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It sure is bitter cold outside, but here are some stocks that could add some fire to your portfolio.

All the major equity indices are in the red ahead of tomorrow’s December payrolls report, with the exception of the Dow Transports.

Internet names like Yelp and Pandora enjoyed strong gains on Wednesday even after Cantor Fitzgerald slapped a ‘sell’ rating on Twitter.

What a difference a few days make: Netflix was 2013’s best S&P 500 performer – now it’s 2014’s worst performer.

After shining bright in 2013, health-care stocks like UnitedHealth and Thermo Fisher Scientific continue to hit new record highs early this year.

SolarCity surged Monday after Goldman Sachs added the firm to its coveted conviction buy list. Meanwhile, rival First Solar slumped on the back of a downgrade from Goldman.

Shares of Micron Technology are tumbling on a report that Korean rival SK Hynix is stepping up its game. But investors still have plenty to smile about with the stock up 236% this year.

Shares of a pair of vitamin retailers, GNC and Vitamin Shoppe, could use a little pick-me-up today after the Annals of Internal Medicine questioned the use supplements and multivitamins.

Stocks of industrial companies, like Esterline Technologies, led Wall Street into the green on Monday.

As oil draws ever closer to the $100 level, one group is benefiting from the rise in prices.

Crude oil is trading above $98 a barrel on Tuesday, touching its highest level in nearly seven weeks and drawing ever closer to the psychologically-important $100 level.

Coal stocks soared on Thursday, adding to their impressive rally so far in December.

Shares of online retailers were broadly lower on the first Monday of the key holiday shopping season, known as Cyber Monday.

Much stronger-than-expected data on permits for new home construction rippled across companies that make items used to build houses.

Shares of home builders like KB Home and Standard Pacific enjoyed a lift on Tuesday from an upbeat September S&P/Case-Shiller report and a jump in building permits to a 5 ½-year high.

A handful of retail stocks are breaking out to new all-time highs after Macy’s 3Q results beat the Street.

These 22 S&P 500 components hit record highs Wednesday.

Twitter is enjoying a successful debut on Wall Street. But other social media stocks aren’t faring so well.

Shares of companies that make items used in updating homes took a hit Monday on the back of a much weaker-than-expected pending homes sales report.

Food-related stocks are eating their way further into record territory as the momentum crowd continues to devour the group