Hot Stocks

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.

High-Level Measures for Quant Score Make Micron Technology (MU) a Strong Buy at recent price of $40.82

By Portfolio Grader
Micron Technology Inc's Strong Buy recommendation is a result of a proprietary process of evaluation and produced conclusions that were above average in 6 areas: an economic sector ranked above average in attractiveness, an industry group rated above average in attractiveness, a ranking in its sector group that is in the top decile, ranking in the company's industry group that is in the top decile, a numerical calculation of risk/reward that is attractive and analytical scoring that is above average.

Bitcoin Shows Us Why It’s Not Always About You

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor
China's crackdown on bitcoin has had the desired effect, taking speculation out of the market for cryptocurrency, popping the bubble.

Microsoft’s (MSFT) Strong Sales Growth Make it a Buy at recent price of $91.78

By Portfolio Grader
Portfolio Grader currently ranks MSFT as a Buy. The system for fundamental and quantitative metrics used in this analytical tool assesses and ranks nearly 5,000 stocks each week. The current Portfolio Grader recommendation on the shares has been in place for the last month.

Industry Group Rank Keep Gerdau (GGB) a Sell at recent price of $4.43

By Portfolio Grader
Gerdau SA's Sell recommendation is the conclusion of an analytical process that is proprietary and produced outcomes that were below average in 6 areas: an economic sector ranked below average in attractiveness, an industry group rated below average in attractiveness, a ranking in the company's sector that is in the middle third, ranking in its industry group that is in the third quarter, an analytical score that is near average, and a mathematical computation of risk/reward that is below average.

Adverse Earnings Momentum Make General Electric (GE) a Strong Sell at recent price of $15.64

By Portfolio Grader
The Strong Sell recommendation for General Electric Co is the outcome of an analytical process that is proprietary which generated conclusions that were above average in 1 area: an industry group rated above average in attractiveness; and produced below average results 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, analytical scores that are well below average, and a quantitative risk/reward calculation that is among the least attractive.

Sales Growth Keep Ford Motor (F) a Sell at recent price of $10.71

By Portfolio Grader
F is rated as a Sell by means of the Portfolio Grader stock evaluator. This analytical tool assesses stocks by employing proprietary fundamental and quantitative analytical. This represents no change from the previous week and is the same ranking F has had from Portfolio Grader for 6 months.

Comcast (CMCSA) Sales Growth Penalize Rating

By Portfolio Grader
Comcast Corp's Hold recommendation is the conclusion of a proprietary process of evaluation and produced outcomes that were above average in 3 areas: an economic sector rated above average in attractiveness, ranking in the company's industry group that is in the top half, and analytical scores that are above average; and produced below average conclusions in 3 areas: an industry group ranked below average in attractiveness, a ranking in its sector group that is in the middle third, and a mathematical computation of risk/reward that is average.

Terrible Earnings Momentum Downgrade Chesapeake Energy (CHK) to Strong Sell at recent price of $3.33

By Portfolio Grader
Portfolio Grader currently ranks CHK as a Strong Sell. The methodology for investing incorporated in this analytical tool researches and ranks nearly 5,000 stocks each week from a fundamental and quantitative perspective. CHK has been downgraded from a Sell to a Strong Sell in the last week.

Tesla Inc Earnings Will Be Key — And All About the Model 3

By Vince Martin, InvestorPlace Contributor
Tesla's Q4 earnings report will focus not on losses or revenues, but Model 3 production. If the company can finally prove it's on track, TSLA stock could soar.

Bank of America (BAC) a Hold at recent price of $31.95, on Lackluster Earnings Momentum

By Portfolio Grader
Portfolio Grader currently ranks BAC as a Hold. With proprietary fundamental and quantitative analytical, this analytical tool assesses nearly 5,000 stocks weekly. The current Portfolio Grader recommendation on the shares has been in place for 3 months.

Top-End Industry Group Rank Makes Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) a Strong Buy at recent price of $187.31

By Portfolio Grader
Portfolio Grader currently ranks BABA as a Strong Buy. This analytical tool assesses stocks with fundamental and quantitative algorithmic. BABA has maintained this ranking for 9 months.

Earnings Growth Hurt Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Rating

By Portfolio Grader
The a Hold rating for AMD is based on the Portfolio Grader stock evaluator. This analytical tool assesses stocks by means of fundamental and quantitative metric based. AMD has maintained this ranking for 3 months.

Apple (AAPL) a Buy at recent price of $160.5, on Superior Sales Growth

By Portfolio Grader
The a Buy rating for AAPL is based on the Portfolio Grader stock evaluator. The methodology for investing incorporated in this analytical tool assesses and ranks nearly 5,000 stocks each week from a fundamental and quantitative perspective. This represents no change from the previous week and is the same ranking AAPL has had from Portfolio Grader for the last month.

Paypal Holdings Inc Stock Earnings Aren’t Enough for the Market

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor
Paypal is growing at 27% but forecasts are for slowing growth, which makes PPYL stock a "Wait and See" proposition.

3 Airline Stocks to Pick Up at a Discount

By InvestorPlace Research Staff
The selling in airline stocks appears to have slowed, and is creating an opportunity for investors to scoop up AAL, DAL and LUV at a discount.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Stock Is Not a Great Choice

By Will Healy, InvestorPlace Contributor
BABA stock offers high growth, but Alibaba stock suffers from a high market cap and the fact that other companies are competing with BABA.

Investing Lessons From My Hate Mail

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor
It's great getting hate mail from readers because it reinforces why I wrote the articles I did.

PlayStation Plus Free Games for February 2018

By Karl Utermohlen, InvestorPlace Writer
The February selection of PlayStation Plus free games includes titles such as 'Knack' a platform adventure game where an unlikely hero steps up.

Apple Inc.: So Much For The iPhone Supercycle

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Apple posted a mixed earnings report. While the quarter beat on the top and bottom lines, the guidance was a disappointment. The company is also seeing weakness with its core iPhone volumes. None of this is good for AAPL stock.
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