Top 10 Asian Stocks To Invest In 2014

Asian stocks rose for a second day as the Reserve Bank of Australia cut its benchmark interest rate and the European Central Bank said it�� ready to lower borrowing costs. Japan�� Topix Index erased losses from the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (7011) jumped 4.9 percent after Japan�� No. 2 maker of electricity generation equipment and its partner Areva SA won a deal to build a nuclear-power plant in Turkey. Toyota Motor Corp. rose 4.9 percent in Tokyo after the Nikkei newspaper said the world�� biggest carmaker will post earnings tomorrow that exceed analyst estimates. SJM Holdings Ltd. gained 3 percent in Hong Kong after Asia�� largest casino company reported higher first-quarter profit.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 1.3 percent to 142.10 as of 5:09 p.m. in Tokyo, with more than two shares rising for each that fell. The gauge climbed 8.5 percent this year through yesterday amid optimism the Bank of Japan will deploy more measures to beat deflation and policy makers in the U.S. and Europe remain on standby to buoy growth.

Top 10 Asian Stocks To Invest In 2014: American National Insurance Company (ANAT)

American National Insurance Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance products and services in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and American Samoa. The company operates in five segments: Life, Annuity, Health, Property and Casualty, and Corporate and Other. The Life segment offers individual and group life insurance products, including universal life, variable universal life, whole life, and term life; and credit life insurance. The Annuity segment provides fixed annuities comprising single premium immediate annuities, deferred annuities, and equity-indexed annuities, as well as variable annuities to individuals and institutional investors. The Health segment offers medicare supplement, supplemental insurance, medical expense, stop-loss, and credit disability insurance. The Property and Casualty segment provides auto insurance, homeowners insurance, agribusiness and commercial insurance, and credit property and casualty insu rance. The Corporate and Other segment offers investment advisory products and services. The company also invests in mortgage loans and real estate properties. It distributes its products through multiple-line agents, career agents, independent agents, third party marketing organizations, and direct sales to the public. The company was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Galveston, Texas.

Top 10 Asian Stocks To Invest In 2014: Dynamic Materials Corporation(BOOM)

Dynamic Materials Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides explosion-welded clad metal plates, oil field perforating equipment and explosives, and welding services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Explosive Metalworking, Oilfield Products, and AMK Welding. The Explosive Metalworking segment primarily manufactures explosion-welded clad metal plates that are used in the construction of heavy and corrosion resistant pressure vessels, and heat exchangers for oil and gas, alternative energy, chemical and petrochemical, hydrometallurgy, aluminum production, shipbuilding, power generation, and industrial refrigeration industries. This segment sells its products through senior management, direct sales personnel, program managers, and independent sales representatives. The Oilfield Products segment engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of perforating explosives and associated hardware, as well as seismic explosives for the oil and gas industry. Its p roducts include shaped charges, detonators, detonating cords, bidirectional boosters, and perforating guns for the perforation of oil and gas wells. This segment offers its products through direct selling, licensed distributors, independent sales representatives, and international distribution centers. The AMK Welding segment provides welding, heat treatment, and inspection services primarily to power turbine manufacturers, and commercial and military aircraft engine manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Explosive Fabricators, Inc. and changed its name to Dynamic Materials Corporation in 1994. Dynamic Materials Corporation was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Top 5 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: Stealth Minerals Limited (SML.V)

Stealth Minerals Limited, a development stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada. The company principally explores for copper, silver, and gold prospects. It primarily holds interest in the Toodoggone Property covering an area of approximately 22,096 hectares in the Toodoggone River region of north central British Columbia. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in North Vancouver, Canada.

Top 10 Asian Stocks To Invest In 2014: Community Trust Bancorp Inc.(CTBI)

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Community Trust Bank, Inc. that provides various banking products and services. It accepts various deposit product that include checking accounts, regular and term savings accounts and savings certificates, commercial demand deposit accounts, individual retirement accounts and Keogh plans, non interest bearing deposits, NOW accounts, money market deposits, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit and other time deposits. The company?s loan portfolio comprises residential and commercial real estate loans; commercial loans; commercial, construction, mortgage, and personal loans; and lease-financing, lines of credit, revolving lines of credit, term loans, and other specialized loans, including asset-based financing. It also provides full service securities brokerage services; annuity and life insurance products; trust services; debit cards; cash management services to corporate and individual customers; l etters of credit; safe deposit boxes; and funds transfer services. In addition, the company acts as a trustee of personal trusts, an executor of estates, trustee for employee benefit trusts, registrar, transfer agent, paying agent for bond and stock issues; and depositor for securities, as well as provides full service brokerage services. Community Trust operates 80 banking locations in eastern, northeastern, central, and south central Kentucky; southern West Virginia; and northeastern Tennessee, as well as 5 trust offices across Kentucky. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Pikeville, Kentucky.

Top 10 Asian Stocks To Invest In 2014: Fox Chase Bancorp Inc. (FXCB)

Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Fox Chase Bank that provides financial services to consumers and businesses in Philadelphia and New Jersey. Its deposit products include non-interest-bearing demand accounts, such as checking accounts; interest-bearing accounts, including negotiable order of withdrawal and money market accounts; savings and club accounts; brokered deposits; and certificates of deposit. The company�s loan products portfolio comprises multi-family and commercial real estate loans; one-to four-family residential real estate loans that enable borrowers to purchase or refinance existing homes; commercial and industrial loans offered to professionals, sole proprietorships, and small and mid-size businesses; construction loans comprising adjustable-rate and fixed-rate loans offered to individuals, builders, and developers to finance the construction of residential dwellings, as well as loans offered for commercial development projects, including apartment buildings, restaurants, shopping centers, schools, and other owner-occupied properties used for businesses; and consumer loans, which include home equity loans and lines of credit, loans to individuals to purchase insurance policies, loans secured by certificate of deposits, and unsecured overdraft lines of credit. It also offers cash management services. In addition, the company manages and holds investment securities; and secures, manages, and holds foreclosed real estate. It operates through 11 branches in Philadelphia, Richboro, Willow Grove, Warminster, Lahaska, Hatboro, Media, and West Chester, Pennsylvania; and Ocean City, Marmora, and Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The company is headquartered in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.

Top 10 Asian Stocks To Invest In 2014: HopFed Bancorp Inc.(HFBC)

HopFed Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Heritage Bank that provides various banking products and services primarily in western Kentucky, and middle and western Tennessee. The company offers a range of deposit products, including demand deposits, time deposits, money market accounts, passbook savings accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises one-to-four family residential loans, multifamily residential loans, construction loans, nonresidential loans, commercial real estate loans, and land and land development loans, as well as loans secured by deposits, other consumer loans, and commercial loans. The company, through its subsidiary, Fall and Fall Insurance Agency, sells life and casualty insurance products to individuals and businesses. HopFed Bancorp offers its products and services through its branch offices located in Hopkinsville, Murray, Cadiz, Elkton, Fulton, Calvert City, and Benton, Kentucky; and in Clarksville, Pleasant View, Ashland City, Kingston Springs, and Erin, Tennessee. The company was founded in 1879 and is headquartered in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Top 10 Asian Stocks To Invest In 2014: Mucklow(a&j)

A & J Mucklow Group plc, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the investment and development of industrial and commercial properties in the United Kingdom. The company?s investment property portfolio includes industrial, offices, and retail properties; and development land holdings. It is also involved in the sale of investment properties and trading of properties. A & J Mucklow Group plc was founded in 1933 and is based in Halesowen, the United Kingdom.

Top 10 Asian Stocks To Invest In 2014: Caldwell Partners International(CWL.TO)

The Caldwell Partners International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides executive search consulting services in Canada and the United States. It offers consulting advice on the identification, evaluation, assessment, and recommendation of qualified candidates for specific positions. The company provides board, executive, interim executive, and leadership search services. It also provides advisory and management assessment services in the areas of leadership assessment, team management and design, mergers and acquisition integration support, on-boarding, decision support, competitive intelligence, talent strategies and succession planning, compensation assessment, retention, governance, board recruitment, interim executives, and communications. In addition, the company offers strategic marketing planning services, such as research and analysis, media purchase, presentations, targeted sponsorship opportunities, and appointment notices. The Caldwell Partners Intern ational Inc. provides its services in the areas of business and professional, consumer products and services, energy and power, financial services, industrial products and services, life sciences and healthcare, natural resources, not-for-profit/public sector, technology and communications, venture capital and private equity, human resources, marketing, research and development, operations, sales, risk management, legal, real estate, and supply chain. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Top 10 Asian Stocks To Invest In 2014: Woodside Petroleum Ltd(WPL.AX)

Woodside Petroleum Ltd, an independent oil and gas company, engages in the exploration, evaluation, development, production, and marketing of hydrocarbons in Australia and internationally. The company produces liquefied natural gas, pipeline natural gas, condensate, liquefied petroleum gas, and crude oil. It has oil and gas properties primarily located in Western Australia, as well as in Gulf of Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Republic of Korea, and Canary Islands. Woodside Petroleum Ltd, formerly known as Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Co NL, was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.

Top 10 Asian Stocks To Invest In 2014: Tiffany & Co.(TIF)

Tiffany & Co., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and retail of fine jewelry worldwide. Its jewelry products include fine and solitaire jewelry; diamond engagement rings and wedding bands for brides and grooms; and non-gemstone, sterling silver, gold, and platinum jewelry. The company also provides timepieces, sterling silver goods, china, crystal, stationery, fragrances, personal accessories, and leather goods. Tiffany & Co. sells its products through retail sales, Internet and catalog sales, business-to-business sales, and wholesale distribution primarily in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company also sells its products through its stores, as well as through department store boutiques in Japan. As of January 31, 2011, it operated 233 TIFFANY & CO. stores and boutiques worldwide. The company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in New York, New York.