John Vechey of PopCap Games recently joined The Motley Fool for a climate change summit. His first panel guests are Dr. Rachel Cleetus and Dr. Joe Casola. Dr. Cleetus is a climate economist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, where she advocates for effective global warming policies at the state, regional, federal, and international levels. Dr. Casola is program director for science and impacts at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, which works to assess the current state of knowledge regarding climate change and its impacts, and to promote actions that strengthen climate resilience.
Carbon dioxide levels have skyrocketed in the last 50 years, and scientists agree that humans are the cause. Dr. Cleetus reveals what may come as a surprise: Many economists actually agree on how we should respond.
Top 5 International Stocks To Buy For 2014: LJ International Inc.(JADE)
LJ International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and sale of precious and color gemstones, and diamond jewelry. The company offers colored jewelry; and pieces set in yellow gold, white gold, or sterling silver, as well as adorned with colored stones, diamonds, pearls, and precious stones. Its product line includes earrings, necklaces, pendants, rings, and bracelets. The company distributes its products to fine jewelers, national jewelry chains, department stores, TV shopping channels, discount chain stores, and electronic and specialty retailers in North America and Western Europe. It also involves in the retail of jewelry products under the ENZO brand. As of December 31, 2010, the company operated 133 ENZO stores in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Macau. In addition, it owns commercial and residential properties in Hong Kong, which are held primarily for lease. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
Top 5 International Stocks To Buy For 2014: B2Gold Corp(BTO.TO)
B2Gold Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, and exploration of mineral properties. It primarily explores for gold and silver deposits. The company?s property portfolio comprises the La Libertad gold mine and the El Limon gold mine in Nicaragua; Ojtikoto gold project in Namibia; Cebollati property in Uruguay; Bellavista property in Costa Rica; and Quebradona, Gramalote, and Mocoa properties in Colombia. B2Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Top 10 Growth Stocks To Own For 2014: Los Andes Copper Ltd. (LA.V)
Los Andes Copper Ltd. engages in the identification, acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Latin America. It focuses on the Vizcachitas porphyry copper�molybdenum project located 120 kilometers north of Santiago, Region V, Chile. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Top 5 International Stocks To Buy For 2014: PROS Holdings Inc.(PRO)
PROS Holdings, Inc. provides pricing and margin optimization software worldwide. It offers PROS Pricing Solution Suite, a set of integrated software products that enables enterprises to apply pricing and margin optimization science to determine, analyze, and execute optimal pricing strategies through the aggregation and analysis of enterprise application data, transactional data, and market information. The PROS Pricing Solution Suite consists of Scientific Analytics to gain insight into pricing performance; Price Optimizer to institute control of pricing policies; and Deal Optimizer to provide guidelines, additional context, and information to sales force. Its products also include PROS Revenue Management Solution Suite, a suite of industry specific revenue management software products for the enterprises in travel target markets. The PROS Revenue Management Solution Suite comprises PROS Analytics to identify hidden revenue leaks and opportunities, PROS Revenue Management product to manage passenger demand with leg- or segment-based revenue optimization, PROS O&D products to manage passenger demand with passenger name record or PNR based revenue optimization, PROS Real-Time Dynamic Pricing product to determine the optimal prices, PROS Group Revenue Management product to manage group request and booking revenues, PROS Network Revenue Planning product to deliver network-oriented fare class segmentation, PROS Cruise Pricing and Revenue Optimization for customers to understand consumers price sensitivities and track competitor behavior, PROS Hotel Revenue Optimization product that helps customers to enhance pricing decision. In addition, the company provides pricing and implementation professional, and ongoing support and maintenance services. It serves customers in the manufacturing, distribution, services, hotel and cruise, and airline industries primarily through its direct sales force. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Fernandez]
PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO), is a leading provider of pricing and revenue optimization software worldwide, in five major markets: airline, hotel, cruise, manufacturing and services.
PROS has proprietary pricing algorithms and systems that have been developed and refined over many years of implementation and experience, that provide the company with a distinct competitive advantage over the many rivals that troll the pricing optimization space.
When I recommended the purchase of PROS shares, I did not fully appreciate the potential severity of the downturn in IT spending, and the markets in which PROS operates.
Even with the stock trading around $7.00 per share, I thought that there was more downside risk than upside potential.
With shares now trading at $5.50 as of this writing, recommending selling shares at $7.00 when I did was indeed a prudent thing to do, as the shares are now down over 20% from where I recommended they be sold not too long ago.
I detailed my exact reasons for selling shares of PROS here.
The question now becomes, with the shares significantly lower than before, is PROS actually a bargain at these prices? (See page 2)
I definitely think we are getting there, but wouldn’t venture to guess until after their next earnings announcement on 11-6-08.
- [By Jake Lynch]
Jefferies' 2011 energy pick with the greatest upside potential is Frontline(FRO_), an owner and operator of tankers that are used to transport oil, coal and iron ore. Frontline has a market value of only $2 billion, so it's a small-cap and not particularly popular.
The company's sales have dropped 9% in 12 months, but its net income has increased 18%. In the third quarter, Frontline swung to a profit of $13 million, or 16 cents a share, from a loss of $5.6 million, or seven cents, in the year-earlier period. Its sales grew 7.8%. Like Jefferies' other energy picks, Frontline trades at a peer discount, costing 11-times trailing earnings, 14-times forward earnings and 6.2-times cash flow. The multiples represent discounts of 42%, 38% and 32% to peer averages. The stock offers a dividend.
Quarterly distributions vary widely. The quarterly payout has been as high as $3 a share in 2008, equivalent to 6% of the stock price when paid. In the latest quarter, the dividend fell from 75 cents to 25 cents. If the 25 cent payout is maintained, then the stock will yield 4% in the next year. On Tuesday, Deutsche Bank upgraded Frontline to "buy" with a $32 12-month target, suggesting 27% of upside. Jefferies' $35 target suggests 39% upside. Other analysts dissent. Just six rate Frontline's stock "buy" while eight rate it "hold" and 12 rank it "sell."
Top 5 International Stocks To Buy For 2014: Ceragon Networks Ltd.(CRNT)
Ceragon Networks Ltd. offers wireless backhaul solutions that enable cellular operators and other wireless service providers to deliver voice and data services. Its wireless backhaul solutions use microwave technology to transfer large amounts of telecommunication traffic between base stations and the core of the service provider?s network. The company offers Internet protocol (IP) based FibeAir IP-10E/IP-MAX2, a high-capacity Ethernet that is used in wireless backhaul for carriers, private networks, and metro area networks; FibeAir IP-10G/IP-MAX2, a high-capacity multi-service, which is used in wireless backhaul for carriers and private networks; FibeAir 2000/4800, an unlicensed multi-service for private networks and business access; FibeAir/1500R, a high-capacity SDH/SONET for wireless backhaul and metro area networks; and FibeAir 3200T, a high-capacity circuit-switched TDM for wireless backhaul and long distance networks. It also provides advanced pure IP/Ethernet solu tions to wireless broadband service providers, as well as to businesses and public institutions that operate their own private communications networks. In addition, the company offers turnkey project services, including network and radio planning, site survey, solutions development, installation, maintenance, and training services. It sells its products through various channels, including direct sales, original equipment manufacturers, resellers, distributors, and system integrators in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company was formerly known as Giganet Ltd. and changed its name to Ceragon Networks Ltd. in September 2000. Ceragon Networks Ltd. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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