Investors have anxiously waited for today's employment report to lend some perspective to the Federal Reserve's most recent comments about letting up on quantitative-easing program. June's better-than-expected addition of 195,000 jobs initially sent stock markets soaring, especially given the upward revisions to April's and May's figures of another 70,000 jobs and a rise in the unemployment rate that reflected more workers entering the labor market. Yet the stock market rally didn't last long, as bond investors responded negatively to the news, concluding that a reduction in Fed stimulus will come sooner rather than later. Bond yields on the 10-year Treasury soared by a fifth of a percentage point to 2.7% -- an extremely large move in a market where most moves are measured in hundredths of a percentage point -- and as of 10:55 a.m. EDT, the Dow Jones Industrials (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) had given up nearly all their gains, trading up just 14 points.
Within the Dow, most stocks are having a quiet day. Home Depot is down 0.2%, even though the employment report highlighted increased employment in building-materials and garden-supply stores: A gain of 9,000 jobs in the segment contributed to overall retail job growth of 37,000 in June. Similarly, Travelers has fallen 0.3%, with the government reporting that insurance carriers added 6,000 jobs as part of the 17,000-job rise in financial employment overall.
Top 10 Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc.(SONA)
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Sonabank, which provides commercial banking products and services primarily to small and medium-sized businesses, and retail clients in the United States. It offers deposit products, including non-interest-bearing and interest-bearing checking accounts, commercial checking accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, time deposits, and certificates of deposit. The company also provides commercial mortgage and non-mortgage loans, including commercial real estate loans, construction to permanent loans, development and builder loans, accounts receivable financing, lines of credit, equipment and vehicle loans, leasing, and commercial overdraft protection; small business administration loans and stand-by letters of credit; single family residential construction loans; home equity lines of credit; and secured and unsecured consumer loans primarily for personal, family, or household purpose s. In addition, it offers cash management services, including investment/sweep, zero balance, and controlled disbursement accounts; and wire transfer, employer/payroll processing, night depository, lockbox, depository transfers, merchant, ACH originations, check 21 processing, and asset based lending services. The company?s other consumer/retail products and services include debit and credit cards, ATM services, travelers? checks, savings bonds, notary services, telephone banking, and online banking with bill payment services. As of June 29, 2011, it operated through 13 banking offices in McLean, Front Royal, Fairfax, New Market, Reston, Leesburg, Warrenton, South Riding, Charlottesville, Middleburg, and Clifton Forge County in Virginia, as well as 1 banking office in Rockville, Maryland; and loan production offices in Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Warrenton, and Richmond in Virginia. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
Top 10 Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: North Valley Bancorp(NOVB)
North Valley Bancorp operates as a bank holding company North Valley Bank that provides commercial and retail banking services to businesses and middle income individuals in California. The company accepts various deposit products, including demand deposits, interest bearing demand deposits, regular savings, money market deposit accounts, non-interest bearing deposits, and time deposits. It also provides various loan products comprising commercial loans; real estate commercial, construction, and mortgage loans; installment loans; consumer loans; and home equity loans. In addition, the company issues cashier?s checks and money orders; and sells travelers checks, as well as offers safe deposit boxes and other customary banking services. It operates 25 commercial banking offices in Shasta, Trinity, Humboldt, Del Norte, Yolo, Sonoma, Placer, and Mendocino counties. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Redding, California.
Top 10 Undervalued Stocks For 2014: Sovran Self Storage Inc.(SSS)
Sovran Self Storage, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). It engages in the acquisition, ownership, and management of self-storage properties in the United States. The company?s self-storage properties offer storage space to residential and commercial users, as well as offer outside storage for automobiles, recreational vehicles, and boats. As of February 15, 2007, it owned and managed 328 properties, consisting of approximately 20.3 million net rentable square feet in 22 states. Sovran Self Storage has elected to be treated as a REIT for federal income tax purposes and would not be subject to income tax to the extent it distributes at least 90% of taxable income to its stockholders. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Williamsville, New York.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Rich Duprey]
Self-storage REIT�Sovran Self Storage (NYSE: SSS ) announced today its second-quarter dividend of $0.53 per share, a 10% increase from the payout it made to investors last quarter of $0.48 per share.
Top 10 Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc.(PDM)
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. engages in the acquisition and ownership of commercial real estate properties in the United States. Its property portfolio primarily consists of office and industrial buildings, warehouses, and manufacturing facilities. As of December 31, 2007, the company owned interests in 83 properties that are wholly owned and controlled through consolidated joint ventures. It has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust and would not be subject to federal income tax, if it distributes approximately 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By alicet236]
Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. (PDM) Reached the Five-Year Low of $16.73
The prices of Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. (PDM) shares have declined to close to the 5-year low of $16.73, which is 32.6% off the five-year high of $21.32. Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. is owned by one Guru we are tracking. Among them, 0 have added to their positions during the past quarter. One reduced their position. Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation was incorporated in 1987. Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. has a market cap of $2.7 billion; its shares were traded at around $16.73 with a P/E ratio of 33.10 and P/S ratio of 5.02. The dividend yield of Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. stocks is 4.78%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 27.60% over the past five years.
- [By Brad Thomas]
Other REITs mentioned: (O), (NNN), (STAG), (DCT), (EGP), (PDM), (DRE), (LRY)
Source: Chambers Street: More Liquidity Magic On The Way In REIT-DomDisclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. (More...)
Top 10 Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Walker Crips Weddle Beck(WCW.L)
Walker Crips Group plc, an integrated financial services company, offers investment management services in the United Kingdom. Its services include stock broking, fund management, administrating individual savings accounts, and managing clients? deposits in the course of conducting investment business. The company?s services also comprise corporate finance, pension management and advice, corporate trustee services, structured investments design, and personal financial services; and securities trading, ISA/CTF, custody, deposit, and nominee services. In addition, it provides financial advice to individuals, partnerships, and companies; unit trust fund management to private and corporate clients; and corporate broking, as well as pension administration services. Walker Crips Group plc was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Top 10 Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Penns Woods Bancorp Inc.(PWOD)
Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Jersey Shore State Bank that provides commercial and retail banking services to individuals, partnerships, non-profit organizations, and corporations in Pennsylvania. It accepts various time, demand, and savings deposits, including Super NOW accounts, statement savings accounts, money market accounts, fixed rate certificates of deposit, club accounts, checking accounts, and individual retirement accounts. The company also offers loan products, such as secured and unsecured business and consumer loans that include financing commercial transactions, as well as construction and residential mortgage loans, and revolving credit loans with overdraft protection. Its loan products comprise agricultural loans; commercial loans; real estate loans, including construction and land development, farmland, one-to-four family residential, multi-family, and commercial or industrial loans; and consumer loan products consisting of second mortgages, automobile financing, small loan requests, overdraft check lines, and PHEAA referral loans. In addition, the company provides insurance, securities brokerage, financial planning, safe deposit, automated teller machine, Internet, and telephone banking services, as well as annuity and mutual fund investment products. Penns Woods Bancorp operates 12 branch offices in Lycoming, Clinton, and Centre counties in Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1934 and is based in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Top 10 Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Territorial Bancorp Inc.(TBNK)
Territorial Bancorp Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Territorial Savings Bank, a federally-chartered savings bank that provides a range of financial services to individuals, families, and businesses in Hawaii. It involves in accepting deposits from the general public and investing those deposits together with funds generated from operations and borrowings in loans and investment securities. The company?s deposit products include passbook and statement savings accounts, certificates of deposits, money market accounts, commercial and regular checking accounts, and NOW accounts. Its loan products include one-to-four-family residential mortgage loans; home equity loans and lines of credit; construction, commercial, and other non-residential real estate loans; consumer loans; and multi-family mortgage loans. The company, through its subsidiary, Territorial Financial Services, Inc., also engages in insurance agency activities. In addition, it provides various non-d eposit investments, including annuities and mutual funds through a third-party broker-dealer. As of December 31, 2010, the company operated 26 full-service branch offices in Hawaii. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Lisa Levin]
Territorial Bancorp (NASDAQ: TBNK) shares touched a new 52-week low of $21.31. Territorial Bancorp shares have dropped 9.43% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 16.18% in the same period.
Top 10 Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Five Oaks Investment Corp (OAKS)
Five Oaks Investment Corp., incorporated on March 28, 2012, focused on investing in, financing and managing a leveraged portfolio of Agency and Non-Agency residential mortgage-backed securities, or RMBS, residential mortgage loans and other mortgage-related investments. The Company invests in both Agency RMBS and Non-Agency RMBS.
As of December 31, 2012, the Company�� portfolio consisted of Agency RMBS and Non-Agency RMBS. The Company is managed by Oak Circle Capital Partners LLC.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Jon C. Ogg]
Five Oaks Investment Corp. (NYSE: OAKS) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE: MRO) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Top 10 Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: One Liberty Properties Inc.(OLP)
One Liberty Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the acquisition, ownership, and management of commercial real estate properties in the United States. The company�?s property portfolio includes retail furniture stores, as well as industrial, office, flex, health and fitness, and other properties. As of March 31, 2008, it owned 67 properties; holds a 50% tenancy in common interest in 1 property; and owns 4 properties through joint ventures. The company has elected to be treated as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax, if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. One Liberty Properties was founded in 1982 and is based in Great Neck, New York.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Brian Pacampara]
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, commercial REIT One Liberty Properties (NYSE: OLP ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
Top 10 Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Global Cash Access Holdings Inc. (GCA)
Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides cash access and data intelligence services and solutions to the gaming industry in the United States and internationally. Its cash access products and services include Casino Cash Plus 3-in-1 ATM, a cash-dispensing machine that offers patrons to access cash through ATM cash withdrawals, point-of-sale debit card transactions, and credit card cash access transactions; check verification and warranty services, which allow gaming establishments to manage and reduce risks on patron checks that they cash; QuikCash, a non-ATM cash access kiosks; and money transfer services. The company also offers cash access equipment, such as full service kiosks, a multi-function patron kiosk for cash access into self-service kiosks for slot ticket redemption and bill breaking services, as well as jackpot kiosks. In addition, it provides information services, such as Central Credit, a gaming patron credit bureau that allows g aming establishments in credit-granting decisions; QuikCash Plus Web and QCPXpress that are cash access transaction processing systems for cashier operations; QuikReports, a browser-based reporting tool that provide access and analysis of information on patron cash access activity; and QuikMarketing/Casino Share Intelligence database services, as well as various Xchange Xplorer products. Further, the company offers cashless gaming products comprising QuikTicket that allows cash access transaction to be completed with a bar coded ticket in lieu of cash. Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. sells its products and services primarily through direct sales force to traditional land-based casinos, riverboats and cruise ships with gaming operations, gaming establishments operated on Native American lands, pari-mutuel wagering facilities, and card rooms. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Seth Jayson]
Global Cash Access Holdings (NYSE: GCA ) reported earnings on May 7. Here are the numbers you need to know.
The 10-second takeaway
For the quarter ended March 31 (Q1), Global Cash Access Holdings missed slightly on revenues and missed estimates on earnings per share. - [By Evan Niu, CFA]
What: Shares of Global Cash Access (NYSE: GCA ) have plunged today by as much as 10% after the company reported first-quarter earnings.
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