5 Best Freight Stocks To Own For 2014

On this day in economic and business history...

FedEx (NYSE: FDX  ) took off into business legend on April 17, 1973, when 14 Dassault Falcon 20s took off from Memphis International Airport. The successful delivery of 186 packages to 25 different cities was the first step toward realizing FedEx founder Fred W. Smith's ambition to reshape the global air-freight distribution system. However, it was only a first step. The rest of the road would take FedEx to places no delivery company had been before. Before we dive into the FedEx story, let's note that Smith's ambition makes a worthy counterpoint to would-be entrepreneurs who dismiss the value of college: He first developed the idea for FedEx at Yale in the 1960s, compiling his thoughts into a term paper on the inefficiencies of the "modern" air transport system of that day.

5 Best Freight Stocks To Own For 2014: Total Access Comm Pub Co Ltd (B2W.SI)

Total Access Communication Public Company Limited provides wireless telecommunication services in Thailand. It operates its mobile business on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands. The company offers telephone, international roaming, voice, and interconnection services; value added services on mobile phones; and mobile Internet, online social network, and other data services. It also engages in base station sublease business; the sale of telephone sets, smart phones and tablets, SIM cards, SIM card packages, refill vouchers, and starter kits. As of December 31, 2011, the company had 23.2 million subscribers. Total Access Communication Public Company Limited was founded in 1989 and is based in Bangkok, Thailand.

5 Best Freight Stocks To Own For 2014: Hampson Ind(HAMP.L)

Hampson Industries plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and supply of engineered products to customers in the aerospace and specialist engineering markets worldwide. The company?s Aerospace Composites & Transparencies segment offers composite and metallic airframe structures and components, integrated structural assemblies, high temperature composite aero engine components, and precision moulds and mandrels used in the manufacture of composite wing and fuselage tools. This segment also offers airframe and aero engine assembly jigs and fixtures, military aircraft canopies, anti-ballistic transparencies for ground-based vehicles, and tooling for space and satellite applications. Its Aerospace Components & Structures segment provides metallic airframe components, structural metallic airframe assemblies and sub-assemblies, military aircraft modification kits, solid and peelable laminated shims, and specialist polymer seals and gaskets for airframe manufac turers, prime contractors, and tier-one suppliers. Hampson Industries plc was founded in 1947 and is based in Brierley Hill, the United Kingdom.

Best Japanese Stocks To Buy Right Now: FUTURE GBP0.01(FUTR.L)

Future plc publishes special-interest consumer magazines and Websites in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. The company?s Technology segment focuses on consumer electronics, computing, photography, and digital activities. It offers magazines, including T3, MacLife, MacFormat, Tap!, Maximum PC, Linux Format, Digital Camera, Practical Photoshop, PhotoPlus, .net, Computer Arts, and Windows: The Official Magazine; and techradar.com, T3.com, gizmodo.co.uk, maximumpc.com, maclife.com, T3 edition for iPad, Tap! edition for iPad, and MacLife Tablet edition Websites, as well as organizes T3 Gadget Awards, Digital Camera Photographer of the Year Awards, and .net Awards. The company?s Games segment offers console and PC gaming products comprising Xbox 360: The Official Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine, Official Nintendo Magazine, Nintendo Power, PC Gamer, Edge, and GamesMaster magazines; and gamesradar.com, computerandvideogames.com, pcgamer.com, Qore, and Access TV Websites, as well as organizes Golden Joystick Award events. Its Music and Movies segment focuses on films and music. This segment provides Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Guitarist, Total Guitar, Rhythm, Computer Music, Total Film, and SFX magazines; and Websites consisting of musicradar.com, totalfilm.com, and sfx.co.uk, as well as organizes events, such as Classic Rock Roll of Honour, Golden Gods Awards, Metal Hammer Live Tours, and High Voltage Festival. The company?s Active segment focuses on sports, automotive, hobbies, and crafts. It offers Procycling, Cycling Plus, Mountain Biking UK, Triathlon Plus, Fast Bikes, Fast Car, Total Vauxhall, Mollie Makes, Simply Knitting, CrossStitcher, Your Family Tree, and Your Knitting Life magazines; and bikeradar.com, cyclingnews.com, themakingspot.com, and weheartcraft.co.uk Websites, as well as organizes Stitch and Craft Show, TRAX, Total Vauxhall Live, and Ford Fair events. Future plc was founded in 1985 and is based in B ath, the United Kingdom.

5 Best Freight Stocks To Own For 2014: AEP Industries Inc.(AEPI)

AEP Industries Inc. engages in the production, manufacture, and distribution of plastic packaging products in the United States and Canada. The company offers a line of polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, and polypropylene flexible packaging products for consumer, industrial, and agricultural applications. Its products include custom films for industrial applications, including sheeting, tubing, and bags; films that protect items stored outdoors or in transit, such as boats and cars; a range of shrink films, barrier films, and overwrap films; stretch film products for hand wrap and rotary applications; and pre stretch and high performance products for commodity and specialty uses. The company also provides food wraps products, including blown plastic film fold-top bags, twist-tie bags, and food containers under the Seal Wrap brand for the supermarket and industrial markets; a range of coextruded polyolefin films and monolayer films for food, pharmaceutical, and medical appli cations; and canliners product line comprising trash bags and institutional bags. In addition, it offers printed rollstock to the food and beverage industries, and manufacturing and distributing companies; and unplasticized polyvinyl chloride films for use in battery labels, twist films, and credit card laminates; and various film products with agricultural applications, such as silage, smooth mulch films, and fumigation films. Further, the company provides disposable consumer and institutional plastic products, which include table covers and skirts, aisle runners, aprons, bibs, gloves, boots, freezer/storage bags, saddle pack bags, locker wrap and custom imprint designs for the food service, party supply, and school/collegiate markets under the Sta-Dri brand. AEP Industries Inc. markets its products directly to end-users, as well as through distributors. The company was founded in 1970 and is based in South Hackensack, New Jersey.

5 Best Freight Stocks To Own For 2014: Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc.(OPTR)

Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing hospital specialty products worldwide. It develops products that treat gastrointestinal infections and related diseases. The company provides two late-stage anti-infective product candidates, including Fidaxomicin, a narrow spectrum antibiotic for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-infection, which completed two Phase 3 trials; and Pruvel, a prodrug in the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics, has completed two Phase 3 trials for the treatment of infectious diarrhea, including traveler?s diarrhea. It also develops product candidates using its proprietary technology Optimer One-Pot Synthesis, a computer-aided technology that enables the rapid synthesis of various proprietary molecules. In addition, the company?s other pipeline product candidates consist of CEM-101 (OP-1068), a macrolide and ketolide antibiotic, which is in Phase 2 trials for the treatment of upper and lower respiratory tract infections; and OPT-822/821, a novel carbohydrate-based cancer immunotherapy, is in Phase 2/3 trials for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. It has collaborative agreements with Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.; Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Nippon Shinyaku, Co., Ltd.; Cempra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; and The Scripps Research Institute. Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in San Diego, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lowell]

  Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OPTR) focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing hospital specialty products worldwide and has a market cap of $729.76 million.

  Net institutional shares purchased over the current quarter come in at seven million, which is 16.56% of the company’s 42.26 million-share float. The stock’s longest winning streak over the last month was seven days, while the longest losing streak was three days, or a win streak/lose streak ratio of 2.33.

  The stock is a short squeeze candidate, with a short float at 15.87% (equivalent to 8.3 days of average volume). The stock has had a couple of great days, gaining 22.44% over the last week.