Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Buy For 2014

Saying that Best Buy (NYSE: BBY  ) stock has had an impressive run so far this year is a gross understatement. The stock has gained more than 119% year to date, compared to a return of just 10% for the broader market. However, don't let the stock's rally deceive you into thinking Best Buy's turnaround plans have gotten off without a hitch. Current shareholders of Best Buy stock should be careful, lest the stock come crashing back to reality.

A tight fix
Earlier this week, Best Buy stock hit another 52-week high after the company agreed to sell its 50% stake in Best Buy Europe to its joint venture partner Carphone Warehouse Group. The cash and stock deal is valued at about $775 million. The deal should help fund Best Buy's turnaround effort, though it's still a loss on investment for the company given its original buy-in five years ago for $2.15 billion. Meanwhile, Best Buy faces no shortage of complications back home.

Amazon's�low prices, convenient platform, and speedy shipping have made Best Buy's big box retail strategy all but obsolete. In a late bid to counter comparison-shopping, Best Buy started matching online prices. However, showrooming is the least of Best Buy's worries at this point. In addition to online competition, the consumer electronics chain also faces shrinking margins, declining sales, and deteriorating profitability.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Buy For 2014: American Power Corp (AMPW)

American Power Corp (AMPW), incorporated on August 7, 2007, is an exploration-stage company. The Company�� primary focus is on acquiring, exploring and developing coal, oil and gas properties in the United States, with a particular focus on the Rocky Mountains region. The Company has acquired certain coal and minerals rights located in the Judith Basin County, Montana, collectively known as the PACE Coal Project.

As of December 29, 2011, the Company had completed a total of 14,076 feet of drilling for all three phases of its exploration drilling program. As of September 30, 2011, the Company�� sole project was PACE Coal Project. As of September 30, 2011, the Company had not generated any revenues.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Buy For 2014: Express Scripts Holding Co (ESRX)

Express Scripts Holding Company, incorporated in 2011, provides healthcare management and administration services on behalf of its clients, which include health maintenance organizations (HMOs), health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans, workers compensation plans, and government health programs. The Company operates in two segments: Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) and Emerging Markets (EM). PBM services include network claims processing, home delivery services, patient care and direct specialty and fertility home delivery to patients, benefit plan design consultation, drug utilization review, formulary management, drug data analysis services, distribution of injectable drugs to patients homes and physicians offices, bio-pharma services, and fulfillment of prescriptions to low-income patients through manufacturer-sponsored patient assistance programs. EM segment provides distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to providers and clinics, healthcare account administration and implementation of consumer-directed healthcare solutions. In September 2013, it announced the acquisition of the SmartD Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP).

On July 20, 2011, Express Scripts, Inc. (ESI) entered into a merger agreement (the Merger Agreement) with Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (Medco). During the year ended December 31, 2011, it reorganized its FreedomFP line of business from its EM segment into its PBM segment. On April 2, 2012, the Company completed the Merger Agreement, and after which ESI and Medco became the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. The Company�� customers include HMOs, health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans, government health programs, office-based oncologists, renal dialysis clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, primary care physicians, retina specialists and others.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephen Quickel]

  In the healthcare sector, we are restoring two previously successful picks to our recommended list: Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) and pharmacy benefits leader Express Scripts (ESRX).

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  On the other hand, toward the top of the return list, you'll find many old-economy stocks that were largely out of favor in 2000. Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI  ) has soared almost 2,500% since then, having overcome the threat of major tobacco-litigation losses largely unscathed. Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX  ) has climbed more than 2,200%, with several health-insurance companies also posting strong performance as the health-care industry has changed to favor companies that help manage costs of providing medical services.

Best Cheap Companies To Invest In 2014: CRB Futures Index(CR)

Crane Co. manufactures and sells engineered industrial products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in five segments: Aerospace & Electronics, Engineered Materials, Merchandising Systems, Fluid Handling, and Controls. The Aerospace & Electronics segment offers pressure, fuel flow, and position sensors and subsystems; brake control systems; coolant, lube and fuel pumps; and seat actuation products. This segment also provides power supplies and custom microelectronics for aerospace, defense, medical, and other applications; and electrical power components, power management products, electronic radio frequency, and microwave frequency components and subsystems for the defense, space, and military communications markets. The Engineered Materials segment manufactures fiberglass-reinforced plastic panels for the truck trailer and recreational vehicle markets, industrial markets, and the commercial construction industry. The Merchandising Systems segmen t offers vending solutions, such as food, snack, and beverage vending machines; and vending machine software and online solutions, as well as payment solutions, including coin accepters and dispensers, coin hoppers, coin recyclers, bill validators, and bill recyclers. The Fluid Handling segment manufactures and sells various industrial and commercial valves and actuators; provides valve testing, parts, and services; manufactures and sells pumps and water purification solutions; distributes pipe, pipe fittings, couplings, and connectors; and designs, manufactures, and sells corrosion-resistant plastic-lined pipes and fittings. The Controls segment produces ride-leveling, air-suspension control valves for heavy trucks and trailers; pressure, temperature, and level sensors; ultra-rugged computers, measurement and control systems, and intelligent data acquisition products; and water treatment equipment. Crane Co. was founded in 1855 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Chuck Carnevale]

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• [By Howard Gold]

  In recent years, Congress has passed continuing resolutions (CR) instead of formal budgets to fund the government. The latest runs out on October 1, which is when fiscal year 2014 begins. Without that funding, the government would begin shutting down.

• [By Seth Jayson]

  Calling all cash flows
  When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on Crane (NYSE: CR  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Buy For 2014: FalconStor Software Inc.(FALC)

FalconStor Software, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells network storage software solutions in the United States and internationally. It also offers related maintenance, implementation, and engineering services. The company?s proprietary technology includes the IPStor software platform that provides disk-based data protection and storage virtualization solutions for small/medium businesses, organizations, and enterprises. Its open data protection solutions include Virtual Tape Library with data deduplication for backup optimization by reducing the data needed to be stored on disk; Continuous Data Protector combines local and remote protection into a disk-based solution that allows organizations to recover data back to the most recent transaction; Network Storage Server for storage virtualization and provisioning; File-interface Deduplication System for capacity optimized storage; and HyperFS, a SAN-based file system to optimize storage performance for data intensive ap plications. The company offers data protection services at various levels from operating systems and application software, to files, databases, and messaging data across the organization. In addition, its storage virtualization and data protection solutions are designed for IT administrators and end users to recover data in the event of hardware failure, data corruption, deletion, or catastrophic site-level disaster; and to facilitate data restoration while minimizing downtime. Further, the company offers Application-Aware Snapshot Agents that automate and minimize quiescence time during data replication, backup, and other snapshot-based operations; and Application Specific Recovery Options, which offer recovery solutions for database and messaging systems. It sells its products through original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, solution providers, system integrators, direct market resellers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartere d in Melville, New York.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Buy For 2014: Empower Technologies Corporatio (EPT.V)

Empower Technologies Corporation develops and provides Linux-based embedded system technologies and solutions for the consumer electronics industry and the intelligent appliance markets primarily in Canada, the United States, and Asia. The company offers Linux Embedded Operating Systems (LEOs), an embedded hardware platform that allows product developers and manufacturers to create their own software and embedded hardware, or integrate the company�s software or hardware for their own products. Its products comprise EDK6446, a development kit for the DaVinci DM6446, which is used for media devices in the mobile, set-top-box, and telematic applications; SBC6446/3/1, a single board computer powered by the TI DaVinci dual core SoC; EMP3530/03-SDK, a development kit for single board media computers; EMP3530 and EMP3503 single board media computers; iPOS1000 and iPOS1100 automated sales assistant systems for managing the interaction between customers and products; and BE1000, a real time video motion stabilizer for translational and rotational motions. The company also provides various design and manufacturing, original equipment manufacturer and original design manufacturer, turnkey product development, contract manufacturing, engineering and consulting, and system integration services. Its target customers include product developers and manufacturers in the digital signage and interactive kiosk, security and surveillance, military, automotive and transportation, RFID, healthcare, industrial control, and consumer electronics sectors. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.