One of the hottest investment regions on my radar right now is
one you may not think of as a hot global marketplace. While
BRIC
nations Brazil, Russia, India and China dominate the international
investing scene, one nation is quietly becoming the most profitable
region for investors right now. Namely, Israel.
Simple trading strategies
that focus on the hottest industry have already identified the big
investment opportunity in Tech right now. And there is no hotter
tech market than Israel right now. Israel's "Silicon Valley," which
is centered around Haifa, contains approximately 3,000
start-up companies that specialize in medical devices and imaging,
semiconductor manufacturing systems, wireless communication
solutions, security software solutions, enterprise software
solutions and cutting-edge Internet applications.
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Interestingly, Israel features more start-up companies per
capita than any other country in the world and many stock market
experts think the Haifa region is just as influential as Silicon
Valley. There are more than 40 venture funds in Israel that help to
fund many of these start-up companies that fuel the country's
entrepreneurial spirit. These are not
penny stock investments
-- though some companies are fairly small, these picks are traded
as ADRs and have fairly large customer bases.
Not surprisingly, high-technology products now dominate Israel's
exports. Did you know, for example, that "flash memory" was
invented in Israel? Flash memory technology continues to
"over-power" portable devices, such as the iPad and Amazon's
Kindle.
The fact that Israel no longer is classified as an "emerging
country" has caused many institutional investors to boost their
accumulation of many of Israel's best companies during the past
several months. And, based on the recent strong performance of
stocks in this market, it appears that this institutional
accumulation persists -- which is great news for top Israeli
stocks!
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Here are just a few up and coming tech stocks in Israel you
should take a look at:
Nova Measuring Instruments
(
NVMI
) makes innovative optical equipment that measures microscopic
images used to check the design of tiny microchips and other
high-tech gear. The company's NovaScan and NovaTrack systems are
integrated into wafer polishers and other semiconductor processing
equipment to measure the thickness of semiconductor layers during
critical steps of chip manufacturing. In a nutshell, without Nova
equipment performing quality control, chipmakers could wind up
spending millions replacing or repairing electronic devices.
Israel's Nova
posted an incredible 179% increase in revenue for the first period
of this year. NVMI also announced a surge in earnings, from a loss
of $1.6 million, or $0.08 per share, last year, to a gain of $2.8
million, or $0.12 per share, this year. The company reported that
its semiconductor and computer memory business performed especially
well. In light of the positive results, the company revised
year-end guidance upward to between $61 million and $66
million.
B Communications
(
BCOM
) provides a range of broadband and traditional voice services in
Israel. Its broadband services include broadband Internet access
with a suite of value-added services, specialized data services and
server hosting, as well as local telephony via the Internet and a
WiFi network. The company's traditional voice services comprise
outgoing and incoming international phone calls, hubbing, roaming
and signaling and calling card services. BCOM stock has been
battered so far in 2010, down about 16% year-to-date, but this
presents a big buying opportunity for investors.The company
recently acquired Bezeq, the largest telecommunications provider in
Israel, which will help generate more business for the company.
Please note, however, that B Communications has very little
liquidity in daily volume so exercise care when trading this stock.
Always use a limit order when trading stocks like BCOM.
Radware
(
RDWR
) is an innovative company that makes networks work smarter,
searching out the best path for data and optimizing traffic. This
allows companies to run their IT systems more efficiently instead
of having to pony up big money for new hardware. As businesses
continue to look for ways to keep costs low, RDWR provides an
economical alternative to upgrading networks by simply making
existing equipment function better. Radware has topped Wall Street
earnings estimates in each of the last four consecutive quarterly
reports, and continues to show strong momentum. Radware is up
nearly +40% so far in 2010 with no signs of slowing down.
As of this writing, Louis Navellier was recommending all
three of these stocks in his Global Growth investment
newsletter.
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