Top 5 Performing Stocks To Own Right Now

These two stocks recently issued reports that worried investors; nevertheless, Vivian Lewis, editor of Global Investing, still sees upside opportunity for both global companies.

Steve Halpern: We're here today with Vivian Lewis whose Global Investing advisory service has been among the top performing newsletters for over two decades. Thanks for joining us Vivian.

Vivian Lewis: Thank you for having me.

Steve Halpern: You're about as international as one could be. Before launching Global Investing, you spent 18 years in Europe as a financial journalist, you speak half a dozen languages, and you spend much of your time traveling the globe. How has this overall background informed your investing strategy?

Vivian Lewis: Well, I think that we tend to always take our own domestic ideas about value, and speculative, and growth, and the kind of real estate investment trusts we want to buy, overseas with us, and it's not that comparable.

Top 5 Performing Stocks To Own Right Now: Community Financial Corp.(CFFC)

Community Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for Community Bank that provides various banking products and services in the counties of Virginia. It offers deposit products that include passbook and statement accounts, NOW and Super NOW accounts, including non-interest bearing accounts, money market accounts, 6 month and 91 day certificates, one- to five-year fixed-rate certificates, and interest and non-interest checking accounts. The company?s loan portfolio comprises commercial and multi-family real estate loans, real estate construction and commercial business loans, and one- to four-family residential real estate loans; and consumer loans, including new and used automobile loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, deposit accounts, and installment and demand loans. It operates two branch offices in Staunton and Virginia Beach, Virginia; and one branch office in Waynesboro, Stuart Drafts, Raphine, Verona, Lexington, Harrisonburg, and Buena Vista, Virginia. The company was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Staunton, Virginia.

Top 5 Performing Stocks To Own Right Now: Wells Fargo & Company(WFC)

Wells Fargo & Company, through its subsidiaries, provides retail, commercial, and corporate banking services primarily in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Community Banking; Wholesale Banking; and Wealth, Brokerage, and Retirement. The Community Banking segment offers deposits, including checking, market rate, and individual retirement accounts; savings and time deposits; and debit cards. Its loan products comprise lines of credit, auto floor plans, equity lines and loans, equipment and transportation loans, education loans, residential mortgage loans, health savings accounts, and credit cards. This segment also provides equipment leases, real estate financing, small business administration financing, venture capital financing, cash management, payroll services, retirement plans, loans secured by autos, and merchant payment processing services; purchases sales finance contracts from retail merchants; and a family of funds, and investment managemen t services. The Wholesale Banking segment offers commercial and corporate banking products and services, including commercial loans and lines of credit, letters of credit, asset-based lending, equipment leasing, international trade facilities, trade financing, collection services, foreign exchange services, treasury and investment management, institutional fixed-income sales, commodity and equity risk management, insurance, corporate trust fiduciary and agency services, and investment banking services. This segment also provides banking products for commercial real estate market, and real estate and mortgage brokerage services. The Wealth, Brokerage, and Retirement segment offers financial advisory, brokerage, and institutional retirement and trust services. As of December 31, 2010, the company served its customers through approximately 9,000 banking stores in 39 States and the District of Columbia. Wells Fargo & Company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in San Franci sco, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Matt Koppenheffer]

  Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC  ) is widely seen as the king of cross selling and proudly states on its website that "our average retail banking household has about six products with us." It's looking to get that number to eight "and beyond." Bank of America (NYSE: BAC  ) has hit some speed bumps with its cross-selling push, but it's pushing nonetheless. And online job postings from U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB  ) stress the function of "identifying cross-sell opportunities with customers and making appropriate referrals." Talk to essentially any bank, and you'll likely hear the same.

• [By Jon C. Ogg]

  Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC)�may be Warren Buffett’s favorite bank hands down and it may be the safest of the money center and banking giants now. It turns out that if you work for that bank in the mortgage services unit, it might not be the safest bank when it comes to job security. Reports hit late in the day on Wednesday from Bloomberg, CNBC, and other media outlets�that Wells Fargo was laying off some 2,300 mortgage related jobs. It turns out that the refinancing boom has been crushed by a 100 to 125 basis point rise in mortgages.

Best Oil Stocks To Invest In 2014: Beacon Federal Bancorp Inc.(BFED)

Beacon Federal Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Beacon Federal that provides various banking services. The company?s deposit products include savings accounts, health savings accounts, certificates of deposit, interest and noninterest-bearing checking accounts accounts, money market accounts, and individual retirement accounts. Its loan products portfolio comprises one-to four-family residential mortgage loans, consumer loans, home equity loans, commercial real estate loans, multi-family mortgage loans, and commercial business loans. The company also sells tax preparation services, as well as investment and insurance products on an agency basis. It operates from its corporate office located in East Syracuse, New York; and from eight full-service branches located in Syracuse, Marcy, and Rome, New York; Smartt and Smyrna, Tennessee; Tyler, Texas; and Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in East Syracuse, New Y ork.

Top 5 Performing Stocks To Own Right Now: Avenue Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP)

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Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Duprey]

  Maintaining its $0.12 per share�monthly dividend payout, closed-end management investment company�Avenue Income Credit Strategies Fund� (NYSE: ACP  ) �said yesterday it�will make the payout�on May 31 to the holders of record at the close of business on May 15. The stock will trade ex-dividend May 13.�

Top 5 Performing Stocks To Own Right Now: Rubianna Resources Limited(RRE.AX)

Rubianna Resources Limited engages in the acquisition and exploration of gold and base metal properties in Australia. It explores for various mineral deposits, including mesothermal gold lode, shear zone hosted gold, copper, and volcanogenic massive sulphide copper deposits. The company primarily holds interest in the Murchison project comprising 15 granted tenements covering approximately 1,400 square kilometers located in Peak Hill Mining District in Western Australia. Rubianna Resources Limited was incorporated in 2009 and is based in West Perth, Australia.