Some things just seem more dangerous — and perhaps more thrilling — when they're small. Like cars. And planes. And, for some investors, exchange-traded funds.
Currently, 33 of the 50 best-performing ETFs of 2013 are funds that began the year with less than $100 million in assets. The market-beating performance of these smaller ETFs has attracted $1.2 billion in new cash this year, compared to $3.8 billion pulled in by the 17 bigger ETFs.
While these up-and-comers are having their day in the sun, many experienced growing pains that potential investors in small ETFs should be aware of. Buying an ETF that has less than $100 million in assets and has rocketed up the charts is risky, and not just because you're buying momentum. Typically, the smaller the ETF, the less it trades and the wider the bid/ask spread, meaning that the prices at which you can buy or sell are pretty far apart. To mitigate this, investors can use a limit order instead of a market order when buying or selling a small ETF, or any ETF.
Top 5 Performing Companies To Invest In 2014: Joe's Jeans Inc.(JOEZ)
Joe?s Jeans Inc. designs, produces, and sells apparel and apparel-related products worldwide. Its product line comprises women?s and men?s denim jeans, pants, shirts, sweaters, jackets, and other apparel products under the Joe?s brand. The company also offers women?s handbags and clutches, shoes, belts, and leather goods under various license agreements. In addition, it provides children?s products consisting of denim bottoms, tops, T-shirts, and jackets for infants, toddlers, girls, and boys. The company sells its products to various retailers, including department stores, specialty stores, and distributors, as well as through its retail stores; and through the Internet site, joesjeans.com/shop. As of November 30, 2011, it operated 17 outlet stores and 5 full price retail stores. The company was formerly known as Innovo Group Inc. and changed its name to Joe?s Jeans Inc. in October 2007. Joe?s Jeans Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Commerce, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Rick Munarriz]
Shares of Joe's Jeans (NASDAQ: JOEZ ) were slammed today after posting disappointing quarterly results.
The retailer of high-priced denim clocked in with roughly half of the revenue growth that Wall Street was targeting. Declining profitability also missed the mark.
Top 5 Performing Companies To Invest In 2014: Organic Resources Management(ORI.V)
Organic Resource Management Inc. provides vacuum truck services for the collection, processing, and recycling of food-related organic residuals in Canada. The company offers grease trap services, such as grease trap cleaning, clean-flo preventive maintenance, grease trap repairs, and grease trap installation. It collects the liquefied solid food residuals from approximately 10,000 regularly scheduled grease traps at restaurants, grocery stores, and other food processing facilities. The company also offers drain services, including flushing and snaking, clean-flo preventive maintenance, camera inspection, and sump cleaning; and food processor services comprising handling, transportation, and recycling/disposal of waste water pre-treatment residuals, and off-spec raw materials and product destruction. In addition, it provides food waste recycling services through organic resource recovery system, which is used for the on-site management of solid organic (food) waste, as well as for converting solid organics into slurry. Further, the company offers residuals and feedstock services, such as feedstock recycling, conversion of liquid organic waste into biogas renewable energy, and composting. Organic Resource Management Inc. serves industrial, commercial, and institutional food industry customers primarily in Ontario, the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, and Quebec. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Woodbridge, Canada.
10 Best Casino Stocks To Own Right Now: Cincinnati Bell Inc (CBB)
Cincinnati Bell Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications and technology services. The company?s Wireline segment provides local voice services, including local telephone service, switched access, and value-added services, such as caller identification, voicemail, call waiting, and call return; data services comprising high-speed Internet using digital subscriber line technology, fiber to the home, dial-up Internet access, network access, and gigabit Ethernet and asynchronous transfer mode data transport services. This segment?s services also comprise long distance and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)services, such as long distance voice, audio conferencing, VoIP, and other broadband services; entertainment services that consist of television over fiber optic cable and coaxial cable in limited areas, and DirecTV commissioning over the company?s operating area; and other services consisting of security monitoring, inside wire installation for busi ness enterprises, rental revenue of space, public payphones, and clearinghouse services. It?s Wireless segment provides advanced digital wireless voice and data communications services through the wireless network in a licensed service territory, which includes Greater Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, and areas of northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana. This segment offers postpaid and prepaid wireless subscription services; and wireless handset devices to customers to use its wireless services. The company?s Data Center Colocation segment provides data center colocation services to businesses. This segment operates 17 data centers with 639,000 square feet of total data center space in Texas, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois. It?s IT Services and Hardware segment offers a range of managed IT solutions, including managed infrastructure services, IT and telephony equipment sales, and professional IT staffing services. The company was founded in 1873 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Jim Royal]
One of my favorite reasons to reinvest in stocks I already own is when an uncertain, but favorable catalyst occurs, but the stock does little. So my Special Situations portfolio is adding $1,000 to each of the following three stocks: Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB ) , Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI ) , and First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ: FFNW ) . Read on to see why.
- [By Mike Arnold]
Cincinnati Bell (CBB) ("CB" or "the company") is a storied, regional telecommunications player in Ohio undergoing considerable transformation, which began, in earnest, with the spin-off of its data warehousing business CyrusOne (CONE) ("Cyrus") in January 2013. CB still holds a ~69% economic interest in Cyrus, with the stated goal to monetize the asset over the next several years in order to pay down debt.
- [By Paulo Santos]
The birth of CONE was non-effusive; it came from the spin-off and IPO of the datacenter unit of Cincinnati Bell (CBB). Perhaps one could believe that not being a green field company, people didn't go as gaga on it. It came from a telecom dinosaur, after all.
Top 5 Performing Companies To Invest In 2014: The First of Long Island Corporation(FLIC)
The First of Long Island Corporation operates as a bank holding company for The First National Bank of Long Island that provides various financial services. It offers various deposit products, including checking, money market, savings, escrow service and interest on lawyer, time deposit, NOW, rent security, holiday club, and individual retirement accounts. The company?s loan portfolio consists of commercial and industrial loans; residential and commercial mortgage loans; home equity loans and lines; multifamily loans; construction loans; consumer loans, such as auto and home improvement loans, personal loans, overdraft checking lines, and credit cards; commercial loans, which include short-term business loans, term and installment loans, revolving credit term loans, and loans secured by marketable securities, general business assets, deposits, and surrender value of life insurance policies; and commercial and standby letters of credit. In addition, it provides account rec onciliation, ATM banking, bank by mail, bill payment, cash management, collection, drive-through banking, personal money orders, Internet and telephone banking, merchant credit card depository, lock box, night depository, payroll, remote deposit, securities transactions, signature guarantee, trust and investment management, wire transfers and foreign cables, and withholding tax depository services, as well as offers controlled disbursement accounts, travelers and counter checks, mutual funds, annuities, life insurance and securities, safe deposit boxes, and the U.S. savings bonds. Further, the company provides pension trust, personal trust, estate, and custody services; and insurance agency services, as well as owns a real estate investment trust. It offers its services to privately owned businesses, professionals, consumers, public bodies, and other organizations through its 34 branches primarily in Long Island and Manhattan. The company was founded in 1927 and is based in Glen Head, New York.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Dividends4Life]
The First of Long Island Corporation (FLIC) operates as a bank holding company for The First National Bank of Long Island that provides financial services. Sept. 19, the company increased its quarterly dividend 4% to $0.26 per share. The dividend is payable Oct. 11, 2013 to shareholders of record on October 3, 2013. The yield based on the new payout is 2.7%.
Top 5 Performing Companies To Invest In 2014: Golden Queen Mng Com Npv (GQM.TO)
Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd., an exploration stage company, engages in acquiring and maintaining gold and silver mining properties for exploration, future development, and production. It has interests in the Soledad Mountain project in the south of Mojave in Kern County in southern California. Golden Queen Mining Co. Ltd. was founded in 1985 and is based in West Vancouver, Canada.
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