Top 10 Long Term Stocks For 2014

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Top 10 Long Term Stocks For 2014: Hemispherx Biopharma Inc (HEB)

Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (Hemispherx) is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the clinical development of new drugs therapies based on natural immune system enhancing technologies for the treatment of viral and immune based chronic disorders. Hemispherx focuses on two core pharmaceutical technology platforms Ampligen and Alferon N Injection.The commercial focus for Ampligen includes application as a treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and as an influenza vaccine enhancer (adjuvant) for both therapeutic and preventative vaccine development. Alferon N Injection is a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved product with an indication for refractory or recurring genital warts. Alferon LDO (Low Dose Oral) is a formulation under development targeting influenza. It has three subsidiaries BioPro Corp., BioAegean Corp., and Core BioTech Corp. The Company's foreign subsidiary is Hemispherx Biopharma Europe N.V./S.A.

Ampligen

Ampligen is an experimental drug, which is undergoing clinical development for the treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Over 1,000 patients have participated in the Ampligen clinical trials representing the administration of more than 90,000 doses of this drug. The Company is also engaged in ongoing, experimental studies assessing the efficacy of Ampligen against influenza viruses.

Alferon N Injection

Alferon N Injection is the registered trademark for the Company's injectable formulation of natural alpha interferon. Interferons are a group of proteins produced and secreted by cells to combat diseases. The Company's natural alpha interferon is produced from human white blood cells. Alferon N Injection [Interferon alfa-n3 (human leukocyte derived)] is a highly purified, natural-source, glycosylated, multi-species alpha interferon product.

Alferon LDO (Low Dose Oral)

Alferon LDO [Low Dose Oral Interferon Alfa-n3 (Human Leukocyte Derived)]! is an experimental low-dose, oral liquid formulation of Natural Alpha Interferon and like Alferon N Injection should not cause antibody formation, which is a problem with recombinant interferon. It is an experimental immunotherapeutic that works by stimulating an immune cascade response in the cells of the mouth and throat, enabling it to bolster systemic immune response through the entire body by absorption through the oral mucosa.

The Company competes with Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, AstraZeneca, Baxter International, Fletcher/CSI, AVANT Immunotherapeutics, AVI BioPharma and Genta.

Top 10 Long Term Stocks For 2014: Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. (URO.V)

Venturi Ventures Inc. focuses on exploiting its Advanced Verification of Integration Dose technology. The company sublicensed its technology for further development and marketing. It also seeks new business opportunities. The company was formerly known as Urodynamix Technologies Ltd. and changed its name to Venturi Ventures Inc. in August 2011. Venturi Ventures Inc. is headquartered in North Vancouver, Canada.

5 Best Industrial Disributor Stocks To Buy For 2014: Lattice Semiconductor Corporation(LSCC)

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets programmable logic products and related software. The company offers field programmable gate array (FPGA) products, including LatticeECP family for deployment in wireless infrastructure and wireline access equipment, as well as in video and imaging applications; and LatticeXP for the security, surveillance, and display markets. It also provides programmable logic device (PLD) products comprising various versions of ispMACH4000 in-system programmable complex programmable logic device family; MachXO family that is designed for a range of low density applications; platform manager, power manager, and ispClock programmable mixed signal devices; and software development tools and intellectual property cores. The company sells its products directly to end customers through a network of independent manufacturers? representatives and indirectly through a network of independent sell-in and sell-through distributors. It primarily serves original equipment manufacturers in the communications, computing, consumer, industrial, military, automotive, and medical end markets. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Nancy Zambell]

  A survivor of the tech boom and bust cycle, Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: LSCC) has managed to consistently grow its new product revenue by 28% per quarter since 2006. And that astounding figure includes one of the worst recessions in our history, as well as a downturn in the semiconductor market. The company’s primary customers are original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the communications, computing, consumer, industrial, automotive, medical and military end markets. Its strongest markets include the fastest-growing segments in our economy today.

  LSCC intends to focus on aggressively expanding its mid-range markets, as well as its products for lower-power, lower-cost applications. It also plans to continue targeting customized solutions for its customers, all the while, continuing to increase its flow of new product growth and entry into new markets.

Top 10 Long Term Stocks For 2014: Metminco Ltd(MNC.AX)

Metminco Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and development of mineral prospects primarily located in Chile and Peru, South America. It primarily focuses on exploring copper, as well as on gold, molybdenum, and zinc. The company principally holds interests in the Los Calatos copper and molybdenum porphyry deposit located in southern Peru. Metminco Limited was incorporated in 2006 and is based in North Sydney, Australia.

Top 10 Long Term Stocks For 2014: HHGregg Inc.(HGG)

hhgregg, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, home appliances, and related services. The company offers video products, such as flat panel televisions, blu-rays, and DVD players; appliances, including washers and dryers, refrigerators, cooking ranges, dishwashers, freezers, and air conditioners; and digital camcorders, digital cameras, gaming bundles, home theater receivers, mattresses, MP3 players, computers, personal navigation, tablets, speaker systems, and telephones. It also sells a suite of services, including third-party premium service plans, and third-party in-home service and repair of products, as well as delivery and installation, and in-home repair and maintenance. The company operates its stores under the name of hhgregg. As of February 08, 2012, it operated 208 stores in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Squeeze Ideas]

  Electronics Stores Industry. Market cap of $587.31M. Short float at 27.08% (equivalent to 10.42 days of average volume).

  Net Income grew by 18.39% ($26.91M vs. $22.73M y/y), while Operating Cash Flow grew by 23.74% ($35.13M vs. $28.39M y/y) (comparing 3 months ending 2010-12-31 vs. 3 months ending 2009-12-31).

  The stock has performed poorly over the last month, losing 20.1%, resulting in attractive valuations. The P/E ratio, based on the most recent quarter's earnings, stands at 5.6, lower than the industry average at 22.47, while the P/E ratio, based on trailing twelve month earnings, stands at 13.69, which is lower than the industry average at 16.53. The company also appears to be undervalued relative to projected earnings growth. PEG ratio at 0.75, vs. an industry average at 1.15.

  Other Highlights: Institutional and mutual fund investors have been net purchasers of the company's shares over the last two quarters, suggesting that the smart money thinks there's more upside to the stock. Institutional investors have been net buyers of 1.9M shares during the most recent quarter, vs. 4.5M net shares purchased in the previous quarter. Mutual fund investors have also been optimistic on the stock. They were net buyers of 1.5M shares during the most recent quarter, vs. 654.5K net shares purchased in the previous quarter.

• [By Chuck Carlson]

  ut the area that really gets Bryan fired up is home electronics, particularly the purveyors of the next generation of televisions. Although the 3-D TV revolution has yet to ignite, Bryan's confident that it's delayed, not defused. Management at Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) andhhgregg (NYSE: HGG) made some assumptions about the effect 3-D TV sales would have on earnings, and they missed the mark so far.

  "Don't get me wrong; they deserve the beat-down they got," Bryan says. "But then everyone started to pile on -- people aren't going to pay up for 3-D; Internet retail is going to take over; nobody goes to stores to buy DVDs and video games anymore -- and the story got a little out of hand."

  Bryan makes the technological parallel to HDTV. Back in the early days, there were only a couple HD channels (primarily showing nature footage that showed off the quality but didn't exactly make for must-see TV), and people didn't immediately see the need to upgrade. Today, HD isn't optional. 

Top 10 Long Term Stocks For 2014: Virco Manufacturing Corporation(VIRC)

Virco Mfg. Corporation engages in the design, production, and distribution of furniture for the commercial and education markets in the United States. The company offers seating products, including cantilever chairs, tablet arm chairs, rockers, hard plastic seats, backrests, work surfaces, task chairs, classroom chairs, stack chairs, folding chairs, upholstered stack chairs, plastic stack chairs, and upholstered ergonomic chairs, as well as provides various seating product for students in college, university, other adult education settings, and on high school campuses. It also offers folding and banquet tables, activity tables, office tables, computer tables, and mobile tables, as well as table products for working and learning environments, seminars, and conferences; and computer furniture, including keyboard mouse trays, CPU holders, support columns, desks and workstations, and specialty tables and other products for computing applications. In addition, the company provi des chair desks, combo units, teacher desks, and tablet arm units, as well as a collection returns and credenzas. Further, it offers administrative office furniture, such as desks, returns, and bookcases; laboratory furniture, including steel-based science tables, table bases, lab stools, and steel foot-rings for biology and chemistry classes, and other school and college based lab settings; and mobile furniture comprising mobile tables for school cafeterias and mobile chairs for school settings and offices, as well as provides handling and storage equipment and manufactures stackable storage trucks. The company?s brand portfolio primarily includes ZUMA, ZUMAfrd, Ph.D., I.Q. Virtuoso, Classic Series, Martest 21, Lunada, Plateau, Core-a-Gator, Future Access, Sigma, Metaphor, Telos, TEXT, and Parameter. It also serves convention centers and arenas, hospitality providers, government facilities, and places of worship. Virco Mfg. Corporation founded in 1950 and is based in Torra nce, California.

Top 10 Long Term Stocks For 2014: Pan Pacific Petroleum NL(PPP.AX)

Pan Pacific Petroleum NL engages in the exploration, production, and sale of petroleum products. Its principal project includes a 10% interest in the Tui area oil project located in the offshore Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. The company also holds interests in projects situated in the Carnarvon Basin and the Offshore Bonaparte Basin in Australia, as well as in the offshore Nam Con Son Basin, Vietnam. Pan Pacific Petroleum NL is based in North Sydney, Australia.

Top 10 Long Term Stocks For 2014: XATA Corporation(XATA)

Xata Corporation develops, markets, and services onboard fleet management solutions for the private fleets and for-hire fleet carriers within commercial trucking industry in the United States and Canada. The company offers XataNet, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that focuses on fleet optimization in the commercial trucking industry. It also provides MobileMax, which offers real-time communication and tracking capabilities, records state-line crossings, monitors driver and vehicle performance, and alerts companies of driver arrival at departure from geofenced locations. In addition, the company provides Turnpike, a solution that enables customers to use off-the-shelf cell phones, smart phones, tablet computers, and rugged handhelds as driver displays and communications devices. Further, it offers professional IT and consulting services, which comprise solutions installation and implementation, driver and back-office training, best-practice-operations consulting, an d building custom reports. The company sells its products through national and regional sales account executives primarily to fleet truck operators and logistics providers, as well as through regional and channel sales account executives. Xata Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Top 10 Long Term Stocks For 2014: CLP Holdings Ltd (0002.HK)

CLP Holdings Limited is an investment holding company. Its subsidiaries are engaged in the generation and supply of electricity in Hong Kong, Australia and India, and investment holding of power projects in the Chinese mainland, Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It has a diversified portfolio of power generation from gas, coal, renewables and nuclear in the Asia-Pacific region. The Company�� subsidiaries include CLP Power Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Company Limited, CLP Engineering Limited, CLP Power Asia Limited, CLP Power China Limited, CLP Power International Limited, CLP Properties Limited, CLP Research Institute Limited, TRUenergy Holdings Pty Ltd and others.

Top 10 Long Term Stocks For 2014: Croda Intl(CRDA.L)

Croda International Plc, a marketing and technology company, produces and sells specialty chemicals. The company offers personal care products, including biochemical actives for sebum regulation, wrinkle reduction, skin firming, and protection from free radicals; traditional and microwave plant extracts for use in personal care and industrial applications; and natural oils for personal care applications. It also provides excipients, solubilisers, plant and marine oils, proteins, and biopolymers for the nutritional, pharmaceutical, dermatological, and animal health care markets; and formulation aids and adjuvants under Atlox, Atplus, and Crovol brand names for various applications, including emulsifiable concentrates, microemulsions and O/W emulsions, seed treaters, soluble liquids, suspension concentrates, suspo emulsions, water dispersible granulates, and wettable powders. In addition, the company offers specialty products for formulators in the automotive and industrial lubricant markets; oleochemicals and specialty surfactants for resin manufacturers, formulators, and additive producers; emulsification and demulsification solutions for oilfield, mining, and water treatment markets; polymer additives for use in applications, such as polyolefins, PVC, styrenics, polyamides, and biopolymers; and natural specialty ingredients for home care and tissue, car care, and industrial and institutional applications. Further, it provides ingredients, additives, and processing aids for various consumer applications, including construction chemicals, emulsion technology, technical and industrial fiber chemicals, advanced materials, ceramic ink-jet ink additives, bitumen additives, leather auxiliaries, paper chemicals, candles and waxes, and rubber compounders. The company has operations in Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia. Croda International Plc was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Goole, the United Kingdom.