Top Shipping Companies To Own For 2014

Investors sold off shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN  ) after the company announced earnings results for first quarter of the year. Is this an opportunity for long-term investors to grab a stake in this growing business or head for the exits with the rest? Read on, and I'll outline two of the best reasons to add Amazon to your portfolio and one reason to sell.�

Buy reason No. 1: Amazon's Prime service
Amazon Prime members pay Amazon $79 a year for unlimited two-day shipping on most products. And the service is a hit -- making Amazon the go-to destination for millions of new customers, with no end to the breadth of products that can be shipped to them from its growing base of warehouses.�

While the company doesn't share member numbers, independent estimates peg subscribers at 10 million -- and rising fast.�

Top Shipping Companies To Own For 2014: Med Biogene Inc. (MBI.V)

Med BioGene Inc., a life science company, engages in the development and commercialization of genomic-based clinical laboratory diagnostic tests. The company�s products include LungExpress Dx, a gene expression-based test for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer that analyzes the molecular profile of a patient�s tumor to provide information to assist in tailoring treatment for that specific patient; and LymphExpress Dx, a gene expression-based microarray diagnostic test for common subtypes of lymphoma. It has collaboration agreement with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute for gene expression-based blood tests for cardiovascular disease. The company also has collaboration agreements with the University Health Network and Duke University. Med BioGene Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Top Shipping Companies To Own For 2014: PostRock Energy Corporation(PSTR)

PostRock Energy Corporation, an integrated independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, production, and transportation of oil and natural gas in the United States. It operates in two segments, Oil and Gas Production, and Natural Gas Pipelines. The Oil and Gas Production segment primarily focuses on the development of coal bed methane in the Cherokee basin and the Marcellus Shale in Appalachian Basin, as well as has oil properties in Central Oklahoma. As of December 31, 2009, it had approximately 51.9 billion cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe) of estimated net proved reserves; development rights to approximately 516,184 net acres; and operated approximately 2,849 gross wells in the Cherokee Basin. It also had approximately 44,507 net acres of oil and natural gas producing properties with estimated proved reserves of 18.9 Bcfe and approximately 498 gross wells in Appalachian Basin; and had 65 gross wells, development rights to approximately 1,4 80 net acres, and estimated net proved reserves, 3.9 Bcfe in Central Oklahoma. The Natural Gas Pipelines segment involves in transporting, gathering, treating, and processing natural gas. It owns and operates a natural gas gathering pipeline networks of approximately 2,173 miles in the Cherokee Basin and 183 miles in the Appalachian Basin; and a 1,120 mile interstate natural gas pipeline, which transports natural gas from northern Oklahoma and western Kansas to the metropolitan Wichita and Kansas City markets. The company is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now: Multivision Communications Corp (MTV.V)

Multivision Communications Corp., through its subsidiary, Multivision S.A., operates a wireless cable television business in Bolivia. It provides subscription television services in La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, and Tarija cities in Bolivia. The company offers its services using multi-channel, multi-point, and distribution system (MMDS) technology, which serves households without the need to build and maintain coaxial cable networks. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Top Shipping Companies To Own For 2014: ConocoPhillips(COP)

ConocoPhillips operates as an integrated energy company worldwide. The company?s Exploration and Production (E&P) segment explores for, produces, transports, and markets crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Its Midstream segment gathers, processes, and markets natural gas; and fractionates and markets natural gas liquids in the United States and Trinidad. The company?s Refining and Marketing (R&M) segment purchases, refines, markets, and transports crude oil and petroleum products, such as gasolines, distillates, and aviation fuels. Its Chemicals segment manufactures and markets petrochemicals and plastics. This segment offers olefins and polyolefins, including ethylene, propylene, and other olefin products; aromatics products, such as benzene, styrene, paraxylene, and cyclohexane, as well as polystyrene and styrene-butadiene copolymers; and various specialty chemical products comprising organosulfur chemicals, solvents, catalyst s, drilling chemicals, mining chemicals, and engineering plastics and compounds. The company?s Emerging Businesses segment develops new technologies and businesses. It focuses on power generation; and technologies related to conventional and nonconventional hydrocarbon recovery, refining, alternative energy, biofuels, and the environment. This segment also offers E-Gas, a gasification technology producing high-value synthetic gas. ConocoPhillips was founded in 1917 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Fabian]

  ConocoPhilips(COP) is a close second. This is a Warren Buffett darling that will benefit from its spinoff of refining assets some time in 2012.

  Conoco also continues to pay a consistent and reliable 3.75%. Note that COP has underperformed the rest of the sector recently. Correlations are normally so close that such an underperformance by one stock can point the way to value.