Thursday, October 23, 2014

5 Best Consumer Service Stocks To Buy For 2014

Mobile-payments service Square on Monday denied a report it is talking with several tech giants about a possible acquisition.

The San Francisco-based company, led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, took issue with a story in the Wall Street Journal that said Square discussed a potential deal with Google, and engaged in informal talks with Apple and eBay's PayPal division about an acquisition. The Journal cited "people familiar with the matter."

Square spokesman Aaron Zamost said the company has not talked with Google, and it has "never seriously considered" selling to another company. In a separate statement to the Journal, PayPal dismissed claims it held discussions with Square.

"We have never seriously considered selling to anyone or been in any talks to do so," Zamost said in a statement.

Best Consumer Service Stocks To Own Right Now: Reservoir Minerals Inc (RMC)

Reservoir Minerals Inc. (Minerals) is an international mineral exploration and development company with a portfolio of precious and base metal exploration properties in Serbia. On October 14, 2011 the Company completed the terms of the arrangement, which was regarding the re-organization of Minerals�� business components into two separately listed public corporations by the spin-out of certain Serbian mineral exploration permits (the Mining Assets), which received shareholder approval, on October 11, 2011. The Spin-out Transaction was effected by the transfer to Minerals of three indirectly held subsidiaries of Reservoir that hold such permits. Reservoir Exploration (BVI) Ltd. owns Deli Jovan Exploration and Mining D.o.o., which owns the Deli Jovan exploration permit, Reservoir Consulting (BVI) Inc. owns Balkan Exploration and Mining D.o.o., which owns the Lece, Plavkovo, Stara Planina, Parlozi and Bobija exploration permits. Its subsidiary also includes Rakita (BVI) Ltd. Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Holly LaFon]

    Whitney George is Director of Investments, Managing Director, and a Portfolio Manager of Royce & Associates, LLC, investment advisor to The Royce Funds. He serves as portfolio manager for Royce Premier Fund (RPR), Royce Low-Priced Stock Fund (RLP), Royce Global Value Fund (RGV), Royce SMid-Cap Value Fund (RSV), and Royce Focus Trust (FUND). He also serves as assistant portfolio manager for Royce Micro-Cap Fund (RMC), Royce Value Fund (RVV), Royce Value Plus Fund (RVP), Royce Focus Value Fund (RFV), and Royce Capital Fund ��Micro-Cap Portfolio (RCM). Mr. George's thoughts in this interview concerning the stock market are solely his own and, of course, there can be no assurance with regard to future market movements.

5 Best Consumer Service Stocks To Buy For 2014: Arrow Electronics Inc. (ARW)

Arrow Electronics, Inc. provides products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Global Components and Global Enterprise Computing Solutions. The Global Components segment distributes electronic components and related services to original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers. This segment provides online catalogs for electronic components; cloud-based design tools that expedite product development cycles; factory-direct end-of-life product inventory; reverse logistics; and electronics asset disposition solutions to redeploy, remarket, and recycle technology assets. Its products and services include semiconductor products and related services; passive, electro-mechanical, and interconnect products consisting primarily of capacitors, resistors, potentiometers, power supplies, relays, switches, and connectors; computing and memory; and other p roducts and services. The Global Enterprise Computing Solutions segment provides enterprise and midrange computing products, services, and solutions to value-added resellers; and unified communications products and related services, as well as cloud computing, security, and networking services. It also offers a suite of online supply chain tools. The company�s customers include manufacturers of consumer and industrial equipment, telecommunications products, automotive and transportation, aerospace and defense, scientific and medical devices, and computer and office products, as well as value-added resellers of enterprise computing solutions. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Seth Jayson]

    Calling all cash flows
    When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

  • [By Monica Wolfe]

    Arrow Electronics Inc (ARW)

    FPA Capital's third largest stock holding is in Arrow Electronics. The guru holds on to a total of 1,515,500 shares of Arrow, representing 1.51% of the company�� shares outstanding and 9.2% of his total portfolio.

5 Best Consumer Service Stocks To Buy For 2014: Ocwen Financial Corporation(OCN)

Ocwen Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides residential and commercial mortgage loan servicing, special servicing, and asset management services in the United States and internationally. The company provides loan servicing, including asset management and resolution services primarily to owners of subprime residential mortgages. It also invests in subprime residential loans held for resale; and is involved in subprime residual mortgage backed trading securities related to subprime loan origination operation and whole loan purchase and securitization activities, as well as engages in the management of residential assets. Ocwen Financial Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Jessica Alling]

    Long day for B of A
    Bank of America (NYSE: BAC  ) is leading the Dow lower this morning following some very disappointing news for its investors. A new investigation has unveiled some more deception tactics from the bank, but this time it's with its mortgage bond holders. The investigation alleges that B of A and Ocwen Financial (NYSE: OCN  ) as mortgage servicers misrepresented the status of homes to mortgage bond trustees, including Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC  ) and Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE: BK  ) . While it was continuing to collect fees by stating the homes were still in the process of foreclosure, the homes had in fact been sold or paid off.

  • [By Ben Levisohn]

    Ocwen Financial�(OCN) has gained has gained 1.6% to $57.70 after the company purchased its own shares from Wilbur Ross and amended its credit facility.

  • [By Dakin Campbell]

    Banks accelerated sales in 2012 with servicer Residential Capital LLC, a unit of Ally, selling a $374 billion portfolio to Ocwen Financial Corp. (OCN) and Walter Investment Management Corp. for $3 billion.

  • [By Stephen Quickel]

    In the financial sectors, we are intrigued by the 25% to 27% a year earnings growth expectations for Ocwen Financial Corp. (OCN).

    Ocwen, located in Atlanta, is a holding company specializing mainly in originating and servicing mortgage loans. Though not widely known, both stocks trade at rock-bottom PEG ratios.

5 Best Consumer Service Stocks To Buy For 2014: BOK Financial Corporation(BOKF)

BOK Financial Corporation, a financial holding company, offers a range of financial products and services to commercial and industrial customers, and other financial institutions and consumers. It operates in three segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, and Wealth Management. The Commercial Banking segment offers lending, treasury, and cash management services; and customer risk management products to small businesses, middle market, and larger commercial customers. The Consumer Banking segment involves in retail lending and deposit services, and mortgage banking activities, as well as offers indirect automobile lending products. The Wealth Management segment provides fiduciary, brokerage and trading, private bank, and investment advisory services. As of December 31, 2010, the company operated 207 consumer banking locations, including branch banking locations and mortgage lending offices; and 1,943 ATM locations. BOK Financial Corporation operates in Oklahoma, Tex as, New Mexico, Northwest Arkansas, Colorado, Arizona, and Kansas/Missouri. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By John Maxfield]

    Given that you clicked on this article, it seems safe to assume you either own stock in BOK Financial (NASDAQ: BOKF  ) or are considering buying shares in the near future. If so, then you've come to the right place. The table below reveals the nine most critical numbers that investors need to know about BOK (which stands for "Bank of Oklahoma") before deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold its stock.

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