Top Growth Stocks To Watch For 2016

Top Growth Stocks To Watch For 2016: MEDIFAST INC(MED)

Medifast, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, distribution, and sale of weight management and disease management products, and other consumable health and diet products in the United States. The company?s product lines include weight and disease management, meal replacement, and vitamins. It also operates weight control centers that offer Medifast programs for weight loss and maintenance, customized patient counseling, and inbody composition analysis. The company markets its products under the Medifast and Essential brand names, including shakes, appetite suppression shakes, women?s health shakes, diabetics shakes, joint health shakes, coronary health shakes, calorie burn drinks, calorie burn flavor infusers, antioxidant shakes, antioxidant flavor infusers, bars, crunch bars, soups, chili, oatmeal, pudding, scrambled eggs, hot cocoa, cappuccino, chai latte, iced teas, fruit drinks, pretzels, puffs, brownie, pancakes, soy crisps, crackers, and omega 3 and digestive health products. Medifast Inc. sells its products through various channels of distribution comprising Web, call center, independent health advisors, medical professionals, weight loss clinics, and direct consumer marketing supported via the phone and the Web; Take Shape for Life, a physician led network of independent health coaches; and weight control centers. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Omar Venerio]

  The company has a current ROE of -21.54% which is lower than the industry median and the one exhibited by Inter Parfums Inc. (IPAR). In general, analysts consider ROE ratios in the 15-20% range as representing attractive levels for investment. So for investors looking those levels or more, Usana Health Sciences (USNA) and Medifast (MED) could be options. It is ver! y important to understand this metric before investing and it is important to look at the trend in ROE over time.

• [By Ali Berri]

  In trading on Friday, non-cyclical consumer goods & services shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.09 percent. Meanwhile, top decliners in the sector included Medifast (NYSE: MED), down 9.6 percent, and Universal (NYSE: UVV), off 3.9 percent.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Shares of Weight Watchers have gained 23% to $24.36 at 11:27 a.m., while NutriSystem (NTRI) has gained 2.4% to $15.36 and Medifast (MED) has dropped 1.6% to $31.15.

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Best Logistics Stocks To Watch For 2016

Best Logistics Stocks To Watch For 2016: Village Super Market Inc.(VLGEA)

Village Super Market, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of supermarkets in the United States. The company?s superstores feature specialty departments, such as home meal replacement, on-site bakery, and expanded delicatessen that includes prepared food, natural and organic food, ethnic and international food, seafood sections, as well as pharmacies and salad bars. Its superstores also offer non-food items, including cut flowers, health and beauty aids, greeting cards, and small appliances. As of December 16, 2011, the company operated a chain of 28 supermarkets under the ShopRite name in New Jersey, Maryland, and eastern Pennsylvania. Village Super Market, Inc. was founded in 1933 and is based in Springfield, New Jersey.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Geoff Gannon]

  Line up the return on capital lines – for the last 10 years – for Arden, Village (VLGEA), Weis, Harris Teeter (HTSI), and Kroger and you'll see that the grocer this analyst thinks is unique clearly isn't. Other grocers earn their cost of capital. They just aren't as well known.

• [By Geoff Gannon]

  Okay. So my point is just that a business is a business — it's not an industry. Just because a company is categorized in an industry doesn't mean it works like the other companies in the industry. For example, Amazon (AMZN) and Best Buy (BBY) and Walgreens (WAG) and Village Supermarket (VLGEA) are all retailers. But they are all really, really different retailers. Technology changes have vastly different influences on them. They have completely different business models. They are actually trying to do totally different things. And you would analyze them – especially starting with customer habits – totally differently.

• [By Geoff Gannon] strong>J&J Snack Foods (JJSF)
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  Check out the performance numbers on those three stocks over the last 10-13 years (I bought them at different times). You'll notice that if I just never sold those stocks I wouldn't need to do anything else. Those three stocks would've made a fine portfolio for the next decade or so.

  Well, I did sell those stocks. And I did a lot else. And some of it worked very well and some of it worked very badly. But, almost without fail, the net result was never better than what would have happened if I'd kept those three stocks.

  That's not an accident. It took me a very, very long time to buy stocks when I was a kid. I bought six stocks in my first five years as an investor. That's not quite a 20 punches approach – but it's pretty close.

  Why did I only buy one stock a year?

  Because I didn't know anything about stocks. And I didn't think I knew anything about stocks.

  My investment style was formed fr om a combination of extreme ignorance and extreme confidence. I was totally ignorant about stocks. And I was totally confident that I could learn all I needed to know about the stocks I needed to know about.

  That combination led to focusing on a few very specific stocks. Stocks I was comfortable with.

  When I was 14, there were only two places my money went. Into my brokerage account. Or into video games. So it's not a surprise I bought Activision. At the time the video game industry had a much clearer future than it does today. And there was no better CEO of a video game company than Bobby Kotick. The balance sheet was pristine. When you backed out cash, the stock was cheap relative to sales. I looked at everything I could about video game companies and I decided sales were pretty profitable and pretty cash generative in this industry. All you needed was sensible capital allocation. All you needed was management that was going to run the place like a business . And I thought you h

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Crunch Time for Gold Again

NEW YORK (Fabian Capital Management) -- The looming Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday has many market watchers on the edge of their seats, waiting to see what happens with the outcome of the taper debate.

Some are calling for a big reduction in the asset purchase programs, while others are forecasting a more modest slowdown. The final decision will ultimately play a huge catalyst in the future price trend of stocks, bonds and commodities. But one asset class that will certainly see some additional volatility in the weeks ahead is gold.

We saw the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) fall out of favor in the beginning of the year and decline precipitously until it bottomed in July. Since that time, a snapback rally alleviated some of the downside pressure but this fledgling uptrend may be facing its most critical test in the near future.

Courtesy of StockCharts.com In my opinion, GLD needs to hold the $125 level in order to retain its technical strength and continue to gain additional steam. If it can form a higher low and blast off above its August high, then we may see a run for the 200-day moving average (red line) which would bring additional asset flows back into this sector. The Bull Case The Fed may ultimately be the catalyst that sets this precious metal on fire as Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments generally tend to fuel speculation about inflation, currency risks and economic growth potential. These are all key elements in the fundamental case for owning gold along with the safe haven aspect of a hard asset in favor of paper stock or bonds. If we see a misstep by the Fed this week that sends stocks lower, then we may witness a flight to quality back into GLD and other precious metals exchange-traded funds. Another supportive factor in the gold debate is the deterioration in the U.S. dollar index, which has been under pressure since the July low in gold. A weaker dollar is typically bullish for precious metals. The Bear Case On the flip side, Goldman Sachs recently forecast that gold would fall to new lows on the back of a fresh acceleration in the U.S. economy in 2014. There is certainly a case for this to occur if the Fed gives the market what it needs and we see a liftoff in stock prices. This scenario would likely negate the safety trade in gold and lure risk takers back into stocks and other high-yield securities.

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In addition, we have continued to see unabated asset outflows from gold-related ETFs in 2013. According to Index Universe, GLD still tops the list of total redemptions with over $20 billion in outflows this year and has lost over $400 million in September alone. Clearly this is a sign that investors have used the most recent bounce to continue exiting their gold holdings. How To Play Gold Right Now

While there are definitive arguments for and against owning GLD at this juncture, I am in favor of looking at it from a risk to reward standpoint. If you currently own this ETF, then I would continue to maintain the position with a conservative stop loss to limit your downside risk.

That way you won't get heavily burned if the Fed statement sends this fund sliding back down to the lows. Remember to size your position in line with your risk tolerance and not to get too overly allocated to this sector which is a mistake that I often see made by overly enthusiastic precious metals investors (i.e. gold bugs).

If you don't have a position in GLD but are considering making an allocation, I would wait until we get more clarity in the coming days and the price trend makes a turnaround. I don't think that there is a definitive edge to jumping into this ETF ahead of a known event that could send it careening in either direction. Keep some dry powder on hand if we start to see renewed strength emerge and start with small positions as you make your way into this sector. Without a doubt, there will be continued volatility in the coming days and you may be able to use that to your advantage as you work into new holdings. At the time of publication the author had no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Follow @fabiancapital This article was written by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.

David Fabian is currently a Managing Partner at Fabian Capital Management, a fee-only registered investment advisory firm specializing in exchange-traded funds. He has years of experience constructing actively managed growth and income portfolios using ETFs. David regularly contributes his views on wealth management in his company blog, podcasts, and special reports. Visit www.FabianCM.com to learn more. Follow @fabiancapital