On this day in economic and business history...
Chernobyl.
The word and the place will be forever associated with the dangers of nuclear energy. More than any other event, including America's Three Mile Island, Chernobyl slowed global adoption of nuclear power to a crawl and changed the world's view of nuclear power to one of fear and distrust. But what really happened at this remote Ukrainian nuclear reactor on April 26, 1986? More importantly, could it happen again?
Chernobyl's disaster was set in motion on April 25, during the most ironic situation possible: a safety test. To test the power-regulating and emergency systems, Chernobyl's engineers -- lacking the necessary knowledge of nuclear physics to understand the consequences -- removed control rods (designed to stop catastrophic meltdowns) from one of four nuclear cores while reducing power output to nearly nothing. Their aim was to see whether inertial motion in the reactor turbine would be enough to drive emergency systems.
10 Best Industrial Disributor Stocks To Buy Right Now: Semgroup Corporation(SEMG)
SemGroup Corporation provides gathering, transportation, storage, distribution, blending, marketing, and other midstream services primarily to independent producers, refiners of petroleum products, and other market participants in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, Canada, and the West Coast of the United Kingdom. It also purchases, stores, and sells natural gas liquids in the United States; provides natural gas gathering and processing services in Canada and the United States; offers refined products and crude oil storage services in the United Kingdom; and purchases, produces, stores, and distributes liquid asphalt cement products in Mexico. The company owns, contracts, and leases various pipelines, gathering systems, storage facilities, terminals, processing plants, blending facilities, and other distribution assets. It operates approximately 1,400 miles of natural gas transportation, gathering, and distribution pipelines in Kansas, Oklahoma, T exas and Alberta, Canada. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
10 Best Industrial Disributor Stocks To Buy Right Now: Yum! Brands Inc.(YUM)
YUM! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a quick service restaurant company in the United States and internationally. It develops, operates, franchises, and licenses a system of restaurants, which prepare, package, and sell various food items, as well as operates Chinese casual dining concept restaurants. The company?s restaurants specialize in chicken, pizza, and Mexican-style food categories. It operates approximately 37,000 restaurants in 110 countries and territories under the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands, as well as approximately 450 casual dining concept restaurants in China. The company was formerly known as TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc. and changed its name to YUM! Brands, Inc. in May 2002. YUM! Brands, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Brian Gorban]
Fellow fast food giant Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) serves as a nice stock to diversify with one’s McDonald’s holding to take away company specific risk, and it is no slouch in size. Operating three very well-known restaurants (KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell) that in total comprised an even more impressive 38,000 restaurants as of November 29, 2012 and a market capitalization exceeding $30 billion, investors can feel comfortable that the company will continue to withstand the current economic recession. Add in the fact that the company sports a nice 2% dividend yield and with a very low 34% payout ratio, look for that dividend to continue to be raised.
Top Biotech Companies To Buy Right Now: FTI Consulting Inc. (FCN)
FTI Consulting, Inc. operates as a business advisory firm enabling organizations to protect enterprise values in complex legal, regulatory, and economic environments worldwide. Its corporate finance/restructuring service offerings include restructuring/turnaround, bankruptcy support, transaction advisory, private equity, performance improvement, interim management, and investment banking services; and economic consulting service offerings comprise business valuation, intellectual property, international arbitration, labor and employment, public policy, securities litigation and risk management, antitrust and competition economics, and regulated industries. The company offers forensic and litigation consulting services, including forensic accounting and advisory services, financial and enterprise data analytics, global risk and investigations practice, intellectual property, dispute advisory services, trial services, and compliance, monitoring, and receivership; and strateg ic communications services, such as financial communications, strategy consulting and research, corporate communications, public affairs, and creative engagement. It also provides technology services consisting of computer forensics and investigations, e-discovery software and services, and discovery consulting services. The company services clients in various industries, including aerospace and defense, agriculture, automotive, banking and financial services, construction, energy and utilities, environmental, government and public contracts, healthcare, hospitality, gaming and leisure, information technology, insurance, media and entertainment, mining, petroleum and chemicals, pharmaceutical and life sciences, real estate, retail, telecommunications, and transportation. FTI Consulting, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.
10 Best Industrial Disributor Stocks To Buy Right Now: Cornerstone OnDemand Inc.(CSOD)
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. provides learning and talent management solution delivered as software-as-a-service. The company offers three integrated cloud-based solutions for learning management, performance management, and extended enterprise. Its Cornerstone Learning Cloud helps clients deliver and manage enterprise training and development programs, as well as links employee development to other parts of the talent management lifecycle, including performance management and succession planning. The company?s Cornerstone Performance Cloud allows clients to direct and measure performance at the individual, departmental, and organizational level through competency management, organizational goal setting, performance appraisal, compensation management, and development planning. Its Cornerstone Extended Enterprise Cloud helps clients extend learning and talent management to their customers, vendors, and distributors. The company also offers consulting services comprising impl ementation, integration, content, business consulting, and educational services; and account services, as well as resells third-party e-learning content. Its clients include multi-national corporations, large domestic enterprises, mid-market companies, public sector organizations, higher education institutions, and non-profit entities. The company sells its solution and services directly through its own sales force in North America and Europe; and indirectly through domestic and international network of distributors. Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
10 Best Industrial Disributor Stocks To Buy Right Now: Nathan's Famous Inc.(NATH)
Nathan's Famous, Inc. operates in the foodservice industry. It engages in marketing Nathan?s Famous brand, and selling products bearing the Nathan?s Famous trademarks through various channels of distribution in the United States and internationally. The company operates and franchises quick-service restaurant units that features Nathan?s beef hot dogs, crinkle-cut french-fries, and other menu offerings under the Nathan?s Famous brand name. It also provides licensing agreements for the sale of Nathan?s products within supermarkets, club stores, and other grocery-type outlets; and involves in the manufacture of spices, and sale of Nathan?s products directly to other foodservice operators. In addition, the company offers Arthur Treacher?s brand fish fillets. As of August 3, 2011, its restaurant system consisted of 269 Nathan?s units, including 264 franchised units and 5 company-owned units (including 1 seasonal unit). The company was founded in 1916 and is based in Je richo, New York.
10 Best Industrial Disributor Stocks To Buy Right Now: Key Tronic Corporation(KTCC)
Key Tronic Corporation, doing business as KeyTronicEMS Co., together with its subsidiaries, provides electronic manufacturing services (EMS) to original equipment manufacturers primarily in the United States, Mexico, and China. Its EMS services include product design, surface mount technologies for printed circuit board assembly, tool making, precision plastic molding, liquid injection molding, automated tape winding, prototype design, and full product builds. The company also manufactures keyboards and other input devices for personal computers. Key Tronic markets its products and services primarily through its direct sales department aided by field sales people and distributors. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Spokane Valley, Washington.
10 Best Industrial Disributor Stocks To Buy Right Now: PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund(PCQ)
PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund is a close ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC. It is co-managed by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC. The fund invests in fixed income markets. It invests primarily in municipal bonds. PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund was founded in 2001 and is based in New York.
10 Best Industrial Disributor Stocks To Buy Right Now: BRITANNIC GROUP gbp0.05(RSL.L)
Resolution Limited engages in life assurance business in the United Kingdom and internationally. It offers various protection products, including life cover, critical illness cover, income protection, and business protection. The company also provides investment and savings consisting of wealth solutions bond, a lump sum investment with a wide choice of funds; and protected investment portfolio bond that allows investing in a range of funds, as well as offers a guaranteed minimum payment on death. In addition, it provides individual personal pension, individual stakeholder pension, and online stakeholder pension that offer a tax efficient way of saving for retirement; and corporate pensions. Further, the company offers various solutions for inheritance tax planning, such as making a will, making gifts, and trusts; and annuities. Additionally, it provides life assurance-based tax and estate planning solutions for high and ultra-high net worth individuals. The company offers its products through employee benefit consultants, consulting actuaries, independent financial advisers or distribution agreements, strategic partnerships, and relationships with private banks and specialist advisors. The company was founded in 1832 and is based in St Peter Port, the Channel Islands.
10 Best Industrial Disributor Stocks To Buy Right Now: El En(ELN.MI)
El.En S.p.A., through its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of laser systems in Europe and internationally. It offers laser systems for medical applications, including aesthetics, surgical, physiotherapy, dermatology, surgery, cosmetics, dentistry, and gynaecology. The company also provides laser systems for industrial applications, such as cutting, marking, and welding of metals, wood, plastic, and glass, as well as in the decoration of leather and fabric, and the conservative restoration of works of art; and systems for scientific applications and research. In addition, it offers after-sales service, including support for the installation and maintenance of its laser systems; and spare parts, consumables, and technical assistance services. The company sells its products through its subsidiaries, as well as through a network of distributors. El.En S.p.A. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Calenzano, Italy.
10 Best Industrial Disributor Stocks To Buy Right Now: TII Network Technologies Inc.(TIII)
Tii Network Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells products for use in the networks to service providers in the communications industry in the United States. It provides network interface devices (NID), including overvoltage surge protectors, digital subscriber line (DSL) service splitters, and customer bridge modules; building entrance terminals; and accessories comprising station protectors, customer wiring modules, electro-magnetic interference filters, and line test modules. The company also offers broadband products, such as DSL electronic products that include xDSL plain old telephone service splitters to isolate voice and data signals; Outrigger, an outdoor intelligent residential gateway; HomePlug technology that enables networking of voice, data, and audio devices through the consumers? AC power lines. In addition, it provides connectivity products consisting of connector block and terminal block products; voice over I nternet protocol products; switchable voice NID products; voice intercom systems for use in multi-dwelling units; and wire terminals and other connectivity products. Further, the company offers fiber optic products which comprise wall mount enclosures, rack mount enclosures, OSP fiber enclosures, cable assemblies, miscellaneous fiber accessories, and optic network terminals installation accessories. Additionally, it offers overvoltage surge protection products, including two and three electrode gas tubes; station overvoltage surge protectors; protector modules; and protector packs and cat 5 cat 6 protection products, as well as other surge protection products comprising a 75 ohm coaxial protector for cable networks; a 50-ohm coaxial protector for wireless service providers? cell sites; a gel-sealed Ethernet data protector; and power line/data line protectors for personal computers and home entertainment systems. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Edgewoo d, New York.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By John Reese]
Tii Network Technologies (NASDAQ: TIII) helps protect expensive telecom equipment with its overvoltage surge protection devices. This is especially useful during lightning strikes and power surges. Its Total Failsafe products offer modular station protectors, while its In-Line products protect broadband coaxial cables.
Naturally, large telecom carriers like Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) are big customers and account for 34% of sales. DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV), Power & Telephone Supply and Tyco Electronics (NYSE: TEL) are also customers. With Verizon and other cell phone providers upgrading to 4G, Tii’s sales should remain very strong.
The stock is a good buy, but it is thinly traded, so use a limit order within 10 cents of the previous day’s closing price. Buy TIII under $3.
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