Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015

Global mega-bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) said late Friday that it has agreed to sell its global oil trading business to Russia�� state-controlled oil giant OAO Rosneft for an undisclosed sum. The deal is expected to close in the second half of last year.

Most of the big U.S. banks took advantage of a 2003 change in U.S. law that allowed them to own and trade physical commodities not just contracts on those commodities. When the financial crisis hit in 2008-2009 and the banks changed their status from investment banks to bank holding companies, the Federal Reserve began reviewing banks��commodities business and making it more difficult for the banks to continue trading oil, metals, and other commodities.

Lately the Federal Reserve has been reviewing its policies and is considering imposing a surcharge on bank-owned commodities and warehouses in an effort to get the banks to reduce their investments in the risky and volatile commodities trading business. A decision is likely next year.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: Tinka Resources Limited (TK.V)

Tinka Resources Limited, a junior mineral exploration company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of precious metals or mineral properties in Peru. The company primarily explores for silver, lead, zinc, and copper deposits. It focuses on the Colquipucro silver-lead-zinc project that consists of 46 contiguous mineral tenements covering an area of 10,234.85 hectares and is located in the Department of Cerro de Pasco. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: Hi Crush Partners LP (HCLP)

Hi Crush Partners LP, formerly Hi-Crush Partners LP, is a domestic producer of monocrystalline sand, a specialized mineral that is used as a proppant to enhance the recovery rates of hydrocarbons from oil and natural gas wells. The Company reserves consist of Northern White sand, a resource existing in Wisconsin and limited portions of the upper Midwest region of the United States. It owns, operates and develops sand reserves and related excavation and processing facilities and will seek to acquire or develop additional facilities. The Company's 561-acre facility with integrated rail infrastructure, located near Wyeville, Wisconsin, enables it to process and deliver approximately 1,600,000 tons of frac sand per year. In June 2013, Hi Crush Partners LP announced the completion of its acquisition of D&I Silica, LLC (D&I).

The Company�� frac sand production is sold to investment grade-rated pressure pumping service providers under long-term, contracts that require its customers to pay a specified price for a specified volume of frac sand each month. The Company owns and operates the Wyeville facility, which is located in Monroe County, Wisconsin and, as of December 31, 2011, contained 48.4 million tons of proven recoverable sand reserves of mesh sizes it has contracted to sell. From the Wyeville in-service date to March 31, 2012, it had processed and sold 555,250 tons of frac sand.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Robert Rapier]

  Hi-Crush Partners (NYSE: HCLP) was the year’s best-performing energy MLP with a rally of 130 percent. HCLP is a pure-play supplier of monocrystalline sand that is used as a proppant to enhance the recovery rates of hydrocarbons from oil and natural gas wells that have been hydraulically fractured. Its reserves consist of Northern white sand, predominantly found in Wisconsin and portions of the upper Midwest region of the US. At the most recent closing price, the annualized yield based on the the last quarterly distribution is 4.9 percent.

Top 5 Safest Companies To Own For 2015: Harleysville Group Inc.(HGIC)

Harleysville Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the property and casualty insurance business primarily in the eastern and midwestern United States. It underwrites personal and commercial property and casualty coverages, including automobile, homeowners, commercial multi-peril, and workers compensation. The company markets its insurance products through independent agents to individuals, and small and medium-sized businesses. Harleysville Group Inc. was founded in 1979 and is based in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. Harleysville Group Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: Milano(ADMI.MI)

Milano Assicurazioni S.p.A., together with its subsidiaries, offers insurance products and services primarily in Italy. It provides non-life insurance products, such as accident, health, railway, aviation, maritime, goods in transit, fire and natural elements, other damage to property, bonds, general pecuniary losses, legal protection, assistance, and credit insurance products. The company also offers insurance on human life, and insurance relating to investment funds and market indices, as well as land motor and land vehicles insurance products. Milano Assicurazioni S.p.A. provides its products and services through sales network of approximately 2,000 agencies. In addition, it owns a hotel real estate complex at Madonna di Campiglio, as well as a golf hotel. The company is headquartered in Milano, Italy. Milano Assicurazioni S.p.A. operates as a subsidiary of Fondiaria-SAI S.P.A.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: Randgold Res Ltd Ord(RRS.L)

Randgold Resources Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and mining of gold deposits in west and central Africa. The company holds a 80% controlling interest in the Loulo mine and Gounkoto mine, as well as a 50% interest in Morila mine located in Mali; a 89% controlling interest in the Tongon mine located in the neighboring country of C�e d?Ivoire; a 83.25% controlling interest in the Massawa project in Senegal; and a 45% interest in the Kibali project, which is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As of December 31, 2011, it had proven and probable reserves of 16.28 million ounces of gold. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in St. Helier, the Channel Islands.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: SeaChange International Inc.(SEAC)

SeaChange International, Inc. provides multi-screen video products and services that facilitate the aggregation, licensing, management, and distribution of video, television programming, and advertising content to cable system operators, telecommunications companies, broadcast television companies, and mobile communications providers worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Software and Media Services. The Software segment offers back-office products, including SeaChange Axiom, an on-demand back office software that allow operators to centralize video distribution systems, as well as video streamers; advertising product solutions, such as video-on-demand, digital video recorders, and over-the-top services; and home gateway product solutions, which include Nucleus, a hybrid gateway software product that provides control over channel changes, VOD/DVR playback, and trick mode set-top box functionalities. This segment also provides professional services, installation, training, project management, product maintenance, technical support, and software development related services. The Media Services segment offers content for video-on-demand and pay-per-view platforms; and marketing, promotional, and production services to cable operators and telecommunications providers. This segment also sources, acquires, packages, and markets video-on-demand services by providing access to content from local and Hollywood studio providers in various formats, including music videos, television programs, and feature length movies. The company sells and markets its products and services through a direct sales organization, independent agents, and distributors. SeaChange International, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [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 SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

• [By Seth Jayson]

  When judging a company's prospects, how quickly it turns cash outflows into cash inflows can be just as important as how much profit it's booking in the accounting fantasy world we call "earnings." This is one of the first metrics I check when I'm hunting for the market's best stocks. Today, we'll see how it applies to SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC  ) .

• [By Johanna Bennett]

  SeaChange (SEAC) fell 16.5% to $12.03 after the company’s guidance for the fiscal fourth quarter fell well below analysts’ expectations.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: Universal Corporation(UVV)

Universal Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a leaf tobacco merchant and processor worldwide. It engages in selecting, procuring, buying, processing, packing, storing, supplying, shipping, and financing leaf tobacco for sale to, or for the account of, manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. The company processes and/or sells flue-cured and burley tobaccos, dark air-cured tobaccos, and oriental tobaccos; and provides value-added services, including blending, chemical and physical testing of tobacco, just-in-time inventory management, and manufacturing reconstituted sheet tobacco. Its flue-cured, burley, and oriental tobaccos are used principally in the manufacture of cigarettes; and dark air-cured tobaccos are used in the manufacture of cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Marc Bastow]

  Leaf tobacco supplier Universal Corporation (UVV) raised its quarterly dividend 2% to 51 cents per share, payable on Feb. 10 to shareholders of record as of Jan. 13.
  UVV Dividend Yield: 4.06%
  

• [By Rupert Hargreaves]

  Universal Corp (NYSE: UVV  ) has paid out and raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years. This puts the company in an elite club of dividend aristocrats.�Aside from Altria (NYSE: MO  ) , which has been paying and increasing its payout for 43 years, Universal actually has the longest dividend history of any company within the tobacco sector.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: Dynamics Research Corporation(DRCO)

Dynamics Research Corporation provides management consulting, engineering, technical, and information technology (IT) services and solutions to federal and state governments. It provides Web-based collaborative decision making tools and facilities that enable participants in various locations to participate in the transformation process; and a range of processes and tools to develop, sustain, manage, and govern complex information systems in the areas of enterprise architecture, software engineering, IT infrastructure management, application development and sustainment, Web services, IT governance, information assurance and cyber security, and IT support services. The company also offers individual and team training solutions, including training/task analysis, high performance team training, Web-based training, and automated training management; and identifies, develops, and delivers various additional human performance improvement solutions, including electronic performan ce support systems, job/task redesign user interface change, organizational redesign, and resource reallocation. In addition, it provides a set of solutions to support the management of complex programs throughout their life cycle, such as program management, business, cost, financial management, acquisition management, engineering and logistics, audit support and remediation, communications, and training services. Further, the company offers engineering services to support the design, testing, manufacturing, and integration of advanced components and complex systems. It provides engineering services in the areas of item unique identification methodologies; technical manual configuration and control; manufacturing, repair, and overhaul engineering; and global positioning system receiver products. Additionally, the company offers healthcare services. Dynamics Research Corporation was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: AmerisourceBergen Corporation (HOLDING CO)

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 Chesterb rook, Pennsylvania.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: Mccoy Corp Com Npv (MCB.TO)

McCoy Corporation provides equipment, services, and replacement components for the energy sector worldwide. It operates in two segments, Energy Products & Services, and Mobile Solutions. The Energy Products & Services segment manufactures and distributes drilling and completions equipment, such as tubular equipment, pipe-handling equipment, specialized hydraulic power tongs, dies and inserts, rig parts, make/break torque equipment, and computerized torque turn management systems; offers services and replacement parts; and undertakes engineering special projects. It also offers coatings and hydraulic services, such as electroplating, plasma transferred arc welding, and thermal spray services, as well as repair, testing, and manufacturing services for hydraulic equipment. This segment markets its products under the CLINCHER, FARR, WINCATT, and GRITFACE brand names. The Mobile Solutions segment manufactures and sells heavy duty trailers comprising oilfield lowbed trailers, oi lfield floats, extendables, and scissornecks; and custom chassis. This segment offers trailers for use in wind energy, multi-axle heavy-haul, heavy-haul, oilfield, well stimulation and intervention, oil and gas, drilling and well servicing, crane dollies, forestry, and power generation and transmission markets under the Peerless and Scona brand names. The company markets its products through direct sales force and distributors. McCoy Corporation was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: Optiscan Imaging Ltd(OIL.AX)

Optiscan Imaging Limited engages in the development and application of microscopic imaging technologies for medical markets. It offers Pentax ISC 1000, a flexible confocal endomicroscopy system for medical applications; and Optiscan FIVE 1, a handheld fluorescence endomicroscope that is designed for vivo investigations of animal tissues. The company offers its products in Asia, Australia, Europe, the United States, and Canada. Optiscan Imaging Limited was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Notting Hill, Australia.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: Republic Airways Holdings Inc.(RJET)

Republic Airways Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides scheduled passenger services. The company offers scheduled passenger services on approximately 1,500 flights daily to 133 cities in 42 states, the Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Mexico under branded operations and through fixed-fee airline services agreements. As of December 31, 2011, its total operational fleet consisted of 281 aircrafts. The company also offers cargo and charter services. Republic Airways Holdings Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Alex Planes]

  Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable market-beating gains, with robust and improving financial metrics that support strong price growth. Does Republic Airways (NASDAQ: RJET  ) fit the bill? Let's take a look at what its recent results tell us about its potential for future gains.

• [By Adam Levine-Weinberg]

  Shares of Republic Airways (NASDAQ: RJET  ) performed very well in the first three months of 2013, nearly doubling during that time period. Investors were cheered by improvements in the company's core regional carrier operation, under which it operates flights for all four of the big U.S. network carriers.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: Athens Bancshares Corporation(AFCB)

Athens Bancshares Corporation operates as the holding company for Athens Federal Community Bank that provides financial services to consumers and businesses primarily in McMinn, Monroe, and Bradley Counties, Tennessee. It accepts various deposit products that include non-interest-bearing demand deposits, such as checking accounts; interest-bearing demand accounts, such as NOW and money market accounts; regular savings accounts; and certificates of deposit. The company?s loan portfolio comprises one-to four-family residential loans; non-residential real estate loans; construction loans for one-to four-family homes, and commercial properties, including retail shops and office units, and multi-family properties; land and land development loans; multi-family real estate loans; consumer loans for home equity loans and lines of credit, automobile loans, and loans secured by deposits; and commercial business loans to small businesses. It also provides title insurance services. T he company operates through seven branches located in Athens, Sweetwater, Etowah, Madisonville, and Cleveland, Tennessee. The company is headquartered in Athens, Tennessee.

Best Dow Dividend Stocks To Own For 2015: Hanfeng Evergreens Com Npv (HF.TO)

Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. manufactures and sells value added fertilizers for the agricultural markets in the People�s Republic of China and the Republic of Indonesia. The company�s products include slow-release fertilizers and urea formaldehyde technology products; and nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers. It also provides sulfur coated urea fertilizers to other fertilizer distributors and manufacturers in China; and urease inhibitors that inhibit the hydrolytic action on urea by the urease enzyme. The company offers its products to urban greening and agricultural markets in China and South East Asia. Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.