5 Best Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014

Encouraging women investors to enter the stock markets, Damani said,��he best argument I can give you is that believe it or not, diamonds aren�� your best friends, stocks are. You need to invest if you want to be financially free over the next 10-15-20 years. If you want to do it in the next two months, go bet on the races, do whatever makes you happy, but if you want to be financially free, equities have consistently, over any long-term period, given you superior rates of return than diamonds, real estate, bonds. So stocks is where the action is, and over time, if you want to be financially free, stocks is a great place to be in.��/P>

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Q: I have never really invested in shares and I know the share market is not doing so well and I want to be prudent, yet I want to take baby steps. So what�� the best way to go about it?

5 Best Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Marine Petroleum Trust(MARPS)

Marine Petroleum Trust, through its subsidiary, Marine Petroleum Corporation, operates as a royalty trust in the United States. It holds an overriding royalty interest in oil, natural gas, and other mineral leasehold interests located in the Gulf of Mexico acquired by Chevron U.S.A., Inc. The company, through its 32.6% interest in Tidelands Royalty Trust ?B?, owns interest in 5 leases covering 22,948 acres. It has lease interests covering approximately 226,564 gross acres. The company was founded in 1956 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

5 Best Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Plazacorp Retail Properties Ltd (PLZ.V)

Plazacorp Retail Properties, Ltd. acquires, develops, redevelops, and owns retail real estate properties in the Atlantic Provinces, Ontario, and Quebec in Canada. Its retail real estate properties include mall shopping centers, retail properties, and strip centers. As of December 31, 2007, the company holds interests in 87 properties totaling approximately 4.1 million square feet and additional lands held for development. Plazacorp was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Fredericton, Canada.

Hot Growth Stocks To Invest In 2014: First Community Bancshares Inc.(FCBC)

First Community Bancshares, Inc. operates as a financial holding company of First Community Bank, N.A. that provides various commercial and consumer banking products and services. The company offers demand deposit accounts, savings and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement arrangements; commercial, consumer, and real estate mortgage loans, as well as lines of credit; various debit card and automated teller machine card services; and corporate and personal trust services. It also provides trust management and estate administration services; and investment advisory and management services. In addition, the company operates an insurance agency that offers life, health, and property and casualty insurance products. It serves individual consumers and various industries, including manufacturing, mining, services, construction, retail, healthcare, military, and transportation. As of June 28, 2011, the company operated through 56 banking offices in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. First Community Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in Bluefield, Virginia.

5 Best Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Petroleum Resources Corporation(PEO)

Petroleum & Resources Corporation operates as a nondiversified investment company. It primarily invests in the equity of energy and natural resource companies. The company also has investments in various sectors, including energy, services, basic industries, and paper and forest products. Petroleum & Resources was founded in 1929 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

5 Best Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Fauquier Bankshares Inc.(FBSS)

Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. operates as a holding company for The Fauquier Bank, a state-chartered bank that provides consumer and commercial banking services to individual, business, and industrial customers principally in Fauquier County, western Prince William County, and neighboring communities in Virginia. It offers interest-bearing and non-interest bearing demand deposits, money market accounts, NOW accounts, time deposits, and certificate of deposit accounts; and secured and unsecured commercial and real estate loans, stand-by letters of credit, installment loans, unsecured and secured personal loans, residential mortgages and home equity loans, and automobile and other types of consumer financing. The company also provides safe deposit services, credit cards, cash management services, direct deposits, notary services, night depositories, travel and gift cards, cashier?s checks, domestic collections, savings bonds, bank drafts, automated teller machine services, and drive-in tellers, as well as Internet banking, telephone banking, and banking by mail services. In addition, it offers investment management, trust, estate settlement, retirement, insurance, and brokerage services. The company has 10 full-service branch offices located in the communities of Warrenton, Catlett, The Plains, Sudley Road-Manassas, Old Town-Manassas, New Baltimore, Bealeton, Bristow, and Haymarket in Virginia. Further, it holds ownership interests in Bankers Insurance, LLC, an independent insurance company; Infinex Investments, Inc., a broker/dealer; and Bankers Title Shenandoah, LLC, a title insurance company. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in Warrenton, Virginia.