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The stock market changes from minute to minute, and what’s hot today may not be hot tomorrow. Our expert analysts spot hot stocks that are heating up before the crowd swoops in to bid prices higher, and our journalists sift through the noise to shine a light on trending investments -- in spaces ranging from quantum computing to marijuana stocks -- to determine whether they’re actually worth your time.

This Is Where You Should Buy Snap Stock

By Bret Kenwell, InvestorPlace Contributor
Snap stock soared almost 50% after it reported fourth-quarter earnings. However, wait for a pullback to $17 if you're interested in buying.

Zynga Inc Stock Could Be a Big Winner, But It’s Still Risky

By Luke Lango, InvestorPlace Senior Investment Analyst
Zynga stock has tremendous upside potential through global mobile gaming growth, but those are some big "ifs." And, ZNGA also carries a ton of risk with it. Overall, ZNGA stock has the potential to be a big winner a year or two down the road.

Earnings Visibility Make Lending Club (LC) a Sell at recent price of $3.7

By Portfolio Grader
The Sell recommendation for Lending Club Corp is the conclusion of a proprietary process of evaluation which yielded results that were above average in 1 area: an industry group ranked above average in attractiveness; and produced below average outcomes in 5 areas: an economic sector ranked below average in attractiveness, a ranking in the company's sector that is in the bottom eighth, ranking in the company's industry group that is in the bottom eighth, an analytical score that is below average, and a quantitative risk/reward calculation that is unattractive.

Starbucks Corporation Stock Is Far From a Sure Thing

By Ian Bezek, InvestorPlace Contributor
Don't let Starbucks' China growth plans fool you. The company is converting into a slow-growth dividend cash cow, which is not good for SBUX stock.

Moody’s Corporation Stock Pops on Earnings Beat

By William White, InvestorPlace Writer
Moody's (MCO) stock was up on Friday after the investment services company reported an earnings beat for the fourth quarter of 2017.

Itau Unibanco Holding (ITUB) a Buy at recent price of $15.11, on Healthy Earnings Growth

By Portfolio Grader
Portfolio Grader currently ranks ITUB as a Buy. This analytical tool assesses stocks by means of fundamental and quantitative analytical. ITUB has maintained this ranking for 4 months.

HanesBrands (HBI) a Hold at recent price of $19.57, on Feeble Industry Group Rank

By Portfolio Grader
The a Hold rating for HBI is based on the Portfolio Grader stock evaluator. The system for fundamental and quantitative metrics used in this analytical tool assesses and ranks nearly 5,000 stocks each week. This represents no change from the previous week and is the same ranking HBI has had from Portfolio Grader for 2 months.

Shipping With Amazon: AMZN to Launch New Delivery Service for Businesses

By William White, InvestorPlace Writer
Amazon (AMZN) is reportedly planning to launch its own delivery service called 'Shipping with Amazon,' but only for certain businesses in select cities.

Where Does Wynn Resorts, Limited Stock Go From Here?

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor
After founder and CEO Steve Wynn stepped down from Wynn Resorts, it left some doubts over what would happen to the company. While WYNN stock may struggle for some time, the company will be fine in the long-term.

Huntington Bancshares’ (HBAN) Upgraded to Hold at recent price of $15.1

By Portfolio Grader
The Hold recommendation, which was recently up graded from a Sell to Hold, for Huntington Bancshares Inc is the outcome of an analytical process that is proprietary which yielded conclusions that were above average in 4 areas: a ranking in its sector group that is in the top half, ranking in the company's industry group that is in the top third, a quantitative risk/reward calculation that is better than average and an analytical score that is above average; and produced below average results in 2 areas: an economic sector rated below average in attractiveness, and an industry group ranked below average in attractiveness.

Lousy Earnings Growth Keep Halliburton (HAL) a Sell at recent price of $47.41

By Portfolio Grader
Portfolio Grader currently ranks HAL as a Sell. This analytical tool assesses stocks by employing proprietary fundamental and quantitative algorithmic. The current Portfolio Grader recommendation on the shares has been in place for 3 months.

Sales Growth Keep GrubHub (GRUB) a Buy at recent price of $89.04

By Portfolio Grader
The Buy recommendation for GrubHub Inc is the outcome of a proprietary process of evaluation which yielded conclusions that were above average in 6 areas: an economic sector rated above average in attractiveness, an industry group ranked above average in attractiveness, a ranking in the company's sector that is in the top quarter, ranking in its industry group that is in the top quarter, a mathematical computation of risk/reward that is attractive and an analytical score that is near average.

Yum! Brands, Inc. Isn’t Bad, But This Pizza Stock Is Better

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor
If you’re considering buying YUM stock, you might want to think twice before buying the owner of Pizza Hut. Domino's has an impressive record, and has outperformed Pizza Hut for the past five years. Investors looking at these two stocks would be smart to choose DPZ over YUM.

Groupon (GRPN) a Buy at recent price of $5.05, on Solid Earnings Momentum

By Portfolio Grader
The a Buy rating for GRPN is based on the Portfolio Grader stock evaluator. This analytical tool evaluates stocks by employing proprietary fundamental and quantitative metric based. GRPN has maintained this ranking for 2 months.

Exelon (EXC) a Buy at recent price of $35.98, on Strong Earnings Growth

By Portfolio Grader
The Buy recommendation for Exelon Corp is the outcome of a proprietary process of evaluation which generated conclusions that were above average in 5 area: an economic sector ranked above average in attractiveness, an industry group rated above average in attractiveness, a ranking in the company's sector that is in the top third, ranking in the company's industry group that is in the top half, and a quantitative risk/reward calculation that is attractive; and produced below average results in 1 areas: an analytical score that is below average.

Metrics for Industry Group Rank Make Cemex (CX) a Sell at recent price of $7.36

By Portfolio Grader
Cemex SAB de CV's Sell recommendation is the outcome of an analytical process that is proprietary and produced results that were above average in 1 area: an analytical score that is near average; and produced below average outcomes in 5 areas: an economic sector ranked below average in attractiveness, an industry group ranked below average in attractiveness, a ranking in its sector group that is in the bottom quarter, ranking in its industry group that is in the bottom quarter, and a quantitative risk/reward calculation that is below average.

CenturyLink (CTL) a Strong Sell at recent price of $16.2, on Poor Earnings Visibility

By Portfolio Grader
CTL is rated as a Strong Sell by means of the Portfolio Grader stock evaluator. The methods for fundamental and quantitative metrics used in this analytical tool researches and ranks nearly 5,000 stocks each week. The current Portfolio Grader recommendation on the shares has been in place for 7 months.

Shrinking Industry Group Rank Keep Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) a Sell at recent price of $6.63

By Portfolio Grader
The Sell recommendation for Cleveland-Cliffs Inc is the outcome of a process of analysis that is proprietary which yielded conclusions that were above average in 1 area: analytical scoring that is near average; and produced below average results in 5 areas: an economic sector ranked below average in attractiveness, an industry group ranked below average in attractiveness, a ranking in its sector group that is in the third quarter, ranking in its industry group that is in the bottom quarter, and a mathematical computation of risk/reward that is unattractive.

Quant Score Keep Barclays (BCS) a Sell at recent price of $10.69

By Portfolio Grader
BCS is rated as a Sell by means of the Portfolio Grader stock evaluator. The system for fundamental and quantitative metrics used in this analytical tool evaluates and ranks nearly 5,000 stocks each week. BCS has maintained this ranking for 5 months.
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