Top Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014

The market is reacting to some global economic concerns this morning, dragging nearly all of the financials down -- including Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC  ) . But having lost just 1.24% in the first hour of trading, the bank is faring much better than its Big Four compatriots, which have each given up 2.3%+ so far in trading. So even though Wells is down, it's certainly not out and has some big ammunition to send it higher. �

Chinese take-out
This morning's market kerfuffle revolves around continued concerns about the gloabl economy -- and China is fanning the flame. With higher liquidity requirements pressuring the banking system, participants are not lending to each other, which may spark a liquidity crisis. The People's Bank of China, in response to this rising concern, has stated that banks will have to sort the matter out themselves, which is the crux of investor concern with the potential liquidity freeze.

Since China's economic growth has been one of the biggest economic stories for years, driving demand for imports and development, a further slowdown would do serious damage to the global recovery.

Top Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Sanofi(SNY)

sanofi-aventis engages in the discovery, development, and distribution of therapeutic solutions to improve the lives of everyone. The company offers a range of healthcare assets, including a broad-based product portfolio in prescription drugs, OTC/OTX, generics, vaccines, and animal health. It has a strategic alliance with Regulus Therapeutics Inc. to discover, develop, and commercialize micro-RNA therapeutics, initially in fibrosis. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Smith]

  The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil complaints against two brothers on Tuesday, alleging that Andrew W. Jacobs and his brother Leslie J. Jacobs II traded on inside information about a tender offer made by French pharmaceutical company Sanofi (NYSE: SNY  ) to buy OTC health-care manufacturer Chattem in 2010.

• [By Keith Speights]

  Sanofi (NYSE: SNY  ) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN  ) have developed a new drug that could lower LDL even more effectively than popular statin drugs. In November, the two companies announced enrollment in a large late-stage clinical trial to study the effects of an antibody that could lower LDL levels by inhibiting an enzyme called PCSK9 that is involved in the production of cholesterol.

Top Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd(NDM.TO)

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in the United States. The company?s principal properties include the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum deposit and 650 square miles of direct and indirect interests in mineral claims in southwest Alaska. The company was formerly known as Northern Dynasty Explorations Ltd. and changed its name to Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. in October 1997. Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Best High Tech Stocks To Invest In Right Now: First Financial Northwest Inc.(FFNW)

First Financial Northwest, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Savings Bank Northwest that provides community-based savings bank services in Washington. Its deposit products include noninterest bearing accounts, NOW accounts, money market deposit accounts, statement savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company?s loan products portfolio comprises one-to-four family residential loans, multifamily loans, commercial real estate loans, construction/land development loans, and business loans, as well as consumer loans, including home equity loans, personal lines of credit, second mortgage loans, and savings account loans. First Financial Northwest, Inc., through another subsidiary, First Financial Diversified, Inc., offers escrow services. The company primarily serves customers in the King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties of Washington through a full-service banking office in Renton, Washington. First Financial Northwest, Inc. was founded in 1923 and is based in Renton, Washington.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jim Royal]

  One of my favorite reasons to reinvest in stocks I already own is when an uncertain, but favorable catalyst occurs, but the stock does little. So my Special Situations portfolio is adding $1,000 to each of the following three stocks: Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB  ) , Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI  ) , and First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ: FFNW  ) . Read on to see why.

Top Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Earthstone Energy Inc.(ESTE)

Earthstone Energy, Inc., an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. Its operating activities are focused in the North Dakota and Montana portions of the Williston basin, the southern portions of Texas, onshore portions of the Gulf Coast, and the Denver-Julesburg basin of Colorado. As of March 31, 2011, the company?s estimated net proved oil and natural gas reserves were 1,015,000 barrels of oil and condensate, and 735,000 thousand cubic feet of natural gas. It owned a working interest in 83 gross producing oil wells and 44 gross producing gas wells in North Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, and Wyoming. The company was formerly known as Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Earthstone Energy, Inc. in February 2010. Earthstone Energy, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Top Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Ima(IMAI.MI)

I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, tea, and coffee. The company operates in three segments: Tea, Herbal Tea, and Coffee Packaging; Pharmaceutical Packaging; and Pharmaceutical Processing. The Tea, Herbal Tea, and Coffee Packaging segment offers machines for the packaging of tea and herbal teas in filter bags and coffee in pods; and related services. The Pharmaceutical Packaging segment provides machines for the packaging of pharmaceutical capsules and tablets in blisters and bottles; machines for filling bottles and vials with liquid and powdered products in sterile and non-sterile environments; machines for freeze-drying; machines for cartoning and end-of-line equipment; tube-filling machines for the pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, chemicals, and food industries; and related services. The Pharmaceutical P rocessing segment offers machines for the production of tablets and capsules; machines for coating and fluid bed granulators; and related services. The company also operates in the food and beverage, and personal care packaging activities. I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A. sells its products primarily in Italy, European Union, other European countries, North America, Asia, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Ozzano dell?Emilia, Italy. I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A. is a subsidiary of SO.FI.M.A. Societa Finanziaria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.

Top Heal Care Companies To Invest In 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.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Tom Stoukas]

  Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA) and Allianz SE (ALV) led airlines and insurers lower, retreating at least 1.5 percent. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) slid 1.6 percent. Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) rose after JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its recommendation on the shares. Gildemeister AG (GIL) added 3.4 percent after Deutsche Bank upgraded the maker of cutting tools.

• [By Monica Gerson]

  Autoliv (NYSE: ALV) is projected to report its Q3 earnings at $1.34 per share on revenue of $2.06 billion.

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• [By Rich Duprey]

  In a bid to be more competitive, auto airbag manufacturer Autoliv (NYSE: ALV  ) announced yesterday that it will invest $50 million to build a new textile center in China that�will consist of a weaving plant, an airbag cushion plant, and a development center for airbag cushions and textiles.