Best Financial Companies For 2014

LONDON -- I'm always searching for shares that can help ordinary investors like you make money from the stock market.

Right now, I am trawling through the FTSE 100 and giving my verdict on every member of the blue-chip index.

I hope to pinpoint the very best buying opportunities in today's uncertain market, as well as highlight those shares I feel you should hold... and those I feel you should sell.

I'm assessing every share on five different measures. Here's what I'm looking for in each company:

Financial strength:�low levels of debt and other liabilities; Profitability:�consistent earnings and high profit margins; Management:�competent executives creating shareholder value; Long-term prospects:�a solid competitive position and respectable growth prospects; and Valuation:�an underrated share price.

A look at Kingfisher
Today, I'm evaluating Kingfisher (LSE: KGF  ) , a home-improvement retailer,�which currently trades at 315 pence. Here are my thoughts:

Best Financial Companies For 2014: L (MCG.V)

Melco China Resorts (Holding) Limited develops and operates ski resorts in China. Its portfolio includes Sun Mountain Yabuli, Sky Mountain Beidahu, The Lotus Mountain Club, Adventure Mountain Changchun, and Star Mountain Beijing resort properties in Beijing, Heilongjiang Province, and Jilin Province. The company offers a range of accommodations, including full-service hotels, condominium-hotels, and luxury resort homes. Melco China Resorts (Holding) Limited is based in Beijing, China.

Best Financial Companies For 2014: Coventry Group Ltd (CYG.AX)

Coventry Group Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution of industrial products in Australia and New Zealand. The company distributes and markets industrial fasteners, stainless steel fasteners and hardware, construction fasteners, specialized fastener products and systems, and associated industrial tools and consumables. It is also involved in the design and installation of lubrication systems; distribution of hose, connectors, fittings, and hydraulic, hose assemblies; design and supply of service truck components; installation of fire suppression systems; design and distribution of fluid handling systems and pneumatic components, as well as sale of hydraulic associated products and consumables; and provision of rock hammer and repair services. In addition, the company imports, distributes, and markets hardware, components, and finished products to the domestic and commercial furniture, cabinet making, and joinery and shop fitting industries; and of fice chair components. Further, it manufactures and distributes automotive and industrial gaskets. The company was incorporated in 1936 and is headquartered in Redcliffe, Australia.

5 Best Stocks To Own Right Now: Cadillac Mining Corporation (CQX.V)

Cadillac Mining Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious and base metal mineral properties in Canada and the western United States. The company primarily focuses on the Goldstrike gold project covering approximately 3800 acres in the Great Basin in southwestern Utah. It also holds a 100% interest in the Break project that consists of 228 claims covering approximately 7,755 hectares located on the Cadillac-Larder Lake Break in the Abitibi geological province of Quebec; and the Wasa project covering 164 hectares in 7 claims located to the west of Rouyn-Noranda in northwestern Quebec. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada.