Hot Stocks

Hot stocks are not about hype. They emerge when powerful themes, policy shifts, and capital flows converge. InvestorPlace analysts track fast-moving market narratives, especially in technology, AI, and infrastructure, to identify stocks drawing outsized attention and explain what is really driving those moves.

GM to Cut Chevy Volt Price to Boost Sales

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
General Motors is offering $4,000 in additional incentives for its Chevrolet Volt electric car in order to boost flagging sales.

Marlboro Maker to Launch Its First E-Cigarette Brand

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Altria Group, which owns the Marlboro brand, will test market an electronic cigarette in Indiana starting in August.

Lululemon CEO Day Will Step Aside

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor
Lululemon CEO Christine Day will resign her position, saying its the right time for her to go after a 5-year tenure marked by financial success for the company.

Krispy Kreme Wants to Be Your Coffee Destination

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Krispy Kreme is hoping to get consumers to associate it stores and its doughnuts with coffee in order to boost both beverage and doughnut sales.

Gold Edges Higher on Continued Fed Uncertainty

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold posted a fractional gain in Monday trading as inventor uncertainty over continued Federal Reserve stimulus continued to weigh on the market.

Homebuilders Hide, Solar Surges: Monday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor
Friday's solid rally fizzled out Monday, as homebuilders and Apple were among the day's notable strugglers.

Small-Cap Tech Stocks: 2 Winners, 2 Losers So Far in 2013

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Small-cap stocks tend to see the sharpest parts of Wall Street's double-edged sword, leading to spectacular winners and enormous flame-outs like these big movers so far in 2013.

Which Way Will Gun Stocks Aim Next?

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader
While earnings and fundamentals should be a positive driver for Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger, a lack of investor emotion could keep them holstered.

Merger Monday: Who’s the Big Winner?

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer
Google, AstraZeneca and IHS all made headline-grabbing M&A news today, but one of them stands out above the others.

Gold Sinks to Weekly Loss on Better Jobs Data

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold tumbled in Friday trading after Labor Department released data showing more U.S. job creation than forecast in May, sending equities up sharply.

Summer Movies: Stocks, Flops & Superheroes

By Adam Benjamin, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor
Box-office hauls get a lot of attention, especially during the summer movie season. What are the big titles to watch, and how important are they?

Lafley Revamps the Org Chart to Save P&G

By Susan J. Aluise, Aviation, Auto & Transportation Writer
A.G. Lafley, newly re-crowned CEO of Procter & Gamble, unveiled his new organizational structure Wednesday. Will it be enough to turn around the company?

Can Dealmaking Save Yahoo?

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Marissa Mayer has helped make Yahoo more relevant than it has been in a decade. How effective her actual strategies are, however, is yet to be determined.

Stocks’ Rocky Road Heads North — Thursday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor
Investors were taken along for a roller-coaster ride Thursday as Wall Street weighed new jobs data and what tomorrow's employment report might mean to the Fed.

Gold Climbs as U.S. Dollar Tumbles

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Investor anxiety about tomorrow's May non-farm jobs report from the Department of Labor sent the U.S. dollar down sharply and gold up in Thursday trading.

Perk Up! Coffee’s Starting to Brew Big Profits

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer
J.M. Smucker just announced a java-fueled boost in its earnings thanks to tanking bean prices -- news that bodes well for stocks like SBUX and DNKN.

McDonald’s After-Midnight Menu Adds Breakfast Items to Mix

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
McDonald's will begin offering selected breakfast menu items along with its dinner menu between midnight and 4 a.m. at certain locations this month.

PepsiCo Denies Report of Talks to Buy Sodastream

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor
PepsiCo denied a rumor reported by an Israeli financial publication that it is in talks to buy Sodastream for up to $2 billion, or $95 per share.

The Dow Take a Tumble — Wednesday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor
Markets focused on concerns over the continuation of the Fed's easing policy, and a broad sell-off brought the Dow below 15,000.
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