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.

Retailers Turn to Internet for Global Sales Reach

By Burke Speaker, Investorplace Writer
In a bid to catch up to what’s quickly becoming the new norm, more big-name international retailers are jumping online, including Spanish retailer Zara and chic retailer H&M, spurred by less-than-savory sales at their brick-and-mortar stores.

A Little Stock That Could be a Big Mover

By Michael Shulman, Editor, Options Income Blueprint
Biomedical company Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) could pop on retrovirus XMRV news.

Retail Stocks Post Big Gains This Week

By Burke Speaker, Investorplace Writer
With strong August retail sales numbers in general, along with news retailers such as Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN) and Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) that exceeded estimates, clothing shops and mall mainstays are back on track after a summer of mostly bad economic news.

India a Great Investment for September

By Richard Band
August 2010 turned out to be a dud for stocks, vindicating the cautious/bearish stance I had advised you to take early in the month. For the period as a whole, the Standard & Poor's 500 index shed -4.7%, its worst August since 2001.

Walmart (WMT) Pushes Product Selection, Not Price

By Burke Speaker, Investorplace Writer
In an effort to correct what’s now being seen, in part, as a pricing miscalculation, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is looking to increase in-demand items and retool its pricing format, with the hopes that this will re-energize revenues by the end of this year.

Can Redbox Challenge Netflix Online?

By Trefis Team
Can Redbox challenge Netflix with its online move? In the short term, probably not.

Hong Kong Shows China Stocks Still Booming

By Ivan Martchev, InvestorPlace Contributor
Hong Kong is all about trade and finance -- the value of goods and services trade is about four times GDP due to the huge amount of re-exports as Chinese companies ship to the port city, from which goods then leave for the rest of the world.

Netflix (NFLX) Pros and Cons – Can the Online Movie Stock Go Any Higher?

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has become synonymous with how we watch movies at home. The Netflix business model of delivering movie content to users via mail, and now also via streaming Internet, has literally revolutionized the way we watch movies.

Dollar General (DG) Improved Outlook Still Lower Than Expected

By Paul Ausick
Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) reported earnings today, proving again that low-price retail stores continue to have their day in the sun. Dollar General’s second fiscal quarter earnings were $0.41 on revenue of $3.21 billion. Excluding a one time charge of $6.4 million, the company posted EPS of $0.42. Analysts on average expected EPS of $0.38 on revenue of $3.22 billion.

J.Crew (JCG) Opens Online ‘Outlet’ to Boost Sales

By Burke Speaker, Investorplace Writer
J.Crew (NYSE: JCG) is capitalizing on the trend of online shopping with a new concept of an online outlet store that will launch in September. The bid from retail stock J.Crew is meant to attract bargain shoppers in an economy characterized by weak consumer spending.

Diageo (DEO) Leads the Booze Boom

By Burke Speaker, Investorplace Writer
Earnings reports for Diageo (NYSE: DEO), the world’s largest liquor maker, and other similar companies are proving that “sin stocks” are doing well, during a recession in which the only items consumers appear to be spending money on are seen as small comforts in an otherwise difficult time.

Medco (MHS) – Changing Values for Changing Investor Base?

By Jon Ogg
Medco Health Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) is in a strange place in time right now. The healthcare company is potentially the subject of more cost crunching, and is supposed to be one of the best in its industry. The issue seems to concern the size of the company, rather than its valuations of the past.

Utility UIL Will Light Up Your Portfolio

By Jon Markman, Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options
This has been the summer of the utility stocks, so let me now shed some light on one of my model's favorites at this time: Connecticut-based utility UIL Holdings (NYSE: UIL). Its major subsidiary, the United Illuminating Co., which I would nominate as one of the best names ever for a utility, serves 325,000 customers in the Greater New Haven and Bridgeport areas. UIL also pays a fat 6.4% annual dividend.

Target (TGT) Emphasizes Service Over Sales to Boost Profits

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
While Walmart (NYSE: WMT) watched their revenues drop for the fifth consecutive period in the second quarter of 2010, big box competitor Target (NYSE: TGT) has been weathering the low-spending storm with good earnings and sales.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Rumors –Qualcomm Wants an ‘iPhone Guru’

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
Here is your daily Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock news and rumors for August 27. The closer Apple Inc.'s big media event in San Francisco comes, the more details about the new iPod line seem to leak out. Meanwhile, technology manufacturer Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) posts a job listing that all but confirms the CDMA iPhone.

7 Foreign Financial Stocks Thriving in 2010

By InvestorPlace Staff
Here are 7 foreign financial stocks have each seen values soar this summer, producing year to date returns for investors that all top +20%. While big bank stocks in the U.S. are flopping, financial stocks in South America and India are enjoying some impressive success in 2010.

Are Solar Stocks Burned Out?

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader
So far in 2010 the performance of stocks in the solar space has been dismal, and with the exception of a few rays of light, it’s been mostly a calamitous year. Just look at the following list of the top solar stocks along with their respective year-to-date performance (as of 8/25/10).

Amazon (AMZN) e-reader Future Bright Thanks to Kindle 3

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
Just a scant few months ago, the tech world was ready to write off the entire e-reader market in the face of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad. But Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and its Kindle device have proven they are here to stay.

Why You Should Be Lovin’ McDonald’s

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
The stock just completed a reverse head-and-shoulders double-top breakout.
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