AVII - Upgraded to Super Hot Buy

[AVII] AVI Biopharma, Inc. - Hot Stocks to Buy Entry Price $0.99

• Risk Level : 10
• Profit Potential: 8
• Price Target 6 months: $2.75 - $3
• Price Target 12 months: $3.5 - $3.75

We originally added AVII to our Hot Stocks to Buy list on April 28th during the start of the Mexican Swine Flu outbreak.  On April 28th, AVII was trading at .99 cents, which was low compared to their competitors.  They were basically lagging behind the other Flu related stocks.  Since April 28th, AVII has jumped more than 50% to over $1.50 per share.

We are upgrading AVII  to a Super Hot Buy stock for a couple of reasons.

• Swine flu has not gone away and is actually growing in cases.  We expect increased chatter in the coming summer months.
• Experts are expecting this year’s flu season to be worst than typical years.

AVII should do well in the current stock market environment as they are typically resistent to the Economy’s woes.

We wish you luck on your investments and as always do your own research prior to purchasing or selling a stock. We make recommendations based on our own research and this site is solely for the purpose of entertainment reading. Thank you for visiting Hot Stocks to Buy.

“June Gloom” Sets In

After a stellar start to June, the stock market gives up almost all of it’s June gains in two trading days. Yesterday’s loss of 188 points plus today’s negative 107 points takes the Dow back to just a couple of points from where it started June at. This sharp sell off may be a sign of things to come as the market absorbed today’s good housing startup data and continued to fall further. This looks very similar to the trend in May when bad news was absorbed and the market continue to rise; something like a “bizarro” effect. The rapid decline in the last 15 minutes of trading does not bold well for Wednesday. With options expirations coming this Friday (Quadruple Witching), this could be the beginning of a shorterm selloff as many families prepare for Summer break.

S - Sprint Nextel Corp.

[S] Sprint Nextel Corp. - Hot Stocks to Buy Entry Price $5 - $5.50

• Risk level: 5
• Profit potential: 7
• Price Target 6 months: $7 - $8
• Price Target 12 months: $10 - $12
• We expect Sprint to outperform the market in the short and long term.

Today we are selecting Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) as a hot stocks to buy. Since bottoming out on November 20th, 2008 at the price of $1.37 per share, Sprint has more than quadrupled in price to $5 per share. The share price has somewhat been stagnant the past month and a half as share holders await the recently released Palm Pre. The debut of the Palm Pre on June 8th has to be considered successful as it is expected to sell over 50,000 units in it’s first day of release. For the quarter, Palm expects to sell over450,000 units.  This is good news for Sprint as roughly 80-90% of all Palm Pre customers are expected to use Sprint’s service.

The additional customers gained from the Palm Pre release should add to the bottom line for Sprint when they report in the third quarter later this year. We see Sprint as a well established company that took a big punch in November of 08 and withstood it. Sprint is still in it’s early stage of recovery and with some bumps along the way, we expect the stock to eventually get above $12 per share over the next 12 months.

We wish you luck on your investments and as always do your own research prior to purchasing or selling a stock. We make recommendations based on our own research and this site is solely for the purpose of entertainment reading. Thank you for visiting Hot Stocks to Buy.

Welcome to June in a Big Way!

Wow June started out great as the Dow surged 241 points and NASDAQ added 62 points during the first two trading days of the month. On Monday and Tuesday stocks were bolstered by good economic data and the conclusion of the General Motors faith.

Today, the stock market has given back close to half of the gains from Monday and Tuesday as the Dow is down 100 and the NASDAQ is down over 30 points. Most of the decline can be attributed to worst than expected economic data. The Commerce Department said that factory order rose 0.7 percent, missing the widely expected number of 0.9. Also the service industry showed an eighth consecutive monthly decline.

Today’s decline can be seen as a welcomed break from the hot 4 session rally. We expect to see the stock market cool down a little from their recent gains. June is typically a poor month for stocks but this year has been far from typical so we will keep a close watch. The direction of the market can quickly shift as more government intervention is expected in the near future. We expect June to be a very rocky month for stocks.