5 Best Rising Stocks To Watch For 2014

Most stock market investors are like whiny little kids.

When the market is down, they declare that growth is a thing of the past and civilization is heading toward destruction. When the market hits new all-time highs (as it has recently), they complain that stocks are overvalued and bubble predictions start flying.

One of the most common theories professional investors enjoy pointing to is the negative signal of individual investors rushing into the market, or "dumb money." Not surprisingly, even as everyone proclaims the ignorance of the dumb money, no one actually admits to�being dumb money. Considering that most hedge funds and mutual funds underperform a low-cost S&P 500 index fund, individuals who simply manage their�temperament�and hold on through thick and thin probably deserve the title of "smart money."

Simple sample
JPMorgan Chase's (NYSE: JPM  ) Asset Management division currently has just under $1.5 trillion under management. But this isn't entirely traditionally "smart" money. Fifty percent of assets are classified as "institutional," but 26% are "retail" and 22% are funds from "private banking" clients. While the assets certainly lean toward institutional money, most investing groups are appropriately accounted for in this sampling.

Top 5 Penny Companies To Buy Right Now: Ecology and Environment Inc.(EEI)

Ecology and Environment, Inc., an environmental consulting firm, provides professional services to the government and private sectors worldwide. It offers a range of environmental consulting services, including critical feature/fatal flaw analyses; environmental impact assessments; feasibility and siting studies; permitting, and due diligence audits. The company evaluates and develops various methods to avoid or mitigate environmental impacts of a proposed project and to ensure that the project complies with regulatory requirements. Ecology and Environment, Inc. also provides logistical support, emergency response/management services, and comprehensive planning to support businesses and state, county, and municipal governments in various phases of incident management, including preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. In addition, the company conducts hazardous waste site evaluations providing site investigation, engineering design, and operation and maintenance s ervices. Further, it conceives and designs environmental restoration projects that restore affected habitat through the integration of biological and engineering solutions. Additionally, the company offers services to address issues of organizations as a result of global pandemic, including pandemic influenza response and preparedness plans, media roundtables, comprehensive emergency plans, all-hazards plans, school crisis plans, crisis communications plans, continuity of operations plans, gap/needs assessments, and client-specific exercises and scenarios. It also offers knowledge-based consulting services to assist its clients establish an environmental focus and incorporate green elements into their organization?s culture. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Lancaster, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Udovich]

  Small cap stocks Versar Inc (NYSEMKT: VSR), Ecology and Environment, Inc (NASDAQ: EEI) and CES Synergies Inc (OTCBB: CESX) provide various environmental, technical, management and related services to�government and private sector clients. And while a GOP controlled congress may limit the growth of government spending, the private sector will still need to comply with increasingly onerous environmental and other regulations coming from the government. Moreover, an improving economy will lead to more construction and engineering work along with the need for various environmental and remediation services. With those thoughts in mind, here is what you need to know about all three small cap environmental services stocks:

5 Best Rising Stocks To Watch For 2014: Wright Medical Group Inc.(WMGI)

Wright Medical Group, Inc., an orthopedic medical device company, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of devices and biologic products for the extremity, hip, and knee repair and reconstruction. The company also provides surgical solutions for the foot and ankle market. The reconstructive devices are used to replace knee, hip, and other joints and bones that are deteriorated or damaged through disease or injury; and biologics are used to replace damaged or diseased bone to stimulate bone growth and to provide other biological solutions for surgeons and their patients. Wright Medical Group, Inc. offers products in the extremity reconstruction, biologics, knee reconstruction, and hip reconstruction market sectors. It sells its products primarily through a network of employee sales representatives and independent sales representatives in the United States, as well as through a combination of employee sales representatives, independent sales representatives, and stocking distributors in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Asia, Australia, and Canada. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Arlington, Tennessee.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Seth Jayson]

  There's no foolproof way to know the future for Wright Medical Group (Nasdaq: WMGI  ) or any other company. However, certain clues may help you see potential stumbles before they happen -- and before your stock craters as a result.

• [By CRWE]

  Wright Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:WMGI), a global orthopaedic medical device company, will be participating in the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York, NY.

• [By Sean Williams]

  What: Shares of Wright Medical Group (NASDAQ: WMGI  ) , an orthopedic medical device manufacturer, surged as much as 10% after announcing the sale of its OrthoRecon business.

• [By Seth Jayson]

  Basic guidelines
  In this series, I examine inventory using a simple rule of thumb: Inventory increases ought to roughly parallel revenue increases. If inventory bloats more quickly than sales grow, this might be a sign that expected sales haven't materialized. Is the current inventory situation at Wright Medical Group (Nasdaq: WMGI  ) out of line? To figure that out, start by comparing the company's inventory growth to sales growth. How is Wright Medical Group doing by this quick checkup? At first glance, pretty well. Trailing-12-month revenue decreased 5.3%, and inventory decreased 10.1%. Comparing the latest quarter to the prior-year quarter, the story looks decent. Revenue shrank 5.0%, and inventory shrank 10.1%. Over the sequential quarterly period, the trend looks OK but not great. Revenue dropped 2.5%, and inventory grew 0.4%.

5 Best Rising Stocks To Watch For 2014: ATP Oil And Gas Corp (AOB)

ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, incorporated in 1991, is engaged in the acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas properties. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had estimated net proved reserves of 118.9 Million barrels of crude oil equivalent (MMBoe), of which approximately 75.9 MMboe (64%) were in the Gulf of Mexico and 42.9 MMBoe (36%) were in the North Sea. The reserves consisted of 78.6 Million barrels (MMBbls) of oil (66%) and 241.5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas (34%). Its proved reserves in the deepwater area of the Gulf of Mexico account for 62% of the Company�� total proved reserves and its proved reserves on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf account for 2% of its total proved reserves. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company acquired three licenses in the Mediterranean Sea covering potential natural gas resources in the deepwater off the coast of Israel (East Mediterranean). On August 17, 2012, ATP Oil And Gas Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The Company�� natural gas reserves are split between the Gulf of Mexico (57%) and the North Sea (43%). Of its total proved reserves, 8.3 MMBoe (7%) were producing, 19.0 MMBoe (16%) were developed and not producing and 91.6 MMBoe (77%) were undeveloped. The Company�� average working interest in its properties at December 31, 2011, was approximately 81%. The Company operates 92% of its platforms. At December 31, 2011, in the Gulf of Mexico, it owned leasehold and other interests in 38 offshore blocks and 49 wells, including 23 subsea wells. The Company operates 43 (88%) of these wells, including 100% of the subsea wells. In the North Sea, it also had interests in 13 blocks and two Company-operated subsea wells. As of March 15, 2011, the Company owned an interest in 13 platforms, including two floating production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, the ATP Titan at its Telemark Hub and the ATP Innovator at its Gomez Hub. It operates the ATP Innovator and the ATP Titan.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Emerson]

  Most of the Chinese companies that I purchased now reside on the Pink Sheets or have disappeared altogether, but at one time they all traded on major US exchanges. One of them (AOB), even received the honor of ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in 2007, and people say that crime does not pay.

5 Best Rising Stocks To Watch For 2014: Mazda Motor Corp (MZDAF)

Mazda Motor Corporation is a Japan-based company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of automobiles and automobile parts. The Company provides mini vans, compact vehicles, sports cars, sport-utility vehicles, station wagons, sedans, light cars, commercial vehicles, welfare vehicles and special edition automobiles, as well as automobile accessories, including car navigation systems, automobile audio systems, side monitors, rear seat monitors, electronic toll collection (ETC) in-vehicle equipment, security products, driving support products, bulbs, pet carriers and child seats, among others. As of March 31, 2013, the Company had 56 consolidated subsidiaries and 15 associated companies. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Melvin Backman and Rene Marsh]

  The list of affected makes include Honda (HMC), Toyota (TM), BMW, Mazda (MZDAF), Mitsubishi (MMTOF), Subaru, Nissan (NSANY), Ford (F) and General Motors (GM). Japanese parts maker Takata manufactured the defective airbags.

• [By MARKETWATCH]

  LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks opened higher Tuesday, with shares of exporters supported by further weakness in the yen against the U.S. dollar. The Nikkei Stock Average (JP:NIK) rose 62 points, or 0.4%, to 15,716.60, and the broader Topix gained 0.2%. The dollar on Monday bought more than 楼103 for the first time since May, bolstered by better-than-expected U.S. manufacturing data. Shares of Mazda Motor Corp. (JP:7261) (MZDAF) paced advancers in the auto sector, with their climb of 2.1% adding to Monday's rise of 2.3%. Among tech names, Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (JP:4901) (FUJIF) picked up 1.9%, TDK Corp. (JP:6762) (TTDKF) rose 1.2%. Financial issues, however, were mostly lower, with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (JP:8316) (SMFG) off 0.2%.