George Soros, who made $1 billion shorting the British pound in 1992, closed his $25.5 billion fund to outsiders in July 2011 and returned almost $1 billion to clients. Over its 26-year life, his Quantum Fund was the best-performing fund in history. His firm now focuses solely on managing his and his family�� assets. In the fourth quarter, Soros drastically increased his stake in Google (GOOG) and announced a large stake in Comverse Technology Inc. (CMVT). Soros increased his fund�� weighting in tech stocks almost 17% to become 23.7% of his portfolio in the fourth quarter.
Google (GOOG)
Soros had been trading shares of Google since prior to 2007 but had completely sold out in the second quarter of 2011. He then bought 1,126 shares in the third quarter of 2011 at about $550 per share. In the fourth quarter, he bought his largest stake to date ��258,900 shares at about $592, for a total investment of $154 million. Google is now his fifth largest holding, with 7.3% of his portfolio.
10 Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Covidien PLC (COV)
Covidien Public Limited Company is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of healthcare products for use in clinical and home settings. It operates its businesses through three segments: Medical Devices, which includes the development, manufacture and sale of endomechanical instruments, energy devices, soft tissue repair products, vascular products, oximetry and monitoring products, airway and ventilation products; Pharmaceuticals, which includes the development, manufacture and distribution of specialty pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients, and Medical Supplies, SharpSafety products and original equipment manufacturer products. In May 2012, it acquired Newport Medical Instruments, Inc. In May 2012, it acquired superDimension, Ltd. In June 2012, the Company acquired Oridion Systems Ltd. In October 2012, its Mallinckrodt acquired CNS Therapeutics, Inc. In January 2013, the Company acquired CV Ingenuity. Advisors' Opinion:- [By Rich Duprey]
With the spinoff complete from Covidien (NYSE: COV ) effective June 28, the medical device manufacturer's�former specialty pharmaceutical arm,�Mallinckrodt, begins its new life today as an independently traded public company. It is listed on the NYSE under the symbol MNK.
- [By Keith Speights]
Covidien (NYSE: COV ) battles against 3M for market share in the medical devices and supplies arena. Net sales for Covidien's medical devices unit in 2012 were $8.1 billion. The company's medical supplies segment contributed another $1.7 billion in sales. The total of the two business segments nearly doubles that of 3M Health Care.
10 Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Enstar Group Limited (ESGR)
Enstar Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, acquires and manages insurance and reinsurance companies in run-off. The company settles insurance and reinsurance claims. It also offers management and consultancy, claims inspection, and reinsurance collection services to its affiliates and third-party clients. The company operates in the United States, Bermuda, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Enstar Group Limited was formerly known as Castlewood Holdings Limited and changed its name to Enstar Group Limited. Enstar Group Limited was founded in 2001 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Best Performing Companies To Own In Right Now: Caiterra International Energy Corp (CTI)
CaiTerra International Energy Corporation (Caiterra), formerly Cyterra Capital Corp., is a Canada-based company is engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas properties. The Company�� project includes Faust, Amadou and Lac La Biche. On March 9, 2012, the Company completed its qualifying transaction with West Pacific Petroleum Inc. (WPP), pursuant to which the Company acquired all of WPP�� working interests in certain petroleum and natural gas leases and an oil sand lease in the Lac La Biche and Amadou Projects located in Alberta, Canada and certain other assets (the QT Oil and Gas Properties) from West Pacific Petroleum Inc. (WPP). On December 17, 2012 the Company acquired the Faust Property located just north of the Swan Hills oil field and south of the Town of Slave Lake.10 Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Uniserve Communications Corpora (USS.V)
Uniserve Communications Corporation engages in the provision of Internet access and related communications services primarily in Canada. The company�s services include Internet, digital phone, long distance calling, Web hosting, domain registration, fax to email, telephony, managed IT, co-location, cloud computing, and support services. It also operates as a social media company that involves in the development of Kinzin.com, a social publishing platform that allows community groups to privately collaborate and share by uploading and printing photos, as well as helps to create unique photo prints, trading cards, calendars, photo books, and other commemorative items. The company delivers voice and data services to approximately 50,000 retail consumers and small businesses. Uniserve Communications Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
10 Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Omega Flex Inc.(OFLX)
Omega Flex, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of flexible metal hoses primarily in North America and Europe. Its product lines include corrugated metal hoses in a range of sizes and alloys, including three grades of stainless steel, bronze, Inconel, and Hastelloy. The company also manufactures a range of pressure reinforcing braids for its hoses in metallic and synthetic constructions. Its products are used in conveying various liquids and gases primarily in the construction, transportation, steel, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, processing, and semiconductor industries, as well as for instrumentation. Omega Flex sells its products directly, as well as through independent sales representatives, distributors, fabricating distributors, wholesalers, original equipment manufacturers, and its Website. The company, formerly known as Tofle America, Inc., was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Exton, Pennsylvania.
10 Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Batm Advanced Communications(BVC.L)
BATM Advanced Communications Ltd. engages in the research, development, production, and marketing of data communication products in the field of local and wide area networks, and premises management systems worldwide. The company offers Ethernet/MPLS aggregation, Ethernet demarcation, multi-service access, fiber-to-the-home and fiber-to-the-business, optical transportation, and wavelength multiplexing products. It also provides TDM products, including multiplexers, SONET products, multi-service IADs, and E/O converters; NMS/EMS products; rugged Ethernet systems; and ATCA hub blades. The company?s data communication products are used by telecommunication carriers and service providers, utilities, municipalities, and government agencies. In addition, the company involves in the research, development, production, marketing, and distribution of medical products, primarily laboratory diagnostic equipment. Further, it offers software services and sterilization products. BATM Ad vanced Communications Ltd. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Kfar Netter, Israel.
10 Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: E*TRADE Financial Corporation(ETFC)
E*TRADE Financial Corporation, a financial services company, provides online brokerage and related products and services primarily to individual retail investors under the E*TRADE Financial brand in the United States. It offers trading products and services, including automated order placement and execution of the U.S. equities, futures, options, exchange-traded funds, and bond orders; sweep deposit accounts; access to E*TRADE Mobile Pro to trade stocks and transfer funds between accounts, as well as to monitor real-time investment, market, and account information; access to Power E*TRADE Pro, a desktop trading software for active traders; an open applications programming interface for third-party and independent software developers; margin accounts; cross boarder trading; access to international equities; research and trade idea generation tools; and E*TRADE Community that utilizes social media to offer a platform to customers. The company also provides access to the inve stor resource center that provides an aggregated view of its investing tools, market insights, independent research, education, and other investing resources; advisory services through Online Advisor; fixed income tools to identify, evaluate, and implement fixed income investment strategies; access to Retirement QuickPlan calculator that provides action plan on personal retirement savings; one-on-one portfolio recommendations and personalized plans; managed investment portfolio advisory services; unified managed account advisory services; individual retirement accounts; access to non-proprietary exchange-traded funds and mutual funds; investing and trading educational services through online videos, Web seminars, and Web tutorials; and deposit accounts, including checking, savings, and money market accounts. In addition, it provides software and services for managing equity compensation plans for corporate customers. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Ne w York, New York.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By James E. Brumley]
Ever wish you could go back in time and get in on the ground floor of online stock-trading names like Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE:SCHW), TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NYSE:AMTD), or E TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC)? While all three stocks have done fairly well since debuting anywhere about 20 years ago, the lion's share of their gains came in just the first few months of their existence. SCHW rallied just shy of 400% in its first eleven months of trading. AMTD soared more than 750% during its first six months of being a publicly-traded stock. ETFC had jumped a whopping 1289% nine months after its IPO. Well, while nobody can get in a time machine and do it over, there's another online-trading company on the horizon that could be similarly potent. It's Indo Global Exchanges PteLtd (OTCMKTS:IGEX).
- [By Nicole Seghetti]
On top of the fund's expense ratio, it costs you money to trade ETFs. Because a commission is charged every time you place a buy or sell trade, finding a commission-free ETF platform will save you lots of money. Schwab's (NYSE: SCHW ) OneSource platform and TD Ameritrade (NYSE: AMTD ) offer access to some of the broadest lists of commission-free ETFs, with both platforms boasting more than 100 ETFs on their respective lists. Brokerage customers of Vanguard and Fidelity can buy and sell dozens of ETFs without incurring transaction fees. Unlike the other platforms, E*TRADE (NASDAQ: ETFC ) doesn't include products from some of the largest ETF providers, so its commission-free line up of funds comprises a lot of smaller ETFs.
- [By Evan Niu, CFA]
Many brokers even purchase excess insurance beyond the SIPC's limits, even though it's extremely unlikely for those limits to be hit in the first place. For example, Schwab, TD AMERITRADE (NYSE: AMTD ) , E*TRADE (NASDAQ: ETFC ) , and Fidelity all offer excess coverage from Lloyd's of London and London Insurers. Schwab, AMERITRADE, and E*TRADE offer aggregate protection up to $150 million per customer, including SIPC limits, while Fidelity has no dollar limit on the coverage of securities.
- [By Alexis Xydias]
Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW), TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (AMTD) and E*Trade Financial Corp. (ETFC) have climbed 38 percent on average in 2013, beating the S&P 500 by 23 percentage points and eclipsing returns in financial shares from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Bank of America Corp. (BAC), according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The last times that happened, equity mutual funds received about $91 billion, 24 percent more than the annual average in the two decades before the financial crisis, the data show.
10 Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Broadcast Services Australia Ltd (BSA.AX)
BSA Limited provides engineering and contracting, communications and technical, and installation and maintenance services for broadcast and telecommunications industries. The company�s Technical Field Force Solutions segment provides contracting services, including delivery of bundled services over hybrid fiber coax network; and installation of subscription television, free to air television antennas, and security systems for telecommunications, subscription television, and communication industries. Its Technical Design and Construction Projects segment provides design and installation services for commercial and industrial buildings, including mechanical, air conditioning, heating and ventilation, refrigeration, and fire services. The company�s Technical Maintenance Services segment offers maintenance services for commercial and industrial buildings, which comprise mechanical, air-conditioning, heating and ventilation, refrigeration, and fire services. BSA Limited is ba sed in Olympic Park, Australia.
10 Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Consumer Portfolio Services Inc.(CPSS)
Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. It engages in purchasing and serving retail automobile contracts originated by franchised automobile dealers and select independent dealers in the sale of new and used automobiles, light trucks, and passenger vans. The company, through its automobile contract purchases, provides indirect financing to dealer customers for borrowers with limited credit histories, low incomes, or past credit problems. It serves as an alternative source of financing for dealers, allowing sales to customers who might not be able to obtain financing. The company also directly finances consumers for vehicle purchases. Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. provides its automobile contracts through its headquarters and three servicing branches in Virginia, Florida, and Illinois. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Rick Munarriz]
Finally, we have Consumer Portfolio Services (NASDAQ: CPSS ) driving past where the pros were parked. Consumer Portfolio Services provides indirect automobile financing, primarily to folks with dodgy credit histories buying late-model used cars. This is a risky niche when the economy's souring, but business is booming these days.
10 Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: New Sage Energy Corp(NSG.V)
New Sage Energy Corp., a development stage company, focuses on the exploration and development of oil and gas properties in the U.S. Gulf States region and Latin America. The company was formerly known as Consolidated New Sage Resources Ltd. and changed its name to New Sage Energy Corp. in May 2007. New Sage Energy Corp. was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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