Hot Value Stocks To Buy For 2014

Despite performing well on an operational level and growing sales by more than 10%, several companies in the mining and natural gas sectors failed to impress on the earnings line of their individual income statements. Investors that fail to dive a bit deeper into the results might be scared off during times like this. However, a closer look eases many concerns on a company-specific level.�

Because asset prices fluctuate, the values that they carry on a company's financial statements must be adjusted accordingly. Impairment charges frequently stem from this practice and can affect earnings and the appearance of the balance sheet. During periods of falling commodity prices, like the one metals and natural gas endured in 2012, the effects are expectedly negative. The following video details several companies in the mining and natural gas sectors that felt the ill affects of these account rules.

Hot Value Stocks To Buy For 2014: Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A.(TNE)

Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A. provides integrated telecommunication services in Brazil. It operates in three segments: Fixed-Line Services, Mobile Services, and Other. The Fixed-Line Services segment offers local fixed-line, long-distance, and fixed-line data transmission services, as well as interconnections to its fixed-line network. The Mobile Services segment provides mobile services, including voice, mobile data communications, and other value-added services, as well as interconnections to its mobile network. The Other segment offers pay television, Internet service provider, Internet portal, mobile phone payment system, and call center services. The company also offers data transmission services comprising broadband access. It serves residential customers, governmental agencies, and small, medium, and large companies. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A. is a subsidiary of Telemar Pa rticipacoes S.A.

Hot Value Stocks To Buy For 2014: Canwel Bldg Matls Income Fd(CWX.TO)

CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd. engages in the distribution of a range of building materials, lumber, hardware, and renovation products in Canada. The company?s CanWelBroadLeaf division is involved in warehousing and distributing a range of items, including lumber, treated lumber, panel boards, cement siding, asphalt roofing, foam and fiberglass insulation, engineered wood products, moldings, milled items, ceiling tiles, storage items, adhesives, locks, fasteners, forms and drainage decking, cedar products, flooring, engineered wood, pine boards, and nails for new home construction, home renovation, and manufacturing or industrial applications. This division sells building materials to big box warehouse stores, large independent chains, and large co-operatives, as well as to smaller independent chains, stores, and yards. The company?s Surewood Forest Products division distributes treated and untreated lumber; panels; mill work products comprising spindles, stair par ts, and lattice; and building materials, including wood composites. The company?s CanWel Treating Division engages in the provision of pressure treating services for consumer lumber, as well as for wood products used by construction companies, public utilities, and retailers. CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Top 5 Food Stocks To Watch Right Now: Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.(CNSL)

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications services to residential and business customers in Illinois, Texas, and Pennsylvania. Its telecommunications services include local and long-distance services, high-speed broadband Internet access, standard and high-definition digital television, digital telephone services, custom calling features, private line services, carrier access services, network capacity services over its regional fiber optic network, and competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) services. The company also offers telephone directory publishing services, wholesale transport services on its fiber-optic network in Texas, billing and collection services, inside wiring services, and maintenance services. In addition, it provides automated calling services for correctional facilities; and sells and supports telecommunications equipment, such as key, private branch exchange, and IP-based telephone system s to business customers in Texas and Illinois. The company serves residential customers, and universities and hospitals, as well as retail, commercial, light manufacturing, and service industry accounts in Illinois; manufacturing and retail industries, hospitals, local governments, and school districts in Texas; and small to mid-sized businesses, educational institutions, and healthcare facilities in Pennsylvania. As of December 31, 2011, it had 227,992 local access lines, 110,913 digital subscriber lines, 34,356 Internet protocol digital television subscribers, 9,199 voice over Internet protocol, and 89,774 CLEC access line equivalents. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Mattoon, Illinois.