Hot Canadian Stocks To Own For 2014

Just as in the U.S., beer sales in Canada are relatively flat. Sales barely inched higher in the 12-month period ending March 31, according to the Canadian government, rising just 0.3% as trendier libations such as wine and spirits enjoy more heady growth, jumping 6% and 4%, respectively.�

Sure, there are a few other things that immediately come to mind when discussing Canada -- maple leaves, hockey, and that fashion sensation, the denim-on-denim "Canadian tuxedo" -- but beer has always commanded significant mindshare, too.�Foster's may be "Australian for beer," Guinness might be Ireland's "meal in a bottle," and Denmark regularly "calls for a Carlsberg," but in Canada, drinkers have a rich history of brews to choose from, with Labatt's, Molson, and Moosehead likely to figure most prominently.

Hot Canadian Stocks To Own For 2014: United Security Bancshares(UBFO)

United Security Bancshares operates as the bank holding for United Security Bank that provides a range of commercial banking services primarily to the business and professional community, and individuals in California. Its deposit products comprise personal and business checking accounts and savings accounts, interest-bearing negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, money market accounts, and time certificates of deposit. The company?s loan portfolio consists of real estate mortgage, commercial and industrial, and real estate construction loans, as well as agricultural, lease financing, and consumer loans with a focus on short and medium-term obligations. In addition, it offers a range of specialized services, which include online banking, safe deposit boxes, ATM services, payroll direct deposit, cashier's checks, traveler's checks, money orders, and foreign drafts; and various specialized financial services, including wealth management, employee benefit, insurance, and l oan products, as well as consulting services. As of December 31, 2009, United Security Bancshares operated 11 banking branches, 1 construction lending office, and 1 financial services office in Fresno, Madera, Kern, and Santa Clara counties. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Fresno, California.

Hot Canadian Stocks To Own For 2014: Oclaro Inc.(OCLR)

Oclaro, Inc. offers optical network components, modules, and subsystems to telecommunications equipment manufacturers. The company designs, manufactures, and markets products that generate, detect, amplify, combine, and separate light signals in telecommunications networks. It offers tunable laser products that include discrete lasers and co-packaged laser modulators; fixed laser products comprising discrete lasers and co-packaged laser modulators; lithium niobate external modulators; a portfolio of discrete receivers for metro and long-haul applications; small form factor pluggable transceivers; and transponder modules, which provide transmitter and receiver functions. Oclaro also provides Erbium doped fiber amplifiers, semi-custom product portfolio of multi-wavelength amplifiers, and narrow band mini-amplifiers; pump laser chips; and wavelength management products, including switching and routing solutions, multiplexing and signal processing solutions, and micro-optics a nd integrated modules. In addition, it offers dispersion compensation product family consisting of products that optically compensate for chromatic dispersion and dispersion degradation of transmission signals, including fixed and tunable products based on dispersion compensating fiber and cascaded etalons; and thin film filter products used for multiplexing and demultiplexing optical signals within dense WDM transmission systems, as well as markets advanced pump laser technology diodes. Further, the company sells low-power polarized products for optical mouse and finger navigation applications. It markets its products through direct sales and marketing organization, sales representatives, and resellers in Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the United States. The company was formerly known as Bookham, Inc. and changed its name to Oclaro, Inc. in April 2009. Oclaro, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, Cali fornia.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Roberto Pedone]

  One more under-$10 stock that's starting to look interesting from the long side is Qclaro(OCLR), a provider of core optical network components, modules and subsystems to global telecommunications equipment manufacturers. This is another stock that the bears have crushed in 2011, with shares off by over 75%.

  If you take a look at the chart for Oclaro, you'll see that this stock dropped sharply from its November high of $4.46 to its recent low of $2.68 a share. After hitting that low, the stock has started to trend back up, and it's beginning to make higher lows. Market players should now watch for a sustained high-volume move and close above some overhead resistance levels to trigger a breakout trade.

  Traders should watch OCLR for a high-volume move and close above some near-term overhead resistance at $3.07 and then $3.48 (its 50-day) a share. Look for volume on a move above those levels to hit near or above its three-month average action of 1,208,230 shares. If we get that action, then this stock has a great chance to trade back towards its next significant overhead resistance level at $4.50 a share.

  If you're bullish on OCLR, buy this name off any weakness and simply use a mental stop right below $2.68 a share. You could also buy off strength and get long on a move over $3.07 a share. Use a mental stop just a few percentage points below $3.07 if you buy off strength. I would then add aggressively to any long positions once the stock takes out its 50-day with volume.

Best Life Sciences Stocks To Buy Right Now: Euronext(NXT.L)

Next plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates retail stores in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The company involves in retailing clothes, footwear, and accessories for women, men, and children, as well as offers a range of home products. It operates a chain of approximately 500 stores in the United Kingdom and Eire under the Next Retail brand name; and approximately 180 stores under the Next International brand name in continental Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, the Middle East, India, and Japan. The company also operates Next Directory, a home shopping catalogue and Web site. In addition, it involves in the operation of Next Sourcing, which designs, sources, and buys Next branded products; and Lipsy that designs and sells women's fashion products through retail, Internet, and wholesale channels. The company was formerly known as J Hepworth & son and changed its name to Next plc in 1986. Next plc was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Enderby, the United Kingdom.