No matter what the market does, you can depend on your team of experts here at Money Morning to bring you the best stocks to invest in now in every sector, every day. And each week, we round up all our recent picks in one concise list, just in case you missed any.
Last week Money Morning Executive Editor Bill Patalon teamed up with Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani to recommend an iconic blue chip tech stock looking at a 43% gain by year's end. Now's the time to buy - it's trading at a discount.
Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson shared a corporate spin-off that lets you invest in two great companies at once - but there's a twist here that could spell even bigger profits.
And there's much more. You can find all of last week's recommendations here in our latest list of the best stocks to buy now...
Nine Stocks to Invest in Now
We're big fans of corporate spin-offs here at Money Morning. You buy shares in one company, and when it "spins off" a division into an independent, publicly traded company, you automatically get shares in the new company, too - at no extra charge. Further, research shows the spun-off company usually beats the market by double digits for up to three years. Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson shared an upcoming spin-off that offers a great way to profit from one of his favorite tech subsectors: the payments industry. You see, when this "legacy" tech firm spins off its payments division later this year, investors who buy shares now in the parent company will benefit from the 20% annual growth rate of the spun-off company. That soon-to-be spun-off division is making formidable inroads in the mobile payments field, too. In just a decade, transactions in the mobile payments industry could reach $1 trillion. Indeed, this spin-off is already a win-win situation. But to sweeten the deal even more, the spun-off company could be a big takeover candidate. Don't miss this chance to add to your portfolio a solid foundational tech stock and a bonus stock for maximum profit...[epom key="ddec3ef33420ef7c9964a4695c349764" redirect="" sourceid="" imported="false"]
Money Morning Executive Editor Bill Patalon recently spoke with Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani about a tech stock that's sold off somewhat after zooming to 44% gains since Gilani first recommended it in July 2013. Those gains are now down to about 19%. But Gilani's opinion of the stock as a solid dividend payer that will reverse course and move higher hasn't changed. In fact, he says now is a time to buy more shares. He cited the stock's 3% dividend yield and $68 billion in cash as just two reasons it's on his "Buy" list. New management on board is making all the right moves to expertly remake the company with a focus on cloud and mobile. Its cloud business is growing at a rate of about 40% per year. Although the company has lowered 2015 earnings expectations, Gilani's not concerned. It just means a lot of the downside potential has already been wrung out of the share price. Wall Street is reading the tea leaves all wrong on this one, and that spells opportunity. Patalon and Gilani project gains of at least 43% by the end of this year...
Biotech stocks hit a rough patch a few weeks ago. From March 20 to April 6, the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (NBI) shed 7%, prompting many pundits to claim that biotech was in bubble territory, heading for a correction. Money Morning Biotech Investing Specialist Ernie Tremblay dismissed such concerns, reminding us that the sector saw a similar hiccup this time last year. From mid-February through mid-April 2014, NBI fell 20%. Investors who resisted the "sky is falling" rhetoric and didn't flee to the sidelines enjoyed 37% gains in the sector by the end of the year. NBI is already starting to rebound, gaining 3.72% in the last five sessions. But now is still a good time to pick up shares in low-priced biotech stocks - before they really take off again. Tremblay shared three biotech picks that will soon be heading higher. One is already up more than 30% in 2015 - it won't be "cheap" much longer. Another currently trades at $7.17 a share but has an average price target of $21, good for a 192% gain. The last is a speculative play on "personalized medicine" with tremendous upside potential...
Cybercrime costs the global economy more than $575 billion every year. U.S. President Barack Obama has made cybersecurity a top priority of his administration. He requested $14 billion for increased cyber defense in his 2016 budget. He hosted the first-ever White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection in February. And on April 1, he authorized financial sanctions against malicious international hackers and any companies that knowingly benefit from cybercrime. Money Morning Small-Cap Investing Specialist Sid Riggs says all this money pouring into cybersecurity companies because of these initiatives is good news for investors: "The money spent on cyber defense represents one of the highest profit potentials of anything I've encountered." Picking individual cybersecurity stocks can be tricky, and many of them are highly volatile. Riggs recommended a tech ETF that lets you profit from the entire sector while benefiting from industry-specific diversity. Its holdings include 31 sector leaders, many of which are software companies. The average weighting of each holding is just over 3%, so the fund won't be dragged down if one investment stumbles.
With the extreme volatility the stock market has seen so far in 2015, which is expected to continue, some of the best stocks to invest in now are blue chips. They're less susceptible to market fluctuations. They're foundational investments to buy and hold for the long haul for steady returns year after year. They're internationally recognized companies with strong financials. Last but not least, they provide a steady stream of income via dividends. We gave Money Morning Members three great picks for blue chip stocks to add to your portfolio today. One is a solid tech stock that's up 19% in the last year and has a 3.11% dividend yield. The second gives investors a way to play the coming oil price rally (and pays a 6.25% dividend in the meantime). And the third is a high-flying tech juggernaut with some of the highest profit margins in the industry - and it still has plenty of upside ahead...
One More to Add to Your List of Stocks to Invest In: This stock remains one of our favorite blue-chip stocks to buy and hold. We just alerted investors to its profit potential last month, but recent news will send shares even higher. Here are four reasons why this blue chip is one of our top picks for 2015...
