Hot High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014

The all-new Chevy Silverado might be GM's most profitable product. Photo: General Motors.

This past week, General Motors (NYSE: GM  ) reported a $2.3 billion dollar pre-tax profit, powered by strong pickup sales at home that led to a $2 billion profit in North America alone.

It was a good result, and as GM's overseas operations continue to pick up steam, the company's bottom line should look even better in coming quarters. But as Fool contributor John Rosevear points out in this video, GM is set to make big gains at home, too -- thanks to a bunch of new models, starting with the all-new Chevy Silverado.

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Hot High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014: Excellence Investments Ltd (EXCE)

Excellence Investments Ltd is an Israeli company active in the financial sector. The Company offers services to institutional and corporate clients, and high net worth individuals. The Company's services include global and domestic asset management, investment banking and underwriting, foreign exchange trade and advisory services, derivatives trading, brokerage, mutual fund and provident fund management, pension fund management and exchange traded funds (ETF).

Hot High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014: Deans Kniight Inc Corp (DNC.TO)

Deans Knight Income Corporation is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm manages separate client focused fixed income portfolios. It invests in public fixed income markets. The firm invests in corporate debt securities. It conducts external research to complement its in-house research. The firm was founded in 1985 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

Top 5 Dividend Stocks For 2015: Horiyoshi Worldwide Inc (HHWW.OB)

Horiyoshi Worldwide Inc. (HWI), incorporated on November 3, 2006, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Horiyoshi the Third Limited and Horiyoshi Worldwide (UK) Limited is engaged in the business of fashion apparel design and distribution. The Company's principal activities are the design and production of the Horiyoshi and Heroes & Demons collections and the operation of its branded retail store in London, England. The Company's products are sold both in the United States and internationally in premium stores, including Harvey Nichols and Saks Fifth Avenue, and in a number of boutique and speciality stores. The Company also sells its products through its branded retail store in London, England and through its Horiyoshi and Heroes & Demons branded Websites.

The Company's product line for the Horiyoshi collection consists of three general categories of goods, which include casual wear for men, casual wear for women, and unisex accessories. The Company's men swear collection features knit cardigans and crew and v-neck sweaters made from wool, silk and cashmere, as well as hooded sweatshirts and t-shirts. The Company's women's wear collection is highlighted by short knit dresses, tank tops, leggings and scarves. The Company's accessories line features a range of jewelry, including rings, earrings, bracelets and pendants. The Company's product line for the Heroes & Demons collection consists of t-shirts for men.

Hot High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014: Range Resources Ltd(RRS.AX)

Range Resources Limited engages in the exploration and development of oil and gas in Somalia, the Republic of Georgia, the United States, and Trinidad. The company?s property interests include Nugaal and Dharoor blocks in Puntland, Somalia; East Texas Cotton Valley prospect in Red River county, Texas; and the North Chapman Ranch project in Nueces county, Texas. It also holds interests in blocks located in the Republic of Georgia. Range Resources Limited is based in West Perth, Australia.

Hot High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014: Rentcash Inc (CSF.TO)

The Cash Store Financial Services Inc. provides alternative financial products and services under Cash Store Financial and Instaloans names in Canada and the United Kingdom. The company primarily offers short-term advances and other financial services. Its financial products and services include payday loans, signature loans, line of credit, injury claims, standard and premium bank accounts, cheque cashing, prepaid credit and debit cards, money transfer services, and payment insurance services. The company was formerly known as Rentcash Inc. and changed its name to The Cash Store Financial Services Inc. in March 2008. The Cash Store Financial Services Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Hot High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014: ENI S.p.A. (E)

Eni SpA, an integrated energy company, engages in the exploration, production, transportation, transformation, and marketing of oil and natural gas. The company also involves in the production and sale of electricity; refining and marketing of petroleum products; and production and sale of petrochemical products and hydrocarbons. In addition, it engages in the offshore and onshore hydrocarbon field construction. Further, the company offers offshore and onshore drilling, and offshore design and engineering services for oil and gas companies. It has a strategic partnership with Gazprom for the joint development of projects in the upstream oil and gas markets. Eni SpA operates in Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania, and the Americas. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy with an additional office in San Donato Milanese, Italy.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Alex Planes]

  Noble and Delek control the current find, but there are several other promising blocks leased to France's Total (NYSE: TOT  ) and Italy's Eni (NYSE: E  ) , both of which could also participate in developing the export terminal. This would be a more lucrative proposition for Cyprus than it might be in the U.S., because present nat-gas prices in the EU are more than four times as high as they are in the United States:

Hot High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014: Atlas Pipeline Partners L.P.(APL)

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. engages in gathering and processing natural gas in the Mid-Continent and Appalachia regions; and transporting natural gas liquids (NGL) in the Mid-Continent region. The company owns and operates approximately 9,100 miles of intrastate natural gas gathering systems located in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Tennessee that gather gas from wells and central delivery points, and deliver natural gas to the company?s natural gas processing plants, as well as to the third-party pipelines; approximately 100 miles of active natural gas gathering systems located in Tennessee; and 7 natural gas processing plants with an aggregate capacity of approximately 610 million cubic feet per day in Oklahoma and Texas. It provides natural gas gathering and processing services in the Permian, Anadarko, and Appalachian Basins. The company also owns approximately 2,200 mile common-carrier pipeline system that transports NGLs from New Mexico and Texas to Mont Belvieu, Te xas. Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. was founded in 1999 and is based in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Eric Volkman]

  Atlas Pipeline Partners (NYSE: APL  ) stands to reap hundreds of millions of dollars from an upcoming public share offering. The company has priced the issue of 10.3 million common units at $34 apiece. Additionally, the offering's underwriters have been granted a 30-day purchase option for up to an additional 1.545 million units.

• [By Rich Duprey]

  Midstream oil and gas MLP�Atlas Pipeline Partners (NYSE: APL  ) announced yesterday its second-quarter distribution of $0.62 per unit, a 5% increase over the payout made last quarter of $0.59 per unit and up 11% year over year.

• [By Jonas Elmerraji]

  Up first is natgas pipeline stock Atlas Pipeline Partners (APL). Natural gas spot prices have sported some pretty lackluster performance so far in 2013, tumbling mid-single digits year-to-date, but not APL. APL has managed to claw its way nearly 22% higher since the calendar flipped over to January, and it's positioned for even better performance for the rest of the year.

  APL is currently forming an ascending triangle pattern, a bullish setup that's formed by horizontal resistance above shares at $39.25 and uptrending support to the downside. Basically, as APL gets bounced in between those two technical levels, it's getting squeezed closer and closer to a breakout above resistance. When that happens, traders have their buy signal.

  Whenever you're looking at any technical price pattern, it's critical to think in terms of those buyers and sellers. Ascending triangles and other pattern names are a good quick way to explain what's going on in a stock, but they're not the reason it's tradable. Instead, it all comes down to supply and demand for shares.

  That resistance level at $290 is a price where there has been an excess of supply of shares; in other words, it's a place where sellers have been more eager to step in and take gains than buyers have been to buy. That's what makes a breakout above $290 so significant -- the move means that buyers are finally strong enough to absorb all of the excess supply above that price level.

  Wait for $290 to get taken out before you buy.

Hot High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014: Cellular Dynamics International Inc (ICEL)

Cellular Dynamics International, Inc., incorporated on November 16, 2007, develops and manufactures fully functioning human cells in industrial quantities to precise specifications. The Company�� iCell Operating System (iCell O/S) includes true human cells in multiple cell types (iCell products), human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and custom iPSCs and iCell products (MyCell products). Customers use its iCell O/S products, among other purposes, for drug discovery and screening; to test the safety and efficacy of their small molecule and biologic drug candidates; for stem cell banking; and in researching cellular therapeutics. The Company�� iCell product line includes four different cell types: cardiomyocytes, neurons, hepatocytes and endothelial cells. The Company is actively developing an additional seven different cell types. iCell products are a consumable designed to be used once and then reordered.

The Company manufactures its iCell products from its iPSCs. An iPSC is a cell that has the ability both to replicate indefinitely and to be transformed into any cell type in the human body. The Company�� iCell O/S consists of six products, which include iCell Cardiomyocytes, iCell Neurons, iCell Endothelial Cells, iCell Hepatocytes and MyCell.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Udovich]

  Stem cells may not be in the news much�as the sector has moved beyond the use of embryotic�ones, but small cap stem cell stocks Cellular Dynamics International Inc (NASDAQ: ICEL), International Stem Cell Corp (OTCMKTS: ISCO) and BioRestorative Therapies (OTCBB: BRTX) have been fairly active over the past several trading days as ICEL went public, ISCO raised additional funding and BRTX grabbed more attention:

Hot High Tech Companies To Watch For 2014: STANDARD LIFE PLC ORD GBP0.10(SL.L)

Standard Life plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a long term savings, investments, and pensions company in the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Austria, India, the United States, Hong Kong, and mainland China. It offers various investment and pension solutions, including investment funds and active money self invested personal pension products to individual and corporate clients. The company also offers investment linked and unit linked life insurance products; group savings and retirement, group insurance, individual life insurance, savings and retirement, mutual funds, and portfolio management solutions; and asset management services, investment and wealth management services, and open architecture funds. Standard Life distributes its products through brokers, independent financial intermediaries, banks, and financial advisers. The company was founded in 1825 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.