10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014

LONDON -- The�FTSE 100�has been hovering around yesterday's levels all morning, rising to set a new five-year record of 6,593 points at midday, to then fall back to 6,583 points as I write -- bang on its previous close. Although strong company earnings have pushed up the index of top U.K. shares in recent days, there have been a few weaker updates that are holding it back a little today.

Which shares are not doing so well? Here are three from the various indexes that are dropping today:

Wm. Morrison
Shares in�Wm. Morrison Supermarkets�dipped 7.7 pence (2.6%) to 288 pence, after the firm reported a drop in performance in its first quarter. For the 13 weeks to 5 May, total sales excluding fuel fell by 0.6%, with like-for-like sales down 1.8%. Shareholders will also, presumably, be disappointed by the ongoing absence of�online shopping at Morrisons, though chief executive Dalton Phillips did say, "Strategically, our ambition of building a genuinely multi-format, multi-channel Morrisons is right on track".

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Scantech Ltd(SCD.AX)

Scantech Limited, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets scientific and industrial instruments for resource sector, including cement, coal, and minerals industries in Australia and internationally. It also offers consulting services to the coal industry and in-field support of scientific and industrial instruments. The company?s products include GEOSCAN?M, a real time elemental analyzer, for a range of industries, including iron, copper, phosphate, nickel, manganese, bauxite, and zinc. It also provides IRONSCAN and Model 1500 Natural Gamma Minerals Monitor, which is used for dilution monitoring, mine optimization, plant process control, uranium ore grade monitoring and control, and mineral sand grade monitoring; COALSCAN, a real time coal quality analyzer used for automated blending, sorting, washery optimization, loadout quality control, and moisture for coal production market, as well as for stockpile management, contract surveillance, automated blending, b unker-feed monitoring, and moisture applications for power generation sector. In addition, the company offers GEOSCAN-C for mine feedback and control, limestone sorting, stockpile building, and raw mix proportioning in cement manufacturing; CIFA for carbon in fly ash monitoring; and CM100 Moisture Monitor for use in moisture monitoring of coke and sinter feed for blast furnaces in steel production. Further, it provides TBM 200 Series Microwave Moisture Monitor for use in moisture monitoring, dust management, filter and dryer control, tonnage correction, and metal accounting. Additionally, the company offers a range of technical services, including installation support, commissioning, calibration, and maintenance of real time analyzers, as well as provides spare parts. Scantech Limited was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Camden Park, Australia.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: British American Tobacco Industries p.l.c.(BTI)

British American Tobacco p.l.c., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of tobacco products. The company offers cigars, cigarettes, smokeless snus, roll-your-own, and pipe tobacco products under the Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Rothmans, Peter Stuyvesant, Benson & Hedges, and State Express 555 brand names. It has operations in the Asia-Pacific, the Americas, eastern and western Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. British American Tobacco p.l.c. operates independently of Remgro Ltd. as of November 03, 2008.

Best Stocks For 2014: Amplifon Spa(AMP.MI)

Amplifon SpA engages in the distribution, fitting, and personalization of hearing aids and related products, and connected services designed for hearing disabilities worldwide. It offers various hearing systems/aids, batteries, consumables, repairs, accessories, spare parts and services, and biomedical products. The company distributes its products through direct points of sale; and indirect points of sale, such as franchisees and wholesale channels. Amplifon SpA operates approximately 3,200 specialist stores, 1,600 affiliated shops, and 2,200 authorized centers. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. Amplifon S.p.A. is a subsidiary of Ampliter N.V.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Hawaiian Holdings Inc.(HA)

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., engages in the scheduled air transportation of passengers and cargo. It offers daily service on transpacific routes between Hawaii and Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington, as well as daily service on its inter island routes among the four islands of the State of Hawaii. The company also provides scheduled service on its Pacific routes between Hawaii and Pago Pago, American Samoa; Papeete, Tahiti; Sydney, Australia; Manila, Philippines; Tokyo, Japan; and Seoul, South Korea, as well as other ad hoc charters. As of December 31, 2010, its fleet consisted of 15 Boeing 717-200 aircraft for its interisland routes; 18 Boeing 767-300; and 3 Airbus A330-200 aircrafts for its transpacific, Pacific, and charter routes. Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSM)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a Taiwan-based company principally engaged in the research, development, manufacture and distribution of integrated circuit (IC) related products. The Company operates its businesses through wafer manufacture, mask production, wafer testing and packaging components. The Company also involves in the provision of production management, customer services and design services. Its products and services are applied in the manufacture of personal computers and peripheral products, information related products, wire and wireless communication systems, automobile and industrial equipment, as well as consumer electronic products, such as digital disk players, digital televisions (TVs), game consoles, digital cameras, among others. Its customers include Altera, AMD, Broadcom, Marvell, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Analog Devices, Freescale, NXP and Texas Instruments, among others. In July 2010, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. acquired mechanical and engineering equipment from ASML HONG KONG LTD. In September 2010, the Company acquired a set of equipments from ASML HONG KONG LTD. In December 2010, the Company acquired a set of equipment from TOKYO ELECTRON LTD., KLA-TENCOR CORP. and NOVELLUS SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL,B.V. In January 2011, the Company announced that it had acquired a set of equipment from KLA-TENCOR CORP., a set of equipment and facility, and another set of equipment from VARIAN SEMI. EQUIP. ASSOCIATES GmbH. In March 2011, the Company acquired a set of equipments from Rudolph Technologies, Inc.In March 2011, the Company acquired a set of equipments from Rudolph Technologies, Inc. In May 2011, it acquired a set of equipments form APPLIED MATERIALS SOUTH EAST ASIA PACIFIC LTD., Hamatech APE Gmbh and CO. KG, TOKYO ELECTRON LTD., DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD., and VARIAN SEMI. EQUIP. ASSOCIATES GMBH.

TSMC's customers include semiconductor companies, ranging from fabless semiconductor and systems companies, such as Advanced Micro Devices, In! c., Altera Corporation, Broadcom Corporation, Marvell Semiconductor Inc., MediaTek Inc., nVidia Corporation and Qualcomm Incorporated, to integrated device manufacturers, such as LSI Corporation, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments Inc. Fabless semiconductor and system companies accounted for approximately 80%, and integrated device manufacturers accounted for approximately 20% of its net sales as of December 31, 2009.

The Company manufactures semiconductors using CMOS and BiCMOS processes. The BiCMOS process combines the speed of the bipolar circuitry and the power consumption and density of the CMOS circuitry. It uses the CMOS process to manufacture logic semiconductors, memory semiconductors, including static random access memory (SRAM), flash memory, mixed-signal/ radio frequency (RF) semiconductors, which combine analog and digital circuitry in a single semiconductor, micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS), which combines micrometer featured mechanical parts, analog and digital circuitry in a single semiconductor, and embedded memory semiconductors, which combine logic and memory in a single semiconductor. The BiCMOS process is used to make high-end mixed-signal and other types of semiconductors.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: MONEYSUPERMARKET.COM GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.02(WI)

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides online price comparison services in the United Kingdom. The company, through its Web sites moneysupermarket.com and travelsupermarket.com, provides online services to compare various products in the money, insurance, travel, and home services markets. It offers comparison services for financial products, including loans, credit cards, current accounts, mortgages, debt solutions, savings accounts, and business finance; insurance products, such as home insurance, life insurance, medical and motor insurance, breakdown cover, mortgage payment protection, payment protection, and pet and travel insurance; travel products comprising airport parking, car hire, flights, hotels, and package holidays; and home services products consisting of products for broadband, mobile telephones, vouchers, shopping, and utilities. The company also offers support services to customers to research the product they wish to purc hase, as well as sends emails to customers, enabling them to keep up to date with the latest deals, offers, and best buys on a range of products. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Chester, the United Kingdom.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Convio Inc.(CNVO)

Convio, Inc. provides on-demand constituent engagement solutions that enable nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to raise funds, advocate for change, and cultivate relationships with donors, activists, volunteers, alumni, and other constituents in North America. Its integrated solutions include Convio Online Marketing (COM) platform, and Convio Common Ground CRM, a constituent relationship management application. The COM platform enables NPOs to harness the potential of the Internet and social media as new channels for constituent engagement and fundraising. The Common Ground delivers next-generation donor management capabilities, and integrates marketing activities across online and offline channels. The company also offers Convio Open, an open platform that allows NPOs to evolve their online marketing strategies; and Convio Go!, a structured program consisting of selected COM modules and specialized cohort-based services designed for mid-market NPOs new to online marketing an d fundraising. Convio, Inc.?s software enables its clients and partners to customize and extend its functionality. In addition, it provides account management, technical support, and deployment services, as well as strategic planning, campaign management, Web design, data analytics, benchmarking, campaign analytics, data integration, training, data warehousing, business intelligence, analytics/modeling, strategic consultation, and marketing execution services. The company sells its solutions through a direct sales force, as well as through a network of partners, including interactive agencies, direct marketing agencies, public affairs firms, and complementary technology companies. Convio, Inc. serves approximately 1,400 NPO clients, including charities. The company?s clients deliver approximately 4 billion emails to 140 million email addresses to accomplish their missions. Convio, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Caribou Coffee Company Inc.(CBOU)

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. owns and operates coffeehouses. The company offers premium coffee and espresso-based beverages, as well as specialty teas, handcrafted beverages, foods, coffee lifestyle items, branded merchandise, and related products. It also sells whole bean and ground coffee to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, office coffee providers, airlines, hotels, sports and entertainment venues, college campuses, and online customers. In addition, the company sells blended coffees and licenses its Caribou Coffee brand to Keurig, Inc. for sale and use in its K-Cup single serve line of business. Further, Caribou Coffee Company franchises its brand to partners to operate Caribou Coffee branded kiosks and coffeehouses, as well as sells Caribou Coffee branded products to partners for resale in these franchised locations. As of July 3, 2011, it operated 407 company-owned coffeehouses located in 16 states and the District of Columbia; and 147 franchised coffeehouses in th e United States and international markets. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Roberto Pedone]

  One stock in the restaurant complex that has started to break out is Caribou Coffee(CBOU_). This company is engaged in operating coffeehouse in the U.S. The stock is off to a hot start in 2011, with shares up by over 35%.

  If you look at the chart for Caribou Coffee, you'll notice that this stock was hammered by the sellers from its August high of $17.40 to a recent low of $10.32 a share. Since marking that low, the stock has spiked big and now trades at just over $14 a share. What's even more noteworthy is that now the stock is starting to break out above some past overhead resistance at around $13.50 and above its 50-day moving average of $13.32 a share. This should easily set the stock up to make a run at its next significant r esistance level of $15 a share, or possibly much higher.

  If you're bullish on this stock, you could simply get long on off any noticeable weakness. I would place a stop just below $13.50 a share in case this breakout fails. I would add to this position only if the stock takes out $15 a share with heavy volume. Look for volume that's tracking in close to or above its three-month average action of 672,400 shares.

  This stock has a decent short interest -- around 6% of the tradable float is currently sold short by the bears. Caribou only has 18.35 million shares in its float, so this breakout could easily spark a massive short squeeze in the coming days or weeks. Keep this name on your trading radar.

  Caribou is one of TheStreet Ratings' top-rated restaurant and hotel stocks.

• [By James K. Glassman]

  Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company is a superb fund (it has an annualized return of 13.4% over the past ten years) that is closed to new investors. But we can still poach ideas from its portfolio. One of the best is Caribou Coffee (CBOU), a Starbucks competitor (with a better product, in this coffee drinker's opinion) whose sales have held up well. Analysts, on average, forecast that the company, which has nearly 500 stores, will boost its earnings by 30% in 2011. And the company has no debt.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Exoma Energy Ltd (EXE.AX)

Exoma Energy Limited engages in the exploration of oil and gas properties in Australia. The company explores for conventional oil, shale oil, and gas and coal seam gas contained in coal and carbonaceous shales. Exoma Energy Limited holds a 50% interest in 5 exploration permits covering an area of approximately 27,000 square kilometers of the Eromanga and Galilee Basins in Central Queensland. The company is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia.

10 Best High Tech Stocks To Own For 2014: Terex Corporation(TEX)

Terex Corporation manufactures capital goods machinery products worldwide. Its Aerial Work Platforms segment offers portable material lifts, portable aerial work platforms, trailer-mounted articulating booms and light towers, self-propelled articulating and telescopic booms, scissor lifts, telehandlers, and bridge inspection and utility equipment under the Terex and Genie brands. The company?s Construction segment provides off-highway trucks and material handlers; loader backhoes, compaction equipment, mini and midi excavators, site dumpers, compact track loaders, skid steer loaders, wheel loaders, and tunneling equipment; and asphalt and concrete equipment, and landfill compactors principally under the Terex name. Its Cranes segment offers mobile telescopic and tower cranes, lattice boom crawler and truck cranes, and truck-mounted cranes; and straddle and sprinter carriers, gantry cranes, ship-to-shore cranes, reach stackers, empty and full container handlers, and genera l cargo lift trucks under the Terex brand. The company?s Material Handling and Port Solutions segment provides standard and process cranes, rope and chain hoists, electric motors, and light crane systems; and crane components and port equipment, such as mobile harbor and automated stacking cranes, and automated guided vehicles, as well as terminal automation technology, including software under the Demag and Gottwald names. Its Materials Processing segment offers crushers, washing systems, screens, apron feeders, chippers, and related components and replacement parts under the Terex and Powerscreen brands. The company provides financing solutions to assist customers in the rental, leasing, and acquisition of its products. It serves construction, infrastructure, quarrying, mining, manufacturing, shipping, transportation, refining, energy, and utility industries through dealers, rental companies, direct sales, and major accounts. The company was founded in 1925 and is based i n Westport, Connecticut.