Asian stocks headed for their longest losing streak since November as a stronger yen weakened the profit outlook for Japanese exporters and China signaled it will tolerate slower growth.
Nissan Motor Co., Asia�� third-largest carmaker, slid 6.8 percent in Tokyo as the yen gained against the dollar. David Jones Ltd. lost 0.8 percent as sales at Australia�� second-biggest department-store operator missed analyst estimates. 361 Degrees International Ltd. (1361) sank 9.1 percent in Hong Kong after the sportswear manufacturer projected a profit drop.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slid 1.3 percent to 136.80 as of 2:23 p.m in Hong Kong, the lowest since April 19, a fifth day of declines. Almost two stocks fell for each that rose and all 10 industry groups on the gauge retreated. The measure lost 2.7 percent last week, the most since July, as speculation grew the Federal Reserve will reduce its bond purchases as the economy improves and China manufacturing data missed estimates.
10 Best International Stocks To Buy Right Now: Heritage Oaks Bancorp(HEOP)
Heritage Oaks Bancorp operates as the holding company for Heritage Oaks Bank that provides commercial banking services to retail customers, and small to medium-sized businesses in California. The company offers various deposit products, including interest bearing and non-interest bearing demand deposits, checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, NOW accounts, and time deposits. Its loan products comprise commercial and industrial, small business administration, agricultural, credit card, and consumer loans; real estate secured loans for multi-family residential, residential 1 to 4 family, and farmland properties, as well as home equity line of credit and commercial real estate loans; and construction loans for single family residential, tract, multi-family, hospitality, and commercial properties. In addition, the company offers residential mortgage banking, installment note collection, bank-by-mail, night depository, safe deposit boxes, online banking, and other customary banking services, as well as issues cashier?s checks and money orders, and sells travelers checks. It operates 15 branches in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Paso Robles, California.
10 Best International Stocks To Buy Right Now: Stryker Corporation(SYK)
Stryker Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a medical technology company worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Reconstructive, MedSurg, and Neurotechnology and Spine. The Reconstructive segment offers orthopaedic reconstructive (hip and knee) and trauma implant systems, as well as other related products. The MedSurg segment provides surgical equipment and surgical navigation systems; endoscopic and communications systems; patient handling and emergency medical equipment; and other related products. The Neurotechnology and Spine segment offers neurovascular products, spinal implant systems, and other related products. The company sells its products through local dealers and direct sales force to doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities, as well as through third-party dealers and distributors in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Japan, Canada, the Pacific region, and the Latin America region. Stryker Corporat ion was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Glenn]
Ronda E Stryker, who is a Director at Stryker Corp. (NYSE:SYK), sold 9,000 shares on Sep 27 at $49.50 per share for a total value of $445,523. About the company: Stryker Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty surgical and medical products. The Company’s products include implants, biologics; surgical, neurologic, ear, nose & throat and interventional pain equipment; endoscopic, surgical navigation, communications and digital imaging systems; as well as patient handling and emergency medical equipment.
- [By Sam Collins]
Global specialty surgical and medical products company, Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK), is expected to have a 12% rise in sales this year, led by the acquisition of Boston Scientific Corporation’s (NYSE: BSX) neurovascular unit.?
S&P looks for earnings of $3.72 this year, up from $3.33, and they project earnings of $4.15 in 2012. On Feb. 23, UBS raised SYK to a “buy” from a “hold.”?
Technically, the break from the double-top could give a trading target of $74.
- [By James K. Glassman]
Stryker (symbol: SYK) is a large, skillfully managed maker of medical devices, including hip and knee implants. Currently trading at 13 times projected 2013 earnings, Stryker is one of those companies you can stash in your IRA for a few decades and profit from as the world ages.
Best Defensive Stocks For 2014: Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS(TKC)
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. engages in establishing and operating a global system for mobile communications network in Turkey. It provides mobile voice, and Internet services over its mobile communications network; voice services, which include wireless telephone services on a prepaid and postpaid basis; mobile Internet and 3G services; consumer services; Telco services; TV and video services; music services; infotainment services; social community and other services; and mobile financial services The company also offers Turkcell enablers and platforms; corporate (B2B); corporate telco; authentication; location based; mobile marketing; machine-to-machine communications; and international roaming services. In addition, it provides Mobile Signature, a GSM service that enables customers to sign electronic documents and transactions with a legally-accepted digital signature using GSM SIM cards; and Mobile Billboard, which enables brands to reach their targeted customers . As of December 31, 2010, the company had approximately 23.3 million prepaid subscribers and 10.1 million postpaid subscribers. It sells its products and services through its distribution network consists of distributors, Turkcell distribution centers, corporate solution centers, non exclusive dealers, Turkcell communication centers, Turkcell stores, and consumer electronic Chains, as well as points of sale for prepaid airtime, including ATMs, POS, Web, call centers, supermarkets, and kiosks. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS is a subsidiary of Turkcell Holding A.S.
10 Best International Stocks To Buy Right Now: The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc. (CUBA)
Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. The fund is managed by Herzfeld/Cuba. It invests in the public equity markets of the Caribbean Basin Countries and the United States. The fund makes its investments in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc. was formed on March 10, 1992 and is domiciled in the United States.
10 Best International Stocks To Buy Right Now: hardy oil & gas ord usd0.01(HDY.L)
Hardy Oil and Gas plc engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties primarily in India. The company?s principal properties include PY-3 field located off the East Coast of India; CY-OS/2 block located in the northern part of the Cauvery basin and covers approximately 859 square kilometers (km2); the GS-01 exploration license located in the Saurashtra basin offshore Mumbai; AS-ONN-2000/1 exploration license located onshore Upper Assam; Block D9 covering 11,605 km2 in the Bay of Bengal; and Block D3 covering an area of 3,288 km2 in the Krishna Godavari basin. As of December 31, 2010, its total net proven and probable oil reserves amounted to 2.1 million stock tank barrels per day (mmbbl); total net contingent gas resources amounted to 174 billion cubic feet; and total net contingent oil resources amounted to 0.2 mmbbl. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
10 Best International Stocks To Buy Right Now: Dada(DA.MI)
Dada S.p.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides Web and mobile community and entertainment services in Italy and internationally. Its Dada.net division offers various products and services in the areas of digital music, mobile applications, mobile services, social community, and casual and skill games that can be enjoyed on computers, mobile phones, and smartphones for consumers, as well as produces and broadcasts two music television satellite channels. The company?s Dada.pro division is involved in the registration of Internet domains and the management of online presence for individuals and businesses. It operates Register.it, a historical leader; and simply.com, a pay-for-performance online advertising platform, which allows users to plan advertising campaigns through marketing tools, as well as develops advertising solutions for Internet and for the UMTS portals of mobile phone carriers under the Dada Ad brand. This division also provides virtual hosting servic es. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Florence, Italy. Dada S.p.A. is a subsidiary of RCS MediaGroup S.p.A.
10 Best International Stocks To Buy Right Now: Ameron International Corporation(AMN)
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. provides healthcare staffing and clinical workforce management solutions in the United States. The company?s Nurse and Allied Healthcare Staffing segment provides staffing solutions for hospitals and other healthcare facilities, including medical, surgical, specialty, licensed practical or vocational, and advanced practice nurses, as well as surgical technologists and dialysis technicians. This segment also offers allied health professionals under the Med Travelers, Club Staffing, and Rx Pro Health brand names to acute-care hospitals and other healthcare facilities, such as skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation clinics, and retail and mail-order pharmacies. These allied health professionals include physical, surgical, respiratory, and occupational therapists, as well as medical and radiology technologists, speech pathologists, rehabilitation assistants, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians. Its Locum Tenens Staffing segment places physic ians of various specialties, certified registered nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and dentists on a temporary basis as independent contractors with various healthcare organizations, including hospitals, medical groups, occupational medical clinics, individual practitioners, networks, psychiatric facilities, government institutions, and managed care entities. The company?s Physician Permanent Placement Services segment provides permanent physician placement services to hospitals, healthcare facilities, and physician practice groups under the Merritt Hawkins and Kendall & Davis brand names. This segment also offers specialty offerings, including internal medicines, family practices, and surgeries. Its Home Healthcare Services segment provide home healthcare services to individuals with acute-care illness, long-term chronic health conditions, permanent disabilities, terminal illnesses, and post-procedural needs. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in S an Diego, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Bill]
Ameron International Corporation (AMN), a California-based firm that makes water transmission lines, fiberglass-composite pipe for transporting oil, and infrastructure-related products like ready-mix concrete and lighting poles -- just the kind of company that could benefit from the federal stimulus package's infrastructure funding.
Having lived through both his own family's fall from financial grace (following his father's death when Benjamin was a young man), and, later, through the Great Depression, it's no surprise that Graham focused as much on preserving capital and limiting losses as he did on producing big gains. He liked stable, conservatively financed companies, not speculative gambles, and Ameron fits the bill. One example of why: its strong current ratio of 2.87. Graham used the current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) to get an idea of a company's liquidity (and the credit crisis has shown us all how important liquidity is).
10 Best International Stocks To Buy Right Now: Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust (EVF)
Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Eaton Vance Management. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in the securities of companies operating across the diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in senior secured floating rate loans. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index. Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust was formed on October 30, 1998 and is domiciled in the United States.
10 Best International Stocks To Buy Right Now: Euromoney Pub(ERM.L)
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, a business-to-business media group, provides business information on the finance, law, energy, metals, transport, and commodities sectors in the United Kingdom, North America, and internationally. Its Financial Publishing division offers various titles covering the international capital markets, as well as specialist financial titles, including magazines, newsletters, journals, surveys and research, directories, and books under Euromoney, Institutional Investor, Euroweek, Latin Finance, Asiamoney, Global Investor, Project Finance, Futures and Options World, EuroHedge, InvestHedge, AsiaHedge, and AR brands. The company?s Training division provides public and in-house banking, finance, and legal courses under the Euromoney and DC Gardner brands, as well as various courses for the audit and information security market. Its Business Publishing division produces specialist magazines and other publications covering the metals and mining, le gal, telecoms, and energy sectors under Metal Bulletin, American Metal Market, International Financial Law Review, International Tax Review, Managing Intellectual Property, Capacity, Petroleum Economist, World Oil, and Hydrocarbon Processing brands. The company?s Conferences and Seminars division runs sponsored conferences and seminars for the international financial markets under the Euromoney, Institutional Investor, Metal Bulletin, and IMN brands. Its Research and Data division offer subscription-based research and data services for financial markets; news and data on global emerging markets; time-series macro-economic data for emerging markets; and global capital market databases. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC is a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust plc.
10 Best International Stocks To Buy Right Now: Amec(AMEC.L)
AMEC plc provides consultancy, engineering, and project management services worldwide. The company offers engineering services, such as facilities engineering, engineering design, and front end engineering design; project management services comprising construction management, advice and support, health, safety, sustainability, environmental and quality direction and support, and commissioning and start-up services; and consulting services, including business, commercial, environmental, and technical consulting services. It also provides construction services, such as front-end regulatory, design consulting, engineering, and program construction management; decommissioning; environmental consulting and engineering; new build; supply chain management; and sustainability engineering and management services. In addition, the company offers operations and maintenance services comprising shutdown/overhaul, maintenance, mechanical and electrical construction, tank age, and engin eering services; production and maintenance optimization, life-of-asset strategies, asset integrity management, and asset transfer services; production optimization; and duty holder services. Further, it provides specialist services comprising oil and gas specialist services; weather forecasting; registration, evaluation, and authorization of chemicals consultants; and storage tank services. The company serves oil and gas, unconventional oil and gas, minerals and metals, nuclear, renewable/bioprocess, power, transmission and distribution, water/municipal, transportation/infrastructure, government services, and industrial/commercial markets. AMEC plc was founded in 1848 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
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