When it comes to the biggest tech IPOs from the past few years, the name Zynga (ZNGA) will live in infamy. After going public in late 2011 and bolting out of the gate, it only took a few months for the party to end for ZNGA. A series of estimate cuts sent ZNGA shares plummeting in early 2012 and the stock hasn�� recovered since.
Best Gas Companies To Invest In 2015: Ishares S&P Midcap 400 Index Fund (IJH)
iShares S&P MidCap 400 Index Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Standard & Poor�� MidCap 400 Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the mid-capitalization sector of the United States equity market. The Index serves as the underlying index for the S&P 400/Citigroup Growth and Value Index series. The components stocks are weighted according to the total float-adjusted market value of their outstanding shares. The component stocks have a market capitalization between $1 billion and $4 billion (which may fluctuate depending on the overall level of the equity markets), and are selected for liquidity and industry group representation.
The Index is adjusted to reflect changes in capitalization resulting from mergers, acquisitions, stock rights, substitutions and other capital events. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. The Fund�� investment advisor is Barclays Global Fund Advisors.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By John Udovich]
Moreover,�my guess is that the switch will be a wash for investors as funds and ETFs that track the S&P 500 will dump their positions in Advanced Micro Devices and SAIC Inc while those that track the S&P Mid Cap 400 will be obligated to take up positions in both. A quick look at the performance of the iShares S&P 500 Index ETF (NYSEARCA: IVV) verses the iShares Core S&P Mid Cap ETF (NYSEARCA: IJH) reveals the following:
Top 10 Up And Coming Companies For 2014: Asta Funding Inc.(ASFI)
Asta Funding, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in purchasing, managing, and servicing distressed consumer receivables in the United States. Its principal portfolio includes charged-off receivables consisting of accounts that have been written-off by the originators and might have been previously serviced by collection agencies; semi-performing receivables, including accounts where the debtor is currently making partial or irregular monthly payments, but the accounts might have been written-off by the originators; performing receivables comprising accounts where the debtor is making regular monthly payments that might or might not have been delinquent in the past; and distressed consumer receivables, such as the unpaid debts of individuals to banks, finance companies, and other credit and service providers. The company?s distressed consumer receivables consist of MasterCard, Visa, and other credit card accounts, which were charged-off by the issuers or provide rs for non-payment. Asta Funding, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By John Udovich]
Small cap debt collection stocks like�Asta Funding, Inc (NASDAQ: ASFI), Encore Capital Group, Inc (NASDAQ: ECPG) and Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc (NASDAQ: PRAA) could be the latest target of a government shakedown or crackdown as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said this week that�before it formally proposes any rules for debt collection, it wants to hear how collectors verify borrowers' information and communicate with consumers. In other words, debt collectors could be restricted from using text messages, social media or other Internet-based tools in their pursuit to collect debts. With about one in 10 Americans coming out of the financial crisis with some debt in collection, investing in small cap�debt collection stocks has been profitable for investors. However, there is no timeline for when any new rules might be released for review or come into effect.
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DGS Minerals Inc., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada. It primarily explores for gold. It holds an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Gordon Creek property, an epithermal precious metals project consisting of 4 mineral claims with an area of 2,066.08 hectares and is located northeast of Merritt, British Columbia. The company was formerly known as Challenger Development Corp. and changed its name to DGS Minerals Inc in April 2013. DGS Minerals Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Canadian Value]
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Top 10 Up And Coming Companies For 2014: Ulta Salon Cosmetics and Fragrance Inc (ULTA)
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (Ulta), incorporated on January 9, 1990, is a beauty retailer, which provides one-stop shopping for prestige, mass and salon products and salon services in the United States. During the year ended January 28, 2012 (fiscal 2011), the Company opened 61 new stores. It operates full-service salons in all of its stores. Its Ulta store format includes an open and modern salon area with approximately eight to 10 stations. The entire salon area is approximately 950 square feet with a concierge desk, skin treatment room, semi-private shampoo and hair color processing areas. Each salon is a full-service salon offering hair cuts, hair coloring and permanent texture, with salons also providing facials and waxing.
The Company offers products in the categories, such as cosmetics, which includes products for the face, eyes, cheeks, lips and nails; haircare, which includes shampoos, conditioners, styling products, and hair accessories; salon styling tools, which includes hair dryers, curling irons and flat irons; skincare and bath and body, which includes products for the face, hands and body; fragrance for both men and women; private label, consisting of Ulta branded cosmetics, skincare, bath and body products and haircare, and other, including candles, home fragrance products and other miscellaneous health and beauty products. The Company has combined its three operating segments: retail stores, salon services and e-commerce, into one reportable segment.
The Company competes with Macy��, Nordstrom, Sephora, Bath & Body Works, CVS/pharmacy, Walgreens, Target, Wal-Mart, Regis Corp., Sally Beauty and JCPenney salons.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Chris Hill]
lululemon athletica (NASDAQ: LULU ) fell again as the fallout continues from Christine Day's decision to resign as CEO. Boston Beer's (NYSE: SAM ) hard cider brand earned the brewer an upgrade from Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) . Ulta Salon's (NASDAQ: ULTA ) first-quarter profits rose 20% as same-store sales improved. And Herbalife (NYSE: HLF ) says it has nearly 8 million customers in the United States. In this installment of Investor Beat, Jeff and Bryan discuss four stocks making big moves.
- [By Wallace Witkowski]
Ulta (ULTA) �shares rose 6.9% to $95.70 on moderate volume after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.09 a share on revenue of $868.1 million.
- [By Jonas Elmerraji]
Nearest Resistance: $130��br>Nearest Support: $100��br>Catalyst: Q2 Earnings
Shares of beauty supply operator Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance (ULTA) moved up approximately 20% in Friday's session, boosted by positive second quarter earnings numbers. Ulta reported profits for 94 cents per share for the quarter, beating out analysts' best guess profits of 83 cents per share. Even better, the firm expects third quarter revenues on the high end of Wall Street's expectations for both revenue and profits.
The technicals look good in ULTA right now. This stock's big gap higher on Friday broke shares above key round-number resistance at $100, clearing the way for a retest of last year's highs up near $130. For traders who aren't risk-averse, ULTA is buyable here.
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- [By Garrett Cook]
Cyclical consumer goods & services shares fell by just 0.30 percent in trading on Friday. Top gainers in the sector included ULTA Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance NASDAQ: (ULTA), up 18.6 percent, and 1-800-Flowers.com (NASDAQ: FLWS), up 4.6 percent.
Top 10 Up And Coming Companies For 2014: TECO Energy Inc.(TE)
TECO Energy, Inc., an electric and gas utility company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy. It provides retail electric service to approximately 672,000 customers in West Central Florida with a net winter system generating capability of 4,684 megawatts. The company also engages in the purchase, distribution, and marketing of natural gas. It serves approximately 336,000 residential, commercial, industrial, and electric power generation customers in Florida. In addition, the company owns mineral rights, owns or operates surface and underground mines, and owns interests in coal processing and loading facilities. TECO Energy, Inc. was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Justin Loiseau]
TECO Energy (NYSE: TE ) is known for its coal-centric capacity and ownership of Appalachian mines, but the company relies on natural gas for 39% of its overall generation.
Top 10 Up And Coming Companies For 2014: National-Oilwell Inc.(NOV)
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. designs, constructs, manufactures, and sells systems, components, and products used in oil and gas drilling and production; provides oilfield services and supplies; and distributes products, and provides supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry worldwide. Its Rig Technology segment offers offshore and onshore drilling rigs; derricks; pipe lifting, racking, rotating, and assembly systems; rig instrumentation systems; coiled tubing equipment and pressure pumping units; well workover rigs; wireline winches; wireline trucks; cranes; and turret mooring systems and other products for floating production, storage and offloading vessels, and other offshore vessels and terminals. The company?s Petroleum Services & Supplies segment provides various consumable goods and services to drill, complete, remediate, and workover oil and gas wells and service pipelines, flowlines, and other oilfield tubular goods. It also manufacture s, rents, and sells products and equipment for drilling operations, including drill pipe, wired drill pipe, transfer pumps, solids control systems, drilling motors, drilling fluids, drill bits, reamers and other downhole tools, and mud pump consumables. In addition, this segment provides oilfield tubular services comprising the provision of inspection and internal coating services; equipment for drill pipe, line pipe, tubing, casing, and pipelines; and coiled tubing pipes and composite pipes. Its Distribution Services segment sells maintenance, repair and operating supplies, and spare parts to drill site and production locations. The company primarily serves drilling contractors, shipyards and other rig fabricators, well servicing companies, pressure pumping companies, oil and gas companies, supply stores, and pipe-running service providers. National Oilwell Varco, Inc. was founded in 1862 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Selena Maranjian]
Among holdings in which Fisher Asset Management increased its stake were AbbVie�and PetSmart. Fisher reduced its stake in lots of companies, including Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN ) and National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV ) . Banco Santander yields 9.4%, beaten down by Europe's woes. Unappreciated by many, though, is its heavy involvement in Latin America, where it benefits from faster growth rates. The bank's most recent quarter improved on results from the previous quarter. Its stock valuation could be more compelling, but it does offer a huge yield.
- [By Isac Simon]
Some solid performance
Oilfield services companies have been performing quite well and I believe will continue to do so. Halliburton (NYSE: HAL ) has been up 23% in the past 12 months. The company's drilling and evaluation and well completion services have seen sustained demand thanks to the various complexities involved in shale oil drilling. National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV ) , on the other hand, is the industry leader when it comes to offshore drilling equipment. This company is a seasoned player in the industry and through its three divisions -- rig technology, petroleum services and supplies, and distribution and transmission. In short, National is a one-stop shop for all oilfield-related services.
Top 10 Up And Coming Companies For 2014: CBRE Group Inc (CBG)
CBRE Group, Inc., incorporated on February 20, 2001, is a holding company that conducts all of its operations through its indirect subsidiaries. The Company is a commercial real estate services firm. The Company offers a range of services to occupiers, owners, lenders and investors in office, retail, industrial, multi-family and other types of commercial real estate. As of December 31, 2011, it operated approximately 300 offices worldwide, providing commercial real estate services under the CBRE brand name, investment management services under the CBRE Global Investors brand name and development services under the Trammell Crow brand name. CBRE Services, Inc., its direct wholly owned subsidiary, is also a holding company and is the primary obligor or issuer with respect to most of its long-term indebtedness. The Company operates in five segments: Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific, Global Investment Management and Development Services. In March 2014, the Company acquired VALTEQ Gesellschaft mbH and its subsidiaries.
The Americas
The Americas segment consisted of operations throughout the United States and Canada, as well as markets in Latin America. Its operations are wholly owned, but also include independent affiliated offices, which license the use of the CBRE and CB Richard Ellis names in their local markets in return for payments of annual royalty fees to the Company and an agreement to cross-refer business between the Company and the affiliate. Its advisory services businesses offer occupier/tenant and investor/owner services that meet the full spectrum of marketplace needs, including real estate services, capital markets and valuation. Within advisory services, its service lines are Real Estate Services, Capital Markets and Valuation.
The Company provides strategic advice and execution to owners, investors and occupiers of real estate in connection with leasing, disposition and acquisition of property. It generates revenue from ! existing United States real estate sales and leasing clients in 2011. This includes referrals from its contractual fee-for-services businesses, such as facilities and property management, mortgage loan servicing and investment management provided by CBRE Global Investors. The Company offers clients integrated investment sales and debt/equity financing services under the CBRE Capital Markets brand. The Company provides valuation services that include market value appraisals, litigation support, discounted cash flow analyses and feasibility and fairness opinions.
Outsourcing commercial real estate services is a long-term trend in its industry, with corporations, institutions, public sector entities, health care providers and others. Its outsourcing services primarily include two business lines that seek to capitalize on this trend: corporate services and asset services. The Company provides a suite of services to corporate users of real estate, including transaction management, project management, facilities management, strategic consulting, portfolio management and other services. Its clients are global corporations, health care providers and public sector entities with geographically-diverse real estate portfolios. Project management services are typically provided on a portfolio-wide or programmatic basis. Facilities management involves the day-to-day management of client-occupied space and includes headquarter buildings, regional offices, administrative offices and manufacturing and distribution facilities. The Company provides property management, construction management, marketing, leasing, accounting and financial services on a contractual basis for income-producing office, industrial and retail properties owned by local, regional and institutional investors. It provides these services through a network of real estate experts in markets throughout the United States.
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
The Company�� Europe, Middle East and Africa, segment, ! operates ! in 44 countries with operations primarily conducted through a number of indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. The operations are located in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain and the United Kingdom. Its operations in these countries generally provide a range of services to the commercial property sector. Additionally, it provides some residential property services, primarily in France, Spain and the United Kingdom. Within EMEA, its services are organized along the same lines as in the Americas, including brokerage, investment properties, corporate services, valuation/appraisal services, asset management services and facilities management, among others.
In France, it has operations in Aix in Provence, Bagnolet, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montreuil, Montrouge, Neuilly Sur Seine, Saint Denis and Toulouse. Its German operations are located in Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart. Its presence in Italy includes operations in Milan, Modena, Rome and Turin. Its operations in the Netherlands are located in Amsterdam, Almere, the Hague, Hoofddorp and Rotterdam. Itsoperations in Russia consist of an office in Moscow. In Spain, it provides full-service coverage through its offices in Barcelona, Madrid, Marbella, Palma de Mallorca and Valencia. The Company is a commercial real estate services company in the United Kingdom. In London, it provides a range of commercial property real estate services to investment and corporate clients.
The Company has affiliated offices that provide commercial real estate services under its brand name in several countries throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Its agreements with these independent offices include licenses to use the CBRE and CB Richard Ellis names in the relevant territory in return for payments of annual royalty fees to the Company. In addition, these agreements also include business cross-referral arrangements between the Company and its affiliates.
Asia Pacific!
The Company�� Asia Pacific segment operates in 13 countries with operations primarily conducted through a number of indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. It is a provider a range of real estate services to corporations throughout the region, similar to the range of services provided by its Americas and EMEA segments. Its principal operations in Asia are located in China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. In addition, it has agreements with affiliate offices in the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia that generate royalty fees and support cross-referral arrangements similar to its EMEA segment.
Global Investment Management
The Company�� operations in Global Investment Management segment are conducted through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary CBRE Global Investors, LLC and its global affiliates, which it also refers to as CBRE Global Investors. CBRE Global Investors provides investment management services to pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, foundations, endowments and other institutional investors seeking to generate returns and diversification through investment in real estate. It sponsors investment programs that span the risk/return spectrum across three continents: North America, Europe and Asia. CBRE Global Investors��investment programs are organized into four primary categories, which include direct real estate investments through separate accounts and sponsored equity and debt funds, as well as indirect real estate investments through listed securities and multi manager funds of funds. As of December 31, 2011, its portfolio of consolidated real estate held for investment consisted of one industrial property and three multi-family/residential properties, all located in the United States.
Development Services
The Company�� operations in Development Services segment are conducted through its indirect wholly owned subsidiaries Trammell Crow Company, Trammell Crow S! ervices, ! Inc. (both of which merged into Trammell Crow Company, LLC effective January 1, 2012) and certain of its subsidiaries, providing development services primarily in the United States to users of and investors in commercial real estate, as well as for its own account. Trammell Crow Company pursues opportunistic, risk-mitigated development and investment in commercial real estate across a wide spectrum of property types, including industrial, office and retail properties; healthcare facilities of all types (medical office buildings, hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers); higher education facilities (primarily student housing); and residential/mixed-use projects.
Trammell Crow Company acts as the manager of development projects, providing services that are in all stages of the process, including site identification, due diligence and acquisition; evaluating project feasibility, budgeting, scheduling and cash flow analysis; procurement of approvals and permits, including zoning and other entitlements; project finance advisory services; coordination of project design and engineering; construction bidding and management as well as tenant finish coordination; and project close-out and tenant move coordination. As of December 31, 2011, its portfolio of consolidated real estate consisted of land, industrial, office and retail properties and mixed-use projects.
The Company competes with Cushman & Wakefield, Jones Lang LaSalle and Grubb & Ellis.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Seth Jayson]
CBRE Group (NYSE: CBG ) is expected to report Q1 earnings on April 25. Here's what Wall Street wants to see:
The 10-second takeaway
Comparing the upcoming quarter to the prior-year quarter, average analyst estimates predict CBRE Group's revenues will grow 7.8% and EPS will grow 28.6%.
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