Top Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014

With shares of Molycorp (NYSE:MCP) trading around $5, is MCP an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let�� analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:

T = Trends for a Stock’s Movement

Molycorp engages in the production and sale of rare earth products that include oxides, metals, alloys, and magnets for various inputs in existing and emerging applications comprising clean energy technologies, multiple high-tech uses, defense applications, and water treatment technology. The research and exploration of rare earth products has been a hot trend in recent times. If these products to indeed produce significant results, companies like Molycorp stand to see explosive growth. As these technologies continue to be developed, look for Molycorp to make enormous profits if they become mainstream.

T = Technicals on the Stock Chart are Weak

Molycorp stock has witnessed a fair amount of selling pressure that has taken it to relatively low prices. The stock seems to be stabilizing at these prices but there does not seem to be an indication of a trend. Analyzing the price trend and its strength can be done using key simple moving averages. What are the key moving averages? The 50-day (pink), 100-day (blue), and 200-day (yellow) simple moving averages. As seen in the daily price chart below, Molycorp is trading slightly below its key averages which signal neutral to bearish price action in the near-term.

Top Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: Groupworks Financial Corp(GWC.V)

People Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides human resource, and group benefit and retirement services for companies in Canada. It offers employee group benefit consulting, pension consulting, strategic human resource consulting, student benefits consulting, and third party benefits administration services, as well as recruiting, executive search, and career transition and career management services. The company was formerly known as Groupworks Financial Corp. and changed its name to People Corporation in October 2011. People Corporation was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

Top Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: Austal Ltd(ASB.AX)

Austal Limited engages in the design and construction of aluminum vessels worldwide. The company offers passenger ferries, vehicle-passenger ferries, and offshore vessels for commercial applications; cruise yachts, dinner harbor cruise, live-aboards, and private vessels for leisure and tourism applications; and naval vessels, patrol boats, and auxiliary vessels for defense applications. Its products also include theatre support vessels, combat ships, multi-role vessels, and motor yachts. In addition, the company also offers systems and electronics for the defense, paramilitary, and civil markets, such as real time digital communications networks, and command and control systems for ships and aircraft. Further, it provides vessel support and maintenance services, including contract maintenance, refit and repair, spare parts, training, ship management support services, and consultancy, as well as is involved in chartering vessels. Austal Limited was founded in 1988 and is he adquartered in Henderson, Australia.

Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Invest In 2014: Covalon Technologies Ltd (COV.V)

Covalon Technologies, Ltd., a medical biosystems company, engages in the development and sale of medical products in Canada. It provides therapeutic biomaterials for wound care and surgical applications and coatings. The company�s anti-microbial silver ion-releasing technology is effective against antibiotic resistant bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli, yeasts, and other microbes. Covalon Technologies serves medical device manufacturers and suppliers. It has a strategic alliance agreement with Amsino International Inc. Covalon Technologies, Ltd. was formerly known as Uroteq Inc. and changed its name to Covalon Technologies Ltd. in March 2004. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Mississauga, Canada.

Top Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: Blackrock Debt Strategies Fund Inc. (DSU)

BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is co managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC and BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. It invests in the public fixed income markets of the United States. The fund invests in the securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in High Yield and corporate bonds with an average credit rating of Ba or lower by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. The fund was formerly known as Debt Strategies Fund Inc. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. was formed on March 27, 1998 and is domiciled in the United States.

Top Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A.(SQM)

Chemical and Mining Company of Chile Inc. engages in the production and sale of fertilizers and specialty chemicals in Chile and internationally. The company?s specialty plant nutrients include potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, sodium potassium nitrate, and specialty blends for crops, such as vegetables, fruits, flowers, potatoes, and cotton, as well as Ultrasol for application via fertigation; Qrop for field application; Speedfol for foliar application; Allganic for organic farming; and Nutrilake for aquaculture. It also produces iodine and iodine derivatives, which are used in a range of medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and industrial applications, including X-ray contrast media, polarizing films for liquid crystal displays (LCDs), antiseptics, biocides, and disinfectants; and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, herbicides, electronics, pigments, dye components, and heat stabilizers. In addition, the company provides lithium carbonate for use in various applicat ions comprising batteries, frits for the ceramic and enamel industries, heat-resistant glass, primary aluminum, lithium bromine for use in air conditioner equipment, and continuous casting powder for steel extrusion, pharmaceuticals, and lithium derivatives; and lithium hydroxide, which is used as a raw material in the lubricating grease industry. Further, it offers various industrial chemicals, such as sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, and boric acid; and potassium chloride and potassium sulfate. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Santiago, Chile.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Chris Damas]

  Other players, such as K+S (KPLUY.PK), Israel Chemicals and APC, Belaruskali and Soquimich (SQM) maintained their world shares at Uralkali's expense.

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Amid the boom in Latin America lately, Chile has produced substantial amounts of economic success. But the drop in commodities markets around the world has weighed on resource-reliant industries, and Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE: SQM  ) is one of the companies that has suffered from that trend. On Tuesday, the company will release its latest quarterly results, and investors are nervous about whether SQM will be able to meet the growth expectations they have for the chemical company.

• [By Dan Newman]

  Resilient resources
  While weakness in fertilizer markets hurt Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE: SQM  ) this year, higher sales volume and margins in other businesses helped the company grow earnings 19% over 2012. Sociedad has a hand in many industrial resources, from iodine to lithium, and it boasts healthy double-digit profit margins. It is also expanding its production capacity to keep up with a world hungry for more fertilizer-based food and lithium-based batteries. Still, the company failed to meet recent expectations and has missed the market rally this year. If markets get spooked and head downward, investors could find peace of mind in the intrinsic value of Sociedad's physical resources, as well as its 2.6% dividend yield.

Top Clean Energy Companies To Watch For 2014: Prudential Public Limited Company(PUK)

Prudential plc provides retail financial products and services, and asset management services to individuals and businesses in Asia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It offers savings, protection, investment, and unit-linked products; manages investments across a range of asset classes for internal, retail, and institutional clients; manages onshore mutual funds; and provides retirement planning, consumer and Islamic finance, and health solutions. The company also provides retirement savings and income solutions; variable annuities; fixed and fixed index annuities; term life, universal life, and variable universal life insurance; permanent individual life insurance; and institutional products, such as guaranteed investment contracts, funding agreements, and medium term note funding agreements. In addition, it offers pensions and annuities; investment plans; and car, health, home, travel, and protection insurance policies. Further, Prudential plc provides fund man agement services for individual and institutional clients. The company was founded in 1848 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By David O��ara]

  Prudential
  Back in January, analysts were forecasting that�Prudential� (LSE: PRU  ) (NYSE: PUK  ) �would make EPS for the year of 77.1 pence per share. Following a series of steady upgrades, that figure is now 83.6 pence.