Hot Performing Companies To Watch For 2014

Shares of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB  ) are outperforming the broader market today with gains of more than 4%. The reason investors are cheering is news that automaker General Motors (NYSE: GM  ) is now advertising on the social network again.

Around the time of Facebook's controversial IPO last year, there was much concern over the effectiveness of Facebook's display ads. GM famously and publicly cut its ad relationship with Facebook, saying it would no longer buy ads on the site. GM is one of the biggest advertisers in the U.S. market, so the automaker was a big fish to lose at the time. Car ads simply weren't performing well on Facebook.

GM has now indicated that it plans to resume running ads on Facebook, which is a big vote of confidence in the social network. GM will feature ads for its Chevrolet brand on Facebook's mobile platforms as part of its larger "Find New Roads" campaign. The campaign is notable because it is specifically a "mobile-only" pilot campaign that looks to target mobile Facebook users.

Hot Performing Companies To Watch For 2014: Intrepid Mines Ltd (IAU.AX)

Intrepid Mines Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and development of precious metal properties in Indonesia. The company primarily explores for gold, silver, and copper. It principally holds 80% interest in the Tujuh Bukit project that consists of 2 tenements covering a total area of 11,621.45 hectares located in southeast Java, Indonesia. The company was formerly known as NuStar Mining Corporation Limited and changed its name to Intrepid Mines Limited as result of its merger with Intrepid Minerals Corporation in July 2006. Intrepid Minerals Limited was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Spring Hill, Australia.

Hot Performing Companies To Watch For 2014: InfoSonics Corp(IFON)

InfoSonics Corporation engages in the design, development, sourcing, and sale of wireless handsets and accessories in Latin America and the Asia Pacific. The company offers a line of entry-level, mid-tier, and high-end products under the verykool brand name. It contracts with electronic manufacturing services providers to manufacture its branded products. The company?s customers include carriers, agents, distributors, resellers, and original equipment manufacturers. InfoSonics Corporation was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Hot Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: Piedmont Natural Gas Company Inc.(PNY)

Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., an energy services company, engages in the distribution of natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation customers in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It also operates energy-related businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, regulated interstate natural gas storage, and intrastate natural gas transportation. The company serves approximately 1 million customers, including 51,800 customers served by municipalities. Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.