Top 10 Investments For 2014

U.S. economic data continues to be mixed at best, yet earnings strength, highlighted by plenty of cost-cuts and share buyback-induced beats, keeps pumping the broad-based S&P 500 higher. For skeptics like me, that's an opportunity to see whether companies have earned their current valuations.

Keep in mind that some companies�deserve�their current valuations. Take the Dow Jones Industrial Average's most loved stock, General Electric (NYSE: GE  ) . About three weeks ago the highly diversified GE reported a record level of backlog, with order growth of 18% domestically and a surprising 17% in Europe. With the company catering to the high-growth energy and health-care industries, which have demonstrated a nearly insatiable demand over the past decade, I'd postulate GE could be in line for continued gains moving forward.

Still, other companies might deserve a kick in the pants. Here's a look at three that could be worth selling.

A clouded future
With cost-cutting and operational efficiency being the name of the game for most tech companies in this uncertain growth environment, companies like Datawatch (NASDAQ: DWCH  ) , which provides information optimization for enterprise networks, are thriving.

Top 10 Investments For 2014: Chyron Corporation(CHYR)

Chyron Corporation supplies graphics hardware, software, and workflow solutions for multimedia outlets; government agencies; telecommunications and corporate customers; and educational, health, and religious institutions. It offers AXIS Graphics online content creation software, HD/SD switchable on-air graphics systems, clip servers, channel branding and telestration systems, graphic asset management and XMP integration solutions, and the WAPSTR mobile phone newsgathering application. The company?s graphics products provide broadcast-quality, real-time, HD/SD, 2D/3D, graphics creation and playout for television stations, networks, video production, and post-production markets. Its hardware products include Graphics System/CG Family for television graphics applications; Channel Box systems for branding applications; XClyps/XClyps SAN/MicroClyps for control over graphics playout; CodiStrator HD/SD Telestration Systems that enable commentators to illustrate in real time over live video; and platforms and board sets for third-party developers. The company also provides AXIS Graphics suite of Web-based services and applications; and AXIS order management systems. In addition, it offers Software Products, such as Lyric, an advanced graphics creation and playback application; the Lyric Enhancement Interface Framework, an application programming interface for developing custom programs; and Chyron Application Library, an API that can be used to real time broadcast graphics applications. Further, it provides newsroom integration and asset management products comprising Chyron Asset Management InterOperability; iRB, an intelligent rundown builder; iSQ, an intelligent sequencer; and mobile suite, as well as graphic design, technical, and support and training services. Chyron Corporation was formerly known as The Computer Exchange, Inc. and changed its name to Chyron Corporation in November 1975. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in M elville, New York.

Top 10 Investments For 2014: Orange SA (ORAN.N)

Orange SA, formerly France Telecom S.A., incorporated on December 31, 1996, is an European mobile operator, an asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) Internet access provider in Europe, and telecommunications services provider for multinational businesses under the Orange Business Services brand. As of December 31, 2010, France Telecom provided services to 209 million customers, of which 150 million were mobile phone customers and 13.7 million were broadband Internet customers, and as of June 30, 2011, provided services to 217.3 million customers. It offers its individual customers, businesses and other telecommunications operators a line of services covering fixed and mobile communications, data transmission, the Internet and multimedia, and other services. The Company�� segments include France, Poland, Spain, Rest of the World, Business Communication Services, International Carriers and Shared Services.

France

The range of services in th e Home segment in France is made up of fixed-line telephony services; other consumer services; online, Internet access, and multimedia services; advertising-management and Internet portal business; content-related business, and carrier services. France Telecom�� traditional fixed-line telephony services provide access to the network, local and long-distance telephone communication services throughout France, and international calls. In addition, France Telecom offers its fixed-line telephony subscribers a broad range of value-added services. The France Telecom Group has a number of portals, including Orange.fr, which is either Web- or mobile-accessible. In December 2010, its audience reached 22.5 million, and Voila.fr and Cityvox (entertainment and leisure listing site in France) in its different formats, such as Cityvox.fr, Cinefil.com, Spectacles.fr, Concert.fr and WebCity.fr. The primary revenue source is online advertising sold by the Orange Advertising Network. This a dvertising management department sells advertising space f! or! about 20 third-party sites, both Web and mobile.

Orange�� offers are built around three product lines: postpaid, prepaid and convergent offers. Orange offers two categories of prepaid offer, to which calls are charged by the second from the first second: The Mobicarte, includes a range of recharges from 5 to 100 euros and Orange Initial, which enables the customer to be billed monthly depending on his or her actual consumption. Orange also has a number of offers that pair mobile use and mobile Internet access with all-in-one offers, including both the hardware and an Internet access plan. The USB 3G+ plans enable connection to the Internet via the mobile broadband network or the Orange public wireless fidelity (WiFi) network from a laptop computer, multimedia mobile phone or a tablet personal computer.

The Company competes with SFR-Neuf Cegetel, Free, Bouygues Telecom, Numericable, Google and Voila.

Poland

Orange (the brand und er which the TP Group subsidiary, PTK Centertel trades) had a total of 14.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2010. In April 2010, PTK Centertel introduced segmented postpaid offers for residential customers. Depending on the usage profile, customers can choose from three types of tariff plans: Dolphin tariffs for frequent users of voice services, Pelican for customers focused on text and community Web-services, and Panther for users of mobile data services (Internet, email). The mobile broadband Internet customer base (Edge and 3G data services) reached 547,000 customers during 2010. In 2010, Orange introduced a SIM-only mobile Internet offer and a portfolio of terminals dedicated to the Orange Free offer.

The Company competes with Netia, Multimedia Polska, Aster and Hyperion.

Spain

Orange Espana, operating under Orange, Ya.com and OBS (Enterprise) brands offers fixed and mobile telecommunication services to more than 13 milli on customers in the residential, professional, business! and ! wh! olesale! segments. Orange Espana�� physical distribution network consists in 2,922 points of presence, including Orange own shops, franchises, specialized shops under the Orange brand, non exclusive specialized shops, and a network of retailers. Orange Espana also distributes its services through distance selling channels, and its own online portal. Orange Espana fixed access infrastructure, based on its own optic fiber network and ADSL roll-out, enables delivery of advanced telecommunication services, including broadband Internet access, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), internet protocol television (IPTV), television (TV) streaming, video on demand (VOD) and advanced business services.

The Company competes with Telefonica, ONO, Vodafone and Jazztel.

Rest of the world

The France Telecom Group is present in Luxembourg via Orange S.A. (formerly VOXmobile), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mobistar. The Luxembourg subsidiary, VOXmobile, was rena med Orange S.A. in October 2009. During the year ended December 31, 2010, Orange S.A. had 88,900 active mobile telephony customers.

The Company competes with Proximus, Mobistar, Base, ex-Mobifon, Telefonica O2, Deutsche Telekom, Swisscom, Sunrise, Moldtelecom, Starnet, ECMS, Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat U.A.E.

Enterprise Communications Services

The Orange Business Services brand covers both the Enterprise Communication Services (ECS) unit, which supplies communications services to multinational companies and corporate accounts and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in France and Orange subsidiaries Business-to-Business (B2B) activities.

Orange Business Services covers the Company�� business customers in more than 160 countries and regions where it provides local technical and commercial assistance. This business segment includes a number of subsidiaries, including Etrali (trading solutions), Almerys (health), Orange Consulting ( project management, telecom consulting), Multimedi! a Busines! s! Services! (multimedia contact centers), Neocles (virtualization solutions), IT&Labs (design and development of embedded Machine-to-Machine applications, vehicle fleet management), Obiane and Telecom System (secure network integration), Alsy (integration services), EGT (equipment and services for video conferences), and GlobeCast (multimedia broadcast systems).

The Company competes with IBM, HP, Microsoft and Cisco.

The Company competes with COLT Telecom, Numericable-Completel, BT Global Services, AT&T Business Services, Verizon Business, T-Systems, Reliance Globalcom, Tata Communications, Belgacom Group, NextiraOne, Spie Communication, NTT Group, IBM Global Services, HP Enterprise Services, Atos Origin, Salesforce and Amazon.

International Carriers and Shared Services

Orange�� International Carriers activity is based on long-distance network infrastructure and offers a range of solutions on the international market. The Company i s involved in the design, construction and operation of submarine cables. The Company�� wholesale activity includes a worldwide network with over 120 presence points and 130,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable; a worldwide network of Internet protocol (IP) routes with end users in over 220 countries and connections to over 250 Internet service providers and a hit rate of over 85% for all European net surfers. France Telecom�� network has over 330 direct routes and interconnections with over 359 operators, and coverage in over 900 destinations with around-the-clock technical support. Its range of solutions includes interconnection, interoperability and signaling solutions for messaging, voice and video telephony services and the Orange Roaming Hub (Global eXchange) solution for moving from a bilateral model to a multilateral roaming system.

France Telecom has developed activities related to its core business line, such as content broadcasting, audience and ad vertising, and also healthcare activities. Ora! nge offer! s fre! e and pay! ing content on its own channels, paid program packages, Video On Demand, music and game offers. Orange distributes content provided by third parties (television, games, music) on fixed-line and mobile networks both inside and outside France. Orange also produces its own channels: Orange Sport and Orange Cinema�� five different channels. Studio 37, is a subsidiary for investing in cinematographic rights, through both co-production and the acquisition of catalogue rights. During the year ended December 32, 2010, Studio 37 supported the launch of 15 films, including the Gainsbourg and Fatal. The Viaccess group, a France Telecom subsidiary, offers access solutions to television content. Orange is present in the games market through the games it sells on the orange.fr portal (Casual Games dedicated to family type games, such as breakout clones or riddles). Orange Healthcare, is the Company�� healthcare division, focused on developing service packages for the whole sector with in a partnership approach.

The Company competes with Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, Telia Sonera and AT&T.

Top 10 Companies To Buy Right Now: Deloro Resources Ltd. (DLL.V)

Deloro Resources Ltd., a junior oil company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development oil and gas resource properties. It holds a 100% interest in the Wilkie property located in Saskatchewan, Canada. The company was formerly known as Rajong Resources Ltd. and changed its name to Deloro Resources Ltd. in August 2005. Deloro Resources Ltd. is based in Vancouver, Canada.

Top 10 Investments For 2014: Navistar International Corporation (NAV)

Navistar International Corporation, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells commercial and military trucks, buses, diesel engines, and recreational vehicles, as well as provides service parts for trucks and trailers worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Truck, Engine, Parts, and Financial Services. The Truck segment manufactures and distributes trucks and buses for the common carrier, private carrier, government, leasing, construction, energy/petroleum, military vehicles, and student and commercial transportation markets under the International and IC brands; assembles components; and produces sheet metal components, including truck cabs. This segment markets its products through its independent dealer network, and distribution and service network retail outlets comprising 784 in the United States and Canada, 86 in Mexico, and 292 internationally, as well as markets reconditioned used trucks to owner-operators and fleet buyers through its network of us ed truck centers. The Engine segment designs, manufactures, and sells diesel engines under the MaxxForce brand for use in the medium trucks, heavy trucks, and military vehicles, as well as for its IC branded school buses and other applications. The Parts segment provides customers with products required to support the company�s brands, as well as offers other truck, trailer, and engine service parts. The Financial Services segment provides and manages retail, wholesale, and lease financing services for products sold by the Truck and Parts segments and their dealers. It also operates as a private-label designer and manufacturer of diesel engines for the pickup truck, van, and sport utility vehicle markets. Navistar International Corporation was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Lisle, Illinois.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Smith]

  Huh? What?
  I know. That hardly seems to make sense, does it? Oshkosh simply crushed analyst earnings estimates for the quarter, delivering $0.97 per share in profit where only $0.86 were forecast. It added a dime to its full-year forecast as well, predicting that earnings could rise as high as $3.15 by year-end. First-half operating profit margins, at 5.8%, still fall far short of rival armored-vehicle makers Textron (NYSE: TXT  ) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD  ) . But Oshkosh is now neck-and-neck with heavy-equipment maker Terex (NYSE: TEX  ) , and is simply smoking unprofitable rival MRAP maker Navistar (NYSE: NAV  ) .

• [By Lauren Pollock]

  Navistar International Corp.'s(NAV) (NAV) fiscal fourth-quarter revenue dropped more than expected as the commercial truck manufacturer posted lower sales in all its business segments. The company attributed that weakness to softer industry conditions and lower market share during the company’s emissions strategy transition. Shares slipped 5% to $37.50 premarket.

• [By Rich Smith]

  Good news arrived by highway for investors in truckmakers Paccar (NASDAQ: PCAR  ) and Navistar (NYSE: NAV  ) Wednesday.

  Con-Way (NYSE: CNW  ) announced that after polling its drivers for feedback on various truck manufacturers and models, it has decided to refresh its truck fleet with 525 new tractors -- 325 Kenworth T680s from Paccar, and another 200 Navistar ProStars.

Top 10 Investments For 2014: Franklin Covey Company (FC)

Franklin Covey Co. provides training and consulting solutions to address leadership, execution, productivity, trust, customer loyalty, sales performance, and education problems worldwide. The company also offers clients with training in management skills, relationship skills, and individual effectiveness, as well as personal-effectiveness literature and electronic educational solutions. In addition, it sells a suite of individual-effectiveness and leadership-development training products; and books, e-books, audio media, downloadable and paper-based tools, content-rich software applications for smart phones and other handheld devices, training accessories, and other related products. The company delivers its products and services through onsite presentations, facilitators, international licensees, e-learning, public workshops, custom solutions, intellectual property licenses, and media publishing methods to organizational clients, including corporations, governmental agenc ies, educational institutions, and other organizations, as well as individual clients. Franklin Covey Co. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Laura Brodbeck]

  Tuesday

  Earnings Expected: IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC), Franklin Covey Company (NYSE: FC), Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), Apollo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Economic Releases Expected: French consumer confidence, German unemployment rate, Brazilian CPI, Canadian trade balance

  Wednesday

Top 10 Investments For 2014: Imageware Systems Inc (IWSY)

ImageWare Systems Incorporated (ImageWare), incorporated on February 6, 1987, provides biometrically enabled software-based identity management solutions. The Company�� product, IWS Biometric Engine, is a multi-biometric software platform that is hardware and algorithm independent, enabling the enrollment and management of unlimited population sizes. It allows a user to utilize one or more biometrics on a seamlessly integrated platform. Its products are used to manage and issue secure credentials, including national identification data (IDs), passports, driver licenses and access control credentials. It also provides authentication security software using biometrics to secure physical and logical access to facilities or computer networks or Internet sites. ImageWare categorizes its identity management products and services into three basic markets: Biometrics, Secure Credential, and Law Enforcement and Public Safety.

The Company develops, sells and supports a range of identity management capabilities within government (federal, state and local), law enforcement, commercial enterprises, and transportation and aviation markets for identification and verification purposes. Its IWS Biometric Engine is a biometric identity management software platform for multi-biometric enrollment, management and authentication, managing population databases of virtually unlimited sizes. It is offered as a software development kit (SDK) based search engine, enabling developers and system integrators to implement a biometric solution or integrate biometric capabilities into existing applications without having to derive biometric functionality from pre-existing applications.

The Company develops, sells and supports software and design systems, which utilizes digital imaging and biometrics in the production of photo identification cards, credentials and identification systems. The Company�� enterprise authentication software includes the IWS Desktop Security product, which is an authenticatio! n management infrastructure solution providing security to workstations, networks and systems through encryption and authentication technologies. IWS Desktop Security provides integration with a range of smart card-based credentials, including the common access card (CAC), homeland security presidential directive 12 (HSPD-12), personal identity verification (PIV) credential, and transportation worker identification credential (TWIC) with an organization�� access control process. ImageWare also offers software and hardware support to its customers. During the year ended December 31, 2010, its maintenance revenues accounted for approximately 45% of its total revenues.

Biometrics

The Company�� biometric product line consists of IWS Biometric Engine, IWS PIV Management Application, IWS PIV Middleware, IWS Background Server, IWS Desktop Security and IWS Biometric Quality Assessment & Enhancement (IWS Biometric IQA&E). IWS Biometric Engine is a biometric identity management platform for multi-biometric enrollment, management and authentication, managing population databases of unlimited sizes without regard to hardware or algorithm. Searches can be 1:1 (verification), 1:N (identification), X:N (investigative) and N:N (database integrity). IWS Biometric Engine is technology and biometric agnostic, enabling the use of biometric devices and algorithms from any vendor, and the support of the biometric types, including finger, face, iris, hand geometry, palm, signature, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), voice, three dimensional (3D) face and retina. Its IWS Biometric Engine is scalable, and biometric images and templates can be enrolled either live or offline.

The Company provides an array of Enterprise Server products within its PIV solution, and these software products supply server-based features and functions, while the use case for PIV requires client-based presentation of PIV data and workflow. The IWS PIV Management Application supplies the Web-based graphical user int! erface th! at presents the user or client interface to the various server functions. The IWS PIV Middleware product is a library of functions that connects a card reader & PIV card on the hardware side with a software application. The IWS Background Server is a software application designed specifically for government and law enforcement organizations to support the first stage of biometric identity management functions, such as identity proofing and vetting. IWS Background Check Server automatically processes the submission of an applicant�� demographic and biographic data to investigative bureaus for background checks prior to issuing a credential. The IWS Biometric IQA&E is a biometric image enhancement and assessment solution that assists government organizations.

The Company competes with Safran, Daon, 3M and Aware Inc.

Secure Credential

The Company�� secure credential products consist of IWS Card Management, IWS EPI Suite, IWS EPI Builder, IWS EPI PrintFarm and IWS PIV Encoder. The IWS Card Management System (CMS) is a solution to support and manage the issuance of smart cards. IWS EPI Suite is an ID software solution for producing, issuing, and managing secure credentials and personal identification cards. IWS EPI Builder is a SDK and a secure credential component of identity management and security solutions. The IWS EPI PrintFarm software offers a method for high-volume card printing. IWS PIV Encoder interacts with the Card Management System for data payload elements. It interacts with the Certificate Authority to encrypt or sign the PIV smart card data with trusted certificates.

The Company competes with Datacard Corporation.

Law Enforcement and Public Safety

The Company�� investigative software products can be used to create, edit and distribute both mug photo and scars, marks and tattoos (SMT) photo lineups of any size. In addition, electronic mug books display hundreds of images for a witness to review and from which! electron! ic selections are made. The Witness View software component records the viewing of a lineup (mug photo or SMT) detailing the images provided for viewing along with the image or images selected. In addition to a printed report, the Witness View module provides a non-editable executable file (.exe) that may be played on any computer for court exhibit viewing purposes. The Company�� IWS Law Enforcement solution consists of software modules, which may also be purchased individually. The IWS Law Enforcement Capture and Investigative module make up its booking system and database. Its modules include LiveScan, Facial Recognition, Law Enforcement Web and Witness View, as well as the IWS Biometric Engine.

The Company�� software module, Capture allows users to capture and store a variety of images (facial, SMT and others, such as evidence photos), as well as biographical text information. Its software module, LiveScan allows users to capture single to 10 prints and palm data, providing an integrated biometric management solution for both civil and law enforcement use. The Company�� software module, Investigative allows users to search the database created with IWS Law Enforcement. The Company�� Facial Recognition software module uses biometric facial recognition and retrieval technology to help authorities identify possible suspects. Images taken from surveillance videos or photographs can be searched against a digital database of facial images to retrieve any desired number of faces with similar characteristics. This module can also be used at the time of booking to identify persons using multiple aliases.

The Company�� software module, LE Web enables authorized personnel to access and search agency booking records stored in IWS Law Enforcement through a standard Web browser from within the agency�� intranet. This module allows remote access to the IWS Law Enforcement database without requiring the user to be physically connected to the customer�� network. The EPI Designe! r for LE ! software is a design solution created for the IWS Law Enforcement databases based on the IWS EPI Suite program.

The Company competes with DataWorks Plus and Cogent Systems, Inc.

Top 10 Investments For 2014: Pioneer High Income Trust(PHT)

Pioneer High Income Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund primarily invests in below-investment-grade bonds, high-yield corporate bonds and convertible securities. It invests in fixed income securities with average credit quality of B. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Merrill Lynch High Yield Master II Index. Pioneer High Income Trust was formed on January 30, 2002 and is domiciled in the United States.

Top 10 Investments For 2014: Himax Technologies Inc.(HIMX)

Himax Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and markets semiconductors for flat panel displays. Its products include display drivers and timing controllers for various thin film transistor liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCD) panels, which are used in desktop monitors, notebook computers, televisions, and mobile handsets, as well as consumer electronics products comprising netbook computers, digital cameras, mobile gaming devices, portable DVD players, digital photo frame, and car navigation displays; and TFT-LCD television and monitor semiconductor solutions. The company also provides liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) products for palm-size mobile projectors; power management integrated circuits, which include drivers, amplifiers, DC to DC converters and other semiconductors; complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensors for camera-equipped mobile devices, such as mobile phones and notebook computers with a focus on lowlight image and video quality; and wafer level optics products. It serves TFT-LCD panel manufacturers, mobile device module manufacturers, and television makers. Himax Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Eric Volkman]

  Himax Technologies (NASDAQ: HIMX  ) is rewarding its shareholders with a dividend increase.

  The company on Monday declared an annual payout from its 2012 results of $0.25 per American depositary share to be paid July 31 to shareholders of record as of July 19. That $0.25 is nearly four times Himax's previous distribution of $0.063 per share, which was paid last June.

• [By John Udovich]

  On Monday, small cap Taiwanese advanced display maker�Himax Technologies, Inc (NASDAQ: HIMX) announced an agreement with Google�(NASDAQ: GOOG) where the later agreed to invest in the company's subsidiary, Himax Display Inc, fueling ever more speculation about Google Glass���a pair of glasses that will act like a wearable�smartphone. But what do we know about this Taiwanese small cap and is it enough for new investors to jump aboard?

• [By Roberto Pedone]

  A technology player that's quickly moving within range of triggering a major breakout trade is Himax Technologies (HIMX), which designs, develops and markets semiconductors that are critical components of flat panel displays. This stock has been on fire so far in 2013, with shares up a whopping 355%.

  If you take a look at the chart for Himax Technologies, you'll notice that this stock has been uptrending strong over the last month and change, with shares moving higher from its low of $8.13 to its recent high of $11.45 a share. During that uptrend, shares of HIMX have been consistently making higher lows and higher highs, which is bullish technical price action. That move has now pushed shares of HIMX within range of triggering a major breakout trade.

  Traders should now look for long-biased trades in HIMX if it manages to break out above some near-term overhead resistance levels at $11.45 a share to its 52-week high at $11.49 a share with high volume. Look for a sustained move or close above those levels with volume that hits near or above its three-month average action of 8.63 million shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then HIMX will set up to enter new 52-week high territory, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that breakout are $14 to $15 a share.

  Traders can look to buy HIMX off any weakness to anticipate that breakout and simply use a stop that sits right below its 50-day moving average of $10.02 a share, or near more support at $9.50 a share. One can also buy HIMX off strength once it starts to take out those breakout levels with volume and then simply use a stop that sits a comfortable percentage from your entry point.

• [By Alex Planes]

  What: Shares of Himax Technologies (NASDAQ: HIMX  ) have been advancing throughout the trading day, and are now perched atop gains of 12%, after Oppenheimer analysts Andrew Uerkwitz and Martin Yang initiated coverage with a buy rating, making some strongly supportive comments in the process.

Top 10 Investments For 2014: Robert Half International Inc.(RHI)

Robert Half International Inc. provides staffing and risk consulting services in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Its Accountemps division offers temporary staffing in the fields of accounting, tax, and finance. The company?s OfficeTeam division places temporary and full-time office and administrative personnel, ranging from word processors to office managers. Its Robert Half Finance & Accounting division specializes in the placement of full-time accounting, financial, tax, and banking personnel. The company?s Robert Half Technology division specializes in providing information technology contract consultants; and placing full-time employees in the areas, ranging from multiple platform systems integration to end-user support, including specialists in programming, networking, systems integration, database design, and help desk support. Its Robert Half Legal division places temporary and full-time employees in attorney, paralegal, legal administrati ve, and legal secretarial positions. The company?s Robert Half Management Resources division offers senior level project professionals in the accounting and finance fields comprising chief financial officers, controllers, and senior financial analysts for various tasks, such as financial systems conversions, expansion into new markets, business process reengineering, and post-merger financial consolidation. Its Creative Group division serves clients in the areas of advertising, marketing, and Web design; and places project consultants in various positions consisting of creative directors, graphics designers, Web content developers, Web designers, media buyers, and public relations specialists. The company?s Protiviti division provides experts specializing in risk, advisory, and transactional services. Robert Half International was founded in 1948 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jonathan Yates]

  Even though the stock market rallied on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's remarks with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and Standard & Poor's 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) surging, the long term winners will be stocks in the staffing industry such as Paychex(NASDAQ: PAYX), TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI), Robert Half (NYSE: RHI), and Labor SMART (OTCBB: LTNC).

• [By Mark Hulbert]

  Apple�� profitability is in the middle of the pack among nonfinancial companies in the S&P 500 (SPX) �. The most profitable, according to AQR Capital Management, a money-management firm in Greenwich, Conn., with more than $80 billion in assets, is staffing firm Robert Half International (RHI) �, whose gross profitability is 119%. In second place is cosmetics giant Est茅e Lauder (EL) �, at 114%.

• [By idahansen]

  The entire demand labor industry should do well as the US Department of Labor just reported that 169,000 more jobs were added to the American economy. The more work there is, the more demand there is for the services of staffing solutions firms such as Labor SMART, Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX), TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI), and Robert Half International (NYSE: RHI).

Top 10 Investments For 2014: (NVDL)

NovaDel Pharma Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, develops oral spray formulations for marketed pharmaceuticals. The company?s proprietary technology enables delivery of drugs into the bloodstream leading to onset of action and patient benefits. Its oral spray candidates target angina, insomnia, erectile dysfunction, migraine headaches, and nausea. NovaDel Pharma?s marketed products include NitroMist for acute relief of an attack of angina pectoris, or acute prophylaxis of angina pectoris, due to coronary artery disease; and ZolpiMist for short-term treatment of insomnia. The company?s product candidates comprise Duromist, which is in preclinical development for erectile dysfunction; Zensana, which is in preclinical development for nausea; NVD-201, an oral spray formulation of sumatriptan in Phase 2/3 clinical trial to treat migraine headache; NVD-301, an oral spray formulation of midazolam in preclinical stage for the treatment of sedation during diagnostic, therap eutic, and endoscopic procedures; and ZolpiMist in Phase 1 clinical trial to treat middle of the night awakening. It has strategic license agreements with Talon Therapeutics, Inc., Kwang Dong Pharmaceuticals, and BioAlliance Pharma SA to develop and market Zensana; Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the company?s oral spray technology to deliver propofol for pre-procedural sedation; and Velcera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for veterinary applications for marketed veterinary drugs. NovaDel Pharma also has agreements with Mist Acquisition, LLC, for the manufacturing and commercialization of the NitroMist lingual spray version of nitroglycerine; and ECR Pharmaceuticals Company, Inc. to manufacture and commercialize ZolpiMist. The company was formerly known as Flemington Pharmaceutical Corporation and changed its name to NovaDel Pharma Inc. in October 2002. NovaDel Pharma Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey.