Savvy investors are always looking for the next great stock opportunity. Often, we can find good ideas by looking no further than the products and services right under our noses. In fact, investing greats like Warren Buffett have made billions in the market by buying what they know.
Let's take a look at three stock picks that are fitting for the summer season.
Chevron (NYSE: CVX )
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Since many of us will pack up our cars and head out on the open road this summer, oil and gas companies spark investment inspiration. Chevron is the most profitable major oil and gas company. For year-end 2011, the company posted record profit.�Chevron boasts a very healthy financial position, evidenced by $17 billion in balance sheet cash, which remains greater than its $12 billion in long-term debt. Chevron plans to boost its oil and gas volumes by roughly 20%, to 3.3 million barrels per day, by 2017, primarily by increasing liquefied natural gas plants, developing deepwater oil fields, and boosting shale production.
5 Best Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy For 2014: Time Warner Cable Inc(TWC)
Time Warner Cable Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a cable operator in the United States. It offers video, high-speed data, and voice services over its broadband cable systems to residential and commercial customers. The company provides a range of video services, including on-demand, high-definition (HD), and digital video recorder (DVR) services; residential high-speed data services with connection to the Internet; wireless mobile broadband Internet services; and digital phone services to residential customers. It offers video programming tiers and music services; high-speed data, networking, and transport services; and commercial digital phone service to small and medium-sized businesses under the Time Warner Cable Business Class brand. Further, Time Warner Cable Inc. sells advertising to various national, regional, and local customers. As of June 30, 2011, the company served approximately 14.5 million residential and commercial customers in the New Yor k State, the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California, and Texas. Time Warner Cable Inc. is based in New York, New York.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By WALLSTCHEATSHEET.COM]
Time Warner Cable is a provider of video, high-speed data, and voice services to a large customer base across the nation. The company is planning strategic acquisitions in order to grow its network. The stock has been on a bullish run and is now trading at all-time high prices. Over the last four quarters, earnings and revenue figures have been on the rise, however, investors in the company have had mixed feelings about recent earnings announcements. Relative to its peers and sector, Time Warner Cable has been an average year-to-date performer. Look for Time Warner Cable to OUTPERFORM.
- [By DailyFinance Staff]
Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images Stocks ended Friday trading higher, despite a report showing a big drop in sales of newly built homes, which prompted a selloff earlier in the session. The Dow Jones industrial average (^DJI) rose 46 points, or 0.3 percent, to 15,010, building on Thursday's gains. The Standard & Poor's 500 index (^GPSC) added six points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,663. and the Nasdaq composite index (^IXIC) gained 19 points, or 0.5 percent, to 3,657, a day after the exchange was shutdown for three hours because of technical troubles. Data from the Commerce Department showed sales of new single-family homes in the U.S. fell by 13.4 percent in July to an annual rate of 394,000 units, well below expectations of 490,000 units. The data weighed on homebuilder stocks, with PulteGroup (PHM) down 1.6 percent to $16.06, Toll Brothers (TOL) off 3.9 percent to $31.19 and D.R. Horton (DHI) off 2.9 to $18.73. After a technological problem shut down trading in Nasdaq securities Thursday, Nasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ) Chief Executive Officer Robert Greifeld said the exchange resolved the technical issues that led to Thursday's trading halt but can't guarantee there would be no future problems. Time Warner Cable (TWC) is offering free antennas to allow customers to watch CBS (CBS) during a blackout that's in its third week. The companies have been unable to reach a new programming deal since their agreement expired in June. Customers in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas can get a free indoor antenna at their local Time Warner Cable store, or receive a $20 voucher, good for the purchase of an antenna at Best Buy (BBY).
- [By Paul Ausick]
SNL Kagan noted that cable outfits like Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Cablevision Corp. (NYSE: CVC) saw subscriber losses double to 607,000. Cable�� share of the pay TV market has now fallen to 55.3%.
- [By WALLSTCHEATSHEET.COM]
Time Warner Cable provides entertainment, voice, and high-speed data services to a growing customer base in the United States. The company is looking to acquire a stake in Hulu in order to increase the firm’s competitiveness, however, other companies are looking to acquire Time Warner Cable. The stock has been on a strong move higher, and is now trading near all-time high prices. Over the last four quarters, investors in the company have expected a little more from recent earnings reports, though earnings and revenue figures have been steadily rising. Relative to its peers and sector, Time Warner Cable has been an average year-to-date performer. Look for Time Warner Cable to OUTPERFORM.
5 Best Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy For 2014: (MPHASIS.NS)
MphasiS Limited provides application development and maintenance, infrastructure technology outsourcing (ITO), and business process outsourcing (BPO) services worldwide. The company?s application services include applications development, maintenance, and support services; enterprise application services, such as consulting, evaluation, selection, implementation, application maintenance and support, upgrades, and testing in the areas of enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, human capital management, business intelligence and data warehousing, and supply chain management; testing, data engineering, applications modernization, and transition services; and consulting services. Its BPO offerings consist of customer sales and support; finance and accounting; and human resources outsourcing services supporting benefits administration, payroll, compensation management, recruitment and staffing, workforce administration, workforce development, and learnin g and development. The company's ITO services cover infrastructure management services and service/technical help desks, such as monitoring and support for data center, network, endpoint, and security services; workplace services supporting personal computers, laptops, mobile, and thin computing devices; data center services; network services, such as network management, network security, application performance management, unified communications, and telecom management; and infrastructure service compliance solutions. It serves banking and capital markets, insurance, manufacturing, communications, media and entertainment, healthcare and life sciences, transportation and logistics, retail and consumer packaged goods, energy and utilities, and government sectors. MphasiS Limited was formerly known as MphasiS BFL Limited and changed its name to MphasiS Limited in November 2006. The company is headquartered in Bangalore, India.
Best Cheap Companies To Buy Right Now: PMC - Sierra Inc.(PMCS)
PMC-Sierra, Inc. engages in the design, development, marketing, and support of semiconductor solutions for the enterprise infrastructure and communications infrastructure markets. Its products include controllers based on Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, and Serial ATA that enable the development of external and server-attached storage systems; framers and mappers, which convert the data into a format for transmission in the network before the data is sent to the next destination; line interface units that transmit and receive signals over a physical medium, such as wire, cable, or fiber; and microprocessor-based system-on-chips, which perform the high-speed computations that help in identifying and controlling the flow of signals and data in various network equipment used in the communications, storage, and enterprise markets. The company also offers packet and cell processors that examine the contents of cells or packets, and perform various management and reporting functions; radio frequency transceivers, which transmit and receive broadband signals over the air; and serializers/deserializers that convert and multiplex traffic between slower speed parallel streams and higher speed serial streams. PMC-Sierra sells its products to end customers directly, as well as through distributors and independent manufacturers? representatives primarily in China, Asia, Japan, Taiwan, Europe, the United States, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Santa Clara, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By CRWE]
PMC (Nasdaq:PMCS), the semiconductor innovator transforming networks that connect, move and store big data, reported that the Company will present at the Citi 2012 Technology Conference on September 5, 2012, in New York, NY.
5 Best Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy For 2014: Siemens Dem(SIE.L)
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, an electronics and electrical engineering company, operates in the industry, energy, healthcare, and infrastructure and cities sectors worldwide. In the industry sector, the company?s portfolio includes industry automation and drives products and services, and system integration and solutions for plant business. It offers various products, services, and solutions for the efficient use of resources and energy, and for productivity in industry and infrastructure areas. In the energy sector, the company offers products, services, and solutions for the generation and transmission of power; and for the extraction, conversion, and transport of oil and gas. In the healthcare sector, it develops, manufactures, and markets diagnostic and therapeutic systems, devices, and consumables, as well as information technology systems for clinical and administrative purposes. The company also provides technical maintenance, professional, consulting, and financing services in the healthcare sector. In the infrastructure and cities sector, it offers building and mobility solutions and services; and solutions in the area of power distribution, including smart grid applications. In addition, the company is involved in the commercial finance, treasury, financing and investment management, and project and export finance activities. Further, it offers insurance solutions, such as claims management; acts as a broker of company-financed insurances; owns and manages real estate portfolio; and offers services related to real estate development, real estate disposal and asset management, and lease and services management. Additionally, the company has equity investments in telecommunications infrastructure supply and household appliance companies, as well as in a company that provides open communications, network, and security solutions. Siemens Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
5 Best Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy For 2014: MEDIWARE Information Systems Inc.(MEDW)
Mediware Information Systems, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, and marketing of software solutions targeting specific processes within healthcare institutions. The company offers software systems consisting of company's proprietary application software, and third-party licensed software and hardware. It licenses, implements, and supports clinical and performance management, blood donor, and blood and biologic management products in the United States; and medication management solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa. The company?s blood and biologics management solutions include HCLL Transfusion and HCLL Donor, which address blood donor recruitment, blood processing, and transfusion activities for hospitals and medical centers; BloodSafe suite of hardware and software that enable healthcare facilities to store, monitor, distribute, and track blood products; LifeTrak software for blood centers; a nd BiologiCare, a bone, tissue, and cellular product tracking software. Its medication management products comprise WORx, a pharmacy information system to manage inpatient and outpatient pharmacy operations; MediCOE, a physician order entry module; MediMAR, a nurse point-of-care administration and bedside documentation module; MediREC, which assists in achieving compliance with a Joint Commission mandate; and pharmacy management and electronic prescribing systems. The company?s performance management products include InSight software that tracks performance metrics to assist healthcare managers to manage performance. It also provides software installation and maintenance services, as well as billing and collection services to home infusion and home/durable medical equipment markets. The company markets its products primarily through its direct sales force. Mediware Information Systems, Inc. was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By CRWE]
Mediware Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MEDW) plans to acquire the assets of Indianapolis-based Strategic Healthcare Group LLC (SHG), a leading provider of blood management consulting, education and informatics solutions.
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