Best Stocks To Watch 2014

With all the fear hanging over today's market, it's a good time to look to the safety of time-tested stocks -- particularly those endorsed by Warren Buffett.

The Oracle of Omaha favors proven companies with a competitive advantage in some simple and easy-to-understand line of business, and whose stocks are also trading cheap. In short, these stocks don't need a hot market or even a strong economic recovery to pay off over the long term.

Best Stocks To Watch 2014:BioScrip Inc. (BIOS)

 BioScrip, Inc. provides pharmacy and home health services in the United States. It operates in two segments, Infusion/Home Health Services and Pharmacy Services. The Infusion/Home Health Services segment engages in the intravenous administration of medications treating a range of acute and chronic conditions, such as infections, nutritional deficiencies, various immunologic and neurologic conditions, cancer, pain, and palliative care; and provides various types of home infusion therapies, such as parenteral nutrition, enteral nutrition, antimicrobial therapy, chemotherapy, immune globulin therapy, pain management, hemophilia, and respiratory therapy/home medical equipment. This segment also provides home healthcare services to adult and pediatric patients, including those suffering from chronic and acute illnesses, those in recovery from surgical procedures, and those who require monitoring or care for other reasons. Its services and programs include skilled nursing, wound care, oncology nursing and infusion nursing, rehabilitation, occupational therapy and speech language pathology, medical social services, and home health aide services, as well as private duty nursing care and intermittent nursing care. The Pharmacy Services segment owns and operates 34 specialty pharmacies. It provides traditional and specialty medications to treat people with various diseases and medical conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn?s disease, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, immune mediated diseases, and HIV/AIDS, as well as hepatitis A, B, C, and related complications. This segment also offers specialty therapy management, prescription discount card programs, and pharmacy data services. As of March 31, 2011, BioScrip had 111 locations in 29 states and the District of Columbia, including 30 community pharmacy locations, 33 home nursing locations, 3 mail service facilities, and 45 home infusion locations. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Elmsford, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

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  By Goodwin At 2011-9-11

  BioScrip, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical healthcare organization that partners with patients, physicians, healthcare payors and pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide access to medications and management solutions to optimize outcomes for chronic and other complex healthcare conditions. Its EPS forecast for the current year is 0.15 and next year is 0.45. According to consensus estimates, its topline is expected to grow 9.46% current year and 4.71% next year. It is trading at a forward P/E of 10.47. All four analysts covering the company are positive and have buy recommendations.

• By cnAnalyst At 2011-9-10

  BioScrip Inc. (NASDAQ:BIOS) is the 8th best-performing stock last month in this segment of the market. It was up 65.94% for the past month. Its price percentage change was 46.27% year-to-date.

Best Stocks To Watch 2014:Interface Inc. (IFSIA)

 Interface, Inc. engages in the design, production, and sale of modular and broadloom carpets, and other floor covering products for the commercial, institutional, and residential markets primarily in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. Its products are used in corporate offices, retail spaces, government institutions, schools, healthcare facilities, tenant improvement spaces, hospitality centers, residences, and home office spaces. The company sells its carpets under InterfaceFLOR, Heuga, GlasBac, Bentley Prince Street, FLOR, Mission Zero, Prince Street House, and Home brand names; and raised/access flooring product under the Intercell brand name. It also provides antimicrobial chemicals under the Intersept brand; and TacTiles carpet tile installation systems, as well as various adhesives and products for carpet installation and maintenance. In addition, the company offers carpet replacement, installation, and maintenance services. It serves end-users, architects, engineers, interior designers, contracting firms, and other specifiers. The company has product showrooms or design studios in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Denmark, England, Northern Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, India, Australia, Japan, Italy, Norway, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and China. Interface, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Best Stocks To Watch 2014:IntegraMed America Inc. (INMD)

 IntegraMed America, Inc., a specialty healthcare services company, manages outpatient centers offering products and services to patients and providers in the fertility and vein care segments of the health industry in the United States. It operates through two divisions, Attain Fertility Centers and Vein Clinics. The Attain Fertility Centers division provides business and management services to a network of 14 contracted fertility centers that perform diagnostic tests on women and men to determine the cause of infertility, as well as offer various treatment options, including IVF treatment, frozen embryo transfer, intrauterine insemination, and minimally invasive surgery to correct anatomical reproductive problems. This division also offers Attain IVF programs, which are designed to help patients attain their goal of starting a family. It offers these programs directly to fertility patients, including patients of its partner centers and patients of the division?s contracted network of independent medical providers under its affiliate program. This division provides business and management services to a network of 14 contracted fertility centers in its partner program; and its Attain IVF products to its 14 contracted fertility centers and 28 affiliate fertility centers. The Vein Clinics division provides business and management services to clinics. This division managed a network of 42 clinics in 14 states, which provide treatment for patients suffering from vein diseases and other vein disorders. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.