What Stocks to Buy Today: 9 New Picks in Biotech, Oil, and Gold

If you're wondering what stocks to buy today, you've come to the right place.

You see, every day our Money Morning experts deliver the best stocks to buy across a range of sectors. Then each week we collect the latest recommendations in one roundup, in case you missed any.

Last week, Money Morning Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson shared the best way to profit from an $18.3 billion tech sector trend currently flying under Wall Street's radar.

Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald explained how the Saudi "oil pricing war" has created an ideal investment scenario in the energy sector.

And Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani revealed a healthcare "Disruptor" combating major diseases with game-changing new technologies.

And there's much more. You can find all of last week's picks here in our latest list detailing what stocks to buy today...

What Stocks to Buy Today: 9 New Picks

• Software companies have enviably high profit margins because they don't have costly plant and equipment expenses like hardware companies do. Just compare Oracle Corp.'s (Nasdaq: ORCL) 38% operating margins to those of highly respected chip firm NVIDIA Corp. (Nasdaq: NVDA) at 16%. Those lofty profit margins have caught the eye of private equity firms, triggering a series of four leveraged buyout deals worth a combined $18.3 billion over the last year and a half. This lucrative trend has as yet gone unnoticed by Wall Street, and that spells opportunity for investors. But Money Morning Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson doesn't recommend trying to spot the next software buyout candidate. Without inside information, that strategy is too risky. He instead outlined a way to take advantage of investors collectively bidding up shares of the software companies that remain. It's an exchange-traded fund that touches a broad swath of the entire global tech industry. This targeted investment sets us up to profit from future software M&A. It also offers market-beating returns. It's up 48.42% over the last two years, compared to the S&P 500's 33.52%...

• Robinson also shared a global big-cap biotech firm that has revolutionized treatment for multiple sclerosis. And now it's targeting another pervasive and insidious disease: Alzheimer's. The company has taken a digital health approach to understanding complex diseases, using sensors to track real-time medical data and software and other tools to analyze that data. This focus on innovation and creative partnering with other companies like Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL) has made this biotech leader a formidable player in the industry. It's also translated into triple-digit returns for investors. The company's stock has gained 625% in the last five years. But Robinson thinks it will head even higher. That's because two powerful trends are converging that will be a boon for the entire biotech sector, and this company in particular. Robinson calls this stock an excellent foundational play with plenty of room to run...

• Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani also discussed the fight against devastating diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. He cites the role of healthcare and research "Disruptors" as instrumental in gaining new ground to defeat these illnesses. These Disruptors include new science, new technologies, and even new policies of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that speed up the regulatory approval process, reducing the time it takes to get new treatments into the hands of patients who need them. Gilani explained how investing in "Disruptor players" serves a dual role. It allows us to aid in the eradication of these diseases and enjoy robust profits in the process. One such California-based Disruptor company created an open-source software framework that signed up 11,000 people for a cardiovascular research study within 24 hours. In contrast, it would take 50 medical centers an entire year to sign up that many study participants. Gilani believes this healthcare Disruptor company is destined to become one of the world's most critical companies. And that makes it a fantastic long-term investment to hold onto for decades...

• The beating that oil prices have taken over the last six months since the Saudis initiated a "pricing war" has left many energy investors traumatized. But Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald has a keen eye for spotting the opportunity so often hidden in the belly of chaos. The short-term pricing disruption that was intended to send U.S. oil producers packing had an unintended positive consequence. "It's created an environment in which the best managed, best capitalized energy companies are hunkering down, flushing out the weaker players, and emerging stronger than they were before," says Fitz-Gerald. And this thinning of the herd has resulted in the best possible investment scenario. Those oil companies that have survived this threat are well-positioned to prosper now - and even more so once oil prices inevitably recover. Fitz-Gerald shared three such companies that, in an industry for which current expectations are downright terrible, are actually coming out ahead. One is up 24% year to date. And with surging world energy demand projected by the International Energy Agency to trigger an estimated $48 trillion in investment by 2035, those gains are just the beginning...

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• Money Morning Executive Editor Bill Patalon has been bullish on Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) stock since he first recommended it in September 2011. Shares were trading at $61.92 back then. His stance remained unwavering in January 2013 during the 11-day media frenzy over possible in-flight fires over faulty batteries that ended with the Federal Aviation Administration grounding the once-promising Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet. He told investors to ignore the noise and buy BA stock. Those who listened pocketed 90% gains over the next 12 months. Boeing suffered a more recent setback after reporting first-quarter revenue and free cash flow that fell short of analyst expectations. BA stock took a 1.4% hit that day, despite also reporting a 12% increase in earnings per share to $1.97, well above the consensus estimate of $1.81. Patalon explained once again why BA stock remains a "Buy." He listed three reasons why you should buy BA stocks on the dips - and hold it over the long haul...

• Gold mining companies have seen a recent surge in mergers and acquisitions, likely spurred by low gold prices. As producers and explorers attempt to maximize profits and minimize costs, more are turning to business combinations. On April 13, Alamos Gold Inc. (NYSE: AGI) and AuRico Gold Inc. (NYSE: AUQ) announced a friendly "merger of equals" in a deal valued at $1.5 billion. AGI shares gained 6.6% on the news, while AUQ stock rose 8.2%. Money Morning Resource Specialist Peter Krauth believes this M&A trend will continue in the short and medium term before gold prices head higher. He shared two companies in the sector that could be the next takeover targets. Their stocks could see a nice pop soon, too...

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