Top 5 Regional Bank Stocks To Watch Right Now

U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor��s 500 Index to the biggest rally in three weeks, after government data showed the nation added more jobs than forecast last month.

Lincoln National Corp. climbed 5.4 percent, leading a rally among life insurers as bond yields surged on bets the Federal Reserve will begin to reduce its asset buying. KeyCorp advanced as Wells Fargo & Co. said regional banks benefit more than larger rivals from new rules on capital. Tesla Motors Inc. added 4.2 percent after saying it received enough orders to double the number of electric cars in Hong Kong. Homebuilders slumped amid concern rising interest rates may curtail a housing recovery.

The S&P 500 gained 1 percent, the most since June 13, to 1,631.89 at 4 p.m. in New York. The index advanced 1.6 percent for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 147.29 points, or 1 percent, to 15,135.84. About 4.95 billion shares changed hands, 24 percent below the three-month average. U.S. markets were closed yesterday for the Independence Day holiday.

Top 5 Promising Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.(CLF)

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., a mining and natural resources company, produces iron ore pellets, lump and fines iron ore, and metallurgical coal products. The company operates six iron ore mines in Michigan, Minnesota, and eastern Canada; two iron ore mining complexes in Western Australia; five metallurgical coal mines located in West Virginia and Alabama; and one thermal coal mine located in West Virginia. It also owns a 45% economic interest in a coking and thermal coal mine located in Queensland, Australia; and a 30% interest in Amapa, a Brazilian iron ore project in Latin America, as well as chromite properties in Ontario, Canada. The company, formerly known as Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Smith]

  This analyst doesn't dig Cliffs Natural Resources
  Investors in coal and iron miner Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF  ) are off to a rocky start this week, as analysts at FBR Capital cut their price target on the stock 15% to $28 a share.

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  That has had dramatic effects not just on steelmakers like ArcelorMittal but also on the companies that supply them with raw materials. Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF  ) , which counts ArcelorMittal as one of its largest customers, had to cut its dividend by more than 75% in light of low iron ore prices due to poor demand. Given ArcelorMittal's huge debt, a decline in its long-standing dividend isn't out of the question.

Top 5 Regional Bank Stocks To Watch Right Now: Sunedison Inc (SUNE)

SunEdison Inc, formerly MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., incorporated on October 1, 1984, is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of silicon wafers. The Company is a developer and seller of photovoltaic energy solutions. Through Solar Materials and Solar Energy (SunEdison), it is a developer of solar energy projects. The Company operates in two segments: semiconductor materials and solar energy. The Company��s Solar Energy segment includes the operations of its old Solar Materials segment, as well as its SunEdison business. In the Semiconductor Materials, the Company offers wafers with a variety of features. The Company��s wafers vary in size, surface features, composition, purity levels, crystal properties and electrical properties.

Semiconductor Materials

The Company��s monocrystalline wafers for use in semiconductor applications range in size from 100 millimeter to 300 millimeter and are round in shape for semiconductor customers because of the nature of their processing equipment. Its wafers are used as the starting material for the manufacture of various types of semiconductor devices, including microprocessor, memory, logic and power devices. In turn, these semiconductor devices are used in computers, cellular phones and other mobile electronic devices, automobiles and other consumer and industrial products. Its monocrystalline wafers for semiconductor applications include four general categories of wafers: prime, epitaxial, test/monitor and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers.

The Company��s prime wafer is a polished, pure wafer with an ultraflat and ultraclean surface. The Company��s epitaxial (epi), wafers consist of a thin silicon layer grown on the polished surface of the wafer. Typically, the epitaxial layer has different electrical properties from the underlying wafer. This provides customers with isolation between circuit elements than a polished wafer. Its AEGIS product is designed for certain specialized applications requiring high resis! tivity epitaxial wafers and its MDZ product feature. The AEGIS wafer includes a thin epitaxial layer grown on a standard starting wafer. The AEGIS wafer��s thin epitaxial layer eliminates harmful defects on the surface of the wafer, thereby allowing device manufacturers to increase yields. The Company supplies test/monitor wafers to its customers for use in testing semiconductor fabrication lines and processes. An SOI wafer is a different starting material for the chip making process.

Solar Energy

The Company��s Solar Energy segment provides solar energy services that integrate the design, installation, financing, monitoring, operations and maintenance portions of the downstream solar market to provide a solar energy service to its customers. As of December 31, 2012, SunEdison interconnected over 675 solar power systems representing 989 megawatt of solar energy generating capacity. As of December 31, 2012, SunEdison had 73 megawatt of projects under construction and 2.6 gigawatts in pipeline. In support of its downstream solar business, its Solar Energy segment manufactures polysilicon, silicon wafers and solar modules. Additionally, its Solar Energy segment will sell solar modules to third parties in the event the opportunity aligns with itsinternal needs. It provides its downstream customers with a way to purchase renewable energy by delivering solar power under long-term power purchase arrangements with customers or feed-in tariff arrangements with government entities and utilities. Its SunEdison business is dependent upon government subsidies, including United States federal incentive tax credits, state-sponsored energy credits and foreign feed-in tariffs. The Company��s solar wafers are used as the starting material for crystalline solar cells.

The Company competes with Shin-Etsu Handotai, SUMCO, Siltronic and LG Siltron, SunPower Corporation, First Solar, Inc., Enerparc, Sharp Corporation (Recurrent Energy), Phoenix Solar, BELECTRIC, JUWI Solar Gmbh, and S! olar City! .

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Paul Ausick]

  SunEdison Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), like SunPower, has had a booming year. The share price is up more than 265% in the past 12 months. Shares closed at $14.01 Monday night, in a 52-week range of $3.64 to $14.71. With a price target of around $15.20, the potential upside is nearly 8%. Expected 2014 EPS is $0.56, and the stock’s forward P/E ratio is around 25. The company is planning to spin off its semiconductor wafer business during the first quarter.

• [By James Brumley]

  What’s going to spark such a run-up from SOL stock at some point in 2014? Aaron Levitt offered details in his commentary on ReneSola, but the short version is that the panel maker has developed a strong name for itself as a supplier for small, independent power producers that are more cost-conscious than bigger players.

  Sunedison (SUNE)

  While Sunedison (SUNE) is a name that occasionally surfaces during discussions of the market’s top solar stocks, it’s not always part of the debate.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE) shares surged 0.50% to reach a new 52-week high of $13.99. SunEdison's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $2.06 billion.

  Posted-In: 52-Week HighsNews Intraday Update Markets Movers

• [By Aaron Levitt]

  Utility NextEra Energy (NEE) is the nation��s largest solar and wind operator and just the latest firm to announce its intention to create a YieldCo. Moody��s estimates that about 30 utilities across the globe have the ability to create a YieldCo today based on current power plant holdings. Aside from the utility space, the various solar panel producers that also own/build grid-scale operations have also expressed their intentions about starting YieldCos. These include SunPower (SPWR) and SunEdison (SUNE).

Top 5 Regional Bank Stocks To Watch Right Now: Powershares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ)

PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the Dynamic Food & Beverage Intellidex Index (the Food & Beverage Intellidex). The Food & Beverage Intellidex consists of stocks of 30 United States food and beverage companies. These are companies that are principally engaged in the manufacture, sale or distribution of food and beverage products, agricultural products and products related to the development of new food technologies. These companies may include companies that sell products and services, such as meat and poultry processing, and wholesale and retail distribution and warehousing of food and food-related products, including restaurants, grocery stores, brewers, distillers and vintners, as well as companies that manufacture and distribute products, including soft drinks, packaged food products (such as cereals, pet foods and frozen foods), health food and dietary products. Stocks are selected principally on the basis of their capital appreciation potential as identified by the AMEX (the Intellidex Provider) pursuant to its Intellidex methodology. The Fund��s investment advisor is PowerShares Capital Management LLC.

The Food & Beverage Intellidex is adjusted quarterly, and the Fund, using an indexing investment approach, attempts to replicate the performance of the Food & Beverage Intellidex. The Fund generally will invest in all of the stocks comprising the Food & Beverage Intellidex in proportion to their weightings in the Food & Beverage Intellidex. The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks of food and beverage companies. The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Food & Beverage Intellidex.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Udovich]

  Small cap ingredients stock Balchem Corporation (NASDAQ: BCPC) jumped 22.76% yesterday on news about an acquisition, meaning its worth taking a closer look at the stock along with potential peers like small cap MGP Ingredients Inc (NASDAQ: MGPI) and the PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage ETF (NYSEARCA: PBJ).

Top 5 Regional Bank Stocks To Watch Right Now: Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII)

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. designs, builds, overhauls, and repairs ships primarily for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. It offers nuclear-powered ships, such as aircraft carriers and submarines; and non-nuclear ships, including surface combatants, expeditionary warfare/amphibious assault, coastal defense surface ships, and national security cutters, as well as engages in the refueling and overhaul, and inactivation of nuclear-powered ships. The company also operates as a full-service systems provider for the design, engineering, construction, and life cycle support of major programs for surface ships; and a provider of fleet support and maintenance services for the U.S. Navy. In addition, it provides a range of support services, including fabrication, construction, equipment, and technical services, as well as product sales to commercial nuclear power plants, fossil power plants, and other industrial facilities, as well as government customers. The company is based in Newport News, Virginia.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Monica Wolfe]

  Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)

  Fournier��s fifth largest position is in Huntington Ingalls Industries. The guru holds on to 4,129,567 shares, representing 8.32% of the company��s shares outstanding and 4.3% of his total portfolio. The guru did not make any changes to his holdings in Huntington over the second quarter.

• [By Katie Spence]

  The money is running dry
  Defense spending is being slashed left and right, which means the Pentagon is making hard decisions when it comes to military needs. Currently, there are a number of programs that the Pentagon is unwilling to sacrifice, such as Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT  ) F-35 fighter, Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE: HII  ) CVN-78 aircraft carrier, and Northrop Grumman's (NYSE: NOC  ) RQ-4 Global Hawk drones -- good news for these guys. Then, there are other programs that the Pentagon has deemed less critical. That includes Boeing's C-17 contract.

Build Up Your Portfolio With These Infrastructure Stocks

In Washington State, a bridge considered functionally obsolete collapses when an 18-wheeler hit a 60-year-old overhead beam, sending two cars sliding into the frigid river below. On the opposite side of the country, just a few blocks from the White House, a massive sinkhole opens up over a sewer line built in 1897, creating a nightmare for already harried commuters. And in Dallas, a massive water main break on a 30-year-old line turns one street into a wave pool, submerging nearby cars.

See Also: Infrastructure in Need of Repair Right Now

These incidents, which happened within a matter of months this year, are far from isolated. They're indicative of America's crumbling infrastructure -- a system of roads, bridges, water mains, sewer lines and electric grids so desperately in need of replacement or repair that an engineering group estimates that it will cost the nation $3.6 trillion by 2020 to get it up to snuff.

And lacking or faulty infrastructure is not just a domestic problem; it's worse overseas. At least 780 million people lack access to safe drinking water, and 2.5 billion lack improved sanitation facilities, according to the World Health Organization. Some four billion people worldwide have no modern communication service — cell or landline.

But it's not all bad news, at least if you're an investor. With all this need, a vast array of companies that provide either the equipment or the skill to build roads, bridges and water lines and to provide telecommunications services are poised to profit. To be sure, government budgets are tight, but the cost of deteriorating infrastructure is so great that treasurers in cities, states and nations around the world are reluctantly pulling out their checkbooks.

Consider that deteriorating roads cost the U.S. motorists $80 billion annually and cause drivers to waste about 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline per year according to TRIP, a transportation research group. Neglected roads are a significant factor in about one-third of traffic fatalities. And, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, one out of every nine of the nation's 607,380 bridges are structurally deficient. Estimated cost of repair: $76 billion.

"Without good infrastructure, countries don't have a chance. They lose global business," says Michael Halloran, a strategy analyst for Janney Montgomery Scott.

Still, investors must pick their targets carefully. Here are eight companies that appear to be good bets.

Roads and Bridges

Building roads and bridges takes a lot of heavy equipment, and that's exactly what Caterpillar (CAT) makes. Whether a project needs backhoes, excavators, pavers or the articulated trucks to get asphalt and other building materials from one location to another, the Peoria, Ill., manufacturer is the industry leader both in the U.S. and abroad.

But Cat isn't just about construction. Disappointing second-quarter results, released July 24, showed that the company is battling headwinds in its mining business and is suffering from adverse currency exchange rates. As a result, Caterpillar lowered its earnings estimate for 2013, and its stock fell 2.4%, to $83.44. At that price, it sells for 13 times estimated 2013 earnings. (All prices are through July 24.)

Not all the news was bad. In announcing the diminished expectations for this year, Cat executives said part of the problem is that dealer inventories are low and are likely to stay low for the rest of the year. But that is expected to boost 2014 results. Meanwhile, Cat recently hiked its dividend 13%, to an annual rate of $2.40. The stock now yields an above-average 2.9%.

If you've got a complex building project — such as repairing a crumbling bridge or building a road through difficult terrain -- there's a good chance you'll look up the engineers at Fluor (FLR), the giant engineering and construction company. When it comes to building or repairing infrastructure, there isn't much the Irving, Tex., outfit can't do. Earlier this year, the company won contracts to design a clean-fuel project in South Africa, a chemical plant in Louisiana and to build bridges in Qatar. Analysts expect Fluor's earnings to grow at a 12% pace over the next several years. At $62.29, the stock sells for 15 times projected 2013 earnings.

Water

Demand for water and wastewater pumps, testing equipment and valves is fueling new business at Xylem (XYL), a White Plains, N.Y., water-technology company. Among recently struck deals were a big water disinfection project in Sweden and a waste-pumping project in Beijing.

Xylem, known for providing pumps that helped clean tunnels flooded by Hurricane Sandy and technology used by NASA to look for water on the moon, is a 2011 spinoff from manufacturing titan ITT Corp. Tight municipal budgets in the U.S. hamper Xylem, but nearly two-thirds of its business emanates from overseas. Growth in emerging markets is a bright spot, says Wedbush analyst David Rose, who is bullish on the company's long-term prospects. The stock, at $28.59, trades at 16 times forecasted 2013 profits and yields 1.7%.

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Operating in 56 countries around the world, Flowserve (FLS) promises an affordable and sustainable source of clean water. The company's earnings growth has been unspectacular in recent years, but analysts are now predicting that Flowserve's profits will spurt by an average of 14% annually over the next several years. The stock, at $56.05, sells for 17 times projected 2013 earnings.

Flowserve, like Fluor based in Irving, should benefit from a trend toward reuse of municipal water, says S&P Capital IQ analyst Stewart Scharf. The manufacturer of flow-control equipment, such as pumps and valves, recently split its stock three for one. Although stock splits don't have any mathematical impact on the value of a company or an investment, they're widely considered a sign of management's long-term optimism.

Telecommunications

American Tower (AMT) is one of the world's largest providers of telecommunications towers, with some 55,000 broadcast and wireless sites. The company's business of leasing bandwidth to the rapidly growing cell phone industry, as well as to cable, radio and television broadcasters, is fueling brisk revenue growth and is expected to lead to double-digit earnings growth for at least the next five years.

However, American Tower, which is structured as a real estate investment trust, is pricey. At $73.94, the stock sells for 36 times estimated 2013 earnings. But UBS analyst Batya Levi still likes the stock, which she expects to reach $93 in a year. Analysts expect American Tower to generate average annual earnings growth of 27% over the next few years.

Energy

The need to drill for oil in deep waters all over the world is the infrastructure challenge that has Morningstar analyst Steven Ellis enthusiastically recommending three energy-services companies. Demand for oil remains strong, particularly in emerging markets, but land-based wells are maturing and delivering less. That gives an edge to the companies capable of providing the specialized products and services for offshore drilling.

Shares in Halliburton (HAL) slumped this spring after the Houston company announced that it would set aside $637 million in reserves for litigation related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Halliburton was among several service providers sued by BP for clean-up costs in the wake of the disaster. However, that may have steered the stock into bargain territory, says Ellis. At $44.82, it sells for 14 times 2013 estimated earnings, a nice price for a company that analysts think will produce earnings growth of 20% annually over the next few years. Ellis thinks the stock is worth $55.

He also recommends Cameron International (CAM), which makes pressure valves and other drilling equipment. It, too, was sued by BP, settling for $250 million in 2011. Cameron's stock, at $63.57, also looks attractive, selling for 17 times projected 2013 earnings. Meanwhile, analysts forecast long-term earnings growth of 19% a year. Ellis pegs the stock's value at $75.

Schlumberger (SLB), one of the world's leading energy-services company, benefits from the same trends. At $82.85, the stock sells for 18 times projected 2013 earnings — slightly greater than the company's projected long-term earnings-growth rate. However, unlike the others, which pay negligible dividends, Schlumberger's $1.25 annual payout provides a 1.5% yield. Ellis thinks the stock is worth $87.

Rebecca McClay is a financial journalist covering daily stock and market movements.

Best Construction Material Stocks To Invest In Right Now

Best Construction Material Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Texas Industries Inc (TXI)

Texas Industries, Inc., incorporated on April 19, 1951, is a supplier of construction materials in the southwestern United States. The Company operates in three segments: cement, aggregates and consumer products. Its cement segment produces gray portland cement and specialty cements. The Company's cement production and distribution facilities are concentrated primarily in Texas and California. Its aggregates segment produces natural aggregates, including sand, gravel and crushed limestone. The Company's consumer products segment produces ready-mix concrete. It is also a supplier of natural aggregates and ready-mix concrete in Texas and northern Louisiana and in Oklahoma and Arkansas. As of May 31, 2013, the Company had 123 manufacturing facilities in five states.

Cement Segment

The Company produces specialty cements, such as masonry and oil well cements. Its cement production facilities are located at Midlothian, Texas, south of Dallas/Fort Wo rth, Hunter, Texas, between Austin and San Antonio, and Oro Grande, California, near Los Angeles. It also operates a cement terminal and packaging facility at its Crestmore plant near Riverside, California, and the Company operates its gray portland cement grinding facility on an as needed basis. During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013 (fiscal 2013), it produced approximately 4.3 million tons of finished cement. The Company shipped approximately 4.4 million tons during fiscal 2013, of which 3.8 million tons were shipped to outside trade customers.

Aggregates Segment

The Company's operations are conducted from facilities primarily serving the Dallas/Fort Worth and Austin areas in Texas; the southern Oklahoma area, and the Alexandria and Monroe areas in Louisiana. The Company produced approximately 14.2 mill! ion tons of natural aggregates during fiscal 2013. It shipped approximately 14.8 million tons of natural aggregates during fiscal 2013, of whi ch 11.3 million tons were shipped to outside trade customers! . The Company shipped approximately 1.0 million cubic yards of lightweight aggregates during fiscal 2013, of which approximately 0.9 million cubic yards were shipped to outside trade customers.

Consumer Products Segment

The Company's ready-mix concrete operations are situated in three areas in Texas (the Dallas/Fort Worth/Denton area of north Texas, the Austin area of central Texas and from Beaumont to Texarkana in east Texas), in north and central Louisiana, and in southwestern Arkansas. It is also a 40% partner in a joint venture that has ready mix concrete operations in the northern part of central Texas area centered around Waco, Texas. It shipped approximately 2.8 million cubic yards of ready-mix concrete during fiscal 2013. The Company manufacture and supply a substantial amount of the cement and aggregates raw materials used by our ready-mix plants. The Company also marketed its Maximizer packaged concrete mixes in southern California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Holly LaFon]

  Competitively advantaged holdings continued to demonstrate the value of moats at FedEx (FDX), Melco, and Texas Industries (TXI). These holdings were among our largest contributors to performance, and they exemplify activity prevalent across most of our holdings throughout the year.

• [By Jake L'Ecuyer]

  Texas Industries (NYSE: TXI) was down, falling 4.36 percent to $65.78 after Longbow Research downgraded the stock from buy to neutral.

  Commodities
  In commodity news, oil traded down 1.37 percent to $97.07, while gold traded up 1.73 percent to $1,223.10. Silver traded up 3.69 percent Thursday to $20.09, while copper fell 0.34 percent to $3.39.

• [By Ben Fox Rubin]

  Building materials company Texas Industries ! Inc.(TXI)! is considering a sale, Bloomberg News reported, citing three people familiar with knowledge of the matter. Shares of the company jumped 12% premarket to $65.50.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Shares of Vulcan have gained 7.6%, and given a lift to other cement makers today, including Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), which has risen 4.9% and reports earnings on Thursday, Cemex (CX), which has advanced 1.5%, and Texas Industries (TXI), which is up 4.9%.

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Best Transportation Stocks To Invest In Right Now

Best Transportation Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Oiltanking Partners LP (OILT)

Oiltanking Partners, L.P. (OTLT) is engaged in the terminaling, storage and transportation of crude oil, refined petroleum products and liquefied petroleum gas. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Oiltanking Houston, L.P. (OTH) and Oiltanking Beaumont Partners, L.P. (OTB), the Company owns and operates storage and terminaling assets located along the Gulf Coast of the United States on the Houston, Texas Ship Channel and in Beaumont, Texas. Its Houston and Beaumont terminals provides deep-water access and interconnectivity to refineries, chemical and petrochemical companies, carrier and pipelines and production facilities and have international distribution capabilities. Its facilities are directly connected to 18 refineries, storage facilities and production facilities along the Gulf Coast area through pipelines and common carrier pipelines, to end markets along the Gulf Coast and to the Cushing, Oklahoma storage interchange.

Houston Terminal

T he Company operates third-party crude oil and refined petroleum products terminals on the Houston Ship Channel. Its facility has an aggregate active storage capacity of approximately 11.7 million barrels and provides integrated terminaling services to a variety of customers, including integrated oil companies, marketers, distributors and chemical companies. The principal products handled at its Houston terminal complex are crude oil, the inputs for chemical production (such as naphtha and condensate), which are referred to as chemical feedstocks, liquefied petroleum gas and clean petroleum products, such as gasoline and distillates, with crude oil accounting for approximately 64% of its active storage capacity.

The Company's storage and distribution network is integrated with the Houston petrochemical and refining complex. The faci! lity handles products through a number of transportation modes, primarily through pipelines interconnected to local refineries and production facilities, including Houston Refining's refine! ry in Pasadena, Texas, PRSI's refinery in Pasadena, Texas, ExxonMobil's refinery in Baytown, Texas, which is a refinery in the United States. Its Houston terminal also handles products through third-party crude oil, refined petroleum products and liquified petroleum gas tankers and barges arriving at its deep-water docks. Its waterfront capabilities consists of six deep-water ship docks, allowing for the dockage of vessels with up to 130,000 deadweight tons (dwt), of cargo and vessel capacity, and two barge docks, allowing for barges with up to 20,000 dwt of cargo and barge capacity. Its deep-water ship docks can accommodate vessels with up to a 45 foot draft, including Suezmax tankers, which can navigate the Houston Ship Channel. During the year ended December 31, 2011 (during 2011), the Company generated 22% of its Houston terminal revenues from throughput fees charged to non-storage customers.

The Company's real property at its Houston terminal consists of approximately 327 acres, including 63 acres of nearby parcels that could be connected to its Houston terminal through existing owned rights-of-way. The Company owns approximately 24 acres at the Crossroads Interchange approximately six miles from its Houston terminal.

Beaumont Terminal

The Company's Beaumont terminal serves as a regional strategic and trading hub for vacuum gas oil and clean petroleum products for refineries located in the upper Gulf Coast region. Its facility has an aggregate active storage capacity of approximately 5.6 million barrels and provides integrated terminaling services to a variety of customers, including integrated oil companies, distributors, marketers and chemical and petrochemical companies. The principal products handled at its Beaumont terminal complex are refined petroleum! products! , which accounted for approximately 99% of its active storage capacity as of December 31, 2011.

The Company's sto rage and distribution network is integrated with the Beaumon! t/Port Ar! thur petrochemical and refining complex, and provides its customers with the additional services of mixing, blending, heating and marine vapor recovery. Its Beaumont facility handles products through a number of transportation modes, primarily through third-party pipelines interconnected to local refineries and production facilities, through its own pipeline system to Huntsman's chemical production facility in Port Neches, and through third-party crude and refined products tankers and barges arriving at its deep-water docks. Its waterfront capabilities consist of two deep-water ship docks, allowing for the dockage of vessels with up to 130,000 dwt of cargo and vessel capacity and drafts of up to 40 feet, and two barge docks, allowing for barges with up to 20,000 dwt of cargo and barge capacity and drafts of up to 12 feet.

Operations

The Company provides integrated terminaling, storage, pipeline and related services for third-party companies engage d in the production, distribution and marketing of crude oil, refined petroleum products and liquefied petroleum gas. The Company generates its revenues through the provision of fee-based services to its customers. During 2011, it generated approximately 75% of its revenues from fixed monthly fees for storage services, which its customers pay to reserve storage space in its tanks and to compensate the Company for receiving an agreed upon average periodic amount of product volume, or throughput, on their behalf.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Richard Stavros]

  The good news is that midstream MLPs are already part of the crude-by-rail story and will likely be part of the growing gas-by-rail story. Indeed, there are numerous names in the MLP space with at least some exposure to the crude-by-rail trend, includin! g Enterp! rise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE: KMP), Genesis Energy LP (NYSE: GEL), and Oiltanking Partners LP (NYSE: OILT), among others. Barclays estimates that MLPs have already invested $2 billion in railroad terminals, including acquisitions.

• [By Jake L'Ecuyer]

  Equities Trading DOWN
  Shares of Oiltanking Partners LP (NYSE: OILT) were down 7.23 percent to $59.79 after the company priced an offering of 2.6 million common units.

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Should You Be Buying Apple Stock?

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- In one direction, Netflix (NFLX) provides the perfect illustration of the toxic disconnect between how Wall Street treats stocks and studies companies. Apple (AAPL) does in the other.

Reality means nothing to the big money. Concurrently, your loyalty to or love for a company should not influence your decision on its stock. Not at all.

After publishing Tuesday's The Media Is Lying to You About Apple, this is one of the first responses I received on Twitter:

Happy to be an AAPL investor! The Media Is Lying to You About Apple http://t.co/Qx18RClcSD via @TheStreet

� Jeannette Gessler (@JbombGessler) September 17, 2013

When that type of emotion accompanies an investment, or a trade for that matter, I worry.

I guess if you bought AAPL at $100 or $200, you're still happy. But, no matter where you started with the stock, digging your heels in because you think it's the right thing to do or because you're fighting the good fight against a lying and lamebrain media and investor community could get you killed.

It might very well be the case that Apple is unjustifiably undervalued right now. That the cheap iPhone was a figment of the pundits' collective imagination. That Apple is getting beat up for not doing something it never said it would do in the first place. That Tim Cook can, contrary to popular belief, deserve to hold Steve Jobs' jockstrap. If this is reality, there's a better than zero chance it's one you'll never experience.

So the question becomes would you rather kick yourself for not following your conviction and missing out on AAPL's resurgence and subsequent run to $1,000? Or would you prefer to beat yourself up over losing a boatload of money or watching your unrealized profits on the stock decrease and/or evaporate? I'm of the psychological makeup to go with the former, even after getting burned.

There's not a stock I missed on more than Sirius XM (SIRI). The cats who believed in the thing, followed their conviction -- partially fueled by emotion -- and bought on every dip, drop or crash (often for just pennies) made out like bandits. But that doesn't happen every day of the week. Or maybe it happens -- lots of good things happen -- but it happens in limited supply, meaning it's unlikely to happen to you.

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All I'm trying to say is this ... if you're reading my stuff on Apple these days and pumping your fist, it's all good. I appreciate it. You should chest bump me. There absolutely is a good fight to be fought. For as concerned -- even bearish -- as I am about Apple's long-term prospects under Tim Cook, the company's getting the raw end of the shaft in the near-term.

So don't take what I'm writing as an endorsement to load up on AAPL stock. It absolutely isn't. In fact, by pointing out the inaneness that reigns on Wall Street and in the financial and tech media, if I'm suggesting anything with respect to the stock it might just be the opposite of buy, buy, buy.

Follow @rocco_thestreet

--Written by Rocco Pendola in Santa Monica, Calif.

5 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Own Right Now

5 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Own Right Now: Mindspeed Technologies Inc.(MSPD)

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and sells semiconductor networking solutions for communications applications in enterprise, fixed and mobile broadband access, metropolitan, and wide-area networks (WAN). The company offers communications convergence processing products that serve as bridges for transporting video, voice, fax, and modem transmissions between circuit-switched and packet-based fixed and mobile networks, and across network boundaries; and offer video and voice over Internet protocol, voice-over-asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), and voice-over-digital subscriber line services, as well as wireline-to-wireless connectivity. These products include the eighth-generation Comcerto family for fiber-access service delivery; and Transcede family of 3G/4G base station baseband processors. It also provides analog transmission devices and switching products, which comprise laser drivers, transimpedance amplifiers, post amplifiers, clock and data recovery cir cuits, signal conditioners, serializers/deserializers, video reclockers, cable drivers, and line equalizers that support storage area network, fiber-to-the-premise, optical transport networks, and broadcast video. In addition, the company offers WAN communications products comprising transmission solutions and ATM/multi-protocol label switching network processors that facilitate the aggregation, processing, and transport of voice and data traffic over copper wire or fiber optic cable to access metropolitan and long-haul networks. It sells its products directly to network infrastructure original equipment manufacturers; and indirectly through electronic component distributors and third-party electronic manufacturing service providers in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was founded in 2001 and is ! headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lauren Pollock]

  M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc.(MTSI) agreed to acquire semiconductor manufacturer Mindspeed Technologies Inc.(MSPD) in a deal valued at $272 million, expanding the company’s markets to include enterprise applications. Mindspeed shares surged 70% to $5.04 premarket.

• [By Monica Gerson]

  Mindspeed Technologies (NASDAQ: MSPD) surged 69.02% to $5.02 in the pre-market session after M/A-Com Technology Solutions Holdings (NASDAQ: MTSI) announced its plans to acquire Mindspeed Technologies.

• [By Lee Jackson]

  Mindspeed Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD) provides voice over internet protocol (VOIP) infrastructure and some telecom chips, which account for about 10% of sales. This could disrupt earnings at a micro cap tech company. The consensus price target for the stock is $3.75.

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Top 10 Small Cap Companies To Watch For 2016

Top 10 Small Cap Companies To Watch For 2016: InterDigital Inc.(IDCC)

Interdigital, Inc. engages in the design and development of digital wireless technology solutions. The company offers technology solutions for use in digital cellular and wireless products and networks, including 2G, 3G, 4G, and IEEE 802-related products and networks. It holds patents related to the fundamental technologies that enable wireless communications. The company licenses its patents to equipment producers that manufacture, use, and sell digital cellular and IEEE 802-related products; and licenses or sells mobile broadband modem solutions, including modem IP, know-how, and reference platforms to mobile device manufacturers, semiconductor companies, and other equipment producers that manufacture, use, and sell digital cellular products. InterDigital?s solutions are incorporated in various products comprising mobile devices, such as cellular phones, tablets, notebook computers, and wireless personal digital assistants; wireless infrastructure equipment, such as base stations; and components, dongles, and modules for wireless devices. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jayson Derrick]

  InterDigital (NASDAQ: IDCC) won a Delaware infringement suit against ZTE.

  Related: InterDigital Traders Selling On News After Buying On Rumors

• [By MONEYMORNING.COM]

  In addition to Microsoft, tech companies that China has targeted include San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM), and Delaware-based InterDigital Inc. (Nasdaq: IDCC).

source from Top Stocks For 2015:http://www.topstocksblog.com/top-10-small-cap-companies-to-watch-for-2016.html