Stocks: 5 ultra-hot tickers on Yahoo Finance right now

Stocks: 5 ultra-hot tickers on Yahoo Finance right now

Investors remain on edge amid elevated inflation, the Fed aggressively raising rates, and a stock market that's having a rocky year to date.

This week's Consumer Price Index showed an increase of 8.3% for the month of April, spurring concerns of a quicker pace of interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. Judging from Yahoo Finance's Brian Cheung's chats with various Fed members this week, those more aggressive rate hikes look to be all but certain.

Earnings season, meanwhile, continues with a nagging theme for remaining bulls on Wall Street: Slowing sales growth, slowing earnings growth and pressured free cash flow. Given the apparent economic slowdown underway, execs such as Rocket Companies CEO Jay Farner told Yahoo Finance Live he is bracing the for a recession (video above). The company recently said it would slash 8% of its workforce.