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.

Yahoo (YHOO): Short of the Year

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
Yahoo's (YHOO) failure to consummate a deal with Microsoft (MSFT) will go down as one of the most obvious destructions of value seen in a long time.

In Times of Fear, Think Rationally

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
I can appreciate that people are upset about losses in the stock market, but I can't say I didn't tell you so. You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink comes to mind.

Texas Instruments: Sinking Ship or Bargain?

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
Texas Instruments (TXN), one of the bellwether tech firms, released it quarterly earnings report this week and the news was not pretty.

Get Ready For a New Oil Rally

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
For those that ride the wave of speculative frenzies, huge profits can be had. A great example of this can be seen in the huge boom in commodity prices. 

Why You Should Fire Your Financial Advisor Now

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
If your broker or financial advisor did not significantly reduce your exposure to stocks before the latest purge in the Dow, he or she should be immediately fired.

American Express (AXP): Consumers Leaving Home Without It

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
Companies that thrived on consumer borrowing have struggled during the recent credit crunch with much of the focus on those providing home mortgages. What about the credit card companies?

Halliburton (HAL): A Stock for the Long-Term Invetor?

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
For many years now, Halliburton Co. (HAL) has been the poster child for all that is wrong with the Bush administration. From trading in the single digits in 2002, the large oil and gas service company has been propelled forward by policies that greatly favored oil companies.

Mattel (MAT) Continues on Its Two-Year Slump

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
MAT released earnings for its third quarter this week that missed Wall Street expectations. The main reason for the miss was that its costs are rising.

Cliffs Natural Resources: Beaten Down But Not Defeated

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
There are a number of stocks that are in the running to be the poster-child for the recent brutal sell-off in the stock market. In the landscape of bankruptcies and forced mergers is an entire market full of stocks trading from one extreme to another. One to note today is Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF).

Investors, Start Your Engines

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
Are the waters now safe for those buy and hold investors to deploy new capital? One very influential investor says yes, and yes in a big way. Today, the great Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, is out with an article in the New York Times stating that the time to buy is when blood is in the streets.

Banking Sector to Undergo Mass Consolidation

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
Earlier last week Treasury announced that it would be taking $250 billion and buying preferred stock of banks around the country. Half of the money would be used to take positions in nine very large institutions with the rest being deployed across the banking spectrum.

Is Citigroup (C) Strong Enough to Survive?

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
It would be an understatement to say that the housing crunch has absolutely paralyzed this once proud institution -- Citigroup reported on Thursday its fourth straight quarterly loss.

J.C. Penney (JCP): Buy When the Dust Settles

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
September retail sales figures came out this week, and the numbers weren't pretty. It is now clear that the credit crisis is having a very real effect on the economy.

Supervalu (SVU): Focusing on the Essentials

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
One of my favorite grocery stocks, Supervalu Inc. (SVU), has seen its stock drop by more than half as a result of expectations for lower profits.

Delta Air Lines (DAL): Running on Empty?

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) reported results today that missed expectations. The company lost, excluding items, $26 million or $0.07 per share. Analysts were hoping for a break-even quarter.

Dominos Pizza (DPZ): Getting Cold?

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
In a recession one would think that consumers would turn to deep dish pizza as a cheap alternative to more expensive dining options. But surprising, earnings for the quarter show that sales slowed significantly.

A Trader’s Guide for the Rest of the Year

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
If you are a trader, you will never find a time for riches like today. There has never been a better time to trade the market. Professional day traders and amateurs alike can make huge profits with the current environment as crazy as it has been.

PepsiCo (PEP): Suffering From a Sick Consumer

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
Consumer products companies are stocks that investors tend to favor during troubled times as people are always going to use soap, shave, brush their teeth and feed their families no matter what is happening in the broader economy. This time, however, things are different.

Morgan Stanley: Gentleman, Place Your Wagers!

By Jamie Dlugosch, InvestorPlace Writer
In its current state it is entirely impossible to value MS. Your guess is as good as mine. About the only thing we know is once the dust settles the profit potential will not be nearly as exciting as the past.
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