At the height of the 1998 Asian economic crisis, then-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan declared the U.S. was no “oasis of prosperity” in times of global stress.
It is a lesson Ben S. Bernanke's successor will need to heed upon inheriting a central bank once again facing a domestic need to think internationally.
For five years, the Fed has focused on home-grown challenges, including financial turmoil and the recession and surge in unemployment that resulted. The biggest threat to U.S. expansion under its next chairman may lie outside its borders as China and fellow emerging markets show signs of weakening.
Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: South American Sil Com Npv (SAC.TO)
South American Silver Corp., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. It holds a 100% interest in the Escalones copper-gold porphyry project that covers 69 square kilometers located to the south-east of Santiago in central Chile. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Tennant Company(TNC)
Tennant Company engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing cleaning solutions worldwide. The company offers floor maintenance and outdoor cleaning equipment; chemical-free cleaning technologies; and specialty surface coatings and related products for protecting, repairing, and upgrading floors. Its products are used to clean and coat surfaces in factories, office buildings, parking lots and streets, airports, hospitals, schools, warehouses, shopping centers, and other retail environments. The company also provides parts, consumables, and service maintenance and repair; business solutions, such as pay-for-use offerings, and rental and leasing programs; and cleaning technologies that enhance the performance of its cleaning equipment. In addition, it offers Green Machine 500ze, an electric vacuum street sweeper to clean crowded urban areas. The company serves building service contract cleaners, end-user businesses, healthcare facilities, and schools, as well as local, state, and federal governments through its direct sales and service organization, and authorized distributors. Tennant Company was founded in 1870 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Seth Jayson]
Tennant (NYSE: TNC ) reported earnings on April 22. Here are the numbers you need to know.
The 10-second takeaway
For the quarter ended March 31 (Q1), Tennant missed estimates on revenues and missed estimates on earnings per share.
Top 5 Cheap Companies To Watch In Right Now: Augyva Mining Resources Inc (AUV)
Augyva Mining Resources Inc. (Augyva) is an exploration company with activities in Canada. The Company is involved in the exploration of mining properties with a view to commercial production. As of February 29, 2012, the Company�� portfolio consists of mineral properties located in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Augyva's activities are mainly focused on the Duncan Lake Iron Ore property (Duncan Lake) located in the James Bay area of Quebec. Its mining properties include Duncan, Yasinski, Kali / Lac-Elmer, Senneville and Malartic. Augyva holds a 49% interest in the Duncan Property, which is located at the Western Part of the La Grande Greenstone Belt and hosts iron ore deposits of the Algoma type. The Company holds a 100% interest in the Yasinski property, which covers 5,628 hectares. It holds a 100% interest in the Kali/Lac-Elmer property located in the James Bay region, Quebec, which covers 7,818 hectares. Augyva holds a 100% interest on the Senneville and the Malartic properties.Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Informatics Education Ltd (I03)
Informatics Education Ltd. is engaged in investment holding, franchisor and licensor for computer and commercial training centers and examination facilitators. The Company operates under the names, InformaticsAcademy International, Thames Academy, Thames International, Informatics Higher Education, Informatics Corporate Learning and Informatics Uni being sole-proprietorships registered under the name of the Company. The Company�� segments, which include Higher Education segment offers Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Degree, Masters and Doctorate qualifications in a range of business, engineering and technological subjects, to college going students and lifelong learners, as well as via an online virtual campus , and Corporate Training segment, which provides training and skills upgrading and enhancement to the general workforce, in both technical and non-technical areas.Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Manhattan Bridge Capital Inc (LOAN)
Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc. offers short-term, secured, non?banking loans to real estate investors to fund the acquisition and construction of properties located in New York Metropolitan area. Its loans are principally secured by collateral consisting of real estate and accompanied by personal guarantees from the principals of the businesses. The company offers its loan products primarily through the company?s officers and independent loan brokers. Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Marc Bastow]
The biggest increase among our dividend stocks this week was from short-term secured non-banking real estate lender Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN) which raised its quarterly dividend 100% to 2 cents per share, payable on Aug. 20 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 15.
LOAN Dividend Yield: 0.4%
Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Russel Metals Inc Com Npv (RUS.TO)
Russel Metals Inc. engages in the processing and distribution of metals in Canada and the United States. The company operates in three segments: Metals Service Centers, Energy Tubular Products, and Steel Distributors. The Metals Service Centers segment sells plates, and flat rolled carbon and other general line carbon steel products comprising structurals, bars, sheet, pipe, tubing, and hollow structural steel tubing, as well as stainless steel, aluminum, and other non-ferrous specialty metal products in various sizes, shapes, and specifications. It also provides customized processing services. This segment serves end users in various industries, including machinery and equipment manufacturing, construction, shipbuilding, and natural resources, such as mining and petroleum. The Energy Tubular Products segment distributes oil country tubular goods, pipe piling, line pipes, tubes, valves, fluid handling products, and fittings; and processes and distributes steel pipe product s for the construction, oil and gas, and ski industries in the western United States. This segment serves energy, construction, manufacturing, pulp and paper, and mining industries. The Steel Distributors segment distributes steel in large volumes to other steel service centers and large equipment manufacturers. This segment sources carbon steel, plate, beams, channel, flat rolled products, and rail and pipe products. Russel Metals Inc. was founded in 1929 and is based in Mississauga, Canada.
Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Lot78 Inc (LOTE.PK)
Lot78 Inc, formerly Bold Energy Inc, incorporated on June 27, 2008, is a development-stage company. The Company focuses to develop a range of loyalty program based on Global Club points awarded for all purchases made in associated establishments. These points will be exchangeable by products, trips or discounts.
The Company focuses to be partners with all kinds of retailers, so the cardholders collect points on their every- day expenses, such as in grocery shops, gas stations, restaurants, electronic stores and travel agencies. As of July 31, 2010, the Company had no revenues.
Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Intuitive Surgical Inc.(ISRG)
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets da Vinci surgical systems for various surgical procedures, including urologic, gynecologic, cardiothoracic, general, and head and neck surgeries. Its da Vinci surgical system consists of a surgeon?s console or consoles, a patient-side cart, a 3-D vision system, and proprietary ?wristed? instruments. The company?s da Vinci surgical system translates the surgeon?s natural hand movements on instrument controls at the console into corresponding micro-movements of instruments positioned inside the patient through small puncture incisions, or ports. It also manufactures a range of EndoWrist instruments, which incorporate wrist joints for natural dexterity for various surgical procedures. Its EndoWrist instruments consist of forceps, scissors, electrocautery, scalpels, and other surgical tools. In addition, it sells various vision and accessory products for use in conjunction with the da Vinci Surgical System as surgical procedures are performed. The company?s accessory products include sterile drapes used to ensure a sterile field during surgery; vision products, such as replacement 3-D stereo endoscopes, camera heads, light guides, and other items. It markets its products through sales representatives in the United States, and through sales representatives and distributors in international markets. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Rick Munarriz]
I went out on a limb last week, and now it's time to see how that decision played out.
I predicted that Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG ) would close higher on the week. The company behind the da Vinci surgical robotics system took a hit a week earlier after revealing that sales were soft in its latest quarter. I figured the bad news was already out of the way heading into Thursday's report. Unfortunately, the report was an even bigger disappointment. The stock fell 8% on the week. I was wrong. I predicted that the tech-heavy Nasdaq would outperform the Dow Jones Industrial Average. (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) . This has been a tricky call lately, so how did it play out this time? Well, this was a close race until tech stocks fell on Friday. The Nasdaq moved 0.3% lower, and the Dow managed to close 0.5% higher. I was wrong. My final call was for CSX (NYSE: CSX ) to beat Wall Street's income estimates in its latest quarter. The railroad giant has been posting blowout quarterly results over the past year, and I was banking on seeing the trend continue. Analysts were looking for a profit of $0.47 a share during the quarter, and it came through with net income of $0.52. I was right.One out of three? I can do better than that.
Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Blueknight Energy(BKEP)
Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P., together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated terminalling, storage, processing, gathering, and transportation services for companies engaged in the production, distribution and marketing of crude oil and asphalt products in the United States. The company offers crude oil terminalling and storage services, which enables it customers to manage their crude oil inventories, marketing, and operating activities, as well as asphalt services that enables its customers to manage their asphalt product storage and processing, and marketing activities. It also provides crude oil pipeline and crude oil trucking services. In addition, the company offers producer field services, including gathering condensates by way of bobtail trucks for natural gas companies to hauling produced water to disposal wells; provision of hot and cold fresh water; chemical and down hole well treatment services; wet oil clean up services; and building and maintaining se paration facilities. As of July 19, 2011, it owned and operated a portfolio of midstream energy assets consisting of approximately 8.1 million barrels of crude oil storage facilities located in Oklahoma and Texas; approximately 1,285 miles of crude oil pipeline network located primarily in Oklahoma and Texas; approximately 300 crude oil transportation and oilfield services vehicles deployed in Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas; and approximately 7.4 million barrels of combined asphalt product and residual fuel oil storage facilities located at 45 terminals in 22 states. The company was formerly known as SemGroup Energy Partners, L.P. Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Accuray Incorporated(ARAY)
Accuray Incorporated designs, develops, and sells medical radiation systems for the treatment of tumors anywhere in the body. The company offers the CyberKnife system, an image-guided robotic radiosurgery system used for the treatment of solid tumors. The system tracks, detects, and corrects for tumor and patient movement in real-time during the procedure, enabling delivery of precise, high dose radiation typically with sub-millimeter accuracy. The company also offers the TomoTherapy system, which consists of an integrated and versatile radiation therapy system used for the treatment of a range of cancer types. Accuray Incorporated markets its product through a direct sales force and distributors worldwide. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By John Udovich]
Small cap robotic stock Adept Technology (NASDAQ: ADEP) has put in a very good performance this month verses its immediate peer�iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) as well as against medical robotic stocks like MAKO Surgical (NASDAQ: MAKO), Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) and Hansen Medical, Inc (NASDAQ: HNSN). I should also mention that we have recently added Adept Technology to our SmallCap Network Elite Opportunity (SCN EO) portfolio (we are up 9% since last week) because we feel robotics is an improving sector as companies aim to reduce overhead and improve efficiencies through machine to machine (M2M) automation.
- [By Alex Planes]
Intuitive Surgical's stock has been battered by worse-than-expected third-quarter results, which included the first year-over-year quarterly revenue decline in company history, coming on the heels of an underwhelming second quarter this summer. Fool contributor Rupert Hargreaves notes that the FDA's initiated an investigation on Intuitive's da Vinci surgical robotics systems, after it found several discrepancies in its incident reports. As a result, quarterly sales of the da Vinci declined from 155 units to 101 units, a drop that can only be partly blamed on slowing demand for medical devices in the U.S. Intuitive may have underperformed compared to recently acquired MAKO Surgical (NASDAQ: MAKO ) and Accuray (NASDAQ: ARAY ) over the past year, but it remains the 800-pound gorilla among these industry peers.
- [By Sean Williams]
What: Shares of medical device maker Accuray (NASDAQ: ARAY ) jumped as much as 13% after the company reported its third-quarter earnings results.
Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Cad It(CAD.MI)
CAD IT S.p.A. offers software solutions, as well as provides maintenance, personalization, integration, and other correlated services to banking, insurance, and private and public administration markets primarily in Italy. The company�?s Finance division provides Financial Area, an application that manages various functions connected to the negotiation, settlement, accounting, and administration of domestic and foreign financial operations. It also offers various solutions for fund allocation, tangible asset management, private banking, link-up to international markets, derivate management, general group data, credit, and forex. The company's Public Administration division provides planning and control systems, and a range of instruments and services, including local taxation, a package for the management of revenue, and voluntary/forced tax collection activities; B-Eval, a tool to monitor, measure, and evaluate the objectives and activities of a public body; and Babel e, a business intelligence platform to support public administration in activities, such as cost analysis, planning and programming, PEG/detailed plan of objectives, strategic control, staff cost control, and aim assessment. Its Industry division offers solutions for the management of various activities, such as accounting, production, management control, workflow management, quality system, designing, and supply chain management; and an ERP solution that covers various areas of company management. The company also offers outsourcing services in the areas of technical infrastructure, data protection, hardware and software maintenance, applicative software maintenance, technical and applicative monitoring, and disaster recovery. CAD IT S.p.A. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Verona, Italy.
Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Mazorro Resources Inc (MZO.V)
Mazorro Resources Inc., an exploration stage junior mining company, engages in the identification, acquisition, evaluation, and exploration of mineral properties. It primarily focuses on the exploration of gold properties in Quebec, Canada. The company has an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Dalquier property that includes 85 claims covering an area of 3,500 hectares located in the township of Dalquier, Quebec; and an option agreement to own a 75% interest in the Figuery property comprising 55 claims located in the Figuery, Landrienne, and Duverny Townships of Quebec. It also has an option agreement to earn a 70% interest in the Lapaska property consisting of 26 claims covering an area of approximately 352 hectares located in the Louvicourt Township of Quebec. Mazorro Resources Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Manotick, Canada.
Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: QCR Holdings Inc.(QCRH)
QCR Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides commercial and consumer banking, and trust and asset management services for the Quad City, Cedar Rapids, and Rockford communities. The company accepts deposits and invests in loans/leases and securities. Its deposit products comprise interest bearing deposits, non-interest bearing and interest bearing demand deposits, savings deposits, time deposits, and brokered time deposits. The company also offers a range of commercial and retail lending and investment services to corporations, partnerships, individuals, and government agencies. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial loans, including loans to wholesalers, manufacturers, building contractors, business services companies, other banks, and retailers; business loans, which include lines of credit for working capital and operational purposes; term loans for the acquisition of facilities, equipment, and other purposes; commercial real estate loans; and consumer loans c omprising motor vehicle, home improvement, home equity, and signature loans, as well as small personal credit lines. In addition, the company engages in the direct financing lease contracts; holding the real estate property; and issuing various trust preferred securities. QCR Holdings was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Moline, Illinois.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Tim Melvin]
QCR Holdings (QCRH) is another bank that has consistently had a lower return on assets than its peer group. The Illinois based bank has 9 offices and about $2.4 billion in total assets. The bank has an equity-to-assets ratio of just 7.4, which is well below the national average. The Illinois market has seen strong merger and acquisition activity in the past year, and this bank could become a target .
Top 5 Asian Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Sequenom Inc.(SQNM)
Sequenom, Inc. provides products, services, diagnostic testing, applications, and genetic analysis products that translate the results of genomic science into solutions for biomedical research, translational research, molecular medicine applications, and agricultural and livestock research. The company operates in two segments, Molecular Diagnostics and Genetic Analysis. The Molecular Diagnostics segment researches, develops, and commercializes noninvasive molecular diagnostic tests for prenatal genetic disorders and diseases, women?s health related disorders and diseases, ophthalmology, oncology, infectious diseases, and autoimmunity. This segment markets diagnostic technology for prenatal diagnostics under the trademark SEQureDx. The Genetic Analysis segment designs and markets MassARRAY system, a nucleic acid analysis platform that comprises hardware, software applications, consumable chips, and reagents to measure genetic target material and variations. This segment o ffers its MassARRAY system for various DNA/RNA analysis applications, including single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), genotyping, detection of mutations, analysis of copy number variants, and other structural genome variations, as well as quantitative gene expression analysis, quantitative methylation marker analysis, comparative sequence analysis of haploid organisms, SNP discovery, and oligonucleotide quality control. It also provides iPLEX multiplexing assay, which permits multiplexed SNP analysis and somatic mutation analysis. The company offers its products through direct sales, and sales and distribution partners to clinical research laboratories, bio-agriculture, bio-technology and pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, and various government agencies worldwide. Sequenom, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Keith Speights]
The check wasn't in the mail
Genetic analysis solutions provider Sequenom (NASDAQ: SQNM ) announced its second-quarter financial results this week. Mr. Market wasn't happy. Shares plunged nearly 30% for the week. - [By Keith Speights]
Top line makes everything fine
Sequenom (NASDAQ: SQNM ) lost more money in the first quarter than it did in the same period last year. The life-sciences company also missed the average analyst earnings estimate. Did shares fall? Nope -- they jumped 14%. - [By Selena Maranjian]
Finally, GMT Capital's biggest closed positions included Harris�and NII Holdings. Other closed positions of interest include Sequenom (NASDAQ: SQNM ) and QuestCor Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: QCOR ) . Sequenom, which makes molecular and genetic diagnostic tests, is a relatively small concern, with a market cap near $500 million. One of the company's tests checks for Down syndrome in a non-invasive manner, which should be of interest to many older women.�Future tests�might address conditions such as macular degeneration. Meanwhile, the company is expanding its reach abroad, but it's still posting widening losses along with strong revenue growth.
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