13 Hot Stocks to Invest in Right Now

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In this article, we will take a look at the 13 Hot Stocks to Invest in Right Now.

On September 17, US equities closed the day mixed as the Federal Open Market Committee voted 11 to 1 to reduce its benchmark overnight lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point, placing the overnight funds rate in the range of 4% to 4.25%. Additionally, the central bank indicated that it will lower interest rates twice in the remainder of the year.

A run of US stock records has been fueled by hopes that the central bank will further reduce borrowing costs to support the labor market. For the past month or so, investors have been pricing in a rate cut in September with near certainty as they wait for the Fed to resume its rate-cutting cycle.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated at a press conference on September 17 that the move demonstrates a determination to manage economic risks. He added that the Fed remains “well positioned” to react to changes in the economy.

13 Hot Stocks to Invest in Right Now

Our Methodology

For this list, we utilized stock screeners to list down stocks with an average volume surpassing 3 million, indicating strong trade movements in the market. Additionally, we have mentioned the hedge fund sentiment around each stock, as of Q2 2025.

Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (see more details here).

13. Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC)

Avg Volume: 16.38 million

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 75

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) ranks among the hot stocks to invest in right now. On September 4, Piper Sandler reaffirmed its Overweight rating and $87 price target on Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), pointing to the company’s solid underwriting procedures and long-term growth prospects.

During a recent group discussion between institutional investors and Wells Fargo’s SEVP & CEO of Consumer Lending, the company emphasized that its consumer clients continue to be resilient, especially in higher-end cohorts.

The car loan sector is allegedly turning a cycle and returning to growth mode, while Home loans remain less prominent and more targeted than Wells Fargo’s previous approach, with continued rationalization hiding deeper expansion overall.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is a financial services corporation that provides banking, investment, mortgage, and lending products.

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