Top Services Stocks To Own For 2014

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, perhaps better known as Obamacare, is certainly one of the most controversial pieces of legislation to come out of the Obama administration. Designed to reform our current health-care system by mandating individuals carry health insurance, and capping insurers medical loss ratios at 80% to ensure patients get the quality of care they expect when they need it, Obamacare's favorable ratings fell in a Kaiser Family Foundation poll last month to their second-lowest level since the bill passed in 2010.

The bill is polarizing, without question. But, with its implementation less than seven months away, Obamacare received a big boost earlier this week with the release of a study on hospital costs by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS. In this study, the CMS looked at more than 3,000 hospitals nationwide that accept government-sponsored Medicare and examined the cost for the 100 most frequently billed treatments and procedures. The results of the study were downright frightening and would definitely support the need for accountability, transparency, and some form of regulation with regard to hospital costs.

Top Services Stocks To Own For 2014: Danier Leather Inc(DL.TO)

Danier Leather Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, distribution, and retail of fashion leather and suede apparel, and accessories for men and women in Canada. It offers a line of clothing items, including sportswear, wool sweaters, casual cotton or nylon shirts, jackets, blazers, coats, winter lined, sheepskins, skirts, dresses, tops and vests, and pants under the Danier brand name. The company also offers accessories, such as hand bags, brief cases, laptop bags, casual bags, wallets, gloves, hats and scarves, belts, leather purses, portfolios, and travel and business accessories, as well as gift cards. As of June 25, 2011, it operated 89 retail locations comprising 57 shopping mall stores, 2 street-front stores, and 30 power centre stores in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Labrador. Danier Leather Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Top Services Stocks To Own For 2014: Mercator Transport Group Corpor (GMT.V)

Mercator Transport Group Corporation engages in the air and sea transportation engineering, as well as international logistics and distribution in Canada, Europe, the United States, and Africa. The company offers value-added services in global supply chain management, as well as designs tailored logistics solutions; and guides and organizes the flow of client�s goods and services between Canada and internationally. It provides a range of services, including customs and administration; ocean, air, and transborder freight forwarding; door to door; local and international transportation; shipment consolidation; warehousing; and pick and pack services for local, national, and international transportation by road, air, or sea. The company also offers value-added distribution and supply solutions for plastics, wood, absorbents, safety and environment, and water treatment industries. Mercator Transport Group Corporation is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Top 10 Communications Equipment Stocks To Buy For 2014: Avis Budget Group Inc.(CAR)

Avis Budget Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides car and truck rentals, and ancillary services to businesses and consumers worldwide. It supplies rental cars to the premium commercial and leisure segments of the travel industry under the Avis brand; and to the value-conscious segments of the industry under the Budget brand. The company operates or licenses the Avis car rental system that includes approximately 5,200 locations; and operates approximately 2,100 Avis car rental locations in on-airport and local rental markets; and operates or licenses the Budget vehicle rental system comprising approximately 3,050 car rental locations, and operates approximately 1,100 Budget car rental locations. It also operates local and one-way truck rental businesses, and operates a combined fleet of approximately 26,000 trucks, which are rented through a network of approximately 1,850 dealers and 300 company-operated locations in the continental United States serving the consumer and light commercial sectors. In addition, the company engages in the sale and rental of optional products and services, including loss damage waivers; insurance products, such as additional/supplemental liability insurance or personal accident/effects insurance; automobile towing equipment and other moving accessories consisting of hand trucks, furniture pads, and moving supplies; and products for driving convenience, such as where2 GPS navigation units, optional roadside assistance, fuel service options, and electronic toll collection, as well as other ancillary products and services comprising rental of satellite radio units and child safety seats. Its rental fleet comprises approximately 393,000 vehicles. The company was formerly known as Cendant Corporation. Avis Budget Group, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey.

Top Services Stocks To Own For 2014: Chindex International Inc.(CHDX)

Chindex International, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare services; and sale of medical equipment, instrumentation, and products. The company operates in two segments, Healthcare Services and Medical Products. The Healthcare Services segment owns and operates the United Family Healthcare network of private hospitals and clinics in the Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou markets. This segment also operates a managed clinic in the city of Wuxi, south of Shanghai. It offers a range of family healthcare services, including 24/7 emergency rooms, intensive care units, and neonatal intensive care units, operating rooms, clinical laboratory, radiology, and blood banking services for men, women, and children. The Medical Products segment markets, distributes, and sells medical capital equipment, instrumentation, and other medical products for use in hospitals in China and Hong Kong. It offers diagnostic color ultrasound imaging devices, robotic surgical systems and instrument ation, mammography and breast biopsy devices, and lasers for cosmetic surgery. This segment sells its products through its direct sales force. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.