Top 5 Gas Utility Stocks To Buy Right Now

Top 5 Gas Utility Stocks To Buy Right Now: USANA Health Sciences Inc.(USNA)

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells nutritional and personal care products worldwide. It offers the USANA Nutritionals product line, which consists of essentials, which include vitamin and mineral supplements that provide a foundation of nutrition for various age groups; optimizers that are targeted supplements supporting needs, such as cardiovascular health, skeletal/structural health, and digestive health; and foods comprising low-glycemic meal replacement shakes, snack bars, and other related products that offer optimal macro-nutrition. Its Sense product line comprises personal care products that support healthy skin and hair. The company also offers materials and online tools, such as associate starter kit and product brochures that are designed to assist associates in building their businesses and in marketing our products. USANA Health Sciences, Inc. primarily distributes its products through a network marketing system of indepe ndent distributors. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By James E. Brumley]

  Two years and two weeks later - with a triple digit gain under my belt - I'm saying goodbye to USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NYSE:USNA). My hypothetical portfolio of stocks that I like and want to play with as a trade in my 'sandbox' portfolio (a model portfolio I've admittedly ignored too much) added USNA back on July 8th of 2010. Now, up 119%, I'm pulling the plug on the position.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Shares of Herbalife have dropped 0.8% to $71.07 at 2:34 p.m., while Nu Skin has dropped 9.1% to $77.09. Fellow multi-level seller USANA Health (USNA) has dropped 0.1% to $59.02 today, bringing its three-day decline to 14%.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Shares of NuSkin (NUS), which has its own China problems, have fallen 2.6% to $71.10 at 1:38! p.m. after being up much of the day, while Usana Health Sciences (USNA) has dropped 5.78% to $68.80 after being up as well. Prices are moving fast, so these will have changed by the time you read this.

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Top 5 Financial Stocks For 2015

Top 5 Financial Stocks For 2015: American International Group Inc.(AIG)

American International Group, Inc. is an international insurance organization. The company operates property and casualty insurance networks worldwide and conducts activities in the U.S. life insurance and retirement services industry. It also involves in commercial aircraft leasing and residential mortgage guaranty insurance businesses. The company, through Chartis Inc., provides various property and casualty insurance products under commercial and consumer categories worldwide. These products include surplus lines, executive liability/directors? and officers? liability, employment practices, excess casualty, and travel/assistance lines. American International Group, through SunAmerica Financial Group, offers a suite of life insurance and retirement products and services, including term life, universal life, accident and health, fixed and variable deferred annuities, fixed payout annuities, mutual funds, and financial planning products and services to individuals and grou ps in the United States. The company, through International Lease Finance Corporation, operates as an aircraft lessor that acquires commercial jet aircraft from various manufacturers and other parties, and leases those aircraft to airlines worldwide. It also sells aircraft from its fleet to other leasing companies, financial services companies, and airlines, as well as provides management services to third-party owners of aircraft portfolios. American International Group, through United Guaranty Corporation, issues residential mortgage guaranty insurance that covers mortgage lenders from the first loss for credit defaults on high loan-to-value conventional first-lien mortgages for the purchase or refinance of one- to four-family residences in the U.S. and internationally. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in New York, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Grgurich]

  Also on the minds of B of A investors in! particular is the trial currently under way between the superbank, AIG (NYSE: AIG  ) , Bank of New York Mellon, BlackRock (NYSE: BLK  ) , PIMCO, and other big investors. Or should I say was under way. The case has actually been suspended mid-trial because of scheduling conflicts on the part of presiding judge Barbara Kapnick.

• [By Sue Chang]

  After Thursdays closing bell, American International Group Inc. (AIG) said its third-quarter profit rose to $2.2 billion from $1.9 billion a year ago. On a per-share basis, earnings rose to $1.46 from $1.13 in the third quarter of 2012. The strong growth in bottom line failed to lift AIG shares, with the stock down more than 2% in after-hours trading.

• [By Jessica Alling]

  After Monday's tornado in Oklahoma, Allstate (NYSE: ALL  ) , Progressive Insurance (NYSE: PGR  ) , andTraveler's Companies (NYSE: TRV  ) all fell in the market. Along with AIG (NYSE: AIG  ) , these insurance companies represent four of the top 10 providers for property and casualty insurance in the U.S. But when disaster strikes, should investors flee, or hunker down and wait it out?

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5 Best Beverage Stocks To Own For 2015

5 Best Beverage Stocks To Own For 2015: Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc (DPS)

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (DPS), incorporated on October 24, 2007, is an integrated brand owner, manufacturer and distributor of non-alcoholic beverages in the United States, Canada and Mexico with a diverse portfolio of flavored (non-cola) carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) and non-carbonated beverages (NCBs), including ready-to-drink teas, juices, juice drinks and mixers. The Company operates in three segments: Beverage Concentrates, Packaged Beverages and Latin America Beverages. The Company primarily serves two groups of customers: bottlers and distributors and retailers. As of December 31, 2011, it operated 20 manufacturing facilities across the United States and Mexico, excluding its manufacturing facility for its joint venture with Acqua Minerale San Benedetto. Effective March 1, 2013, it acquired Dr. Pepper/7-UP Bottling Co of the West, a producer and wholesaler of bottled soft drinks.

Beverage Concentrates

The Company's Beverage Concentr ates segment is principally a brand ownership business. In this segment the Company manufactures and sells beverage concentrates in the United States and Canada. Most of the brands in this segment are CSD brands. Its brand portfolio includes CSD brands, such as Dr Pepper, Sunkist soda, 7UP, A&W, Canada Dry, Crush, Squirt, Penafiel and Schweppes. Beverage concentrates are shipped to third party bottlers, as well as to its own manufacturing systems, who combine them with carbonation, water, sweeteners and other ingredients, package it in PET containers, glass bottles and aluminum cans, and sell it as a finished beverage to retailers. Beverage concentrates are also manufactured into syrup, which is shipped to fountain customers, such as fast food restaurants, who mix the syrup with water and carbonation to create a finished beverage at the point of sale to consumers.! Its Beverage Concentrates brands are sold by its bottlers, including its own Packaged Beverages segment, through all retail channels, including supermarkets, fountains, mas! s merchandisers, club stores, vending machines, convenience stores, gas stations, small groceries, drug chains and dollar stores.

Packaged Beverages

The Company's Packaged Beverages segment is principally a brand ownership, manufacturing and distribution business. In this segment, it primarily manufacture and distribute packaged beverages and other products, including its brands, third party owned brands and certain private label beverages, in the United States and Canada. Key NCB brands in this segment include Hawaiian Punch, Snapple, Mott's, Yoo-Hoo, Clamato, Deja Blue, AriZona, FIJI, Mistic, Nantucket Nectars, ReaLemon, Mr and Mrs T, Rose's and Country Time. Key CSD brands in this segment include 7UP, Dr Pepper, A&W, Sunkist soda, Canada Dry, Squirt, RC Cola, Big Red, Sun Drop, Diet Rite, IBC and Vernors. Approximately 87% of its 2011 Packaged Beverages net sales of branded products come from its own brands, with the remaining from the distribu tion of third party brands, such as Big Red, AriZona tea, FIJI mineral water, Neuro beverages, Vita Coco coconut water and Hydrive energy drinks. A portion of its sales also comes from bottling beverages and other products for private label owners or others, which is also referred to as contract manufacturing. Its Packaged Beverages' products are manufactured in multiple facilities across the United States and are sold or distributed to retailers and their warehouses by itsown distribution network or by third party distributors. The Company sells its Packaged Beverages' products both through its Direct Store Delivery system (DSD), supported by a fleet of approximately 6,000 vehicles and 12,000 employees, including sales representatives, merchandisers, drivers and warehouse workers, as well as through its Warehouse Direct delivery system (WD), both of wh! ich inclu! de the sales to retail channels, including supermarkets, fountain channel, mass merchandisers, club stores, ven ding machines, convenience stores, gas stations, small groce! ries, dru! g chains and dollar stores.

Latin America Beverages

The Company's Latin America Beverages segment is a brand ownership, manufacturing and distribution business. This segment participates mainly in the carbonated mineral water, flavored CSD, bottled water and vegetable juice categories, with particular strength in carbonated mineral water, vegetable juice categories and grapefruit flavored CSDs. Its brands include Squirt, Penafiel, Aguafiel, Crush and Clamato.

In Mexico, it manufactures and distributes its products through its bottling operations and third party bottlers and distributors. In the Caribbean, it distributes its products through third party bottlers and distributors. In Mexico, it also participate in a joint venture to manufacture Aguafiel brand water with Acqua Minerale San Benedetto. The Company sells its finished beverages through Mexican retail channels, including mom and pop stores, supermarkets, hypermarkets, and on premise channels.

The Company competes with The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola), PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo), Nestle, S.A. (Nestle), Kraft Foods Inc. (Kraft) and The Cott Corporation (Cott).

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Damian Illia]

  The company has also been focusing on store opening. Despite the macroeconomic uncertainty, Buffalo has kept with this initiative, and has witnessed unit growth of nearly 11.6% in 2011, 9.1% in 2012 and 10.9% in 2013. Moreover, associations are on track, and the company has acquired a minority stake in PizzaRev, launching in 2012 PizzaRev fast-casual pizza restaurant, with a Craft Your Own initiative. The company plans to open two more PizzaRev units in Minneapolis in 2014 and a few more outlets by the end of 2014. Another partnership on track is with Pepsico Inc. (PEP) and Dr. Pepper S! napple Gr! oup, Inc. (DPS) to serve drinks across all its locations. Through these partnerships, Buffalo Wild Wings is developing new sauces and salad dressings for the restaurant chain, like the Mountain Dew-flavored salad dressing and Doritos-flavored wing sauce. These partnerships are expected to increase visibility and improve guest traffic as well.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  The news that someone somewhere was in talks with SodaStream actually broke April 16, when Israeli website, Calcalist noted that SodaStream was talking with either PepsiCo (PEP), Dr. Pepper Snapple (DPS) or Starbucks. As a result, “the cost of higher-strike options increased at a faster pace than the decline in lower-strike options,” noted Interactive Broker’s Andrew Wilkinson at the time.

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Hot Specialty Retail Stocks To Invest In 2015

Hot Specialty Retail Stocks To Invest In 2015: CSS Industries Inc (CSS)

CSS Industries, Inc. (CSS), incorporated on November 5, 1923, is a company primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, procurement, distribution and sale of seasonal and all occasion social expression products, principally to mass market retailers. These seasonal and all occasion products include gift wrap, gift bags, gift boxes, gift card holders, boxed greeting cards, gift tags, decorative tissue paper, decorations, classroom exchange Valentines, decorative ribbons and bows, floral accessories, Halloween masks, costumes, make-up and novelties, Easter egg dyes and novelties, craft and educational products, stickers, memory books, stationery, journals, notecards, infant and wedding photo albums, scrapbooks, and other gift items that commemorate lifes celebrations. In September 5, 2012, it sold the Halloween portion of its Paper Magic business to Gemmy Industries (HK) Limited.

CSS product provides its retail customers the opportunity to use a single ven dor for much of their seasonal product requirements. A substantial portion of CSS products are manufactured, packaged and/or warehoused in 10 facilities located in the United States, with the remainder purchased primarily from manufacturers in Asia and Mexico. The Companys products are sold to its customers by national and regional account sales managers, sales representatives, product specialists and by a network of independent manufacturers representatives. The Companys principal operating subsidiaries include Paper Magic Group, Inc. (Paper Magic), Berwick Offray LLC (Berwick Offray) and C.R. Gibson, LLC (C.R. Gibson). CSS designs, manufactures, procures, distributes and sells a range of seasonal consumer products primarily through the mass market distribution channel. Christmas products include gift wrap, gift bags, gift boxes, gift card holders, boxed greeting cards, gift tags, decorative tissue paper and decorations. CSS Valentine product offerings inc! lud e classroom exchange Valentine cards and other related Valen! tine products, while its Easter product offerings include Dudleys brand of Easter egg dyes and related Easter seasonal products. CSS also designs and markets decorative ribbons and bows, all occasion boxed greeting cards, gift wrap, gift bags, gift boxes, gift card holders, decorative and waxed tissue, decorative films and foils, stickers, memory books, stationery, journals, notecards, infant and wedding photo albums, scrapbooks, floral accessories and other gift and craft items to its mass market, craft, specialty and floral retail and wholesale distribution customers, and teachers' aids and other learning oriented products to the education market through mass market retailers, school supply distributors and teachers' stores. Key brands include Paper Magic, Berwick, Offray, C.R. Gibson, Markings, Creative Papers, Tapestry, Dudleys, Don Post Studios, Eureka, Learning Playground, Stickerfitti and iota. Key brands include Paper Magic, Berwick, Offray, C.R. Gibson, Markin gs, Creative Papers, Tapestry, Seastone, Dudleys, Eureka, Learning Playground and Stickerfitti.

CSS operates 10 manufacturing and/or distribution facilities located in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Alabama and Texas. Its boxed greeting cards are produced by Asian manufacturers to the Companys specifications. Halloween make-up and Easter egg dye products are manufactured in Asia to specific formulae by contract manufacturers who meet regulatory requirements for the formularization and packaging of such products. Ribbons and bows are primarily manufactured and warehoused in seven facilities located in Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina and Texas. Memory books, stationery, journals and notecards, infant and wedding photo albums, scrapbooks, and other gift items are imported from Asian manufacturers and warehoused and distributed from a distribution facility in Florence, Alabama. Floral accessories, including pot covers, foil, waxe ! d tissue,! shred, aisle runners, corsage bags and other paper! and film! products, are manufactured in a facility located in Milford, New Hampshire and Juarez, Mexico. Manufacturing includes gravure and flexo printing, waxing and converting. Products are warehoused and distributed from a distribution facility in Berwick, Pennsylvania. Other products including, but not limited to, decorative tissue paper, all occasion gift wrap, gift tags, gift bags, gift boxes, gift card holders, classroom exchange Valentine products, Halloween masks, costumes and novelties, Easter products, decorations and school products are designed to the specifications of CSS and are imported primarily from Asian manufacturers.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Duprey]

  Gifts makerCSS Industries (NYSE: CSS  ) announced yesterday its second-quarter dividend of $0.15 per share, the same rate it's paid since 2008.

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Risk Is Everywhere and We're Closer to the End of This Market Run

Best Industrial Disributor Companies To Watch For 2015

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Another day of the short hedge funds covering at the all-time highs. This is becoming rather amusing to watch.

What is even more amusing is to see the S&P 500 Trust Series ETF (SPY) volume close trading at a new 2014 low of 58.3 million shares only to see the after-hours hedge fund trading take it to 71.8 million shares. Can you say manipulation?

The DJIA closed Tuesday up 69.23 points to 16675.50 while the S&P 500 closed at 1911.91, up 11.38 points -- another new all-time high on air. The Nasdaq finished up 51.26 at 4237.07 and the Russell 2000 closed up 16.01 points at 1142.20.

The Russell 2000 index is still in Trend Bearish territory while the DJIA, S&P and Nasdaq are in Trend Bullish territory. Trend is a three-month or longer time frame. It has now become very important for me to discuss the degree of risk that is prevalent in this market.

According to my internal algorithm numbers, the large-cap sector -- stocks with a market cap of $4 billion or higher -- is signaling 32 stocks with an extreme, overbought condition versus three with an extreme oversold condition. That is a 10-1 ratio. I am speaking of stocks such as Facebook (FB), Yelp (YELP), Workday (WDAY), Tableau Software (DATA), Linkedin (LNKD), Yandex (YNDX) and Ctrip.com (CTRP). These all have an algorithm number of 99 or higher out of 100. The extreme oversold have a number of under 1. These numbers can be found at www.strategicstocktrades.com. These short hedge funds have pushed these stocks to the limit and traders and investors need to understand the risk that goes along with trying to mimic these hedge funds and buy these momentum stocks. I am neither a bull nor a bear as a trader. But I do have a risk management process that allows me to know when to buy and when to sell. It signals when stocks are extreme overbought and when they are extreme oversold. Traders need to have signals. If not, you are nothing more than a momentum chaser that buys high and sells low. Not a good recipe for success. I am here to tell you this market has a bubble-like feel to it and the PowerShares QQQTrust Series (QQQ) will be the first index to signal extreme overbought with a green open on Wednesday. Heed the signal. This market is near a downturn, and that downturn has the ability to be severe with no trading volume. A market that is at an all-time high on no volume is a market with bubble-like conditions that has been created by the Federal Reserve and its policies to inflate -- policies that are failing miserably right now. It has given us a stock market bubble with a burning currency. On Tuesday, I covered most of my short in EPAM Systems (EPAM) that I added to this morning on green, only to see it trade red this afternoon. I booked a 3% gain. I added to my Yandex (YNDX) short with a 99.99 algo number and added to AmerisourceBergen (ABC) short with a 99.99 number. At the time of publication the author was short ABC, YNDX, and EPAM. This article represents the opinion of a contributor and not necessarily that of TheStreet or its editorial staff.

Top Gas Stocks To Own Right Now

Natural gas prices have slumped in recent weeks, despite the fact that, over the last three months, there's been a huge run up in price due to the coldest winter in decades, writes MoneyShow's Jim Jubak, who explains where prices may be headed next.

Will the expected retreat from peak prices for natural gas—a result of the intense cold that the US saw in January—segue into the normal seasonal trend that produces an annual bottom in natural gas prices during the shoulder season of May/June?

That possibility suggests that this isn't the least risky moment in the near term to be buying the shares of natural gas producers—even if, like me, you're bullish on the long-term trends for this commodity.

I use United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG), an ETF that follows the Henry Hub price of natural gas in the United States, to track trends in natural gas prices. From a low of $17.09 on November 4, United States Natural Gas climbed, first to $19.69 on January 9, and then to $26.73 on January 29. Total gain 56.4%.

Top Gas Stocks To Own Right Now: Delek US Holdings Inc. (DK)

Delek US Holdings, Inc. operates as an integrated downstream energy company that operates in petroleum refining, logistics, and convenience store retailing businesses. The company operates in three segments: Refining, Logistics, and Retail. The Refining segment owns and operates two refineries in Tyler, Texas, and El Dorado, Arkansas; and produces various petroleum-based products used in transportation and industrial markets. The Logistics segment gathers, transports, and stores crude oil, as well as markets, distributes, transports, and stores refined products. It also offers crude oil transportation services for terminalling and marketing services; and markets light products using third-party terminals. This segment owns approximately 400 miles of crude oil transportation pipelines, 123 miles of refined product pipelines, 600-mile crude oil gathering system, and associated crude oil storage tanks with an aggregate of approximately 2.6 million barrels of active shell capa city. The Logistics segment serves oil companies, independent refiners and marketers, jobbers, distributors, utility and transportation companies, and independent retail fuel operators. The Retail segment markets gasoline, diesel, and other refined petroleum products, as well as convenience merchandise. As of May 8, 2013, this segment operated 373 retail fuel and convenience stores under the MAPCO Express, MAPCO Mart, Discount Food Mart, Fast Food and Fuel, East Coast, Delta Express, and Favorite Markets brands. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. Delek US Holdings, Inc. is a subsidiary of Delek Petroleum Ltd.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Westlake also finds Western Refining (WNR) and�Delek US (DK) interesting, while upgrading�Calumet Specialty Products to Neutral from Underperform as “the themes which drove expected underperformance have now become more visible.”

Top Gas Stocks To Own Right Now: Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp (KOG)

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (Kodiak) is an independent energy company focused on the exploration, exploitation, acquisition and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States. Kodiak has developed an oil and natural gas asset base of proved reserves, as well as a portfolio of development and exploratory drilling opportunities on high-potential prospects with an emphasis on oil resource plays. The Company�� oil and natural gas reserves and operations are primarily concentrated in the Williston Basin of North Dakota. As of January 31, 2012, it had approximately 169,000 net acres under lease, including 157,000 net acres in the Bakken oil play in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana. In January 2012, the Company acquired Williston Basin oil and gas producing properties and undeveloped leasehold. On January 10, 2012, it acquired certain oil and gas leaseholds, overriding royalty interests and producing properties located in North Dakota. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Travis Hoium]

  Today, Continental Resources� (NYSE: CLR  ) , Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL  ) , Statoil (NYSE: STO  ) , and Kodiak Oil & Gas (NYSE: KOG  ) have access to nearly 2 million combined acres ,equivalent to 1,280 square miles. They're dotting the plains of western North Dakota with drilling rigs and production wells. All of this drilling has led to massive growth in oil production, which brings economic development and jobs to this once forgotten state. For a visual showing how fast oil production grew, click here to see a 25-year EIA time lapse of energy production in the Bakken.�

5 Best Food Stocks To Watch For 2015: Phillips 66 Partners LP (PSXP)

Phillips 66 Partners LP, incorporated on February 20, 2013, owns, operates, develops and acquires primarily fee-based crude oil, refined petroleum product and natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines and terminals and other transportation and midstream assets. The Company�� initial assets consist of the three systems, which include Clifton Ridge crude system, Sweeny to Pasadena products system and Hartford Connector products system. A refined petroleum product pipeline, terminal and storage system extending from Phillips 66�� Sweeny refinery in Old Ocean, Texas, to its refined petroleum product terminal in Pasadena, Texas, and ultimately connecting to the Explorer and Colonial refined petroleum product pipeline systems and other third-party pipeline and terminal systems.

A crude oil pipeline, terminal and storage system located in Sulphur, Louisiana, that is the primary source for delivery of crude oil to Phillips 66�� Lake Charles refinery. A refined petroleum product pipeline, terminal and storage system located in Hartford, Illinois, that distributes diesel and gasoline produced at the Wood River refinery (a refinery owned by a joint venture between Phillips 66 and Cenovus Energy Inc.) to third-party pipeline and terminal systems, including the Explorer refined petroleum product pipeline system.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Aimee Duffy]

  We've watched several midstream spinoffs from refiners hit the market with very low yields. Most recently, Phillips 66 Partners (NYSE: PSXP  ) was less than 3% when it debuted, and it collapsed even further with PSXP's first-day pop -- all this despite the average yield for an MLP in today's market coming in around 6%. Here's a quick look at what the other refining midstream MLPs are yielding right now.

Top Gas Stocks To Own Right Now: Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd (PBEGF.PK)

Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. (Petrobank) is engaged in the exploration and development of oil and natural gas in western Canada. The Company operates in two segments: the Heavy Oil Business Unit (HBU) and PetroBakken Energy Ltd. (PetroBakken). Its operations are conducted through its HBU, as well as its technology subsidiary, Archon Technologies Ltd. The HBU operates its heavy oil projects using Petrobank�� THAI heavy oil recovery process in the field. In addition, Petrobank owns 59% of its subsidiary, PetroBakken. Whitesands Insitu Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, owns heavy oil leases in Alberta and oil sands and heavy oil licenses and leases in Saskatchewan, and operates the Kerrobert Project. During the year ended December 31, 2011, Petrobank completed the Kerrobert Project, with all 10 expansion well pairs drilled. On February 28, 2012, Petrobank completed the sale of May River Property. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Dube]

  Peace River's most notable producers:

  PennWest Exploration (PWE), see article here.Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A), see article here.Baytex (BTE), see article here.Strata Oil and Gas (SOIGF.PK), see article here.Petrobank Energy & Resources (PBEGF.PK), see article here.

  Cold Lake's most notable producers:

Top Gas Stocks To Own Right Now: TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd (TAT)

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. is an international oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas. The Company holds interests in developed and undeveloped oil and gas properties in Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. As of March 1, 2012, it held approximately 5.4 million net onshore acres. As of March 1, 2012, it was producing an aggregate of approximately 2,638 net barrels of oil per day. As of March 1, 2012, it held interests in 57 onshore exploration licenses and nine onshore production leases covering a total of 5.3 million gross acres in Turkey. On February 18, 2011, the Company�� wholly owned subsidiary TransAtlantic Worldwide, Ltd. acquired Direct Petroleum Morocco, Inc. and Anschutz Morocco Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary TransAtlantic Petroleum Cyprus Limited. On June 7, 2011, TransAtlantic Worldwide acquired Thrace Basin Natural Gas (Turkiye) Corporation. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By CRWE]

  TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (Amex:TAT) reported that the Turkish Competition Authority has approved the Company’s sale of its oilfield services business to Dalea Partners, LP (“Dalea”, an affiliate of N. Malone Mitchell, 3rd, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer).

Home equity loans pick up, but slowly

Home equity loans, which helped fuel Americans' pre-recession spending binges, are climbing out of a prolonged slump as house prices rise. But don't expect them to drive consumer purchases as they did in the boom years.

"Housing isn't providing the same juice to consumer spending," says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics.

Outstanding balances on home equity lines of credit fell for the 10th straight quarter in the January-March period to $526 billion and are down from $714 billion in the first quarter of 2009, according to a recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The balances dropped because homeowners continue to shed more debt on home equity loans taken out in the housing run-up — through repayments and defaults — than the amount of new loans being generated.

But a closer look shows the sector is recovering. Lines of credit originated by lenders rose 20% last year to $92.5 billion, by far the fastest growth since volumes began rising in 2011, according to Equifax and Moody's. By comparison, $383.8 billion in credit lines were originated in 2006.

"It has recovered significantly from where it was just a few years ago," says Greg McBride, chief financial analyst for Bankrate.com.

Fueling the increase are average home prices that in February were up 23% from their March 2012 low in 20 large cities, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index. Houses serve as collateral in case of default.

"As long as home prices are stable or increasing, lenders are more eager" to provide home equity loans, McBride says.

But banks remain cautious. Consumers can borrow — through both a mortgage and home equity loan — 80% to 85% of a home's value, vs. as much as 125% in the mid-2000s, McBride says. With home prices still 20% off their 2006 peak, many homeowners don't have enough equity to meet banks' credit standards.

During the housing boom, borrowers famously turned their homes into ATMs, taking out equity loans not only to remod! el kitchens but to finance everything from college tuition to European vacations. When home prices tanked, many Americans defaulted.

Borrowers also have become more conservative. In the mid-2000s, LuAnn Herbert-Smith of Greentown, Pa., got a home equity loan to launch a business and buy a vacation home. She and her husband, who now live in a different house, recently took out a $30,000 equity loan to install a new roof, replace appliances and buy a new car.

"We took out only what we can afford and what is needed," Herbert-Smith, now retired, said in an e-mail.

Top 10 Safest Companies For 2015

Such prudence may translate into a smaller boost for the economy. Each $1 increase in housing wealth is leading to about an 8 cent rise in consumer spending — about half of the traditional impact, Zandi says.

Economist Greg Daco of Oxford Economics says that may not be a bad thing. "I'm not sure this is the type of debt we want to head back into," he says.

Best High Dividend Stocks To Buy For 2015

Best High Dividend Stocks To Buy For 2015: Bouygues SA (EN)

Bouygues SA is a France-based group that operates in two sectors: Telecommunications and Media, and Construction. The Construction division comprises three core subsidiaries: Bouygues Construction, specializing in building and public works activities, notably in the areas of electrical engineering, and facility maintenance; Bouygues Immobilier, a property development company, whose activities include the development of residential, corporate and commercial properties, and the execution of urban development schemes, and Colas, engaged in the construction and maintenance of transport, urban development and leisure infrastructure. The Telecommunications and Media division of the Group comprises two companies: TF1, specializing in audiovisual and cinema production, the acquisition and sale of audiovisual rights, and the publishing and distribution of compact discs, among others, and Bouygues Telecom, which offers mobile telephone and broadband Internet services. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Corinne Gretler]

  Bouygues (EN) rallied 10 percent to 25.33 euros, the biggest gain since February. The French building, telecommunications and television company's operating profit increased to 432 million euros from 394 million euros a year earlier. Analysts had forecast 358 million euros, according to the average of three estimates.

• [By Sofia Horta e Costa]

  Bouygues SA (EN), the French building, telecommunications and television company, surged 7.2 percent to 26.96 euros, the highest close since November 2011. Credit Suisse Group AG upgraded the shares to neutral, similar to a hold recommendation, from underperform.

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The World Is Full Of Small Conspiracies

Many people are fascinated by the belief – or at least the prospect – of world dominating conspiracies. The Illuminati seems to regularly have a pronounced position in such fantasies. We should also pay due homage to the Knights Templar, the Freemasons, and the Bilderberg Group. Of course, there are others. When it comes to world domination, of equal substance is Spectre, K.A.O.S, and, topping the list, Hydra.

Back to the real world… when it comes to world domination, however, no one, no group, no grand conspiracy has ever been successful. Simply put, there's no one in charge. Complicating any search for a grand conspiracy is the fact that at the core of so many secret organizations is the exotic and even the arcane.

The esoteric with promises of majesty (sometimes even immortality) can make the imagination soar. It can be intoxicating and motivating. Unfortunately, as Umberto Eco exemplifies in has literary masterpiece, Foucault's Pendulum, the most powerful secret – the true underpinnings of these grand conspiracies – is "a secret without content."

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The lack of world dominating conspiracy in no way discounts the existence of conspiracies. It's just that these grand conspiracies for a plethora of reasons, such as the unquestionable inability to effectively run such an extensive and influential bureaucracy secretly, do not exist. Instead, what are pervasive in society are small conspiracies. From illegal conclusion among technology companies to insider trading rings, and from corporate and political payoffs to organized crime syndicates working cooperatively, the world is littered with small conspiracies.

Small conspiracies are rampant inside and between some organizations and sometimes common in the financial services arena. There are leadership substitutions and a broad range of governmental and corporate espionage. You can no doubt come up with a multitude of examples, and if you're having trouble, just turn on the news.

Now, if the malicious element – the illegality and injurious nature – that defines, in part, a conspiracy was stripped away, we have some brilliant networking resulting in collaborative business at its finest. It's this superb networking that's foundational and critical to success of any small conspiracy.

Taking a step back… in critically examining the way self-made millionaires and some accomplished professional criminals build social networks to achieve their agendas, there's actually a high correlation in the nature of the strategic thinking and processes they employ. So, if you're looking to excel, creating and managing a non-malevolent conspiracy (i.e., a legal and ethically sound conspiracy) might very well get you the professional outcomes you're looking for.

GM recalls 500 new pickups, SUVs over airbags

General Motors announced on Friday that it is recalling about 500 of its redesigned full-size pickups and SUVs from the 2014 and 2015 model years because a supplier provided a potentially faulty part in the control module for the trucks' airbags.

If you are keeping score, this is GM's 7th recall this week and 30th since Jan. 1. The 2014 recalls so far cover about 13.79 million vehicles in the U.S.

The company said that the 500 trucks -- which it has determined have not yet been shipped from their plants or are still on dealer lots -- cannot be sold until the repairs are made. But it said that the so-called "stop-sale" order applies only to this specific group of vehicles and that no other similar vehicles are affected.

That's good news for dealers, going into the Memorial Day selling weekend.

GM spokesman Alan Adler said, "The announcement of this recall demonstrates GM's commitment to quickly identifying recall conditions to minimize the impact on customers."

The recall comes a day after GM announced that global product chief Mark Reuss will lead a new team of five executives charged with determining when and if the GM should recall vehicles -- moving that responsibility unequivocally into the top executive ranks.

The creation of the Reuss team is meant to accelerate GM's response to safety problems and improve communication with customers and government regulators. It's the latest in a series of organizational changes since February when the first of several recalls was issued for defective ignition switches now tied to 13 deaths.

Jeff Boyer, GM's recently appointed global safety chief, said in an interview Thursday that GM's expanded team of 55 product investigators is reexamining existing defect data and also sifting through other sources, such as social media to spot potential issues being talked about online by customers and others.

Reuss told Barclays analyst Brian Johnson on Thursday that the flurry of recall announcements resulting from this reexam! ination effort might continue through mid-summer.

Contributing: Nathan Bomey, Detroit Free Press

U.S. accuses China of hacking American firms

WASHINGTON — The U.S. accused Chinese military officials of hacking into several U.S. enterprises, including Westinghouse and U.S. Steel, to steal "significant" amounts of trade secrets and intellectual property in an indictment made public Monday.

It is the first time the U.S. has charged a state actor in a criminal cyber espionage case.

The Chinese hackers, using military and intelligence resources, downloaded massive amounts of industrial information, including strategic plans, from U.S. businesses, the indictment said. In addition to Westinghouse Electric and U.S. Steel, victims included SolarWorld, United Steel Workers Union, Allegheny Technologies Inc.and Alcoa.

The indictment, out of western Pennsylvania, charges five military "hackers," officers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with directing a conspiracy to steal information from six American companies in critical industries, including nuclear power, solar power and metals.

Federal authorities allegedly traced hackers to a single building in Shanghai. The hacking began in 2006 and continued until last month, federal authorities said. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Carlin identified the hackers as unit 61398 of the Chinese military.

Attorney General Eric Holder called it a case of "economic espionage."

The case "represents the first ever charges against a state actor for this type of hacking," Holder said. "The range of trade secrets and other sensitive business information stolen in this case is significant and demands an aggressive response."

Holder said the Chinese hackers stole information that would give insight into "the strategy and vulnerabilities" of the American companies and give Chinese companies a competitive advantage.

In one instance, Carlin said hackers stole cost, pricing and strategy information from SolarWorld's computers, allowing Chinese competitors to price exports well below cost and take market share from SolarWorld. In another instance, ! hackers stole design plans from Westinghouse computers as the company was negotiating with a Chinese state-owned company to construct a nuclear power plant, he said.

"In the past, when we brought concerns such as these to Chinese government officials, they responded by publicly challenging us to provide hard evidence of their hacking that could stand up in court," Carlin said. "Well today, we are. For the first time, we are exposing the faces and names behind the keyboards in Shanghai used to steal from American businesses."

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The ratings of three road and rail stocks are down this week, according to the Portfolio Grader database. Each of these rates a “D” (“sell”) or “F” overall (“strong sell”).

Kansas City Southern () earns an F (“strong sell”) this week, moving down from last week’s grade of D (“sell”). Kansas City Southern operates a railroad system that provides shippers with rail freight services in commercial and industrial markets of the United States and Mexico. Shares of the stock have been changing hands at an unusually rapid pace, three times the rate of the week prior. The stock’s trailing PE Ratio is 33.90. .

This week, Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.’s () rating worsens to an F from the company’s D rating a week ago. Roadrunner Transportation Systems offers truck freight transportation services. The stock gets F’s in Earnings Revisions and Earnings Surprise. Shares of the stock have been trading at an exceptionally rapid pace, up threefold from the week prior. .

This week, Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd. Sponsored ADR Class H () falls to a D (“sell”), worse than last week’s grade of C (“hold”). Guangshen Railway is a provider of railroad passenger and freight transportation, as well as railway network usage and services. .

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Gas-rich Qatar adds Deutsche to bank portfolio

Qatar already owns stakes in Credit Suisse and Barclays. Deutsche Bank's fund raising drive comes as Europe's banks try to meet new financial rules ahead of a region-wide stress test later this year.

LONDON (CNNMoney) The oil and gas rich Gulf state of Qatar has added Deutsche Bank to its portfolio, buying shares worth $2.4 billion as part of a move by the German lender to put its business on a firmer footing.

Qatar makes most of its money from energy -- it's the biggest exporter of liquified natural gas -- but for some years has been looking to develop alternative sources of income by investing in companies around the world.

Deutsche Bank, like some of its European rivals, is still struggling to come to terms with tougher rules introduced after the global crash and to deal with the consequences of scandals that have sapped its financial strength.

The bank said it raised 1.75 billion euros by selling 60 million shares to Paramount Holdings Services, an investment vehicle owned by Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family and prime minister until last year.

Qatar already owns significant stakes in Credit Suisse (CS)and Barclays (BCS).

Deutsche is also planning to issue a further 300 million shares to existing investors with the aim of raising 6.3 billion euros. Its shares fell 2.3%, taking losses for 2014 to 13.5%.

Earlier this month, Moody's said it could downgrade Deutsche's ratings after first quarter net income fell by 34%. The ratings agency said the bank faced considerable challenges in strengthening its profitability, raising concerns about its ability to absorb future losses.

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"The firm's need to reduce its leverage could impede its ability to generate earnings growth -- making its efficiency targets, and earning its cost of capital, even harder to achieve," Moody's said in the report.

Deutsche has been forced to set aside billions of dollars in recent years to cover the cost of fighting a series of high-profile law cases and paying settlements including a 725 million euro penalty for rigging Libor interest rates.

Legal risks haven't gone away. Regulators are investigating allegations that several banks, including Deutsche, may have manipulated the global market in foreign exchange.

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Deutsche's move to shore up its financial base comes as the European Union prepares to test the resilience of the region's banks before adopting a single regulatory authority later this year.

"The package of measures we are announcing today represents a decisive response to both the challenges and opportunities in a changing macro-economic, competitive and regulatory environment," Deutsche said in a statement.

Barclays is also finding the going tough. It was forced to raise about $12 billion last year to plug a hole in its balance sheet. Earlier this month, it said it would shed about 19,000 jobs over the next three years, and withdraw from large areas of investment banking.

Altria May Boost Investors’ Portfolio

Altria Group (MO) is engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and certain smokeless products in the U.S. With 50% market share in the U.S. tobacco industry, the company dominates the market. Altria owns UST, the world's largest moist smokeless tobacco manufacturer by sales. UST provides Altria with the leading smokeless tobacco brands, Skoal and Copenhagen. The company's diversification into smokeless tobacco is crucial to promoting its growth due to the declining market for smokers in the U.S.

Altria, whose brands include top-selling Marlboro cigarettes, Skoal smokeless tobacco and Black & Mild cigars, also reaffirmed its 2013 full-year adjusted earnings forecast of between $2.35 and $2.41 per share. The company also owns a wine business, holds a voting stake in brewer SABMiller, and has a financial services division. Philip Morris USA (PM USA) is Altria's domestic cigarette manufacturing company. Philip Morris remains the largest tobacco company in the U.S. by both revenue and volume.

Altria has been a huge winner over the past half-century, having survived countless regulatory threats, lawsuits, and public campaigns to reduce tobacco use and cut into its core business. Even though cigarette smoking has become less popular over that span, Altria and its peers have managed to keep profiting from the industry.

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Altria manages product pricing to offset the low single digit decline in sales. Marlboro's brand loyalty allows Altria to steadily increase prices. The net price of a pack of Marlboro has increased from $4.27 in 2009 to the current $5.86. So while cigarette use declined by approximately 23% over the last five years, cigarette prices increased by approximately 37%. The Marlboro premium price is 35% higher than the lowest-priced brand.

Earnings per share increased from $1.48 in 2008 to $2.26 by 2013. The company expects to earn $2.57/share by 2014 and $2.76/share by 2015.

Currently, this dividend champion sells for 16.10 times earnings, yields 5.30%, and has a high payout ratio. Given the economics of the business, and the expectation for future earnings growth in the mid single digits, I find it attractively valued today.

Altria's plan to keep revenue and earnings per share going in the right direction is fairly straightforward: Keep expenses down and prices going up. Remember that tobacco companies are essentially banned from advertising. And, due to the low manufacturing costs inherent in the production of cigarettes, it's fairly easy for Altria to keep a lid on expenses.

The growth potential of the electronic-cigarette industry as well as Altria's flagship Marlboro and other brands gave management confidence to reiterate its 2014 forecast of generating approximately 8% earnings growth. This would fall right in-line with the company's long-term target of 7%-9% earnings growth and allow Altria to continue increasing its dividend.

Altria has a very transparent dividend policy. The company pledges to distribute approximately 80% of its diluted earnings to investors via its dividend. Therefore, it's reasonable to forecast around 8% annual dividend growth over the long term, which is about what Altria has delivered over the past several years.

Investors are also encouraged by the company's attempt to strengthen its presence in the growing e-cigarette category. In April, 2014 Altria's subsidiary Nu Mark LLC acquired the e-vapor business of Green Smoke Inc. and its affiliates.

The acquisition is a strategic fit for Altria's e-cigarette business. Moreover, the expertise, experience, supply chain, product lines and customer service of Green Smoke are expected to strengthen Altria's presence in the category.

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Altria competes in the machine-made cigar category with the Middleton brand. Recent competition from cheaper foreign machine-made cigars has reduced Middleton's retail share from 31.7% in 2009 to the current 29.4% share. Altria has focused on growing income from the cigar business by controlling costs while maintaining margins.

The smokeable products category (cigarettes and cigars) has grown income at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2%. In 2013, income from smokeable products was $6.4 billion, up from $5.2 billion in 2008.

Entry into E-Cigarette Market Philip Morris is planning to enter into the e-cigarette market in the second half of 2014. According to Philip Morris International CEO André Calantzopoulos, Philip Morris would attempt to absolve some of the current issues with the development of its own e-cigarette technology. The company noted that there is strong consumer demand for a less-harmful cigarette alternative, and that through positive results in its own consumer tests as well as broader consumer interest, Philip Morris would begin the development of its own e-cigarette. However, the company did note that current e-cigarettes often have a slower delivery of nicotine when compared to conventional cigarettes, and often have weaker tastes, which result in "limited user satisfaction and reduced adoption rates."

To End

Governments need tobacco companies, because it provides them with a healthy stream of revenues through excise taxes for example. Furthermore, it is much more popular to tax the evil tobacco conglomerates, rather than increase taxes on middle class voters, or reduce education expenditures for high-schools The positives behind companies like Altria includes strong brand loyalty, the fact that consumers are addicted to the product, efficiencies of scale and strong pricing power. It would be almost impossible to start a competing tobacco company today, because of the ban on advertising. Altria has a reputation as an income investor's staple. It has been inculcating in shareholder-friendly policies and is expected to provide value for investors. It has a record of healthy operating cash flows. The venture of the company into e-cigarettes will support growth in the near future.

Altria continues to show great potential and still has several relative advantages over its competitors, including its dominance in cigarette market share, high dividend yield and diversification with other assets.

Altria's tobacco companies are well-positioned in the U.S. tobacco space. They have the leading positions in the largest and most profitable tobacco product categories. And in each of these categories, Altria competes with premium brands that enjoy strong equity and higher margins than most of their competitors. For decades, the company has pumped out steady profit growth and returned a great deal to shareholders

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Stocks move higher in afternoon trading

Stocks broke a two-day losing streak and closed higher Friday in a volatile week that saw major indexes hit record highs and then tumble. The Dow posted a loss for the week, the S&P 500 was basically flat and the Nasdaq advanced.

The major indexes earlier bounced back and forth between small gains and losses throughout the session before a late-afternoon rally boosted stocks.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 44.50 points, or 0.3% to 16,491.31. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 7.01 points, or 0.4% to 1,877.86, and the Nasdaq composite index gained 21.30 points, or 0.5% to 4,090.59.

For the week, the Dow fell 0.6%, the S&P 500 dipped 0.03% and the Nasdaq gained 0.5%.

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Investors were searching for direction after a volatile week saw the Dow and S&P 500 hit record closing highs on Tuesday and then drop sharply two days in a row.

Mixed economic data added to Friday's lackluster performance. The housing market saw a sign of encouragement on news that home building surged in April. Housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.07 million, up from 947,000 in March, the Census Bureau said.

But a monthly gauge of U.S. consumer sentiment fell in May as a gloomy view on income growth clouded an otherwise positive economic outlook, a survey showed.

The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's preliminary May reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in at 81.8, down from 84.1 the month before. It was also below the expectation of 84.5 among economists polled by Reuters.

In corporate news, Darden Restaurants fell 4.3% to $48.49 after the company said it's selling its Red Lobster chain to Golden Gate Capital for $2.1 billion.

In another drug industry deal, Abbott Laboratories said it is buying Chile's CFR Pharmaceuticals for $2.9 billion. Shares of Abbott were down 0.5% to $39.06.

Verizon Communications was the leading stock of the Dow 30, rising 2.3% to $4! 9.07 on news that famed investor Warren Buffett added the telecommunications company to his holdings.

J.C. Penney surged 16.3% to $9.73 after the retailer reported earnings that beat analyst estimates.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note moved back above the 2.5% level, rising to 2.52% from 2.49% Thursday.

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Overseas, Asian markets fell. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.4% to 14,096.59 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 0.1% to 22,712.91.

The Sensex stock index in Mumbai rose 0.9% to 24,121.74 after earlier touching an all-time high of 25,375.63. India's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party looked set to earn enough parliamentary seats to create a government without forming a coalition with regional leaders.

European shares were mixed. London's FTSE 100 index gained 0.2% to 6,855.81, but Germany's DAX index dropped 0.3% to 9,629.10.

Thursday, the Dow tumbled 167 points, dropping 1% to 16,446.81. Wal-Mart was the biggest loser of the Dow 30 as the retailer reported a 5% drop in profits in the first quarter and missed analysts' estimates. The Standard & Poor's 500 index plunged 0.9% and the Nasdaq composite index shed 0.8%.

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‘We’re Not Going to Have Anyone to Employ by 2021’: David Rosenberg

Gluskin Sheff economist David Rosenberg kicked off the Altegris Strategic Investment conference on Wednesday with a largely upbeat view of the economy, saying the odds of a recession in the coming year are close to zero.

Indeed, Rosenberg, whose Breakfast with Dave daily research report is popular in the investment community, told an audience of more than 600 investment professionals meeting in San Diego that “we’re probably only in the fourth inning” of the current business cycle.

What’s more, headwinds that were stalling U.S. economic progress are rapidly dissipating. A slowdown in housing should not be cause for concern, he said, as housing is an “early cycle indicator” whose slowing is typically followed by a handing off of “the baton to the consumer.”

Nor should fears of rising household debt worry us, since it is not debt but “the capacity to service debt that is fundamental,” he said.

That capacity has grown, as has bank lending to consumers, which should translate into improved aggregate demand.

For perspective, he noted that the ratio of debt to GDP was 10% five years ago and proving intractable, but is now almost down to 2.5% — well past the 4% threshold that signals economic healing.

Rosenberg, a former chief North American economist of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, expressed deep concern about employment conditions, yet the socioeconomic woes he describes are not likely to move markets — only “change at the margin” does that, and there the trend is mildly positive, he says.

The disturbing trend is the number of people leaving the labor force — more than 90 million Americans are out of the work force and more are leaving, he says, adding that the oft-commented upon phenomenon of discouraged workers accounts for just one-quarter of the trend.

“Something else is going on here as it relates to the pool of available labor in the U.S.

"Part of it is when you create an environment in which you pay people not to work — that’s what we’ve done in this cycle — the number of people collecting a benefit is up 40% in 5 years,” Rosenberg says.

He cited statistics from a University of Chicago researcher indicating that large numbers of Americans can make more money sitting on the couch collecting benefits than as an administrative assistant or teacher.

Another factor — the most significant factor — affecting today’s low labor market participation rate is the wave of 78 million aging boomers who began reaching age 65 in 2011.

“Of course the labor market participation rate is going down — it’s just mathematical. Three-fourths of the reason is demographic. So get used to… ever-declining rates of unemployment.”

The Gluskin Sheff economist decried work force imbalances, with U.S. colleges producing more psychologists than engineers.

“A large part of the labor force is having trouble finding work — they don’t have the skills,” he says, or their skills are declining.

But the larger problem — that the pool of available labor is declining (it is currently at a 5-year low, he says) — requires immediate legislative attention. At the current rate of decline, “we’re not going to have anyone to employ by 2021,” he quipped, calling for immigration incentives.

In the meantime, Rosenberg’s studies indicate that labor’s share of the economic spoils is now 56% and rising. Whether through market forces or politics, he says, wage increases will accelerate over the coming years.

Addressing monetary policy, Rosenberg cited statements by  Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen to the effect that the path of the economy is “uncertain,” on which he commented:

“What does an uncertain central banker do? Nothing!”

Therefore, the Fed will be keeping rates low indefinitely, the resulting yield curve suggests to Rosenberg that “the odds of a recession in the next year are close to zero.”

What’s more, “we’ll get corrections along the way, but not a bear market.”

The Gluskin Sheff economist also cautioned investors to stay away from bonds, citing newspaper headlines that “Some fear the economy needs more inflation.”

“Who’s the ‘some'?” he asked.

“The Fed!” he answered, quoting former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s last official speech, in which he said: “we’re committed to making sure that inflation doesn’t stay too low.”

“They think inflation is too low — why would you bet against that? said bond bear Rosenberg, who wants to see 10-year bond rates in the 4% range before he gets comfortable with them again.

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Hot Machinery Companies To Own In Right Now: Komatsu Ltd (KMTUY)

Komatsu Ltd. (Komatsu), incorporated in May 13, 1921, is a global company engaged in the manufacturing, development, marketing and sale of a range of industrial-use products and services. The manufacturing operations of Komatsu are conducted primarily at plants located in Japan, the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Indonesia, China, Thailand and India. Komatsu�� products are primarily sold under the Komatsu brand name and almost all of its sales and service activities are conducted through its sales subsidiaries and independent distributors who primarily sell products to retail dealers in their respective geographic area. Komatsu operates and competes in the six principal markets, such as Japan, the United States, Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), China, Asia (excluding Japan and China) and Oceania and the Middle East and Africa. In May, 2009, Komatsu acquired the additional interest in Komatsu Australia Corporate Finance Pty. Ltd.

Construction, Mining and Utility Equipment

The Company offers various types of construction, mining and utility equipment, ranging from super-large machines capable of mining applications to general construction equipment and mini construction equipment for urban use. Komatsu�� range of products in this operating segment also includes a variety of attachments to be used with its products. Komatsu�� principal products include excavating equipment, loading equipment, grading and roadbed preparation equipment, hauling equipment, forestry equipment, tunneling machines, recycling equipment, industrial vehicles, other equipment, engines and components, casting products and logistics.

Industrial Machinery and Others

The Company�� Industrial Machinery and Others segment products are used by a range of businesses and include industrial machinery, such as forging and sheet metal machinery and other services. Komatsu�� principal products include metal forging and stampi! ng presses, sheet metal machines, machine tools, defense systems, temperature-control equipment and others.

The Company competes with Caterpillar Inc., Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Volvo Construction Equipment NV, CNH Global N.V., Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corporation.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dan Carroll]

  Chinese manufacturing and materials stocks may not be the only picks in trouble, however. Leading international manufacturers could see demand in the world's second-largest economy, cutting into lofty growth expectations that relied upon China's surge to make up for weakness elsewhere around the globe. Japanese industrial power Komatsu (NASDAQOTH: KMTUY  ) , the second-largest industrial machinery manufacturer in the world, is betting on�growing Chinese demand this fiscal year, in combination with the weak yen, to fuel growth.

Hot Machinery Companies To Own In Right Now: Flowserve Corp (FLS)

Flowserve Corporation, incorporated on May 1, 1912, is a manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of flow control systems. The Company develops and manufacture precision-engineered flows control equipment integral to the movement, control and protection of the flow of materials in its customers' critical processes. The Company operates in three segments: Engineered Product Division (EPD), which includes long leads time, custom and other engineered pumps and pump systems, mechanical seals, auxiliary systems and replacement parts and related services, Industrial Product Division (IPD), which includes pre-configured engineered pumps and pump systems and related products and services, and Flow Control Division (FCD), which includes engineered and industrial valves, control valves, actuators and controls and related services. Effective December 10, 2013, Flowserve Corp acquired Innovative Mag-Drive LLC.

Through the Company's manufacturing platform and global network of Quick Response Centers (QRCs), the Company offers an array of aftermarket equipment services, such as installation, advanced diagnostics, repair and retrofitting. The Company's product portfolio of pumps, valves, seals, automation and aftermarket services supports global infrastructure industries, including oil and gas, chemical, power generation and water management, as well as certain general industrial markets where the Company's products and services add value. The Company sells its products and services to more than 10,000 companies, including some of the engineering, procurement and construction firms (EPC), original equipment manufacturers, distributors and end users.

Engineered Product Division

The Company designs, manufactures, distributes and services engineered pumps and pumps systems, mechanical seals, auxiliary systems, replacement parts and related equipment. The business primarily consists of long lead time, engineered, configured products, which require extensive test requirements a! nd project management skills. EPD products and services are primarily used by companies that operate in the oil and gas, power generation, chemical, water management and general industries. The Company markets its pump and mechanical seals products through its global sales force and its regional QRCs and service and repair centers or through independent distributors and sales representatives. A portion of the Company's mechanical seal products are sold directly to original equipment manufacturers for incorporation into rotating equipment requiring mechanical seals. The Company's pump products are manufactured in a range of metal alloys and with a variety of configurations to meet the critical operating demands of the Company's customers.

The Company also manufactures a gas-lubricated mechanical seal that is used in high-speed compressors for gases pipelines and in the oil and gas production and process markets. The Company's products are manufactured at 29 plants worldwide, nine of which are located in Europe, 11 in North America, four in Asia Pacific and five in Latin America. The Company also conducts business through strategic foreign joint ventures. The Company has six unconsolidated joint ventures that are located in China, India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, where a portion of its products are manufactured, assembled or serviced in these territories. The Company manufactures more than 40 different active types of pumps and approximately 185 different models of mechanical seals and sealing systems.

The Company's EPD products include between bearings pumps, which include single case- axially split, single case- radially split, double case; overhung pumps, which includes api process; positive displacement pumps, which includes multiphase, reciprocating and screw; mechanical seals and seal support systems, which includes gas barrier seals and dry-running seals, and specialty products, which includes nuclear pumps, nuclear seals, cryogenic p! umps, cry! ogenic liquid expander, hydraulic decoking systems, and API slurry pumps. The Company�� EPD Brand Names include BW Seals, Byron Jackson, Calder Energy Recovery Devices, Cameron, Durametallic, Five Star Seal, Jeumont-Schneider, and Interseal. EPD Services includes provision of engineered aftermarket services through its global network of 128 QRCs, some of which are co-located in manufacturing facilities, in 41 countries. Its EPD service personnel provide a comprehensive set of equipment services for flow management control systems, including installation, commissioning, repair, advanced diagnostics, re-rate and retrofit programs, machining and comprehensive asset management solutions. The Company provides asset management services and condition monitoring for rotating equipment through special contracts with many of its customers that reduce maintenance costs.

Industrial Product Division

The Company designs , manufactures, distributes and services pre-configured engineered pumps and pumps systems, including submersible motors, for industrial markets. IPD's standardized, general purpose pump products are primarily utilized by the oil and gas, chemical, water management, power generation and general industries. The Company's products are manufactured in 12 manufacturing facilities, three of which are located in the United States and six in Europe. IPD operates 20 QRCs worldwide, including 11 sites in Europe, three in the United States , five in Asia Pacific and one in Latin America. The Company manufactures approximately 40 different active types of pumps available in a wide range of metal alloys and non-metallics with a variety of configurations. The products includes Overhung, which includes Chemical Process ANSI and ISO, Industrial Process , and Slurry and Solids Handling ; Specialty Products, which includes Molten Salt VTP Pump, Submersible Pump, Thruster, Geothermal Deepwell, and Barge Pump; Between Bearings, which includes Single Case- Axially Split and Single Case- Radia! lly Split! ; Vertical, which includes Wet Pit, Deep Well Submersible Motor, Slurry and Solids Handling, and Sump; Positive Displacement, which includes Gear. The Company�� brands include Aldrich, Durco, IDP, Pacific, Pleuger, Scienco, Sier Bath, Western Land Roller, TKL, Worthington, and Worthington-Simpson. The Company markets its pump products through its worldwide sales force and its regional service and repair centers or through independent distributors and sales representatives. The Company provide an array of aftermarket services including product installation and commissioning services, spare parts, repairs, re-rate and upgrade solutions, advanced diagnostics and maintenance solutions through its global network of QRCs.

Flow Control Division

The Company�� FCD designs, manufactures, distributes and services a portfolio of industrial valve and automation solutions, including isolation and control valves, actuation, controls and related equipment. In addition, FCD offers energy management products, such as steam traps, boiler controls and condensate and energy recovery systems. FCD products are used to control, direct and manage the flow of liquids and gases and are an integral part of any flow control system. The Company's valve products are often customized and engineered to perform specific functions within each customer's unique flow control environment. The Company's flow control products are primarily used by companies operating in the chemical (including pharmaceutical), power generation (nuclear, fossil and renewable), oil and gas, water management and general industries (including aerospace, pulp and paper and mining). FCD has 58 sites worldwide, including 25 principal manufacturing facilities ( five of which are located in the United States and 13 of which are located in Europe) and 33 QRCs, including three consolidated joint ventures. A small portion of the Company's valves are also produced through an unconsolidated joint venture in India.

The Company's pr! oducts ar! e used in a variety of applications, from general service to the severe and demanding services, including those involving high levels of corrosion, extreme temperatures and/or pressures, zero fugitive emissions and emergency shutdown. The Company's smart valve and diagnostic technologies integrate sensors, microprocessor controls and software into high performance integrated control valves, digital positioners and switchboxes for automated on/off valve assemblies and electric actuators. These technologies permit real-time system analysis, system warnings and remote indication of asset health. These technologies have been developed in response to the growing demand for reduced maintenance, improved process control efficiency and digital communications at the plant level. The Company's valve automation products encompass a range of pneumatic, electric, hydraulic and stored energy actuation designs to take advantage of whatever power source the customer has available.

The Company�� products includes valve automation systems, control valves, ball valves, gate valves, globe valves, check valves, lined plug valves, lubricated plug valves, diagnostic software, digital positioners, pneumatic positioners, intelligent positioners, pneumatic actuators, hydraulic actuators, diaphragm actuators, direct gas and gas-over-oil actuators. steam traps, boiler controls, digital communications, and valve and automation repair services. The Company�� brands include Accord, Anchor/Darling, Argus, Atomac, Durco, Edward, Flowserve, Gestra, Kammer, Limitorque, McCANNA/MARPAC, NAF, NAVAL, Noble Alloy, Norbro, Nordstrom, PMV, Serck Audco, Schmidt Armaturen, Valbart, Valtek, Vogt, and Worcester Controls. The Company provides equipment maintenance services for flow control systems, including advanced diagnostics, repair, installation, commissioning, retrofit programs and field machining capabilities.

The Company competes with Sulzer Pumps, Ebara Corp., SPX Corp., Eagle Burgmann, A. W. Chesterton Co. an! d AES Cor! p, John Crane Inc., and Weir Group Plc, ITT Industries, KSB Inc., Sulzer Pumps, Pentair Ltd., Cameron International Corp., Emerson Electric Co., General Electric Co. and Crane Co.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Damon Churchwell]

  Increasing sales and margins
  A second, even larger, flow technology company to consider is Flowserve (NYSE: FLS  ) . The company's flow control systems are utilized by a wide range of industries, led by oil & gas, chemicals, and power generation.

• [By Jim Jubak]

  So, why did shares of Flowserve (FLS) soar 5.7%, yesterday?

  Sure, the maker of all things that move water and other fluids beat Wall Street earnings projections for the fourth quarter by 6 cents a share (after excluding one-time charges) and revenue climbed 4.6% year over year, matching analyst estimates.

• [By Charles Carlson]

  If you are new to DRIP investing, treat yourself to a few DRIPs this holiday season. Trust me��t'll change your life.

  American Water Works (AWK)��ielding 2.7% with a DRIP minimum of $100
  
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10 Best Specialty Retail Stocks To Watch Right Now: Mueller Water Products Inc (MWA)

Mueller Water Products, Inc., incorporated on September 22, 2005, is a manufacturer and marketer of products and services used in the transmission, distribution and measurement of water. The Company�� product portfolio includes engineered valves, fire hydrants, pipe fittings, water meters, leak detection and pipe condition assessment which are used by municipalities, as well as the residential and non-residential construction industries. The Company operates in two segments: Mueller Co. and Anvil. Mueller Co. The Company�� valve or fire hydrant products are specified for use in the 100 metropolitan areas in the United States.

Mueller Co.

Mueller Co. manufactures valves for water and gas systems, including iron gate, butterfly, tapping, check, plug and ball valves, as well as dry-barrel and wet-barrel fire hydrants and a of pipe repair products, such as clamps and couplings used to repair leaks. The Company offers residential and commercial metering products and systems and leak detection and pipe condition assessment products and services. Mueller Co. products are sold through waterworks distributors.

The Company�� fire hydrants consist of an upper barrel and nozzle section and a lower barrel and valve section that connects to a water main. In dry-barrel hydrants, the valve connecting the barrel of the hydrant to the water main is located below ground at or below the frost line, which keeps the hydrant upper barrel dry. It sells dry-barrel fire hydrants with the Mueller and U.S. Pipe Valve and Hydrant brand names in the United States and the Mueller and Canada Valve brand names in Canada. The Company also makes wet-barrel hydrants, where the valves are located in the hydrant nozzles and the barrel contains water at all times. It also makes wet-barrel hydrants, where the valves are located in the hydrant nozzles and the barrel contains water at all times.

Mueller Co. manufactures a variety of intelligent water technology products under the Mue! ller Systems and Hersey Meters brand names that are designed to help water providers accurately measure water usage. These products include water meters, advanced metering infrastructure systems and automated meter reading products, have the capability to measure water usage ranging from small residential flows to large commercial and industrial applications.

Mueller Co. offers leak detection and pipe condition assessment products and services under the Echologics brand name. Other products include pipe repair products, such as clamps and couplings used to repair leaks and municipal castings, such as manhole covers and street drain grates. It sells these products under the Mueller and Jones brand names.

The Company competes with McWane, Inc., American Cast Iron Pipe Company, The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc., A.Y. McDonald Mfg, Sensus, Neptune Technology Group, Inc., Badger Meter, Inc., Aclara LLC and Itron, Inc.

Anvil

Anvil manufactures and sources a range of products, includes fittings, couplings, hangers, valves and related products for use in many non-residential constructions for HVAC, fire protection, energy and oil and gas applications. Anvil's products are sold through distributors who then sell the products to a variety of end users. These distributors are serviced primarily through Anvil's distribution centers.

Fittings and Couplings manufactures threaded and grooved pipe fittings and couplings. Pipe fittings and couplings join two pieces of pipe together. The five categories of pipe fittings and couplings are cast iron fittings, malleable iron fittings and unions, grooved fittings, couplings and valves, threaded steel pipe coupling and nipples. Hangers, manufacture an array of pipe hangers and supports. Standard pipe hangers and supports are used in fire protection sprinkler systems and HVAC applications where the objective is to provide rigid support from the building structure.

The Company competes with Ward Man! ufacturin! g L.L.C., malleable iron fittings, Victaulic Company, Tyco International Ltd., ERICO International Corporation, Cooper Industries plc and Carpenter & Paterson, Inc.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Travis Hoium]

  What: Shares of Mueller Water Products (NYSE: MWA  ) jumped as much as 17% today after the company released earnings.

  So what: Fiscal-second-quarter revenue jumped 12.6% to $283.1 million and net income was $6.2 million, or $0.05 per share. Analysts only expected revenue to be $270.8 million and earnings of $0.02 per share so this was well ahead of estimates. �

Hot Machinery Companies To Own In Right Now: Emak SpA (EM)

Emak SpA is an Italy-based company primarily engaged in the manufacture of outdoor power equipment for gardening, forestry, agriculture and industry. The Company�� portfolio includes chainsaws, brush cutters, lawnmowers, garden tractors, water pumps, high pressure washers, transporters, rotary cultivators, motor hoes and power cutters, among others. It also manufactures spare parts, accessories and protective clothing. The Company sells its products under various brand names, such as Oleo-Mac, Efco, Bertolini, Nibbi and Staub. Emak SpA directly manages distribution in the Italian market and it sells products, through its commercial subsidiaries, in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, the countries of Benelux, Poland, Ukraine, among others.The Company is controlled by Yama SpA, which is an industrial holding company. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Federico Zaldua]

  Brookfield Infrastructure has a number of potentially profitable areas for investment around the world but, above all, in infrastructure hungry Emerging Markets (EM) such as Brazil. According to Credit Suisse analysts, in Brazil, funds can be invested at Funds From Operations (FFO) yields above 12%. Therefore, the company's ability to grow its distribution yield, whether through acquisitions or organically, is critical to evaluate the company's value. Moreover, the currently conservative dividend payout ratio should allow Brookfield Infrastructure to self-finance on going opportunities.

Hot Machinery Companies To Own In Right Now: Cleantech Transit Inc (CLNO)

Cleantech Transit, Inc., incorporated on June 28, 2006, is a development-stage company. The Company focuses to explore opportunities in the development and production of hybrid, electric, alternative fuel and diesel heavy duty transit buses, luxury motor coaches and tour buses. On July 11, 2011, the Company formed Cleantech Energy, Inc. as a wholly owned subsidiary. In February 2013, the Company announced that acquired from Crown Equity Holdings Inc., Crown Buy Rite.

On July 25, 2011, the Company formed Cleantech Exploration Corp. as a wholly owned subsidiary. On October 31, 2011, the Company acquired a 40% interest in Ortigalita Power Systems, LLC a waste power generating project in California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By CRWE]

  Cleantech Transit, Inc. (OTCMKTS:CLNO) (www.cleantechtransit.net ) through its Discovery Carbon subsidiary, develops emissions offset strategies for companies, municipalities, and countries. Today, CLNO has surged (+5.91%) up +0.013 at $.233 with 60,195 shares in play thus far (ref. google finance Delayed: 1:08PM EDT July 22, 2013), but don�� let this get you down.

  CLNO�� daily range is at ($.245 – $.226) thus far and currently at $.233 would be considered a (+21081.81%) gain above the 52 wk low of $.0011. The stock is up +0.23 ( +10490.91%) since the concerning dates of January 23, 2013 ��July 22, 2013. +10490.91% is the 6 month high and rightly so.

Hot Machinery Companies To Own In Right Now: Rockwell Automation Inc.(ROK)

Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation power, control, and information solutions. It operates in two segments, Architecture and Software, and Control Products and Solutions. The Architecture and Software segment offers control platforms that perform multiple control disciplines and monitoring of applications, including discrete, batch and continuous process, drives control, motion control, and machine safety control; and products comprising controllers, electronic operator interface devices, electronic input/output devices, communication and networking products, and industrial computers. This segment also offers software products, such as configuration and visualization software used to operate and supervise control platforms, advanced process control software, and manufacturing execution software to enhance manufacturing productivity and meet regulatory requirements; and rotary and linear motion control products, and sensors and machine safety components . The Control Products and Solutions segment provides low and medium voltage electro-mechanical and electronic motor starters, motor and circuit protection devices, AC/DC variable frequency drives, push buttons, signaling devices, termination and protection devices, relays and timers, and condition sensors; and packaged solutions, such as configured drives and motor control centers to automation and information solutions, as well as life-cycle support services. The company sells its products, solutions, and services primarily under the Rockwell Automation, Allen-Bradley, A-B, and Rockwell Software brand names to the food and beverage, transportation, oil and gas, metals, mining, home and personal care, pulp and paper, and life sciences markets through independent distributors and direct sales force in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Rockwell Automation, Inc. was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Milwaukee , Wisconsin.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  That negative sentiment “flashed as a positive indicator,” Inch and Lau say, and some stocks appear to be “‘locked and loaded’ to meaningfully exceed forecast estimates.” Those include Rockwell Automation (ROK), Eaton (ETN) and Emerson Electric (EMR).

• [By Blake Bos]

  In the following video, Fool consumer-goods/industrials analyst Blake Bos breaks down Aviation Week's top aerospace and defense picks by annual revenue. His discussion includes Cubic (NYSE: CUB  ) , Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK  ) , Exelis (NYSE: XLS  ) , Boeing (NYSE: BA  ) , and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT  ) .

• [By Rick Munarriz]

  Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK  ) isn't being an automaton with its disbursements. The leading player in industrial automation and information is jacking up its quarterly payouts 11% to $0.52 a share. This may not seem like much, but string enough of these increases along and you really move the needle. Rockwell's rate has soared 80% over the past four years.

• [By Marc Bastow]

  Industrial automation power, control and information systems company Rockwell Automation (ROK) raised its quarterly dividend 12% to 58 cents per share, payable on Dec. 10 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 8.
  ROK Dividend Yield: 2.08%