Anti-Depressants: The Secret to Preventing Alzheimer's?

The Science Translational Medicine journal recently published research about the generic antidepressant citalopram, which was developed by Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX  )  under the brand name Celexa, as a potential way to help slow down the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Now this study was small and further research needs to be done, but it shows that anti-depressent use may reduce the production of beta-amyloid plaques, seen as a contributing factor for the development of Alzheimer's. However, there is a long way to go and a lot of science to discover before these common drugs are seen as a preventative tool for those at risk.

In this episode of The Motley Fool's health-care show Market Checkup, analysts David Williamson and Michael Douglass discuss this trial, how our knowledge of the disease is evolving and the many other new Alzheimer's treatments being developed right now.

Top 5 Electric Utility Companies For 2015

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Top Food Stocks To Buy Right Now

Top Food Stocks To Buy Right Now: McCormick & Company Inc (MKC)

McCormick & Company, Incorporated (McCormick) manufactures, markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavorful products to the food industry, retail outlets, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. The Companys sales, distribution and production facilities are located in North America and Europe. Additional facilities are based in China, Australia, Mexico, India, Singapore, Central America, Thailand and South Africa. The Company operates in two business segments: consumer and industrial. During the fiscal year ended November 30, 2011, the Companys consumer business contributed 59% of sales and 79% of operating income and the industrial business contributed 41% of sales and 21% of operating income.

McCormicks products are sold directly to customers and also through brokers, wholesalers, and distributors. In the consumer segment, products are resold to consumers through a range of retail outlets, including grocery, ma ss merchandise, warehouse clubs, discount, and drug stores under a range of brands. In the industrial segment, products are used by food and beverage manufacturers as ingredients for their finished goods and by food service customers as ingredients for menu items to enhance the flavor of their foods. Customers for the industrial segment include food manufacturers and the foodservice industry supplied both directly and indirectly through distributors.

Consumer Business

The Companys brands in the Americas include McCormick, Lawrys and Club House. The Company also markets brands, such as Zatarains, Thai Kitchen and Simply Asia. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) its brands include the Ducros, Schwartz and Kamis brands of spices, herbs and seasonings and a line of Vahine brand dessert items. In the Asia/Pacific region its primary brand is McCormick, with the exception of India where its joint venture owns and trades under the Kohinoor ! brand. The Companys customers span a variety of retail o! utlets that include grocery, mass merchandise, warehouse clubs, discount and drug stores, served directly and indirectly through distributors or wholesalers. In addition to marketing its products to these customers, the Company is also a supplier of private label items, also known as store brands. More than 250 other brands are sold in the United States with additional brands in international markets.

Industrial Business

In its industrial business, the Company provides a range of products to multinational food manufacturers and foodservice customers. The foodservice customers are supplied both directly and indirectly through distributors. Its range of products include seasoning blends, natural spices and herbs, wet flavors, coating systems and compound flavors. In addition to a broad range of flavor solutions, we strive to achieve customer intimacy.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jason Moser]

  McCormick (NYSE: MKC  )
  I still gush about my trip to the McCormick spice factory in Hunt Valley, Md. As someone who cooks a decent bit, it was just really cool to see how the operation works. It's more than just "spices"; it's science. They have labs where they perform research and try new things; it was just really cool. But I'm not picking this stock with my heart. Nope, I also love the fact that McCormick has a spot in virtually every pantry in the country. Open yours up, I bet you have a McCormick product in there. And it's this ubiquitous presence that has helped McCormick grow sales at a 7% annualized clip over the past five years.

source from Top Penny Stocks For 2015:http://www.seekpennystocks.com/top-food-stocks-to-buy-right-now.html

Genworth Offers Advisors ‘Retirement Connections’ For Small-Biz Plan Market

To further support independent financial advisors with growing their businesses, Genworth Wealth Management is introducing what it calls “a unique retirement plan offering designed to help advisors expand into the burgeoning retirement market.”

Retirement Connections seeks to help business owners provide “simple yet sophisticated” retirement plan choices to their workers, who have “increasingly low confidence in their retirement readiness,” according to the company.

“With Retirement Connections, advisors can offer business owners a compelling solution to help them attract and retain valuable employees,” Michael Kim, SVP, Genworth Wealth Management, said in a statement. “The retirement plan market is steadily growing, and the vast majority of plans are small- to midsize, the sweet spot for advisors. By expanding into plan services, advisors may see opportunities open up for financial planning services and IRA rollovers.”

Advisors who choose to work with Retirement Connections can now offer the following to their small-business owner clients:

“Broker-dealers we work with are finding this solution attractive because of the investment manager fiduciary responsibility delegation as well as the integrated offering,” added David Pologe, director of strategic accounts for Genworth Wealth Management.

“We’ve integrated the third party administrator and recordkeeper so advisors and their clients have a single point of contact for plan administration,” Kim sconcluded. “Given how time-pressed advisors are, this was important in building our offering.”

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Hot European Companies To Invest In Right Now

Hot European Companies To Invest In Right Now: BP p.l.c.(BP)

BP p.l.c. provides fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services, and petrochemicals products. Its Exploration and Production segment engages in the oil and natural gas exploration, field development, and production; midstream transportation, and storage and processing; and marketing and trading of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), and power and natural gas liquids (NGL). This segment has exploration and production activities in Angola, Azerbaijan, Canada, Egypt, Norway, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as in Asia, Australasia, South America, North Africa, and the Middle East. This segment also owns and manages crude oil and natural gas pipelines; processing facilities and export terminals; and LNG processing and transportation, as well as NGL extraction facilities. BP p.l.c. has interests in the Trans-Alaska pipeline system, the Forties pipeline system, the Central Area transmission sys tem pipeline, the South Caucasus Pipeline, and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, as well as in LNG plants located in Trinidad, Indonesia, and Australia. The company?s Refining and Marketing segment involves in the supply and trading, refining, manufacturing, marketing, and transportation of crude oil, petroleum, and petrochemicals products and related services to wholesale and retail customers primarily under the BP, Castrol, ARCO, and Aral brands. Its Other Businesses and Corporate segment produces and markets rolled aluminum products, as well as generates energy through wind, solar, biofuels, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage sources; and engages in shipping activities. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Alex Planes]

  Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best sto! cks offer sustainable market-beating gains, with robust and improving financial metrics that support strong price growth. Does British Petroleum (NYSE: BP  ) fit the bill? Let's take a look at what its recent results tell us about its potential for future gains.

• [By David Smith]

  Criminal charges initially leveled against employees of Chevron and driller Transocean (NYSE: RIG  ) have been dropped, but the country is still seeking $20 billion in damages from the pair. For the sake of perspective, that's identical to the amount of the initial trust established by BP (NYSE: BP  ) in response to the 2010 Macondo blowout, which gushed 4.9 million barrels of Louisiana sweet crude into the Gulf of Mexico.

• [By WALLSTCHEATSHEET]

  BP is an oil and gas company that supplies energy products and services worldwide. The companyis reportedly in discussions to turn over control of a major oil and natural gas project in Libya, and is apparently negotiating a deal with Libyas state-owned National Oil Co. The stock has not made significant progress in recent years, however, its currently trading near highs for the year. Over the last four quarters, earnings have been rising while revenues have been mixed, which has left investors mostly pleased about recent earnings announcements. Relative to its weak peers and sector, BP has been a relative year-to-date performer. Look for BP to OUTPERFORM.

source from Top Penny Stocks For 2015:http://www.topstocksforum.com/hot-european-companies-to-invest-in-right-now.html

The 3 Worst Dow Stocks to Own Last Week

Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

After five consecutive weeks in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI  ) ended the week higher (the past three weeks) or lower (the first two) by more than 1%, this past week the blue-chip indexes closed higher by merely 0.29%, or 45 points. And the only reason it even closed in the black was that the index rallied late in the day on Friday and managed to finish with a 69-point gain. Similarly, the S&P 500 moved higher on Friday, which also helped the broader index close the week up 1.87 points, or 0.1%. But the Nasdaq wasn't as lucky, as it finished the past five trading sessions down 21 points, or 0.54%.

Despite the small moves the major indexes made this week, they weren't based on macro-events, but rather on earnings reports;always a good thing.

Before we jump into the Dow's big losers of the week, let's take a moment to examine the Dow's top stock. AT&T (NYSE: T  ) gained 2.98% this past week, prompted by a 2% move on Tuesday that came after the FCC approved the deal AT&T, DISH Network, and a number of other smaller wireless providers had agreed upon to help increase the spectrum band some of the carriers will now have access to. This FCC is looking out for consumers, who should be able to get better service. For AT&T, the world's largest mobile-telecom provider, it's a case of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," as the deal will increase the competition for its rivals.    

Last week's big losers
Oil giant Chevron (NYSE: CVX  ) lost 2.13% this past week, after the company reported its third-quarter earnings that had declined from the same quarter last year. The company did report slightly higher sales figures, but profit fell on weaker margins from the refining business. Still, management and some investors still believe the company has a bright future. Two projects that should boost revenue and profits are Gulf of Mexico deepwater wells and the plan to move natural gas from Australia to Asia, where demand continues to increase and push prices higher.  

Merck (NYSE: MRK  ) ended the week as the Dow's biggest loser, after falling 2.81% during. As with Chevron, Merck reported disappointing earnings, as revenue dropped 4% compared with the same quarter last year and missed Wall Street's expectations. Although earnings per share hit $0.92, which beat estimates, they also were down against last year -- to the tune of 35%. The company also gave lackluster guidance and reported that one of its best-selling drugs, Januvia, saw sales drop 5% during the quarter. That in itself certainly rattled a number of investors. Merck has already lost a number of patents in recent years, and to see a protected drug begin to stumble is not a good thing. Shareholders should certainly keep an eye on this development in the coming quarters.  

After losing 1.92%, Visa (NYSE: V  ) became the Dow's third worst stock to own last week. Once again, the move comes after the company reported earnings. While on the surface Visa's results were impressive -- revenue up 8%; earnings up 20%, increased dividend; announcement of a bigger share buyback -- the stock fell on Wednesday after the report came out. One likely cause is that investors were looking for slightly more from the company. For one thing, client incentives rose 20% during the quarter, which put a damper on revenue growth and made the earnings increase look less impressive. High expectations can mean price loses from time to time in the short run, but that shouldn't drive investors away from strong long-term companies, such as Visa.  

The other Dow losers this week:

Caterpillar, down 1.39% (click on the link for more) DuPont, down 1.3% Goldman Sachs, down 0.02% JPMorgan Chase, down 0.49% Microsoft, down 0.58% Travelers, down 0.26% United Technologies, down 0.01% Verizon, down 0.43% Walt Disney, down 0.36%

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Toll Brothers: About That Beat…

Good news goes a long way when the market isn’t expecting much, and that seems to be the case with Toll Brothers (TOL) today.

Nate Luke for The Wall Street Journal

Toll Brothers reported a profit of 35 cents, beating forecasts for 26 cents, on sales of $860.4 million, topping the Street consensus for $828 million. MKM Partners’ Megan McGrath and Ross Sparenblek note that Toll Brothers also “essentially raised its revenue guidance.” They explain:

Toll essentially raised its revenue guidance for the full year via higher ASP estimates. The company continues to expect closings of 5,100-5,850, but now expects ASPs of $690k-$720k (vs. prior $675k-$720k). Given the company’s long build cycle, we suspect that the higher guidance is likely more of a statement on the anticipated mix of closings rather than a signal that prices are being raised more aggressively.

McGrath and Sparenblek rate give Toll Brothers a Buy rating and a $43 price target.

Sterne Agee’s Jay McCanless and Annie Worthman have their doubts about whether business is really improving:

Housing revenues exceeded our estimates on purchased backlog, but without the benefit of a lower tax rate and other non-operating income benefits, we believe TOL’s F2Q14 EPS would have been below our $0.31 EPS estimate…

We believe EPS benefited from approximately $0.06/share of interest income and joint venture income above our estimate (related to the refinancing of a multi-family mortgage), and also had a $0.04/share benefit from a 30.2% income tax rate versus our 39.0% forecast.

McCanless and Worthman rate Toll Brothers Underperform with a $28 price target.

Shares of Toll Brothers have gained 1.9% to $36.32 at 11:59 a.m., but its strength hasn’t really translated into big days for other home builders. KB Home (KBH) has gained 0.4% to $16.65, DR Horton (DHI) has risen 0.4% to $23.22 and Lennar (LEN) has dipped 0.3% to $40.37.

Top 10 Logistics Companies To Watch In Right Now

Top 10 Logistics Companies To Watch In Right Now: Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.(ALXN)

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of biologic therapeutic products for treating patients with severe and life-threatening disease states in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Japan, and the Asia Pacific. It focuses on developing products for the treatment of diseases in the areas of hematology, nephrology, neurology, ophthalmology, and cancer. The company develops and commercializes Soliris (eculizumab), a therapeutic product for the treatment of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a blood disorder. It also conducts various Phase II clinical trail programs on Soliris for its usage for the treatment of cold agglutinin disease; atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome; presensitized renal transplant; kidney transplant for catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome; ABO incompatible renal transplant; dense deposit disease; myasthenia gravis; neuromyelitis optica; and dry a ge-related macular degeneration. In addition, the company conducts Phase IV clinical trails on Soliris for its usage for the treatment of PNH registry; and Phase I clinical trails on Samalizumab for the treatment of oncology diseases, such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. serves specialty distributors and specialty pharmacies, which supply physician office clinics, hospital outpatient clinics, infusion clinics, or home health care providers; government agencies; and hospitals, hospital buying groups, pharmacies, other healthcare providers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cheshire, Connecticut.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Keith Speights]

  2. Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN  )
  Alexion's focus on ultra-rare diseases has led to ultra-rare results. The biotech achieved a 15.1% ROIC over the past year. ! Its five-year average of 21.6% is even better.

source from Top Penny Stocks:http://www.seekpennystocks.com/top-10-logistics-companies-to-watch-in-right-now.html

GTSO Negotiates Potentially Lucrative International E-Waste Transaction (OTCBB:GTSO)

Green Technology Solutions, Inc. (GTSO)

Today, GTSO surged (+10.29%) up +0.0035 at $.0375 with 55,329 shares in play thus far (ref. google finance Delayed: 12:20PM EDT August 27, 2013).

Green Technology Solutions, Inc. is negotiating a potentially lucrative spot transaction with joint venture partner Chilerecicla to export a large quantity of e-waste to one of the largest smelters in the world.

According to the terms of the spot transaction, GTSO joint venture partner Chilerecicla will collect several metric tons of e-waste from suppliers based in Bolivia and Chile, and then ship materials to a smelter overseas. The buyers consist of the world's largest smelter, who has meticulously screened Chilerecicla to become one of its suppliers. The smelter has noted that its capacity to purchase e-waste from Chilerecicla exceeds our partner's current e-waste forecast for the near and present future.

Green Technology Solutions, Inc. (GTSO) 5 day chart:

Is Russia’s Deal with China a Threat to Canadian LNG?

With Russia's $400 billion deal to supply natural gas to China, the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market just got a bit more complicated. And that should be a wake-up call to the various constituencies in Canada that have taken the country's resource riches for granted by repeatedly stymying the energy sector's efforts to develop export infrastructure.

Although much of the entrenched political opposition is certainly in earnest, you don't have to be a cynic to note that these projects eventually get approved once each party has extracted their requisite pound of flesh. Of course, this process not only increases the cost of regulatory compliance, it also further delays projects that already take years to build.

It turns out Canada didn't have the luxury of time these players thought it did. Indeed, if all goes according to plan, the first gas will flow through Russian pipelines to China in 2018, about a year ahead of when Canada's first export facility is expected to be ready to ship LNG to Asia.

The good news is that global demand for Canadian LNG should still be ample. But now that China has secured a significant amount of natural gas at a favorable price, the question remains how this deal will affect LNG prices.

Production from prolific shale plays has created a veritable glut of cheap natural gas in the US and Canada, which has helped keep prices low in North America, recently near USD4.39 per MMBtu.

By contrast, the Asian supply of natural gas has failed to keep pace with growing demand, which means the region must import significant quantities of LNG. As such, there's a huge spread between prices of North American natural gas and LNG that's shipped to Asia.

For instance, the forward price of the generic contract for LNG scheduled for delivery to northeast Asia in the next month is currently USD14.40, though that price was as high as USD18.95 last November.

The opportunity to exploit the pricing differential between these two markets has prompted numerous energy companies operating in at least two dozen countries to pile into the LNG export arena.

In Canada, at present, there are 14 LNG projects proposed for construction along British Columbia's coast that have filed for export licenses with the country's National Energy Board, with seven licenses granted so far. Malaysian state-owned energy company Petronas' Pacific NorthWest LNG is expected to be the first project to actually commence commercial operations, in early 2019, assuming it decides to proceed with building it.

In fact, The Wall Street Journal notes that no company has formally committed to constructing an LNG export facility in Canada thus far, in part because of uncertainty over British Columbia's tax and environmental policies. Underscoring the lackadaisical approach resulting from thorny provincial politics is BC Premier Christy Clark's wan optimism that they'll get final investment decisions on "one or two" projects later this year.

Of course, she expressed the same sentiment almost exactly a year ago. And negotiations have been protracted despite the fact that she's championed LNG because she believes these projects will spur both employment growth and tax receipts for the province.

But we probably shouldn't give Canadian politicians too much of a hard time. After all, it wasn't like the deal between China and Russia happened overnight. Indeed, it was only consummated after about 10 years of negotiations, which included prior supply agreements with pricing a perpetual sticking point–until now.

Western efforts to isolate Russia both financially and politically for its involvement in Ukraine's political crisis may have caused it to finally make the pricing concessions necessary to overcome the impasse.

According to Leslie Palti-Guzman, a senior energy analyst at New York-based Eurasia Group, political fallout from the Ukra! ine crisi! s threatened Russian access to Western credit in the short term, while likely eroding Russia's share of the European gas market in the long term.

Moscow's sudden financial needs coalesced with China's aggressive environmental strategy to curb emissions by switching from coal to gas-fired power generation–the country wants cleaner-burning natural gas to account for 10 percent of its fuel mix by 2020, up from 6 percent currently. As a bonus, both countries also get to demonstrate their political and economic independence from Western powers.

The deal signed between Russia's state-controlled OAO Gazprom and the state-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) encompasses a 30-year contract to supply 38 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year, with the potential to expand pipeline capacity to 61 bcm per year.

Although the two countries did not disclose many of the terms of the deal, including pricing, analysts estimate China will be paying around USD10 per MMBtu, which is far less than the cost of LNG imports and even somewhat cheaper than gas supplied to China via an existing pipeline from Turkmenistan. Not only that, this price is lower than the USD12 per MMBtu reportedly necessary for Gazprom to break even when accounting for pipeline construction.

In exchange for this rock-bottom pricing, it's believed that China will prepay about USD22 billion in order to help finance the construction of about 4,000 kilometers of pipelines, which are expected to cost about USD55 billion altogether.

Even though the numbers involved appear staggering, there's still plenty of space at the Asian LNG table for Canada.

For one, both Japan and South Korea are also major importers of LNG. And according to analysts with Calgary-based Ziff Energy, these two countries are unlikely to secure a similar deal, in part because exporters won't be able to ship gas to them as cheaply since they're "victims of geography." For this reason, one analyst with the firm even went so far ! as to ass! ert that the deal with Russia would have "zero impact" on Canadian LNG projects.

Beyond Japan and South Korea, China also remains in play. Because of the Middle Kingdom's enormous and growing energy demand, its contract with Russia only covers a slim percentage of future energy demand.

By 2020, China is projected to consumer around 420 bcm per year, which means that roughly two years after gas starts flowing from Eastern Siberia to China, the imports under this contract will only account for about 9 percent of the country's demand. And the International Energy Agency forecasts China's natural gas demand will quadruple by 2035.

China's insatiable demand means that it can't rely on any one country for supply, regardless of proximity or abundance of resources. Indeed, the country intends to fulfill its energy needs by diversifying among a number of different countries and even has ownership stakes in LNG projects in both Canada and Australia.

Though massive energy projects often face substantial domestic political opposition, in the end Canada boasts one other attraction that Russia does not: dependability. As Ms. Clark observed in the wake of the deal's announcement, "We've certainly seen the way that Russia likes to do business these days, and we certainly know that the Chinese want a dependability of supply. We can supply that."

The key now is for Canada to greenlight its export infrastructure quickly and for its gas producers to reliably export a high-quality, low-cost product. Fortunately, analysts say that most Canadian LNG projects can run economically at USD10 per MMBtu to USD13 per MMBtu, which puts them in the competitive pricing zone. The rest is up to the country's government.

AdviceIQ: How to pay for vacation

As the grass turns green and the temperatures warm up, you find yourself gazing out the windows and dreaming of a vacation escape. Before you embark on your summer adventure, be sure to consider the family budget. Without careful planning, vacation expenses can derail the household budget and create more stress than your worst day at work.

With summer vacation season soon upon us, many families have already started planning their getaways. Of course, making the transition from work to pleasure doesn't happen without some effort. Piling the kids into the car for an eight-hour drive or wading through airport security with bags in hand can be an ordeal that sours your fun.

Prior to requesting time off from work and charging up the digital camera, make sure your vacation is affordable. There is no reason to incur debt or deepen your debt load just to see a national landmark or baste in the sun's rays. Families should not get discouraged if they lack room in the budget for taking that trip around the world. While the flight to Europe or Hawaii might need to be put on hold, plenty of places are left to take the kids or grandkids and enjoy time together.

The initial step: Calculate the financial outlay. What's important is recognizing the budget constraints and planning a family adventure around them. That's why first you determine how much you can afford to spend. With that number in mind, you can begin looking for a vacation destination. Doing the planning in this order is the first step to stress-free traveling and managing expectations.

How much will the family vacation cost? A common mistake that travelers make is to consider transportation and accommodation expenses, but overlook incidental costs. Be sure to consider snacks and meals, souvenirs, transportation once you arrive and any tours, park fees or excursions. All of these incidentals can sometimes total more than airfare and hotel costs combined.

Budgeting doesn't end during the planning phase. Be sure to monitor expens! es once you arrive at your destination. Being mindful of locations visited, activities planned and where to eat can help keep you within your budget while enjoying your travels.

Vacations are a wonderful way to create memories with family and friends. They are also an excellent way to unwind. Unlike many developed countries, American companies are not required to offer employees mandatory vacation time. Elsewhere, workers view their U.S. peers as workaholics.

While we all work hard, incessant work can affect stress levels and health. Therefore, our bodies and spirits need opportunities to relax. If the budget stays in focus and we invest the proper planning, we can create great times and memories.

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Joseph "Big Joe" Clark, CFP, is the managing partner of the Financial Enhancement Group in Indiana and is a member of the AdviceIQ Financial Advisors Network, which is a USA TODAY content partner offering financial news and commentary. Its content is produced independently of USA TODAY.

3 Machinery Stocks to Buy Now

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This week, three machinery stocks are improving their overall rating on Portfolio Grader. Each of these rates an “A” (“strong buy”) or “B” overall (“buy”).

Luxfer Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR () is making headway this week, with the company’s rating improving to an A (“strong buy”) from a B (“buy”) last week. Luxfer Holdings, a materials technology company, engages in the design, manufacture, and supply of materials, components, and gas cylinders. In Portfolio Grader’s specific subcategory of Equity, LXFR also gets an A. .

10 Best Construction Stocks To Buy For 2015

WABCO Holdings () is making progress this week as its rating of C (“hold”) from last week increases to a B (“buy”) rating this week. Wabco Holdings manufactures and sells control systems, including advanced braking, stability, suspension, transmission control and air compressing and processing systems, that improve vehicle performance and safety and reduce overall vehicle operating costs. .

This week, American Railcar Industries, Inc.’s () ratings are up from a C last week to a B. American Railcar Industries designs, manufactures, and sells hopper and tank railcars in North America. Shares of the stock have been trading at an exceptionally rapid pace, up twofold from the week prior. .

Louis Navellier’s proprietary Portfolio Grader stock ranking system assesses roughly 5,000 companies every week based on a number of fundamental and quantitative measures. Stocks are given a letter grade based on their results — with A being “strong buy,” and F being “strong sell.” Explore the tool here.

Is Russia’s Deal with China a Threat to Canadian LNG?

With Russia's $400 billion deal to supply natural gas to China, the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market just got a bit more complicated. And that should be a wake-up call to the various constituencies in Canada that have taken the country's resource riches for granted by repeatedly stymying the energy sector's efforts to develop export infrastructure.

Although much of the entrenched political opposition is certainly in earnest, you don't have to be a cynic to note that these projects eventually get approved once each party has extracted their requisite pound of flesh. Of course, this process not only increases the cost of regulatory compliance, it also further delays projects that already take years to build.

It turns out Canada didn't have the luxury of time these players thought it did. Indeed, if all goes according to plan, the first gas will flow through Russian pipelines to China in 2018, about a year ahead of when Canada's first export facility is expected to be ready to ship LNG to Asia.

The good news is that global demand for Canadian LNG should still be ample. But now that China has secured a significant amount of natural gas at a favorable price, the question remains how this deal will affect LNG prices.

Production from prolific shale plays has created a veritable glut of cheap natural gas in the US and Canada, which has helped keep prices low in North America, recently near USD4.39 per MMBtu.

By contrast, the Asian supply of natural gas has failed to keep pace with growing demand, which means the region must import significant quantities of LNG. As such, there's a huge spread between prices of North American natural gas and LNG that's shipped to Asia.

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For instance, the forward price of the generic contract for LNG ! scheduled for delivery to northeast Asia in the next month is currently USD14.40, though that price was as high as USD18.95 last November.

The opportunity to exploit the pricing differential between these two markets has prompted numerous energy companies operating in at least two dozen countries to pile into the LNG export arena.

In Canada, at present, there are 14 LNG projects proposed for construction along British Columbia's coast that have filed for export licenses with the country's National Energy Board, with seven licenses granted so far. Malaysian state-owned energy company Petronas' Pacific NorthWest LNG is expected to be the first project to actually commence commercial operations, in early 2019, assuming it decides to proceed with building it.

In fact, The Wall Street Journal notes that no company has formally committed to constructing an LNG export facility in Canada thus far, in part because of uncertainty over British Columbia's tax and environmental policies. Underscoring the lackadaisical approach resulting from thorny provincial politics is BC Premier Christy Clark's wan optimism that they'll get final investment decisions on "one or two" projects later this year.

Of course, she expressed the same sentiment almost exactly a year ago. And negotiations have been protracted despite the fact that she's championed LNG because she believes these projects will spur both employment growth and tax receipts for the province.

But we probably shouldn't give Canadian politicians too much of a hard time. After all, it wasn't like the deal between China and Russia happened overnight. Indeed, it was only consummated after about 10 years of negotiations, which included prior supply agreements with pricing a perpetual sticking point–until now.

Western efforts to isolate Russia both financially and politically for its involvement in Ukraine's political crisis may have caused it to finally make the pricing concessions necessary to overcome ! the impas! se.

According to Leslie Palti-Guzman, a senior energy analyst at New York-based Eurasia Group, political fallout from the Ukraine crisis threatened Russian access to Western credit in the short term, while likely eroding Russia's share of the European gas market in the long term.

Moscow's sudden financial needs coalesced with China's aggressive environmental strategy to curb emissions by switching from coal to gas-fired power generation–the country wants cleaner-burning natural gas to account for 10 percent of its fuel mix by 2020, up from 6 percent currently. As a bonus, both countries also get to demonstrate their political and economic independence from Western powers.

The deal signed between Russia's state-controlled OAO Gazprom and the state-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) encompasses a 30-year contract to supply 38 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year, with the potential to expand pipeline capacity to 61 bcm per year.

Although the two countries did not disclose many of the terms of the deal, including pricing, analysts estimate China will be paying around USD10 per MMBtu, which is far less than the cost of LNG imports and even somewhat cheaper than gas supplied to China via an existing pipeline from Turkmenistan. Not only that, this price is lower than the USD12 per MMBtu reportedly necessary for Gazprom to break even when accounting for pipeline construction.

In exchange for this rock-bottom pricing, it's believed that China will prepay about USD22 billion in order to help finance the construction of about 4,000 kilometers of pipelines, which are expected to cost about USD55 billion altogether.

Even though the numbers involved appear staggering, there's still plenty of space at the Asian LNG table for Canada.

For one, both Japan and South Korea are also major importers of LNG. And according to analysts with Calgary-based Ziff Energy, these two countries are unlikely to secure a similar deal, in part because exporters won't be! able to ! ship gas to them as cheaply since they're "victims of geography." For this reason, one analyst with the firm even went so far as to assert that the deal with Russia would have "zero impact" on Canadian LNG projects.

Beyond Japan and South Korea, China also remains in play. Because of the Middle Kingdom's enormous and growing energy demand, its contract with Russia only covers a slim percentage of future energy demand.

By 2020, China is projected to consumer around 420 bcm per year, which means that roughly two years after gas starts flowing from Eastern Siberia to China, the imports under this contract will only account for about 9 percent of the country's demand. And the International Energy Agency forecasts China's natural gas demand will quadruple by 2035.

China's insatiable demand means that it can't rely on any one country for supply, regardless of proximity or abundance of resources. Indeed, the country intends to fulfill its energy needs by diversifying among a number of different countries and even has ownership stakes in LNG projects in both Canada and Australia.

Though massive energy projects often face substantial domestic political opposition, in the end Canada boasts one other attraction that Russia does not: dependability. As Ms. Clark observed in the wake of the deal's announcement, "We've certainly seen the way that Russia likes to do business these days, and we certainly know that the Chinese want a dependability of supply. We can supply that."

The key now is for Canada to greenlight its export infrastructure quickly and for its gas producers to reliably export a high-quality, low-cost product. Fortunately, analysts say that most Canadian LNG projects can run economically at USD10 per MMBtu to USD13 per MMBtu, which puts them in the competitive pricing zone. The rest is up to the country's government.

Target says pay for ousted CEO too high

Bowing to shareholder complaints that Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel's pay was too high, Target's board slashed his 2013 compensation by 37% and said the since-fired executive will have to pay back more than $5.4 million in retirement benefits.

Steinhafel, a 35-year Target veteran, was ousted May 5 following a computer hacking scandal that impacted millions of customers, plunging earnings and an ill-fated store expansion into Canada. In his last full year as CEO, Steinhafel's compensation sank to $12.9 million from $20.6 million in 2012, Target said Monday it its annual proxy.

In an era of increasingly large CEO pay packages, Target's board said it had "exercised negative discretion'' last year, giving Steinhafel and other senior managers no short-term incentive awards. Other execs, including interim CEO John Mulligan, had compensation fall 10% to 16%.

Target's proxy terms Steinhafel's exit as an "involuntary termination," but he remains in an advisory role until August and is bonus-eligible based on the company's 2014 financial performance. And while he's losing about $1.5 million from his pension, Steinhafel's golden parachute is worth more than $54 million, including $43 million in deferred compensation, $7.2 million in severance and $4 million in stock. Steinhafel also gained nearly $14 million from stock options and vested shares last year, Target said.

The company did not disclose which shareholders had pressured the board on executive pay, but said it had met with two proxy advisory firms and those representing 40% of outstanding shares.

Target's board will also make it harder for executives to receive generous pay packages. It's ending stock option grants and replacing restricted stock grants with performance-based equity awards based on shareholder return.

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Two other shareholder proposals are heading to a vote at Target's a! nnual meeting on June 11.

Richard Will wants Target eliminate company paid perks, including car allowances, personal use of company aircraft, financial management expenses, executive physicals, parking and spousal travel. "Their total compensation seems to be sufficient to enable these executives to be able to pay easily for these perquisites,'' Will says.

Target, which wants Will's proposal rejected, says eliminating executive perks would "put the company at a competitive disadvantage by eliminating a common pay element."

Another shareholder, long-time activist John Chevedden, wants Target to split the roles of CEO and Chairman, saying companies who have separate board chairs have improved corporate governance.

Target says separating the jobs would not deliver additional shareholder benefits.

Target's total shareholder return over the past three years is 11%.

Kodak spinoffs in major fight over microfilm

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- We may live in a digital age, but online is not always the best place to store every piece of information.

Numerous publishers, libraries, museums and corporations keep archives on microfilm or microfiche. And a pair of Eastman Kodak Co. spinoffs are battling each in the business world — and in court — over a slice of that market.

Dallas-headquartered Eastman Park Micrographics Inc. is suing Kodak Alaris Inc. in New York state Supreme Court, alleging that Alaris is trying to pilfer EPM's customers in violation of an agreement between the two companies. EPM contracts with Alaris to provide the engineers needed to maintain and support its equipment in the United States and Canada.

The suit was filed last week in state Supreme Court in Monroe County — just days after Alaris bought EPM's business servicing equipment in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Financial details of that deal, which was effective April 30, were not made public. The two companies, in announcing the deal, said Alaris will continue to distribute EPM equipment and supplies in those markets.

Kodak sold its microfilm and microfiche business in 2011 to EPM, a company founded by former Kodak executive William Oates. While based in Dallas, EPM also operates out of Eastman Business Park in Rochester. Alaris is headquartered in the United Kingdom, but its principal location is also at Eastman Business Park.

Kodak continued to provide maintenance and support of equipment to EPM after the 2011 sale. And when Kodak's document imaging and personalized imaging businesses were sold in 2013, forming Kodak Alaris, Alaris then picked up the EPM service work.

But according to the suit, when EPM indicated to Alaris in December that it intended to end that service provider agreement in May 2014, Alaris began using confidential information to begin soliciting those customers, offering them deep discounts to jump ship. As part of the suit, EPM included Alaris brochures "that not only overtly solicit t! hose customers but also disparage EPM's ability to service those customers' micrographics equipment," the suit states.

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EPM is seeking damages of upward of $1 million, plus a permanent injunction banning any further customer solicitation.

Alaris did not respond to a message seeking comment Monday.

Credit Suisse near expected criminal settlement

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy Monday and agreed to pay $2.6 billion in penalties for helping wealthy American clients evade U.S. taxes in a scheme federal investigators said spanned decades.

Becoming the largest financial institution to enter a guilty plea in at least 20 years, the bank acknowledged it willfully aided thousands of U.S. clients who opened and maintained secret offshore accounts that hid their assets and income from the IRS, said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

The settlement marks a major U.S. legal victory in a continuing U.S. investigation of approximately a dozen other Swiss banks on suspicion of similar tax-evasion-related wrongdoing to lure American clients.

"When a bank engages in misconduct this brazen, it should expect that the Justice Department will pursue criminal prosecution to the fullest extent possible, as has happened here," said Holder.

Credit Suisse has a large investment banking subsidiary and is headed by American CEO Brady Dougan. Under the settlement terms, the bank agreed to change its business operations, provide information to federal investigators and hire an independent monitor to ensure it complies with the agreement.

Holder announced the agreement at a news briefing after U.S. financial markets closed, part of an effort with regulators to avoid any economic disruption from the bank's guilty plea.

The consultations were aimed at avoiding any repeat of the job losses and economic disruption caused by the 1990 bankruptcy collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert after the investment house pleaded guilty to fraud, and the 2002 obstruction of justice conviction that led to the implosion of accounting giant Arthur Andersen.

Credit Suisse's U.S. regulators, the Federal Reserve and the New York State Department of Financial Services, coordinated federal prosecutors during settlement talks and signaled they would not seek to revoke the bank's charter or shut it down.

Holder said the f! inancial penalties include a federal fine that tops $1.13 billion, and nearly $670 million in restitution to the IRS. Additionally, Credit Suisse will pay a $100 million penalty to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and $715 million to the New York banking regulator.

The settlement is expected to set a legal template for future U.S. cases that target major banks. That includes the continuing tax-related investigations of other Swiss banks and a separate investigation of French banking giant BNP Paribas for allegedly doing business with Iran, Cuba, Sudan and other nations hit with U.S. economic sanctions.

"We deeply regret the past misconduct that led to this settlement," said Dougan in a statement issued Monday night. "The U.S. cross-border matter represented the most significant and longstanding regulatory and litigation issue for Credit Suisse. Having this matter fully resolved is an important step forward for us."

According to Holder, the Zurich-based bank tried to hide the tax-evasion scheme by destroying records, concealing transactions and using offshore credit and debit cards to help American clients secretly transfer their hidden assets and income home.

"When the bank finally began to feel pressure" from a federal investigation launched in 2010, "Credit Suisse failed to retain key documents, allowed evidence to be lost or destroyed and conducted a shamefully inadequate internal inquiry," said Holder.

The bank ultimately submitted a guilty plea to a four-page criminal information. Court filings in the case cited two unidentified Credit Suisse clients, one from Charlottesville, Va., and the other from Elizabeth, N.J., who allegedly sought and received bank help with their offshore accounts.

Holder prefigured the Credit Suisse penalties with a May 5 video statement in which he declared: "There is no such thing as too big to jail."

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A Senate subcommittee hearing in February also provided an early preview of the case with a February report that ! said Cred! it Suisse bankers secretly traveled to the U.S. on tourist visas, and then met with potential clients at New York City parties and Florida golf outings.

One former client told Senate investigators a Credit Suisse banker evaded detection by passing bank account statements hidden in the pages of a Sports Illustrated magazine.

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report showed that Credit Suisse bankers in some cases helped U.S. clients structure transactions below $10,000 in an effort to avoid mandatory disclosure laws for higher amounts.

The bankers also referred some U.S. clients to intermediaries who helped open accounts in the names of offshore companies that existed largely on paper, Senate investigators found.

Sen. Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat who heads the panel, complained that Monday's settlement didn't require Credit Suisse to "cough up" the names of more than 20,000 Americans who held unreported offshore accounts with the bank.

The Credit Suisse penalties dwarf the $780 million settlement that UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, reached with federal prosecutors in 2009 for similarly helping wealthy U.S. clients duck the IRS. However, the UBS deal took the form of a deferred-prosecution agreement in which the bank admitted wrongdoing and turned over financial records for thousands of American clients — but did not have a criminal conviction entered against it.

CollabRx Solves a Problem Created by the Genome Sequencing Explosion (CLRX, AFFX, DGX)

Every year, more than 100,000 white papers on the topic of cancer and cancer treatments are published. Right now, there are over 500 new cancer drugs in development, and those therapies are part of more than 10,000 different clinical trials currently underway. That's all in addition to the already-approved cancer drugs, and the volumes of information we already know about oncology. What's it mean? It means the cancer-treating energy often suffers from information overload, which in turn means patients aren't getting the best care they could get. The solution is a tool built by a little company called CollabRx Inc. (NASDAQ:CLRX). The validation for that solution comes from much bigger companies Quest Diagnostics Inc. (NYSE:DGX) and Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX).

The amount of data and information an oncologist could sift through is enormous... more than even the best and brightest among them could actually work through, especially considering how much new data - and new drug trials - are created every year, particularly now that genome sequencing has made it possible to pinpoint the strain of cancer being treated, and how that particular patient's "chemistry" might respond to a certain drug. Enter CollabRx. CollabRx has developed an online tool that can guide a caregiver to the best treatment options for a particular cancer, as indicated by DNA sequencing tests. The online portal even points out relevant drug trials that may be worthy options, if approved treatment regimens aren't apt to be effective.

And just how marketable is the idea? More so than one might believe at first. As proof of that marketability, one only has to know that diagnostic laboratory companies Affymetrix and Quest Diagnostics - no slouches in the diagnostic arena - have already leased access to the CollabRx tool, AFFX and DGX both attach the suggested treatment options provided by CLRX to each test it performs, as a "value add" for the physicians requesting diagnostic work be done. Both companies realize that by helping doctors take better care of patients, everyone wins.

As for the future, young CollabRx Inc. is already driving revenue, but it's only scratched the surface. This year, the company is on pace to generate about $600,000 in revenue (though that was before Affymetrix came on board). By 2017, however, the top line is expected by some to reach $2.6 million. By 2020, Taglich Brothers expects CLRX to generate $16.5 million in annual revenue. That's not bad for a $6.4 million company.

But how is CollabRx going to grow that fast between now and then. It's got a lot to do with the business model. Unlike most companies that must constantly sell products to drive revenue, CLRX sells a subscription-based product that, once is purchases, tends to be repurchased with little to no ongoing effort. That recurring revenue model allows the company's sales team to focus on bringing new customers to the fold, without being forced to spend a lot of time keeping existing customers on board.

Better still, there's no real direct competition for CLRX out there right now, and none on the horizon.

It may not be a household name yet, but with a clear path to profits and a marketable product, CollabRx could make for an interesting addition to most portfolios. 

For more on CollabRx, visit its corporate website here. Or, you can read the SCN research report here, or the SCN recommendation here.

Airlines: Delta Air Lines Still the Best; More Seats for JetBlue?

Delta Air Lines (DAL) is flying high this year, but that can’t stop Morgan Stanley’s John Godyn and team shouting their love for stock from the rooftops.

Shares of Delta Air Lines have gained 37% this year, topping Southwest Airlines’ (LUV) 29% rise, United Continental’s (UAL) 6.6% advance and JetBlue’s (JBLU) 1.2% increase. American Airlines (AAL) has gained 52% so far in 2014.

Godyn explains why he thinks Delta Air Lines remains the cream of the crop:

Today, many we speak to believe that Delta Air Lines’ advantages are primarily a function of where the company is in its post-M&A lifecycle of sorts rather than representative of apersistent, unique set of competencies, assets, processes, and cultural factors. After our most recent round of meetings with mgmt this week and last – we can't help but increasingly believe the latter.

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In a nutshell, we feel slightly more confident in DAL's non-fare revenue opportunities and ability to maintain sub-inflationary [cost per available seat miles] ex-Fuel growth in 2015 and as a result raise our current 2015 EPS estimate of $3.90 to $4.00 – reaffirming our Street-high stance.

Wolfe Research’s Hunter Keay and Jared Shojaian thinks JetBlue should add more seats:

One area where we believe JBLU has an opportunity to improve earnings is cabin densification. Simply put we think JBLU doesn't have enough inventory for sale. The concept of flying planes with 34" of legroom in coach is an idea that's not only shunned by the most profitable airlines in the country, but it's also one that has failed in the past. American tried it and failed 15 years ago – what makes JBLU so different?

Southwest Airlines…perhaps a comp for JBLU considering Southwest Airlines’ customer service focus, operates its B737-700s with 31" of pitch. If JBLU converted all its A320 coach seats to Southwest Airlines’ B737-700 seat pitch then it could add at least one more row without sacrificing any high yielding Even More seats. This alone could result 18% EPS accretion.

Shares of Delta Air Lines have dropped 1.3% to $37.65 at 2:06 p.m. today, while United Continental Holdings has fallen 1.1% to $40.37, JetBlue has declined 1% to $8.66 and Southwest Airlines is off 1.1% at $24.50.

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Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL)�is becoming the king of stock buyback, at least for this week. The oil services giant has announced its preliminary results of the prior modified Dutch auction tender offer that expired on Thursday. Computershare showed that some 100.2 million shares of common stock in Halliburton were validly tendered, including about 28.9 million shares that were tendered through notice of guaranteed delivery.

Halliburton indicated that it now expects to acquire approximately 68 million shares of its common stock in this tender at $48.50 per share. This comes to a total of about $3.3 billion, against a market cap of about $43.7 billion. The preliminary proration factor for the tender offer comes to roughly 67.9%, and the total share count represents 7.4% of Halliburton’s total number issued and outstanding shares.

It was also noted that Halliburton may still repurchase additional shares of its common stock in the future, either in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. That being said, it cannot repurchase any additional shares until after September 6, 2013, as part of the rules of this tender.

Top 10 Oil Service Companies To Buy Right Now: Players Network (PNTV)

Players Network (PNTV), incorporated on March 16, 1993, is a global media and entertainment company engaged in the development of Digital Networks. The Company distributes broadband video and other social media content over a range of Internet enabled devices and cable television channels. The Company�� platform is designed to deliver video content and develop digital social communities, including Vegas On Demand TV. The Company operates a video on demand (VOD) television channel, also named Vegas On Demand, which consists of original programming that is distributed over its own VOD channels to approximately 24,000,000 homes over the Internet with distribution partners, which include, Comcast, Hulu, Blinkx, Google, and YouTube Video, for DVD home video, and various mobile platforms. Vegas On Demand TV offers its audience the ability to connect to Vegas Insiders through programming, which captures sex appeal, entertainment, and the non-stop adrenaline rush of the Las Vegas gaming lifestyle. Players Network�� content goes beyond poker, casino action, sports betting, and racing, to lifestyle programs about entertainment and fine living.

PNTV�� Media Network operates across all distribution platforms from television screens to mobile devices, gaming consoles, computers and tablets. The Company�� platform has two main membership categories: the Consumer/User who visits its digital communities and partakes in viewing ad-supported and pay-per-view premium videos, purchases products and connects with Insiders, who are its Premium Members. Players Network�� Programming Brands include Vegas On Demand focuses on Gaming lifestyle and produces programming about Horse Racing, Sports Betting, Casino Games and Poker; Vegas On Demand, which is about Las Vegas lifestyle and covers celebrity, night clubs, poolside experiences and entertainment, and Sexy Sin City TV covers the adult and sexy side of Las Vegas after dark. The Company�� productions include gaming instruction, gaming news, instruct! ion on sports and racing wagering, gaming entertainment, tournaments, events and travel. The Company has a library of 1,550 gambling and gaming lifestyle videos, including several series of both long and short form content. Some of these series include Players Network originals; Hidden Vegas, Tattoo Tails, which include 30 originally produced hours of programming from the World Series of Poker, which Players Network had the rights to produce and air live. Players Network produced over 50 videos at the Hooters Hotel and Casino, 28 new gaming instructional videos aimed at slots and video poker players, a series of 23 videos on magic entitled Hocus Pocus, The Best of Vegas series and Neon Buzz, an entertainment report which covered red carpet events.

The Company competes with ESPN, the Travel Channel, E! and the Food Network.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Peter Graham]

  Small cap entertainment or gaming stocks Soul and Vibe Interactive Inc (OTCBB: SOUL), Elray Resources Inc (OTCMKTS: ELRA) and Players Network (OTCMKTS: PNTV) focus on entertaining consumers. However, its important to remember that consumers can be very fickle when it comes to entertainment or games. So should you be entertaining any of these small caps? Here is a closer look and a reality check:

Top 10 Oil Service Companies To Buy Right Now: Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV (COLR)

Etablissementen Fr Colruyt NV, also known as Colruyt Group, is a Belgian company primarily engaged in retail and wholesale of food products. The Company's retail trade division includes the direct supply of products to retail customers operating through brands Colruyt, DreamBaby, BIO-planet, DreamLand and ColliShop, among others. The Company supplies to wholesalers and affiliated independent merchants in Belgium, France and Luxembourg. It also provides printing solutions (photo Fuji Colruyt). Colruyt Group also has a corporate activities division, which combines support services, processes and systems and central administration, among others. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Corinne Gretler]

  Colruyt (COLR) gained 8.3 percent to 40.08 euros, the largest jump since June 27, 2012. Belgium�� biggest discount food retailer said full-year earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization amounted to 699.8 million euros ($910 million), beating the average 684 million-euro analyst projection in a Bloomberg survey. The company also raised its dividend to 1 euro a share, exceeding the Bloomberg Dividend Forecast of 98 cents.

• [By Tom Stoukas]

  Colruyt SA (COLR) fell 4 percent to 42.31 euros. Belgium�� largest discount food retailer forecast full-year net income of about 369 million euros ($498 million) compared with analysts�� estimates of 381.2 million euros.

Hot High Dividend Companies To Buy Right Now: Axcelis Technologies Inc.(ACLS)

Axcelis Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services ion implantation, dry strip, and other processing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It offers a line of high energy, high current, and medium current ion implanters for various applications, such as line of single wafer implanters, known as the Optima platform, comprising the Optima XE, the Optima HD, and the Optima MD. The company also offers dry strip tools, including the Integra RS, which comprises paired-chamber process modules. In addition, it provides aftermarket services and support, such as spare parts, equipment upgrades, maintenance services, and customer training. The company sells its equipment and services through direct sales force, distributors, and manufacturing representatives. Axcelis Technologies was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Axler]

  An old spin-out of Eaton Corp. (ETN), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS) designs, manufactures and services ion implantation, dry strip and other processing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips. The semiconductor capital equipment industry is very cyclical, and as a smaller player in the industry, ACLS has not been immune, and gone through protracted periods of losses. In the past few years, the company has taken numerous steps to reposition itself for the next cyclical upswing by listening to its customers and investing heavily in R&D to revamp its product line to expand its addressable market opportunity, right-sizing its cost structure to substantially lower its breakeven level, establishing new collaborative partnerships, and optimizing its balance sheet to unlock value. Now with signs of a cyclical upswing occurring, and being led by memory - Micron (MU) and SanDisk (SNDK), ACLS is poised for accelerating earnings potential beginning in Q4'2013 that could drive its stock price substantially higher. However, with a few nearer-term catalysts on the horizon, investors may not want to wait too long before purchasing shares. As an early indicator, investors should consider that insiders recently purchased the stock in the open market in August at current levels. These stock purchases coincide with the one year anniversary of ACLS's new Purion M product line entering an evaluation period with a major customer. Sell-side analysts are starting to take notice and listening in to the company's recent conference call, which at least opens the door to new broker initiations in the future. The downside risk appears mitigated by ACLS's strengthened balance sheet, and dramatically improved operating financial model that has stemmed further cash burn. As the company hits an inflection point with new customer contracts and proves its earnings cycle is under way, we expect ACLS's valuation discount to peers to narrow and the stock to appreciate substantially

• [By Stephen Simpson, CFA]

  The major dry strip product today is Suprema - Mattson's most advanced tool, and one that uses inductively coupled plasma (ICP) technology and vacuum transfer. Two of the company's primary competitors use one but not the other, while the third uses both but charges about 20% more for its tools. According to Gartner, Mattson holds about 22% market share in this roughly $180 million/year market, with Lam Research (which acquired Novellus and dry strip IP from Axcelis (ACLS)) and PSK as the primary competitors.

Top 10 Oil Service Companies To Buy Right Now: Heartland Payment Systems Inc. (HPY)

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Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Eric Volkman]

  Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY  ) is set to be an enthusiastic buyer of its own shares. The company's board has authorized a fresh stock repurchase program to the tune of $75 million. The move is effective immediately, and its term is open-ended.

Top 10 Oil Service Companies To Buy Right Now: NGex Resources Inc (NGQRF.PK)

NGEx Resources Inc. (NGEx) is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious and base metal properties located in North and South America. The Company�� projects include Josemaria Project, Vicuna Project, Tamberias Property, Colmillos project, Andrea Project, GJ/Kinaskan Property, Mogoraib (Hambok), Kerkebet, Shukula and Lelit, Bada Potash License and Congo-Brazzaville. Its Josemaria is a copper/gold porphyry project located in San Juan Province, Argentina. The Vicuna properties consist of approximately 31,650 hectares that covers a number of porphyry copper and high sulfidation gold targets in San Juan Province, Argentina. During the year ended December 31, 2011, it completed 9,643 meters of diamond drilling in 14 holes on its 60% owned Los Helados copper-gold project located in Chile. In October 2012, it sold its Hambok copper-zinc deposit to Bisha Mining Share Company. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By The Investment Doctor]

  In this article I'll have a closer look at NGEX Resources (NGQRF.PK), a member of the Lunding Group which owns the extremely large Los Helados copper project in Chile, the Josemaria project in Argentina and the Filo del Sol project exactly on the border of Chile and Argentina. As these three properties are within 11 miles from each other, one can easily say NGEX is a potential district play.

Top 10 Oil Service Companies To Buy Right Now: Helen of Troy Limited(HELE)

Helen of Troy Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, import, marketing, and distribution of brand-name consumer products primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. It operates in three segments: Personal Care, Housewares, and Healthcare/Home Environment. The Personal Care segment offers hair dryers, straighteners, curling irons, hair setters, shavers, mirrors, hot air brushes, home hair clippers and trimmers, paraffin baths, massage cushions, footbaths, body massagers, brushes, combs, hair accessories, liquid and aerosol hair styling products, men?s fragrances, men?s and women?s antiperspirants and deodorants, liquid and bar soaps, shampoos, conditioners, hair treatments, foot powder, body powder, and skin care products. The Housewares segment provides kitchen tools, cutlery, bar and wine accessories, household cleaning tools, food storage containers, tea kettles, trash cans, storage an d organization products, hand tools, gardening tools, kitchen mitts and trivets, barbeque tools, and rechargeable lighting products, as well as baby and toddler care products, including convertible high chair. The Healthcare/Home Environment segment offers humidifiers, de-humidifiers, vaporizers, thermometers, air purifiers, fans, portable heaters, heating pads, and electronic mosquito traps. The company sells its products primarily through mass merchandisers, drugstore chains, warehouse clubs, home improvement stores, catalogs, grocery stores, specialty stores, beauty supply retailers, e-commerce retailers, wholesalers, and various types of distributors, as well as directly online to end user consumers. Helen of Troy Limited was founded in 1968 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Canadian Value]

  NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Sachem Head Capital Management today sent a letter to the Board of Directors of leading consumer goods company Helen of Troy Limited (HELE). In the letter, Sachem Head outlines its belief that Helen of Troy shares are materially undervalued, highlighting the Board's apparent unwillingness to respond to recent inquiries regarding potential strategic combinations, and recommending actions for the Board of Directors to undertake to maximize value for the shareholders, including a thorough and legitimate review of strategic alternatives.

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  Helen of Troy Ltd.(HELE) said it expects to buy back about $246 million of its shares through a Dutch auction tender offer that allowed the personal-care company to repurchase up to $300 million in stock. The company, whose products include OXO kitchen tools and Brut After Shave, said it expects to acquire about 3.7 million shares at $66.50 a share, the high end of its offering range.

• [By Wallace Witkowski]

  Helen of Troy Ltd (HELE) �shares rose 1.3% to $49.20 on light volume after reporting third-quarter earnings of $1.16 a share on revenue of $380.7 million. Analysts had forecast earnings of $1.09 a share on revenue of $378.9 million.

• [By Monica Gerson]

  Helen of Troy (NASDAQ: HELE) is estimated to post its Q2 earnings at $0.72 per share on revenue of $292.15 million.

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Top 10 Oil Service Companies To Buy Right Now: Celldex Therapeutics Inc(CLDX)

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development, manufacture, and commercialization of novel therapeutics for human health care primarily in the United States. The company markets Rotarix to treat rotavirus infection. Its lead drug candidate, rindopepimut (CDX-110), is an immunotherapeutic vaccine in Phase III clinical trial to target the tumor-specific molecule, epidermal growth factor receptor variant III, as well as in Phase II clinical trial for the indication of recurrent glioblastoma. The company?s other lead drug candidates comprise CDX-011, an antibody-drug conjugate in Phase IIb clinical trial for metastatic breast cancer and melanoma indication; and CDX-1127, a human monoclonal antibody in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of lymphoma/leukemia and solid tumors. Its additional clinical and preclinical programs consist of CDX-1401, an Antigen Presenting Cells Targeting Technology program in Phase I/II clinical trial to tr eat multiple solid tumors; and CDX-301, an immune cell mobilizing agent and dendritic cell growth factor in Phase I clinical for treating cancer, autoimmune disease, and transplant. The company?s preclinical products include CDX-1135, a molecule for treating renal disease; and CDX-014, a human monoclonal antibody-drug conjugate for the treatment of ovarian and renal cancer. It has research collaboration and license agreements with Medarex, Inc.; Rockefeller University; Duke University Brain Tumor Cancer Center; Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research; Alteris Therapeutics, Inc.; Thomas Jefferson University; 3M Company; University of Southampton; Amgen Inc.; Amgen Fremont; and Seattle Genetics, Inc. Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Roberto Pedone]

  Another stock that's quickly moving within range of triggering a major breakout trade is Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), which is focused on the development and commercialization of several immunotherapy technologies for the treatment of cancer and other difficult-to-treat diseases. This stock has been red hot so far in 2013, with shares up 222%.

  If you look at the chart for Celldex Therapeutics, you'll notice that this stock has recently formed a perfect double bottom chart pattern at $19.20 a share. Following that bottom, shares of CLDX have started to uptrend and move within range of triggering a major breakout trade. That trade will trigger if CLDX manages to take out some key near-term overhead resistance levels with strong upside volume flows.

  Traders should now look for long-biased trades in CLDX if it manages to break out above some near-term overhead resistance at $21.88 to its 52-week high at $21.98 a share volume. Look for a sustained move or close above those levels with volume that hits near or above its three-month average action of 1.79 million shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then CLDX will set up to enter new 52-week-high territory, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that breakout are $25 to $30 a share.

  Traders can look to buy CLDX off any weakness to anticipate that breakout and simply use a stop that sits right below $19.20 a share, or below more support at $18 a share. One can also buy CLDX 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.

  The short-sellers love to target this stock, since the current short interest as a percentage of the float for CLDX is pretty high at 10.5%. A decent short-squeeze could materialize for CLDX if it breaks out soon with volume, so keep an eye on this name.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Acorda has dropped 6.3% to $33.12 today at 2pm, while MannKind has gained 5.1% to $5.37. Vertexs Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) has gained 3.3% to $73.25, Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX) has jumped 2.4% to $27.86 and Gilead Sciences (GILD) has ticked up 0.8% to $63.18.

• [By Jake L'Ecuyer]

  Celldex Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CLDX) shares tumbled 2.79 percent to $27.52 after the company reported positive Phase 2 rindopepimut data in patients with recurrent glioblastoma.

Top 10 Oil Service Companies To Buy Right Now: Dynegy Inc (DYN)

Dynegy Inc. (Dynegy), incorporated in 2007, is a holding company and conducts the business operations through its subsidiaries. Dynegy�� primary business is the production and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services from the fleet of 16 operating power plants in six states totaling approximately 11,600 megawatts of generating capacity. The Company sells electric energy, capacity and ancillary services on a wholesale basis from its power generation facilities. Its customers include Regional Transmission Organization (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs), integrated utilities, municipalities, electric cooperatives, transmission and distribution utilities, industrial customers, power marketers, financial participants, such as banks and hedge funds, and other power generators. Dynegy operates in three segments: the Coal segment (Coal), the Gas Segment (Gas) and the Dynegy Northeast Segment (DNE). In September 2011, it acquired direct ownership of Dynegy Coal Holdco, LLC. In July 2012, the Company announced that it has filed a voluntary petition to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, Poughkeepsie Division. It emerged from bankruptcy, on October 1, 2012. In May 2013, the Company sold its Roseton power generation facility (Roseton) to a subsidiary of Castleton Commodities International LLC (CCI).

Coal segment

Dynegy�� Coal segment consists of four operating coal-fired power generation facilities and two operating natural gas-fired peaker facilities in Illinois with a total generating capacity of 3,132 megawatts. On November 17, 2011, it permanently retired the 176 megawatts Vermilion power generation facility. As of December 31, 2011, the facilities operated entirely within MISO. Its Coal segment is primarily a fleet of baseload coal facilities, located in Illinois. The MISO market includes all of Wisconsin and portions of Michigan, Kentucky, Indian! a, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and Manitoba, Canada. MISO is as an independent RTO.

Gas Segment

Dynegy�� Gas segment consists of seven operating natural gas-fired power generation facilities located in California (two), Nevada (one), Illinois (one), Pennsylvania (one), New York (one), and Maine (one), and one fuel-oil fired power generation facility located in California, totaling 6,771 megawatts of electric generating capacity. On November 7, 2011, it deconsolidated DH, which indirectly owns all of its assets in the Gas segment. The PJM market includes all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. The Company�� Kendall and Ontelaunee facilities located in Illinois and Pennsylvania operate in PJM with an aggregate net generating capacity of 1,780 megawatts.

DNE Segment

Dynegy�� DNE segment consists of the Roseton and Danskammer facilities located in Newburgh, New York, with a total capacity of 1,693 megawatts. Its total of 1,570 megawatts of generation capacity relates to leased units at the two facilities. The Company�� Roseton and Danskammer facility sites are adjacent and share common resources, such as fuel handling, a docking terminal, personnel and certain associated systems.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Justin Loiseau]

  With a successful $900 million asset sale to Dynegy (NYSE: DYN  ) in March, Ameren has three leftover gas-fired energy centers it still needs to offload.

• [By Bram de Haas]

  Dynegy Inc (DYN) emerged from bankruptcy last year. The share price didn't really go anywhere. In the meantime 2013 free cash flow guidance is being revised upward to $190 million - $215 million and a deal to take over capacity from Ameren Corp (AEE) is likely to be finalized in the 4th quarter. On the basis of current cash flow, the company is fairly valued. If the Ameren facilities are added in, the cash flow of the combined facilities is greatly undervalued.

Top 10 Oil Service Companies To Buy Right Now: DCT Industrial Trust Inc (DCT)

DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (DCT) is an industrial real estate company that owns, operates and develops bulk distribution and light industrial properties in distribution markets in the United States and Mexico. The Company is structured as an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (REIT), under which substantially all of its business is, and will be, conducted through a majority-owned and controlled subsidiary, DCT Industrial Operating Partnership LP (the operating partnership), a Delaware limited partnership, for which DCT Industrial Trust Inc. is the sole general partner. The Company owns properties through its operating partnership and its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2011, DCT owned approximately 90% of the outstanding equity interests in its operating partnership. In March 2012, DCT acquired a 32.6 acre land parcel in Romeoville, within the southern I-55 industrial submarket of Chicago. In May 2012, the Company acquired two Class A industrial buildings totaling 98,000 square feet in Houston, known as DCT Claymoore Center. Located in the Northwest submarket of Houston, DCT Claymoore Center encompasses a bulk and light industrial facility and is 95.8%-occupied.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company acquired 24 buildings comprising 2.8 million square feet and controlling ownership interests in three buildings totaling 0.4 million square feet. In 2011, the Company sold 16 operating properties totaling approximately 2.7 million square feet to third-parties. As of December 31, 2011, the Company�� consolidated operating properties had leases with approximately 900 customers with no single customer accounting for more than 1.7% of the total annualized base rents of its properties. As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned interests in, managed or had under development approximately 75.5 million square feet of properties leased to approximately 900 customers, including 58.1 million square feet comprising 408 consolidated properties owned in its operating portfo! lio, which were 90.6% occupied; 0.2 million square feet comprising one consolidated property under redevelopment, and 17.2 million square feet comprising 52 unconsolidated properties, which were 86.3% occupied and one managed-only property operated on behalf of five institutional capital management partners. As of December 31, 2011, its total consolidated portfolio consisted of 409 properties with an average size of 142,000 square feet and an average age of 20.2 years.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Brad Thomas]

  Other REITs mentioned: (O), (NNN), (STAG), (DCT), (EGP), (PDM), (DRE), (LRY)

  Source: Chambers Street: More Liquidity Magic On The Way In REIT-Dom

  Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. (More...)

Top 10 Oil Service Companies To Buy Right Now: Jabil Circuit Inc.(JBL)

Jabil Circuit, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides electronic manufacturing services and solutions worldwide. The company offers electronics and mechanical design, production, product management, and after-market services to companies in the aerospace, automotive, computing, consumer, defense, industrial, instrumentation, medical, networking, peripherals, solar, storage, and telecommunications industries. Its services comprise integrated design and engineering; component selection, sourcing, and procurement; automated assembly; design and implementation of product testing; parallel global production; enclosure services; and systems assembly, direct-order fulfillment, and configure-to-order services. The company also provides set-top boxes, mobility products, and display products, as well as peripheral products, such as printers and point of sale terminals; and aftermarket services consisting of warranty and repair services. Jabil Circuit, Inc. was founded in 196 6 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Wallace Witkowski]

  Jabil (JBL) �shares fell more than 10% to $17.70 after the electronic contract manufacturer�� adjusted quarterly earnings came in at 51 cents a share, compared with the 54 cents a share estimated by analysts surveyed by FactSet. The company�� outlook also fell well below expectations.

• [By Dan Carroll]

  Major electronics companies such as Samsung and Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL  ) , which is planning on tripling its workforce in its factory in Ho Chi Minh City over the next two years and has cited China's rising costs as a primary driver of the move away from the nation, have seized the opportunity to slash costs even with Vietnam still lagging behind China in terms of productivity. Even sectors such as health care have gotten involved, as pharmaceutical company Sanofi (NYSE: SNY  ) this year announced plans to invest $75 million in a Vietnamese facility to serve as an emerging-markets hub and entrench its leadership position in Southeast Asia.

Alaska Airlines, JetBlue top satisfaction survey

Passenger satisfaction with North American airlines reached a record high and improved for the second consecutive year, a new J.D. Power survey released Wednesday indicates.

Satisfaction with U.S. and Canadian airlines jumped to an average of 712 on a 1,000-point scale — 17 points higher than last year's survey.

"Passengers are over the sticker shock of being charged more to fly, having to pay for checked bags, expedited security clearance or preferred seating," says Rick Garlick of J.D. Power, the marketing research company that annually conducts the survey.

Passengers aren't satisfied with fees, but they realize fees "have become a way of life with air travel," he says.

Results of the new J.D. Power survey — which was conducted April 2013-March 2014 —are based on responses of 11,370 passengers who flew on a major North American airline between March 2013 and March 2014.

Satisfaction is based on performance in seven categories: cost and fees; in-flight services; boarding, deplaning and baggage; flight crew; aircraft; check-in; and reservations.

Alaska Airlines ranks No. 1 among "traditional" airlines with an average score of 737 — a 20-point improvement over its 2013 score. It is the seventh consecutive year the carrier ranked No. 1 among traditional airlines in the survey.

Delta Air Lines ranks No. 2 with a 693 score, followed by American Airlines at 684.

US Airways ranks last among six traditional carriers with a 656 score.

Among "low-cost" airlines, JetBlue Airways ranks No. 1 for a ninth consecutive year with a 789 score.

Southwest Airlines ranks second with a 778 score, and Frontier Airlines has the lowest score — 676 — of five low-cost carriers.

J.D. Power also surveyed passengers about airline's frequent-flier programs.

Alaska's Mileage Plan ranks No. 1 with an average score of 757, followed by Southwest's Rapid Rewards score of 731.

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The "key strength" of Alaska Airlines' Mileage Plan, Garlick says, is its "vast partner networks" that allow members to earn points by flying other airlines or staying at hotels.

Alaska CEO Brad Tilden says he "could not be more proud of our employees" for delivering a level of service that "helped us receive our seventh straight J.D. Power award and top honors for our Mileage Plan."

Alaska is very honored by this recognition" from its customers, he says, and remains "committed to being the easiest airline to fly."

US Airways' Dividend Miles program scores lowest — 642 — of seven airlines' frequent-flier programs in the J.D. Power survey.

The AAdvantage program of American, which merged with US Airways in December, ranks second lowest with a 685 score..

Andrew Christie, a spokesman for the two airlines, says "we're committed to restoring American Airlines to the greatest airline in the world, and that means being the airline that customers want to fly"

Christie says American and US Airways employees "independently demonstrated tremendous progress in 2013, and we anticipate continued improvement as one company in 2014."

Gabelli Asset Management Comments on Weatherford International

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Weatherford International Ltd. (0.4%) (WFT)(WFT - $17.36 - NYSE), based in Houston, Texas, finally resolved its tax accounting problems and various government investigations, which had been on-going for several years. It is now focused on growing its core businesses, enhancing profitability, reducing leverage and improving capital efficiency. The company is targeting total segment operating profit margin to reach 20% by 2016 from 11.3% in 2013 and reducing debt to capitalization from 52% to 25%. It aims to realize $500 million in annualized cost savings and sell four non-core businesses. Also, Weatherford plans to spin-off a portion of its international drilling rig business by the end of 2014 or early 2015. All available free cash flow generated and proceeds from asset sales will be used to reduce debt.From Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio)'s Value 25 Fund first quarter 2014 shareholder commentary. Also check out: Mario Gabelli Undervalued Stocks Mario Gabelli Top Growth Companies Mario Gabelli High Yield stocks, and Stocks that Mario Gabelli keeps buying

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