Top 10 Undervalued Companies To Watch In Right Now

A lot has changed from five years ago when everything was cheap.

According to Brian Rogers not only is there a scarcity of bargains, but there are also pockets of valuation craziness.

Bitcoin, recent IPOs and social media stocks are all areas where investors have gotten out of control.

In the video below Rogers explains where is he finding some value in an expensive market.

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Top 10 Undervalued Companies To Watch In Right Now: Dollar Tree Inc.(DLTR)

Dollar Tree, Inc. operates discount variety stores in the United States and Canada. Its stores offer merchandise primarily at the fixed price of $1.00. The company operates its stores under the names of Dollar Tree, Deal$, Dollar Tree Deal$, Dollar Giant, and Dollar Bills. Its stores offer consumable merchandise, including candy and food, and health and beauty care, as well as household consumables, such as paper, plastics, household chemicals, in select stores, and frozen and refrigerated food; variety merchandise, which includes toys, durable housewares, gifts, party goods, greeting cards, softlines, and other items; and seasonal goods, such as Easter, Halloween, and Christmas merchandise. As of April 30, 2011, it operated 4,089 stores in 48 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 88 stores in Canada. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Shares of Supervalu have dropped 8.3% to $6.31 at 2:59 p.m., within spitting distance of Goldman’s $6 target price, while competitors Family Dollar Stores (FDO) has gained 0.2% to $70.16,�Dollar General�(DG) has fallen 0.4% t0 $59.02,�Dollar Tree (DLTR) is off 1% to $59.33 and Wal-Mart (WMT) is little changed at $79.19.

• [By Lawrence Meyers]

  As a convenience store, it doesn’t have direct competition from�Dollar Tree (DLTR) or Family Dollar (FDO) because these dollar stores aren�� exclusively focused on food (and they have no gasoline or cigarette sales), and they��e targeted at the folks who are trying to save money over convenience, not vice versa. The convenience angle is another reason why�Walmart (WMT) and Costco (COST)�aren’t competitors, since those behemoths are about a total shopping experience.

• [By Brendan Byrnes]

  Brendan: Not a problem at all. What about the surprising amount of dollar-store companies that are public? You have Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO  ) , Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR  ) , Dollar General (NYSE: DG  ) . You mention, in particular, Family Dollar, which is the lowest market cap out of all of those, as doing the best, an exceptional company. Why?

• [By Terri Stridsberg]

  Dollar Tree (DLTR), has had a banner 2013, gaining 45.3% year-to-date, and tagging a new record high of $59.68. Nevertheless, short interest skyrocketed by close to 398% over the most recent reporting period, and now accounts for a healthy 6.7% of the equity's available float.

Top 10 Undervalued Companies To Watch In Right Now: Caterpillar Inc.(CAT)

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives worldwide. It operates through three lines of businesses: Machinery, Engines, and Financial Products. The Machinery business offers construction, mining, and forestry machinery, including track and wheel tractors, track and wheel loaders, pipelayers, motor graders, wheel tractor-scrapers, track and wheel excavators, backhoe loaders, log skidders, log loaders, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, paving products, skid steer loaders, underground mining equipment, tunnel boring equipment, and related parts. It also manufactures diesel-electric locomotives; and manufactures and services rail-related products and logistics services for other companies. The Engines business provides diesel, heavy fuel, and natural gas reciprocating engines for Caterpillar machinery, electric power generation systems, marine, petrol eum, construction, industrial, agricultural, and other applications. It offers industrial turbines and turbine-related services for oil and gas, and power generation applications. This business also remanufactures Caterpillar engines, machines, and engine components; and offers remanufacturing services for other companies. The Financial Products business provides retail and wholesale financing alternatives for Caterpillar machinery and engines, solar gas turbines, and other equipment and marine vessels, as well as offers loans and various forms of insurance to customers and dealers. It also offers financing for vehicles, power generation facilities, and marine vessels. The company markets its products directly, as well as through its distribution centers, dealers, and distributors. It was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. and changed its name to Caterpillar Inc. in 1986. Caterpillar Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Peoria, Illinois.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jeff Reeves]

  The dogs of the Dow you should sell right now include Caterpillar (CAT), Walmart (WMT), IBM (IBM), Coca-Cola (KO) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

  Here�� why these are all big-time stocks to sell:

Top 5 Promising Stocks To Buy For 2015: Schlumberger N.V.(SLB)

Schlumberger Limited, together with its subsidiaries, supplies technology, integrated project management, and information solutions to the oil and gas exploration and production industries worldwide. The company?s Oilfield Services segment provides exploration and production services; wireline technology that offers open-hole and cased-hole services; supplies engineering support, directional-drilling, measurement-while-drilling, and logging-while-drilling services; and testing services. This segment also offers well services; supplies well completion services and equipment; artificial lift; data and consulting services; geo services; and information solutions, such as consulting, software, information management system, and IT infrastructure services that support oil and gas industry. Its WesternGeco segment provides reservoir imaging, monitoring, and development services; and operates data processing centers and multiclient seismic library. This segment also offers variou s services include 3D and time-lapse (4D) seismic surveys to multi-component surveys for delineating prospects and reservoir management. The company?s M-I SWACO segment supplies drilling fluid systems to improve drilling performance; fluid systems and specialty tools to optimize wellbore productivity; production technology solutions to maximize production rates; and environmental solutions that manages waste volumes generated in drilling and production operations. Its Smith Oilfield segment designs, manufactures, and markets drill bits and borehole enlargement tools; and supplies drilling tools and services, tubular, completion services, and other related downhole solutions. The company?s Distribution segment markets pipes, valves, and fittings, as well as mill, safety, and other maintenance products. This segment also provides warehouse management, vendor integration, and inventory management services. Schlumberger Limited was founded in 1927 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Arjun Sreekumar]

  Not surprisingly, the industry's annual capital spending has more than tripled over the past decade, coming in at $550 billion in 2011, according to oil-field services firm Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB  ) . Yet despite shelling out all that money, the industry as a whole has been unable to secure enough new reserves to offset production.

• [By Tyler Crowe]

  When it comes to Canadian oil sands, there has been one direction that many a company has followed: toward the exit. Tough economics, as well as a lack of sufficient takeaway capacity, has made oil sands production difficult for oil companies. But where so many other companies see peril, ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM  ) and Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB  ) see opportunity. Exxon has held the course on its major Kearl oil sands project and expects it to be up and running in 2015. Also, Schlumberger has just acquired a Canadian company that provides geochemical and fluid analysis to oil sands producers.

• [By David Smith]

  Big and not so big at your service
  In the services sector, perhaps the most difficult to comprehend of the sub-sectors, you likely have a good handle on the kingpin, Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB  ) . The company, with a $100 billion market cap, operates in about 85 countries, through the efforts of more than 100,000 employees. Its services include everything from soup to nuts, or seismic to production assistance. So, if you're looking for an ideal company to constitute a single proxy for the services contingent, Schlumberger's a good bet.

Top 10 Undervalued Companies To Watch In Right Now: Tupperware Corporation(TUP)

Tupperware Brands Corporation operates as a direct seller of various products across a range of brands and categories through an independent sales force. The company engages in the manufacture and sale of kitchen and home products, and beauty and personal care products. It offers preparation, storage, and serving solutions for the kitchen and home, as well as kitchen cookware and tools, children?s educational toys, microwave products, and gifts under the Tupperware brand name primarily in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, and North America. The company provides beauty and personal care products, which include skin care products, cosmetics, bath and body care, toiletries, fragrances, nutritional products, apparel, and related products principally in Mexico, South Africa, the Philippines, Australia, and Uruguay. It offers beauty and personal care products under the Armand Dupree, Avroy Shlain, BeautiControl, Fuller, NaturCare, Nutrimetics, Nuvo, and Swissgar de brand names. The company sells its Tupperware products directly to distributors, directors, managers, and dealers; and beauty products primarily through consultants and directors. As of December 26, 2009, the Tupperware distribution system had approximately 1,800 distributors, 61,300 managers, and 1.3 million dealers; and the sales force representing the Beauty businesses approximately 1.1 million. The company was formerly known as Tupperware Corporation and changed its name to Tupperware Brands Corporation in December 2005. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Udovich]

  Everyone is familiar with�the Tupperware brand from�consumer products stock Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) and you are probably familiar with the brands�of mid cap stock Jarden Corp (NYSE: JAH) along with small cap stocks Libbey Inc (NYSEMKT: LBY) and Lifetime Brands Inc (NASDAQ: LCUT); but what about the stocks themselves? Chances are, their brands or products are right under your nose at home and you probably don�� know anything about the mid cap or small cap stock behind them.

• [By Oliver Pursche]

  European large-cap pharmaceuticals like Novartis (NVS) �and Bristol Meyers Squibb (BMY) �count amongst some of our favorite stocks right now, as do U.S. multinationals that are growing revenue and margins in Asia ��Tupperware (TUP) �is a shining example. Stay away from utilities and energy stocks, as they are likely to be the laggards over the next year.

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015

LONDON -- Shares in�Smith & Nephew� (LSE: SN  ) (NYSE: SNN  ) have risen steadily in recent months, and were recently up 11% in the year to date.

And I believe that the company's concerted drive toward higher-growth areas and regions should drive the stock higher as earnings and dividends head northwards. Citi have plonked a 797 pence price target on the company's stock, providing chunky upside from current levels.

Transformation plan to deliver excellent rewards
Smith & Nephew is changing its product mix to focus on more lucrative markets, and late last year purchased�Healthpoint Biotherapeutics�-- a leader in the area of wound management -- as it seeks to address sales difficulties in other areas of the group

The health care giant is also looking to significantly boost its operations in lucrative developing markets to offset weakness in its traditional geographies. The company saw growth of just 1% in the US in quarter four, it announced in February, 2% in its Other Established Markets, and 14% in its Emerging and International Markets division.

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited(NZT)

Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications services, as well as information, communication, and technology services in New Zealand and Australia. Its products and services include local, national, international, and value-added telephone services; mobile services; data, broadband, and Internet services; IT consulting, implementation, and procurement services; and equipment sales and installation services. The company also involves in the retail of telecommunications products and services. It serves residential, business, and government customers. Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited was founded in 1987 and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: Cincinnati Financial Corporation(CINF)

Cincinnati Financial Corporation engages in the property casualty insurance business in the United States. Its Commercial Lines Property Casualty Insurance segment provides coverage for commercial casualty, commercial property, commercial auto, and workers? compensation. It also offers specialty packages, including coverages for property, liability, and business interruption for specific industry classes, such as artisan contractors, dentists, or street businesses. In addition, this segment provides contract and commercial surety bonds, fidelity bonds, and director and officer liability insurance, as well as machinery and equipment coverage. The company?s Personal Lines Property Casualty Insurance segment offers coverage for personal auto and homeowners, as well as other insurance products, such as dwelling fire, inland marine, personal umbrella liability, and watercraft coverages to individuals. Cincinnati Financial?s Excess and Surplus Lines Property Casualty Insurance s egment offers commercial casualty insurance that covers businesses for third-party liability from accidents occurring on their premises or arising out of their operations, including products and completed operations; and commercial property insurance, which insures loss or damage to buildings, inventory, equipment, and business income from causes of loss, such as fire, wind, hail, water, theft, and vandalism. The company?s Life Insurance segment provides term insurance; universal life insurance; whole life insurance; and worksite products, which include term, whole life, universal life, and disability insurance offered to employees through their employer. This segment also markets disability income insurance, deferred annuities, and immediate annuities. Its Investment segment invests in fixed-maturity investments, equity investments, and short-term investments. Cincinnati also offers commercial leasing and financing services. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquarte red in Fairfield, Ohio.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dividends4Life]

  According to a Gabelli Funds report, managed distribution policies offer several advantages, including:1. Lower difference between the fund�� market price and its NAV per share.2. Provides support during periods when the stock market is in a decline.3. Provides a measurable performance target for the investment adviser.Below are several high-yield funds from CEFA that have a managed distribution policy (yields as of December 16):Aberdeen Australia Eqty (IAF)- Distribution Yield: 10.4%- Income Yield: 3.46%Bexil Advisers LLC� (DNI)- Distribution Yield: 11.1%- Income Yield: 3.56%BlackRock En Capital&Inc (CII)- Distribution Yield: 8.78%- Income Yield: 2.34%Cornerstone Strat Value (CLM)- Distribution Yield: 18.77%- Income Yield: 1.83%Cornerstone Total Return (CRF)- Distribution Yield: 19.10%- Income Yield: 0.85%Delaware Inv Div & Inc (DDF)- Distribution Yield: 6.70%- Income Yield: 5.26%Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB)- Distribution Yield: 7.58%- Income Yield: 1.54%Gabelli Utility Trust (GUT)- Distribution Yield: 9.45%- Income Yield: 2.84%MFS Special Value Trust (MFV)- Distribution Yield: 9.60%- Income Yield: 5.73%Nuveen Tx-Adv TR Strat (JTA)- Distribution Yield: 6.70%- Income Yield: 3.12%TCW Strategic Income (TSI)- Distribution Yield: 10.54%- Income Yield: 7.88%Zweig Total Return (ZTR)- Distribution Yield: 7.27%- Income Yield: 1.95%As noted in the Gabelli report, a managed distribution policy may create confusion regarding the true current yield since the reported yield includes the return of capital portion. You can see the disparity above between the income yield and the distribution (reported) yield.If you are looking for a sustainable and growing dividend, you may want to consider some blue-chip dividend stocks such as these with a Free Cash Flow Payout less than 50%, 50+ years of consecutive dividend increases and a 2%+ yield:3M Co. (MMM) is a diversified global company provides enhanced product functionality in electronics, health care, industrial, consumer

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Investors have always been interested in stocks that pay dividends, but lately, low interest rates on bonds and other fixed-income investments have made solid dividend payers even more valuable. Among the most promising dividend stocks in the market is Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ: CINF  ) , and one big reason is that it is one of the few exclusive companies to make the list of Dividend Aristocrats. In order to become a member of this elite group, a company must have raised its dividend payouts to shareholders every single year for at least a quarter-century. Only a few dozen stocks manage to make the cut, and those that do tend to stay there for a long time.

Top 5 Gold Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Simon Property Group Inc.(SPG)

Simon Property Group, Inc. is a real estate investment trust. The firm engages in investment, ownership, and management of properties. It invests in the real estate markets across the globe. The firm?s portfolio includes regional malls, premium outlet centers, the mills, community / lifestyle centers, and international properties. Simon Property Group was founded in 1960 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By GuruFocus]

  Simon Property Group Inc. (SPG) Reached the 52-Week Low of $146.10

  The prices of Simon Property Group Inc (SPG) shares have declined to close to the 52-week low of $146.10, which is 21.9% off the 52-week high of $182.45. Simon Property Group Inc. is owned by 11 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, five have added to their positions during the past quarter. Five reduced their positions.

• [By GuruFocus]

  Simon Property Group Inc (SPG) Reached the 52-Week Low of $147.50 The prices of Simon Property Group Inc (SPG) shares have declined to close to the 52-week low of $147.50, which is 21.5% off the 52-week high of $182.45. Simon Property Group Inc is owned by 11 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 5 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 5 reduced their positions.

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: RPM International Inc.(RPM)

RPM International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and sells various specialty chemical products to industrial and consumer markets worldwide. The company?s Industrial segment offers waterproofing and institutional roofing systems used in building protection, maintenance, and weatherproofing applications; sealants, tapes, and foams; residential basement waterproofing systems; specialized roofing and building maintenance and related services; specialty industrial adhesives and sealants; and concrete and masonry additives, and related construction chemicals. It also offers polymer flooring systems, and offshore and marine structures; industrial and commercial tile systems; fiberglass reinforced plastic gratings and shapes; heavy-duty corrosion-control coatings, fireproofing products, and containment linings; specialty construction products, including bridge expansion joints, bridge deck and parking deck membranes, curb and channel drains, highway markings, protective coatings, and concrete repairs; and fluorescent colorants and pigments, waterproofing and flooring products, exterior insulating finishing systems, and shellac-based-specialty coatings for industrial and pharmaceutical uses, edible glazes, and food coatings. The company?s Consumer segment provides professional use and do-it-yourself products for a range of consumer applications, including home improvement and personal leisure activities. Its products include coating products; specialty products; deck and fence restoration products; metallic and faux finish coatings; hobby paints and cements; and caulks, sealants, adhesives, insulating foam, spackling, glazing, and other general patch and repair products. The company offers its products under the Carboline, DAP, EUCO, Fibergrate, Flecto, Flowcrete, Hummervoll, Universal Sealants, illbruck, Rust-Oleum, Stonhard, Tremco, Watco, and Zinsser brand names. RPM International was founded in 1947 and is headquarte red in Medina, Ohio.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Laura Brodbeck]

  Wednesday

  Earnings Expected From: Uniferst (NYSE: UNF), Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), RPM International (NYSE: RPM), Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) Economic Releases Expected: German trade balance, German factory orders, Australian retail sales

  Thursday

• [By abirk]

  Spirit's profits are signs of steady growth. Since 2010, Annual passenger revenue and net income have both increased steadily. Spirit generated 24.4% growth in revenue passenger miles (RPM), while the available seat miles (ASM), and grew 24.8%. On the other hand, Delta's mainland division had 8.6 million RPM. �On a revenue basis, Spirit is equivalent to about 3.2% of the total revenue of the combined Delta and US Airways, now part of American Airlines Group (AAL).

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: Intel Corporation(INTC)

Intel Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. It offers microprocessor products used in notebooks, netbooks, desktops, servers, workstations, storage products, embedded applications, communications products, consumer electronics devices, and handhelds. The company also provides system on chip products that integrate its core processing functionalities with other system components, such as graphics, audio, and video, onto a single chip. In addition, it offers chipset products that send data between the microprocessor and input, display, and storage devices, including keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, and CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drives; motherboards designed for desktop, server, and workstation platforms, and that has connectors for attaching devices to the bus; and wired and wireless connectivity products consisting of network adapters and embedded wireless cards used to translate and transmit data across networks. Further, the company provides NAND flash memory products primarily used in portable memory storage devices, digital camera memory cards, and solid-state drives; software products comprising operating systems, middleware, and tools used to develop, run, and manage various enterprise, consumer, embedded, and handheld devices; and software development tools that enable the creation of applications. Additionally, it develops computing platforms, which are integrated hardware and software computing technologies designed to offer an optimized solution. The company sells its products principally to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, PC components and other products users, and other manufacturers of industrial and communications equipment. It has a strategic alliance with Scientific Conservation Inc. Intel Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Duprey]

  Intel (NASDAQ: INTC  ) had previously provided the chip architecture for the Xbox, so this land grab comes at a crucial juncture for the chipmakers. The PC is dying a slow, painful death, and despite the weakness in the video-game market as developers move on to mobile platforms, the console remains an important growth outlet and AMD's new apparent dominance breathes new life into it.

• [By Inyoung Hwang]

  Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) rose 0.6 percent in Germany after South Korean military leaders indicated its F-35 provided the best defense against North Korea�� growing nuclear threat. Gap Inc. slipped 1.6 percent after it maintained an annual profit forecast range, signaling that the holiday-shopping quarter may fall short of analysts��estimates. Intel Corp. (INTC) lost 1.5 percent in early New York trading after projecting sales in 2014 will be about the same as this year.

• [By Johnson Research Group]

  This semiconductor equipment provider is benefiting from stronger demand for chips in a myriad of electronic devices — the same fundamentals that have Intel (INTC) on our short list of technology names to buy.

• [By Kofi Bofah]

  Enter Intel (INTC), which in actuality, stands to lose the most from the expansion of this A7 chip rollout. Firstly, Intel is desperate to emerge as a real player within the mobile chip market. Secondly, Apple has already marketed its A7 processor as "desktop class." Going forward, it would appear inevitable that the advances of A-Series chip technologies threaten and replace Intel's current position as supplier to the Mac, at the same time that the desktop computer market slogs through secular decline. The Apple A7 is but an opening salvo declaring this latest war between awkward Silicon Valley rivals and partners. Certainly, Apple "haters" are well aware of the fact that BlackBerry executives once ripped the original iPhone as "amateur hour." Intel is dead money.

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: Prospect Capital Corporation(PSEC)

Prospect Capital Corporation is a mezzanine finance and private equity firm that specializes in late venture, middle market, mature, mezzanine, buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital, development, and bridge transactions. It makes secured debt and equity investments. The firm typically invests across all industry sectors, with a particular expertise in the energy and industrial sectors. It invests in oil and gas production, coal production, materials, industrials, consumer discretionary, information technology, utilities, pipeline, storage, power generation and distribution, renewable and clean energy, oilfield services, healthcare, food and beverage, education, business services, and other select sectors. The firm prefers to invest in the United States and Canada. It seeks to invest between $5 million to $50 million in companies with EBITDA between $$ million and $75 million, sales value up to $500 million, and enterprise value of up to $250 million. The firm also co- invests for larger deals. It seeks control acquisitions by providing multiple levels of the capital structure. Prospect Capital Corporation was founded in 1988 and is based in New York, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Duprey]

  Business development company�Prospect Capital (NASDAQ: PSEC  ) announced today�that based on its earnings expectations for the rest of the year it set dividends for the following four months:

• [By James E. Brumley]

  What do Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEC), Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE), and First Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:THFF) have in common? Not much, on the surface. In fact, were it not for something very specific to one particular person (me), they'd have nothing in common at all. This week though, THFF, ASTE, and PSEC all have at least one thing in common, and that's the fact that they're all going into my mental/hypothetical portfolio.

• [By Rick Munarriz]

  We can start with Prospect Capital (NASDAQ: PSEC  ) .

  The business development company declared its next four monthly distributions on Monday of last week, a day before posting fresh financials. Prospect Capital will be increasing its rate every month -- yes, it pays monthly distributions -- from June through at least September.

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: United Bancorp Inc.(UBCP)

United Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for The Citizens Savings Bank that provides various commercial and retail banking products and services in the northeastern, eastern, southeastern, and south central Ohio. Its deposit products include interest-bearing deposits, certificates of deposit, demand deposits, savings accounts, NOW accounts, and money market deposits. The company?s loan portfolio comprises commercial, real estate, installment, and consumer loans, as well as letters of credit and lines of credit. It also offers brokerage, night deposit, safe deposit box, and automatic teller machine services. United Bancorp provides banking services through its main office and stand alone operations center in Martins Ferry, Ohio; and 19 branches in Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas, Carroll, Athens, Hocking, and Fairfield counties, as well as in the surrounding localities. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Martins Ferry, Ohio.

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: United Bancshares Inc.(UBOH)

United Bancshares, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for The Union Bank Company that engages in the provision of commercial banking services to small and middle-market businesses and individuals. It accepts various deposit products, including checking accounts, savings and money market accounts, time certificates of deposit, time deposits, and demand deposits. The company also offers various loan products that consist of commercial, consumer, agricultural, residential mortgage, and home equity loans. In addition, it provides automatic teller machine services, safe deposit box rentals, and other personalized banking services. The company serves primarily in the Ohio counties of Allen, Hancock, Putnam, Sandusky, Van Wert, and Wood, as well as with office locations in Bowling Green, Columbus Grove, Delphos, Findlay, Gibsonburg, Kalida, Leipsic, Lima, Ottawa, and Pemberville, Ohio. United Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Columbus Grove, Ohio.< /p>

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: Avon Products Inc. (AVP)

Avon Products Inc. manufactures and markets beauty and related products worldwide. Its product categories include color cosmetics, fragrances, skin care, and personal care; fashion jewelry, watches, apparel, footwear, and accessories; and gift and decorative products, housewares, entertainment and leisure, and children?s and nutritional products. Avon Products Inc. markets its products through direct selling and independent representatives, as well as through distributorships. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in New York, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Tabitha Jean Naylor]

  Some were even able to rise to the prominent positions of being publicly traded companies, including Avon (NYSE: AVP) and Herbalife (NYSE: HLF). We will take a look at how these two direct-selling companies fared in 2013 and beyond.

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: Quanex Building Products Corporation(NX)

Quanex Building Products Corporation provides engineered products and aluminum sheet products. Its Engineered Products segment produces window and door components for original equipment manufacturers that primarily serve the residential construction and remodeling markets. This segment?s products consist of insulating glass spacer/sealant systems, thin film solar panel sealants, window and patio door screens, aluminum cladding and other roll formed metal window components, thresholds and astragals, moldings, residential exterior products, engineered vinyl and composite patio doors, window profiles and custom window grilles, and trim and architectural moldings in various woods primarily for the home improvement and residential construction markets. The company?s Aluminum Sheet Products segment includes reducing reroll coil to specific gauge, annealing, slitting, and custom coating. This segment?s products are used in customer end-use applications comprising window screen fr ames and screens, exterior home trim, fascias, roof edgings, soffits, downspouts, and gutters in the building and construction markets, as well as capital goods and transportation markets. The company offers its products to original equipment manufacturers and distributors through direct and indirect sales groups primarily in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Asia, and Europe. Quanex Building Products Corporation is based in Houston, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Seth Jayson]

  Quanex Building Products (NYSE: NX  ) reported earnings on June 7. Here are the numbers you need to know.

  The 10-second takeaway
  For the quarter ended April 30 (Q2), Quanex Building Products beat expectations on revenues and missed expectations on earnings per share.

• [By Seth Jayson]

  When judging a company's prospects, how quickly it turns cash outflows into cash inflows can be just as important as how much profit it's booking in the accounting fantasy world we call "earnings." This is one of the first metrics I check when I'm hunting for the market's best stocks. Today, we'll see how it applies to Quanex Building Products (NYSE: NX  ) .

• [By Rich Smith]

  On Tuesday, Ingersoll named Quanex Building Products (NYSE: NX  ) CEO David�D. Petratis as the new chairman, president, and CEO of its soon-to-spin-off Allegion subsidiary. Petratis has served as chairman, president, and CEO of Houston-based Quanex since July 2008.

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: Ameron International Corporation(AMN)

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. provides healthcare staffing and clinical workforce management solutions in the United States. The company?s Nurse and Allied Healthcare Staffing segment provides staffing solutions for hospitals and other healthcare facilities, including medical, surgical, specialty, licensed practical or vocational, and advanced practice nurses, as well as surgical technologists and dialysis technicians. This segment also offers allied health professionals under the Med Travelers, Club Staffing, and Rx Pro Health brand names to acute-care hospitals and other healthcare facilities, such as skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation clinics, and retail and mail-order pharmacies. These allied health professionals include physical, surgical, respiratory, and occupational therapists, as well as medical and radiology technologists, speech pathologists, rehabilitation assistants, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians. Its Locum Tenens Staffing segment places physic ians of various specialties, certified registered nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and dentists on a temporary basis as independent contractors with various healthcare organizations, including hospitals, medical groups, occupational medical clinics, individual practitioners, networks, psychiatric facilities, government institutions, and managed care entities. The company?s Physician Permanent Placement Services segment provides permanent physician placement services to hospitals, healthcare facilities, and physician practice groups under the Merritt Hawkins and Kendall & Davis brand names. This segment also offers specialty offerings, including internal medicines, family practices, and surgeries. Its Home Healthcare Services segment provide home healthcare services to individuals with acute-care illness, long-term chronic health conditions, permanent disabilities, terminal illnesses, and post-procedural needs. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in S an Diego, California.

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: 3M Company(MMM)

3M Company, together with subsidiaries, operates as a diversified technology company worldwide. The company?s Industrial and Transportation segment offers tapes, coated and non-woven abrasives, adhesives, specialty materials, filtration products, energy control products, closure systems for personal hygiene products, acoustic systems products, and components and products that are used in the manufacture, repair, and maintenance of automotive, marine, aircraft, and specialty vehicles. Its Health Care segment provides medical and surgical supplies, skin health and infection prevention products, inhalation and transdermal drug delivery systems, dental and orthodontic products, health information systems, and food safety products. The company?s Display and Graphics offers optical film solutions for LCD electronic displays; computer screen filters; reflective sheeting for transportation safety; commercial graphics sheeting and systems; and mobile interactive solutions, includin g mobile display technology, visual systems products, and computer privacy filters. The company?s Consumer and Office segment provides office supply products, stationery products, construction and home improvement products, home care products, protective material products, certain consumer retail personal safety products, and consumer health care products. Its Safety, Security and Protection Services segment offers personal protection products, safety and security products, cleaning and protection products for commercial establishments, track and trace solutions, and roofing granules for asphalt shingles. The company?s Electro and Communications segment provides packaging and interconnection devices; fluids that are used in the manufacture of computer chips, and for cooling electronics and lubricating computer hard disk drives; high-temperature and display tapes; insulating materials, including tapes and resins; and related items. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Aimee Duffy]

  3M (NYSE: MMM  ) has signed on to reduce energy consumption by 25% in 95 of its plants. The conglomerate has set aside $1 million in each of the past two years to implement energy efficiency projects. It has already managed to drop its energy use 23% from its baseline level in 2005.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  The Dow Industrial Average has dropped 0.3% to 14,795.48, while United Technologies (UTX) has fallen 0.6% to $99.84, Honeywell (HON) has dropped 0.7% to $79.50 and MMM (MMM) has ticked down 0.1% to $113.20.

• [By Johanna Bennett]

  Stocks were also knocked by a series of mixed reports on the Black Friday shopping weekend. Also, the Dow was pulled lower by 3M (MMM), which declined 4.3% to close at $127.68 after the stock was downgraded to “underweight” at Morgan Stanley (see Barron�� Take, ��M Stock Vulnerable After Rally, Downgrade,��Dec. 2).

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: ProLogis(PLD)

Prologis Inc. is an independent equity real estate investment trust. It invests in the real estate markets across the globe. The firm engages in the ownership, development, management, and leasing of industrial distribution and retail properties. It was previously known as Security Capital Investment Trust. Prologis Inc. was formed in 1991 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Denver, Colorado.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  But the S&P 500′s biggest losers show the kind of carnage long predicted by those fearful of higher yields. How’s this for evidence: Real-estate investment trusts,�whose yields look more paltry with every tick higher in the 10-year Treasury, made up half of the top-10 losers. Prologis (PLD) fell 8.4% to $35.08, the Macerich Co. (MAC) dropped 8.2% to $56.72 and Health Care REIT (HCN) was off 8.1% at $58.57.

• [By Dimitra DeFotis]

  Among real estate trusts:

  American Tower��(AMT),�the diversified �REIT, is the best performer in the index.�It was�up 4.6% after saying�Friday it will buy the parent of tower operator Global Tower Partners for $4.8 billion. HCP (HCP), a healthcare REIT, was�up 3.3%. Prologis (PLD) an industrial REIT, was�up 2.8%. Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) was�up 2.7%. Boston Properties (BXP), the office REIT, was�up 2.3%. Equity Residential (EQR), a residential REIT, was�up 2.4%. Ventas (VTR), a healthcare REIT, was�up 2%.

   

• [By Eric Volkman]

  Prologis (NYSE: PLD  ) has announced that it will sell 31 million new pieces of itself. That's the number of common shares it will float in an upcoming, underwritten public stock offering. The price of the shares will be $41.60 apiece, and the company's underwriters have been granted a 30-day purchase option for up to an additional 4.65 million shares to cover overallotments, if any.

• [By Rich Duprey]

  Industrial real estate developer Prologis� (NYSE: PLD  ) �has declared regular and preferred dividends for the second quarter of 2013. The company plans to distribute $0.28 per share of its common stock on June 28 to shareholders of record as of June 11. For its�8.54% Series Q cumulative redeemable preferred stock, Prologis will distribute $1.0675 per share, which will be paid on July 1 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 18.

Hot Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2015: NGP Capital Resources Company(NGPC)

NGP Capital Resources Company is a business development company specializing in investments in small and mid size and middle market companies. The firm typically invests in acquisitions, buyouts, growth and development, revitalization, restructuring, recapitalizations, and special situations. It invests in energy companies with a focus on oil and gas exploitation, development, and production business; upstream businesses that acquire, develop, and produce oil, natural gas, and coal; midstream businesses that gather, process, store, and transport oil and natural gas; power generation and distribution; oil field services and other energy services; and alternative energy and other similar energy related businesses. The firm primarily invests between $10 million and $100 million in its portfolio companies. It invests in the form of secured, senior, and subordinate debt; convertible debt; preferred equity; project equity; production payments, net profits interests, and similar investments; and mezzanine loans and may receive equity investments in portfolio companies in connection with such investments. The firm makes asset and project based investments in private companies and can also invest in public companies. NGP Capital Resources Company was founded in 2004 and is based at Houston, Texas. It is a subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital Management.

Will Tim Hortons Come Out With Guns Blazing?

Growth continues to turn from good to better for Tim Hortons' (NYSE: THI  ) competitors Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX  ) , Dunkin' Brands Group (NASDAQ: DNKN  ) , and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (NYSE: KKD  ) . Though Little Timmy has lagged behind, that could change, beginning with the five-year strategic plan the company will outline on Feb. 25.

What's going on?
Tim Hortons will hold an investor conference on the morning of Feb. 25. At this event, "the Company plans to communicate its new strategic plan for the next five years." Normally it would be easy for you to dismiss this as the eyewash that every company says ahead of each and every presentation, but in this case there may be much more to it.

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For one thing, Tim Hortons is scheduled to release its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report on Feb. 20. Analysts expect another semi-uneventful report with the company's sales up by 3.5% and earnings per share up by 10%. This isn't bad on the face of it, but it's not nearly as exciting as what we've seen from the company's rivals.

Peers are growing faster -- is Timmy next?
Starbucks for example reported a 12% revenue rise with traffic up 4%. Its earnings per share popped 25% to an all-time high of $0.71. CEO Howard Schulz sees continued rapid growth in sales and earnings for Starbucks even while shoppers retreat from the malls. 

Krispy Kreme is seeing quarter after quarter of success as it landed its 20th quarter in a row of positive same-store sales last quarter. Revenue climbed 6.7% and adjusted operating income rocketed 26.5%. Krispy Kreme sees more "accelerated growth domestically."

Meanwhile, Dunkin' Brands as well sees opportunity. Last quarter it reported a revenue gain of 13% and a diluted earnings per share gain of 26.5%. Dunkin' Brands plans to aggressively expand its Dunkin' Donuts brand where it does not yet have locations or where it barely has any presence yet, such as California.

Tim Hortons expansion spree time?
Speaking of expansion opportunities, Tim Hortons currently has 4,350 restaurants. With only 817 of those in the United States and almost all of the others in Canada, Tim Hortons has barely tapped the vast coffee and treat market that exists.

In the last conference call, CEO Marc Caira may have dropped a hint that aggressive United States expansion is coming next. He stated, "Turning to our U.S. business. Our goal is to focus on the core to develop a successful, thriving and profitable business that can be scaled aggressively to become our longer-term growth engine."

"Scaled aggressively." It doesn't sound like Tim Hortons plans to be sticking with 817 U.S. locations much longer.

Caira also gave a number of clues for the upcoming presentation that will outline Tim Hortons' strategy for "sustainable and profitable growth." This includes a number of new menu items, especially outside of the traditional breakfast and lunch hours, and new technology investments to get the drive-through moving more quickly such as the ability to take orders further back in the line.

It seems there is no bigger opportunity available to Tim Hortons than simply "scaling aggressively." For that the company has the largely untapped U.S. market and the almost completely untapped international market. We may get some details on that as well on Feb. 25. Caira said, "Finally, while Canada and the U.S. will remain top priorities, we believe we have longer-term international opportunities."

Foolish final thoughts
Cautious Fools should consider sitting firmly in place until the presentation. Until there are details out, Tim Hortons' future remains somewhat speculative but it could be very promising. The company's locations are nicely profitable and growing, and the environment as judged by Starbucks, Krispy Kreme, and Dunkin' Brands is quite healthy. If Tim Hortons has the right ideas and expansion plans, look for it to post improved growth numbers similar to those of its rivals.

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HNW Investors’ Needs Differ as Wealth Increases: Cerulli

Contrary to popular notions, the wealthiest 1%–2% of American investors are a variegated lot.

A new report by Cerulli Associates found that while the majority of affluent investors are able to diversify their assets and wealth management advice across a wide spectrum of vehicles and services, their primary and aspirational goals, as well as privileges, vary significantly as investable assets increase.

Employing data supplied by the Federal Reserve and U.S. Census Bureau, Cerulli projected a high-net-worth marketplace of 833,530 households, those with more than $5 million in investable assets.

The report broke this marketplace into two segments: 771,120 high-net-worth households, and 62,410 ultrahigh-net-worth households, those with upward of $20 million in investable assets.

These households combined own more than $9 trillion in investable assets. Put another way, just 0.7% of all U.S. households own 31% of the country’s investable assets.

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According to the report, both of these market tiers may seek and qualify for personalized services and sophisticated products, including direct hedge fund and private equity investing. However, UHNW investors are progressively pursuing the high-touch and extremely private nature of multifamily offices and private trust companies.

On the highest end of the wealth spectrum, single-family offices provide investors with unrivaled education, control and customization, including management of property and household staffing.

Cerulli said most consultants agreed that the SFO structure was reserved for the wealthiest patriarchs and matriarchs ($100 million in net worth or greater) because of annual costs typically running at $1 million, if not significantly more.

The scale and scope of services offered by mainly wirehouses and private client groups continue to dominate overall HNW assets, the report found.

However, registered investment advisors, MFOs and state-registered bank trust companies are gaining substantial traction. Cerulli said it expected these channels to continue gaining market share as they enhance their services and staffing talent.

Other major drivers include successful advisory teams making the transition into the autonomous channels, as well as many HNW investors pursuing boutique-like service models and distancing themselves from large financial institutions.

Expanding Relationships

The report found that households within all investable asset tiers continued worked with record numbers of providers in 2013. This was especially the case with HNW investors, who now have an average of 4.4 provider relationships.

Cerulli attributed most of the activity to blemished brands and reputations that many financial institutions endured during and immediately after the recession. It said investors and advisors contemplating relocating channels were increasingly pursuing boutique-like service models, such as RIAs, MFOs and state-registered trust companies.

The report found that HNW investors were not necessarily severing ties with their current providers but gradually and disproportionately shifting assets to the new provider.

Cerulli said asset managers should view this trend as encouraging since investors are dispersing assets across a wider breadth of wealth managers, platforms and product sets.

Moreover, if HNW assets continue to flow to autonomous providers, opportunities will increase exponentially because these firms truly rely on open architecture, without the common obstacle of proprietary funds presented by many legacy providers.

A following story on Cerulli’s findings will discuss common strategies wealth managers use to develop relationships with their HNW clients’ children, why they see the HNW market as more attractive than other business lines and how they’re approaching the fee-compression debate.

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Surveying the MLP Universe Following the Implosion at Boardwalk Pipeline

The big news in the master limited partnership (MLP) world last week was the announcement by Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: BWP) that it was cutting its quarterly distribution by 80%. The company's market value was cut in half, and the price of Boardwalk's common units fell from above $24 to below $13. For the rest of the week, investors have been trying to figure out which midstream company will be next or, alternatively, which companies offer the best chance of prospering.

Initial speculation about a coming disaster swirled around El Paso Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: EPB). The company, now controlled by Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI), got a $3 million investment from CEO Richard Kinder and that ended the speculation about El Paso being the next to go.

Every MLP's most important product is cash that it can pay to limited partners in quarterly distributions that get bigger every year. To get that cash, midstream MLPs rely on operating revenues, new debt, and new equity. Boardwalk had lost some transportation contracts and almost certainly could not raise enough cash to pay its lofty distribution without issuing new debt or new equity. The company couldn't find any takers either for more debt or more equity and was forced to cut distributions which is the cardinal sin for MLPs.

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Part of the problem with Boardwalk's and other MLPs' transportation contracts is that federal and state regulators are not being as generous as before in allowing rate hikes. Another part of the problem is that some companies are located in the wrong place, and expiring contracts are not being renewed by shippers. Another problem is that natural gas prices are backwardated — the current spot price is higher than the forward price. When that happens companies like Boardwalk with gas storage space find that no one wants to pay to store natural gas. Shippers want to sell it now while the price is high rather than store and sell it at lower prices.

Large MLPs with geographically diversified operations will fare better because they can shift assets around and make sure that all their distribution-paying subsidiaries meet the payroll, so to speak. Here are the seven largest MLPs by market cap:

Enterprise Product Partners LP (NYSE: EPD) – $61.23 billion Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE: KMP) – $35.13 billion Williams Partners LP (NYSE: WPZ) – $21.95 billion Plains All American Pipeline LP (NYSE: PAA) – $19.3 billion Energy Transfer Partners LP (NYSE: ETP) – $17.78 billion Magellan Midstream Partners LP (NYSE: MMP) – $15.52 billion Oneok Partners LP (NYSE: OKS) – $12.95 billion

Size is not the only thing that matters, but size can help overcome some of the cash flow issues these MLPs face. The differentiating factor is a company's distribution coverage ratio which is the cash the MLP has to distribute to its limited partners divided by its maintenance capex and interest on the company's debt. Anything number larger than 1 is solid.

Many of the MLPs also have a publicly traded general partner. Because the general partner typically owns incentive distribution rights that can skyrocket after the limited partnership distributions are paid, these companies tend to show higher growth rates than the MLPs themselves. For example, Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE: ETE), the general partner for Enterprise Products, has a market cap of $24.23 billion on its own. ETE's yield is 3.4% compared with EPD's yield of 4.2%, but the general partner's ability to grow is potentially much higher. The downside is that these stocks are expensive compared with an MLP's common unit price.

Another way to play the MLPs is with an ETF like the ALPS Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEMKT: AMLP). Five of the seven largest MLPs are the five largest holdings in this fund, and all seven are in the top ten. Over the past three years, this medium-sized value fund has returned about 9.5% to investors and the one-year return was about 9.4%. The fund's off to a slow start this year, though, down slightly for the year.

News and Markets: A Useful Lesson

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A core objective for me is to focus as much as possible on what I call the “message of the markets” and as little as possible on the headlines of the day. This is a long-term process that’s difficult to achieve, given human emotions. And it’s not always successful. After all, what is?

But the investment result over time has yielded superior results, in my experience.

Here are two short-term examples of how this works.

On Feb. 3, US stocks suffered their biggest daily drop since June 2013. The Dow Jones Industrials tumbled 326 points, or 2.1 percent, bringing the average’s decline for 2014 to 7.3 percent. The S&P 500′s 2.3 percent fall that day left it down 5.8 percent year to date.

US stocks had been hurt by several factors:

#1: Inevitable profit taking after 2013′s robust advance.

#2: Turmoil in the emerging markets, triggered by currency weakness, slowing growth, rising inflation and political upheaval.

#3: Evidence of a slowing US economy.

#4: The Federal Reserve’s gradual tapering of its quantitative-easing program, with its purchases of US Treasury and mortgage securities dropping from $85 billion monthly to $65 billion now and on track to finish at the end of 2014.

Nevertheless, starting on Feb. 4, the S&P 500 and the Dow have since rebounded 5 percent and 4.2 percent respectively in eight trading days.

The ostensible reason for the Feb. 3 decline was rising concern about the health of the US economy in the wake of several disappointing economic reports.

But the market rose the next day, despite headlines such as the Wall Street Journal’s “Turnabout on Global Outlook Darkens Investor Mood.”

By the way, the more growth-oriented ! and speculative Nasdaq Composite was down only 4.4 percent at its 2014 low at the Feb. 3 close and has since jumped 6 percent as of yesterday’s close.

It’s unusual that the most volatile of the three indexes held up the best during the downturn. This suggests that US investors weren’t overly concerned about valuations, emerging markets, the Fed or a possible slowdown in the US economy.

On Feb. 6, the Dow bolted to its biggest gain of the year, 188 points, supposedly because the weekly report of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits was better than expected.

The Dow then advanced another 166 points the next day. Yet Feb. 7 brought a lackluster report saying that US payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 113,000 in January. This followed December’s dismal gain of 75,000 jobs, marking the weakest two-month stretch of job creation in three years. The Wall Street Journal headline: “Slow Jobs Growth Stirs Worry.”

This week, the Dow tacked on 233 more points as of yesterday, when a USA Today headline summed up the situation this way: “Stocks close higher despite weak economic data.”

As I write this, stocks are climbing again, despite another weak economic report.

For another example of how important the message of the markets can be, check out this year’s performance of gold and gold mining shares.

SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), the leading gold exchange-traded fund is up 8 percent so far, after a 21 percent decline in 2013. Analysts attribute the rebound to a renewed interest in safe havens, recent weakness in the US dollar, the signs of a softening global economy and more.

But the truth is that gold has always defied seemingly rational analysis. What we do know is that the yellow metal is gaining new fans again after bottoming at the end of 2013. At that point, it had declined 38 percent in more than 2-1/2 years.

What’s also striking this time is that the shares of gold miners are ! outperfor! ming gold itself. The two major miner ETFs are up 38 percent and 22 percent already in 2014.

But those ETFs had declined 85 percent and 70 percent respectively, during the aforementioned period when gold itself had declined 38 percent. And they had significantly underperformed gold itself during the bull run that ended in 2011.

As I write this, gold and mining shares are climbing again, for whatever reasons.

We’re not predicting here that both stocks and gold will continue to rise in the near term. But we do say, as Yogi Berra did, that “You can observe a lot by just watching.”

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Smarter Ways to Give to Charity

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/ZUMAPRESS.com via Alamy A lot of people scramble to make charitable contributions before Dec. 31 to get a tax break, but they may not be making the maximum impact -- either for the charity or for their own tax situation. "When people give at the last minute, they may not be in a position to be as strategic with their giving," says Sara Montgomery, philanthropic services specialist with Wells Fargo (WFC) Private Bank. Sometimes you unintentionally end up diluting the focus of your giving because you didn't have a plan in place, she says. And you may be able to stretch your tax benefits by planning in advance. Here are tips to help you make the most of your charitable contributions throughout the year. Make a charitable-giving plan. As you gather your 2013 charitable-giving receipts to file your taxes this spring, think about how you'd like to do it differently this year. Are there charities you would like to support more? Did you write checks last year you felt obligated to write? Ask your favorite charities what they need the most -- say, cash at certain times of the year (it's not always in December) or larger donations spread over several years. "If you start planning earlier, you can give to the charity in a thoughtful way that makes the gift more meaningful," says Tracy A. Craig, partner and chairwoman of the trusts and estates department at Mirick O'Connell, a law firm in Worcester, Mass. When you have more time, you can work with the charity to designate a specific purpose for the funds or make the most of matching offers. You may also discover that another type of giving could work better for you, such as a investing in a charitable gift annuity if you want to create an income stream for yourself, or making a charity the beneficiary of an IRA or life insurance policy. Build charitable savings throughout the year. Rather than rush to make contributions in December, set aside a little bit of money for charitable giving throughout the year. You don't need to make your contributions then; you can keep the money in a savings account earmarked for charitable giving or in a donor-advised fund so it's ready to go when you're ready (see below for more information about donor-advised funds). "If giving is important to you, make it a line item in your budget," says Montgomery. Another benefit of saving early is that you'll have some money ready to give if you want to help victims of a natural disaster or other emergency. Get an extra tax break from appreciated stock. Giving appreciated stock or mutual funds to charity gives you an extra tax benefit: You can deduct the current value of the investment as a charitable contribution if you itemize, and you'll avoid paying capital-gains taxes on the profits. (You'd owe capital-gains taxes if you sold the stock first and then wrote a check.) Identify investments you may want to donate during the year, and set a target price for transferring them to charity. Ask the charity ahead of time about the steps for transferring ownership, so you're ready to take action when the stock or fund hits your target price. For more information, see Charities: Give Stocks Instead. Consider a donor-advised fund. You can set up a donor-advised fund through many brokerage firms, mutual fund companies and community foundations. You get a tax deduction based on the date you give the money to the fund, but you have a nearly unlimited amount of time to decide which charities to support (you may be required to give a minimum amount every few years from the fund). You can't take back your donations, and the administrator has the ultimate say over which charities to support, although most requests are honored as long as the charity is a 501c3 organization in good standing. You usually invest the money in mutual funds or investment pools until you've chosen the charities to support. You can donate cash, stocks, mutual funds or other assets, and some donor-advised funds even accept shares of privately held companies, real estate and other complicated assets.

Mutual fund flows: Expect 2013's reversal of trends to continue

We suspect that net cash outflows from bond mutual funds — a trend firmly established in mid-2013 — will continue in 2014.

Don't read too much into the positive net cash flows that flowed into bond mutual funds during the first two weeks of January. After all, these were the first net inflows to this fund category since the end of September 2013 — and are especially unsurprising, as bond mutual fund flows tend to spike during January. For example, the first week of 2013 was the highest weekly net cash flow into bond funds recorded across the entire year, and for the whole month, more than $32 billion in net inflows came in. In fact, for the past three decades, January has brought in more net cash flows (cumulatively and on average) than any other month.

Heading into February, our expectations are already coming to fruition as a third week of estimated new cash outflows has brought the year-to-date tally back to negative territory (estimated $0.6 billion).

Since June 2013, worries over rising interest rates and the Fed's next moves coincided with an average of more than $22 billion a month flowing out of this large fund category, totaling $177 billion in net cash outflows. This trend led to the first annual net cash outflow in nine years for the category. Despite this outflow, aggregate net cash inflows from 2007 through 2013 for this broad category remain at a whopping $1.1 trillion; 95% of this accumulated from 2009-2012.

U.S.-focused equity mutual funds: Slightly positive YTD — but still a big shift

Despite the recent decline in U.S. equities, net cash flow estimates into domestic equity mutual funds are holding in positive territory so far in 2014 (at an estimated $8 billion). Last year's net inflow of just over $20 billion was but a drop in the bucket compared with a fund category that measures at more than $5.7 trillion in assets. Still, after seven consecutive years of annual net outflows from the category (totalin

Martha Stewart, Macy’s Settle Differences, But No Deal with Penney

In a brief press announcement issued Thursday, Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M) said that it has resolved its breach-of-contract suit with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO). The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Macy's said that its suit against J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) "remains subject to the court's decision."

Macy's sued Penney's and Martha Stewart Living in April and the two sides can both claim partial victories. Penney's was blocked from selling any Martha Stewart-branded products and Macy's failed to win a restraining order that would have blocked Penney's from selling items designed by Stewart but that did not identify the Stewart brand on the labels or packaging. Penney's sells the Stewart-designed products under its "Everyday" label.

Just the fact that Penney's was not included in the settlement announced today is not good news for the struggling company. But it's not terrible news either. When the court blocked the imposition of a restraining order on Penney's, it cleared the path for the Macy's suit to proceed, but Penney's will only have to cough up some cash if Macy's can prove that it did indeed suffer harm from the sale of the Stewart-designed goods.

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Penney's has performed so miserably that Macy's will have a tough time pointing to specific instances of damage. And even if Macy's can do that, how much can it collect? Squeezing cash out of Penney's very likely will mean getting in line with a bunch of other creditors when the hammer finally falls.

For its part, Penney's couldn't very well offer a settlement that Macy's would be likely to accept. Macy's wants its pound of flesh from Penney's and has nothing to gain from a speedy deal with Penney.

Macy's stock is down about 0.5% in the noon hour on Thursday at $53.13 in a 52-week range of $36.35 to $54.07.

Martha Stewart Living stock is up more than 8% at $4.55 in a 52-week range of $2.20 to $4.57. The high was set today.

Penney's stock is down 4% at $8.78 in a 52-week range of $6.24 to $23.10.

5 Toxic Stocks to Sell Now

Do You Own One of These 'Toxic' Stocks? Sell It!

BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Mr. Market started 2014 off on a sour note, giving back around 5% in the first six weeks of the year. In fact, the New Year kicked off the first time we saw four straight down weeks since 2011.

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That's right -- we've just lived through the longest stretch of unabated selling in two and a half years. So even though that 5% drop isn't all that jarring on an absolute basis, the length of time since the last "up week" for the S&P 500 has been tough. For the record, I think we're still headed higher from here. Yesterday's session was just a preview of that.

But that doesn't mean that you should breathe easy just yet. There's still a chance you've got some toxic stocks in your portfolio. Today, we'll take a technical look at five of them.

To be fair, the companies I'm talking about today aren't exactly junk.

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By that, I mean they're not next up in line at bankruptcy court. But that's frankly irrelevant; from a technical analysis standpoint, these toxic stocks are some of the worst positioned names out there right now. For that reason, fundamental investors need to decide how long they're willing to take the pain if they want to hold onto these firms in the weeks and months ahead. And for investors looking to buy one of these positions, it makes sense to wait for more favorable technical conditions (and a lower share price) before piling in.

For the unfamiliar, technical analysis is a way for investors to quantify qualitative factors, such as investor psychology, based on a stock's price action and trends. Once the domain of cloistered trading teams on Wall Street, technicals can help top traders make consistently profitable trades and can aid fundamental investors in better planning their stock execution.

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So without further ado, let's take a look at five toxic stocks you should be unloading.

Enbridge

First up is Enbridge (ENB), a $35 billion energy transportation name that's essentially spend the last year churning sideways. While the S&P has rallied more than 17% in the trailing 12 months, ENB is down 5.7%. But ENB's slow decline could be the start of something more material thanks to the long-term bearish price setup that's been forming in shares.

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Enbridge is currently forming a descending triangle pattern, a bearish price setup that's formed by downtrending resistance above shares, and a horizontal support level to the downside at $40.25. Basically, as ENB bounces in between those two technically important levels, it's getting squeezed closer and closer to a breakdown below that $40.25 support level. When that happens, it's time to be a seller.

Whenever you're looking at any technical price pattern, it's critical to think of buyers and sellers. Triangles and other price pattern names are a good way to describe what's going on in a stock, but they're not the reason it's tradable. Instead, it all comes down to supply and demand for shares.

That horizontal $40.25 support level in ENB is the spot where there's an excess of demand for shares; in other words, it's a price where buyers have been more eager to step in and buy shares at a lower price than sellers were to sell. That's what makes a breakdown below support so significant -- the move means that sellers are finally strong enough to absorb all of the excess demand at the at price level. If ENB slips below $40.25, it's time to unload shares.

Kimberly-Clark

Things have looked a lot better for paper products maker Kimberly-Clark (KMB) in the last few months. Since October, KMB has rallied more than 12%, making it a much better performer than your average S&P or Dow Jones component. But that outperformance could be grinding to a halt -- Kimberly-Clark is starting to look "toppy."

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Kimberly-Clark is currently forming a double top pattern, a price setup that's formed by two swing highs that peak at approximately the same price level. The sell signal comes on a move through the support level that connects the two tops: it's at $103 in KMB. If shares can't manage to catch a bid at $103 on the next test of that level, it's time to sell.

Momentum adds some extra evidence to a breakdown in KMB. That's because 14-day RSI has been making lower highs even while shares hit their head on the same resistance level. Since momentum is a leading indicator of price, investors should consider it a big red flag. But the red flag doesn't trigger a trade action unless shares fall through $103.

HCP

The technicals are a little less, well, technical in shares of HCP (HCP). It doesn't take an expert trader to figure out what's going on in shares of this $17 billion health care REIT. A quick glance at the chart should tell you everything you need to know.

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That's because shares of HCP are currently bouncing lower in a textbook trend channel, a price setup that's formed by a pair of parallel trendlines that bound HCP's share price movement. When it comes to price channels, it's about as simple as it gets: Up is good and down is bad. HCP's chart looks the latter right now, especially as shares push up against trend line support. They've gotten batted lower on the last three attempts at this level. Sell the bounce.

Maybe worse, relative strength looks awful in HCP right now. Considering that relative strength remains the single most important market indicator while the S&P remains in corrective mode, that's a big reason to stay away from the long side of this stock.

ABB

Even though Swiss electrical engineering firm ABB (ABB) has more or less managed to keep pace with the S&P 500 over the last year, this stock is starting to look toppy right now. ABB may be giving investors a 3-day reprieve from selling, but a lot more downside looks likely thanks to a classical reversal pattern that's been forming in shares over the long-term.

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ABB is currently forming a head and shoulders top, a bearish price pattern that indicates exhaustion among buyers. The head and shoulders is formed by two swing highs that top out at approximately the same level (shoulders), separated by a higher peak in between them (the head). The sell signal comes on a push through the pattern's neckline, which is right at $25.50 for ABB.

If you decide to short ABB on a break through $25.50, I'd recommend keeping a protective stop right at the 50-day moving average.

JPMorgan Chase

Last up is another textbook head and shoulders setup: JPMorgan Chase (JPM). Like ABB, shares of JPM are forming a very well-formed head and shoulders top pattern, in this case with a neckline right below the $55 level. So despite the big springboard higher in shares of JPM in yesterday's session, it looks like we're just seeing the right shoulder get formed. A dip below that $55 neckline is still the sell signal.

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JPM is another trade with a telling momentum chart. The multi-month uptrend in RSI broke last week, giving way to lower highs and a downtrend in the momentum gauge. With the RSI line approaching its own resistance level in the next session or two, we could see JPM come back down to test $55 sooner rather than later.

Lest you think that the head and shoulders is too well known to be worth trading, the research suggests otherwise: a recent academic study conducted by the Federal Reserve Board of New York found that the results of 10,000 computer-simulated head-and-shoulders trades resulted in "profits [that] would have been both statistically and economically significant."

That's good reason to keep an eye on both ABB and JPM this week...

To see this week's trades in action, check out the Toxic Stocks portfolio on Stockpickr.

-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.

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At the time of publication, author had no positions in stocks mentioned.

Jonas Elmerraji, CMT, is a senior market analyst at Agora Financial in Baltimore and a contributor to

TheStreet. Before that, he managed a portfolio of stocks for an investment advisory returned 15% in 2008. He has been featured in Forbes , Investor's Business Daily, and on CNBC.com. Jonas holds a degree in financial economics from UMBC and the Chartered Market Technician designation.

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Puerto Rico Downgraded to Junk at Moody’s

We have already seen that Standard & Poor’s had downgraded Puerto Rico to junk bond status from investment grade. Now we have the same call coming from one of the other top ratings agencies. Moody’s downgraded Puerto Rico to Ba2 from Baa3, and similar to S&P the firm also kept its Negative outlook on the island nation.

Friday’s downgrade will not have the same impact as the S&P downgrade. After all, if it was cut to junk at one of the top three ratings agencies, then investors at most buy-side firms and money management firms will have made their adjustments and followed their respective investment policies around holdings of rated securities.

The Moody’s downgrade pertains to the general obligation bonds, which effectively triggers downgrades on all the subsequent notes and bonds under the nation as well. Moody’s downgraded the country’s notched bonds to Ba3 and COFINA bonds to Baa1, Baa2.

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The Moody’s downgrade said,

“The problems that confront the commonwealth are many years in the making, and include years of deficit financing, pension underfunding, and budgetary imbalance, along with seven years of economic recession. These factors have now put the commonwealth in a position where its debt load and fixed costs are high, its liquidity is narrow, and its market access has become constrained. In the face of these problems, the administration has taken strong and aggressive actions to control spending, reform the retirement systems, reduce debt issuance, and promote economic development. Despite these accomplishments, however, in our view the commonwealth’s credit profile is no longer consistent with investment grade characteristics.”

There is much overlap in the Moody’s note compared to the S&P note.

GM shares move higher after U.S. sells stake

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of General Motors traded higher in the extended session Monday after the U.S. Treasury announced it had sold the last of its shares in the auto maker.

AFP/Getty Images General Motors chairman and CEO Dan Akerson

Shares of GM (GM)  rose 0.7% to $41.19 on heavy volume following the announcement. The stock, which is up 42% for the year, closed Monday at $40.90, its highest price since the auto maker emerged from bankruptcy. Read more on the GM stake sale.

The U.S. government invested a total of $49.5 billion in GM but got $39 billion back. In late November, the Treasury said it was looking to unload the remainder of its shares by the end of the year.

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Pep Boys (PBY)  dropped 13% to $11.66 on moderate volume after the auto-parts retailer's results for the third quarter fell below Wall Street expectations.

Units of Icahn Enterprises LP (IEP)  declined 6.6% to $138.75 on moderate volume after the investment firm said it was selling 2 million depositary units for investments in one or more of its nine subsidiaries.

Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN)  shares rose 0.3% to $43.47 on moderate volume after the chip maker narrowed its outlook for the fourth quarter.

Shares of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL)  rose 6.2% to $33.24 on moderate volume after the company beat Wall Street estimates for the fiscal first quarter and raised its guidance.

PVH Corp. (PVH)  fell 0.7% to $126.50 on moderate volume after the clothing company issued muted guidance for the fourth quarter.

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Bright Idea: LED Technologies Expected To Light Up 2014

2014 might end up being remembered as The Year of the LED.

On New Year's Day, as part of the energy efficiency standards introduced by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the federal government enacted the final phasing out of incandescent lightbulb technology in the U.S.

The technology for these incandescent bulbs was patented more than 130 years ago by inventor Thomas Edison. And while they were a revolution in lighting, they're also known to produce more heat than light. And, according to the EPA, "many compact florescent light bulbs (CFLs) and many Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) can meet (future government standards set for 2020), shaving energy usage compared to standard incandescents by 75 percent."

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Many communities and businesses are already embracing the new lighting technologies. Last year, Los Angeles completed its program of switching out 140,000 of the city's street lights to LEDs – a move expected to save L.A. $10 million annually in energy and maintenance costs.

And while many Americans are still not taken by the new light bulbs, which can be relatively expensive compared to incandescents, some investors seem to be quite smitten by LED companies

"As LED bulb prices continue to come down significantly, while their quality in terms of output is further enhanced, LED will be the clear winner from 2014/15 onwards in our view," Alexandre Werbowy, an SRI (socially responsible investing) analyst at Alliance Trust Investment, wrote recently on the BusinessGreen website.

New research, meanwhile, suggests the global market for LED lighting will jump 12-fold over the next ten years – expanding to $25 billion by 2023.

And Taiwan's Digitimes Research says Japan is currently the world's largest LED lighting market – with an expected global share of 25.6 percent this year – followed by North America with 23.1 percent of the LED market, then Europe (20.3 percent) and China (16 percent).

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