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Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: B2Gold Corp (BTG)
B2Gold Corp. (B2Gold) is a gold producer with mining operations in Nicaragua and a portfolio of development and exploration assets in Colombia, Nicaragua and Uruguay. It operates the Libertad Mine and the Limon Mine in Nicaragua. It owns or has an interest in the Gramalote and Mocoa properties in Colombia, and the Bellavista property in Costa Rica. La Libertad Mine is located 110 kilometers east of Managua. The Limon Mine is located approximately 100 kilometers northwest of Managua and 20 kilometers from the Pan- American Highway. The Otjikoto gold project is located approximately 300 kilometers north of Namibia�� capital city, Windhoek. The Gramalote property is located approximately 230 kilometers northwest of the Colombian capital of Bogota and approximately 80 kilometers northeast of Medellin. The Gramalote property area is covered by 31 contiguous claim blocks totaling 42,790.09 hectares. In Jnauary 2013, the Company acquired CGA Mining Ltd.
Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: Paychex Inc.(PAYX)
Paychex Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small-to medium-sized businesses in the United States and Germany. It offers payroll processing services, including calculation, preparation, and delivery of employee payroll checks; production of internal accounting records and management reports; preparation of federal, state, and local payroll tax returns; and collection and remittance of clients? payroll obligations. The company also provides payroll tax administration services; employee payment services; and regulatory compliance services, such as new-hire reporting and garnishment processing. Its human resource outsourcing services include payroll, employer compliance, human resource and employee benefits administration, risk management outsourcing, and the on-site availability of a professionally trained human resource representative, as well as provides employee handbooks, management manuals, and r equired regulatory forms. In addition, the company offers retirement services administration; workers? compensation; business-owner policies; commercial auto; and health and benefits coverage, including health, dental, vision, and life. Further, it provides online human resource administration software products for employee benefits management and administration, and time and attendance solutions. As of May 31, 2010, the company served approximately 536,000 clients in the United States; and 1,700 clients in Germany. Paychex, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.
Volex plc provides electrical and optical connection solutions for equipment manufacturers in telecoms/datacoms, healthcare, consumer products, and industrial sectors in Asia, North America, South America, and Europe. Its products comprise power cords; custom and industry standard cable assemblies; high speed cable assemblies; fiber optic cable assemblies, such as indoor and outdoor assemblies, plastic optic assemblies, diode lasers, splitters, attenuators, adapters, optical distribution frames, fiber enclosures, and accessories; and radio frequency (RF) cable assemblies consisting of standard coaxial cable assemblies, precision phase matched assemblies, and compound data and RF injection molded assemblies. The company offers its interconnect solutions and power products to manufacturers of electrical/electronic devices and appliances, including laptop/desktop computers, printers, televisions, DVDs, games consoles, power tools, kitchen appliances, and floor cleaning equipm ent; customized interconnect solutions to manufacturers of equipment servicing the telecoms network, high-performance computing, and data-centre markets. Volex plc provides its cable assembly and connector solutions for medical equipment field comprising imaging systems, clinical diagnostics systems, and patient monitoring systems; and cable assemblies for industrial markets, such as test and measurement equipment, manufacturing/automation, refrigeration, vehicle telematics, and renewable energy. The company was formerly known as Volex Group plc and changed its name to Volex plc in August 2011. Volex plc is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: IMPERIAL METALS CORP.(III.TO)
Imperial Metals Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, mining, and production of base and precious metals. The company holds interests in properties situated in British Columbia, including the Mount Polley open pit copper/gold mine covering 18,321 hectares, which consists of 7 mining leases totaling 2,007 hectares, as well as 41 mineral claims encompassing 16,315 hectares located in the northeast of Williams Lake; Huckleberry open pit copper/molybdenum mine consisting of a mining lease covering approximately 1,912 hectares, and 38 mineral claims encompassing approximately 16,594 hectares situated southwest of Houston; Red Chris copper/gold deposit encompassing 68 mineral claims totaling 16,994 hectares located in the village of Iskut; and Ruddock Creek zinc/lead property consisting of 23 mineral claims totalling 11,047 hectares located northeast of Kamloops. It also holds interests in the Sterling gold property comprising 272 lode mining claims l ocated northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada; and Catface copper/molybdenum property situated on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: Novadx Ventures Corp. (NDX.V)
NovaDX Ventures Corp. is a principal investment firm. The firm prefers to make direct investments in projects. Within direct investments it invests in those projects whose assets are undervalued and which can be among the lowest cost producers of commodities or processors of feed stocks. The firm also makes equity investments in net smelter royalties. It seeks to invest in acquisition of production payments or net profit interests, purchase of debt, convertible equity, secured loans or guarantees, purchase of IPOs, and participates in reorganization, privatizations, mergers, and consolidations. NovaDX Ventures Corp. is based in Vancouver, British Colombia.
Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: Cirrus Logic Inc.(CRUS)
Cirrus Logic, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, develops high-precision analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for audio and energy markets worldwide. The company offers analog and mixed-signal audio converter and audio digital signal processor (DSP) products, which include analog-to-digital converters (ADCs); digital-to-analog converters (DACs); chips for integrating ADCs and DACs into an IC; digital interface ICs; volume controls; and digital amplifiers, as well as audio DSPs for consumer electronics applications. Its audio products are used in various consumer applications, including portable media players, smartphones, tablets, AVRs, DVD and Blu-ray disc players, home theater systems, set-top boxes, MP3 players, gaming devices, sound cards, and digital televisions; professional applications comprising digital mixing consoles, multitrack digital recorders, and effects processors; automotive applications consisting of amplifiers, satellite radio systems, telematics, and multi-speaker car-audio systems; and networked digital audio applications. The company also provides high-precision analog and mixed-signal ICs for energy control, energy measurement, and energy exploration applications; and ICs, board-level modules, and hybrids under the Apex Precision Power brand name for high-power pulse width modulation (PWM) and power amplifier applications; and proprietary products, which include ADCs, DACs, linear amplifiers, PWM amplifiers, and amplifier ICs; and system reference designs. Its energy products are used in digital utility meters, power supplies, lighting ballasts, motor control, energy exploration, and high-power systems. The company sells its products primarily to through direct sales force, external sales representatives, and distributors. Cirrus Logic, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: Two Harbors Investment Corp (TWO)
Two Harbors Investment Corp. (Two Harbors), incorporated on May 21, 2009, operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is focused on investing in, financing and managing residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), residential mortgage loans, residential real properties, and other financial assets. The Company focuses on security selection and implements a relative value investment approach across various sectors within the residential mortgage market. Its target assets include Agency RMBS, Non-Agency RMBS, residential mortgage loans, residential real properties and other financial assets comprising approximately 5% to 10% of the portfolio. The Company has designated certain of its subsidiaries as taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRSs). Capitol Acquisition Corp. (Capitol) is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Two Harbors. The Company is externally managed and advised by PRCM Advisers LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pine River Capital Management L.P. (Pine River).
The Company invests primarily in mortgage pass-through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations and other residential mortgage-backed securities representing interests in or obligations backed by pools of mortgage loans issued by Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) (collectively GSEs). The Company also invests in residential mortgage-backed securities that are not issued by the GSEs (non-Agency RMBS) and United States Treasuries. At December 31, 2011, the Company had total assets of approximately $8.1 billion, of which $6.2 billion, or 77.1%, represented its RMBS portfolio. At December 31, 2011, $5.1 billion, or 80.9%, of its RMBS portfolio was comprised of Agency RMBS, $0.9 billion, or 14.9%, of its RMBS portfolio was comprised of senior non-Agency RMBS, and the remaining $0.2 billion, or 4.2%, was comprised of other non-Agency RMBS. The remaining $1.9 billion of assets consisted p! rimarily of United States Treasuries classified as trading instruments, cash, restricted cash, mortgage loans held-for-sale, receivables, derivative assets and prepaid assets.
Advisors' Opinion: Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: Domino Printing(DNO.L)
Domino Printing Sciences plc engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of industrial printing equipment, controllers, and consumables for the high-speed printing of variable information. Its primary products include printers, controllers, consumables, fluids, and spare parts, as well as provides after sales support services. The company also offers black ink for a range of plastic-based substrates; coding and marking solutions to identify, authenticate, and personalize products; and codes and marks for protection of brand value. In addition, Domino Printing Sciences plc provides various technology solutions, including ink jet, thermal ink jet, scribing laser, binary, thermal transfer overprinting, drop on demand, print and apply labelling machinery, and laser printers. Further, it offers digital printing technologies, which are used in Web-based applications. Domino Printing Sciences plc serves beverage, binding, cable and wire, construction, cosmetics and personal care, electronics, finishing, food, games management, mailing, pharmaceutical, plastic cards, newspaper, postal systems, and tobacco, as well as for tickets, tags, and labels industries. The company distributes its products through third party distributors primarily in North America, South America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and the Middle East/Africa. Domino Printing Sciences plc was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.
Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: Lance Inc.(LNCE)
Snyder?s-Lance, Inc. manufactures, markets, and distributes snack food products primarily in the United States. Its products include pretzels, sandwich crackers, kettle chips, cookies, potato chips, tortilla chips, other salty snacks, sugar wafers, nuts, and restaurant style crackers. The company sells its products principally under the Snyder?s of Hanover, Lance, Cape Cod, Krunchers!, Jays, Tom?s, Archway, Grande, Stella D?oro, O-Ke-Doke, EatSmart, and Padrinos brand names. It also purchases and sells cakes, meat snacks, and candy under its brands, as well as partner brand products for resale. Snyder?s-Lance, Inc. sells its products through direct-store-delivery network, distributors, and direct sales to grocery/mass merchandisers, convenience stores, club stores, discount stores, food service establishments, drug stores, schools, military and government facilities, recreational facilities, offices, and other independent retailers. The company was formerly known as L ance, Inc. and changed its name to Snyder?s-Lance, Inc. in December 2010. Snyder?s-Lance, Inc. was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina with additional offices in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: McGraw Hill Financial Inc (MHFI)
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. incorporated on December 29, 1925, is a financial intelligence company. The Company is engaged in credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics for the global capital and commodity markets. The Company�� brands include Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Platts, CRISIL, J.D. Power & Associates, McGraw Hill Construction and Aviation Week. The Company�� credit ratings, indices, price assessments and other capabilities provide clients with the intelligence to manage risk. Standard & Poor�� Ratings Services helps investors and markets participants measure and manage credit risk through credit ratings, research and analytics. S&P Capital IQ is a provider of real-time data, research and analytics to institutional investors, investment and commercial banks, investment advisors and wealth managers, corporations and universities globally. On March 22, 2013, the Company sold McGraw-Hill Education. Effective July 18, 2013, McGraw Hill Financial Inc acquired a remaining undisclosed interest which it did not already own in Tata McGraw-Hill Education Pvt Ltd from Tata charitable trust. In August 2013, McGraw Hill Financial Inc completed the sale of Aviation Week to Penton.
The Company provides a range of capabilities designed to help track performance, generate alpha, identify new trading and investment ideas, and perform risk analysis and mitigation strategies. The Company�� S&P Dow Jones Indices is the provider of financial market indices. Its Platts is a provider of information and a source of benchmark price assessments for the energy, petrochemicals, metals and agriculture markets. J.D. Power & Associates is a global marketing information services company operating in business sectors, including customer satisfaction research, market research, social media research, and performance improvement programs. McGraw Hill Construction connects people, projects, and products across the design and construction industry. AVIATION WEEK is! the multimedia information and services provider to the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries.
Courtesy of StockCharts.com In my opinion, GLD needs to hold the $125 level in order to retain its technical strength and continue to gain additional steam. If it can form a higher low and blast off above its August high, then we may see a run for the 200-day moving average (red line) which would bring additional asset flows back into this sector. The Bull Case The Fed may ultimately be the catalyst that sets this precious metal on fire as Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments generally tend to fuel speculation about inflation, currency risks and economic growth potential. These are all key elements in the fundamental case for owning gold along with the safe haven aspect of a hard asset in favor of paper stock or bonds. If we see a misstep by the Fed this week that sends stocks lower, then we may witness a flight to quality back into GLD and other precious metals exchange-traded funds. Another supportive factor in the gold debate is the deterioration in the U.S. dollar index, which has been under pressure since the July low in gold. A weaker dollar is typically bullish for precious metals. The Bear Case On the flip side, Goldman Sachs recently forecast that gold would fall to new lows on the back of a fresh acceleration in the U.S. economy in 2014. There is certainly a case for this to occur if the Fed gives the market what it needs and we see a liftoff in stock prices. This scenario would likely negate the safety trade in gold and lure risk takers back into stocks and other high-yield securities.
