Best Energy Stocks To Own For 2014

Even before President Obama's speech on climate change emphasized the need to limit carbon emissions, coal companies were having a rough go of it. Declining revenues, balllooning debt, and competition from natural gas have made it very difficult for some companies to survive. With debt-to-capital ratios approaching that of the now-bankrupt Patriot Coal, it looks as though�Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT  ) could be heading into some very dire financial times.�

At the same time, there are a few glimmers of hope for the coal industry. Cloud Peak Energy's (NYSE: CLD  ) balance sheet shows some characteristics that could help it survive another rough patch for coal. It may not be a great balance sheet overall, but it's certainly better than many others in the space. Tune into the following video to get Fool.com contributors Tyler Crowe and Aimee Duffy's take on a couple other coal companies that either look like they are headed for a big fall or have stronger balance sheets to weather the storm.

Best Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: Caspian Energy Inc Com Npv (CEK.TO)

Caspian Energy Inc., through its subsidiary, Caspian Energy Ltd., engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The company, through its 40% interest in Aral Petroleum Capital LLP, holds the right to explore and develop oil and gas properties, known as the North Block, a 1,549 square kilometre area located in the vicinity of the Kazakh pre-Caspian basin. Caspian Energy Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada

Best Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: Onex Corporation Sv (OCX.TO)

Onex Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions and platform acquisitions. The firm makes investments in large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap market and distressed companies. It also invests in recapitalization, growth capital, corporate carve-outs of subsidiaries and mission-critical supply divisions from multinational corporations, operational restructurings of undervalued businesses, and builds up. The firm seeks to invest in electronics manufacturing services, aerospace, healthcare, retail, industrials products, customer care services, metal services, building products, gaming, cabinetry products, commercial vehicles, commercial and investment banking, financial services, commercial and multi-unit residential real estate. It invests in the North American region. The firm seeks to invest between $200 million and $1 billion in companies that have minimum revenues of $300 million. It does not consider size if the company is in an industry in which the firm already has presence. The firm seeks to make direct as well as co-investments through managed private equity, real estate and credit funds. It seeks to acquire a control position in its portfolio companies. Onex Corporation was founded in 1984 and is based in Toronto, Canada with additional offices in New York, New York and London, United Kingdom.

Top High Tech Companies To Invest In Right Now: Call Genie Inc(GNE.TO)

VoodooVox Inc. provides local mobile searching and advertising solutions to publishers, advertisers, and operators in North America and internationally. The company offers analytics tools for publishers to understand who their audience is; ad networks that supplies targeted advertisements in text, video, and voice formats; SMS, audio, and mobile-Web-enabled services; self-service toolkits; action tracking services with pay-per-call and pay-per-click options; and white-label local business search services. It also provides tools for creating advertisements, defining campaign targets and goals, monitoring results, and optimizing campaigns; direct VoIP call connection; interactive voice; and prepaid calling card offer wall, an interactive content channel. In addition, the company offers a suite of call center products, including directory workstation and search engine, directory data manager, open integration framework; and voice response products, which support various busin ess models. Further, it provides the VoodooVox Ad Exchange software for managing multi-media advertisements; and referred call services for telecommunications companies and directory assistance service providers on a licensed product basis. The company was formerly known as Call Genie Inc. and changed its name to VoodooVox Inc. in January 2012. VoodooVox Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.