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.

Fortune 500: This Year’s Top 10

By Angela Nazworth, InvestorPlace Writer May 7, 2012

American businesses are rebounding. Here's a look at the companies that made the most recent list of Fortune's 500.

3 Things We Just Learned About the Carmakers

By Susan J. Aluise, Aviation, Auto & Transportation Writer May 7, 2012

Among the mixed messages are these overall trends that all the companies are experiencing. But which one stock is the one to go with now?

Guilty By Association: Herbalife Still Has Lots of Life

By Louis Navellier, Editor, Growth Investor May 7, 2012

Herbalife shares got caught up in a short sale squeeze perhaps instituted by noted David Einhorn. There is still great value in this company's earnings. Hang in

Treasury to Offer $5 Billion of AIG Shares

By InvestorPlace Staff May 7, 2012

The U.S. Treasury Department will continue to divest its position in AIG with a sale, the third of the year, of $5 billion in AIG stock owned by Treasury.

Green Mountain Coffee Sell Signals Are an Opportunity

By Louis Navellier, Editor, Growth Investor May 7, 2012

Green Mountain disappointed investors and analysts alike, and the stock was crushed. Get over it and look for new opportunities with your money

2 More Insider Selling Warnings

By Ethan Roberts, InvestorPlace Contributor May 7, 2012

Don't fall for another Green Mountain fiasco with these two stocks. Heavy recent insider selling at both big names should be warning flags for investors.

Jobs Jar the Markets — Friday’s IP Market Recap

By Marc Bastow, InvestorPlace Assistant Editor May 4, 2012

A Labor Department jobs report showed slower job creation than was hoped, sending the market into a tailspin for the entire trading session.

YHOO Needs to Fire Its Yahoo of a CEO

By Jonathan Berr, InvestorPlace Contributor May 4, 2012

Scott Thompson's résumé flub gives Yahoo's board little choice but to can its shifty CEO without severance.

3 Acquisitions That Don’t Deliver the Goods

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor May 4, 2012

A recent study suggests acquisitions are a drag on the buying company's stock price. Here's a look at three examples of how M&A handiwork usually backfires.

Gold, Silver Higher on U.S. Jobs Report

By Andrew Burger, InvestorPlace Contributor May 4, 2012

April's employment and wage data were much weaker than expected.

Another Sizzling Quarter for LinkedIn

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor May 4, 2012

The professional social network more than doubled revenues in the first quarter, and the shares are jumping.

Can P&G’s CEO Turn This Story Around?

By Susan J. Aluise, Aviation, Auto & Transportation Writer May 4, 2012

Bob McDonald's tenure is looking scarily similar to a past disaster. Can he lead the innovation renaissance P&G needs?

Where Did Warren Buffett Go Wrong?

By James Brumley, InvestorPlace Feature Writer May 4, 2012

Berkshire's returns trailed the S&P 500 for the third straight year, leaving many to question where Warren Buffett has come up short. The answer is a little buried.

Why Best Buy Should Follow Target’s Kindle Kibosh

By Kyle Woodley, Senior Investing Editor, Kiplinger May 4, 2012

Taking Kindle off shelves won't stop the constant march of e-tailing, but it could slow Amazon's progress and buy TGT, BBY and others time to regroup.