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Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Diploma(DPLM.L)
Diploma PLC supplies specialized technical products and services in Europe, North America, and internationally. The company?s Life Sciences segment supplies consumables, instrumentation, and related services to the healthcare and environmental industries. This segment offers consumables and instruments used in the diagnostic testing of blood, tissue, and other samples in hospital pathology laboratories; specialty electrosurgery and endoscopy equipment, and consumables for use in the operating rooms and endoscopy suites; analyzers for detecting and measuring specific elements in liquids, solids, and gases, as well as containment enclosures for potent powder handling; and equipment and services for the monitoring and control of environmental emissions. The company?s Seals segment supplies hydraulic seals, gaskets, cylinders, components, and kits for heavy mobile machinery and industrial equipment. This segment provides a next day delivery service for seals, seal kits, and cylinders used in heavy mobile machinery applications; gasket and seal kits for heavy duty diesel engines, transmissions, and hydraulic cylinders used in off road and marine applications; hydraulic kits to install attachments on excavators; O-rings, moulded and machined parts, PTFE products, and shaft seals; and precision seals for hearing aids and heavy duty seals for wind power mills. The company?s Controls segment supplies specialized wiring, connectors, fasteners, and control devices for technically demanding applications. This segment offers wiring, interconnect, electro-mechanical, and fastener products for use in a range of technically demanding applications in various industries, including defense and aerospace, motorsport, energy, medical, and general industrial; flexible braided products and multi-core cables; and control devices used in the sensing, measurement, and control of temperature and pressure. Diploma PLC was incorporated in 1931 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Celadon Group Inc.(CGI)
Celadon Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides transportation services between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It offers a range of truckload transportation services, including long-haul, regional, less-than-truckload, intermodal, and logistics services. The company transports various types of freight comprising tobacco, consumer goods, automotive parts, home products and fixtures, lawn tractors and assorted equipment, light bulbs, and various parts for engines. It also operates an e-commerce business that provides discounted fuel, tires, insurance, and other products and services to small and medium-sized trucking companies through its website, www.truckersb2b.com. In addition, the company provides warehousing and trucking services, as well as freight brokerage services. Celadon Group, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Hot Penny Companies To Watch In Right Now: Celsion Corporation(CLSN)
Celsion Corporation, an oncology drug development company, develops and commercializes targeted chemotherapeutic oncology drugs based on its proprietary heat-activated liposomal technology. The company is developing its lead product, ThermoDox that is in Phase III clinical trial for primary liver cancer; and in phase II clinical trial for treatment of recurrent chest wall breast cancer. It has a license agreement with Yakult Honsha to commercialize and market ThermoDox for the Japanese market. The company also has a license agreement with Duke University under which it received exclusive rights to commercialize and use Duke's thermo-liposome technology. In addition, Celsion Corporation has a joint research agreement with Royal Phillips Electronics to evaluate the combination of Phillips' high intensity focused ultrasound with its ThermoDox to determine the potential of this combination to treat a range of cancers. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Columbia, M aryland.
Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Newcastle Investment Corp (NCT)
Newcastle Investment Corp. (Newcastle) is a real estate investment and finance company. Newcastle invests in, and actively manages, a portfolio of, real estate securities, loans, excess mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) and other real estate related assets. The Company segments include unlevered CDOs, which include unlevered investments in deconsolidated Newcastle CDO debt; unlevered excess MSRs; non-recourse other, which includes investments financed with other non-recourse debt; recourse, which includes investments and debt repurchases financed with recourse debt; unlevered other, which includes other unlevered investments, and corporate. In April 2011, Newcastle sold its retained interests in Newcastle CDO VII, a non-consolidated VIE of Newcastle. On May 15, 2013, the Company announced the spin-off of New Residential Investment Corp. In June 2013, Newcastle Investment Corp completed the sale of 100% of the assets in Newcastle CDO IV.
Real Estate Securities
Newcastle underwrite, acquire and manage a portfolio of credit sensitive real estate securities, including commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS), senior unsecured real estate investment trust (REIT) debt issued by REITs, real estate related asset backed securities (ABS), including subprime securities, and Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)/ Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) securities. As of December 31, 2011, the Company�� real estate securities represented 47.4% of its assets.
Real Estate Related Loans
Newcastle acquires and originates loans to real estate owners, including B-notes, mezzanine loans, corporate bank loans, and whole loans. As of December 31, 2011, the Company�� real estate related loans represented 22.3% of its assets.
Residential Mortgage Loans
Newcastle acquires residential mortgage loans, including manufactured housing loans and subprime mortgage loans. As of December 31, 2011, the Company�� residential mortgage loans rep! resented 9.1% of its assets.
Operating Real Estate
Newcastle acquires and manages direct and indirect interests in operating real estate. As of December 31, 2011, the Company�� operating real estate represented 0.9% of its assets.
Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights
Newcastle invested in excess MSRs in December 2011. As of December 31, 2011, the Company�� interests in these rights represented 1.2% of its assets.
Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Invest In Right Now: US Ecology Inc.(ECOL)
US Ecology, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides waste treatment, disposal, recycling, and transportation services to commercial and government entities in the United States. The company offers treatment and disposal services for radioactive, hazardous, polychlorinated biphenyl, and non-hazardous industrial wastes. Its customers include oil refineries, chemical production facilities, manufacturers, electric utilities, steel mills, biotechnology companies, military installations, waste brokers/aggregators, and medical and academic institutions. The company was formerly known as American Ecology Corporation and changed its name to US Ecology, Inc. in February 2010. US Ecology, Inc. was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.
Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Liontrust Asset Management(LIO.L)
Liontrust Asset Management plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to individuals and institutional investors through its subsidiaries. Through its subsidiaries, it manages equity portfolios, unit trusts, individual savings accounts, offshore funds, absolute return funds, pooled pension funds, and segregated institutional accounts for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity markets of United Kingdom and Europe through its subsidiaries. Through its subsidiaries, it primarily invests in growth stocks of companies to create its equity portfolios. Liontrust Asset Management plc was founded in 1994 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Columbus McKinnon Corporation(CMCO)
Columbus McKinnon Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets material handling products for commercial and industrial end-user markets in the United States, Europe, Canada, and internationally. The company offers electric, lever, hand, and air-powered hoists; hoist trolleys; winches; industrial crane systems, such as bridge, gantry, and jib cranes; alloy and carbon steel chains; closed-die forged attachments comprising hooks, shackles, textile slings, clamps, logging tools, and load binders; industrial components, including mechanical and electromechanical actuators and rotary unions; below-the-hook special purpose lifters; tire shredders; and light-rail systems. It offers its products through commercial distributors and end-users under various names, including Budgit, Chester, CM, Coffing, Duff-Norton, Little Mule, Pfaff, Shaw-Box, and Yale. The company sells its products to various industries that include manufacturing, power generation and distribution, utilities, w ind power, warehouses, commercial construction, oil exploration and refining, petrochemical, marine, ship building, transportation and heavy duty trucking, agriculture, logging, and mining, as well as to the entertainment industry comprising permanent and traveling concerts, live theater, and sporting venues. Columbus McKinnon Corporation was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Amherst, New York.
Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Biogen Idec Inc(BIIB)
Biogen Idec Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, hemophilia, and autoimmune disorders in the United States and internationally. Its marketed products include the AVONEX for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS); RITUXAN for treating relapsed or refractory, CD20-positive, and B-cell Non-Hodgkin?s lymphoma (NHL); TYSABRI to treat relapsing MS; FUMADERM for the treatment of severe plaque psoriasis in adult patients; and FAMPYRA, an oral compound for the improvement of walking in adult patients with MS with walking disability. Biogen Idec Inc.?s products under Phase III consist of PEGylated interferon beta-1a designed to prolong the effects and reduce the dosing frequency of interferon beta-1a; BG-12 for the treatment of MS; Daclizumab, a monoclonal antibody in relapsing MS; Long-lasting factor IX and VIII fusion protein for the treatment of hemophilia B; GA101, a monoclonal antibody for t he treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and NHL; and Dexpramipexole, an orally administered small molecule for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The company?s Phase I clinical trial products include Anti-LINGO for use in multiple sclerosis, Neublastin for use in neuropathic pain, CD40L for use in systemic lupus erythematosus, ANTI-TWAEK humanized monoclonal antibody for TWEAK, and BIIB037 for use in Alzheimer's disease; and Phase II clinical trial product comprises OCRELIZUMAB, a humanized monoclonal antibody for treating CD20. It has collaboration agreements with Genentech, Inc.; Elan Pharma International, Ltd; Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.; Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB; Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp; and Vernalis plc. The company was formerly known as IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation and changed its name to Biogen Idec Inc. in November 2003. Biogen Idec Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Weston, Massachusetts.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Ben Levisohn]
They did, however, show passion for Autonation (AN), which gained 3.1% to $46.76, benefiting, I suppose, from demand for Ford’s (F) Fusion. Biotech stocks continued their strong run today. Biogen (BIIB) gained 2.1% to $214.13, while Celgene (CELG) rose 2.5% to $142.58.
- [By Ben Levisohn]
While we lean positive on the large cap names across the board, including Neutral-rated names [Biogen (BIIB)] and [Celgene (CELG)], we single out [Gilead Sciences (GILD)] as our favourite into YE13e and into 2014. Among mid caps, we favor…[Medivation (MDVN).]
Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Jeffersonville Bancorp(JFBC)
Jeffersonville Bancorp operates as the holding company for The First National Bank of Jeffersonville, a national-chartered bank that provides a range of commercial banking services to individuals, businesses, and municipalities. The company accepts various types of deposit products, including demand deposit accounts, interest-bearing transaction accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. It also offers residential real estate, commercial real estate, commercial business, consumer, and agricultural loans. The company serves customers in the Sullivan County, New York, as well as in some areas of adjacent counties in New York and Pennsylvania. As of December 31, 2010, it operated 11 branch offices in Bloomingburg, Eldred, Liberty, Loch Sheldrake, Monticello, Livingston Manor, Narrowsburg, Callicoon, Wurtsboro, White Lake, and Monticello. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Jeffersonville, New York.
Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund Inc(RQI)
Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund Inc. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in growth stocks of companies operating in real estate sector. It employs fundamental analysis focusing on underlying potential for success in light of the company?s current financial condition, its industry and sector position, economic and market condition, earnings growth, current ratio of debt to capital and the quality of its management. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P 500 index and the FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT index. It was previously known as Cohen & Steers Income Realty Fund Inc. Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund Inc was formed on August 22, 2001 and is domiciled in the United States.
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