Hot High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) is making the right kind of investments to position itself to win across key growth drivers including cloud, mobile, analytics and big data. All these mega-themes are expected to evolve in the next 3-5 years.

IBM does not view cloud as cannibalistic to its software business, but rather an enabler of new IT delivery methods and business models (i.e. selling traditional middleware as a set of services without owning your own data center).

New York-based IBM recently introduced new cloud and mobile-enabled social-business software and service capabilities which will allow line of business executives to move their business processes quickly into the cloud to drive better decision making and increase productivity.

IBM's SmartCloud Connections includes new features, such as mobile file sync and share; new community features such as social bridging; and bringing traditional office productivity tools into the social realm.

Hot High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: 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.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Eric Volkman]

  LeBlanc is a veteran energy industry CFO. He has filled that role at East Resources -- now a unit of Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A  ) -- as well as�PostRock Energy (NASDAQ: PSTR  ) , and Range Resources, among others.

Hot High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: Retail Star Ltd (RSL.AX)

Resource Star Limited engages in the exploration of uranium properties primarily in Malawi and Western Australia. The company�s key projects include 100% owned Edith River uranium project in the Northern Territory; and joint ventures with Globe Metals & Mining Limited on the Machinga Niobium-Rare Earths Project and the Livingstonia Uranium Project in Malawi. The company was formerly known as Retail Star Limited and changed its name to Resource Star Limited in July 2008. Resource Star Limited is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Top 5 Stocks To Buy Right Now: Convio Inc.(CNVO)

Convio, Inc. provides on-demand constituent engagement solutions that enable nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to raise funds, advocate for change, and cultivate relationships with donors, activists, volunteers, alumni, and other constituents in North America. Its integrated solutions include Convio Online Marketing (COM) platform, and Convio Common Ground CRM, a constituent relationship management application. The COM platform enables NPOs to harness the potential of the Internet and social media as new channels for constituent engagement and fundraising. The Common Ground delivers next-generation donor management capabilities, and integrates marketing activities across online and offline channels. The company also offers Convio Open, an open platform that allows NPOs to evolve their online marketing strategies; and Convio Go!, a structured program consisting of selected COM modules and specialized cohort-based services designed for mid-market NPOs new to online marketing an d fundraising. Convio, Inc.?s software enables its clients and partners to customize and extend its functionality. In addition, it provides account management, technical support, and deployment services, as well as strategic planning, campaign management, Web design, data analytics, benchmarking, campaign analytics, data integration, training, data warehousing, business intelligence, analytics/modeling, strategic consultation, and marketing execution services. The company sells its solutions through a direct sales force, as well as through a network of partners, including interactive agencies, direct marketing agencies, public affairs firms, and complementary technology companies. Convio, Inc. serves approximately 1,400 NPO clients, including charities. The company?s clients deliver approximately 4 billion emails to 140 million email addresses to accomplish their missions. Convio, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Hot High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: Nielsen Holdings NV (NLSN.N)

Nielsen Holdings N.V., incorporated on May 17, 2006, is a global information and measurement company. The Company delivers media and marketing information, and analytics on a global and local basis. It operates in three segments: Buy segment, Watch segment and Expositions segment. The Company�� Buy segment provides retail transactional measurement data, consumer behavior information and analytics primarily to businesses in the consumer packaged goods industry. Its Watch segment provides viewership data and analytics primarily to the media and advertising industries across television, online and mobile screens. The Company�� Expositions segment operates business-to-business trade shows and conference events in the United States. The Company�� clients include The Coca-Cola Company, NBC Universal, Nestle S.A., News Corp., The Procter & Gamble Company and the Unilever Group. In May 2011, it acquired NeuroFocus Inc. In August 2011, the Company acquired Marketing Analyt ics, Inc. In June 2013, Onex Corp announced that it has completed the acquisition of Nielsen Expositions from its parent, an affiliate of Nielsen Holdings NV (Nielsen).

What Consumers Buy

The Company�� Buy segment provides retail transactional measurement data, consumer behavior information and analytics primarily to businesses in the consumer packaged goods industry. This segment is organized into two areas: Information, which provides retail scanner and consumer panel-based measurement, and Insights, which provides a range of analytics. The Company�� consumer panels collect data from approximately 240,000 household panelists across 26 countries that use in-home scanners to record purchases from each shopping trip. Its analytical services are organized into seven primary categories: growth and demand strategy, market structure and segmentation, brand and portfolio management, product innovation services, pricing and sales modeling, retail marke ting strategies and marketing return-on-investment (ROI) s! tr! ategies.

What Consumers Watch

The Company�� Watch segment provides viewership data and analytics primarily to the media and advertising industries across television, online and mobile devices. It is engaged in the television audience measurement. The Company provides two principal television ratings services in the United States: measurement of national television audiences and measurement of local television audiences in all 210 designated local television markets. It measures television viewing in 28 countries outside the United States, including Australia, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico and South Korea. The Company is a global provider of Internet media and market research, audience analytics and social media measurement. Its online measurement service has a presence in 46 countries, including the United States, France, South Korea and Brazil. The Company provides critical advertising metrics, such as audience demographics, page and ad views, and tim e spent.

The Company provides independent measurement and consumer research for telecom and media companies in the mobile telecommunications industry. The Company offers mobile measurement services in 10 countries worldwide, including the United States. The Company develops advanced measurement techniques of the three principal screens: television, online and mobile devices. Its cross-platform measurement solution provides information about simultaneous usage of more than one screen, unduplicated reach, cause and effect analysis and program viewing behavior. It also provides advertising effectiveness research across multiple platforms. It also integrates data from its Buy segment with these measurement platforms.

The Company competes with GfK, Ipsos, Canoe Ventures, Dish Networks, WPP, Rentrak, TiVo, Mediametrie, Coremetrics, Google, Omniture, WebTrends, BuzzLogic, Cymfony and Umbria.

Hot High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: Croflight Minerals Inc (CML.TO)

CaNickel Mining Limited, a junior mining company, engages in the exploration, extraction, and processing of nickel-containing ore properties in Canada. The company owns and operates the Bucko Lake Mine located near Wabowden, Manitoba. It also holds interests in nickel, copper, and platinum group mineral projects in Thompson Nickel Belts, Manitoba and the Sudbury Basin, Ontario. The company was formerly known as Crowflight Minerals Inc. and changed its name to CaNickel Mining Limited in June 2011. CaNickel Mining Limited was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Hot High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: Renold(RNO.L)

Renold plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of industrial chains and torque transmission products in the United Kingdom, North America, and internationally. Its products include transmission and conveyor chains; leaf chain for materials handling applications; Smartlink; industrial gearboxes and gears; industrial, marine, power generation, military navy, and mass transit couplings; spindles; Sprag Clutch freewheels; Sprag Cage assemblies; and trapped roller freewheels that are used in overrunning, backstopping, and indexing, as well as supplies material handling equipments. The company provides its products for heavy duty, high precision, indoor or outdoor, clean or contaminated, and temperature environmental applications; and conveying applications, including theme park rides, water treatment plants, cement mills, agricultural machinery, mining, and sugar production. Renold plc was founded in 1864 and is based in Manchester, the United K ingdom.

Hot High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: Clime Capital Ltd (CAM.AX)

Clime Capital Limited is a publically owned investment manager. The firm manages separate client focused equity portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in equities of publicly listed and unlisted companies. It invests in value stocks by employing fundamental analysis to make its investments. Clime Capital Limited was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

Hot High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: Rosetta Stone(RST)

Rosetta Stone Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides technology-based language-learning solutions in the United States and internationally. The company develops, markets, and sells language-learning solutions, such as software, online services, mobile applications, and audio practice tools in approximately 30 languages primarily under the Rosetta Stone brand. Its products and services include Rosetta Course, a self-study interactive language-learning curriculum that consists of sequences of listening, speaking, reading, and writing interactions designed to teach, reinforce, and test learners through its software program; Rosetta Studio comprising a series of coach-led practice sessions that provide learners to practice what they have previously learned through the software program; and Rosetta World, an interactive community of language learners, which gives learners the opportunity to play games with other learners. The company also offers Audio Companion, which i s a series of digital audio files that contain lessons aligned to the Rosetta Stone curriculum, allowing users to practice previously learned material; and TOTALe Companion HD, a learning tool that includes a series of practice lessons, which use images, audio, and speech recognition technology to enable users refine their speaking skills. The company also offers SharedTalk, an online peer-to-peer practice environment at sharedtalk.com; and ReFLEX, a solution designed for English learners who want to enhance listening and speaking skills. Rosetta Stone sells its products and services through Websites, call centers, retailers, direct sales force, and a network of kiosks. Its customers include individuals, home school parents, educational institutions, armed forces, government agencies, corporations, and not-for-profit institutions. Rosetta Stone Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By David Gardner]

  The following video excerpt was taken from an interview with Steve Swad, CEO of Rosetta Stone (NYSE: RST  ) , in which he talks about his business philosophy, and how it is driving success both for language learners and for the company itself. In this segment, he discusses how his leadership style drives the company forward. �