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.

5 Small-Cap Stocks to Buy

Here are five small-cap stocks that are likely to post spectacular earnings results this week.

5 Utility Stocks to Brighten Your Portfolio

Steady dividend payouts deliver regardless of economic health.

Stock Faceoff: General Motors vs. Toyota

At current valuation and projected growth levels, buying GM (GM) and shunning Toyota (TM) could be a profitable move.

Arch Coal Shares — 3 Pros, 3 Cons

A new merger should dovetail nicely with growing demand.

2 Emerging Market Mining Stocks to Buy

If left-leaning Peruvian presidential candidate loses, these emerging market mining stocks are likely to see shares surge.

Cancer Drug Should Take Dendreon to $360

Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) revolutionary cancer vaccine Provenge should make this biotech stock a huge winner.

3 Grocery Stocks Headed for the Express Lane

In a volatile market, here are some steady dividend-paying names.

Caterpillar Shares — 3 Pros, 3 Cons

Competition is ramping up, but long-term industrialization around the world continues to deliver.

Markman: Crown Holdings Offers a King’s Ransom

This midcap name is growing and the stock is cheap

5 Reasons to Shift Into Car Dealer Stocks

Strong performance and fundamentals suggest more upside.

3 Rising China Plays for the End of the Age of America

IMF predicts China economy will overtake the U.S. economy in five years. Here are three china stocks to buy.

3 Stocks Enjoying Massachusetts’ Tech Spending Boom

This state is outperforming the rest of the country.

Exxon Mobil Shares — 3 Pros, 3 Cons

Oil demand and prices figure to remain high.

5 Stocks for $150 Oil

Global tensions, coupled with bullish seasonal and secular factors, could easily push oil prices to $150 per barrel or more.

Riverbed Technology Shares — 3 Pros, 3 Cons

With the surge in cloud computing and video, there will be lots of growth for Riverbed’s core products.

Qualcomm Shares — 3 Pros, 3 Cons

The demand for smartphone chips isn't slowing down.

Johnson & Johnson — 3 Pros, 3 Cons

A new acquisition should keep this cash maching humming.

Silver — 3 Pros, 3 Cons

Despite a huge boom, prospects still look good.

5 Blue Chip Studs & 5 Duds

Earnings are a key indicator of how a stock will perform in the coming months. Here are five blue chips reporting this week to buy and five blue chips to avoid.