5 Best Services Stocks For 2014

Asian banks are moving aggressively to offer new cloud solutions, creating proactive and personalized customer experiences by establishing essential infrastructure and services in the Asia-Pacific region in Japan and Singapore.

Oracle�� Enhanced Customer Data Centers in Asia

2013 will bring more movement for data centers as hardware vendors work to round out their converged data center offerings via continued M&A activity. ��e are dedicated to simplifying IT, so customers can focus on driving business innovation,��said Oracle President Mark Hurd. More than 25 million users and more than 10,000 organizations use Oracle Cloud worldwide each day.

Worldwide revenues from cloud infrastructure services reached US$12.5 billion in Q4 2012 and US$47.2 billion for the full year. Synergy data showed regional spending on IaaS and PaaS passed the US$1 billion mark in 2012, having grown by 55 percent from 2011. Oracle�� shares plunged nearly 10 percent on March 21 after its fiscal Q3 results released late the day earlier missed Wall Street expectations and company outlook. IBD reported that Oracle executives mostly blamed poor sales execution for the miss. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.1 percent on April 8. By the end of trading, Oracle Corporation rose 33 cents (1 percent) to $32.36 on light volume. The stock ranges in price between $31.90 and $32.36.

Hot Services Companies To Invest In Right Now: China Lodging Group Limited (HTHT)

China Lodging Group, Limited, together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and manages a chain of hotels in the People?s Republic of China. It operates HanTing Express Hotel that targets knowledge workers and value-conscious travelers; HanTing Seasons Hotel, which targets mid-level corporate managers and owners of small and medium enterprises; and HanTing Hi Inn for budget-constrained travelers. As of March 31, 2011, the company had 473 hotels consisting of 259 leased-and-operated hotels and 214 franchised-and-managed hotels; and 162 hotels under development, including 74 leased-and-operated hotels and 88 franchised-and-managed hotels. China Lodging Group, Limited was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People?s Republic of China.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Seth Jayson]

  Calling all cash flows
  When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on China Lodging Group (Nasdaq: HTHT  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

• [By Seth Jayson]

  Calling all cash flows
  When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on China Lodging Group (Nasdaq: HTHT  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

5 Best Services Stocks For 2014: Dephasium Corp (DPHS)

Dephasium Corp., formerly Pay Mobile, Inc., incorporated on November 17, 2005, is a development-stage company. As of December 31, 2012, the Company was seeking new business opportunities. On June 3, 2013, Dephasium Corp announced that it has completed the acquisition of the ANCILIA from Dephasium Ltd.

The Company was engaged in the business of providing integrated payment solutions for consumers and corporate clients by incorporating its mobile payment technology with the issuance of open-loop prepaid Visa and MasterCard cards. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had no operations.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Peter Graham]

  Small cap stocks BluForest Inc (OTCMKTS: BLUF), Dephasium Corp (OTCMKTS: DPHS) and IceWEB, Inc (OTCBB: IWEB) have been getting some attention for at least a few weeks now thanks to paid for promotional activity. Of course, there is nothing wrong with properly disclosed stock promotions, but one of these stocks also has a former shareholder who has filed a civil action against it alleging there is an illegal ��ump and dump��scheme going on. So what�� the whole story and more importantly, what will happen with these small cap stocks when the well from promoters eventually goes dry? Here is a closer look and a quick reality check:

5 Best Services Stocks For 2014: Yum! Brands Inc.(YUM)

YUM! Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a quick service restaurant company in the United States and internationally. It develops, operates, franchises, and licenses a system of restaurants, which prepare, package, and sell various food items, as well as operates Chinese casual dining concept restaurants. The company?s restaurants specialize in chicken, pizza, and Mexican-style food categories. It operates approximately 37,000 restaurants in 110 countries and territories under the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands, as well as approximately 450 casual dining concept restaurants in China. The company was formerly known as TRICON Global Restaurants, Inc. and changed its name to YUM! Brands, Inc. in May 2002. YUM! Brands, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By AnnaLisa Kraft]

  AFC Enterprises has grown its Popeye's and Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen restaurants so now competes with the big boys like�Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM  ) . Yum! Brands as a global chicken restaurant.

• [By Andr茅s Cardenal]

  The war for breakfast is getting hotter than ever, with big fast-food companies such as Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM  ) , McDonald's (NYSE: MCD  ) , and Burger King (NYSE: BKW  ) intensifying their competitive pressure in that lucrative niche. On the other hand, at the higher end of the pricing spectrum, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX  ) could be a clear winner in that competition thanks to its differentiated quality and successful menu innovations.

• [By Monica Gerson]

  Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) is estimated to post its Q3 earnings at $0.93 per share on revenue of $3.53 billion.

  Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) is estimated to post a quarterly loss at $0.08 per share on revenue of $7.80 million.

5 Best Services Stocks For 2014: Entest Biomedical Inc (ENTB)

Entest BioMedical, Inc. (Entest), incorporated on September 24, 2008, is a development-stage company. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2012, the Company�� business consists of the development and commercialization of immunotherapeutic therapies for the veterinary market, as well as the acquisition and operation of veterinary hospitals. The Company is focusing its research and development efforts toward the development and commercialization of the ImenVax family of canine cancer vaccines. ImenVax I is a therapeutic for canine cancer, which involves isolating tumor cells from the patient and then placing the cells into a cell implant device that is inserted subcutaneously into the patient. ImenVax II, which utilizes cell lines for sustained release of immunologically relevant cytokines for maximum anti-tumor immune responses.

ImenVax

The Company is conducting a ten dog safety study to Evaluate ImenVax I for the Treatment of Canine Oral Melanoma. As of May 17, 2012 three dogs suffering from oral melanoma have been administered the therapy with no dog suffering any material adverse reaction.

ImenVax II

The Company intends to include adjuvant cytokine along with tumor cells into the implantation device. The adjuvants can be added through cytokine expressing cell line.

ImenVax III

ImenVax III is intended to function by harnessing the ability of placental extracts to combat canine cancers. ImenVax III is intended to treat existing tumors through stimulation of immune responses to kill tumor cells directly; indirectly kill tumor cells by cutting off the tumor blood supply, and block the ability of the tumor to suppress the immune system.

ENT-576

ENT-57 is a therapy being developed by the Company for the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), such therapy consists of extracting a therapeutic number of cells from a tissue containing in part a stem cell population; processing sai! d population of cells derived from said tissue so as to concentrate said stem cell population; systemic re-administration of said cell population into the same patient, and exposing the patient lung to a sufficient intensity and frequency of laser irradiation necessary to augment therapeutic activity of said cells in said patient suffering from COPD. A therapeutic intervention in COPD would require addressing the issues of inflammation and regeneration.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Bryan Murphy]

  The so-called fundamentals, frankly, don't really matter for Entest BioMedical Inc. (OTCMKTS:ENTB) or Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ:GEVO). Oh, both GEVO and ENTB are generating sales, but both are consistently taking losses. That's ok though, as for both companies right now, profits aren't really the point - it's the pipeline that matters.

• [By Peter Graham]

  Small cap mining stocks US Tungsten Corp (OTCMKTS: USTU) and LKA Gold Inc (OTCMKTS: LKAI) along with biotech Entest BioMedical Inc (OTCMKTS: ENTB) have been getting some attention lately in various investment newsletters with at least one of these stocks being the subject of paid promotions while another could soon be the subject of an investor relations campaign. But will any of these small cap stocks be winners for investors or traders? Here is a quick reality check: