By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - • Print | Email
One of the top stocks to buy for 2015 may not be a household name or media darling. But it's already off to a hot start.
Bitauto Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: BITA) is a small-cap based in Beijing. It's a digital marketing services company for the Chinese automotive industry. It was bouncing around this morning, but Bitauto stock is already up today about 6%. That goes without mentioning the gains in the last year.
It's essentially a play on two exciting markets - two exciting markets that will soon explode...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email
You may not have heard of this Chinese tech company yet, but before 2015 is over the talk about a Xiaomi IPO will reach a fever pitch.
Xiaomi Corp. has made incredible progress in its brief existence.
Founded in 2010, Xiaomi launched its first smartphone in 2011. By the third quarter of last year, Xiaomi had become the third-largest smartphone vendor in the world. It beat out such veterans as LG Electronics Inc. and Lenovo Group).
The company's astonishing growth is why so many expect a Xiaomi IPO within the year...
By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - • Print | Email
The 2015 IBM stock forecast has IBM stock as a "hold."
Big Data and cloud computing are a must for IBM, but declining sales in much more important segments need to first be remedied.
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - • Print | Email
One of the best tech stocks to buy now is actually a re-recommendation from Money Morning's Defense and Tech Specialist Michael Robinson.
When he first shared it with his readers on Aug. 2, 2013, the tech stock opened at just $15.99. Yesterday (Monday), the stock closed at $51.09. That's a gain of 220% in a year and a half.
By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report - • Print | Email
The year 2015 will be filled with opportunity for investors, perhaps more than ever before. But most people's portfolios are totally out of whack.
However, a simple investing tactic can help you achieve much higher returns – 21.97% higher annually, on average, over the last 14 years, in fact. And it only takes about 20 minutes to complete, once a year.
Here's how to start the year off right for your money...
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - • Print | Email
Big-name oil stocks have taken a beating since June.
ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) is down 12.6% in the last seven months. Other oil giants like Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) are down 18% and 22.8% in the same time.
But according to Money Morning's Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald, the fall won't last forever.
And these stocks will be the biggest winners when oil prices start rebounding...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email
The Microsoft stock forecast for 2015 is for another strong year as Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) continues to adjust to a tech landscape radically different from the one it dominated in the 1990s.
Microsoft stock picked up momentum after new CEO Satya Nadella officially took over Feb. 4. Nadella's willingness to break with that past and focus on areas with the most potential to grow earnings, particularly the cloud, has re-energized the company.
Here's what Microsoft has at stake in 2015...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email
Money Morning's "unloved" pick of the week is oil and gas explorer and producer Northern Oil and Gas Inc. (NYSE: NOG).
An unloved investment is one that's been beaten down – but is actually a great value. Investors then get an amazing entry point into a good long-term investment.
With the recent plunge in oil prices, Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald has been on the lookout for beaten-down bargains. And he believes NOG stock fits the bill.
A closer look at Northern Oil and Gas stock shows why it's tremendously oversold...
By Alex McGuire, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @AlexMcGuire92 - • Print | Email
As bond yields continue to decrease, high-yield investments become more attractive every day.
There are several reasons for declining bond yields today. Both the ruble crisis in Russia and falling global oil prices have been major contributors.
That's why high-yield investments offer a better profit opportunity now.
Not only do these three picks operate in growing industries, they reward investors every quarter...
By Michael A. Robinson, Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI - • Print | Email
If you've ever seen the movie "All the President's Men," then you know that maxim of investigative journalism – Follow the money.
The same idea applies to investing, of course, and today we're going to follow the money CEOs plan to spend over the next half-decade – and then use that knowledge make some cash ourselves.
According to a survey I just read, our nation's top executives plan to spend a lot of money on technology that will help them attract, retain, and understand customers.
That may sound, at first, somewhat vague. After all, there is no "retaining customers" tech sector.
But after digging into the survey – doing a little "investigative investing" – I figured out exactly where those CEOs will be spending their dollars in the next five years.
