Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Thursday’s session are Wal-Mart Stores Inc.(WMT), Kohl's Corp.(KSS) and Viacom Inc.(VIAB)
Wal-Mart’s fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 2.8% as sales improved at its Sam’s Club stores, though revenue was weaker than expected. The world’s largest retailer narrowed its full-year earnings guidance and gave a mostly cautious profit view for the current quarter, pushing shares down.
Kohl’s third-quarter earnings fell 18% as the department-store chain reported weaker same-store sales and margins. Shares fell as earnings and revenue missed expectations and the retailer again cut its 2013 profit guidance.
Viacom’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 24% as the media giant benefited from growth in advertising and home-entertainment revenue, pushing results above estimates. Class B shares rose 3.2%.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: MEDIWARE Information Systems Inc.(MEDW)
Mediware Information Systems, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, and marketing of software solutions targeting specific processes within healthcare institutions. The company offers software systems consisting of company's proprietary application software, and third-party licensed software and hardware. It licenses, implements, and supports clinical and performance management, blood donor, and blood and biologic management products in the United States; and medication management solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa. The company?s blood and biologics management solutions include HCLL Transfusion and HCLL Donor, which address blood donor recruitment, blood processing, and transfusion activities for hospitals and medical centers; BloodSafe suite of hardware and software that enable healthcare facilities to store, monitor, distribute, and track blood products; LifeTrak software for blood centers; a nd BiologiCare, a bone, tissue, and cellular product tracking software. Its medication management products comprise WORx, a pharmacy information system to manage inpatient and outpatient pharmacy operations; MediCOE, a physician order entry module; MediMAR, a nurse point-of-care administration and bedside documentation module; MediREC, which assists in achieving compliance with a Joint Commission mandate; and pharmacy management and electronic prescribing systems. The company?s performance management products include InSight software that tracks performance metrics to assist healthcare managers to manage performance. It also provides software installation and maintenance services, as well as billing and collection services to home infusion and home/durable medical equipment markets. The company markets its products primarily through its direct sales force. Mediware Information Systems, Inc. was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By CRWE]
Mediware Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MEDW) plans to acquire the assets of Indianapolis-based Strategic Healthcare Group LLC (SHG), a leading provider of blood management consulting, education and informatics solutions.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: Nuveen Insured California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio(NXC)
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments Inc. It is managed by Nuveen Asset Management. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of United States. It invests in the securities of companies that operate across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in municipal bonds. It employs fundamental analysis to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against Barclays Capital California Municipal Bond Index and S&P California Municipal Bond Index. Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio was formed on June 19, 1992 and is domiciled in the United States.
Best Managed Healthcare Stocks To Own Right Now: Talisman Energy In Com Npv (TLM.TO)
Talisman Energy Inc., an upstream oil and gas company, engages in the exploration, development, production, transportation, and marketing of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. It primarily operates in North America, the North Sea, and southeast Asia. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: SmartHeat Inc.(HEAT)
SmartHeat Inc. manufactures, sells, and services plate heat exchangers (PHE) in the People?s Republic of China. It offers PHE units, which combine PHEs with various pumps, temperature sensors, and valves and automated control systems; heat meters for use in commercial and residential buildings; and spiral and tube heat exchangers. The company?s products are used in various applications that include energy conversion for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; and industrial use in petroleum refining, petrochemicals, metallurgy, food and beverage, and chemical processing. SmartHeat sells PHE units under the brand name of Taiyu; and PHEs under the brand names of Taiyu and Sondex. It sells its products through sales force and a network of national distributors. The company is headquartered in Shenyang, the People?s Republic of China.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: Wipro Ltd (WIPR.NS)
Wipro Limited (Wipro) is a global information technology (IT), services company. Wipro provides a range of IT services, software solutions and research and development services in the areas of hardware and software design to companies worldwide. It uses its development centers located in India and worldwide, quality processes and global resource pool to provide IT solutions and deliver time-to-market and time-to-development advantages to its clients. It also provides business process outsourcing (BPO) services. The Company operate in three segments: IT Services business segment, IT Products business segment and Consumer Care and Lighting business segment. On June 10, 2011, it acquired the global oil and gas information technology practice of the Commercial Business Services Business Unit of Science Applications International Corporation Inc. along with 100% interest in SAIC Europe Limited and SAIC India Private Limited. In June 2013, the Company acquired a minority stake i n Axeda Corp.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: Atlatsa Resources Corp (ATL)
Atlatsa Resources Corporation is engaged in mining, exploration and development of mineral deposits located in the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC), South Africa. The principal business activity is the mining and exploration of platinum group metals (PGM), through its mineral property interests. The Company�� subsidiaries include N1C Resources Incorporation, Anooraq Minera Mexicana, N2C Resources Incorporation, Plateau Resources Proprietary Limited, Bokoni Holdings Proprietary Limited, Bokoni Mines Proprietary Limited, Boikgantsho Proprietary Limited, Kwanda Proprietary Limited, Ga-Phasha Proprietary Limited, Middlepunt Hill Management Services (Proprietary) Limited and Lebowa Platinum Mine Limited. Advisors' Opinion:- [By Roberto Pedone]
Another stock that's starting to move within range of triggering a big breakout trade is Atlatsa Resources (ATL), which engages in the mining, exploration and development of platinum group metals properties located in the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa. This stock has been on fire so far in 2013, with shares up a whopping 198%.
If you take a look at the chart for Atlatsa Resources, you'll notice that this stock has been uptrending strong for the last two months and change, with shares soaring higher from its low of 28 cents per share to its intraday high of 46 cents per share. During that uptrend, shares of ATL have been consistently making higher lows and higher highs, which is bullish technical price action. Shares of ATL have now started to take out some near-term overhead resistance levels at 43 cents to 44 cents per share. That move is quickly pushing shares of ATL within range of triggering another big breakout trade.
Market players should now look for long-biased trades in ATL if it manages to break out above its 52-week high at 50 cents per share with high volume. Look for a sustained move or close above that level with volume that hits near or above its three-month average action of 170,178 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then ATL will set up to enter new 52-week-high territory, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that breakout are its next major overhead resistance levels at 63 cents to 73 cents per share, or even 80 cents per share.
Traders can look to buy ATL off any weakness to anticipate that breakout and simply use a stop that sits right below its 50-day moving average of 39 cents per share, or near more support at 37 cents per share. One can also buy ATL off strength once it clears its 52-week high at 50 cents with volume and then simply use a stop that sits a comfortable percentage from your entry point.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: Hemisphere Gps Inc Com Npv (HEM.TO)
Hemisphere GPS Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and sale of precision global positioning system (GPS) products and technologies for positioning, guidance, and machine control applications. The company provides GPS precision agriculture products, which reduce the potential for skips or overlaps, as well as enables customers to apply chemicals; precision guidance, tracking, and flow control products for applications, such as row crop spraying, pest control, forest management, and firefighting operations; and Outback Guidance products that focus on tractor guidance, automated control, and mapping for various precision agriculture operations. It also offers guidance systems for earthworks projects, including excavation, automated steering, and snow grooming activities. In addition, the company provides global navigation satellite system (GNSS) positioning and Vector GPS compass products for a range of applications comprising hydrographic surveying and dredgi ng, navigation, mapping and land surveying, machine control, and other applications that require positioning and navigation, as well as markets Crescent, Eclipse, and Vector technologies for OEM applications. It primarily has operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. The company was formerly known as CSI Wireless Inc. and changed its name to Hemisphere GPS Inc. in May 2007. Hemisphere GPS Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: Spreadtrum Communications Inc.(SPRD)
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets baseband processor and RF transceiver solutions for wireless communications and mobile television markets. It offers a portfolio of integrated baseband processor solutions that support a range of wireless communications standards, including global system for mobile communication (GSM), general packet radio service (GPRS), enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE), time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA), and high speed packet access (HSPA), as well as offer an array of multimedia capabilities, such as MP3 digital audio playback, touch screen, JAVA acceleration, digital camera support, motion JPEG, MPEG4, AVS and H.264 digital video playback, and 64-channel polyphonic ringtone playback. The company also provides single-chip CMOS multi-mode RF transceivers that perform across various standards covering GSM/GP RS, EDGE, wideband code division multiple access, TD-SCDMA, and high speed uplink/downlink packet access. In addition, it designs, develops, and markets a CMMB-based channel demodulator and audio/video decoder processor solution for the mobile television market. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors to brand manufacturers, independent design houses, and original design manufacturers primarily in China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People?s Republic of China.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Brian Pacampara]
What: Shares of Chinese smartphone chip maker Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD ) surged 17% today after Tsinghua University, through its subsidiary Tsinghua Unigroup, offered to acquire it for $1.4 billion.
- [By Bloomberg News]
The Bloomberg China-US 55 Index (CH55BN), the measure of the most- traded U.S.-listed Chinese companies, added 0.2 percent in New York yesterday. Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (SPRD) gained after Bank of America Corp. said rising smartphone use will boost Asian semiconductor makers.
- [By Brian Pacampara]
What: Shares of smartphone chip maker Spreadtrum Communications (NASDAQ: SPRD ) popped 13% today after Chinese state-owned company Tsinghua Unigroup agreed to acquire it for about $1.8 billion.
- [By Dan Radovsky]
Chinese semiconductor maker Spreadtrum (NASDAQ: SPRD ) has received a buyout offer valued at up to $1.5 billion from Tsinghua Unigroup, a subsidiary of Chinese government-owned Tsinghua Holdings, Spreadtrum announced today.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: TAM S.A.(TAM)
TAM S.A. provides passengers and cargo air transportation services in Brazil and internationally. It also engages in the aircraft acquisition, financing, and debt issuance activities. In addition, the company offers travel and tourism agency services, as well as is involved in the development and management of customer loyalty programs. It operates a fleet of approximately 156 aircrafts. The company was founded in 1961 and is based in S� Paulo, Brazil. TAM S.A. is a subsidiary of TAM-Empreendimentos e Participa珲es S.A.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Jeremy Bowman]
What: Shares of Taminco (NYSE: TAM) were looking brighter today, gaining as much 13% after a promising quarterly earnings report, its first as a public company.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: Ubiquitech Software Corp (UBQU.PK)
Ubiquitech Software Corporation, incorporated on January 11, 2007, is focused on the proposed business encompassing two business units or divisions, including an esoteric clinical laboratory and a research and development facility attached to the esoteric clinical laboratory. Until June 2009, the Company�� business was to develop and market specialized computer software to help manage electronically stored data through the Company�� wholly owned subsidiary companies, Datamatrix Software Corporation and Enterpriseware Software Corporation.
The Company had designed and planned to develop a software application for health care businesses known as Ubiquitech Enterprise Storage Manager (UESM). UESM was designed to provide computer data storage technicians with reporting and system problem notification. As of August 31, 2009, the Company had not generated any revenues.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund Inc (FLC)
Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund, Inc. is a close ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in a diversified portfolio of preferred securities and other income-producing securities consisting of various debt securities. It primarily invests in investment grade securities. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index and the S&P 500 Index. Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund, Inc. was formed on July 18, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: Responsys Inc.(MKTG)
Responsys, Inc. provides on-demand software and professional services primarily in North America, the Asia Pacific, and Europe. The company offers Responsys Interact suite, a software-as-a-service platform that provides marketers with a set of integrated applications to create, execute, optimize, and automate marketing campaigns in various channels, including email, mobile, social, and the Web. Its platform also leverages third-party applications and data from real-time sources allowing customers to deliver targeted content to its customers and known prospects as part of their interactive marketing campaigns. In addition, it provides professional services, such as strategic, creative, deliverability, campaign, and education services. The company offers its on-demand software and professional services to retail and consumer, travel, financial services, and technology industries through a direct sales force. Responsys, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Bru no, California.
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 Responsys (Nasdaq: MKTG ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below. - [By The GeoTeam]
Our recent 2013 articles on SaaS companies Selectica (SLTC), E2open (EOPN), Responsys (MKTG), Vocus (VOCS), and ExactTarget (ET) highlighted such opportunities. The average return since the inception of our coverage currently stands at around 34% (55% at their highs).
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: Ulster Tv(UTV.L)
UTV Media plc provides radio, television, new media, and publishing services. It operates talkSPORT, a commercial speech radio station; 13 local radio stations; and 7 digital radio multiplexes in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as 7 radio stations and 2 independent stations in Ireland. The company also operates television channel that offers news, current affairs, regional programs, and sports, as well as provides its television services on mobile phones. In addition, it provides residential and business Internet services; and digital agency, hosting and content delivery, and business broadband services to small and medium enterprises, multinational corporations, and local and central government units. Further, the company operates Recruitni.com, a government jobs portal; utvdrive.co.uk, a used cars portal enabling customers to buy and sell cars; and PropertyPal.com, an online property portal in Northern Ireland. Additionally, it offers an online magazine that offers information on local car news, reviews, and industry issues; and Sport magazine. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Belfast, the United Kingdom.
Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: Caffyns PLC (CFYN)
Caffyns plc is a United Kingdom-based company. The Company is engaged in the sale and maintenance of motor vehicles including the sale of tyres, oil, parts and accessories. The Company�� dealerships include Audi, Chevrolet, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Skoda, Vauxhall, Volkswagen and Volvo. As of March 31, 2012, the Company had nine franchises from 19 locations in Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire offering new car sales, used cars for sale, corporate sales car servicing, car repairs, parts accessories, wholesale parts, motability and accident repair.Best Prefered Companies To Own In Right Now: Newtek Business Services Inc.(NEWT)
Newtek Business Services, Inc., doing business as The Small Business Authority, distributes a range of business services and financial products to the small- and medium-sized business market in the United States. The company provides electronic payment processing services, which include marketing of credit and debit card processing, check approval, and ancillary processing equipment and software services to merchants who accept credit cards, debit cards, checks, and other non-cash forms of payment. The company also offers managed technology and e-commerce solutions comprising shared and dedicated Web hosting, including domain registration and online shopping cart tools, cloud computing plans, and customized Web design and development services. In addition, it engages in originating, servicing, and selling small business administration loans for the purpose of acquiring commercial real estate, machinery, equipment, and inventory, as well as to refinance debt and fund franch ises, and working capital and business acquisitions; and provides off-site data backup, storage, and retrieval services. Further, the company offers personal, commercial, and health/benefits lines insurance products in 50 states; accounts receivable financing, billing, and accounts receivable maintenance services; and payroll management processing and employee tax filing services. It has a strategic alliance with Chartis, Inc. to provide agent services to small business clients. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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