Hot Companies To Own For 2014

Conventional wisdom says that investing in biotech is too risky for retirees. Biotech stocks are too volatile. They can crash and burn. Retirees should stick with bonds and boring high-yield stocks. Despite these warnings, I think that there is a biotech investing strategy for retirees that could help make retirement much more enjoyable.

Let me first be clear that I agree with most of the conventional wisdom. Many individual biotech stocks are too volatile for investors seeking to preserve capital. The advice frequently given that retirees allocate significant percentages of their portfolios to income-oriented investments like bonds and dividend stocks makes a lot of sense.

But there is a smart way for retirees and soon-to-be retirees to gain exposure to the heart-pounding, pulse-quickening world of biotech without taking on an inordinate amount of risk. This strategy is to invest a modest amount into a biotech exchange traded fund, or ETF, as opposed to buying individual biotech stocks.

Hot Companies To Own For 2014: China Shengda Packaging Group Inc.(CPGI)

China Shengda Packaging Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in designing, manufacturing, and selling flexo-printed and color-printed corrugated paper cartons primarily in the People?s Republic of China. Its products comprise single-layer paper cartons for the packaging of food, drinks, and medicine; double-layer paper cartons for the packaging of garments, chemicals, furniture, refrigerators, and air-conditioners; and triple-layer paper cartons for the packaging of electrical machineries, motorcycles, and other heavy-duty products. The company also manufactures and sells paper products; and corrugated paperboards, which are used for the production of flexo-printed and color-printed cartons. It offers paper packaging solutions to various industries, including food, beverage, cigarette, household appliance, consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, machinery, and other consumer and industrial goods. The company was formerly known as China Packaging Group I nc. and changed its name to China Shengda Packaging Group Inc. in October 2010. China Shengda Packaging Group Inc. is based in Hangzhou, the People?s Republic of China.

Hot Companies To Own For 2014: Keynote Systems Inc.(KEYN)

Keynote Systems, Inc. provides Internet and mobile cloud monitoring and testing solutions worldwide. The company?s Internet cloud products and services comprise Transaction Perspective for visibility into the performance and availability of Web transactions; Application Perspective, a Web application monitoring service; Cloud Application Perspective that provides software-based performance monitoring; Private Agents for the performance of mission critical extranet and intranet applications; Streaming Perspective to measure, compare, and assure the performance of audio and video streams; and Performance Scoreboard, a custom dashboard to monitor Web performance. Its Internet cloud products and services also include Enterprise Adapters to integrate performance measurement data into enterprise systems management platforms; Keynote Internet Testing Environment, a desktop tool for real-time testing, diagnosing, and troubleshooting Web performance issues; LoadPro, a Web load tes ting service; Test Perspective, a self-service load testing service; Red Alert to test devices connected to the Internet; and consulting services, such as performance insights, Web site performance assessment, automated reporting, and custom competitive research. In addition, the company?s mobile cloud products and services primarily consist of System Integrated Test Environment System to test and measure the quality and reliability of mobile networks and applications, and content delivery for mobile operators; GlobalRoamer to certify and validate roaming agreements; Mobile Device Perspective to enhance the quality of mobile content, applications, and services; Mobile Web Perspective to monitor and troubleshoot the quality and performance for mobile Web sites; and Mobile Internet Testing Environment, a desktop tool. Further, it offers professional services, mobile competitive monitoring and analysis, and mobile insights. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Top Gold Companies To Invest In 2014: Aurium Resources Ltd(AGU.AX)

Aurium Resources Limited operates as a mineral exploration company in Australia. It focuses on iron ore deposits. The company has a joint venture agreement to explore for iron ore in the Robinson Range area of the Padbury-Bryah Basin in Western Australia. It also explores for uranium deposits in Australia. Aurium Resources Limited was incorporated in 2007 and is based in West Perth, Australia.

Hot Companies To Own For 2014: AutoNavi Holdings Limited(AMAP)

AutoNavi Holdings Limited provides digital map content, and navigation and location-based solutions in the People?s Republic of China (PRC). The company offers digital map data to various automobile manufacturers for in-dash navigation systems; and navigation solutions for use in in-dash navigation system to portable navigation device manufacturers based on their specific needs, which range from digital map data only to a digital map data, a navigation engine, and an user interface. It provides mobile/Internet location-based solutions to a mobile operator; mobile and Internet-based map application solutions that allow Web sites to embed location-based services capabilities into their Internet and enterprise applications; and MiniMap, an user-end map application software. The company also offers aerial digital maps and 3-D modeling applications to certain PRC government agencies and enterprises to meet their land usage survey, specific needs for 3-D geographic information, and other needs pursuant to a service contract arrangement. In addition, it has collaboration with certain mobile phone and tablet computer manufacturers and mobile operators to pre-install its navigation solutions. The company is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Hot Companies To Own For 2014: Nuenergy Capital Ltd(NGY.AX)

NuEnergy Gas Limited operates as an energy company, primarily pursuing opportunities in the oil and gas sector. The company is involved in coal bed methane (CBM) gas exploration in Indonesia. It holds interests in the CBM production sharing contracts in South Sumatra II, Rengat, and Tarakan areas of Indonesia. The company was formerly known as NuEnergy Capital Limited and changed its name to NuEnergy Gas Limited in December 2011. NuEnergy Gas Limited was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Hot Companies To Own For 2014: Altius Minerals Corp (ALS.TO)

Altius Minerals Corporation operates in the mining and resources sector in eastern Canada. It owns various exploration stage royalty interests in properties prospective for nickel-copper cobalt, iron ore, uranium, gold, and other base metals; and holds active mineral exploration agreements targeting various mineral commodities. The company also has investments in junior exploration and development stage companies. Altius Minerals Corporation was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in St. John�s, Canada.