21 of the Best Stocks to Buy Now to Play Today's Market Moves

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Last week, Money Morning's best stocks to buy included a George Soros-inspired play that's already doubled once. We also covered three tech investing strategies that promise tremendous upside and a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that could be the perfect fit for a goldbug's portfolio.

We scoured penny stocks for some of the most promising investments they have to offer, and came up with six in two top sectors - healthcare and energy. We highlighted a dozen stocks on the elite "Dividend Aristocrats" list and even weighed in on a Bitcoin retirement play.

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Money Morning's List of Best Stocks to Buy Now

• "Good investing is boring." That's a famous aphorism of billionaire investing icon George Soros. Last week Money Morning Executive Editor William Patalon III happened upon a "boring" stock that could be a big, big winner. Since 2000, the company has grown profits at an annual rate of 16%. Its revenue more than doubled from 2012 to 2013, rocketing from $5.49 billion to $11.1 billion. And speaking of Soros, another legendary investing icon owns a stake in this company and now controls 8.9% of the business...

• We are in the midst of a strong tech rebound, and last week, Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson told readers how to ride it for maximum profit. He's created a near-term profit strategy focusing on what he views as the three best tech investing opportunities. These three areas are experiencing growth and strong business activity and are the focus of powerful and growing investor interest - all catalysts that should help readers reap windfall profits in the weeks to come...

• On Tuesday, FOX Business' "Varney & Co." host Stuart Varney asked Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald to choose between Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL) stock and Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock. Fitz-Gerald didn't hesitate for one instant. You can watch Fitz-Gerald's response here...

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• In its World Energy Outlook series released last week, the International Energy Agency reported that the world needs to invest some $48 trillion in energy through 2035 just to meet mounting global demand. The study went on to say that the current $1.6 trillion annual investment in energy must rise steadily over the coming decades to $2 trillion annually. What this report means for investors is clear - lucrative opportunities await in the energy sector. That's why we highlighted on Friday three low-priced penny stocks that tap into energy's staggering profit-generating potential...

• Dividend Aristocrats are an exceptional bunch of S&P 500 companies. They don't just offer high yield - they've also increased shareholders' payouts every year for (at least) the last 25 years. Members of this prestigious group are deemed more stable than others because they've shown they've been able to continually boost distributions even amid recessions, stock market swoons, and global economic shocks. Some 54 companies currently sit on the list, but last week, we narrowed it down to a more manageable dozen - each one offers a reliable stream of growing dividends, as well as solid potential for company growth...
  
• With the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF and SecondMarket's Bitcoin Investment Trust just months away from approval, it may be time to consider the addition of a Bitcoin fund to your retirement account. At first blush, adding any sort of Bitcoin investment to a retirement account may seem overly risky. After all, the Bitcoin price soared 10-fold in about two months at the end of 2013, only to fall by about 50% by April. Even with this decline in mind, on Thursday we highlighted for readers why Bitcoin deserves consideration in your retirement portfolio...

• The healthcare sector offers some of the best profit opportunities on the market as companies unveil new treatments, drugs, and products with huge revenue potential. In late February, Forbes reported that eight of the top nine small-cap performers on the Russell 2000 Index - and the three biggest small-cap winners year to date - all hailed from the biotechnology space. That's exactly why we handpicked three healthcare penny stocks to watch last week - they all have the potential to add to their revenue streams and boost shareholders' investments this year.

• A new gold ETF was launched on May 16, and it seeks to corner an often-neglected part of the investment market: goldbugs who like to hold on to tangible gold. Here's how this newcomer fund works - and how it might be precisely the investment you're looking for...

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