Best Heal Care Companies To Own For 2014

Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you. If you'd like to add some metals and mining stocks to your portfolio, the iShares MSCI Global Select Metals & Mining Producers ETF (NYSEMKT: PICK  ) could save you a lot of trouble. Instead of trying to figure out which companies will perform best, you can use this ETF to invest in lots of them simultaneously.

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ETFs often sport lower expense ratios than their mutual fund cousins. The iShares ETF's expense ratio -- its annual fee -- is a relatively low 0.39%. The fund is fairly small, too, so if you're thinking of buying, beware of possibly large spreads between its bid and ask prices. Consider using a limit order if you want to buy in.

This ETF is too young to permit an assessment of its performance. As with most investments, of course, we can't expect outstanding performances in every quarter or year. Investors with conviction need to wait for their holdings to deliver.

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Beaufield Resources Inc., a resource exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada. The company primarily explores for gold deposits, as well as for molybdenum, zinc, copper, nickel, PGM, iron, lead, and silver deposits in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Beaufield Resources is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

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Best Heal Care Companies To Own For 2014: Union Drilling Inc.(UDRL)

Union Drilling, Inc. provides contract land drilling services and equipment primarily to independent oil and natural gas producers in the United States. It offers drilling rigs, as well as the drilling crews and ancillary equipment to operate its drilling rigs. The company provides drilling services to customers engages in developing oil and natural gas bearing formations. It has principal operations in the Appalachian Basin; the Arkoma Basin in eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas; and the Fort Worth Basin in northern Texas. As of July 6, 2011, Union Drilling owned a fleet of 71 rigs. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

Top 5 Financial Companies To Watch For 2014: Solar Power Inc (SOPW)

Solar Power, Inc., incorporated on May 22, 2006, is a global solar energy facility (SEF) developer offering SEF development services. The Company offers an approach to design, engineer and construct photovoltaic (PV) solar systems for commercial and utility applications. In addition to developing SEFs using products manufactured by LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (LDK), its parent company, the Company also sells solar modules and balance of system components manufactured by third party vendors to other integrators in the United States, Asian, and European markets. In June 2012, the Company acquired 100% interest in Italy-based Solar Green Technologies (SGT) from LDK Solar Europe Holdings S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of LDK Solar Co., Ltd.

In addition to designing, engineering and constructing SEFs, the Company also provides long-term operations and maintenance (O&M) services through its O&M program SPIGuardianTM. This service program provides a suite of services that commence upon a facility�� commissioning to provide performance monitoring, system reporting, preventative maintenance and full warranty support over the anticipated life of the SEF.

The Company competes with Sun Power Corporation, First Solar, SPG Solar, Sun Edison, Kyocera Corporation, Mitsubishi, Solar World AG, Sharp Corporation, Yiugli, Solar Fun and Suntech and Canadian Solar.

Best Heal Care Companies To Own For 2014: Rurban Financial Corp(RBNF)

Rurban Financial Corp. operates as the holding company for The State Bank and Trust Company that provides banking and financial services to individual and corporate customers in northwest Ohio and northeast Indiana. The company offers various deposit products, including checking accounts, passbook savings, money market accounts, time deposits, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial, consumer, agricultural, and residential mortgage loans. The company also provides personal and corporate trust services, commercial leasing, bank credit card services, safe deposit box rentals, Internet and telephone banking, and other personalized banking services, as well as various financial services, including asset management and brokerage services. In addition, Rurban Financial Corp. provides software systems that offer a range of data processing and item processing services in an outsourced environment to community banks in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansa s, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, and Wisconsin. As of April 7, 2010, it operated 19 banking centers in Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Lucas, Paulding, Williams, and Wood Counties, Ohio; and Allen County, Indiana, as well as operated a loan production office in Franklin County, Ohio. Rurban Financial Corp. has a strategic partnership with New Core Holdings, Inc. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Defiance, Ohio.

Best Heal Care Companies To Own For 2014: Global Cash Access Holdings Inc. (GCA)

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides cash access and data intelligence services and solutions to the gaming industry in the United States and internationally. Its cash access products and services include Casino Cash Plus 3-in-1 ATM, a cash-dispensing machine that offers patrons to access cash through ATM cash withdrawals, point-of-sale debit card transactions, and credit card cash access transactions; check verification and warranty services, which allow gaming establishments to manage and reduce risks on patron checks that they cash; QuikCash, a non-ATM cash access kiosks; and money transfer services. The company also offers cash access equipment, such as full service kiosks, a multi-function patron kiosk for cash access into self-service kiosks for slot ticket redemption and bill breaking services, as well as jackpot kiosks. In addition, it provides information services, such as Central Credit, a gaming patron credit bureau that allows g aming establishments in credit-granting decisions; QuikCash Plus Web and QCPXpress that are cash access transaction processing systems for cashier operations; QuikReports, a browser-based reporting tool that provide access and analysis of information on patron cash access activity; and QuikMarketing/Casino Share Intelligence database services, as well as various Xchange Xplorer products. Further, the company offers cashless gaming products comprising QuikTicket that allows cash access transaction to be completed with a bar coded ticket in lieu of cash. Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. sells its products and services primarily through direct sales force to traditional land-based casinos, riverboats and cruise ships with gaming operations, gaming establishments operated on Native American lands, pari-mutuel wagering facilities, and card rooms. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  Global Cash Access Holdings (NYSE: GCA  ) reported earnings on May 7. Here are the numbers you need to know.

  The 10-second takeaway
  For the quarter ended March 31 (Q1), Global Cash Access Holdings missed slightly on revenues and missed estimates on earnings per share.