European credit markets remained under severe stress for most parts of last year, being weighed down by intensifying sovereign debt worries across the 17-member area. With banks across Euro area facing severe liquidity crunch, the ECB conducted Long-Term Refinancing Operation (LTRO) on 21st Dec 2011, in which unlimited funding were provided to several EU banks. This in turn led to considerable fall amongst most EU government bond yields, as funds flowed from banks into the credit markets.
With the ECB set to allot funds to EU banks later today via the second round of LTRO, we may see a similar fall in bond yields in the months to come.
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Hot High Tech Companies To Invest In 2014: Donegal Group Inc. (DGICA)
Donegal Group Inc., an insurance holding company, offers property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwestern, New England, and southern states. It operates in two segments, Personal Lines of Insurance and Commercial Lines of Insurance. The Personal Lines of Insurance segment offers private passenger automobile policies that provide protection against liability for bodily injury and property damage arising from automobile accidents, as well as protection against loss from damage to automobiles. This segment also provides homeowners policies, which offer coverage for damage to residences and their contents from fire, lightning, windstorm, and theft; and liability of the insured arising from injury to other persons. The Commercial Lines of Insurance segment offers commercial automobile policies that provide protection against liability for bodily injury and property damage arising from automobile accidents, and protection against loss from damage to automobiles owned by the insured; commercial multi-peril policies, which offer protection to businesses against various perils, primarily combining liability and physical damage coverages; and workers� compensation policies that offer benefits to employees for injuries sustained during employment. The company markets its insurance products through a network of approximately 2,500 independent insurance agencies. Donegal Group Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Marietta, Pennsylvania.
Hot High Tech Companies To Invest In 2014: AFI DEVELOPMENT PLC ORD USD0.001 B(AFRB.L)
AFI Development Plc, and investment holding company, operates as a real estate development company in Moscow, the Russian regions, Ukraine, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It develops and redevelops, leases, and sells commercial and residential real estate assets, including offices, shopping centers, hotels, mixed-use properties, and residential projects. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Limassol, Cyprus. AFI Development Plc is a subsidiary of Africa Israel Investments Limited
Top 10 Bank Stocks To Buy Right Now: Yongye International Inc.(YONG)
Yongye International, Inc. engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of fulvic acid based crop and animal nutrient products for the agriculture and stock farming industry in the People?s Republic of China. It provides liquid crop nutrient products that consist of fulvic acid compound base and nutrients for the health of crops; and powder animal nutrient products, which include fulvic acid compound base and additional nutrients, and Chinese herbs that reduce inflammation for dairy cows The company markets its products under the Shengmingsu trade name through a network of county-level distributors and independently owned branded retailers. Yongye International, Inc. is based in Beijing, the People?s Republic of China.
Hot High Tech Companies To Invest In 2014: Sennen Resources Ltd. (SN.V)
Sennen Resources Ltd. engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. It holds an option to acquire 80% interest in the La Nava-El Paredon, a sulphide mineral deposit, which consists of 1 permit covering an area of 6 square kilometers and is located to the northwest of Cordoba in the Andalucia region of southern Spain. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Hot High Tech Companies To Invest In 2014: Newport Corporation(NEWP)
Newport Corporation and its subsidiaries provide technology products and systems to scientific research, microelectronics, aerospace and defense/security, life and health sciences, and industrial markets in the United States, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The company operates in three divisions: Photonics and Precision Technologies (PPT), Lasers, and Ophir. The PPT division provides photonics instruments and systems; vibration isolation systems and subsystems; precision positioning devices, systems, and subsystems; optics and optical hardware; opto-mechanical subassemblies and subsystems; and advanced manufacturing systems. It also offers automated systems for various applications in the manufacture of solar panels, and communications and electronic devices, including microwave, optical, radio frequency, and multi-chip modules. The Lasers division provides laser and laser-based system, such as ultrafast lasers and systems, diode-pumped solid state Q-switched lasers, diode-p umped solid state continuous wave (CW) and quasi-CW lasers, pulsed Nd:YAG and tunable lasers, and gas lasers. The Ophir division offers optics, photonics instruments, and three-dimensional non-contact measurement equipment and sensors. It also provides laser instrumentation, including laser power and energy meters, and laser beam profilers. This division serves the scientific research, microelectronics, aerospace, defense/security, life and health sciences, and industrial markets. The company offers its products under the ILX Lightwave, New Focus, Newport, Ophir, Optimet, Oriel Instruments, Richardson Gratings, Spiricon, and Spectra-Physics names. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and end-user customers through direct sales organizations, a network of independent distributors, and sales representatives, as well as through product catalogs and Web sites. Newport Corporation was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Brian Stoffel]
Rofin-Sinar (NASDAQ: RSTI ) , Coherent (NASDAQ: COHR ) , Newport (NASDAQ: NEWP ) , and JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU ) all offer fiber-optic lasers as well.
Hot High Tech Companies To Invest In 2014: Aqua America Inc.(WTR)
Aqua America, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water or wastewater services in the United States. The company serves residential, commercial, fire protection, industrial, and other water and wastewater customers in Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Florida, Indiana, Virginia, Maine, Missouri, and Georgia. It also provides water and wastewater services through operating and maintenance contracts with municipal authorities and other parties, as well as sludge hauling, septage and grease services, and backflow prevention services. The company was formerly known as Philadelphia Suburban Corporation and changed its name to Aqua America, Inc. in 2004. Aqua America, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Eric Volkman]
Aqua America (NYSE: WTR ) is letting its dividend flow. The company will dispense $0.175 per share of its stock on June 1 to shareholders of record as of May 17. This amount keeps the distribution steady, as it matches the firm's two previous payouts. Prior to that, Aqua America disbursed $0.165 per share.
- [By David Dittman]
Answer: Our favorite water utilities–American Water Works, Aqua America Inc (NYSE: WTR), Connecticut Water Service Inc (NSDQ: CTWS)–are solid dividend growers throughout the cycle, and they all have pretty good growth prospects because of the abundance of small-scale municipal water utilities in their footprints.
Hot High Tech Companies To Invest In 2014: Park Sterling Bank(PSTB)
Park Sterling Corporation operates as a bank holding company for Park Sterling Bank that provides banking products and services in North Carolina and South Carolina. The company provides a range of banking products, including personal and business checking accounts, individual retirement accounts, business and personal money market accounts, certificates of deposit, overdraft protection, safe deposit boxes, and online banking. Its lending activities include various short-to-medium term commercial, real estate, residential mortgage and home equity, and personal loans. The company serves small and mid-sized businesses, owner-occupied and income producing real estate owners, real estate developers and builders, professionals, and consumers doing business or residing within its target markets through branches. Park Sterling Corporation is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Enviro-Hub Holdings Ltd., an investment holding company, provides environmental restoration services through its technology and solutions. The company engages in the recovery, processing, and trade of ferrous and non-ferrous metals; melting and refining of copper; recycling and trade of electronic waste; refining of platinum group metals; conversion of waste plastic into fuel oil; piling works; sale, rental, and servicing of engineering hardware, construction machinery, and equipment; and property development activities. It operates primarily in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, and Europe. Enviro-Hub Holdings Ltd. is based in Singapore.
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