Audiovox Corporation(VOXX)

VOXX International Corporation provides automotive and consumer electronic products, and accessories in the United States and internationally. The company?s products include mobile multimedia systems; auto sound systems comprising satellite radio, vehicle security, and remote start systems; portable DVD players; and personal and vehicle tracking devices. It also offers consumer electronics products, such as personal sound amplifiers, MP3 players, digital camcorders, docking stations, digital voice recorders, clock radios, digital picture frames, and home stereos; consumer electronics accessories comprising digital antennas, remote controls, wireless solutions, headphones, HDMI cables, power solutions, and media cleaning and care; and car audio and video products. In addition, the company provides audio products consisting of home theater systems; indoor and outdoor speaker lines; surround sound systems; sub woofers; professional installation products, such as cinema speake rs; and personal audio products, which include iPod docking stations and computer speakers. It markets its products under the Klipsch, RCA, Invision, Jensen, Audiovox, Terk, Acoustic Research, Advent, Code Alarm, CarLink, Omega, Excalibur, Prestige, SURFACE, Jamo, Energy, Mirage, Mac Audio, Magnat, Heco, Schwaiger, Oehlbach, and Incaar brands through a network of power retailers, mass merchandisers, hardware and independent retailers, 12-volt specialists, military exchanges, and automotive manufacturers, as well as through Internet. The company was formerly known as Audiovox Corporation and changed its name to VOXX International Corporation in December, 2011. VOXX International Corporation was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Seth Jayson]

  VOXX International (Nasdaq: VOXX  ) is expected to report Q1 earnings on July 10. Here's what Wall Street wants to see:

  The 10-second takeaway
  Comparing the upcoming quarter to the prior-year quarter, average analyst estimates predict VOXX International's revenues will shrink -2.4% and EPS will decrease -69.2%.

• [By Seth Jayson]

  VOXX International (Nasdaq: VOXX  ) reported earnings on May 14. Here are the numbers you need to know.

  The 10-second takeaway
  For the quarter ended Feb. 28 (Q4), VOXX International beat slightly on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.

• [By Monica Gerson]

  VOXX International (NASDAQ: VOXX) is projected to post its Q2 earnings at $0.09 per share on revenue of $186.73 million.

  RPM International (NYSE: RPM) is expected to report its Q1 earnings at $0.71 per share on revenue of $1.13 billion.