Hot Clean Energy Stocks For 2014

The recent budget proposal from the Obama administration is taking a lot of criticism for its big emphasis on clean energy technology development. While some may critique the method on how this will be funded, others fear the possibility of these clean energy investments failing,�the most recent and most widely publicized example being the bankrupt solar company Solyndra.�

Yet while we rake the muck of these failed�investments, many of us look over the fact that several industries and technologies were made possible from government funding.�Clearly, not every investment the government makes will be a great success, but�several�successful�businesses have developed in large part because of government assistance. There are examples across almost every sector of industry, but for now let's focus on developments in energy and see if a failure like Solyndra is an�aberration or just part of everyday business for the government.

Backing energy development: It's just what we do
The concept of having the government grant favorable treatment to the energy sector can be traced as far back as before the Civil War. At that time, the U.S. government's largest asset was land, and for many years it sold that land at below market value to encourage settlement and growth, which also gave a deep discount to the largest energy source at the time: timber. According to a research report by DBL Investors, the subsidies that were granted to the timber industry for energy purposes would have equated to about $25 billion per year in 2010 dollars.�

Hot Clean Energy Stocks For 2014: Red Metal Ltd(RDM.AX)

Red Metal Limited engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral prospects in Australia. It primarily explores for uranium, gold, copper, silver, lead, zinc, nickel, zircon, titanium, and platinum group metals. The company holds interests in projects primarily located in the Mount Isa Inlier, Gawler Craton, Curnamona Province, and the Eucla Basin, as well as the Eastern Arunta region. It also explores for fertilizer mineral projects, including the Swift Hills Phosphate project in Queensland, Australia; and the Colorado Potash project located in Paradox Basin in the United States. The company is based in Sydney, Australia.

Hot Clean Energy Stocks For 2014: Bcm Resources Corporation (B.V)

BCM Resources Corp., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resource properties in British Columbia, Canada. The company primarily focuses on the discovery of viable molybdenum deposits. It holds interests in the resource properties located in the Skeena and Omineca Mining Divisions in British Columbia. The company was formerly known as BC Moly Ltd. and changed its name to BCM Resources Corp. in February 2006. BCM Resources Corp. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Top 10 Safest Companies For 2014: First Star Resources Inc(FS.V)

First Star Resources Inc., a junior exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious metal resource properties. Its principal properties include the LMS and West Pogo gold and silver projects located in the Tintina Gold belt in Alaska, the United States. First Star Resources Inc. was formerly known as First Star Innovations Inc. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Hot Clean Energy Stocks For 2014: Lux Dig Pict Inc(LUXD.OB)

Lux Digital Pictures, Inc. engages in the development, production, marketing, and distribution of digital films. The company intends to market its motion picture product and distribution businesses under various brands, including Lux Digital Pictures, Midnight Movies, New Broadway Cinema, and Short Screams. It also intends to develop its brand Midnight Movies brand as a specialty theatrical distributor that provides multi-market releases for some of its own products and film products acquired from third parties. The company?s Short Screams brand would be an online Web portal that streams and broadcasts independently produced short horror, suspense, and fantasy films; and New Broadway Cinema brand would produce and distribute film adaptations of established theatrical stage productions using its proprietary DigiTheater production process. Lux Digital Pictures, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Hot Clean Energy Stocks For 2014: Companhia de Bebidas das Americas - AmBev(ABV)

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas?Ambev engages in the production, distribution, and sale of beer, draft beer, carbonated soft drinks, malt, and other non-alcoholic and non-carbonated products in the Americas. It also sells bottled water, isotonics, and ready-to-drink teas. The company provides its products under the brand names of Skol, Brahma, Antarctica, Guarana Antarctica, Gatorade, Brahva, Brahva Beats, Extra, Brahma Light, Brahma Ice, Quilmes, Stella Artois, Red Rock, Pepsi-Cola, Seven UP, Zenda, Concordia, Triple Kola, Quilmes Cristal, Brahma, Andes, Pacena, Taquina, Huari, Becker, Baltica, Pilsen, Patricia, Labatt Blue, Alexander Keith?s, and Kokanee. It has a licensing agreement with Anheuser-Busch, Inc. to produce, bottle, distribute, and sell Budweiser products in Canada and Paraguay. Companhia de Bebidas das Americas?Ambev distributes its products through direct distribution system and third-party distributors. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquarter ed in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Companhia de Bebidas das Americas?Ambev is a subsidiary of Interbrew International B.V.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dividend]

  Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas (ABV) has a market capitalization of $118.32 billion. The company employs 51,299 people, generates revenue of $14.120 billion and has a net income of $4.662 billion. Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas�� earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6.829 billion. The EBITDA margin is 48.36 percent (the operating margin is 43.00 percent and the net profit margin 33.02 percent).

• [By Hilary Kramer]

  Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (ABV): Better known as Ambev, it is one of the largest brewers in the world and the largest in Latin America (in terms of sales volume). It makes a variety of beverages, including beer and soft drinks, and is also one of the biggest independent PepsiCo bottlers in the world. The company has done a good job lately of emphasizing premium beers, which carry a higher margin, to offset recent lower sales volumes. ABV yields a solid 4.6%.