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.

Go Long MCD, Short ADBE

By Ryan Mallory
McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) is a defensive stock to buy, while Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) will make a good stock to short if the trendline breaks.

11 Stocks To Cheer Your Holiday

By Jeff Reeves
These retailing stocks could provide holiday cheer; each has gained 50% over three months and has room to grow.

Big Box Retailers Prepare for Troubled Holiday

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
A new report from Bloomberg paints an especially troubling picture for big box outlets like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Target (NYSE: TGT), and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). All of these stores rely on middle class spending to break even following the holiday season, and while the recession isn't expected to produce as steep a dip in retail spending as was seen last year, analysts are still predicting flat numbers.

India is Unique Among Asian Economies

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor
The United States just announced its support for the addition of India as a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Many have taken that as a move to counter the rise of Chinese influence on the world stage.

Intuit Switches on Turbo Power

By Jon Markman, Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options
Technology companies have advanced unevenly the past year, with buyout candidates faring much better than companies simply improving on the basis of fundamental earnings growth.

Tata Motors Posts Record Profit

By Louis Navellier, Editor, Growth Investor
The maker of the Nano minicar and the owner of the luxury car brand Jaguar, India's Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM), announced record profit this week as its stock hit a new high.

ETFs, Stocks Soaring in Nuclear Power Sector

By Jon Ogg
These ETFs and stocks are part of the soaring nuclear power sector.

Amazon Grows Household Goods Business With Quidsi Acquisition

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
The privately owned operators of beauty, health, and baby product online retail outlets Soap.com Diapers.com, and BeautyBar.com were touted as the biggest threat to physical big box retailers like Target (NYSE: TGT) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) since Amazon.com Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) online business muscled in on their entertainment sales a decade back.

Malaysia Has Great Potential

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor
Malaysia has done a lot to transform itself from a producer of raw materials into an emerging multi-sector economy. The country is considered middle-income by economic standards (GDP per capita is $7,500).

Are Emerging Markets in a Bubble, or Just Simmering?

By Jon Markman, Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options
The emerging markets closely resemble the U.S. market of the early 1980s.

Bank Stocks on the Move

By Anthony Mirhaydari, InvestorPlace Market Strategist
As stocks scream higher in reaction to stronger economic news and the Fed's $600 billion money printing announcement on Wednesday, one sector group in particular has been benefiting. And that's financial stocks.

The Market’s Best Quarter (and Six Months) Starts This Week

By InvestorPlace Staff
November is historically the second best month in market history (April is #1) and November is also the start of the best three months and the best six months of the market year. In addition, we saw a dramatic shift in Congress this week, which points toward a strong market year ahead.

Avoid the Herd and Buy Utilities

By Charles Sizemore, Chief Investment Strategist, The Freeport Society
Barron's Big Money survey cited technology as a strong sector going forward, but the contrarian view is to pass on tech stocks and invest in utilities.

Top 5 Asia Stocks Trouncing the Market

By Robert Hsu, InvestorPlace Contributor
These are five top Asia stocks beating the market and benefiting from a powerful year-end rally.

My Top Stock for November

By Hilary Kramer, Editor, GameChangers
Hilary Kramer discusses why Evercore Partners Inc. (NYSE:EVR) is one of her top stocks for November.

Asia Is Investing World’s New Center

By Jon Markman, Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options
Asia is becoming the center of the investing world as southern hemisphere countries grow in importance in world trade.

Why BRIC Banks Are a Buy

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor
Look to bank stocks in the emerging markets of BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, China -- for economies are growing much faster.

Apple (AAPL) – Debuts App Store, MacBooks, OS Upgrades

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
Apple unveiled its Mac App Store, the OS X 10.7 Lion operating system and new 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch MacBook Air laptops.

Starbucks (SBUX) to Sell Booze?

By InvestorPlace Staff
Starbucks is testing cafes featuring wine and beer.
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