Last year may have been one of the worst ones ever for big-box retailers. Shares of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY ) , RadioShack, and hhgregg�fell 50%, 78%, and 50%, respectively. It would make sense that this might be the case, as more and more people use these companies' stores simply as a venue to test out new products, before going home to order them cheaper on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN ) .
Things were bad enough that in early January, I told investors to stay away from Best Buy, even though it had experienced a slight rally. So far, I've been wrong. The stock has more than doubled so far this year. But let me explain why I still think you should stay away from the company's shares.
Anatomy of a rally, in three phases
Top 5 Up And Coming Stocks For 2014: Camellia(CAM.L)
Camellia Plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in agriculture and horticulture, engineering, food storage and distribution, and private banking and financial services businesses. Its Agriculture and Horticulture division is involved in the production of tea, edible nuts, citrus, fruits, rubber, pistachios, maize, soya, barley, avocados, livestock, milk, wine, and other horticultural produce, as well as general farming operations. The company?s Engineering division activities comprise the provision of metal finishing, fabrication, precision engineering, and heat treatment services. Its Food Storage and Distribution division distributes deep frozen prawns, crab sticks, and other seafood; and fresh, frozen, and readymade portions of fish to the restaurant and catering sectors, as well as provides cold storage, refrigerated transport, and production support services. The company?s Private Banking and Financial Services division offers banking, financial planning, investment management, and trust and estate advice services. Camellia Plc also provides insurance services. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Malawi, North America, Bermuda, South Africa, and South America. The company was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Maidstone, the United Kingdom. Camellia Plc is a subsidiary of Camellia Holding AG.
Top 5 Up And Coming Stocks For 2014: Call Genie Inc(GNE.TO)
VoodooVox Inc. provides local mobile searching and advertising solutions to publishers, advertisers, and operators in North America and internationally. The company offers analytics tools for publishers to understand who their audience is; ad networks that supplies targeted advertisements in text, video, and voice formats; SMS, audio, and mobile-Web-enabled services; self-service toolkits; action tracking services with pay-per-call and pay-per-click options; and white-label local business search services. It also provides tools for creating advertisements, defining campaign targets and goals, monitoring results, and optimizing campaigns; direct VoIP call connection; interactive voice; and prepaid calling card offer wall, an interactive content channel. In addition, the company offers a suite of call center products, including directory workstation and search engine, directory data manager, open integration framework; and voice response products, which support various busin ess models. Further, it provides the VoodooVox Ad Exchange software for managing multi-media advertisements; and referred call services for telecommunications companies and directory assistance service providers on a licensed product basis. The company was formerly known as Call Genie Inc. and changed its name to VoodooVox Inc. in January 2012. VoodooVox Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Best Income Companies To Invest In 2014: Banco De Chile(BCH)
Banco de Chile, together with its subsidiaries, provides personal and business baking products and services in Chile and the United States. Its personal banking product line comprises checking accounts, time deposits, money market accounts, demand deposits, now accounts, and prime now accounts. The company also offers lines of credit; credit card products, such as Travel Club, Global Pass, net.card, and PaySafe credit cards; and Internet banking services. Its business banking products and services include financial management products, such as checking accounts, foreign currency accounts, money market accounts, and prime now accounts, as well as a line of credit. In addition, the company provides business Visa, MasterCard, and Travel Club credit cards; and foreign trade services, as well as treasury banking services. Further, it offers various services, including securities brokerage, mutual fund management, factoring, insurance brokerage, financial advisory, and securitiz ation. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated a network of 246 retail branches and 154 Banco CrediChile branches, as well as a network of 1,588 automated teller machines and 415 self-consultation terminals. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Louis Navellier]
Banco de Chile (NYSE:BCH) provides a range of credit and non-credit products and services to its Chilean customers. Banco de Chile is up 23% in the last 12 months. BCH stock gets an “A” grade for return on equity.
Top 5 Up And Coming Stocks For 2014: Bruker Corporation(BRKR)
Bruker Corporation designs, manufactures, services, and sells proprietary life science and materials research systems worldwide. The company?s Scientific Instruments segment offers advanced instrumentation and automated solutions based on magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, X-ray, spark-optical emission spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, stylus and optical metrology, and infrared and Raman molecular spectroscopy technologies. This segment serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and molecular diagnostic companies; academic institutions, medical schools, and other non-profit organizations; clinical microbiology laboratories; government departments and agencies; nanotechnology, semiconductor, chemical, cement, metals, and petroleum companies; and food, beverage, and agricultural analysis companies and laboratories. Its Energy & Supercon Technologies segment provides superconducting materials, including metallic low temperature superconductors for use in magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance, fusion energy research, and other applications; and ceramic high temperature superconductors primarily for fusion energy research applications, as well as non-superconducting Cuponal materials and wires based on co-extruded copper and aluminum, and non-superconducting high technology tools. Its customers include companies in the medical industry; private and public research and development laboratories in the fields of fundamental and applied sciences, and energy research; academic institutions; and government agencies. This segment is also involved in the development of superconductors and superconducting-enabled devices for applications in power and energy, as well as industrial processing industries. The company markets its products through direct sales force; and distributors, independent sales representatives, and other representatives. Bruker Corporation was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Billerica, M assachusetts.
Top 5 Up And Coming Stocks For 2014: Virtutone Networks Inc (VFX.V)
Virtutone Networks Inc. provides voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), fax over Internet protocol (FOIP), and related phone services to business and residential customers in North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The company offers various products and services, including managed voice lines, managed fax lines, hosted PBX systems, analog phone lines, calling cards, hosted exchange and BEZ solutions, wholesale VoIP, Internet, and analog line management. It also provides hardware, including IP phones, wireless conference phones, phone adapter with router, 8-port IP telephony gateway, and fax/voice adapters. The company serves oil and gas exploration companies, forestry and fire fighting departments, and other businesses/organizations. Virtutone Networks Inc. is headquartered in Sherwood Park, Canada.
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