10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014

Pre-market ��Monday 10-21-2013

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10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Axmin Inc. (AXM.V)

AXMIN Inc. engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties primarily in central and west Africa. It primarily explores for gold, copper, nickel, and cobalt ores. The company�s principal asset includes the Passendro gold project comprising 2 exploration licenses covering approximately 1,240 square kilometers located in the northwest trending Archaean Bambari-Bandas granite-greenstone belt. It also holds interests in exploration projects located in the Central African Republic, Mozambique, and Senegal. AXMIN Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Petrolympic Ltd(PCQ.V)

Petrolympic Ltd., a junior oil and gas company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of petroleum and natural gas properties in Canada. It holds an interest in a total 753,406 hectares of oil and gas exploration permits that include holdings in the St. Lawrence Lowlands and Gaspe Peninsula in the Appalachian Basin of Quebec. Petrolympic Ltd. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Top Safest Companies For 2014: Acsm Spa(ACSM.MI)

ACSM S.p.A. engages in the management of gas distribution services in the municipality of Como, Italy. It also manages the gas distribution services in certain municipalities in the provinces of Venice and Udine, Italy, through a subsidiary. In addition, the company engages in the management of local public systems for water distribution and waste incineration; and cogeneration and sale of electricity through licenses and agreements with the municipality of Como and certain adjacent municipalities. Further, the company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale of methane gas and electricity; management of electricity and heat; waste management; and district heating. ACSM S.p.A. was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Como, Italy.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Amarin Corporation PLC(AMRN)

Amarin Corporation Plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing treatments for cardiovascular diseases. Its lead product candidate includes AMR101, a prescription grade omega-3 fatty acid, which is in second Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of high triglyceride levels in statin-treated patients who have mixed dyslipidemia. The company, formerly known as Ethical Holdings plc, was founded in 1989 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Sean Williams]

  Now what: Omthera shareholders certainly made out like bandits today, just a month after the company went public. While it's certainly a boost for Omthera with the financial backing of AstraZeneca, it's a crushing blow to Amarin (NASDAQ: AMRN  ) and its FDA-approved fish oil treatment Vascepa. Amarin has long been thought to be the buyout candidate based on its triglyceride-lowering fish oil treatment, yet Omthera, at roughly 45% of Amarin's market value, garnered the interest from big pharma. Worse yet, AstraZeneca can kick in its marketing expertise if Epanova is eventually approved. Today is certainly a case of one company's pain being another's gain!

• [By Roberto Pedone]

  Another stock that looks poised to trigger a major breakout trade is Amarin (AMRN), a biopharmaceutical company that commercializes and develops therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health. This stock has been under pressure by the bears so far in 2013, with shares off sharply by 26%.

  If you take a look at the chart for Amarin, you'll notice that this stock has been downtrending badly for the last six months, with shares dropping from over $9 to its recent low of $5.12 a share. During that downtrend, shares of AMRN have been consistently making lower highs and lower lows, which is bearish technical price action. That said, shares of AMRN have now formed a double bottom chart pattern $5.12 to $5.13 a share and are starting to trend back above its 50-day moving average of $5.82 a share. That move is quickly pushing shares of AMRN within range of triggering a major breakout trade.

  Traders should now look for long-biased trades in AMRN if it manages to break out above some near-term overhead resistance at $6.20 a 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 3.77 million shares. If that breakout hits soon, then AMRN will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $7.17 to $7.30 a share. Any high-volume move above those levels will then put $8 to $8.50 within range for shares of AMRN.

  Traders can look to buy AMRN off any weakness to anticipate that breakout and simply use a stop that sits right below some key near-term support levels at $5.13 to $5.12 a share. One could also buy AMRN off strength once it takes out those breakout levels with volume and then simply use a stop that sits a comfortable percentage from your entry point.

  This stock is another favorite target of the bears, since the current short interest as a percentage of the float for AMRN is very high at 17.4%. This stock could easily

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Silvercorp Metals Inc(SVM)

Silvercorp Metals Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of silver mineral properties in China and Canada. The company holds interests in four silver, lead, and zinc mines, including the Ying Project, the HPG Project, the TLP Project, and the LM Project at the Ying Mining Camp in the Henan Province of China. It also holds interests in the GC Project, a silver, lead, and zinc mine in the Guangdong Province; and the BYP gold, lead, and zinc mine project in Hunan province, as well as the Silvertip silver, lead, and zinc mine project in northern British Columbia, Canada. The company was formerly known as SKN Resources Ltd. and changed its name to Silvercorp Metals Inc. in May 2005. Silvercorp Metals Inc. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Doug Ehrman]

  The recent sell-off in precious metals has boosted the dividend yield on various silver companies, including Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW  ) . Current conditions give investors the chance to own this best-in-class silver streaming company with both a strong income element and plenty of upside. Unlike miners Pan American Silver (NASDAQ: PAAS  ) and Silvercorp Metals (NYSE: SVM  ) , which offer higher dividend yields, Silver Wheaton has important advantages.

• [By Selena Maranjian]

  Silvercorp Metals (NYSE: SVM  ) shed 50%, but that leaves it yielding 3.1% -- and it's even earning more than it's paying out, which is promising. The company,�China's biggest primary silver producer, has been in the news as an alleged scammer as well as a possible scamming victim. (It's worth noting that it has been up front about problems, rather than evading them.) In its latest quarter, net income fell 25%, due in large part to falling silver prices, but its silver production was up 17% and gold up 42%. (It produces far less gold than silver, and it also mines lead and zinc.)

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Durect Corporation(DRRX)

DURECT Corporation, a specialty pharmaceutical company, develops pharmaceutical products and therapies based on its proprietary drug formulations and delivery platform technologies. The company sells ALZET osmotic pumps for animal research use; LACTEL biodegradable polymers, which are used as raw materials in pharmaceutical and medical products; and excipients for pharmaceutical and medical device clients for use as raw materials in their products. Its product pipeline consists of Remoxy, an oral oxycodone gelatin capsule for the treatment of chronic pain under approval stage with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; POSIDUR, a Phase III clinical stage sustained-release formulation of bupivacaine for the treatment of post-surgical pain; ELADUR, a Phase II clinical stage transdermal bupivacaine patch intended to provide continuous delivery of bupivacaine for up to three days from a single application for pain; and TRANSDUR, a Phase II clinical stage transdermal sufentanil patch intended to provide continuous delivery of sufentanil for up to seven days from a single application for chronic pain. The company?s Phase II clinical stage products comprise ORADUR-based opioid for the treatment of pain; and ORADUR-ADHD for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It also conducts various research programs covering diseases and medical conditions of the central nervous system, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. The company has strategic agreement with Hospira, Inc.; Alpharma Ireland Limited; Nycomed Danmark ApS; Pain Therapeutics, Inc.; Pfizer Inc; Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.; and EpiCept Corporation. DURECT Corporation was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Roberto Pedone]

  One under-$10 name that's starting to move within range of triggering a major breakout trade is Durect (DRRX), which develops pharmaceutical products based on its proprietary drug delivery technology platforms. This stock is off to a hot start in 2013, with shares up sharply by 41%.

  If you take a look at the chart for Durect, you'll notice that this stock has been trending sideways for the last two months and change, with shares moving between $1 on the downside and $1.34 on the upside. Shares of DRRX have now started to flirt with that $1.34 major resistance level on Thursday, since the stock has hit an intraday high of $1.35 a share with strong upside volume flows. This could be signaling that shares of DRRX are ready to break out above the upper-end of its recent range and trend substantially higher.

  Traders should now look for long-biased trades in DRRX if it manages to break out above some near-term overhead resistance levels at $1.34 to $1.35 a share with high volume. Look for a sustained move or close above those levels with volume that hits near or above its three-month average action of 679,480 shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then DRRX will set up to re-fill some of its previous gap down zone from May that started near $1.80 a share. If DRRX gets into that gap with volume, then this stock could easily trend north of $2 a share.

  Traders can look to buy DRRX off any weakness to anticipate that breakout and simply use a stop that sits right below some key near-term support levels at its 50-day moving average of $1.16 a share or its 200-day moving average at $1.11 a share. One can also buy DRRX off strength once it clears those breakout levels with volume and then simply use a stop that sits a comfortable percentage from your entry point.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Caplease Funding Inc (LSE)

CapLease, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT), focused on financing and investing in commercial real estate that is net leased primarily to single tenants with investment grade or near investment grade credit ratings. It provides private and corporate owners of net lease real estate with equity, debt, and mezzanine financing options. The company is organized to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes and accordingly it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. Capital Lease is based in New York City.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Inyoung Hwang]

  Berkeley Group Holdings Plc (BKG) surged 8.3 percent after saying first-half profit rose 22 percent. London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE) climbed 2.4 percent after Bank of America Corp.�� Merrill Lynch unit recommended buying the stock. Givaudan SA (GIVN) lost 1.3 percent after Nestle SA said it will sell $1.27 billion of shares in the world�� largest flavorings maker.

• [By Rich Duprey]

  Net-lease property REIT American Realty Capital Properties� (NASDAQ: ARCP  ) says that with Capital Lease Funding (NYSE: LSE  ) announcing the expiration of its 40-day "go shop" period and no other buyers being found, it plans to buy its rival sooner than originally intended.

• [By Sarah Jones]

  London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE) jumped 6.6 percent as the operator of Europe�� oldest independent bourse reported a 39 percent increase in first-quarter revenue.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.(ROIC)

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the acquisition, ownership, and management of necessity-based community and neighborhood shopping centers in the eastern and western regions of the United States. As of December 31, 2011, its portfolio consisted of 30 owned retail properties totaling approximately 3.2 million square feet of gross leasable area. The company has elected to be taxed as a REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The company is based in White Plains, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Brian Stoffel]

  Retail Opportunity Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: ROIC  )
  Fool analyst Michael Olsen tends to focus on overlooked companies that offer up deals based on the difference between a stock's price and its intrinsic value. His recent pick of ROIC stock is right down his alley.

• [By David Trainer]

  Kroger (KR) is one of my favorite stocks held by All Cap Blend ETFs and mutual funds and earns my Attractive rating. Kroger has grown profits (NOPAT) consistently since 1998 with a compounded annual growth rate of 8%. While Kroger's return on invested capital (ROIC) of 7% may not be top of the heap, its cost of capital (WACC) is less than 5%, allowing it to achieve positive economic earnings that have grown at a rate of 45% compounded annually since the financial crisis in 2008. Despite KR's excellent past few years, the stock is still trading at ~$37.63/share, giving KR a price to economic book value ratio of 0.7, implying that the market expects KR's profits to permanently decline by 30%. Judging by KR's past few years and its recent acquisition of expanding rival Harris Teeter (HTSI), this looks extremely unlikely, and investors should jump on while the stock still trades at a discount.

• [By David Trainer]

  Pilgrim's Pride Corp (PPC) is another one of my least favorite holdings in FVL. PPC is not a bad company. Its return on invested capital (ROIC) of 9% puts it near the median of all the companies we cover. The issue for PPC is its valuation. To justify its price of ~$17/share, PPC would need to grow after-tax profit (NOPAT) by 12% compounded annually. There is not a lot of value in this stock or this "value" index.

• [By Brian Pacampara]

  Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, shopping center REIT Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (NASDAQ: ROIC  ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd (ORCL.NS)

Oracle Financial Services Software Limited is principally engaged in the business of providing information technology (IT) solutions and knowledge processing services to the financial services industry worldwide. The Company has a suite of banking products, which caters to the needs of corporate, retail, investment banking, treasury operations and data warehousing. The Company operates in three segments: Product licenses and related activities, IT solutions and consulting services, and Business Processing Services (BPO). Product licenses and related activities segment deals with various banking software products. IT solutions and consulting services segment offers services spanning the entire lifecycle of applications used by financial service institutions. The division�� portfolio includes Consulting, Application, Support and Technology Services. BPO Services consists of business process outsourcing services to the Lending, Collections, Customer Service and Capital Mark ets industry.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS)

Universal Health Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates acute care hospitals, behavioral health centers, surgical hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and radiation oncology centers. The company�s hospitals offer various services comprising general and specialty surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care, pediatric services, pharmacy services, and/or behavioral health services. As of February 24, 2012, it owned and/or operated 25 acute care hospitals and 198 behavioral health centers located in 36 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as Washington, D.C. The company also operates six surgical hospitals, and surgery and radiation oncology centers located in four states and Puerto Rico. Universal Health Services, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Asit Sharma]

  Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS  )
  King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services�operates acute-care hospitals and behavioral health centers in the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands.The company books more than $7 billion in annual revenue, and has grown its quarterly earnings more than 220% over the last five years.�

• [By Jeff Reeves]

  UnitedHealth�(UNH), Aetna�(AET) and WellPoint�(WLP) — the three largest managed-care insurers, as measured by market capitalization — are all up more than 30% year-to-date to outperform the S&P 500. And hospital operators like Health Management Associates (HMA) and Universal Health Services (UHS) are up big this year, too.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Tenets plunge has helped drag other healthcare stocks lower.�Community Health (CYH) has dropped 3.6% to $42.21,�HCA Holdings (HCA) has fallen 2.1% to $46.72 and�Universal Health Services�(UHS) is off 1% at $80.59.