Top 10 Stocks To Watch In 2012

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Let's start by talking briefly about what penny stocks are and how they work. Penny, or Micro cap stocks as they are sometimes called are stocks that generally trade at $5.00 or under per share and are available outside the major stock exchanges. Usually, penny stocks can be purchased 'over the counter' through quotation services such as the OTC Bulletin Board or the Pink Sheets.

Penny stocks, although cheap in price, carry the same amount of risk that regular stocks do because of their volatile nature. While there is risk involved, the rewards can be great for those who find hot penny stocks. Learning the proper way to capitalize on these trends and learning how to correctly choose penny stock picks is the #1 way to succeed with this type of investment.

Top 10 Stocks To Watch In 2012:Siemens AG (SI)

 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, an electronics and electrical engineering company, operates in the industry, energy, and healthcare sectors worldwide. In the industry sector, the company?s portfolio ranges from industry automation and drives products and services to building, lighting, and mobility solutions and services, as well as includes system integration and solutions for plant business. It offers automation and drives, industrial solutions and services, transportation systems, and Siemens building technologies. In the energy sector, Siemens provides solutions for the generation, transmission, and distribution of power; and extraction, conversion, and transport of oil and gas in the oil and gas industry. In the healthcare sector, it develops, manufactures, and markets diagnostic and therapeutic systems, devices, and consumables; and offers IT systems for clinical and administrative purposes. The company also provides technical maintenance, professional, consulting, and financing services. In addition, Siemens provides financial products and services, such as commercial finance, equity and project finance, treasury and investment management, and project and export finance. Additionally, the company offers insurance solutions, such as claims management; and acts as a broker of company-financed insurances, as well as engages in real estate business. It also has equity investments in a telecommunications infrastructure supplier, household appliance, defense technology, and communication and entertainment device companies, as well as in companies that provide technical building equipment and installation services; and open communications, network, and security solutions. The company was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Top 10 Stocks To Watch In 2012:IncrediMail Ltd. (MAIL)

 Incredimail Ltd. and its subsidiaries design, develop, and market content and media products, principally email products to the consumer and home markets. The company offers an integrated suite of email software products, a graphic add-on to instant messaging software, wallpaper and screensaver software, and software for presenting digital personal photos. Its products include IncrediMail Xe, the flagship product, which is available over the Internet offering various features that the user can apply to email messages; IncrediMail Premium, a Web gallery and voice message recorder; IncrediMail Letter Creator, an application enabling IncrediMail Xe and IncrediMail Premium users to design and create their own personalized email letters and ecards; and The Gold Gallery, a license-based content product that offers content files in the form of email backgrounds, animations, sounds, graphics, and email notifiers. The company?s products also comprise JunkFilter Plus, an anti-spam product; Magentic that enhances computer desktops by adding graphics, which enable users to personalize the working environment; and HiYo, a graphic enhancement tool for instant messaging products. It distributes and sells its products in approximately 100 countries in 10 languages. The company was formerly known as Verticon Ltd. and changed its name to IncrediMail Ltd. in November 2000. IncrediMail Ltd. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Advisors' Opinion:

• By Arohan At 2012-2-12

  Incredimail is an Israel-based software company that sells the popular Incredimail email software. It also offers a free dow! nload of the email software which is monetized by displaying ads. The company has generated 44% EPS growth in the past 5 years and is projecting another double digit growth the next year. At a PE ratio of 5.78, the company is cheap. The company had around $31 million in cash on the books, of which it has used up $25 million in acquiring SmileBox recently with further $15 million in cash payments still to be made pursuant to hitting certain milestones. If Smilebox gets accretive to the earnings fast, the company will likely grow much faster than the current projections suggest.

Top 10 Stocks To Watch In 2012:Diamond Foods Inc. (DMND)

 Diamond Foods, Inc., a packaged food company, engages in processing, marketing, and distributing snack products, as well as culinary, in-shell, and ingredient nuts. Its snack products include glazed nuts, roasted and mixed nuts, breakfast trail mix products, microwave popcorn products, and potato and tortilla chips. The company?s culinary nuts comprise shelled nuts, pegboard nuts, and harvest reserve premium nuts. Its in-shell nuts consist of uncracked nuts and mixed nuts; and ingredient/food service products include shelled and processed nuts, and custom-processed nuts. The company offers its products under the Emerald, Pop Secret, Kettle, and Diamond of California brand names. It markets its culinary nuts to individuals, who prepare meals or baked goods at home; and ingredient and food service nuts to food processors, restaurants, bakeries, and food service companies and their suppliers. Diamond Foods, Inc. sells its products directly to retailers, such as national grocery stores, club stores, mass merchandisers, and drug store chains; and indirectly through wholesale distributors, who serve independent and small regional retail grocery store chains and convenience stores. The company offers its products in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Canada, South Korea, Turkey, and Japan. Diamond Foods, Inc. was founded in 1912 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• By Louis Navellier At 2011-11-17

  With 99-year old nut maker Diamond Foods Inc. (NASDAQ:DMND), “once you pop, the fun don’t stop.” If that phrase had you thinking more about potato crisps than holiday nuts, you’re not imagining things — that has been the long-running slogan of the Pringles potato crisp brand. But with Diamond Foods slated to acquire the Pringles chip business, becoming the second-largest global snacks company, the fun isn’t going to stop. Earlier this month, Diamo! nd Foods received final regulatory approval to buy Pringles from Procter & Gamble for $2.35 billion, adding to Diamond’s other acquisitions of Pop Secret popcorn and Kettle Brand chips. As Diamond Foods continues to diversify, its reliance on major customers is shrinking, giving it better leverage. Nonetheless, even though the company is expanding, Diamond is making sure that its original product — assorted nuts — still is top quality.

Top 10 Stocks To Watch In 2012:Alico Inc. (ALCO)

 Alico, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a land management company in central and southwest Florida. It involves in harvesting, hauling, and marketing citrus, as well as purchasing and reselling citrus fruit; cultivating citrus trees; and cultivating raw sugarcane for sale. The company also engages in producing and selling beef cattle, feeding cattle, and replacement heifers to packing and processing plants and contract cattle buyers, as well as through local livestock auction markets. In addition, it grows, harvests, and sells vegetables for wholesale; produces sod; sells native plants and trees for landscaping purposes; and subdivides, develops, and sells real estate property. Further, the company involves in rock and sand mining; and rents land on a tenant-at-will basis for grazing, farming, oil exploration, and recreational uses. Additionally, it engages in the planning and strategic positioning of company owned land, and negotiating and renegotiating sales contracts. As of September 30, 2010, Alico owned approximately 139,607 acres of land located in the Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee, and Polk counties. The company was founded in 1960 and is based in Fort Myers, Florida.

Top 10 Stocks To Watch In 2012:Esterline Technologies Corporation (ESL)

 Esterline Technologies Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets engineered products and systems primarily for the aerospace and defense market, as well as for industrial/commercial and medical markets in the United States and Europe. Its Avionics and Controls segment provides global positioning systems, head-up displays, vision systems, and electronic flight management systems for control and display applications. It also offers technology interface systems, including lighted push-button and rotary switches, keyboards, lighted indicators, panels, and displays for commercial and military aircraft. In addition, this segment provides control sticks, grips, and wheels, as well as switching systems for commercial and military aviation, and airborne and ground-based military equipment manufacturing customers. Further, it offers keyboards, keypads, and input devices that integrate cursor control devices, bar-code scanners, displays, and video and voice activations; instruments for point-of-use and point-of-care in vivo diagnostics; and military personal communication equipment, primarily headsets. The company?s Sensors and Systems segment produces high-precision temperature, pressure, and speed sensors; electrical power switching, and control and data communication devices; and related systems for jet engine and airframe manufacturers. Its Advanced Materials segment manufactures elastomer products for commercial aerospace, space, marine, and military applications. It also develops engineered thermal components; silicone rubber and other elastomer products, such as clamping devices, thermal fire barrier insulation products, sealing systems, and tubing and coverings; lightweight metallic insulation systems; and combustible ordnance and warfare countermeasure devices. Esterline sells its products through direct internal international sales force, manufacturer representatives, and distributors. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

Top 10 Stocks To Watch In 2012:Nordson Corporation (NDSN)

 Nordson Corporation manufactures equipment used for precision dispensing, testing and inspection, and surface preparation and curing. Its Adhesive Dispensing Systems segment manufactures equipment for applying adhesives, lotions, and liquids to disposable products; automated adhesive dispensing systems for the food and beverage, and packaged goods industries; hot melt and cold glue adhesive dispensing systems for the paper and paperboard converting industries; adhesive and sealant dispensing systems for bonding or sealing plastic, metal, and wood products; and laminating and coating systems to manufacture continuous-roll goods in the nonwovens, textile, paper, and flexible-packaging industries. The company?s Advanced Technology Systems segment comprises automated gas plasma treatment systems used to clean and condition surfaces for the semiconductor, medical, and printed circuit board industries; controlled manual and automated systems for applying materials in customer processes requiring precision and material conservation; ultraviolet equipment used in curing and drying operations for specialty coatings, semiconductor materials, and paints; and bond testing and automated optical and x-ray inspection systems used in the semiconductor and printed circuit board industries. Its Industrial Coating Systems segment provides automated and manual dispensing systems used for applying coatings, paint, finishes, sealants, and other materials. Nordson Corporation markets its products in the United States and internationally through a direct sales force, as well as through qualified distributors and sales representatives. It serves various markets, including the appliance, automotive, bookbinding, container, converting, electronics, food and beverage, furniture, life sciences and medical, metal finishing, non woven, packaging, and semiconductor industries. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Westlake, Ohio.

Top 10 Stocks To Watch In 2012:Illumina Inc. (ILMN)

 Illumina, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and biological function. Its instrumentation products include HiSeq 2000, an instrument for high-throughput (up to 200 Gb per run and up to 25 GB per day) sequencing using sequencing-by-synthesis (SBS) technology; Genome Analyzer IIx, an instrument for medium to high-throughput (up to 95 Gb per run) sequencing using SBS technology; Genome Analyzer IIe, an instrument for low to medium throughput (up to 40 Gb per run) sequencing using SBS technology; iScan System, a high-resolution imaging instrument to scan BeadArray based assays; and BeadXpress Reader, a low- to mid-multiplex, high-throughput instrument for readout of assays. The company?s consumables consist of InfiniumHD Whole-Genome BeadChips comprising HumanOmniExpress, HumanOmni1-Quad, Human1M-Duo, and BovineHD, which are multi-sample DNA analysis microarrays; iSelect Custom Genotyping BeadChips that are customer designable SNP genotyping arrays; GoldenGate Assay Method, a high throughput assay and genotyping system; GoldenGate Universal-32 Sample BeadChip, which are 32 sample GoldenGate genotyping arrays; Paired-End Genomic DNA Sample Prep Kit, a streamlined library preparation kit to generate 200?500 kb insert paired-end reads; VeraCode GoldenGate that are low plex GoldenGate genotyping arrays compatible with the BeadXpress System; Standard Sequencing Kit, reagents used for SBS chemistry on sequencing platforms; and Infinium Assay Kit, reagents used to perform Infinium assays on the iScan platform. It also provides sequencing and genotyping services. The company?s customers include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agrichemical, diagnostics, and consumer products companies, as well as research centers. It sells its products through distributors in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and South Africa. Illumina was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• ! By Za cks At 2011-9-11

  Illumina, Inc. (ILMN - Snapshot Report) watched its share price surge 33% in October as the genetic-testing company announced a strong third-quarter performance at mid month. Earnings per share of 32 cents reversed a year-ago loss and doubled the consensus estimate. Meanwhile, total revenues of $53.5 million soared 174% year-over-year from $19.5 million, marking its 21st straight quarter of revenue growth. The Zacks #1 Rank company now expects total revenue of between $178 million and $182 million for fiscal 2006, which is an increase of $8 million to $12 million over its earlier guidance. ILMN expects non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.

Top 10 Stocks To Watch In 2012:AmerisourceBergen Corporation (Holding Co) (ABC)

 AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a pharmaceutical services company, provides drug distribution and related services to healthcare providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company distributes brand-name and generic pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter healthcare products, home healthcare supplies and equipment, and related services to various healthcare providers, including acute care hospitals and health systems, independent and chain retail pharmacies, mail order pharmacies, medical and dialysis clinics, physicians, and long-term care and other alternate site pharmacies. It also offers various services, such as pharmaceutical packaging, pharmacy automation, inventory management, reimbursement and pharmaceutical consulting and staffing services, logistics services, and pharmacy management. In addition, AmerisourceBergen provides scalable automated pharmacy dispensing equipment, medication and supply dispensing cabinets, and supply management software to various retail and institutional healthcare providers. Further, the company offers distribution and other services to physicians, who specialize in various disease states; distributes plasma and other blood products, injectible pharmaceuticals, and vaccines; and provides drug commercialization, third party logistics, reimbursement consulting, data analytics, and outcomes research services for biotech and other pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as practice management and group purchasing services for physician practices. Additionally, it delivers unit dose, punch card, unit-of-use, and other packaging solutions to institutional and retail healthcare providers; and offers contract packaging and clinical trial material services for pharmaceutical manufacturers. The company serves customers through a network of distribution and service centers, and packaging facilities. AmerisourceBergen was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania.

Top 10 Stocks To Watch In 2012:MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (MKTX)

 MarketAxess Holdings Inc. operates an electronic trading platform that enables investment industry professionals to trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments. Its patented trading technology allows institutional investor clients to request competitive, executable bids, or offers from multiple broker-dealers simultaneously, and to execute trades with the broker-dealer of their choice. Approximately 800 institutional investors are users of the MarketAxess trading platform, accessing the global liquidity provided by MarketAxess' 78 broker-dealer clients in U.S. high-grade corporate bonds, European bonds, high yield and emerging markets bonds, agency bonds, asset-backed and preferred securities, and credit default swaps. The company also offers various trading-related products and services, including market data to assist clients with trading decisions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; technology services to optimize trading environments; and execution services for exchange-traded fund managers and other clients. MarketAxess was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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