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The Best Type of Cybersecurity Companies to Invest in Now

Cybersecurity companies have become one of the most promising new industries to invest in today.

Cybersecurity companies create products like firewalls, network safeguards, malware protection, and web security software that protect people, corporations, and governments from cyber attacks.

Research from MarketsandMarkets indicates that more than $95 billion will be spent on cybersecurity efforts this year. That figure will hit $155.74 billion by 2019.

And while all types of cybersecurity companies are cashing in, one section of the market is offering the best profit opportunity now. Its technology is a step ahead of the competition...

Bitcoin

How to Buy Bitcoin from a Bitcoin ATM

Knowing how to buy Bitcoin from a Bitcoin ATM is a good skill to have as the digital currency goes mainstream.

Today about 82,000 merchants accept Bitcoin – more than double the number just one year ago. As more merchants accept Bitcoin, there's a growing need to buy Bitcoin "on the go."

That's where Bitcoin ATMs come in. But using a Bitcoin ATM isn't like using a traditional bank ATM.

Trend Watch

Play This "Hidden" M&A Boom - and Beat the Market for the Next Two Years

Global healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have soared 124% so far this year, to $35.1 billion. Of course, Wall Street doesn't want you to know that.

In fact, they declared the industry dead. But we know better.

Here's how to pounce on the ongoing biopharma M&A trend while every other investor gets bluffed...

Technology trends

The New Wearable Tech That Lets You Walk on Mars

We're in the very first stages of a leap in wearable tech that will rival the greatest breakthroughs in how we use computers.

It's called augmented reality. It's a type of holographic projection, but merged with the real world.

And the company at the cutting edge of this revolutionary wearable technology isn't Google, Apple, or Sony.

It's Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT).

Here's how Microsoft jumped to the lead in this next-generation wearable tech, and what it means for Microsoft stock.

Biotech Investing

These Pharmaceutical Stocks Let You Tap into a $402 Billion Trend

A sector of the pharmaceutical market known as "high-margin specialty drugs" is presenting us with the best pharmaceutical stocks to buy now.

According to experts at PricewaterhouseCoopers, consumer spending on high-margin specialty drugs hit $87.1 billion in 2012. In five years that number will quadruple to $401.7 billion.

The Wall Street Journal reports that total U.S. prescription drug spending was just $325.7 billion in 2012.

And those aren't the only alarming growth numbers boosting pharma stocks now...

Earnings

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) Stock Price Targets Up Ahead of Earnings

Hewlett Packard Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) stock is up more than 27% over the past year. The Q1 Hewlett-Packard earnings, due after the closing bell tomorrow (Tuesday), are unlikely to trigger a major share-price move – but they will tell us more about a big change coming soon…

You see, Hewlett Packard is set to split in two before the end of 2015. HPQ stock investors will want to pick out those segments in the Q1 earnings report for clues about the health of the separated companies.

Here's what investors need to know about the Q1 Hewlett-Packard earnings report.

Stocks to Buy

Dice Holdings (NYSE: DHX) Stock Is Our Oversold Pick of the Week

Money Morning's oversold stock pick of the week is careers website provider Dice Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHX).

Sometimes stocks get beaten down unfairly – but they're actually a great value. Dice stock got slammed with several issues at once. The biggest was disappointing earnings guidance last month. But its energy-oriented jobs websites also came under scrutiny as oil prices plunged.

But investors have misread these problems...

Tech Investing

Cybersecurity Stocks Just Got Another Huge Buy Signal

U.S. President Barack Obama doubled-down on his fight against cyberterrorism last week – which means he also delivered 2015's second major "buy" signal for cybersecurity stocks.

The first signal was in early February. That's when President Obama requested $14 billion in his 2016 fiscal-year budget for increased cyber defense. Roughly $5.5 billion of that is requested just for the Pentagon.

"In recent breaches, more than 100 million Americans had their personal data compromised, including, in some cases, credit card information," President Obama said.

That's why cybersecurity stocks are on our list of the most profitable opportunities for investors...