Top Japanese Stocks To Own For 2014

European stocks rose as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said his country will rely on Germany to lead the euro out of its crisis and boost the global economy as European leaders begin to tackle soaring unemployment after three years of budget cuts. Asian shares fell.

SAP AG (SAP) rose 0.7 percent after ending talks to buy Jive Software (JIVE) Inc. Club Mediterranee (CU) SA, the French holiday-resort operator, jumped 24 percent after saying that it got a friendly bid from two shareholders.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index climbed 0.3 percent to 304.28 at 8:08 a.m. London time. European stocks posted their first weekly loss in more than a month last week as investors debated when the Federal Reserve will scale back momentary stimulus, Chinese manufacturing unexpectedly shrank and Japanese markets slid. U.S. markets are closed for the Memorial Day holiday today. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 1.3 percent.

Top Japanese Stocks To Own For 2014: Reg Technologies Inc. (RRE.V)

Reg Technologies Inc., a development stage company, focuses on developing and commercially exploiting the Rand Cam/RadMax rotary technology, an improved axial vane type rotary engine. The company intends to offer its Rand Cam/RadMax rotary technology, which is used in the design of lightweight and high efficiency engines, compressors, and pumps. The company was formerly known as Reg Resources Corp. and changed its name to Reg Technologies Inc. in February 1993 to reflect its main area of business development. Reg Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

Top Japanese Stocks To Own For 2014: Anglesey Mining(AYM.L)

Anglesey Mining plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties. The company principally holds an interest in Labrador iron project that develops 20 direct shipping iron ore deposits located in north-eastern Quebec, Canada. It also owns Parys Mountain project that explores zinc, copper, lead, silver, and gold located in north Wales, the United Kingdom. The company is based in Anglesey, the United Kingdom.

Top Retail Stocks For 2014: Met-Pro Corporation (MPR)

Met-Pro Corporation manufactures and sells product recovery and pollution control equipment for the purification of air and liquids, fluid handling equipment, and filtration and purification products. The company�s Product Recovery/Pollution Control Technologies segment provides solutions and products for product recovery and pollution control applications in metal finishing and plating, wastewater treatment, composting, food processing, ethanol production, chemical, petrochemical, printed circuit, semiconductor, steel pickling, battery manufacturing, groundwater remediation, automotive, aerospace, furniture, painting, electronics, printing, and pharmaceutical industries. Its Fluid Handling Technologies segment manufactures horizontal, vertical, and in-tank centrifugal pumps used for the pumping of acids, brines, caustics, bleaches, seawater, waste liquids, and high temperature liquids for industrial and commercial applications. This segment serves various industrial mark ets, including the chemical, petrochemical, refinery, pharmaceutical, plastics, pulp and paper, and food processing industries, as well as commercial users, such as hospitals, universities, and laboratories. The company�s Mefiag Filtration Technologies segment designs, manufactures, and sells filtration systems. Its Filtration/Purification Technologies segment offers chemicals for the treatment of municipal drinking water systems, and boiler and cooling tower systems; cartridges and filter housings; filtration products for industrial air and liquid applications; custom pleaters, filter cartridges, and standard filters; and water treatment compounds. The company markets and sells its products through its personnel, distributors, representatives, agents, regional sales managers, market-based distributors, and original equipment manufacturers in the United States and internationally. Met-Pro Corporation was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Harleysville, Pennsylvania.

Top Japanese Stocks To Own For 2014: Potomac Electric Power Company(POM)

Pepco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity. The company also distributes and supplies natural gas. It distributes electricity to approximately 1.8 million customers in the mid-Atlantic region and delivers natural gas to approximately 123,000 customers in Delaware. In addition, the company involves in the retail supply of electricity and natural gas; provision of energy efficiency services to federal, state, and local government customers; and designs, constructs, and operates combined heat and power and central energy plants, as well as owns and operates two oil-fired generation facilities. Further, it offers high voltage electric construction and maintenance services, low voltage electric construction and maintenance services, and streetlight construction and asset management services to utilities, municipalities, and other customers in the Washington, District of Columbia. Additionally, the company holds investments in eight cross-border energy leases. Pepco Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1896 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rahemtulla]

  Pepco Holdings (POM) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, growth in earnings per share and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

  Pepco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity. The company also distributes and supplies natural gas. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.4, above the average utilities industry P/E ratio of 20.4 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Pepco has a market cap of $4.3 billion and is part of the utilities sector and utilities industry. Shares are up 1% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

• [By Tom Bishop]

  Pepco Holdings (POM) operates as a diversified energy company. It operates in two divisions, Power Delivery and Competitive Energy. The company cut dividends by 40% in 2001 to 25 cents/share, and has since raised them by 8& to 27 cents/share. Based off forward 2011 EPS, the payout ratio is over 85%. Yield: 5.80%.