Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Top 5 High Tech Stocks To Buy For 2015

The technology company of the year, promising massive shifts in real-life behavior ��rather than mere digital-lifestyle changes ��is, to me, Uber, the app-based car service.

It also steps, disruptively, into the ever-growing debate about urban income disparity, wherein happiness, ease and advantage invariably go to the highest bidder.

While the information superhighway was imagined, came into existence and matured into the most important business in the U.S., the actual American highway and ever-degrading transportation infrastructure have remained relatively unchanged. Various lonely futurists have talked about a mobility revolution that would involve driverless cars. The prevalence of the Zipcar logo has suggested a new, well, zip in the rental care market. And starkly lower car-ownership trends among Millennials have begun to frighten the automotive industry.

Top 5 High Tech Stocks To Buy For 2015: Deswell Industries Inc.(DSWL)

Deswell Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of injection-molded plastic parts and components, electronic products and subassemblies, and metallic molds and accessory parts for original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers. The company produces various plastic parts and components for the manufacture of consumer and industrial products, including plastic component of electronic entertainment products; cases for flashlights, telephones, paging machines, projectors, and alarm clocks; toner cartridges and cases for photocopy and printer machines; parts for electrical products, such as air-conditioning and ventilators; parts for audio equipment; cases and key tops for personal organizers and remote controls; double injection caps and baby products; parts for medical products comprising apparatus for blood tests; laser key caps; and automobile components. Its electronic products include audio equipment, such as digital audio workstation, digital or analogue mixing consoles, instrument amplifiers, signal processors, firewire/USB audio interfaces, keyboard controllers, and speaker enclosures; high end home theatre audio products comprising 7.1-channel audio-visual Hi-Fi stereo receivers-amplifiers; complex printed circuit board assemblies; and telecommunication products consisting of VoIP keysets for business communications. The company?s metal products include metallic molds and accessory parts used in audio equipment, telephones, copying machines, pay telephones, multimedia stations, automatic teller machines, and vending machines. In addition, it distributes audio equipment. The company sells its products in the United States, the People?s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Holland, Norway, and Germany. Deswell Industries, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong.

Top 5 High Tech Stocks To Buy For 2015: Provident Financial Services Inc(PFS)

Provident Financial Services, Inc. operates as the holding company for The Provident Bank that provides banking services to individuals, families, and businesses in New Jersey. The company accepts various deposit products, including savings, checking, interest-bearing checking, money market deposit, certificate of deposit, and KEOGH accounts, as well as IRAs. It also originates commercial real estate loans that are secured by income-producing properties, such as multifamily residences, office buildings, and retail and industrial properties; commercial business loans; construction loans for single family and condominium projects; fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage loans collateralized by one- to four-family residential real estate; and other consumer loans consisting of home equity loans and home equity lines of credit. In addition, the company offers cash management, remote deposit capture, payroll origination, escrow account management, and Internet banking services, as well as business credit cards. Further, it provides range of asset management services, including investment management, asset allocation, trust and fiduciary, financial planning, family office, estate settlement, and custody services to individuals, municipalities, non-profits, corporations, and pension funds. Additionally, the company sells life insurance and investment products, including annuities; invests in real estate development joint ventures principally targeted to meet the housing needs of low and moderate-income communities; and manages and sells real estate acquired through foreclosure. As of January 27, 2012, it operated a network of 82 full service branches in northern and central New Jersey. The company was founded in 1839 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Top 5 Penny Companies For 2014: Castings(CGS.L)

Castings P.L.C. produces and sells various iron castings. It offers ductile iron castings, spheroidal graphite (SG) iron castings, austempered ductile iron castings, simo castings, Ni-resist castings, and grey iron castings. The company also undertakes the design, including virtual analysis, of ductile and SG iron castings; and produces prototypes and pre-series castings, as well as fully machined ductile iron castings and sub-assemblies. It serves the commercial vehicle and automotive markets. The company has operations primarily in the United Kingdom, Sweden, rest of Europe, and North and South America. Castings P.L.C. is headquartered in Brownhills, the United Kingdom.

Top 5 High Tech Stocks To Buy For 2015: Stoneshield Capital Corp(STS.V)

StoneShield Capital Corp., a mineral exploration company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of precious metals properties in North and South America. It has an option to earn interests in the Tabisco gold and silver project located in Sonora State, Mexico; the Risby copper/silver/lead/zinc project located in the Northwest Territories, Canada; and the Geldenhoof gold property located in central British Columbia. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

Top 5 High Tech Stocks To Buy For 2015: Westcore Energy Ltd (WTR.V)

Westcore Energy Ltd., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of coal properties in western Canada. The company holds a 75% interest in coal prospecting permits in the Hudson Bay North property located in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan; a 75% interest in a quarry exploration permit in the Black Diamond property located in Manitoba; and a 60% interest in the Panther Coal property located in western Manitoba, Canada. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Top 5 High Tech Stocks To Buy For 2015: Neovasc Inc. (NVC.V)

Neovasc Inc., a specialty medical device company, develops, manufactures, and markets cardiovascular products worldwide. Its products include the Neovasc Reducer for the treatment of refractory angina; the Tiara technology in development for the transcatheter treatment of mitral valve disease; and a line of advanced biological tissue products that are used as key components in various third-party medical products, such as vascular surgical patches and transcatheter heart valves. The company also develops and manufactures the PeriPatch, a line of biological tissue products for use in third-party medical products. In addition, it provides a range of custom Peripatch products to industry customers for incorporation into their own products; and consulting and original equipment manufacturing services to other medical device companies. Further, Neovasc Inc. offers pericardial tissue processing, vascular product development, design, and manufacturing solutions to industry partne rs. The company was formerly known as Medical Ventures Corp. and changed its name to Neovasc Inc. in July 2008. Neovasc Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Richmond, Canada.

Top 5 High Tech Stocks To Buy For 2015: Hongkong Land Holdings Limited (H78.SI)

Hongkong Land Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the investment, management, and development of real estate properties in greater China and southeast Asia. The company owns and manages approximately 5 million square feet of office and retail space in Central business district, Hong Kong. It also owns commercial investment property in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Macau. In addition, the company holds residential development property for sale in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Macau; and under development properties in Singapore and Mainland China. Further, it is involved in the hotel investment and property consultancy activities. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong. Hongkong Land Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited.

Top 5 High Tech Stocks To Buy For 2015: Resource America Inc.(REXI)

Resource America, Inc. operates as an asset management company. The company, through its subsidiaries, operates in three segments: Financial Fund Management; Real Estate; and Equipment Finance. The Financial Fund Management segment engages in the formation and collateral management of structured financial products and of issuers of collateralized debt obligations, such as trust preferred securities, asset backed securities, leveraged loans, private equity, commercial mortgage backed securities, residential mortgage backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, and home equity loans. The Real Estate segment focuses on the acquisition of multifamily properties on behalf of the limited partnership investment funds it sponsors. The Equipment Finance segment offers small ticket equipment leases to the small to mid-sized business market through the formation of strategic marketing alliances. Resource America, Inc. was founded in 1966 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylva nia.

Top 5 High Tech Stocks To Buy For 2015: Mediolanum(MED.MI)

Mediolanum S.p.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides a range of financial services in Italy. It offers personalized current accounts that are interest-bearing and includes checks, ATM card, and credit card services. The company also provides a range of payment cards, including credit cards, debit cards, and rechargeable cards; mortgages and loans; pension schemes; managed savings, including mutual funds and managed accounts, and index and unit linked products; and life insurance products. In addition, it provides financial brokerage, asset management and advice, fund management, real estate brokerage, and education and training services, as well as engages in the production of audio, film, and television programs. The company operates in Spain, Germany, Ireland, and Luxemburg. Mediolanum S.p.A. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Basiglio, Italy.

Top 5 High Tech Stocks To Buy For 2015: Edleun Group Inc (EDU.V)

Edleun Group, Inc. engages in the design, development, marketing, management, and ownership of child care centers under the Learning Centre names in Canada. The company provides children, families, and employers with access to early childhood care and education programs. Its education programs include infant programs that create a nurturing atmosphere and a developmental curriculum for infants and children growing out of infancy; toddler programs; preschool programs that prepare children to enter a formal education system; and kindergarten programs; summer and holiday camps; back-up care and drop-in care programs; tutoring programs; and meals and menus, which provide four-week rotating menus for various seasons. The company also provides various before and after school child care programs. As of November 18, 2012, it had a total of 50 operating centers with approximately 5,010 licensed child care spaces. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Top 5 High Tech Stocks To Buy For 2015: Vishay Precision Group Inc.(VPG)

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets components based on resistive foil technology, sensors, and sensor-based systems in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company?s products include precision foil resistors, foil strain gages, transducers and load cells, modules, instruments, weighing and control systems, and PhotoStress coatings and instruments; and sensors that convert mechanical inputs into an electronic signal for display, processing, interpretation, or control by the company?s instrumentation and systems products. Its products are used in waste management, bulk hauling, logging, scales manufacturing, engineering systems, pharmaceutical, oil, chemical, steel, paper, and food industries, as well as in military/aerospace, medical, agriculture, and construction markets. The company sells its products through original equipment manufacturers, electronic manufacturing services companies, and independent distributors, as well as directly t o end-use customers. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Seth Jayson]

    Calling all cash flows
    When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on Vishay Precision Group (NYSE: VPG  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

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