Atrion Corp (ATRI-Q)

Small caps tend to be less liquid and therefore may have higher betas, although this one is low at 6.1, because it doesn't trade a lot. It makes all kinds of medical devices that none of the big guys want to manufacture. A good entry point would be around $50. This is one you want to hold for the long run.

(A Top Pick Jan 15/16. Up 44.32%.) A tiny little company out of Texas that makes things in the healthcare sector that nobody else wants to create, such as little catheters, IV tubes, cases for contact lenses, etc. His fear is that this company could get bought out because the CEO is getting into his 60s, and succession would be a risk. He wouldn’t buy at this price as it is a little overpriced. Buy on weakness.

(A Top Pick April 4/16. (Actually Jan 15/16.) Up 0.65%.) A little, small medical device company that handles products that larger companies don’t want to be bothered with. It continues to grow very well in the little niches that nobody else wants to do. The dividend has been growing roughly at a 20% clip. Earnings are supposed to be between $15 and $20.

(Top Pick Jan 15/16, Up 10.30%) Small company that makes vascular clamps and pull tags on life vest. Long term growth over the last 15-20 years. No one else makes these clips. They make good margins.

A tiny healthcare company that no US brokerage analyst covers. A quiet stock that small investors can buy. Not very liquid, but they have been around for many, many years. They make widgets in operating rooms for open-heart surgery, and the machines that moves medicine and blood flow into the heart while the surgery is going on. Growth about 7%-8% a year. Dividend yield of 1.01%.