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January 2015 - Page 9 of 23 - Money Morning - Only the News You Can Profit From

Tech Stocks to Buy 2015: This Winner's Up 53% with Room to Run

Money Morning's Defense and Tech Specialist Michael Robinson just told readers about one of the best tech stocks to buy now – and it's actually the second time he's recommending the stock. That's how good the potential is.

Robinson first told his readers about this tech stock in July 2013. At the time, it had a share price of just $23.87.

Today, the stock opened at $36.56. That's a 53% gain in just 18 months.

But Robinson said this tech stock still has huge upside...

Legal "Steroids" Are Making This Tech Company a Buy

With high-tech corporations, there's always a group of young startups with hot innovations breathing down the Old Guard's necks.

There are chances for late-career renaissances, though. I've uncovered four aging Silicon Valley legends that have found the business equivalent of a (legal) performance-enhancing drug in a certain fast-moving part of the tech sector.

And one tech company in particular has rediscovered its ace-like prowess - and is making investors hefty gains in the process...

Big Wall Street Players Investing in Bitcoin Startup

Not only has venture capital investing in Bitcoin failed to slow even as the price of the digital currency has slumped, but now some big Wall Street names have hopped on the bandwagon.

On Tuesday Bitcoin payments and wallet platform Coinbase announced it had raised $75 million in Series C funding. That's more than double the previous amount of venture capital invested in a Bitcoin company.

But this time it wasn't just the usual Bitcoin-friendly VC firms backing Coinbase.

These heavy hitters just made investing in Bitcoin a hot new trend...

U.S. Stock Futures Bounce on ECB Bond-Buying Announcement

U.S. stock futures for Thursday, Jan. 22, forecasted a 70-point increase from yesterday's close.

This morning, investors jumped on an announcement by Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank (ECB) of a massive bond-purchasing program to help kick-start the struggling continent's economy to the tune of 60 billion euros a month.

Here's what else you should know about the stock market today - including your "Money Morning Tip of the Day" - to make it a profitable Thursday...

166 Trillion Reasons Why Bank Stocks Are So Cheap

My continuing search for sectors of the stock market that are trading cheaply and offer the potential for gain has led me to a controversial slice of the market: bank stocks.

Looking at the "Big Four" in the U.S. banking sector, it's easy to conclude that the sector is undervalued…

But that conclusion may be a bit misleading.

Make no mistake – by traditional measures banks look cheap, and their stocks could do fine until the next financial crisis.

But that's the problem. Looking at banks that way ignores the elephant on their balance sheets, and the potential damage to our portfolios.

Here's what's really driving this critical economic sector into a "buyer beware" investment category...

Google Mobile Service Plans Will Revolutionize Costs and Service in 2015

Your next wireless cellphone service plan could be with Internet giant Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL)…

Google mobile service plans are in the works, according to a report this afternoon (Wednesday) from The Information. Google is almost ready to "sell mobile phone plans directly to customers and manage their calls and mobile data over a cellular network."

GOOG's mobile service project, codenamed "Nova," is likely to launch sometime in 2015. Some employees have already tested it.

Here's how Google cellphone plans will shake up the U.S. wireless market...

Top Financial News: Davos' World Economic Forum Waiting on ECB

Top Financial News: The World Economic Forum kicked off today in Davos, Switzerland, and it's been grabbing headlines all across the financial press.

But the novelty of Davos wears thin quickly – it's a gathering of the world's economic elites yukking it up in one of the world's most expensive European resort towns.

Today might have been short on substance, but in the days ahead they'll be discussing more important topics...