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2 Engineering & Construction Stocks To Buy, 1 To Hold

By Zain Abbas - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: CBI, FWLT, KBR

The recently held Offshore Technology Conference in Houston has brought along some important takeaways for investors in engineering and construction (E&C) companies. In my earlier posts, I have been emphasizing how the E&C sector has been a main beneficiary of the shale gas boom, which promises to bring a multi-billion dollar investment cycle in this industry.

Offshore opportunities

This post is more focused on offshore-related opportunities that lie more »
Beneficiaries of U.S. Natural Gas Exports

By Alex Gray - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: LNG, FWLT, GLNG

A recent article in the Financial Times reported that President Barack Obama stated that by 2020, the United States was likely to be a net exporter of natural gas. Currently, the US is one of the largest importers of natural gas, eclipsed only by Japan. However, with the recent explosion in fracking throughout the US, there is a growing push to send this bounty abroad. There will be many beneficiaries more »
Construction Stocks for Building a Profitable Portfolio

By Ken McGaha - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: CBI, FWLT, PWR

Industrial and infrastructure construction is a complex and very difficult business. The projects are large, varied, and can take years to complete. Moreover, the demand for these services can shift wildly due to fluctuations in economic growth rates and government spending levels dedicated to infrastructure improvements. Those businesses that have learned to manage these difficulties are uniquely positioned to prosper for years into the future.

Infrastructure maintenance is critical to more »
Billionaire Kerr Neilson’s Small Cap Picks

By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 7, 2013 | Tickers: CIEN, FWLT, SINA, SOHU, SWC

We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors as part of our work researching investment strategies, and one of our findings has been that the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds outperform the S&P 500 by an average of 18 percentage points per year. We think that this is because small cap stocks receive less attention, and are therefore more likely to be undervalued more »
Three Post-Earnings Market Movers that I Would Not Touch

By Brian Nichols - March 4, 2013 | Tickers: CERS, FWLT, SPLK

Earnings can dictate the direction of a stock for the following three months. Investors pay close attention to earnings and often make emotional decisions based on the performance of a stock post-earnings. However, the performance of a stock following earnings should never be the first line of research, rather the last. With that being said, I am looking at three companies that reported earnings on Friday, and these are three more »
Billion Dollar Manager David Dreman’s Biggest Holdings

By Meena Krishnamsetty - January 22, 2013 | Tickers: ASBC, CRL, CDE, FWLT, HBI

David Dreman has been the head of Dreman Value Management since 1977, opening the doors to his own investment firm after working as director of research and senior investment officer for a number of years previously. He is also a noted writer, contributing to Forbes Magazine and various behavioral finance publications. He currently manages $4 billion in assets, down from $22 billion in 2007, where he was faced with loss more »
Heavy Construction: 1 Stock to Miss, 2 to Buy

By Piyush Arora - January 14, 2013 | Tickers: FLR, FWLT, MDR
Insiders Are Buying this Industrial Stock

By Meena Krishnamsetty - July 26, 2012 | Tickers: CMI, FWLT, GE, BWC

Mason Capital Management has filed a Form 4 with the SEC to report that it has bought an additional 100,000 shares of Babcock and Wilcox Co. (NYSE: BWC), an industrial company that produces power generation systems -- such as steam boilers -- for power plants and other customers. The company’s Nuclear Operations division also produces nuclear reactors to be used on Navy ships.

Mason Capital, managed by Kenneth Mario Garschina more »