Fourteen Stocks to Buy Now to Start 2015 Strong

Best stocks to buy 2015: Each week our group of experts delivers the best profit plays for our Money Morning Members - all for free.

Last week, Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson found an exchange-traded fund that provides investors the rare combination of income and appreciation.

Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald bet on two global companies set to shine through an Asian country's troubled economy.

And Executive Editor Bill Patalon showcased three promising companies that play off key trends that are front and center at one of the hottest trade shows on Earth.

You can find all of last week's recommendations here in our newest list of the best stocks to buy now.

Money Morning's Best Stocks to Buy Now

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    Gogoro Smartscooter – this electric scooter is one of the coolest things on display at CES 2015. 

    When it comes to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Money Morning Executive Editor Bill Patalon says it's "the single best place to gauge the state of Silicon Valley innovation." This year's event, from Jan. 6 to Jan. 9, emphasizes three tech stock topics we've been talking about over the past few years. One of them, the so-called "Internet of Everything" (IoE), will bring a household conglomerate $1.1 billion in sales growth. Patalon examines the two other CES tech topics and two more companies ready to explode from them...

  • Unique approaches to investing can pay off. For Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald, that means passing on a trend and playing what he calls an "anti-trend." And there's one in Japan right now. The country has been slipping deeper into a recession since consumption tax was raised to 8% last April. To profit from it, he says "concentrate on where the money is moving - and that's right to the top of the heap." Japan's economic woes provide two interesting opportunities for investors. And both are global mega-cap companies with low price-to-sales ratios that make them a steal...

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    In a Nov. 2014 Gartner survey, CEOs listed "digital marketing" and "e-commerce" as their top two areas of tech spending over the next five years. That means CEOs forecast more online sales, which includes everything from travel to logistics to online retail. According to Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson, "the CEOs' survey responses are just more evidence that the entire technology industry is in great shape - and should do very well in 2015." He discusses one ETF that's gained 15.6% in the past year and holds the world's largest tech company in its portfolio...

  • The best companies to invest in make money the old-fashioned way. They sell a quality product, maintain management talent, and keep a clean balance sheet. We found a vehicle manufacturer with a debt-free balance sheet and more than $300 million in cash. This company's revenue has grown at a compound annual rate of 25.9%, powering it to a record $3.5 billion last fiscal year. And it rewards shareholders with a healthy 2% dividend, stock buybacks, and more...

Bonus Content: The tech sector will continue to boom in 2015. You'll be beefing up your tech portfolio if you follow Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson's one investment principle...