Predictions For 2014

1. Forget Coca-Cola or Pepsi: there's a new beverage king in town.

SodaStream (NYSE: SODA) -- is in a clear uptrend. And I predict it will catch fire over the next 12 months and become a serious threat to Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

2. Apple will create a new currency called iCash and become the largest bank in America.

It recently acquired biometrics security firm AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH)

3. Instead of dealing with doctors, waiting rooms, and painful treatments, a new medical device will allow you to diagnose any illness, anytime, anywhere. (more)

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2 Dividend Stocks to Buy and Hold ‘Forever’: Canadian Oil Sands (OTCMKTS: COSWF), Great Plains Energy (NYSE: GXP)

We’re still a long way off from winter here in the United States, but it’s starting to cool down.

And for energy companies, that means the best season of the year is approaching.

So let’s take a look at two stocks set to benefit from the coming wintry months. Both pay dividends and have capital appreciation on the horizon…

1. Canadian Oil Sands (OTCMKTS: COSWF)
 
Canadian Oil Sands (OTCMKTS: COSWF) is a Canadian energy company that refers to itself as a “pure investment opportunity in light, sweet crude oil.”  (more)

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Dollar CRISIS this Winter, CONFISCATION of Gold & Silver: Alasdair MacLeod

Inflation is being hidden expertly by the government as well. Wage stagnation in a poor economy hides service sector inflation, and China hides the rest. Consumer goods aren't much more expensive because it's all imported from China now, and the Chinese government is willing to accept massive exchange losses to keep us buying. Their slave labor doesn't know what its losing, so it's no skin off their back. Fuel prices have doubled in the last 5 years, despite massive gains in supply from domestic sources. Food prices have also doubled, but since so many poor people are getting government handouts, the true cost is disguised. Food and fuel are non-elastic demand items, which is where inflation shows up first. It's also why they get left out of government calculations. At this point, a strong recovery would be damaging in and of itself, because inflation would spike badly as the glut of money in the system starts to move. But seeing as the government has no intention of letting the job market pick up, it will be slow strangulation of QE.

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Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN)

Urban Outfitters, Inc. engages in the retail and wholesale of general consumer products and operates in two segments, Retail and Wholesale. The company operates retail stores under the Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain, and BHLDN brands. Its Urban Outfitters stores sell women's and men's fashion apparel, footwear, accessories, and gifts, as well as apartment wares, such as rugs and pillows to young adults aged 18 to 28; and Anthropologie stores provide women's casual apparel and accessories, shoes, gifts, decorative items, and home furnishings to women aged 28 to 45. The company's Free People stores primarily offer Free People branded merchandise mix of casual women's apparel, intimates, shoes, accessories, and gifts to young contemporary women aged 25 to 30; Terrain stores provide lifestyle home and garden products, antiques, live plants, flowers, wellness products, and accessories, as well as landscape and design service solutions; and BHLDN store offers a range of wedding collections consisting of wedding gowns, bridesmaid frocks, party dresses, assorted jewelry, headpieces, footwear, lingerie, and decorations.
To review Urban's stock, please take a look at the 1-year chart of URBN (Urban Outfitters, Inc.) below with my added notations:
Over the last nine months URBN has been stuck within a common pattern known as a rectangle. Rectangle patterns form when a stock bounces between a horizontal support and resistance. A minimum of (2) successful tests of the support and (2) successful tests of the resistance will give you the pattern. URBN's rectangle pattern has formed a $44 resistance (red) and a $38 support (blue). The stock has fallen back down to support, and considering its move against the rally of the overall market, may be looking to break lower.
The Tale of the Tape: URBN has formed a rectangle pattern. The possible long positions on the stock would be either on a pullback to $38, or on a breakout above $44. The ideal short opportunity would be on a break below $38.
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Nomi Prins: Tremendously Dangerous Time-Stay Away from Investing in Stock Market

Nomi Prins, a former Goldman Sachs banker, has a warning for a Syrian military strike. She says, "It's a tremendously dangerous time to be moving forward with aggression rather than moving backwards with diplomacy." As far as the stock market goes, Prins says, "I would not put my money in the stock market right now. . . I would stay away from it because that is flimsy ground." Join Greg Hunter as he goes One-on-One with Nomi Prins, best-selling author of "It Takes a Pillage."
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How to Lower Your Term Life Rates

Term life insurance might be a necessary evil, but it doesn’t have to be an expensive one. The advent of online shopping services makes it easier for you to compare competing providers and find the best deal for yourself. In addition to shopping between providers, you can also impact your rates by eliminating unnecessary policy options and by taking better care of yourself to improve your health rating.

Shop Around

Insurance companies can charge wildly different rates for similar coverage. For example, as of July 2, a 42-year-old Midwestern male in excellent health could pay as little as $126.42 or as much as $164.80 per month for a 20-year $1.5 million term policy from insurers offering a "preferred plus" health category. That same person could pay as much as $293.55 per month to an insurer not offering such a category. All three quotes were obtained from insurers with A++ ratings. Shopping around can reduce your premiums.
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