Top Communications Equipment Stocks To Watch For 2016

Top Communications Equipment Stocks To Watch For 2016: Envivio Inc (ENVI)

Envivio, Inc., incorporated on January 5, 2000, is a provider of Internet protocol (IP) video processing and distribution solutions, which enable the delivery of video to consumers. The Company's solution is designed to enable service providers and content providers to offer video anytime, anywhere across a range of video formats, networks, consumer devices and operating systems. Its software-based solution runs on industry-standard hardware and includes encoders, transcoders, network media processors all controlled through its network management system. It enables service providers and content providers to deliver linear broadcast and on-demand video services to their customers through multiple screens, such as tablets, mobile handsets, netbooks, laptops, personal computers (PCs) and televisions. Its customers include mobile and wireline telecommunications service providers, cable multiple system operators (MSOs), direct broadcast satellite service providers (DBSs), and content providers, which includes broadcasters and content publishers, owners, aggregators and licensees.

Core Technologies

The Company's software platform includes core technologies: modular software architecture and multi-core video compression. The Company's core competencies are in developing advanced media compression and video over IP technologies, where it delivers a carrier grade, multi-screen solution. Its modular software architecture provides a common platform of capabilities and features, which allows its products to perform critical video processing and distribution functions, including ingestion, processing, packaging, protection and encryption, network optimizations and monitoring. In addition, its software-based architecture allows customers to enable features or add capacity through the input of a simp! le security or license key.

The Company Multi-core video compression has a set of video processing and compression algorithms designed to optimize performance on industry-stan! dard, multi-core hardware chipsets. These algorithms are central to all of its encoder and transcoder products.

Products

The Company's unified video headend solution and unified delivery infrastructure for live and on-demand multi-screen video delivery are built on its encoding, transcoding and video distribution products. Its suite of products consists of Envivio 4Caster, Muse, Halo and 4Manager. Its 4Caster product delivers video to mobile, PC and television from a single platform. It has designed 4Caster to optimize live and on-demand workflows for video delivery commensurate with the characteristics of both legacy and current network infrastructures by encoding video input in multiple codecs, resolutions, bit rates and formats. 4Caster utilizes pre-processing techniques to clean and optimize video sources before encoding.

Envivio Muse is its new multi-screen software architecture designed for live or file-based video transcoding and distribution to multiple devices. Muse is available on industry-standard blade servers or its 4Caster appliances and enables service providers running large-scale operations to leverage their existing datacenter infrastructure to deliver enhanced video services. Muse also enables advanced functionality, such as ad-insertion and content protection for mobile devices that facilitates service monetization.

The Company's Halo Network Media Processor performs final content adaptation for consumer devices, including protected adaptive bitrate streams compatible with Apple iOS, Android 3 and Microsoft Smooth Streaming enabled consumer devices. Its 4Manager network management system is specifically engineered to manage next generation video headends for mobile television, over-the-top (OTT) and Internet protocol television (IPTV), ! while con! tinuing to support traditional broadcast distribution networks. 4Manager allows service providers to monitor and control all h eadend appliances. 4Manager is designed to maximize video he! adend ava! ilability and reliability by reporting system malfunctions and can automatically switch away from a defective unit, minimizing service disruption.

Services

The Company offers a range of services in support of its products, including on-site project assessment, systems integration, on-site delivery and operational and customer support. On-site project assessment include complete review of content sources, existing systems and middleware to determine the proper interface and adaptation equipment necessary for its customer to deliver an optimized consumer quality of experience. Systems integration configures all the equipment with its solution according to network design and plan. On-site delivery install all equipment and test the operational environment, including redundancy and system monitoring, as well as administer technical training to validate predefined use cases in an operational environment. Operational and customer support provides differen t grades of service level agreements and support contracts according to requirements.

The Company competes with Harmonic Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Elemental Technologies, RGB Networks, Inc., Google Inc. and Ericsson AB.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Udovich]

  Small cap video technology stocks Envivio Inc (NASDAQ: ENVI), Ku6 Media Co Ltd (NASDAQ: KUTV) and Tremor Video Inc (NYSE: TRMR) made some interesting moves today and in recent days or months – meaning its worth taking a closer look at all three to see if there might be opportunities for traders and investors alike:

• [By Jake L'Ecuyer]

  Leading and Lagging Sectors
  Technology stocks gained Thursday, with Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) leading advancers. Meanwhile, gainers in the sector included Envivio (NASDAQ: E! NVI), wit! h shares up 2.8 percent, and Adept Technology (NASDAQ: ADEP), with shares up 4.3 percent.

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Fuel on the Inflationary Fires

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It’s a sad irony that the Federal Reserve’s decision on September 18 to continue stimulus—due to weaker economic data—may in fact cut future US gross domestic product (GDP) growth by as much as 50 percent, by adding to America’s national debt, according to a report on historical country debt trends.

The Fed’s continued dovish stance on inflation is showing the markets a lack of backbone at the central bank, a perception exacerbated by the withdrawal earlier this week of the more hawkish Lawrence Summers as a candidate to be the next Fed chief. The upshot is that the markets expect the Fed to be less aggressive in slowing monetary stimulus.

The top candidate for the post of Fed chief, Janet Yellen, is considered to be an inflation dove and she’s expected to hold short-term rates lower for longer if she succeeds Ben S. Bernanke in January.

These developments bode ill for those concerned about a future spike in inflation. Historically, central banks have acted too slowly to tame inflation—and one would expect the same from a central bank that has explicitly made inflation a lower priority.

Of course, the Fed in its decision to continue stimulus does also forecast lower future growth. However, that forecast isn’t predicated on high debt levels, but rather on weak employment figures and higher rates that are impeding a full recovery.

In a new set of quarterly forecasts, the Fed now sees growth in a 2 percent to 2.3 percent range this year, down from 2.3 percent to 2.6 percent in its June estimates. The downgrade for next year was even sharper: 2.9 percent to 3.1 percent from 3 percent to 3.5 percent.

Moreover, the Fed reiterated that it will not start to raise rates at least unt! il unemployment falls to 6.5 percent, so long as inflation does not threaten to go above 2.5 percent. The US jobless rate in August was 7.3 percent.

However, among the 20 advanced nations, those with high debt-to-GDP levels have seen median growth fall by half as debt levels moved from less than 30 percent of GDP to 90 percent or more, according to a 2010 report, “Growth in a Time of Debt,” by economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff. The US national debt is now about 73 percent of GDP, according to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report released September 17.

The CBO reported, “The percentage of debt is higher than any point since around World War II, and twice the percentage it was at the end of 2007.”  If current laws stay in place, debt will decline “slightly” relative to GDP over the next few years, the non-partisan agency said. But it warned that growing future deficits will push the debt to 100 percent of GDP 25 years from now (see chart below).

The manner in which continued Fed stimulus could add to the national debt obligation is through the process of monetization. In 2010, Richard W. Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, warned that a potential risk of quantitative easing (QE) is “the risk of being perceived as embarking on the slippery slope of debt monetization.”

Increased US Debt Levels = Lower Growth in the Future


Source: Congressional Budget Office

“We know that once a central bank is perceived as targeting government debt yields at a time of persistent budget deficits, concern about debt monetization quickly arises,” Fisher asserted. Later in the same speech, he stated that the Fed is monetizing the government’s debt.

“The math of this new exercise is readily transparent: The Federal Reserve will buy $110 billion a month in Treasuries, an amount that, a! nnualized! , represents the projected deficit of the federal government for next year. For the next eight months, the nation’s central bank will be monetizing the federal debt,” Fisher surmised at the time.

Naturally, the only effective way to determine whether a central bank has monetized debt is to compare its performance relative to its stated objectives. Many central banks have adopted an inflation target. It is likely that a central bank is monetizing the debt if it continues to buy government debt when inflation is above target, and the government has problems with debt financing.

When asked about this issue, Ben Bernanke said the Fed is not monetizing the debt, since the Fed plans to sell the debt on the open market at a later date. But critics have openly challenged whether that would be truly possible (sell the debt) given the unprecedented increases in the Fed’s balance sheet.

But if one only considers the CBO’s report projecting the US will surpass the 90 percent debt-to-GDP threshold from its current 73 percent level, this raises disastrous implications. It could mean that future growth forecasts would need to be cut by up to half in the next 10-20 years, representing an extraordinary decline in value in the US economy and a cut in wealth for those invested in US companies for the purposes of retirement planning.

According to the aforementioned Reinhart, Rogoff economics paper, the US is already within the band of a marked slowdown given its debt levels and historical trends. “The drop in average growth between countries with debt ratios of 60 percent to 90 percent of GDP, and those above 90 percent of GDP, was even greater: 3.4 percent to 1.7 percent,” according to the report.

“The sharp run-up in public sector debt will likely prove one of the most enduring legacies of the 2007-2009 financial crises in the United States and elsewhere,” the authors conclude. “[A]cross both advanced countries and emerging markets, ! high debt! /GDP levels (90 percent and above) are associated with notably lower growth outcomes…Seldom do countries simply ‘grow’ their way out of deep debt burdens,” the economists stated.

Given all the evidence of potential future wealth destruction, investors are well advised to move into various asset classes recommended in the Inflation Survival Letter.

Best Mid Cap Companies To Watch In Right Now

Best Mid Cap Companies To Watch In Right Now: Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc.(UEPS)

Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides payment solutions and transaction processing services primarily in South Africa, Korea, and Europe. It offers universal electronic payment system (UEPS), a smart-card based alternative payment system for the unbanked and underbanked populations of developing economies. The company?s UEPS system uses secure smart cards that operate in real time but offline, which allows users to enter into transactions at any time with other card holders even in the remote areas; and can be used for banking, health care management, international money transfers, voting, and identification. It provides technology that is used in state pension and welfare payments by the South African government; processes debit and credit card payment transactions for retailers, utilities, medical-related claim service customers, and banks, as well as bill payments and prepaid electricity for bill issuers and local councils; and offers m obile telephone top-up transactions for mobile carriers. The company also offers transaction processing, and financial and clinical risk management solutions; an on-line real-time management system for healthcare transactions; smart card accounts, primarily social welfare grant beneficiaries; and short-term loans and life insurance products to card holders through its smart card delivery channel, as well as processes third-party payroll payments for employees. In addition, it markets, sells, and implements the UEPS; and develops and provides Prism secure transaction technology, solutions, and services, as well as involves in hardware sales and license of the DUET system. Further, the company undertakes smart card system implementation projects; offers hardware, SIM cards, point of sale terminals, cryptography services, and SIM card and other software l! icenses; and rents hardware to merchants. Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Johannes burg, South Africa.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Big earnings movers: Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) is down 12.9% at $18.90 after a decent earnings reports was spoiled by a weak outlook<<LINK>>. Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: UEPS) is up 46.6% at $10.69 after beating estimates on EPS and revenues, raising its outlook for the third quarter, and posting a new 52-week high of $11.20. Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO) is down 20.2% at $8.76, following a new 52-week low of $8.66, after a big earnings miss.

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10 Best Railroad Stocks To Own Right Now

10 Best Railroad Stocks To Own Right Now: MDU Resources Group Inc (MRE)

MDU Resources Group, Inc.,incorporated on March 14, 1924, is a diversified natural resource company. Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (Montana-Dakota) is a public utility division of the Company. Montana-Dakota, through the electric and natural gas distribution segments, generates, transmits and distributes electricity and distributes natural gas in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Cascade Natural Gas Corporation (Cascade), which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of MDU Energy Capital, distributes natural gas in Oregon and Washington. Intermountain Gas Company (Intermountain) distributes natural gas in Idaho. Great Plains Natural Gas Co. (Great Plains), which is a public utility division of the Company, distributes natural gas in western Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota. These operations also supply related value-added services. The Company's segments include electric, pipeline and energy services, exploration and production, construction material s and contracting and construction services.

The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Centennial Energy Holdings, Inc. (Centennial), owns WBI Holdings, Inc. (WBI Holdings) (consisting of the pipeline and energy services and the exploration and production segments), Knife River Corporation (Knife River) (construction materials and contracting segment), MDU Construction Services Group, Inc. (MDU Construction Services) (construction services segment), Centennial Energy Resources LLC (Centennial Resources) and Centennial Holdings Capital LLC (Centennial Capital) (both included in the Other category). The Company produces Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions primarily from its fossil fuel electric generating facilities, as well as from natural gas pipeline and storage systems, operations of equipment and fleet vehicles, and oil and natural gas explorati! on and development activities.

Electric

Montana-Dakota provides electric service at ret ail, serving more than 131,000 residential, commercial, indu! strial and municipal customers in 177 communities and adjacent rural areas as of December 31, 2012. The principal properties owned by Montana-Dakota for use in its electric operations include interests in 10 electric generating facilities and three small portable diesel generators, as further described under System Supply, System Demand and Competition, approximately 3,100 and 4,700 miles of transmission and distribution lines, respectively and 51 transmission and 268 distribution substations. Montana-Dakota has obtained and holds valid and existing franchises authorizing it to conduct its electric operations in all of the municipalities it serves where such franchises are required.

The Company, through the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO), Montana-Dakota has access to wholesale energy, ancillary services and capacity markets. The Midwest ISO is a regional transmission organization responsible for operational control of the tr ansmission systems of its members. The Midwest ISO provides security center operations, tariff administration and operates day-ahead and real-time energy markets, ancillary services and capacity markets. In 2012, Montana-Dakota purchased approximately 27 % of its net kilowatts-hour needs for its interconnected system through the Midwest ISO market.

Montana-Dakota serves markets in portions of western North Dakota, including Bismarck, Mandan, Dickinson and Williston; eastern Montana, including Glendive and Miles City; and northern South Dakota, including Mobridge. The maximum electric peak demand experienced to date attributable to Montana-Dakota's sales to retail customers on the interconnected system was 573,587 kilowatts in July, 2012. The interconnected system consists of nine electric generating facilities and three small portable diesel ge! nerators,! which has an aggregate nameplate rating attributable to Montana-Dakota's interest of 488,905 kilowatts. Throug h the Sheridan System, which is a separate electric system o! wned by M! ontana-Dakota, Montana-Dakota serves Sheridan, Wyoming, and neighboring communities. The maximum peak demand attributable to Montana-Dakota sales to retail customers on that system was approximately 61,501 kilowatts in July, 2012.

Montana-Dakota's four principal generating stations are steam-turbine generating units, which uses coal for fuel. The nameplate rating for Montana-Dakota's ownership interest in these four stations , including interests in the Big Stone Station and the Coyote Station, aggregating 22.7 % and 25%, respectively is 327,758 kilowatts. Two combustion turbine peaking stations, two wind electric generating facilities, a heat recovery electric generating facility and three small portable diesel generators supply the balance of Montana-Dakota's interconnected system electric generating capability.

The Coyote coal supply agreement provides for the purchase of coal necessary to supply the coal requirements of the Coyote Station or 30, 000 tons per week, whichever may be the greater quantity at contracted pricing. The Heskett and Lewis & Clark coal supply agreements provide for the purchase of coal necessary to supply the coal requirements of these stations at contracted pricing. Montana-Dakota estimates the Heskett and Lewis & Clark coal requirement to be in the range of 450,000 to 550,000 tons and 250,000 to 350,000 tons per contract year, respectively

Natural Gas Distribution

The Company's natural gas distribution operations consist of Montana-Dakota, Great Plains, Cascade and Intermountain, which sell natural gas at retail, serving over 859,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in 334 communities and adjacent rural areas across eight states as of December 31, 2012, and provide natural gas transportation services to certain cust! omers on ! their systems. These services are provided through distribution systems aggregating approximately 18,200 miles.

The Company's purchased natural gas is supplied by a po! rtfolio o! f contracts specifying market-based pricing and is transported under transportation agreements with WBI Energy Transmission, Northwest Pipeline GP, Northern Natural Gas, Gas Transmission Northwest LLC, Northwestern Energy, Viking Gas Transmission Company and Ruby Pipeline LLC. The natural gas distribution operations have contracts for storage services to provide gas supply during the winter heating season and to meet peak day demand with various storage providers, including WBI Energy Transmission, Questar Pipeline Company, Northwest Pipeline GP and Northern Natural Gas. In addition, certain of the operations have entered into natural gas supply management agreements with various parties.

Pipeline and Energy Services

WBI Energy Transmission, the regulated business of this segment, owns and operates approximately 3,800 miles of transmission, gathering and storage lines in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. WBI Energy Midstream ow ns a 50% undivided interest in certain midstream assets located in western North Dakota. Three underground storage fields in Montana and Wyoming provide storage services to local distribution companies, producers, natural gas marketers and others, and serve to enhance system deliverability. WBI Energy Transmission's system is located near five natural gas producing basins, making natural gas supplies available to WBI Energy Transmission's transportation and storage customers. The system has 13 interconnecting points with other pipeline facilities allowing for the receipt and/or delivery of natural gas to and from other regions of the country and from Canada.

WBI Energy Midstream, the non-regulated pipeline business of this segment, owns and operates gathering facilities in Colorado, Kansas, Montana and Wyoming. It also owns a ! 50% undiv! ided interest in certain midstream assets located in western North Dakota that were acquired in 2012, which include a natural gas processing plant, both oil and gas gathering pipelines, an ! oil stora! ge terminal and an oil pipeline. Prairielands is an energy services business,which provides natural gas purchase and sales services to local distribution companies, producers, other marketers and a limited number of end-users, primarily using natural gas produced by the Company's exploration and production segment. WBI Energy Transmission's underground natural gas storage facilities has a storage capacity of approximately 353 billion cubic feet, including 193 billion cubic feet of working gas capacity, 85 billion cubic feet of cushion gas and 75 billion cubic feet of native gas.

Exploration and Production

Fidelity is involved in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas resources. Fidelity continues to seek additional reserve and production growth opportunities through these activities. Fidelity's business is focused primarily in two core regions: Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent/Gulf States.

Fideli ty's Rocky Mountain region includes Bakken areas , which includes oil targets in which Fidelity holds approximately 16,000 net acres in Mountrail County, North Dakota, approximately 51,000 net acres in Stark County, North Dakota, and approximately 60,000 net acres in Richland County, Montana; Cedar Creek Anticline, which is in primarily in eastern Montana, the Company has a long-held net profits interest in this oil play. Paradox Basin holds approximately 83,000 net acres located in Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah, targeting oil; Big Horn Basin includes approximately 33,000 net acres in Wyoming, targeting oil and Natural gas liquids (NGL); Green River Basin properties primarily includes natural gas targets in Wyoming in which the Company holds approximately 36,000 net acres; Baker Field is a long-held natural gas properties in ! which Fid! elity holds approximately 99,000 net acres in southeastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota; Bowdoin Field is a long-held natural gas properties in which Fidelity holds approximately 127,000 net! acres in! north-central Montana, and Other includes other exploratory oil projects in the Niobrara play in Wyoming and the Heath Shale in Montana; along with the Powder River Basin natural gas properties, which Fidelity is pursuing divestment of and various non-operated positions.

Fidelity's Mid-Continent/Gulf States region includes South Texas area includes approximately 9,000 net acres in the Tabasco, Texan Gardens and Flores fields, this area has NGL content associated with the natural gas. East/Central Texas holds approximately 27,000 net acres, primarily natural gas and associated NGL. Other includes various non-operated onshore interests, as well as offshore interests in the shallow waters off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. At December 31, 2012, there were 44 gross (17 net) wells in the process of drilling or under evaluation, 39 of which were development wells and 5 of which were exploratory wells.

Construction Materials and Contracting

Knife River operates construction materials and contracting businesses. These operations mine, process and sell construction aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel); produce and sell asphalt mix and supply ready-mixed concrete for construction, including roads, freeways and bridges, as well as homes, schools, shopping centers, office buildings and industrial parks. Although not common to all locations, other products include the sale of cement, liquid asphalt for various commercial and roadway applications, various finished concrete products and other building materials and related contracting services.

Construction Services

MDU Construction Services specializes in constructing and maintaining electric and communication lines, gas pipelines, fire suppression systems, and external lightin! g and tra! ffic signalization equipment. This segment also provides utility excavation services and inside electrical wiring, cabling and mechanical services, s ells and distributes electrical materials, and manufactures ! and distr! ibutes specialty equipment. These services are provided to utilities and manufacturing, commercial, industrial, institutional and government customers. MDU Construction Services operates a fleet of owned and leased trucks and trailers, support vehicles and specialty construction equipment, such as backhoes, excavators, trenchers, generators, boring machines and cranes. In addition, as of December 31, 2012, MDU Construction Services owned or leased facilities in 17 states. This space is used for offices, equipment yards, warehousing, storage and vehicle shops.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Eric Lam]

  Martinrea International Inc. (MRE), a metal auto-parts maker, slumped 10 percent to C$10.96 after the company said it received a press release discussing a claim from Nat Rea, former vice chairman of the company. Martinrea has not received the claim or reviewed the allegations and will "respond appropriately in due course."

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5 Tech Stocks in Breakout Territory With Big Volume

DELAFIELD, Wis. (Stockpickr) -- Professional traders running mutual funds and hedge funds don't just look at a stock's price moves; they also track big changes in volume activity. Often when above-average volume moves into an equity, it precedes a large spike in volatility.

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Major moves in volume can signal unusual activity, such as insider buying or selling -- or buying or selling by "superinvestors."

Unusual volume can also be a major signal that hedge funds and momentum traders are piling into a stock ahead of a catalyst. These types of traders like to get in well before a large spike, so it's always a smart move to monitor unusual volume. That said, remember to combine trend and price action with unusual volume. Put them all together to help you decipher the next big trend for any stock. >>5 Stocks Set to Soar on Bullish Earnings With that in mind, let's take a look at several stocks rising on unusual volume today. SouFun SouFun (SFUN) operates a real estate Internet portal in China, providing marketing, listing and other value-added services and products related to real estate and home furnishing. This stock closed up 9.8% to $49.88 in Wednesday's trading session. Wednesday's Volume: 2.16 million Three-Month Average Volume: 727,108 Volume % Change: 257% >>5 Stocks Under $10 in Breakout Territory From a technical perspective, SFUN exploded higher here right above some near-term support at $44.71 with strong upside volume. This stock has been uptrending strong for the last two months and change, with shares moving sharply higher from its low of $22.29 to its recent high of $53.77. During that move, shares of SFUN have been making mostly higher lows and higher highs, which is bullish technical price action. That move has now pushed shares of SFUN within range of triggering a big breakout trade. That trade will hit if SFUN manages to take out some near-term overhead resistance levels at $51 to its 52-week high at $53.77 with high volume. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in SFUN as long as it's trending above support at $44.71, and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 727,108 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then SFUN will set up to enter new 52-week-high territory above $53.77, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that breakout are $60 to $65.

Responsys

Responsys (MKTG) is a provider of email and cross-channel marketing solutions that enable companies to engage in relationship-based marketing across interactive channels. This stock closed up 9.4% to $16.31 in Wednesday's trading session.

Wednesday's Volume: 1.79 million Three-Month Average Volume: 421,794 Volume % Change: 317%

>>5 Shareholder Yield Champs to Beat the S&P From a technical perspective, MKTG gapped sharply higher here and broke out above some near-term overhead resistance at $15.54 with monster upside volume. This move is quickly pushing shares of MKTG within range of triggering a big breakout trade. That trade will hit if MKTG manages to take out Wednesday's high of $16.49 to its 52-week high at $16.93 with high volume. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in MKTG as long as it's trending above Wednesday's low of $15.44 or above its 50-day at $14.47 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 421,794 shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then MKTG will set up to enter new 52-week-high territory, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that breakout are its all-time high at $18.19 to north of $20. Gartner Gartner (IT) is an information technology research and advisory company. This stock closed up 1.6% at $57.81 in Wednesday's trading session. Wednesday's Volume: 1.60 million Three-Month Average Volume: 459,018 Volume % Change: 276% >>5 Hated Earnings Stocks You Should Love From a technical perspective, IT bounced modestly higher here right off some near-term support at $56.55 with strong upside volume. This stock has been trending sideways inside of a consolidation chart pattern for the last month and change, with shares moving between $55.75 on the downside and $59.95 on the upside. Shares of IT are now starting to move within range of triggering a breakout trade above the upper-end of its sideways trading price action. That trade will hit if IT manages to clear its 50-day moving average at $58.84 and then once it takes out more resistance at $59.95 with high volume. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in IT as long as it's trending above some near-term support levels at $56.55 or $55.75 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that's near or above 459,018 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then IT will set up to re-test or possibly take out its 52-week high at $63.

Demandware

Demandware (DWRE) provides software-as-a-service e-commerce solutions that enable companies to easily design, implement and manage their own customized e-commerce sites, including Web sites, mobile applications and other digital storefronts. This stock closed up 6% at $47.38 in Wednesday's trading session.

Wednesday's Volume: 822,000 Three-Month Average Volume: 326,322 Volume % Change: 150%

>>5 Stocks Ready for Breakouts From a technical perspective, DWRE soared sharply higher here back above its 50-day moving average of $45.07 with above-average volume. This move pushed shares of DWRE into breakout territory, since the stock cleared some near-term overhead resistance levels at $45.67 to $47.24. Shares of DWRE are now quickly moving within range of triggering another big breakout trade. That trade will hit if DWRE manages to take out Wednesday's high of $47.76 and then once it clears its all-time high at $49.11 with high volume. Traders should now look for long-biased trades in DWRE as long as it's trending above its 50-day at $45.07 or above more near-term support at $44 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that's near or above 326,322 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then DWRE will set up to enter new all-time-high territory, which is bullish technical price action. Some possible upside targets off that move are $55 to $60. Marin Software Marin Software (MRIN) provides a cloud-based revenue acquisition management platform, offering integrated digital advertising management solutions for search, display, social media and mobile advertising. This stock closed up 6.1% at $13.03 in Wednesday's trading session. Wednesday's Volume: 466,000 Three-Month Average Volume: 114,298 Volume % Change: 275% >>5 Rocket Stocks to Buy as Mr. Market Climbs From a technical perspective, MRIN spiked sharply higher here back above its 50-day moving average of $12.63 with heavy upside volume. This spike higher is coming after shares of MRIN pulled back from its August high of $14.37 to its recent low of $11.50. It looks like the downside volatility for MRIN could be over in the short-term and the stock is now moving within range of triggering a near-term breakout trade. That trade will hit if MRIN manages to take out Wednesday's high of $13.45 and then once it clears more key resistance levels at $14.11 to $14.37 with high volume.

Traders should now look for long-biased trades in MRIN as long as it's trending above its 50-day at $12.63 or above more support at $12 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that's near or above 114,298 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then MRIN will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $16 to $18.

To see more stocks rising on unusual volume, check out the Stocks Rising on Unusual Volume portfolio on Stockpickr.

-- Written by Roberto Pedone in Delafield, Wis.

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At the time of publication, author had no positions in stocks mentioned. Roberto Pedone, based out of Delafield, Wis., is an independent trader who focuses on technical analysis for small- and large-cap stocks, options, futures, commodities and currencies. Roberto studied international business at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and he spent a year overseas studying business in Lubeck, Germany. His work has appeared on financial outlets including CNBC.com and Forbes.com. You can follow Pedone on Twitter at www.twitter.com/zerosum24 or @zerosum24.

5 Best Oil Service Stocks To Invest In Right Now

5 Best Oil Service Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Marchex Inc.(MCHX)

Marchex, Inc. operates as a call advertising and small business marketing company. The company?s products, services, and technologies enable advertisers to reach consumers across mobile, online, and offline sources. It offers call advertising products and services to national advertisers, advertising agencies, and small advertiser reseller partners, which include pay-for-call through the Marchex Pay-For-Call Exchange and call analytics solutions comprising phone number and call tracking, call mining, keyword-level tracking, click-to-call, Website proxying, and other call-based products that enable customers to utilize mobile, online, and offline advertising. The company also offers small business marketing products that enable reseller partners of small business advertisers, such as Yellow Pages providers and vertical marketing service providers to sell call advertising and/or search marketing products through their existing sales channels, which are fulfilled across the c ompany?s distribution network, such as mobile sources, search engines, and traffic sources. In addition, it offers pay-per-click advertising to online users in response to their keyword search queries or on pages they visit throughout the company?s distribution network of search engines, shopping engines, third party verticals, local Websites, mobile distribution, and publishing network. Further, the company offers publishing network, which includes the company?s owned and operated Websites that help users to make decisions about the availability of local products and services. The Websites in the company?s publishing network include small business listings, as well as expert and user-generated reviews on small businesses. Marchex, Inc., through its products and services distributes advertisements from various advertisers and its reseller partners? advertisers. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Advis! ors' Opinion:

• [By Roberto Pedone]

   

  Marchex (MCHX) operates as a mobile and call advertising technology company in the U.S. and Canada. This stock closed up 5.8% to $4.19 in Tuesday's trading session.

   

  Tuesday's Range: $3.94-$4.35
  
  52-Week Range: $3.92-$12.84
  
  Tuesday's Volume: 1.35 million
  
  Three-Month Average Volume: 501,856

   

  From a technical perspective, MCHX ripped higher here right above its new 52-week low of $3.92 with heavy upside volume flows. This stock recently gapped down sharply from just over $7.50 to below $4 with heavy downside volume. Following that move, shares of MCHX have now started to rebound off that $3.92 low and it's quickly moving within range of triggering a major breakout trade. That trade will hit if MCHX manages to clear its gap-down-day high of $4.50 with high volume.

   

  Traders should now look for long-biased trades in MCHX as long as it's trending above its new 52-week low of $3.92 and then once it sustains a move or close above $4.50 with volume that hits near or above 501,856 shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then MCHX will set up to re-fill some of its previous gap-down-day zone that started just above $7.50.

   

• [By Seth Jayson]

  Marchex (Nasdaq: MCHX  ) reported earnings on May 8. Here are the numbers you need to know.

  The 10-second takeaway
  For the quarter ended March 31 (Q1), Marchex beat expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.

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Top 5 Beverage Stocks To Watch For 2016

Top 5 Beverage Stocks To Watch For 2016: Drinks Americas Holdings Ltd (DKAM)

Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd., incorporated in February 14, 2005, develops, produces, markets and/or distributes alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages for sale primarily in the continental United States. Through its majority-owned subsidiaries, Drinks imports, distributes and markets premium wine and spirits and alcoholic beverages to beverage wholesalers throughout the United States and internationally. The alcoholic products distributed by the Company are KAH Tequila, Old Whiskey River Bourbon (R), Rheingold Beer, Damiana, a Mexican liqueur, Mexicali Beer, Agave 99, Chili Devil Beer, Crazy PigAle and Red Pig Ale. In June, 2011 the Company acquired the rights to distribute and market existing brands and products from Fabrica De Tequilas Finos S.A. de C.V. (Finos) and Cervecera Mexicana, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Cerveceria). In June 2011, the Company acquired the rights to distribute and market existing brands and products through a licensing agreement with Worldwide Beverage Imports, LLC, (WBI). On November 2, 2011, the Company acquired worldwide licensing and distribution rights on both the spirits and beer products owned or licensed by WBI. In June 2013, the Company announced the development of Drinks Americas Consumer Beverage Consulting Division.

The Company owns, distributes or licenses or collects royalties from a number of Spirits Brands to include Old Whiskey River Bourbon, Damiana Liqueur and Rheingold Beer. The Company owns 25% interest in Old Whiskey River Distilling Company, LLC which owns or licenses the related trademarks and trade names associated with the Old Whiskey River products.

The Company compets with Diageo, Allied Domecq, Pernod Ricard, Brown-Forman and Bacardi & Company, Ltd.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Bryan Murphy]

  Say whatever you want about Drinks Am! ericas Holdings, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:DKAM), but one thing is undeniable... this company is producing a lot of revenue despite being a very small company. More specifically, the DKAM market cap is abnormally low relative to the sales figures the company is putting up.

• [By Peter Graham]

  Small cap stocks Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd (OTCMKTS: DKAM), 7 Star Entertainment Inc (OTCMKTS: SAEE), Rising India Inc (OTCMKTS: RSII) and Big Tree Group Inc (OTCMKTS: BIGG) have all been attracting attention thanks to paid promotions. Of course, there is nothing wrong with properly disclosed and paid for promotions or investor relation activities, but they can backfire on unwary investors and traders alike. So are stock promoters blowing a bunch of hot air regarding these four small cap stocks or are they actually potential winners? Here is a quick reality check to help you decide:

  Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd (OTCMKTS: DKAM) Has One of the Top Beers of 2013

  Small cap Drinks Americas Holdings mission is to identify and invest the majority brand-building resources on beers and spirits with the greatest growth potential. Currently, Drinks Americas is the exclusive United States broker for leading premium authentic Mexican beers currently available in over 32 states, hundreds of chain retailers and restaurants and is on target to be the leading broker for this growing category in each of the markets in which it operates. On Friday, Drinks Americas Holdings rose 2.15% to $0.0095 for a market cap of $280,110 plus DKAM is down 89.3% over the past year and down 94.6% over the past five years according to Google Finance.

• [By Bryan Murphy]

  Even though you're reading this now, odds are that three weeks ago you'd never even heard of Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:DKAM). And, like so many other young, nano-cap stocks, it would be easy to assume the current strength being exhibited by DKAM is nothing but a short-term phenomenon, meaning there's no! particul! ar reason to jump on the stock now. If there was ever a reason to jump onto a micro cap name for a quick trade though, this may be it.

• [By Peter Graham]

  Last Friday, small cap stocks MedCAREERS Group Inc (OTCMKTS: MCGI), USmart Mobile Device Inc (OTCMKTS: UMDI) and Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd (OTCMKTS: DKAM) were all over the place with the first two sinking 54% and 48.05%, respectively, while the last one rose 10.81%. It should be mentioned that all three small cap stocks have been the subject of paid promotions albeit none of these stocks have been over promoted. So where can investors and traders expect these stocks to head this week? Here is a quick look at what you might expect:

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