Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now

Even though the stock market rallied on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's remarks with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and Standard & Poor's 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) surging, the long term winners will be stocks in the staffing industry such as Paychex(NASDAQ: PAYX), TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI), Robert Half (NYSE: RHI), and Labor SMART (OTCBB: LTNC).

In extending Quantitative Easing III, Bernanke admitted in a de facto manner that the American economy has still not fully recovered from The Great Recession. That is very bullish for Labor SMART, TrueBlue, Paychex, and Robert Half International. Due to this weakness, American employers will continue to rely on part-time workers.

The percentage of part-time workers in the United States economy has increased greatly,as recently reported in Forbes. That is seen in the stock price of Paychex, which is up more than 32% for 2013. Robert Half International, with its niche in legal services, has been strong this year, too. TrueBlue has soared also,with its share price rising almost 60%. The increasing demand can be viewed the record revenues recently posted by Labor SMART. For the month of August, revenue increased 175% for Labor SMART than from the year before.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: Gwr Resources Inc. (GWQ.V)

GWR Resources Inc., a junior exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada. The company explores gold, copper, and magnetite properties. Its principal property includes the Lac La Hache porphyry copper-gold-silver/skarn copper-magnetite-gold-silver property located in the Quesnel Trough in British Columbia. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Lac La Hache, Canada.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: Flow International Corporation(FLOW)

Flow International Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology-based company providing waterjet cutting, surface preparation, and cleaning solutions in the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company?s products include ultrahigh-pressure water pumps and power waterjet systems used to cut and clean materials. It also offers ultrahigh-pressure surface preparation and industrial cleaning systems used in waterjet cleaning for coating removal; and consumable parts used by the pump and cutting heads during operations, such as seals and orifices, as well as provides related services. The company sells its consumable parts online through flowparts.com in the United States and floweuropeparts.com in Europe. It offers its products to various end-user applications and industries, including automotive, aerospace, paper, job shop, and stone and tile industries. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Kent, Washington.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Flow International (FLOW) has gained 9.6% to $3.99 after it reported a loss of 2 cents a share, below forecasts for a 1 cent profit. Profits were hit by currency fluctuations and a $1.6 million charge.

Top 10 Value Stocks For 2015: Armstrong Industrial Corp Ltd (A14.SI)

Armstrong Industrial Corporation Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the manufacture and sale of foam and rubber components focusing on noise, vibration, and heat management for use in the automotive and electronics industries. The company offers rubber parts and components of electronic and other instruments; rubber products, hardware, industrial parts, and components; and precision die-cutting, die fabrication, rubber molding, stamping, vacuum forming, heat press molding, and EPP molding components, as well as provides related product�s tooling fabrication, processing, and sale services. It also provides automotive products; gasket connectors, crash stops/latch bumpers, insulators, and damper adhesives for the data storage industry; rubber/ foam rollers, insulation films/foams, dampers, rubber feet products, cushion pads, panel acoustics, reflectors/ scanner foam assemblies, and labels and separator pads used in the office automation industry; and acousti c foams, dust sealants, filter foams, foots, heat sink gaskets, lens film spacers, microphone holders, insulator films, motor gaskets, O-rings, and silicon plugs for the consumer electronics industry. The company�s solutions are used for dampening, insulation, sealing, cushioning, sound absorption, and related applications. In addition, it produces noise and vibration reduction components, silkscreen nameplates, labels, and stickers; provides architectural, engineering, and related technical consultancy services; and trades in various materials and machineries, as well as adhesive and foam products. The company primarily operates in the People's Republic of China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. It has a strategic partnership with Odenwald-Chemie GmbH. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: Northeast Bancorp(NBN)

Northeast Bancorp operates as a bank holding company for Northeast Bank that provides a range of financial services to individuals and companies in western and south-central Maine, and southeastern New Hampshire. It offers various deposit products, including demand deposits and escrow accounts, NOW accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and brokered time deposits. The company?s lending activities comprise origination and purchase of mortgages for the purpose of financing or refinancing one-to-four family residential properties. The company also provides various commercial real estate loans; commercial business loans, such as term loans, lines of credit, and equipment and receivables financing; commercial and residential loans; and construction loans. In addition, it offers consumer loans secured by automobiles, recreational vehicles, boats, as well as provides second mortgages, home improvement and mobile home loans, and personal and d eposit account collateralized loans. Further, the company offers property and casualty insurance products to personal and commercial customers; and investment brokerage services, which include investment and financial planning products and services. As of June 30, 2011, it operated 10 banking offices, 1 financial center, 3 loan production offices, and 10 insurance offices in western and south-central Maine, and southeastern New Hampshire. The company was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Lewiston, Maine.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: Auramex Resource Corp (AUX.V)

Auramex Resources Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resource properties in Canada and Mexico. The company primarily explores for silver, gold, zinc, cobalt, nickel, and copper deposits. It holds interests in the Brandywine property covering approximately 1,500 hectares located in the north of Vancouver, Canada; the Magenta property consisting of approximately 6,000 hectares situated in Sinaloa State, Mexico; and the Bear River property comprising approximately 41,000 hectares located in the Skeena Mining Division near Stewart, British Columbia, Canada. The company is based in North Vancouver, Canada.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: China Kanghui Holdings(KH)

China Kanghui Holdings develops, manufactures, and markets orthopedic implants and associated instruments. It offers approximately 30 product series of orthopedic implants and associated instruments for trauma, spine, cranial maxillofacial, and craniocerebral indications. The company?s trauma products include a range of nails, plates and screws, and cranial maxillofacial plate and screw systems used in the surgical treatment of bone fractures. Its spine products comprise screws, meshes, interbody cages, and fixation systems used in the surgical treatment of spine disorders. China Kanghui Holdings also manufactures products, including implants, implant components, and instruments for original equipment manufacturers. The company markets its products under Kanghui and Libeier brand names through third-party distributors to hospitals and surgeons. It sells its products in Asia, Europe, South America, and Africa. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Changzho u, the People?s Republic of China.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (NOR)

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation engages in the production and sale of primary aluminum products and rolled aluminum coils in the United States. Its Bauxite segment mines, produces, and sells bauxite used for alumina production. The company�s Alumina segment refines and converts bauxite into alumina, which is used in the production of primary aluminum; and sells smelter grade alumina and alumina hydrate, or chemical-grade alumina. Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation�s Primary Aluminum segment produces and sells aluminum products in various forms, including billets, rods, high purity sow and foundry, and commodity grade sow. The company�s Flat-Rolled Products segment produces rolled aluminum products, such as finstock for use in commercial, residential, and automotive applications; semi-rigid containers for pre-packaged foods; flexible packaging products for food, drink, agricultural, and industrial products; and transformer windings for use on power grids. This seg ment sells its products through sales force to original equipment manufacturers of air conditioners, transformers, semi-rigid containers, and foil packaging; and other metals end-users. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Pendulum]

  Century Aluminum's stock price has held up well compared to other aluminum companies:

  AlcoaNoranda Aluminum (NOR)Aluminum Corp. of China (ACH)

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: Standard Pacific Corp(SPF)

Standard Pacific Corp. operates as a diversified builder of single-family attached and detached homes in the United States. It constructs homes targeting various homebuyers primarily move-up buyers in metropolitan markets in California, Florida, the Carolinas, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada. The company also provides mortgage financing services to its homebuyers; and title examination services to its Texas homebuyers. As of December 31, 2011, it owned or controlled 26,444 homesites and had 166 active selling communities. Standard Pacific Corp. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Louis Navellier]

  If we look at those stocks trading with single-digit P/E ratios right now, it becomes a very simple task to separate the wheat from the chaff. There are many well-known stocks trading at low P/E ratios that get horrible grades from our system and should be avoided:

  Ryland Homes (RYL) is a name you might hear discussed as a bargain, but the stock to a Sell back in November to a ����and is best avoided. Standard Pacific (SPF) is another builder you should probably avoid as In spite of the low P/E ratio ,you probably want to avoid discount retailer Big Lots (BIG), as a Strong Sell this week.

  But fear not — there are some great companies with solid fundamentals that earn a Buy ranking from Portfolio Grader and are better candidates for a low-P/E portfolio.

• [By Erika Janowicz]

  Compass Point analyst Wilkes Graham updated his housing forecast:

  Graham increased assumed ROI's to 9% on average from 7%. Reduced targeted sector price/ book from $190% to 170%. Expects 20-30% growth in starts and new home sales in 2012 and 2013 to stabilize in 2014 and on at approximately 10%. For covered builders, the analyst lowered estimates by 8% and lowered price targets by 10%. Compass Point expects 10% annual growth in single family starts and new home sales and 2-5% pricing growth. Downgraded DR Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI) from Buy to Neutral and KB Home (NYSE: KBH) from Neutral to Sell. DR Horton's and KB Home's PT was lowered from $23.50 to $20.00 and from $17.50 to $14.00, respectively. Graham reiterated a Buy rating on Ryland Group Inc. (NYSE: RYL) and Standard Pacific Corp. (NYSE: SPF). The analyst raised the PT on Ryland from $50.00 to $50.50 and lowered the PT on Standard Pacific from $10.00 to $9.50. Compass Point reiterated a Neutral rating on Beazer Homes USA Inc. (NYSE: BZH), Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: HOV), Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN), PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM), and Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL). The price target for Beazer and Hovnanian was raised from $15.50 to $24.00 and $5.00 to $5.75, respectively. Graham lowered the PT for Lennar, Pulte, and Toll to $34.50, $17.00, and $31.00.

  This Week's Data

• [By Sally Jones]

  Standard Pacific Corp. (SPF): Reduced

  Up 19% over 12 months, Standard Pacific Corp., a residential construction company, has a market cap of $2.27 billion. The current share price is around $8.18. Shares trade at a P/E of 5.70. The company does not pay a dividend.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: UMW Holdings Bhd (UMWS.KL)

UMW Holdings Berhad is engaged in import, assembly and marketing of passenger and commercial vehicles and related spares and manufacturing of original/replacement automotive parts; trading and manufacturing of a wide range of light and heavy equipment including related spares for use in the industrial, construction, agricultural and mining sectors; and manufacturing and trading of oil pipes and providing various oil and gas services including drilling and pipe-coating. The Company operates in five segments: automotive, equipment, manufacturing and engineering, oil and gas and other. The automotive segment is principally engaged in the import, assembly and marketing of passenger and commercial vehicles and related spares. In September 2013, UMW Holdings Berhad announced the winding up of UMW Petrodril Siam Co. Ltd.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: John David Group(JD.L)

JD Sports Fashion Plc engages in the retail and distribution of sport and athletic inspired fashion, footwear, apparel, and accessories. It operates its sports fascias under JD, Size?, Chausport, and Champion names, as well as Fashion Fascias under Bank and Scotts names. The company also designs and distributes team wear and fashion products, including rugby jerseys, rugby apparel and equipment, and men?s footwear and clothing, as well as bespoke sports team wear to schools, universities, and sports clubs. In addition, it licenses a fashion brand; distributes leisure wear and rugby apparel. The company operates approximately 500 stores in various retail fascias, as well as operates on-line and catalogue businesses for its retail fascias. It has its operations in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, France, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Hong Kong. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Bury, the United Kingdom. JD Sports Fashion Plc is a s ubsidiary of Pentland Group Plc.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: KSK POWER VENTUR PLC ORD GBP0.001(KSK.L)

KSK Power Ventur plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, operation, and maintenance of power generation assets primarily in India. The company develops and operates coal, gas, and lignite based power plants, as well as hydro electric power plants and wind farms. It has an operating capacity of approximately 933 mega watts. The company is also involved in identification, acquisition, development, beneficiation, and trading of coal and lignite reserves. In addition, it acts as an investment manager to third party funds for investments in energy businesses. KSK Power Ventur plc was founded in 1998 and is based in Douglas, the United Kingdom.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: Triumph Group Inc.(TGI)

Triumph Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, engineering, manufacture, repair, overhaul, and distribution of aircraft components. The company operates in two segments, Aerospace Systems and Aftermarket Services. The Aerospace Systems segment provides mechanical and electromechanical controls, such as hydraulic systems and components, main engine gearbox assemblies, and accumulators and mechanical control cables. It also involves in stretch forming, die forming, milling, bonding, machining, welding, and assembling and fabricating various structural components used in aircraft wings, fuselages, and other assemblies. In addition, this segment provides composite assemblies for floor panels, environmental control system ducts, non-structural cockpit components, and thermal acoustic insulation systems. The Aftermarket Services segment provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for commercial and military markets. This segment offers its services on auxiliary power units, and air frame and engine accessories, including constant-speed drives, cabin compressors, starters and generators, and pneumatic drive units; and on thrust reversers, nacelle components, and flight control surfaces, as well as supplies spare parts of cockpit instruments and gauges for a range of commercial airlines. The company serves the aerospace industry, including original equipment manufacturers of commercial, regional, business, and military aircraft and components, as well as commercial airlines, air cargo carriers, and military customers. Triumph Group, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Two moves from Precision during the quarter showed the company's commitment toward improving its strategic position within the industry. The biggest was its announced $600 million acquisition of Permaswage late last month, which designs and makes aerospace fluid fittings. With expectations that the buyout will immediately boost earnings once it closes, the move accentuates the huge opportunity that Precision sees in the aerospace industry. But it also sold off its Primus Composites division to Triumph Group (NYSE: TGI  ) , showing Precision's willingness to sell off what it considers to be non-core assets even if it is more typically a buyer than a seller.

• [By Eric Volkman]

  Triumph Group (NYSE: TGI) now holds a new asset following a deal inked with Precision Castparts (NYSE: PCP). Triumph has acquired Primus Composites from its counterpart. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

• [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 Triumph Group (NYSE: TGI  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Shares of Textron have gained 1.2% to $36.63 at 1:09 p.m., while Embraer (ERJ) has risen 0.5% to $32.30, Triumph Group (TGI) has advanced 0.2% to $75.73 and Spirit AeroSystems (SPR) is off 0.8% at $33.90.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: Cardiome Pharma Corporation(CRME)

Cardiome Pharma Corp., a life sciences company, engages in developing proprietary drugs to treat or prevent cardiovascular and other diseases. The company offers BRINAVESS, a product approved for marketing in the European Union, Iceland, and Norway for the conversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm in adults. It also has clinical programs, which focuses on the treatment of atrial fibrillation, an arrhythmia (or abnormal rhythm) of the upper chambers of the heart. The company has a phase 1 program for GED-aPC, an engineered analog of recombinant human activated Protein C that completed phase I clinical trials for the treatment of infectious disease. In addition, Cardiome Pharma Corp. has pre-clinical projects that focus on cardiac diseases, ion channel conditions, and other indications. It also has a collaboration and license agreement with Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck), for the development and commercialization of vernakalant; and Astellas Pharma US, Inc. t o develop, make, and sell intravenous or injectable formulations of vernakalant in North America. The company was formerly known as Nortran Pharmaceuticals Inc. and changed its name to Cardiome Pharma Corp. in June 2001. Cardiome Pharma Corp. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Udovich]

  The biotech sector along with small cap biotech stocks Cardiome Pharma Corp (NASDAQ: CRME), Oncolytics Biotech, Inc (NASDAQ: ONCY), Vital Therapies Inc (NASDAQ: VTL) and TNI BioTech (OTCMKTS: TNIB) have all been producing their share of news this week for investors and traders alike to trade on. Moreover and while some 42 ��ife sciences��companies have gone public raising about $3 billion from investors so far this year, there are a growing number of biotechs pulling the plug on upcoming IPOs who are citing market conditions. With that in mind, here is a look at important news from the biotech sector and small cap biotech stocks this week:

• [By Roberto Pedone]

   

   

   

  One under-$10 biopharmaceutical player that's starting to move within range of triggering a big breakout trade is Cardiome Pharma (CRME), which engages in the discovery, development and commercialization of therapies that enhance the health of patients. This stock has been on fire over the last three months, with shares up sharply by 43%.

  If you take a look at the chart for Cardiome Pharma, you'll notice that this stock has been trading range bound for the last month or so, with shares moving between $5.85 on the downside and $7.15 on the upside. Shares of CRME have now started to bounce higher off that big support level near $6 a share and it's quickly moving within range of triggering a big breakout trade above some key near-term overhead resistance levels.

  Traders should now look for long-biased trades in CRME if it manages to break out above some near-term overhead resistance levels at $6.95 to its 52-week high at $7.15 a share with high volume. Look for a sustained move or close above those levels with volume that hits near or above its three-month average volume of 123,602 shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then CRME will set up to enter new 52-week-high territory, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that breakout are $9 to $10 a share.

  Traders can look to buy CRME off any weakness to anticipate that breakout and simply use a stop that sits right below some key near-term support levels at $6 or $5.85 or near its 50-day moving average of $5.63 a share. One can also buy CRME off strength once it starts to take out those breakout levels with volume and then simply use a stop that sits a comfortable percentage from your entry point.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: Australian Pharmaceutical Ind Ltd (API.AX)

Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited engages in the wholesale distribution of pharmaceutical and allied products in Australia. The company distributes pharmaceutical and medical consumable products to hospitals, and provides finance origination and retail services to pharmacists under the Soul Pattinson and Pharmacist brands. It sells various health, beauty, and lifestyle products in the retail industry under the Priceline brand, and operates as a franchisor with approximately 150 Priceline Pharmacy stores. The company also manufactures and owns rights of pharmaceutical medicines and consumer toiletries in New Zealand. Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited was founded in 1910 and is based in Camellia, Australia.

Best Long Term Companies To Buy Right Now: Zenn Motor Company Inc. (ZNN.V)

ZENN Motor Company Inc., a development stage company, focuses on providing power storage solutions and related technologies to the automotive industry. The company has a technology agreement with EEStor, Inc. that provides certain exclusive and non-exclusive rights to purchase and deploy Electrical Energy Storage Unit (EESU), a high-energy-density ceramic ultra capacitor. It intends to supply its products to automobiles, specialty vehicles, trucks, buses, street cars, and other vehicles for original equipment manufacturers, tier 1 companies, and conversion upfitters. ZENN Motor Company Inc. also provides service support to a network of third-party service and repair facilities, which provide warranty and non-warranty repairs on the vehicles. The company was formerly known as Feel Good Cars Corporation and changed its name to ZENN Motor Company Inc. in June 2007. ZENN Motor Company Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.