For the last week, all has been forgotten about the most popular reasons as to why gold is going to begin to rally to infinity and beyond. The old arguments that gold is about to go parabolic based upon the resurrection of "troubles in the Eurozone," massive amount of easing being engaged in by the Asians, or whatever was presented as the reason-of-the-week are now completely forgotten.
Now, we see articles that are calling for the death of the gold bull and the death of inflation, and others are pointing to the fact that gold is not money. Everyone, other than the perma-bulls, have become very negative about gold.
As for our long-time gold bulls, they are all enraged by this decline. Prior to this decline, you would hear them walking down the halls muttering about their conspiracy theories. Now, their heads are exploding. They have called the final bottom in this market more times than Dennis Gartman has changed positions on gold in the last two years. Some have even thrown in the towel.
Top 5 Asian Companies To Own For 2014: Sturm Ruger & Company Inc. (RGR)
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of firearms in the United States. The company offers its products under the ?Ruger? name and trademark in four product categories, including single-shot, autoloading, bolt-action, and sporting rifles; over and under shotguns; rimfire autoloading and centerfire autoloading pistols; and single action and double action revolvers. It also manufactures and sells accessories and replacement parts for its firearms. In addition, the company produces and sells investment castings made from steel alloys. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. sells its firearms through a network of selected licensed independent wholesale distributors; and markets investment castings through manufacturer?s representatives to commercial, sporting goods, and military sectors. The company was founded in 1948 and is based in Southport, Connecticut.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Dan Dzombak]
Sturm, Ruger� (NYSE: RGR ) manufacturers firearms under the Ruger name from its facilities in Prescott, Ariz., and Newport, N.H. The company is hitting record sales as demand for guns surges over fear of gun control legislation. Shareholders benefit from a variable dividend that fluctuates based on a percentage of the company's earnings. For the first quarter, the company paid out $0.49 per share, or roughly 40% of net income. This dividend policy is commendable for both being smart and shareholder-friendly. When the company is doing well, shareholders are rewarded, and when times are tough, the company does not shoot itself in the foot by paying out more than it should.
Top 5 Asian Companies To Own For 2014: Senior Eng Grp(SNR.L)
Senior plc designs, manufactures, and markets high technology components and systems worldwide. The company operates through two divisions, Aerospace and Flexonics. The Aerospace division offers aerospace ducting systems, aerospace fabricated components, aerospace machined components, bellows and seals, couplings and valves, hydraulic and fuel systems, machined aero structures, machined airframe and interiors, and sensors and monitoring systems. The Flexonics division provides automotive common rail, drain tube, exhaust connector, flexible tube, heat exchangers, and high pressure lines; fabric expansion joints; fuel cells; industrial air ducts, dampers and diverters, flexible tubing, and metal bellows; and metal expansion joints and spring hangers. Senior plc serves original equipment producers in the aerospace, defense, diesel engine, exhaust system, land vehicle, and energy markets. The company was formerly known as Senior Engineering Group plc and changed its name to Se nior plc in 1999. Senior plc was incorporated in 1933 and is headquartered in Rickmansworth, the United Kingdom.
Hot Cheap Companies To Buy For 2015: McGraw Hill Financial Inc (MHFI.N)
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. incorporated on December 29, 1925, is a financial intelligence company. The Company is engaged in credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics for the global capital and commodity markets. The Company�� brands include Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Platts, CRISIL, J.D. Power & Associates, McGraw Hill Construction and Aviation Week. The Company�� credit ratings, indices, price assessments and other capabilities provide clients with the intelligence to manage risk. Standard & Poor�� Ratings Services helps investors and markets participants measure and manage credit risk through credit ratings, research and analytics. S&P Capital IQ is a provider of real-time data, research and analytics to institutional investors, investment and commercial banks, investment advisors and wealth managers, corporations and universities globally. On March 22, 2013, the Company sold McGraw-Hill Education. Effective July 18, 2013, McGraw Hill Financial Inc acquired a remaining undisclosed interest which it did not already own in Tata McGraw-Hill Education Pvt Ltd from Tata charitable trust. In August 2013, McGraw Hill Financial Inc completed the sale of Aviation Week to Penton.
The Company provides a range of capabilities designed to help track performance, generate alpha, identify new trading and investment ideas, and perform risk analysis and mitigation strategies. The Company�� S&P Dow Jones Indices is the provider of financial market indices. Its Platts is a provider of information and a source of benchmark price assessments for the energy, petrochemicals, metals and agriculture markets. J.D. Power & Associates is a global marketing information services company operating in business sectors, including customer satisfaction research, market research, social media research, and performance improvement programs. McGraw Hill Construction connects people, projects, and product s across the design and construction industry. AVIATION WEE! K! is the multimedia information and services provider to the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries.
Top 5 Asian Companies To Own For 2014: Platinum Group Metals Ltd (PLG)
Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (Platinum Group) is a platinum focused exploration and development company conducting work on mineral properties it has staked or acquired by way of option agreements in the Republic of South Africa and in Canada. The Company conducts its South African exploration and development work through its wholly owned direct subsidiary, Platinum Group Metals (RSA) (Proprietary) Limited (PTM RSA). PTM RSA holds the Company�� interests in the Project 1 platinum mine (Project 1) and Project 3. PTM RSA also holds 100% of Wesplats Holding (Proprietary) Limited (Wesplats), and a 37% interest in Wildebeest Platinum (Pty) Limited (Wildebeest), a company set up to hold prospecting rights for the exploration joint venture between the Company and Sable Platinum Mining (Pty) Ltd. (Sable) and Umnotho NREF Joint Venture. In September 2011, it purchased the Providence Copper-Nickel-Cobalt-Platinum Group Metals (Cu-Ni-Co-PGM) property from Arctic Star Exploration (Arctic Star). Advisors' Opinion:- [By Zacks Investment Research]
Investors hoping for a turnaround in precious metals prices and looking for exposure to precious metals miners could consider Platinum Group Metals (PLG), currently ranked #2 (Buy) by Zacks.
Top 5 Asian Companies To Own For 2014: (FTE.AX)
Forte Energy NL engages in the exploration, evaluation, and development of uranium and energy-related projects worldwide. It holds 7 uranium exploration licences covering 8,103 square kilometers in the Republic of Mauritania, West Africa; and 4 uranium prospecting permits for uranium and rare earth elements covering 847 square kilometers located in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa. The company was formerly known as Murchison United NL and changed its name to Forte Energy NL in November 2008. Forte Energy NL is based in West Perth, Australia.
Top 5 Asian Companies To Own For 2014: Vero Energy Inc Com Npv(VRO.TO)
Vero Energy Inc. engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the province of Alberta in Canada. As of December 31, 2011, the company?s properties included 265 producing natural gas wells and 76 producing oil wells; and land holdings of 162,832 gross developed acres and 111,997 undeveloped acres. Vero Energy Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Top 5 Asian Companies To Own For 2014: Meghmani Organics Limited (M30.SI)
Meghmani Organics Limited engages in manufacturing, selling, distributing, and trading pigments and agrochemicals. The company offers pigment products, including Phthalocynine Green 7, copper phthalocynine blue, alpha blue, and beta blue pigments used in various applications, such as printing inks, plastics, rubber, paints, textiles, leather, and paper. It also provides agrochemical products in the categories of pesticide intermediates, technical grade pesticides, and pesticide formulations, which are used in crop protection, public health, termite and insect control, and veterinary applications. The company sells its products directly, as well as through a network of stockists, agents, distributors, and dealers. Meghmani Organics Limited offers its products to customers in India, North America, Europe, Central and Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, South Africa, and Brazil. The company was formerly known as Gujarat Industries. Meghmani Organics Limited was founded in 1986 a nd is based in Ahmedabad, India.
Top 5 Asian Companies To Own For 2014: Exar Corporation(EXAR)
Exar Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company, engages in the design, sub-contract manufacture, and sale of silicon, software, and subsystem solutions for industrial, telecom, networking, and storage applications. Its product portfolio includes power management and interface components, communications products, storage optimization solutions, network security, and applied service processors. The company?s products has applications in portable electronic devices, set top boxes, digital video recorders, telecommunication systems, servers, enterprise storage systems, and industrial automation equipment. Exar Corporation sells its products to distributors and original equipment manufacturers or their contract manufacturers worldwide. It markets its products through independent sales representatives, distributors, direct sales organization, and catalog distributors. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
Top 5 Asian Companies To Own For 2014: Symmetry Medical Inc (SMA)
Symmetry Medical Inc. designs, develops, and produces implants and related surgical instruments and cases to orthopedic device manufacturers worldwide. It offers orthopedic implants that are used in reconstructive surgeries to replace or repair hips, knees, and other joints, such as shoulders, ankles, and elbows; trauma implant systems, which are used primarily to reattach or stabilize damaged bone or tissue while the body heals; and spinal implant systems, including plates and screws used by orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons in the treatment of degenerative diseases, deformities, and injuries in various regions of the spine. The company also provides surgical instruments, such as knee cutting blocks, osteotome revision systems, reamers, and retractors used in hip, knee, and shoulder reconstruction procedures, as well as in spinal, trauma, and other implant procedures. In addition, it produces a range of plastic, metal, and hybrid orthopedic cases to store, transport, and arrange surgical instruments and related implant systems, and other medical devices for orthopedic device manufacturers; endoscopy cases for endoscope sterilization; dental cases used in dental implant and general dental procedures; sterilization containers for the sterilization of various surgical instruments; and other cases for arthroscopy, osteobiologic, cardiovascular, ophthalmology, and diagnostic imaging, as well as ear, nose, and throat procedures. Further, the company engages in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of aerospace products comprising net shaped aerofoils and non-rotating aircraft engine forgings produced for the aerospace customers; and offers aerospace machining capabilities. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana.
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 Symmetry Medical (NYSE: SMA ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.
Top 5 Asian Companies To Own For 2014: Eratat Lifestyle Limited (FO8.SI)
Eratat Lifestyle Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of lifestyle fashion footwear; and design and distribution of lifestyle fashion apparel in the People�s Republic of China. The company offers its products under the ERATAT name. It also produces shoe materials, sports shoes, travel shoes, soles, and fabric bags, as well as manufactures various kinds of computer embroidery and dresses. Eratat Lifestyle Limited markets its products to specialty stores or shop-in-shops through its distributors and retailers. In addition, the company produces footwear products under the third party brands for sale to its export distributors. The company was formerly known as China Eratat Sports Fashion Limited and changed its name to Eratat Lifestyle Limited in July 2010. Eratat Lifestyle Limited was founded in 1983 and is based in Jinjiang City, the People�s Republic of China.
Top 5 Asian Companies To Own For 2014: KDR Industrials Ltd (KDR.V)
KDR Industrials Ltd., formerly North American Medical Services Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, North American Medical Services Inc. (NAMS-Nevada), NuCelle Inc. (NuCelle) and N.A.M.S. Capital Corp. (NAMS-CC), is engaged in the manufacture and sale of skin treatment formulations, products, and systems bearing brand of NuCelle and Mandelic Marine Complex. NuCelle�� provides skin care formulations for all skin types, sensitive, ethnic, trouble-prone, and aging. The Company operates two product lines: NuCelle Rx and NuCelle Mandelic Marine Complex. Its NuCelle Rx, physician only line of products, is formulated for, and distributed to physicians and medical professionals. Its NuCelle Mandelic Marine Complex, the aesthetician only line of products, consists of a five step regimen, including Mandelic Wash, Mandelic Mint Scrub, Mandelic Toner, Mandelic Laser-lift Serum and Mandelic Anti-Oxidant Treatment Moisturizer.
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