Every day our Money Morning experts dish out the best stocks to buy now to build your strongest portfolio - all for free. Then each week we collect the latest recommendations in one roundup, in case you missed any.
New to this week's list is a big-cap stock ready to soar from the auto industry, liked by Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson. He also recommends two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) - and one is a "secret" way to play the "Alibaba of India" years before its IPO.
Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald told readers about a New York-based company set to gain handsomely from the European Central Bank's (ECB) new stimulus program.
And Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani also has an ECB play - one that deals with the euro and the U.S. dollar.
Here are all of last week's picks on our latest list of the best stocks to buy now.
Money Morning's Best Stocks to Buy Now
The Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) IPO was the biggest stock story of 2014. The Chinese e-commerce giant soared 38% on its first trading day. It opened at $92 a share - a huge leap from its $68 opening price. Now Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson has an opportunity to invest in what he calls "the next Alibaba" before it goes public. The play is an ETF that holds several foreign tech titans. It's priced at just $24 a share and offers a long-term play guaranteed to harness unstoppable revenue growth...- It's no surprise the Eurozone has been struggling recently. Unemployment is up to 15% and growth is at a meager 1%. ECB President Mario Draghi recently announced his 1.2 trillion euro ($1.4 trillion) stimulus program to boost markets and bring interest rates closer to zero. He also wants to grow the medicine, tech, energy, and defense sectors - but he has no trained professionals to staff them. Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald knows Draghi will need big agencies to help him get the sectors working. That's why he likes a staffing company whose stock has jumped 18.71% since October and revenue has increased 16% year over year...
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Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson says biotech mergers will increase the healthcare sector's profitability in 2015. Shire Plc. (Nasdaq ADR: SHPG) recently announced a $5.2 billion deal to acquire NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: NPSP). And global giant Actavis Plc. (NYSE: ACT) closed a $66 billion deal to take over botox firm Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN). Robinson likes a healthcare pick that lets investors profit from the largest pharma companies in the world, with one play. The ETF has soared 75% in the last two years - more than double the S&P's 35% gain over the same period...
- A huge aspect of the ECB's stimulus program is something U.S. investors know well - quantitative easing (QE). Central banks buy bonds to flush banks with cash that they will hopefully lend out to stimulate growth. This causes the euro to fall in value against the rising U.S. dollar. And according to Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani, a huge opportunity lies within that inverse relationship. Here's an ETF that flies on the currency disparity - and is up 13.4% this year...
- The U.S. auto industry is booming right now. In 2014, automakers reported their strongest U.S. sales in eight years. Car sales rose 5.9% from 2013, to 16.5 million. And according to a study by consulting firm Accenture, in-vehicle technology is the top selling point for 39% of new car buyers. That means car companies across the board want to tap the power of Silicon Valley as soon as possible. This is great news for the semiconductor industry, projected to have sold $27.9 billion worth of auto chips in 2014. One chip maker is up 34.25% in the last year and just established a research partnership with one of the world's largest car companies...
Bonus Content - Top Tech Stocks in 2015: Biotech has soared 257% since 2010. The "Mobile Wave" of smartphone sales will reach $214 billion in 2015. Seismic changes are happening in the tech sector - and several companies are going to explode this year. Tech expert Michael A. Robinson will show you how to ride these unstoppable trends in his new 2015 Tech Investor's Forecast. Get it here, today...