Thursday, June 13, 2013

Top 5 Diversified Bank Stocks To Own Right Now

As an investor, you've likely found out the hard way that not all companies operating in the same sector offer similar risks or rewards. Sometimes your idea can be right, but you make the wrong stock selection, which can wreck your returns. That's why it's as important to pick the right stock not only to benefit from a long-term trend but also to fit within your risk tolerance.�

One sector where there is a diversity of risk profiles is in the upstream oil and gas MLP space. While known for their high yields, it's important that you don't judge an upstream MLP by yield alone. That's easy to do because as you can see from the chart below, these yields can vary significantly:

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Yield

Top 5 Diversified Bank Stocks To Own Right Now: Suntech Power Holdings Co. LTD.(STP)

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., a solar energy company, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of photovoltaic (PV) products. The company also provides engineering, procurement, and construction services to building solar power systems for certain related party and third party customers. Its products include monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon PV cells; PV modules; and building-integrated photovoltaics products. In addition, the company provides PV system integration services, including designing, installing, and testing PV systems used in lighting for outdoor urban public facilities, as well as in farms, villages, and commercial buildings; and project development services. Its products are used to provide electric power for residential, commercial, industrial, and public utility applications. The company sells its products through value-added resellers, such as distributors and system integrators; and to end users, such as project develo pers primarily in Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Benelux, Greece, the United States, Canada, China, the Middle East, Australia, and Japan. Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Wuxi, the People?s Republic of China.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Curtis]

    Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd.(NYSE: STP) closing price in the stock market Tuesday, Jan. 3, was $2.35. STP is trading -3.28% below its 50 day moving average and -46.49% below its 200 day moving average. STP is -78.30% below its 52-week high of $10.83 and 38.24% above its 52-week low of $1.70. STP‘s PE ratio is 30.52 and its market cap is $424.30M.

    Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. is a solar energy company, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of photovoltaic (PV) products. STP also provides engineering, procurement, and construction services to building solar power systems for certain related party and third party customers.

Top 5 Diversified Bank Stocks To Own Right Now: Abitex Resouces Inc. (ABE.V)

Abitex Resources Inc., a mineral exploration company, focuses on the acquisition, exploration, and development of uranium properties in Canada. The company also explores for gold properties. It primarily holds interests in the Lavoie property comprising 15 claims covering approximately 780 hectares; and the Epsilon property consisting of 102 claims covering approximately 5,352 hectares that are located in the Otish Mountains region of north-central Quebec. The company is headquartered in Val-d�Or, Canada.

Top 5 Financial Stocks To Own For 2014: Inergy L.P. (NRGY)

Inergy, L.P. engages in the storage and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States and Canada. The company is also involved in the fractionation and distribution of NGL; and processing of natural gas and distribution of propane, marketing, and price risk management services to users, retailers, and resellers. In addition, it engages in the production and sale of salt products. The company owns and operates four natural gas storage facilities that include Stagecoach, Thomas Corners, Steuben, and Seneca Lake; natural gas transportation assets in New York and Pennsylvania; NGL storage facility in New York; and solution-mining and salt production company in New York. Its customers primarily include natural gas local distribution companies, electric generation companies, natural gas producers, other natural gas pipelines, and natural gas marketing companies. Inergy, L.P. founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Energy Stock Channel]

    Inergy is a partnership holding company that owns and operates energy midstream infrastructure and a natural gas liquids (NGL) marketing, supply and logistics business. Co.'s midstream infrastructure business consists of storage and transportation operations, which are conducted primarily through its subsidiary, Inergy Midstream, L.P. (Inergy Midstream). Co.'s NGL marketing, supply and logistics business utilizes its West Coast processing, fractionation and storage operations and other NGL facilities that it owns or controls. In addition, through Inergy Midstream, Co. owns US Salt, LLC, a mining and salt production company, which produces evaporated salt products.

Top 5 Diversified Bank Stocks To Own Right Now: U308 Ltd(UTO.AX)

U3O8 Limited engages in the acquisition and exploration of uranium in Australia. It controls approximately 31 exploration licenses in Western Australia, Queensland, and South Australia. The company primarily focuses on the Ashburton project comprising 18 granted exploration tenements prospective for gold, silver, rare earths, base metals, and uranium located to the south of Paraburdoo in Western Australia; the Saltwater Pool Joint Venture project area prospective for gold and silver in the Ashburton area of Western Australia; the Ardmore project prospective for base metal and uranium mineralization located to the south of Mt Isa in Queensland; and the Olary Creek iron ore project located in South Australia. U3O8 Limited is based in West Perth, Australia.

Top 5 Diversified Bank Stocks To Own Right Now: Southwest Airlines Co (LUV)

Southwest Airlines Co., incorporated on March 9, 1967, operates Southwest Airlines, a passenger airline, which provides scheduled air transportation in the United States. As of December 31, 2011, the Company was serving 72 cities in 37 states throughout the United States. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company added addition services in two new states and three new cities: Charleston, South Carolina; Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina; and Newark, New Jersey. Southwest provides point-to-point. On May 2, 2011, the Company acquired AirTran Holdings, Inc. (AirTran).

AirTran�� route system provides hub-and-spoke, rather than point-to-point, service, with approximately half of AirTran�� flights originating or terminating at its hub in Atlanta, Georgia. AirTran also serves a range of markets with non-stop service from bases of operation in Baltimore, Maryland; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Orlando, Florida. As of December 31, 2011, AirTran was serving 68 United States and near-international destinations, including San Juan, Puerto Rico; Cancun, Mexico; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Nassau, The Bahamas; Oranjestad, Aruba; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and Bermuda. As of January 31, 2012, AirTran served 65 destinations. During 2011, approximately 71% of Southwest�� customers flew non-stop, and Southwest�� average aircraft trip stage length was 664 miles with an average duration of approximately 1.8 hours.

As of December 31, 2011, Southwest offered 25 weekday roundtrips from Dallas Love Field to Houston Hobby, 13 weekday roundtrips from Phoenix to Las Vegas, 13 weekday roundtrips from Burbank to Oakland, and 12 weekday roundtrips from Los Angeles International to Oakland. Southwest offers connecting service opportunities from over 60 Southwest cities to different Volaris airports in Mexico including Aguascalientes, Guadalajara, Mexico City (MEX), Mexico City-Toluca (TLC), Morelia, and Zacatecas. The Company�� International Connect portal conducts two separate transac! tions: one with Southwest�� reservation system and one with Volaris�� reservation system.

Southwest bundles fares into three categories: Wanna Get Away, Anytime, and Business Select. Wanna Get Away fares are lowest fares. Business Select fares are refundable and changeable, and funds may be applied toward future travel on Southwest. Business Select fares also include additional perks, such as priority boarding, a frequent flyer point multiplier, priority security and ticket counter access in select airports, and one complimentary adult beverage coupon for the day of travel. The Company�� Internet Website, southwest.com, is the avenue for Southwest Customers to purchase tickets online. During 2011, southwest.com accounted for approximately 78% of all Southwest bookings. During 2011, approximately 84% of Southwest�� Passenger revenues came through its Website, including revenues from SWABIZ, the Company�� business travel reservation Web page.

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