5 Best Warren Buffett Stocks For 2014

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5 Best Warren Buffett Stocks For 2014: Symax Lift (HOLDING)

Symax Lift (Holding) Co. Ltd. develops, manufactures, and sells elevators, escalators, and stair lifts in China and internationally. It offers a line of standardized products, which include passenger elevators, goods/freight elevators, villa elevators, panorama elevators, hospital elevators, residential and commercial escalators, and moving walkways; and customized elevator products. The company also provides after-sales services, including installation, repair, and maintenance services. It sells its products through a network of agents and distributors. The company is based in Richmond, Canada.

5 Best Warren Buffett Stocks For 2014: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation(SMI)

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, an investment holding company, engages in the computer-aided design, manufacture, packaging, testing, and trade of integrated circuits. It offers a range of technologies from 0.35μm to 65nm with capabilities that include logic, mixed signal/RF CMOS, high voltage, embedded, flash, EEPROM, and CIS technology. The company also provides portfolio of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) blocks from 0.35um to 65nm to support the design needs of customers; ASIC design services; reference flows; mixed-signal/RF PDKs; and multi-project wafer services. In addition, it involves in the design and manufacture of semiconductor masks; and provides assembly and testing, wafer bumping, and wafer probing/testing services. Further, the company offers marketing related activities; operates convenience stores; and manufactures and trades in solar cell related semiconductor products. Its products are used primarily in mobile, network ing, and wireless local area network applications, as well as in consumer and communications products, including digital television, set-top box, mobile, portable media player, and personal digital assistant applications. The company serves integrated device manufacturers, fables semiconductor companies, and system companies principally in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People?s Republic of China.

Best Financial Companies For 2014: Martin Midstream Partners L.P.(MMLP)

Martin Midstream Partners L.P. collects, transports, stores, and markets petroleum products and by-products in the United States Gulf Coast region. The company?s Terminalling and Storage segment owns or operates 27 marine shore based terminal facilities and 12 specialty terminal facilities that provide storage, processing, and handling services for producers and suppliers of petroleum products and by-products, lubricants, and other liquids, including the refining of various grades and quantities of naphthenic lubricants and related products. This segment also offers land rental services to oil and gas companies, and storage and handling services for lubricants and fuel oil. The Natural Gas Services segment is involved in the gathering and processing of natural gas, and distribution of natural gas liquids (NGLs). This segment owns 1 NGL pipeline; and 3 NGL supply and storage facilities, as well as has ownership interests in approximately 719 miles of gathering and transmis sion pipelines located in the natural gas producing regions of east Texas, Northwest Louisiana, the Texas Gulf Coast and offshore Texas and federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The Sulfur Services segment processes and distributes sulfur produced by oil refineries that is primarily used in the production of fertilizers and industrial chemicals. This segment own and operates 6 sulfur-based fertilizer production plants, and 1 emulsified sulfur blending plant that manufacture sulfur-based fertilizer products for wholesale distributors and industrial users; 1 sulfuric acid production plant that processes molten sulfur into sulfuric acid; and 1 ammonium sulfate production plant that processes sulfuric acid into ammonium sulfate. The Marine Transportation segment utilizes a fleet of 41 inland marine tank barges, 20 inland push boats, and 4 offshore tug barge units that transport petroleum products and by-products. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Kilgore, Texas.

5 Best Warren Buffett Stocks For 2014: Salem Communications Corporation(SALM)

Salem Communications Corporation, a multi-media company, develops programs for audiences interested in Christian and conservative opinion content. The company owns and operates radio stations in metropolitan markets; and radio networks that produce and distribute programming, such as talk, news, and music segments to radio stations in the United States, as well as sell commercial airtime to national advertisers on its radio stations and networks, and on independent radio station affiliates. Salem Communications Corporation programs its radio stations in various formats, including Christian teaching and talk, block programming, news talk, contemporary Christian music, Spanish Christian teaching and talk, and business. The company also owns and operates Internet portals, including OnePlace.com, Christianity.com, Crosswalk.com, BibleStudyTools.com, GodTube.com, Townhall.com, HotAir.com, WorshipHouse Media.com, and Jesus.org that provide Christian and conservative themed conte nt, audio and video streaming, and other resources on the Web; and radio station Websites, as well as Salem Consumer Products, a Website that offers books, DVDs, and editorial content. In addition, it produces and distributes Christian and conservative opinion print magazines, including Homecoming The Magazine, YouthWorker Journal, Singing News, FaithTalk Magazine, and Preaching and Townhall Magazine, as well as Xulon Press, a print-on-demand self-publishing service for Christian authors. The company primarily serves not-for-profit charitable organizations and commercial advertisers. Salem Communications Corporation was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Camarillo, California.

5 Best Warren Buffett Stocks For 2014: Deq Systems Corp. (DEQ.V)

DEQ Systems Corp. manufactures and sells auxiliary systems suitable for casino gaming tables worldwide. It offers table game bonusing technology, table games, table game results tracking, and jackpot connectivity solutions. The company�s products include table games comprising EZ Baccarat, EZ Pai Gow, and Caribbean Stud Poker; i3 technology side betting system; i3 progressive paytables, such as 5 Card Hand Bonus, Bad Beat Blackjack Progressive, and Progressive Pai Gow Poker tables; and Real Link, a secure wireless progressive jackpot management system, which links and manages various casino locations to a single shared table game progressive jackpot. Its patents and products also comprise multiple credit betting on the player�s and dealer�s hand, denomination betting flexibility, electronic credit bank, and electronic rake, as well as baccarat and blackjack hand tracking. In addition, the company offers G3 System side bet bonusing with progressive and random jackpot pri zes and slot machine style mystery bonusing; Dragon 7 and Panda 8 optional side wagers; EZ TRAK system, an LCD-based hand tracking system that provides players with valuable statistical data; and EZ Pai Gow, which accelerates the speed of Pai Gow poker. Further, it engages in the development of intellectual property related to table game bonusing; IP license management; lease and sale of table game bonusing technology; sale of patent rights; and collection of royalties. DEQ Systems Corp. is headquartered in L茅vis, Canada.