Hot Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014

China�� stocks rose the most in a week, led by financial companies, after valuations on the benchmark index dropped to a four-month low.

Poly Real Estate Group Co. and Haitong Securities Co. advanced at least 1.4 percent, driving financial stocks to the biggest gain in two weeks. Drugmaker Yunnan Baiyao Group Co. and Goertek Inc., a supplier to Apple Inc., surged to record highs. BYD Co., the automaker partially owned by Warren Buffett�� Berkshire Hathaway Inc., jumped 6.5 percent after the Shanghai Securities News reported the government may issue subsidies for renewable-energy cars.

The Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP) rose 1.4 percent to 2,205.50 at the close, rebounding from the lowest level since Dec. 24. The benchmark index slipped 0.2 percent yesterday after a private report showed decelerating manufacturing growth. Data today showed service industries expanded at a slower pace.

��his is a technical rebound after investors digested bad manufacturing data yesterday,��said Mao Sheng, an analyst for Huaxi Securities Co. in Chengdu.

Hot Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: OMEGA IURANCE HLDGS LTD COM STK USD0.10(OIH.L)

Omega Insurance Holdings Limited operates as an insurance and reinsurance company in Bermuda, London, Chicago, and Cologne. The company primarily underwrites short-tail property insurance and reinsurance accounts, with a focus on small and medium sized insureds and reinsuring smaller insurance companies. It offers property catastrophe treaty reinsurance, property per risk treaty reinsurance, non-marine property insurance, liability insurance and reinsurance, marine insurance and reinsurance, motor insurance and reinsurance, and professional indemnity insurance, as well as satellite, aviation, war, fine art, personal accident, and kidnap and ransom insurance or reinsurance. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Hot Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Southside Bancshares Inc.(SBSI)

Southside Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Southside Bank that provides financial products and services to individuals, businesses, municipal entities, and non-profit organizations. Its deposit products include savings, money market, interest and noninterest bearing checking accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company?s consumer loan services consists of 1-4 family residential mortgage, home equity, home improvement, automobile, and other installment loans; and commercial loan services comprise short-term working capital loans for inventory and accounts receivable, short and medium-term loans for equipment or other business capital expansion, commercial real estate loans, and municipal loans. It also offers construction loans for 1-4 family residential and commercial real estate. In addition, Southside Bancshares provides trust services that include investment, management, administration, and advisory services; safe deposit services; brokerage s ervices; and automated telephone, Internet, and electronic banking services. The company, through its subsidiary, Southside Financial Group, LLC engages in the purchase of automobile loan portfolios from lenders in the United States. Southside Bancshares operates 48 banking centers in Tyler, Longview, Lindale, Gresham, Jacksonville, Bullard, Chandler, Hawkins, Seven Points, Palestine, Forney, Gun Barrel City, Athens, Whitehouse, Fort Worth, Arlington, and Austin, of which 19 are located in grocery stores; 12 motor bank facilities; and 50 automated teller machines. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Tyler, Texas.

Top 5 Bank Stocks To Watch Right Now: Unum Group(UNM)

Unum Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides group and individual disability insurance products primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It also provides a portfolio of other insurance products, including employer-and employee-paid group benefits, life insurance, long-term care insurance, and related services. Its products include group long-term and short-term disability; group life and accidental death, and dismemberment; individual disability; group long-term care; voluntary benefits; group life; accident, sickness, and disability; and cancer and critical illness insurance products. The company also provides individual life and corporate-owned life insurance, reinsurance pools and management operations, group pension, health insurance, and individual annuities. Unum Group markets its products primarily to employers interested in providing benefits to their employees. The company sells its products through field sales personnel, independent brokers, consultants, and agency sales force. Unum Group was founded in 1848 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Among the biggest losers in the S&P 500: Air Products and Chemicals (APD), which dropped 3.3% to $103.20 as its Bill Ackman bounce fades, Charles Schwab (SCHW), which fell 2.4% to $21.76 as it became the 165th most popular short in the S&P 500, and Unum Group (UNM), which finished off 2.3% at $29.63 after Barron’s Sandra Ward recommended investors take profits on the insurance company.

• [By Rich Duprey]

  Specialty insurance provider�Unum (NYSE: UNM  ) announced yesterday its third-quarter dividend of $0.145 per share, an 11% increase to the payout made last quarter of $0.13 per share.

Hot Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Icap Ord 10p(IAP.L)

ICAP plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a voice and electronic interdealer broker. The company provides post trade risk and information services. It involves in commodities, credit, electronic and emerging, equities, foreign exchange, futures, interest rates, and equity derivatives markets, as well as in post trade risk services and shipping. The company provides information services that cover real-time, end-of-day, and historical market data products; post-trade processing, portfolio compression, and reconciliation and risk management services; and independent analysis, third party subscription, and education services. It operates primarily in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, as well as in the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Hot Financial Stocks To Invest In 2014: Deutsche Bank AG(DB)

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft provides investment, financial, and related products and services. The company?s Corporate and Investment Bank division engages in the origination, sale, structuring, and trading of bonds, equities and equity-linked products, exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivatives, foreign exchange, money market instruments, securitized instruments, and commodities to sovereign countries and multinational organizations; and medium-sized companies and multinational corporations. It also offers mergers and acquisitions advisory, corporate finance, and transaction banking, as well as trade finance, cash management, and trust and securities services for financial institutions and other companies. The company?s Private Clients and Asset Management division provides mutual funds and alternative investment products; manages real estate and infrastructure investments and private equity funds; offers advisory and portfolio management services to insurance companies; and provides investment solutions to institutional customers, high net worth individuals, and families. This division also offers a range of banking products and services, including current accounts, deposits and loans, and investment management and pension products to private and self-employed individuals, and small to medium-sized businesses. Its Corporate Investments division?s principal investment activities comprise private equity and venture capital investments, corporate real estate investments, a minority stake in Deutsche Postbank AG, credit exposures, and other non-strategic investments. As of December 31, 2010, the company operated 3,083 branches in approximately 74 countries worldwide, including 2,087 in Germany. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Eric Volkman]

  UBS (NYSE: UBS  ) , Barclays (NYSE: BCS  ) , JPMorgan Chase's near-eponymous J.P. Morgan, Royal Bank of Canada's (NYSE: RY  ) Capital Markets arm, and the Securities wings of Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB  ) are the joint book-running managers of the issue.

• [By Andrew Marder]

  Problem with a capital "P"
  The biggest issue facing Barclays is its capital shortage. All U.K. banks are facing the same measures, but some have managed to get their houses in even worse order. Analysts have estimated that Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB  ) is about 12.3 billion euros shy of its requirement and is going to have to either raise capital or cut down the size of its balance sheet to make the minimum requirements.�