It’s tempting to think some magic number will guarantee that a stock will go up or down. But the hard reality is that Wall Street is as much of an expectations game as anything else.
That’s why finding stocks with good news updates can be just as important as finding stocks with strong fundamentals. Based on the news cycle and what’s fashionable in the moment, investments can sometimes see big gains in short order.
The following seven stocks all are riding different good news updates to recent gains right now. That doesn’t guarantee that the good news will keep up or that the momentum will continue, of course. But based on recent performance, these “good news” stocks are definitely worth looking into.
This post originally appeared at U.S. News & World Report.