Stocks to Buy

Identifying winning stocks requires more than scanning headlines. InvestorPlace analysts focus on long-term themes, market timing, and structural shifts shaping where capital is flowing next, highlighting stocks positioned to benefit from those trends.

This Insurer Knows Exactly What It’s Doing

Torchmark has carved out a solidly profitable niche in low-cost and easy-to-understand insurance products and sticks to it.

The Perfect Prescription for Profits

There’s a lot to be said for going with the category killer in an investment. A merger is creating exactly that in the prescription service space.

5 Beverage Stocks With Gains That Pop

These five stocks have bubbling returns, which means their strength is creating happy investors.

3 ‘Triple Threat’ Blue Chips to Snap Up

You can fill your portfolio with a bunch of role players, but these three superstars offer the whole enchilada -- dividends, growth and momentum.

Upgrade to These 5 IT Stocks

For anyone looking for a great tech sector buy, these fundamentally sound stocks should be right up your alley.

4 Stocks That Love Stalled Home Sales

Home-improvement stocks such as Home Depot and Lowe's already look strong, and continued weakness in home sales can only make them stronger.

Top 6 Stocks to Buy for March

With the U.S. economy turning slowly, investors should focus on tech, financials and manufacturers.

3 Conservative Plays for Income Bulls

This bull market may well have a few more months left to run. Here's how to make the most of them.

Suncor Continues to Profit From the Oil Sands

Suncor's profits from the oil sands keep rising, and they will continue to do so as long as oil prices keep rising in 2012.

2 Metals to Hedge Against Inflation

If you’re a true inflation worrier, platinum and “poor man’s gold” may be just what your portfolio needs.

Superb Cash-Flow Pick in Health Care

Managed health care company Wellpoint will be able to take advantage of Obama’s new health care law and offer investors growing dividends.

Will a GM-Peugeot Alliance Pay Off for Shareholders?

A possible deal between General Motors and European automaker Peugeot could mean big savings for GM. And in the short term, GM could be a decent trade.

DirectTV Owns the Airwaves

One of the best moves DirecTV (NYSE:DTV) made when hiring CEO Mike White a couple of years back was drawing him from the ranks of…

Mattel Is Serious Fun for Investors

The No. 1 toymaker's stock keeps rolling -- and its dividend keeps rising -- as it continues to keep the hit toys coming in markets around the world.

Turkish Telecom on the Brink of a Big Move

A power struggle over Turkey's Turkcell could be near an end. When it does, expect the company's dividend to resume, and the stock to soar.

6 Semiconductor Stocks to Satisfy Your Inner Geek

These popular semiconductor stocks rank among the many tech stocks considered buys and strong buys.

Africa: The Next Great Energy Growth Story

Often ignored by investors, Africa is beginning to look like the next great energy breakout tale -- and a few companies are already primed to profit.

5 Tech and Gaming Stocks to Play With

Five tech and gaming companies reviewed and rated by fundamental and quantitative measures to help investors decide which stocks are best.

General Motors (GM) Stock: 3 Pros, 3 Cons

After declaring bankruptcy in 2009, GM has undergone an extreme makeover. It's seeing results now, but what does the future hold?