Emerging Growth Stocks
 Our
Emerging Growth List continues to produce winners. With
our proprietary system, we find under-the-radar,
fast-growing companies that have the potential to become
market leaders. Top performers in 2011 & 2012 YTD
include. JVA +369%, IPGP
+200%, AXTI +191%, RVBD +139%, OPEN +136%, and QCOR
+125%. Check out our full list of
Best Performers for 2009-2012.
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Emerging Value List
 Our
brand-new, proprietary system provides a concentrated
list of stocks combining low valuations, high yields,
and shareholder-friendly managements while avoiding the
types of "value traps" that can do such harm to a value
investor’s portfolio.
Seagate (STX) posted blowout results and strong price
performance soon after making its debut on Emerging
Value. STX, which has been ranked #1 on our Emerging
Value rankings since January 25 at $19.69 (+36%), gapped
up early February.
However it wasn't just the strong numbers. We think that
a key, long-awaited fundamental shift could be underway
in this industry. Specifically, the recent floods in
Thailand were a major event. In fact, it was the fourth
largest natural disaster in history. The damage done by
the flooding created by far the most stressful quarter
in the history of the disk drive supply chain. Seagate
was clearly impacted by the floods, but not as bad as
others (WDC, for example).
The part of the call that really stood out to us was STX
saying that it believes that the Thailand flood created
a "permanent" structural change in the HDD industry,
prompting OEMs to sign long-term supply agreements
(LTAs) with drive suppliers that will mitigate price
volatility and raise gross margins to a permanently
higher level. In fact, STX said their recently signed
LTAs should account for 60% of capacity in the calendar
year.
Read the
Emerging Value sample column now.
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Compelling Yield Ideas
 Our
strategies team uncovers compelling yield ideas, such as
the Preferred Stocks and Royalty Trusts every day.
For
example:
Citigroup Capital XII 8.5% Fixed/Float
Preferreds (C/prJ 25.95):
Have picked up a $0.53 (or 2%) dividend payment and
sitting on
capital appreciation of about 3% since we highlighted it
in our December 9th report. This is one of our
largest positions. The common stock has performed
extremely well over the past month, which has helped
provide a bid to the Preferred. Also seeing general
strength in Preferred stocks as investors become more
comfortable owning Bank stocks. No plan to sell position
anytime soon.
Rentech Nitrogen Partners (RNF 25.00): RNF has
run more than 5 pts, or 25% in just the three weeks
since we featured it in our January 13th report. This
was a "yield with a kicker" play (13% yield and exposure
to rising Agriculture prices via fertilizer) as
we looked to take advantage of improving market and
U.S.economic conditions. Have continued to see strong
bid under Commodities-related stocks. However, stock has
reached our price target. May look to re-establish a
position on a major pullback, but we're out of it for
now.
Read the full
Strategy Meeting Key Points sample report
now.
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Options Analysis & Commentary
Get
an early read on specific volatility events and profit from
options trading ideas around those events. Also benefit
from enhanced yield options strategies and hedges around
other macro catalysts. In
2011, our top performers included the SPY Aug put as a Debt
Limit hedge +550%, the CLDA Feb call spread +179% and OREX
Feb put spread +135%.
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