10 Best Long Term Stocks To Watch For 2014

Some Sirius XM (SIRI) investors are fond of saying, "never a dull moment in SIRIland." That seems to hold true unless you count the last few months. It seemed many investors were, quite frankly, getting sick and tired of the range bound activity.

I get it. It's nice to peek at your accounts at the end of the day and see gains, especially as the market is appreciating in the background. It's frustrating to see your account stagnant for months on end.

But as I have said repeatedly, patience is a virtue and those who have a long term horizon will be justly rewarded with their investment in Sirius XM. With recent moves taking shares up to $3.39, and a bit of a pullback returning shares to $3.28, some news has just come through that might give investors something to cheer about, and might give the stock that extra kick it needs to pop up yet again.

10 Best Long Term Stocks To Watch For 2014: Sears Canada Inc Com Npv(SCC.TO)

Sears Canada Inc. operates as a multi-channel retailer in Canada. The company operates department stores that offer appliances, home furnishings and mattresses, home decor, lawn and garden, hardware, electronics and leisure, seasonal products, nursery products, cosmetics, jewelry, footwear, and accessories, as well as women?s, men?s, and children?s apparel; home stores, which provide home improvement products; and home dealer stores that offer furniture, home electronics, outdoor power equipment, and merchandise. It also operates outlet stores, which provide clearance merchandise; appliances and mattresses stores that offer appliances, mattresses and box-springs, and products of private label and various national brands; operates and franchises appliance specialty stores under the Corbeil name; and floor covering centers that offer an assortment of broadloom and hard floor coverings. In addition, the company provides a range of home services, including the sale, install ation, maintenance, and repair of heating and cooling equipment, roofing, doors and windows, flooring, window coverings, energy audits, kitchen and bathroom renovations, carpet and upholstery cleaning, and duct cleaning; and travel and logistics services. Further, it offers products directly through telephone, mail, fax, and online at sears.ca, as well as in person through its stores and catalogue agents. As of May 24, 2012, the company operated 196 corporate stores, 278 hometown dealer stores, 29 home services showrooms, 1,500 catalogue and online merchandise pick-up locations, and 105 Sears Travel offices, as well as a home maintenance, repair, and installation network. Additionally, it has joint venture interests in 12 shopping centers in Canada. The company was formerly known as Simpsons-Sears Limited and changed its name to Sears Canada Inc. in May 1984. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Sears Canada Inc. is a subsidiary of Sears H oldings Corporation.

10 Best Long Term Stocks To Watch For 2014: Toromont Industrie Com Stk Npv (TIH.TO)

Toromont Industries Ltd. provides specialized capital equipment and customer support to customers and industries in various markets in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Equipment Group and CIMCO. The Equipment Group segment operates as a Caterpillar dealer. This segment sells, rents, and services mobile equipment for manufacturers, engines used in various applications; and sells complementary and related products, parts, and services, as well as distributes replacement parts for Caterpillar products and other equipment lines, and remanufactures and repairs engines and engine components. It offers various products comprising earthmoving and construction equipment, paving machines, mining and forestry equipment, and diesel engines for trucks, products for industrial and marine applications, and power generation equipment. In addition, this segment provides mobile equipment rental and compact construction equipment purchase solutions, including commercial and industrial machines and tools, lift systems, concrete-related building materials, and propane; and engages in the engineering, construction, commissioning, and operation of energy plants fuelled by natural gas, landfill gas, biogas, and diesel fuel in hospitals, district energy systems, and industrial processes. The CIMCO segment is involved in the design, engineering, fabrication, and installation of industrial refrigeration systems for food, dairy, cold storage, and beverage segments; and recreational refrigeration systems for artificial ice surfaces used in various sporting activities, such as hockey, curling, skating, and other unusual ice surfaces. Toromont Industries Ltd. was founded in 1961 and is based in Concord, Canada.

Top 5 Healthcare Equipment Companies To Watch In Right Now: (COROMANDE.NS)

Coromandel International Limited engages in manufacturing and marketing fertilizers, specialty nutrients, and crop protection products primarily in India. The company?s products include phosphatic fertilizers; insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and plant growth regulators; and bentonite sulphur, water soluble fertilizers, micronutrients, and organic fertilizers. It offers its products under the Gromor, Paramfos, Parry Gold, Parry Super, and Godavari brand names. The company also operates 443 retail centers in rural Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka that provide agri inputs, such as fertilizers, crop protection products, secondary and micronutrients, seeds, sprayers, mechanized farm services, and veterinary feed, as well as soil testing for nutrients, field visits for crop diagnosis, and technical advice. Its retail centers also offer lifestyle products, fast moving consumer goods, apparel, footwear, consumer durables, general merchandise, home furnishings, accessories, lugga ge, stationary, books, and toys. The company was formerly known as Coromandel Fertilisers Limited and changed its name to Coromandel International Limited in September 2009. The company is based in Secunderabad, India. Coromandel International Limited is a subsidiary of E.I.D Parry (India) Limited.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Curtis Hesler]

  At a growth rate of 4-5 percent, agriculture is expected to play a crucial role in GDP growth in the coming year. Indian farmers have begun to invest handsomely in improving yields and Coromandel has positioned itself as a complete farm inputs company. While the company has a strong franchise in fertilizers, it is the new businesses such as speciality nutrients that will be the key growth driver. This new revenue stream now accounts for 10 percent of sales, but is seeing a 40 percent annual growth rate. The profit margins are about three times that of the fertilizer business at 10-12 percent.

10 Best Long Term Stocks To Watch For 2014: Autoliv Inc (ALV)

Autoliv, Inc. (Autoliv) is a holding company. Autoliv is the supplier of automotive safety systems, with a range of product offerings, including modules and components for passenger and driver-side airbags, side-impact airbag protection systems, seatbelts, steering wheels, safety electronics, whiplash protection systems and child seats, as well as night vision systems, radar and other active safety systems. Autoliv has two main operating segments: airbags/seatbelt (including restraint electronics) products and active safety electronics products. In March 2010, the Company acquired Visteon Corporation's radar system business. In April 2010, the Company acquired Delphi's Occupant Protection Systems (OPS) operations in Korea and China. In addition, in April 2010, Autoliv Inc.'s Automotive Holding AS increased its stake in Norma AS from 51% to 93.74%. Additionally, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB and ING Luxembourg SA sold their 6.67% and 10% stake, respectively, held in Norma AS. In October 2010, the Company acquired 51% interest in Bejing Delpi Automotive Safety Products. In November 2011, the Company acquired the airbag cushion cut&sew assets from Milliken. In June 2012, the Company sold its subsidiary Autoliv Mekan AB to Verktygs Allians i Hassleholm AB.

Autoliv has approximately 80 wholly or partially owned or leased production facilities located in 28 countries, consisting of both component factories and assembly factories. The Company�� component factories manufacture inflators, initiators, textile cushions, webbing materials, electronics, pressed steel parts, springs and overmoulded steel parts used in seatbelt and airbag assembly, seat subsystems, steering wheels and its active safety and night vision systems, and its other safety electronic systems. During the year ended December 31, 2010, Autoliv�� revenues were approximately 67% of airbags and associated products and approximately 33% of seatbelts and associated products. The Company�� markets are in Europe, North A! merica, Asia-Pacific and Japan. Its customers include the car manufacturers.

During 2010, the products manufactured by Autoliv�� consolidated subsidiaries consisted of approximately 121 million complete seatbelt systems (of which approximately 49 million were fitted with pretensioners), approximately 57 million side-impact airbags (including curtain airbags), approximately 28 million frontal airbag modules, approximately 12 million steering wheels, approximately 11 million electronic units (airbag control), approximately 0.4 million active safety systems and 0.1 million night vision systems. Autoliv owns two principal subsidiaries, AAB and Autoliv ASP, Inc. (ASP). Its AAB and ASP are developers, manufacturers and suppliers to the automotive industry of automotive safety systems. AAB and ASP�� products include seatbelts, frontal and side-impact airbags, steering wheels and seat sub-systems, as well as components for such systems.

10 Best Long Term Stocks To Watch For 2014: Stryker Corporation(SYK)

Stryker Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a medical technology company worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Reconstructive, MedSurg, and Neurotechnology and Spine. The Reconstructive segment offers orthopaedic reconstructive (hip and knee) and trauma implant systems, as well as other related products. The MedSurg segment provides surgical equipment and surgical navigation systems; endoscopic and communications systems; patient handling and emergency medical equipment; and other related products. The Neurotechnology and Spine segment offers neurovascular products, spinal implant systems, and other related products. The company sells its products through local dealers and direct sales force to doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities, as well as through third-party dealers and distributors in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Japan, Canada, the Pacific region, and the Latin America region. Stryker Corporat ion was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By James K. Glassman]

  Stryker (symbol: SYK) is a large, skillfully managed maker of medical devices, including hip and knee implants. Currently trading at 13 times projected 2013 earnings, Stryker is one of those companies you can stash in your IRA for a few decades and profit from as the world ages.

10 Best Long Term Stocks To Watch For 2014: Carpetright(CPR.L)

Carpetright plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retail sale of floor coverings. It sells a range of carpets, rugs, vinyls, laminates, and associated accessories, as well as beds. The company also sells its products through online. It operates 679 stores in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, as well as in the Netherlands and Belgium. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Purfleet, the United Kingdom.

10 Best Long Term Stocks To Watch For 2014: Lowe's Companies Inc.(LOW)

Lowe's Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company offers a range of products for maintenance, repair, remodeling, home decorating, and property maintenance. It provides home improvement products in the categories of appliances, lumber, paint, millwork, building materials, lawn and landscape products, flooring, rough plumbing, seasonal living, tools, hardware, fashion plumbing, lighting, nursery, outdoor power equipment, cabinets and countertops, home organization, rough electrical, and home fashion, as well as boards, panel products, irrigation pipes, vinyl sidings, and ladders. The company also offers installation services through independent contractors in various product categories. Lowe's Companies serves homeowners and renters primarily consisting of do-it-yourself customers and do-it-for-me customers; and commercial business customers, who work in the construction, rep air/remodel, commercial and residential property management, or business maintenance professions. As of August 15, 2011, it operated approximately 1,725 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company also offers its products through electronic product catalogs and Lowes.com. Lowe's Companies, Inc. was founded in 1952 and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Hesler]  

  Lowe's Companies is a home improvement retailer. LOW recently traded at $19.3 and has a 2.9% dividend yield. LOW lost 4.6% during the past 12 months. The stock has a market cap of $25.1 billion, P/E ratio of 13.6 and forward P/E ratio of 10.4. The stock has total debt/equity ratio of 0.38 and Beta of 1.02.

• [By Fitz Gerald]

  In Q4 2010, Buffett sold 6.5 million shares at an average price of $23.08. He owns zero shares, currently.

  In FY 2011 through January, revenues grew by 3.38% to $48.81 billion, after dropping by 2.09% in FY 2010 and decreasing by 0.11% in FY 2009. The EBT margin improved to 6.61% from 5.98%. GAAP EPS increased by 17.36% to $1.42, after dropping by 18.79% in FY 2009. In FY 2012, analysts expect between non-GAAP EPS to be between $1.65 and $1.79, or increases between 14.5% to 24.3% from the non-GAAP EPS of $1.44 posted in FY 2010. Revenues are also expected to be between $50.3 billion and $53.1 billion, or an increase between 3.0% and 8.7%. The next earnings release is on May 16, when analysts forecast between $0.34 and $0.40, or increases between 8.8% and 17.6% from the non-GAAP EPS of $0.34 for Q1 2010.

  LOW shares trade with a price to sales multiple of 0.8. From 2001 to 2006, the multiples were 1.7, 1.2, 1.5, 1.3, 1.3, and 1.0, respectively. It is within the realm of reasonable possibilities for Lowe’s to grow revenues and EPS in the high single digits, so we would say that these shares are undervalued, and should be near 1.0 times sales per share. Keep an eye out for Q1 2011 earnings. The company also has a debt to equity ratio of 0.36.

10 Best Long Term Stocks To Watch For 2014: Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.(CNSL)

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications services to residential and business customers in Illinois, Texas, and Pennsylvania. Its telecommunications services include local and long-distance services, high-speed broadband Internet access, standard and high-definition digital television, digital telephone services, custom calling features, private line services, carrier access services, network capacity services over its regional fiber optic network, and competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) services. The company also offers telephone directory publishing services, wholesale transport services on its fiber-optic network in Texas, billing and collection services, inside wiring services, and maintenance services. In addition, it provides automated calling services for correctional facilities; and sells and supports telecommunications equipment, such as key, private branch exchange, and IP-based telephone system s to business customers in Texas and Illinois. The company serves residential customers, and universities and hospitals, as well as retail, commercial, light manufacturing, and service industry accounts in Illinois; manufacturing and retail industries, hospitals, local governments, and school districts in Texas; and small to mid-sized businesses, educational institutions, and healthcare facilities in Pennsylvania. As of December 31, 2011, it had 227,992 local access lines, 110,913 digital subscriber lines, 34,356 Internet protocol digital television subscribers, 9,199 voice over Internet protocol, and 89,774 CLEC access line equivalents. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Mattoon, Illinois.

10 Best Long Term Stocks To Watch For 2014: Arch Capital Group Ltd.(ACGL)

Arch Capital Group Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance and reinsurance products worldwide. It operates in two segments, Insurance and Reinsurance. The Insurance segment offers casualty; construction; executive assurance; healthcare; collateral protection, debt cancellation, and service contract reimbursement products; national accounts casualty; professional liability; programs; property, energy, marine, and aviation; surety; and travel and accident insurance products. It also provides other insurance products, such as excess workers compensation and employers' liability insurance coverages for qualified self-insured groups, associations, and trusts; captive insurance programs; and accident, disability, and medical plan insurance coverages for employer groups, medical plan members, students, and other participant groups. This segment markets its products through a network of licensed independent retail and wholesale brokers. The Reinsurance segment rei nsures third party liability and worker?s compensation exposures; individual property risks that include personal lines and commercial property exposures; other specialty lines, including surety, accident and health, workers' compensation catastrophe, multi-peril crop, trade credit, and political risk; catastrophic perils, such as hurricane, earthquake, flood, tornado, hail, and fire; marine business, which includes coverage for hull, cargo, and transit and offshore oil and gas operations, as well as aviation business that comprises coverage for airline and general aviation risks; and non-traditional business to provide insurers with risk management solutions. This segment markets its reinsurance products through brokers, as well as directly with the ceding companies. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

10 Best Long Term Stocks To Watch For 2014: Corsa Capital Ltd. (CSO.V)

Corsa Coal Corp., through its subsidiaries, engages in the mining, processing, and selling of metallurgical and thermal coal primarily in the United States. The company is also involved in exploring, acquiring, and developing resource properties. It has interests in five operating surface mines and one operating underground mine; and various other surface and underground properties located in Cambria, Somerset, and Washington Counties in Pennsylvania, as well as Garret County, Maryland. The company was formerly known as Corsa Capital Ltd. and changed its name to Corsa Coal Corp. in April 2011. Corsa Coal Corp. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Toronto, Canada.