Every now and then I’ll do a market recap where I look at some huge price movers. For this introductory version, I’m just going to list about 5 of the best performing stocks for today. There are some huge gainers today, even though the market was down overall. If you like riding the waves, check these out. Best performing stocks for today: HealthTronics, Inc (HTRN) – Stock was up 32.60% today ($4.80 per share) on volume of about 20.5 million. AEterna Zentaris, Inc (AEZS) – It rose 24.19% on 23 million shares of volume. Commerical Vehicle Group (CVGI) – 14.32% increase to...

Energy stocks have been up and down this year. In fact, not may straight energy sector stocks are showing good gains over the past few months. But rest assured, I have a small handful of the best performing energy stocks for you to check out. There’s one large company doing well (BJS) and several micro cap stocks. Here are 7 energy sector stocks that have gains in 2010: BJ Services Company (BJS) 6.81b market cap. It’s trading at 23.18 and is up about 9.55% in the past few months. ION Geophysical Corporation (IO) This micro cap stock is trading at $5.84, which is up 12%. It’s...

NASDAQ is my favorite exchange most of my trading has been there. Today, I’m looking for NASDAQ stocks that have some good momentum lately and are trading under $15 per share. I’m open to all market sectors for this screener. Here are 8 NASDAQ stocks with good gains that trade for under $15 (as of this writing): 1st Constitution Bancorp (FCCY) This is a micro cap stock ($38m market cap). It’s trading at $8.48 per share and has increased about 41% over the past couple of months. It’s been fairly consistent of late with some spikes each day. It did drop below $8 but was quickly...

I’m a big fan of investing in small cap stocks, so you may see me focus on them from time to time here. Small caps give you a great edge in investing. So today, I’m looking at the best performing stocks in the small cap arena—specifically, stocks that have doubled in the past 13 weeks. Here are 5 small cap stocks that have at least 100% gains over the past 13 weeks: Acme Packet, Inc. (APKT) – This stock has explode over the past 13 weeks. It’s up just over 146%. The stock’s market cap is $1.52b and it was last trading at $25.03. Air Transport Services Group Inc....

Despite an economy that’s trending downward, there are plenty of good stocks to invest or trade in on the NYSE Stock Market. For this article, I decided to look for big gainers that have increased by at least 50% over the past year. Here are 5 NYSE stocks with huge momentum over the past 52 weeks: Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (KRO) – Kronos is up 150% over the past 52 weeks. It’s trading just under $16 and has a market cap of $782 million. Pennsylvania REIT (PEI) – Another NYSE gainer that’s up almost 150%. PEI closed at just over $15 per share. Oil States International,...