Top Heal Care Stocks To Own For 2014

Despite calling a proposed tax overhaul in the state a "game changer," the oil industry's top players in Alaska remain nervous. Call it once burned and twice shy, but the industry is holding back on committing more capital to the state's declining oil fields. The concern here is twofold: First is nervousness that this overhaul will fail, and even more concerning is that federal regulations are too unclear at the moment.

This overall regulatory and tax uncertainty has caused ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP  ) to put its 2014 Chukchi Sea project plans on hold. The project was just one of its many worldwide exploration and appraisal projects that the company expects to drive future production growth. However, the timing of the decision is odd, considering the company has said that it would commit more capital to the state if the tax overhaul goes through.�

Top Heal Care Stocks To Own For 2014: Reunion Gold Corporation(RGD.V)

Reunion Gold Corporation, an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. It holds 4 prospecting licenses covering 45,729 acres for the exploration and development of manganese in the North West District of Guyana, South America, as well as 2 permissions for geological and geophysical survey comprising 19,770 square kilometers. The company was formerly known as New Sleeper Gold Corporation and changed its name to Reunion Gold Corporation in June 2006. Reunion Gold Corporation is based in Longueuil, Canada.

Top Heal Care Stocks To Own For 2014: NuVasive Inc.(NUVA)

NuVasive, Inc., a medical device company, engages in the design, development, and marketing of minimally disruptive surgical products and procedures for the spine. The company?s products focus on applications for spine fusion surgery. It offers products primarily for the thoracolumbar spine and cervical spine. The company?s principal products include a minimally disruptive surgical platform called Maximum Access Surgery (MAS), as well as cervical, biologics, and motion preservation products. Its MAS platform combines four categories of product offerings, including NVM5 and NVJJB, its proprietary software-driven nerve monitoring systems; MaXcess system that provides access to the spine with minimal soft tissue disruption; specialized implants that are used for interbody disc height restoration for fusion and stabilization of the spine, as well as biologic products comprising FormaGraft, a collagen-based synthetic bone substitute and Osteocel Plus, an allograft cellular ma trix. Its biologic products also comprise AttraX, a synthetic bone graft material; and Triad, an allograft cellular matrix containing viable mesenchymal stem cells. In addition, the company offers a range of bone allograft in patented saline packaging; disposables and spine implants under the CoRoent brand name; and fixation devices, such as rods, plates, and screws. Further, it provides intra-operative monitoring services for insight into the nervous system during spine and other surgeries. Additionally, the company is developing total disc replacement devices for lateral lumbar spine and cervical spine applications. NuVasive, Inc. sells its products through directly-employed sales shareowners, independent sales agents, and distributors to surgeons and hospitals in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By David Sterman]

  I wrote about this stock several times in 2010, most recently noting that the company’s suite of back surgery tools enables doctors to more effectively treat patients while lowering the total cost of the surgical process. Insurers increasingly agree. Aetna (NYSE: AET) and United Health Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) already covered the system, and earlier this week, Cigna (NYSE: CI) and Humana (NYSE: HUM) reversed course and decided to cover surgeries performed using the NuVasive system as well. Shares surged nearly 10% on Wednesday morning, but have subsequently given back most of the gain. That’s a compelling entry point for investors that missed the move.

  Shares of NuVasive are off roughly 30% since April, in part due to expectations that sales will grow just 10% this year (after having grown at least 48% every year from 2002 to 2009 and a likely additional 25-30% in 2010). The slowdown is in part due to the uncertain health care reimbursement environment. But as noted above, insurers are now getting behind the company and I expect sales growth to re-accelerate back up 15-20% next year, as the company continues to train more doctors on how to use its equipment. International sales efforts are just now getting underway.

  These moves could help the bottom-line grow even faster in 2012. Per share profits, which were likely around $1.40 in 2010, may slump a bit this year as the company builds out its infrastructure, but earnings per share (EPS) may rebound and hit a new peak — perhaps $2 — in 2012. Put a multiple of 20 on that, and shares would rebound to $40, or 40% above current levels.

Top Low Price Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Onstream Media Corporation(ONSM)

Onstream Media Corporation provides online services of live and on-demand corporate audio and Web communications, virtual event technology, and social media marketing primarily to corporate, education, and government customers in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Digital Media Services Group, and Audio and Web Conferencing Services Group. The Digital Media Services Group segment provides corporate-oriented and Web-based media services to the corporate market, including live audio and video Webcasting, and on-demand audio and video streaming for any business, government, and educational entities; and online subscription based service that comprises access to enabling technologies and features for clients to acquire, store, index, secure, manage, distribute, and transform digital assets into saleable commodities. This segment also offers a video ingestion and flash encoder that could be used by its clients on a stand-alone basis or in conjunction with the Digital Media Services Platform; and automated and manual encoding and editorial services for processing digital media, using technologies and processes that allow online search, retrieval, and streaming of media, including photos, videos, audio, engineering specs, architectural plans, and Web pages. The Audio and Web Conferencing Services Group segment provides reservationless and operator-assisted audio and Web conferencing services; and connectivity within the entertainment and advertising industries through its managed network, which encompasses production and post-production companies, advertisers, producers, directors, and talent. Onstream Media Corporation was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Pompano Beach, Florida.