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.

A Clothing Retailer With Consistent Returns

Ascena's dressbarn, maurices and Justice chains have loyal customers among women, teens and tweens.

6 Myths About Apple Stock

Apple stock is lagging, which only means it has slowed in price appreciation. Myths abound trying to talk down the price potential, but they all wrong.

4 Beaten-Down Foreign Stocks to Buy Now

Pullbacks suck, but they often do end up being great entry opportunities. These foreign stocks are a chance to diversify the falling knives you’re catching.

5 Stocks for InvestorPlace’s $10K Plan

Finally trying your hand at the markets, but don't have much of a nest egg? Here's an idea for a $10,000 start that includes five stocks under $20.

Should I Buy Dollar General? 3 Pros, 3 Cons

The recent sell-off on a secondary offering -- after a beat-and-raise quarter -- creates a compelling entry point.

3 Stocks to Help Weather the Financial Storm

After weathering the May storm and surviving Europe's turmoil, these three picks are inexpensive at this point.

Myriad Genetics Is a Biotech Buy

Myriad Technologies offers tests used to predetermine cancers and other diseases to provide pretreatment or prevention. Myriad is a biotech buy.

How to Profit From Car Crashes

The salvaged vehicle sector is booming and this company handles the whole gamut of services -- from insurance estimates to auto auctions.

Microsoft Still a Solid Stock to Buy

Microsoft continues to try and innovate, and at the same time maintain their huge lead in software development. The stock remains a strong buy.

Visa, MasterCard … and Now Vantiv?

This newly public credit processor is hardly known, but its stock could be another big winner like those of it's major-name competitors.

3 Managed Care Companies That Could Score From Obamacare, if …

... the High Court upholds the health care reform law in toto. The mandate for all Americans to have coverage would bring in lots of young, healthy new members to these managed care companies.

3 High-Risk, High-Reward Eurozone Stocks

Italy's Luxottica, Spain's Banco Santander and Germany's Siemens are getting hammered now -- but they could pop once the panic selling subsides.

Nestle: A Global Dividend Powerhouse

Nestle is a world wide brand name that produces products, earnings, and dividends at a remarkable rate every year. Nestle is a great portfolio buy.

My Favorite Sector for Summer: Energy

"The time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets.” And now is the time to buy the lifeblood of modern society -- energy.

An Under-the-Radar Defense Play

The $100 million in free cash flow it generates annually makes HEICO an intriguing growth opportunity.

Cracker Barrel Changes Its Tune

Restaurant chain Cracker Barrel is in the midst of a turnaround, which is promising. Whether you should buy during this turnaround is another story.

Materials Stocks Have Taken a Beating, but I’m Still Bullish

Rather than focus on old news, pay attention to the momentum these two stocks are gaining compared with their crisis-level lows.

3 Hot Summer Leisure Stocks to Buy

The fortunes of recreation and sports stocks are rebounding along with the economy. Here are three hot picks to play the sector's revival.

5 Steady Businesses in InvestorPlace’s Backyard

The D.C., Maryland and Virginia areas are alive with strong, locally grown companies that could make solid additions to your portfolio.