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5 Stocks Under $10 Attractively Valued With Catalysts For Upside

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By David Alton Clark:

The Gist

These five stocks have catalyst for upside and are trading at attractive valuations. These facts are subjective and taken alone carry little weight, but it’s a good starting point when looking for buying opportunities.

Additionally, the five stocks are trading at or below $10. Stocks trading for $10 or less tend to be more volatile with frequent, large percentage moves in the stock price. This provides the opportunity for greater returns (or losses) relative to the market. These are stocks with market caps of $3 billion or greater. Stocks trading under $10 may provide more bang for your buck.

Finally, the companies have had some very positive developments occur recently. Now, simply selecting stocks trading for less than $10 and near book value is only the first step to finding winners that may provide alpha. We still need to perform further due diligence to determine if these dogs


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5 Stocks To Watch For Gains Next Week

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By Brian Nichols:

For the last few weeks, I have been looking at five stocks with catalysts and movement signaling a trend higher. With earnings season in full force, there is a lot of value spread throughout the market, as industries trade higher or lower following earnings reports, and investors race to value a market that has been inconsistent, to say the least. In my opinion, there is an array of stocks that could shortly make gains for a multitude of reasons, and thus I continue my weekly installment by spotlighting five stocks that could move in the week ahead.

Has a Bottom Been Found?

Look, I know that any selection of Apple (AAPL) to rise will be viewed as just another useless call regarding an unpredictable stock. I’d be the first to say that at this point Apple is impossible to predict, trading with a mind of its own. But


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5 Stocks To Watch Next Week For Gains

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By Brian Nichols:

For the last two weeks I have looked at five stocks that I thought looked poised to trade higher in the following week. Last week was less than stellar, as my top selection Repros Therapeutics (RPRX) traded lower, showing that the market is not too confident in its late phase data or might be expecting an offering of sorts. Now, with job growth believed to be slowing, following very weak March nonfarm payrolls data, there are many who are anticipating a large pullback. With that being said, I am looking at five stocks that look strong heading into next week, and might trade higher regardless of the overall market.

Apple (AAPL)

At this point, it’s sounding a bit repetitive to call the bottom of Apple or to predict a rise in shares. However, as a fundamental investor, I simply cannot fathom the level of value that is being


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5 Stocks Under $5 To Buy On The Dip With Notable Upside Potential

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By David Alton Clark:

The Gist

All eyes will be on the jobs report due out Friday morning. Even so, it appears to be a win-win scenario. Either we get a strong number and the market moves higher or we get a weak number, which will cause the market to sell off, offering a buying opportunity in stocks. Furthermore, a bad jobs number may induce the Fed to continue its OE program, which has been in question as of late. With the rest of the world employing QE and dropping rates, the door will be wide open for the Fed to continue easing.

The stocks covered in this article perhaps fall into the undervalued category. First, the shares of these companies are trading well below their consensus estimates and 52-week highs. The companies are trading on average 36% below their 52-week highs and have 16% potential upside based on their consensus analysts’ estimates. This


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8 Reasons To Buy The Fallen French Giant

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By Sneha Shah:

Introduction

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) is one of the largest telecom equipment providers in the world with annual sales of ~$20 billion. The company was formed in 2006 by the merger of French company Alcatel and U.S. company Lucent Technologies. The company has a long heritage of telecom product development and possesses one of the largest telecom patent portfolios. ALU and other top Western telecom equipment companies like Nokia-Siemens and Ericsson (ERIC) have seen their profits plummet due to the advent of the Chinese telecom giants such as Huawei and ZTE. These companies have captured significant global market share from the western manufacturers through undercutting of the market leaders. This has been one of the primary reasons why ALU shares have fallen so drastically. The company’s management has been cutting costs and selling assets in order to return to profitability. However, their efforts have not borne fruit to date as the


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5 Buys Under $10 Poised For Notable Upside In 2013

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By David Alton Clark:

The Gist

The stocks covered in this article are well positioned for upside in 2013 based on macroeconomic, sector or company specific catalysts coupled with fundamental buying opportunities. However, many are trading at significant discounts to historical norms. With the market at all-time highs, I have selected five stocks that still have notable potential upside. I posit they are worth a look.

In my opinion, the following stocks have clear near-term catalysts for growth and may outperform the market indices in 2013. I posit this is just the beginning for these stocks which may present excellent buying opportunities at current levels.

Additionally, the five stocks are trading at or below $10. Stocks trading for $10 or less tend to be more volatile with frequent, larger percentage moves in the stock price. This provides the opportunity for greater returns (or losses) relative to the market or more bang for your buck


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Alcatel-Lucent Faces A Lot Of Challenges

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Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) provides networking and communications technology, products, and services to service providers, enterprises, and governments worldwide. Its Networks segment designs routers, multi-service wide-area-network switches, and content delivery network appliances. In addition, the company manufactures and markets microwave wireless transmission and optical networking equipment and wireless products for 2G, 3G, and 4G networks.

Alcatel-Lucent’s software, Services and Solutions segment provides consulting, planning, design integration and optimization, as well as in the design, delivery, and operation of network-based software solutions. ALU’s stock had a mixed year; the stock started rising after the company was able to raise funds at the end of the last year. However, fourth-quarter and full year results had negative impact on the price and the stock again came down. There have been a lot of changes at the company, which may prove to be important for the company in the long-term. Alcatel-Lucent will have a new CEO


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5 Tech Stocks To Buy With Notable Upside In 2013

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By David Alton Clark:

The Gist

These stocks are all on the comeback trail. All the stocks selected have been beaten down significantly recently for various reasons. Some have already begun to march back to previous levels while others have yet to gain much traction such as Apple Inc. (AAPL), currently trading only 3% above its 52 week low.

Despite their past transgressions, I see greener pastures in the near future provided by solid catalysts. In the following sections we will dig deeper and attempt to determine if these dogs can truly hunt. Nonetheless, this is no substitute for doing your own due diligence.

The Goods

In the following sections we will perform a review of the fundamental and technical state of each company to determine if this is the right time to buy. Additionally, we will discern if any upside potential exists based on sector, industry or company specific catalyst. The following table


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