The medical sector has lost some steam, but several of its components continue to act well.
Great Stocks To Buy In 2012:Presidential Life Corporation (PLFE)
Presidential Life Corporation, through its subsidiary, Presidential Life Insurance Company engages in the marketing and sale of various fixed annuity, life insurance, and accident and health insurance products in the United States. The company offers various annuity products, which include single and flexible premium deferred annuities, single premium immediate annuities, and special annuities. It also provides life insurance products, such as graded benefit whole life, simplified issue whole life, and group life policies, as well as other life insurance products, such as universal life, whole life, and term life. In addition, the company offers accident and health insurance policies, including New York statutory disability benefits, which are short-term disability contracts issued to employers of one or more employees in New York State. Further, it provides products, which include medical stop loss, group dental insurance, individual impaired risk disability, hospital indemnity products, and accident products. The company distributes its annuity and life insurance products through 1,273 independent general agents. Presidential Life Corporation was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Nyack, New York.Great Stocks To Buy In 2012:BCB Bancorp Inc. (NJ) (BCBP)
BCB Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for BCB Community Bank that provides banking products and services in New Jersey. It offers various deposit products, including interest-bearing demand deposits, NOW accounts, savings and club accounts, non-interest bearing accounts, money market accounts, individual retirement accounts, and term certificate accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company also provides commercial and multi-family real estate loans, one- to four-family residential mortgage loans, construction loans, home equity loans and home equity lines of credit, commercial business loans, secured and unsecured consumer loans, and loans collateralized by new and used automobiles. In addition, it offers retail and commercial banking services, including wire transfers, money orders, traveler?s checks, safe deposit boxes, night depository, federal payroll tax deposits, bond coupon redemption, and automated teller services. BCB Bancorp operates through three branches in Bayonne and Hoboken, as well as an executive office in Bayonne. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Bayonne, New Jersey.Great Stocks To Buy In 2012:TRW Automotive Holdings Corporation (TRW)
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells automotive systems, modules, and components for automotive original equipment manufacturers and related after-markets. It operates in four segments: Chassis Systems, Occupant Safety Systems, Electronics, and Automotive Components. The Chassis Systems segment offers product lines relating to steering gears and systems, foundation brakes, modules, brake controls, and linkage and suspension. The Occupant Safety Systems segment provides airbags, seat belts, steering wheels, and occupant restraint systems. The Electronics segment offers various products comprising safety electronics, radio frequency electronics, chassis electronics, powertrain electronics, and driver assist systems. The Automotive Components provides body controls, engine valves, and engineered fasteners and components. The company offers its products for passenger cars, light trucks, and commercial vehicles worldwide. TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. was founded in 1904 and is based in Livonia, Michigan.Great Stocks To Buy In 2012:Arrow Financial Corporation (AROW)
Arrow Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company, and Saratoga National Bank and Trust Company that offer various commercial and consumer banking, and financial products in the United States. The company offers various deposit products, which include demand deposits, savings, NOW, and money market deposits. It engages in a range of lending activities, including commercial and industrial lending primarily to small and midsized companies; mortgage lending for residential and commercial properties; and consumer installment and home equity financing. Arrow Financial Corporation maintains an indirect lending program through sponsorship of automobile dealer programs under which, it purchases dealer paper primarily from dealers that meet pre-established specifications. The company, through its trust operations, provides retirement planning, trust, and estate administration services for individuals, pension, and profit-sharing; and employee benefit plan administration for corporations. In addition, it holds an insurance agency that specializes in selling and servicing group health care policies; operates as an investment adviser that advises the company?s proprietary mutual funds; provides administrative and recordkeeping services for complex retirement plans; and holds a real estate investment trust. The company operates in Warren, Washington, Saratoga, Essex, and Clinton counties and surrounding areas. It owns 28 branch offices and leases 6 offices. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Glens Falls, New York.Great Stocks To Buy In 2012:TECO Energy Inc. (TE)
TECO Energy, Inc., an electric and gas utility company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy. It provides retail electric service to approximately 672,000 customers in West Central Florida with a net winter system generating capability of 4,684 megawatts. The company also engages in the purchase, distribution, and marketing of natural gas. It serves approximately 336,000 residential, commercial, industrial, and electric power generation customers in Florida. In addition, the company owns mineral rights, owns or operates surface and underground mines, and owns interests in coal processing and loading facilities. TECO Energy, Inc. was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.Great Stocks To Buy In 2012:3M Company (MMM)
3M Company, together with subsidiaries, operates as a diversified technology company worldwide. The company?s Industrial and Transportation segment offers tapes, coated and non-woven abrasives, adhesives, specialty materials, filtration products, energy control products, closure systems for personal hygiene products, acoustic systems products, and components and products that are used in the manufacture, repair, and maintenance of automotive, marine, aircraft, and specialty vehicles. Its Health Care segment provides medical and surgical supplies, skin health and infection prevention products, inhalation and transdermal drug delivery systems, dental and orthodontic products, health information systems, and food safety products. The company?s Display and Graphics offers optical film solutions for LCD electronic displays; computer screen filters; reflective sheeting for transportation safety; commercial graphics sheeting and systems; and mobile interactive solutions, including mobile display technology, visual systems products, and computer privacy filters. The company?s Consumer and Office segment provides office supply products, stationery products, construction and home improvement products, home care products, protective material products, certain consumer retail personal safety products, and consumer health care products. Its Safety, Security and Protection Services segment offers personal protection products, safety and security products, cleaning and protection products for commercial establishments, track and trace solutions, and roofing granules for asphalt shingles. The company?s Electro and Communications segment provides packaging and interconnection devices; fluids that are used in the manufacture of computer chips, and for cooling electronics and lubricating computer hard disk drives; high-temperature and display tapes; insulating materials, including tapes and resins; and related items. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.Advisors' Opinion:
Click to EnlargeThis is 3M’s (NYSE:MMM) 100th year in business and 100th year of innovation. 3M uses its research and development teams to churn out new products for its customers. One of 3M’s newest innovations is an ingenious patch that injects immunizations using hundreds of micro-needles. The invention allows injections without intimidating syringes. To create the micro-needle patches, 3M repurposed micro-replication technology it had pioneered to enhance the visibility of reflective road signs. 3M’s breakout over its 50-day moving average is a strong signal. Buy.
By Carlson At 2011-9-26
The shares closed at $73.99, up $1.09, or 1.5%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $52.50 billion. About the company: 3M Co. conducts operations in electronics, telecommunications, industrial, consumer and office, health care, safety, and other markets. The Company’s businesses share technologies, manufacturing operations, brands, marketing channels, and other resources. 3M serves customers in countries located around the world.
By Dave Friedman At 2011-9-22
The shares closed at $83.31, up $0.77, or 0.93%, on the day. They have traded in a 52-week range of $78.01 to $98.19. Volume today was 4,130,195 shares, against a 3-month average volume of 4,252,690 shares. Its market capitalization is $59.11billion, its trailing P/E is 14.14, its trailing earnings are $5.89 per share, and it pays a dividend of $2.20 per share, for a dividend yield of 2.70%. About the company: 3M Co. conducts operations in electronics, telecommunications, industrial, consumer and office, health care, safety, and other markets. The Company’s businesses share technologies, manufacturing operations, brands, marketing channels, and other resources. 3M serves customers in countries located around the! world.< /p>
By Jim Cramer,TheStreet At 2011-9-7
The disappointing analyst meeting and the negative previous quarter haunt this stock going into 2011. But if you are like me and believe there will be worldwide growth, you would be nuts not to consider buying this 13% grower for just 15 times earnings. 3M (MMM) has got so much going for it in Asia and has so many new businesses -- it remains the most potent inventor of new products among the major companies I follow -- that I think it will drift back up to its 52-week high of $91, if not higher. Perhaps $100, which I think is my stretch goal, given its $6.16 in composite EPS estimates.
Why $100? I think the dollar gets weaker, and this is one of the most sensitive companies to the greenback, which means that $6.16 could be too low. Cheap stock that's in the penalty box because of the ever-so-slight shade down of earnings, a shade down that, when I analyze the company, is something that will be left behind in 2011.
Great Stocks To Buy In 2012:Barclays PLC (BCS)
Barclays PLC provides various financial products and services in Europe, the United States, Africa, and Asia. It offers retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management, and investment management services. The company?s products include current account and savings products, Woolwich branded mortgages, unsecured loans, protection products, general insurance, credit cards, Sharia-compliant products, installment finance and commercial property finance, commercial loans, and personal loans. It also offers money transmission, international and private banking, investment management, fiduciary, and brokerage services, as well as payment solutions and mobile banking services. In addition, the company provides fixed income, currency and commodities, foreign exchange, emerging markets, money markets, and credit services; equities, which include cash and equity derivatives and prime services; investment banking products and services that comprise financial advisory, and equity and debt underwriting; and advisory services. It serves individual, commercial, corporate, institutional, retail, and mass affluent customers. The company was formerly known as Barclays Bank Limited and changed its name to Barclays PLC in January 1985. Barclays PLC was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.Advisors' Opinion:
By Louis Navellier At 2011-11-17
Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) is a global financial service provider involved with retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management. Despite having a $28 billion market cap, BCS stock has slipped 44% since this January.
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