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2015 is drawing to a close and 2016 is just around the corner. Is making money one of your New Year’s resolutions? Then check out these great investment opportunities for the new year:
PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.
This Portland based company produces machined metal components for aerospace, industrial, and power markets. And while their stock has been down for most of the year, financial guru Warren Buffet just purchased the company for a cool $37.5 billion. This is the biggest investment of his career, and he will be placing a lot of his time into seeing the company grow.
BAIDU
The Chinese based search-engine stands a reasonable chance of doubling it’s stock next year, given that it has been 25% down the past year. This makes the stock more affordable, and experts have said that Baidu’s various investments in mobile technology could catapult their stock in value.
ENSIGN GROUP
The company currently owns over 100 hospices, nursing facilities, clinics and home-care businesses, 18 of which were acquired in 2015. This increased their revenue by more than 28% and the company show’s no signs of slowing down in 2016.
EAGLE PHARMACEUTICALS
According to their LinkedIn page, the company has no more than 50 employees, but that hasn’t stopped them from growing over the past years. At the end of 2014, Eagle stocks where trading at $15.50 and their revenues were at $36.5 million by the end of the first quarter in 2015, compared to being at just $5 million at the end of the first 2014 quarter.
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES
Zebra Technologies is responsible for manufacturing barcoding that allows companies to track stocks within their supply chain. After acquiring it’s largest competitor earlier in the year, it’s stocks could raise by as much as 50% by July next year.
They say you have to spend money to make money, your journey to making big bucks on the stock market starts here.