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.

Budweiser to Unveil ‘Bow Tie-Shaped’ Can Next Month

Budweiser will begin selling its beer in a bow tie-shaped can that reflects its half-century old logo on May 6.

Dish Bids for Sprint But Needs Dose of Reality

Charlie Ergen -- CEO of Dish Network -- is taking a huge gamble with his recent unsolicited bid for Sprint, as the deal only sounds promising in theory.

VIDEO: 6 Stocks in 60 Seconds

Check out this quick video recap of six stocks that made headlines -- good and bad -- this week.

Stocks, Gold Bounce Back — Tuesday’s IP Market Recap

U.S. stocks and gold alike rebounded from Monday's glaring losses thanks to positive news on the corporate earnings and housing fronts.

Gold Regains Some Lost Ground After Plunge

Gold reversed course and climbed in Tuesday trading, recovering some ground from Monday's plunge after an analyst said the metal was undervalued.

Tech Earnings in Focus — Who Should You Buy?

Earnings season is a challenging time for investors -- you need to be able to process news quickly. Here are the names to look at as tech companies report revenue and sales numbers.

China Grinds Markets to a Halt — Monday’s IP Market Recap

Reports of slower growth in China overshadowed a seeming return to Merger Monday and sent U.S. markets significantly lower.

Gold Dives to Two-Year Low on China

Gold tumbled in Monday trading, hitting a two-year low, after a report showed weaker economic growth in China.

Ebay-Paypal: A One-in-a-Million Deal

Ebay's $1.5 billion acquisition of PayPal has continued paying dividends long after the deal's been done. Here's why, in dealmaking, that success is the exception, not the norm.

Netflix’s Big Streaming Numbers: Encouraging, But Not Enough

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says users streamed 4 billion hours of content in the past three months, but how excited should we be about that figure?

Cloud Infrastructure Service Stocks: Who Makes the Grade?

Cloud computing -- especially the Infrastructure-as-a-Service segment -- is a huge deal. Find out which of these four names has the most promising prospects.

Adobe’s Primetime Makes It a Promising Play

Adobe's tackling streaming video with its new Primetime platform and investors are confident it will dominate the segment as it has many others.

Gold Plunges on U.S. Economic Worries

Gold suffered its biggest pullback in a year as rising concern about the U.S. economy's recovery shook traders Friday.

Background Checks No Match for High-Caliber Gun Stocks

Gun-makers Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger simply shrugged off a Senate vote to begin debating the main piece of federal gun legislation.

Acadia Booms, But Has a Long Way to Go

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals rocketed to 64% gains yesterday on good news regarding its Parkinson's disease treatment ... but let's not put the cart before the horse.

VIDEO: 6 Stocks in 60 Seconds

Check out this quick video recap of six stocks that made headlines -- good or bad -- this week.

Tech Can’t Stop the Rally — Thursday’s IP Market Recap

Technology stocks reversed course as a report showed dramatic slippage in PC shipments, but the Dow and S&P still marched on to new records.

Gold Recovers as Investors Look for Bargains

Gold rose modestly in Thursday trading, recovering from Wednesday's nearly 2% drop in futures prices as investors took advantage of the lower price.

Hospital Stocks Might Be in a Holding Pattern

Things were going so well for hospital stocks before Wednesday, when they hit a wall. The question going forward: What's over that wall?