Hot Insurance Stocks To Buy For 2014

Investors have always been interested in stocks that pay dividends, but lately, low interest rates on bonds and other fixed-income investments have made solid dividend payers even more valuable. Among the most promising dividend stocks in the market is Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ: CINF  ) , and one big reason is that it is one of the few exclusive companies to make the list of Dividend Aristocrats. In order to become a member of this elite group, a company must have raised its dividend payouts to shareholders every single year for at least a quarter-century. Only a few dozen stocks manage to make the cut, and those that do tend to stay there for a long time.

Cincinnati Financial is hardly a household name, even among those who generally follow the insurance industry. But with its lines of property and casualty insurance policies, the company has managed to reward investors with more than 50 straight annual dividend increases. Let's take a closer look at Cincinnati Financial to see whether it can sustain its long streak of rewarding dividend payouts to investors.

Hot Insurance Stocks To Buy For 2014: Cameco Corporation(CCJ)

Cameco Corporation operates as a uranium producer, supplier of conversion services, and fuel manufacturer. The company?s Uranium segment is involved in the exploration for, mining, milling, purchase, and sale of uranium concentrate. Its operating uranium properties include the McArthur River and Key Lake, and Rabbit Lake located in Saskatchewan, Canada; the Crow Butte located in Nebraska and the Smith Ranch-Highland located in Wyoming; and the Inkai uranium deposit located in Kazakhstan. Cameco Corporation?s Fuel Services segment engages in the refining, conversion, and fabrication of uranium concentrate; and the purchase and sale of conversion services. Its products include uranium trioxide, uranium hexafluoride, and uranium dioxide. This segment also manufactures fuel bundles, reactor components, and monitoring equipment to Candu reactors; and provides nuclear fuel and consulting services to Candu operators. The company?s Electricity segment engages in the generation and sale of nuclear electricity, through its 31.6% interest in Bruce Power L.P. This segment operates four nuclear reactors at the Bruce B generating station in southern Ontario, Canada. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Mark]

  Canada’s Cameco Corp. (CCJ) is a leading nuclear energy company. As the world’s largest low-cost uranium producer, Cameco satisfies almost 20% of the world’s demand. The company was founded in Saskatoon, Canada, in 1987 and has its roots in gold mining — which still contributes a bit to CCJ’s bottom line.

  Though precious metals are the rage on Wall Street right now, the Cameco’s uranium business is what has the most potential in the current market. As global warming becomes increasingly important to governments around the world, emission-free nuclear power is once again returning to favor.

  President Obama himself made a pitch for nuclear power in a Nevada press stop last week, saying the industry is clean, safe and could create thousands of new jobs. When the U.S. gets behind nuclear power in earnest, it’s sure to mean big things for uranium supplier CCJ.

Hot Insurance Stocks To Buy For 2014: Mission Vly Bcp Ca(MVLY.OB)

Mission Valley Bancorp operates as the holding company for Mission Valley Bank that provides a range of banking services to individual and corporate customers in the United States. The company?s deposit products include checking accounts, certificates of deposits, health savings accounts, individual retirement accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits. Its loan portfolio comprises personal, automobile, home equity, commercial real estate, equipment, small business administration, and term loans. The company also offers apartment financing, auto and truck financing, accounts receivable financing, leasing, letters of credit, corporate credit cards, and lines of credit. In addition, it provides online banking, account reconciliation, check image, collection, deposit courier, electronic tax payment, image statement, merchant bankcard, night drop, notary, payroll, safe deposit box, and zero balance accounting services, as well as cashier?s checks, t ravelers checks, credit cards, and debit and ATM cards. Further, the company offers financial planning and investment services in the areas of investments, estate plans, retirement plans, and insurance. It operates three branches in Sun Valley, Valencia, and the Centre Pointe area of Santa Clarita, California. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sun Valley, California.

Top Stocks To Own For 2014: Armarda Group Limited (5EK.SI)

Armarda Group Limited, an investment holding company, provides information technology (IT) professional services to the banking and financial services industry in the People�s Republic of China, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Its IT consulting services business provides IT strategy review and formulation, IT infrastructure architecture, and technology integration. The company�s consulting service includes core banking system construction and technical consulting, project management, test management, banking business work flow transformation consulting, overall consulting of banking system planning, and banking project of process management and business application. Its Application Service business involves in the planning and implementation of banking financial system, which is based on Oracle EBS Financial solution; banking management accounting system based on Oracle OFSA solution; banking plan and budget management system based on Oracle EPB solution; banking auditing syst em based on CaseWare IDEA solution; and human resource management system. In addition, the company involves in the trading of IT equipment and RFID chips. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Singapore, Singapore.