In the last Neostem article we discussed some of the key events coming in 2014 that could significantly impact the share price, and we provided some superficial details on the company's structure and financial situation. This article will elaborate on what we view as the single most important catalyst for Neostem this year - the Phase II data release for AMR-001. We believe that it is excitement over the completed enrollment phase of this trial that has already driven shares of NBS 19% higher YTD (at time of writing).
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This is the Phase II trial for AMR-001 in ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, or STEMI.
AMR-001 is a therapy made up of patient cells that are altered to rapidly increase perfusion to damaged tissue. This is a possible way to reduce damage to affected regions of heart muscle during the recovery stage of a heart attack. AMR-001 is quite unique in its therapeutic application, and it does not have a direct competitor. Because of this, the trial is only attempting to prove the efficacy of this autologous cell therapy against placebo.
Top 10 Financial Companies For 2014: Interm.cap(ICP.L)
Intermediate Capital Group PLC is a private equity firm specializing in mezzanine financing and mid-market investments in growth capital, restructuring, acquisitions, public to private transactions with or without private equity backing, management buyouts and management buyins, development capital, public quoted company finance, off-balance-sheet finance, refinancings and recapitalizations, and pre-IPO financing. The firm does not invest in property companies or start-ups. It seeks to invest in companies whose principal place of business is the European Union, Bulgaria, Romania, North America, and the Asia Pacific, including Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. The firm provides mezzanine financing in the range between ?15 million ($21.43 million) and ?500 million ($714.18 million) to firms with an enterprise values between ?250 million ($338.48 million) and ?1 billion ($1353.94 million). The firm seeks to acquire minority stak es. It generally structures its financing in the form of subordinated loan with equity warrants, as preference shares, convertible loan, leveraged loans, mezzanine loans, and CDOs. The firm provides loans for a maturity period between seven years and ten years with repayments to be made in one payment at final maturity. Its mezzanine investments are usually structured to provide a cash yield between three percent and four percent over the relevant interbank rate, plus an additional return to reflect the risk involved. The firm seeks to invest in debt. The firm is also a manager of third party mezzanine, CDO, and Institutional Client Funds. Intermediate Capital Group PLC was founded in 1989 and is based in London with additional offices across Europe, North America, and Asia.
Top 10 Financial Companies For 2014: Transpac Industrial Hldgs Ltd (T55.SI)
Transpac Industrial Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, provides venture capital to companies with capital appreciation potential in Asia. It invests in the securities of growing private companies principally located in China/Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. The company is based in Singapore.
Top 10 Gold Companies To Buy For 2014: Primco Management Inc (PMCM.OB)
Primco Management Inc., incorporated on October 14, 2010, is a development-stage company. The Company focuses on offering estate management services for its clients and retention on a range of properties including class A office space, industrial, manufacturing, and warehousing facilities as well as data centers and retail outlets for real estate users. In addition, it also focuses on offering consulting services, including site selection, feasibility studies, exit strategies, market forecasts, strategic planning, and research services. In February 2013, the Company announced that ESMG, Inc. took controlling interest in the Company through the acquisition of more than 80% interest of the Company. In February 2013, it purchased the music catalog of D&B Music. In May 2013, the Company acquired Top Sail Productions.
As of December 31, 2010, the Company did not have any operations. During the year ended December 31, 2010, it did not generate any revenues.
< /p>Top 10 Financial Companies For 2014: HENDERSON GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.125(HGG.L)
Henderson Group plc is an asset management holding entity. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides services to institutional, retail clients, and high net worth clients. It manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm also manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. It invests in public equity and fixed income markets, as well as invests in real estate and private equity. Henderson Group plc was founded in 1934 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Jersey, United Kingdom and Sydney, Australia.
Top 10 Financial Companies For 2014: Clearbridge Energy MLP Total Return Fund Inc (CTR)
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Top 10 Financial Companies For 2014: Dupont Fabros Technology Inc. (DFT)
DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the ownership, acquisition, development, operation, management, and lease of large-scale data center facilities in the United States. The company leases its data centers to the American and international technology companies to house, power, and cool the computer servers that support their critical business processes. It also provides certain technical services to tenants, including layout design and installation of electrical power circuits, data cabling, server cabinets and racks, computer room airflow analyses, and monitoring. As of December 31, 2011, the company owned and operated seven data centers located in Northern Virginia; one data center in suburban Chicago, Illinois; one data center in Piscataway, New Jersey; one data center in Santa Clara, California. DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. has elected to be taxed as a REIT. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal corporate income t axes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Ong Kang Wei]
For example, Digital Realty (DLR) is the undoubted leader in the data storage industry, with a market cap of $8.3B. Its other three competitors, DuPont Fabros (DFT), CoreSite Realty (COR) and CyrusOne (CONE), have market caps of $1.5B, $930M and $430M respectively. In addition, with the level of complexity involving Digital's business making it immensely difficult for companies to operate data centre facilities, the company is in a good position for future growth. The company also has a wide network of 595 tenants (significantly more than other competitors), including CenturyLink (CTL), AT&T and Morgan Stanley (MS). This further secures its long term business prospects and also its dominance over its competitors.
- [By Rich Duprey]
Investors might find it fabulous that DuPont Fabros Technology� (NYSE: DFT ) �has increased its second-quarter dividend, the third time in two years the payout has been increased.
- [By Rich Duprey]
As noted last month, DuPont Fabros Technology�� (NYSE: DFT ) �increased its�second-quarter dividend�25%, which will be paid on July 15 to shareholders of record on July 5. In addition to announcing this regular $0.25-per-share payout for its common stock, the data center operator also announced yesterday it would be paying dividends on two series of preferred stock, both of which will also be payable on July 15 to shareholders of record on July 5.
Top 10 Financial Companies For 2014: Augusta Capital Ltd (AUG.NZ)
Augusta Capital Limited, formerly Kermadec Property Fund Limited is engaged in the commercial and industrial property investment. Te Company operates in two segments: funds management and cleaning. The Company operates two divisions, including direct property investment and funds management. The Company in its direct property investment division holds and manages a portfolio of office and car parking properties in central Auckland. The Company�� funds management division is engaged in commercial property syndication. The Company, through Augusta Funds Management Limited, over 16 commercial property syndicates has been established. As of March 31, 2011, the Company had 100% interest in the shareholding in Metroclean Limited, a cleaning services Company.
Top 10 Financial Companies For 2014: 1st Constitution Bancorp(NJ)
1st Constitution Bancorp operates as a bank holding company for 1st Constitution Bank that provides community banking services to corporations, individuals, partnerships, and other community organizations in the central and northeastern New Jersey area. It offers various deposit products, including noninterest bearing demand deposits, interest bearing demand deposits, savings deposits, and time deposits, as well as certificates of deposit, and money market and NOW accounts. The company also provides a range of loan products comprising commercial loans for working capital, business expansion, and the purchase of equipment and machinery; construction loans to real estate developers for the acquisition, development and construction of residential subdivisions; residential consumer loans; term loans; lines of credit; loans secured by equipment and receivables; second mortgage home improvement loans; home equity lines of credit; and non-residential consumer loans for automobile s, recreation vehicles, and boats, as well as secured and unsecured personal loans, and deposit account secured loans. It provides its services through a network of 14 branches. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Cranbury, New Jersey.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Monica Gerson]
Nidec (NYSE: NJ) shares climbed 2.75% to $20.17. The volume of Nidec shares traded was 506% higher than normal. Nidec's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $9.42 billion.
Top 10 Financial Companies For 2014: Genesis Land Devel Com Npv (GDC.TO)
Genesis Land Development Corp., a real estate development company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, subdivision, construction, sale, and leasing of land, residential lots and homes, and commercial properties in Alberta and British Columbia. It operates in four divisions: Land Development, Single-Family Home Building, Multi-Family Home Building, and Commercial Development. The Land Development division principally develops residential lots in the cities of Calgary, Airdrie, Edmonton, and Cochrane, Alberta; and in Prince George, Kamloops, and Radium, British Columbia. The Single-Family Home Building division builds and sells single-family homes. The Multi-Family Home Building division builds town homes and apartment complexes. The Commercial division engages in selling, leasing, and developing commercial, industrial, and office properties. The company was formerly known as Genesis Capital Corp. and changed its name to Genesis Land Deve lopment Corp. in October 1998. Genesis Land Development Corp. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Top 10 Financial Companies For 2014: Western Asset Global Partners Income Fund Inc. (GDF)
Western Asset Global Partners Income Fund Inc. operates as a close-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and advised by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC. The fund is sub-advised by Western Asset Management Company. It primarily invests in the fixed income markets across the globe. The fund invests in high-yield U.S. and non-U.S. corporate debt securities and high-yield foreign sovereign debt securities. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Lehman Brothers U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Cap Index and the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global Index. The fund was formerly known as Salomon Brothers Global Partners Income Fund Inc. Western Asset Global Partners Income Fund was founded in 1993 and is based in the United States.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Chuck Carnevale]
Our first example looks at Vectren Corp.�� historical earnings, a utility with a 15-year historical earnings growth rate that is below our 3% threshold established in Part 1. Note that fair valuation is calculated using Graham Dodd�� Formula (GDF) deriving a fair value PE of 13.8 (slightly below, but close to our PE 15 standard). However, a normal PE of 16 has been historically applied by Mr. Market. Therefore, valuation falls between a PE of 13.8 to 16, or well within a range of normalcy.
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