5 Best Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now

Apple� (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) reported earnings last Tuesday night, and investors were generally pretty pleased with results. The stock spent most of the next trading day up more than 5% and has gained 3.8% in the past week. Yet while the result had some positives, such as iPhone unit growth well above analyst expectations, there were also some areas that were a mixed bag.�

In the following video, Fool analysts Evan Niu and Eric Bleeker look at the good, the bad, and the ugly in Apple's earnings. Beyond better-than-expected iPhone sales, the storyline was really how the company continues outperforming in America. In this quarter's report, the addition of T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS  ) provided some new tailwinds to growth. As far as the "bad" and "ugly," the two look at Apple's first year-over-year decline in tablets and weakness in Greater China and what might be causing results in those areas that were worse than expected.�

5 Best Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Canadian National Railway Company(CNI)

Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail and related transportation business in North America. It provides transportation for various goods, including petroleum and chemicals, grain and fertilizers, coal, metals and minerals, forest products, and intermodal and automotive products. The company operates a network of approximately 20,600 route miles of track that spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico. It serves the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert (British Columbia), Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile (Alabama), as well as metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth (Minnesota)/Superior (Wisconsin), Green Bay (Wisconsin), Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, and Jackson (Mississippi), with connections to various points in North America. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Vodicka]

  Montreal-based Canadian National Railway (CNI) operates
  about 21,000 route-miles of rail that span all the way from the frozen north down to the Mississippi Delta — nearly enough track to wrap around the entire world. Since Canada is one of the largest countries in the world by geography (second only to Russia with an area of about 4 million square miles), the transportation and freight industries are vital and very lucrative parts of the nation’s economy.

  The reason I’m so bullish on CNI right now is that the company is a large player in transporting commodities, including Canada’s exports of timber and metals and imports of energy from the United States. In Canadian National’s latest earnings report in January, the company stated that Q4 shipments grew for coal, grain and fertilizers and petroleum and chemicals — and this is in spite of bad weather and a five-day strike that really messed with CNI’s schedule. Just imagine how CNI will do in the warmer months as the economy continues to improve.

5 Best Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Olidata Spa(OLI.MI)

Olidata S.p.A. engages in the production and distribution of personal computers in Europe. It purchases, assembles, services, markets, and programs computers, laser printers, tapes and accessories for the computers; and supports the magnetic reproduction of data for computers and accessory equipment, and other office machines and equipment. In addition to personal computers, Olidata's range of products includes notebooks, workstations, servers, monitors, and LCD televisions. The company also purchases and sells patents, technical processes, and know-how; and acquires and grants licenses.

5 Best Oil Stocks For 2014: WellPoint Inc.(WLP)

WellPoint, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a health benefits company in the United States. The company offers various network-based managed care plans to large and small employer, individual, Medicaid, and senior markets. Its managed care plans include preferred provider organizations; health maintenance organizations; point-of-service plans; traditional indemnity plans; and other hybrid plans, including consumer-driven health plans, hospital only, and limited benefit products. The company also provides various managed care services comprising claims processing, underwriting, stop loss insurance, actuarial services, provider network access, medical cost management, disease management, wellness programs, and other administrative services to self-funded customers. In addition, it offers specialty and other products and services, including life and disability insurance benefits; dental, vision, and behavioral health benefit services; radiology benefit management; personal health care guidance; and long-term care insurance. Further, the company serves as an intermediary providing administrative service for the Medicare program that offers coverage for persons, who are 65 or older and for persons who are disabled or with end-stage renal disease. WellPoint, Inc. markets its products through a network of independent agents and brokers, consultants, in-house sales force, or Internet. The company, formerly known as Anthem, Inc., was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

5 Best Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Whirlpool Corporation(WHR)

Whirlpool Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of home appliances worldwide. Its principal products include laundry appliances, refrigerators and freezers, cooking appliances, dishwashers, mixers, and other portable household appliances. The company also produces hermetic compressors for refrigeration systems. It markets and distributes its products under various brand names, including Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Roper, Estate, Admiral, Gladiator, Inglis, Acros, Supermatic, Consul, Brastemp, Eslab� de Lujo, Bauknecht, Ignis, Laden, Polar, and Privileg in North and Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Whirlpool Corporation sells its products to retailers, dealers, distributors, builders, and other manufacturers. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By SherryJim]

  Whirlpool was downgraded by KeyBanc Capital Markets from a Buy to a Hold on April 18th. KeyBanc said the downgrade was based on valuation over the short term following the recent negative ruling on refrigerators that removes tariffs. KeyBanc also said that Whirlpool's lower estimates are in line with the Street. WHR has a dividend yield of 3.1% and a payout ratio of 40%. The company started paying dividends in 1929 and has increased its dividend for 1 year. It has a 5-year dividend growth rate of 3.2%.

5 Best Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Cue Energy Resources Ltd (CUE.AX)

Cue Energy Resources Limited engages in the exploration, development, and production of petroleum properties. It explores for hydrocarbons through its projects located in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.