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A Major Solar ETF "Buy" Signal Is Here

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - • Print | Email

The potential of solar power has been touted for years, yet it has always come with major limitations. The costs of producing solar power have outweighed the benefits for many power companies.

But that's changing. Solar power has reached a tipping point, and it's creating a massive profit opportunity for one solar ETF.

"Despite the odds, alternative energy - led by solar power - is rapidly approaching what the industry has always considered to be the "Holy Grail,'" Money Morning's Global Energy Strategist Dr. Kent Moors said.

Stocks

How to Maximize Disney Stock "Magic"

By , America's No. 1 Pattern Trader, Money Morning • @powerproftrades - • Print | Email

Even though we're in the middle of March Madness right now, I'm not going to talk about this year's "Cinderella" teams, which come out of nowhere and make it to the Final Four in college basketball.

No… the real "Cinderella" story is happening at U.S. box offices. A simple Disney remake of the classic film managed to gross over $70 million in one weekend earlier this month. There's clearly investment potential in this success.

Let's take a look at Disney's Cinderella story and let its magic bolster our investment profits...

Stock Market Today

DJIA Today Suffers Fourth Straight Decline, 39-Point Loss

By , Executive Producer, Money Morning - • Print | Email

The DJIA today managed to bounce back from early triple-digit losses but still closed down 39 points. The S&P 500 struggled to its fourth-straight daily decline.

Investors brushed aside concerns about a pending interest-rate hike by the Federal Reserve and jitters over the upcoming earnings season.

Here are the day's top stories, plus our new profit tip for investors...

Global Economy

How to Play the Japanese Stock Market Euphoria

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - • Print | Email

U.S. market indexes plunged yesterday (Wednesday) and took the Japanese stock market with them.

The Nikkei 225, a Japanese stock market index tracking 225 Japanese blue-chips, fell 1.4% today. This was the day after a broad sell-off in the U.S. stock market. This was a blip in what will be a larger rally.

Japan is presenting an opportunity, but this recent sell-off shows that investors need to be discriminant in buying Japanese stock...

Gold

Can the GLD ETF Rally Keep Going?

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning - • Print | Email

Gold is on a tear. It's rallied six straight days and headed for a seventh today. Yesterday (March 25) it closed at a three-week high of $1,197 an ounce.

Shares of the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) ETF have also posted gains lately on gold's rise. GLD ETF is up 3% in the past five days, while the Dow has slipped 0.7%.

But can this gold and GLD ETF rally keep going, so investors can profit?

Stocks to Buy

Blue-Chip Stocks List: Three to Buy and Hold in 2015

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning - • Print | Email

Blue-chip stocks are typically sector leaders boasting market caps in the billions. Many also pay attractive dividends. The combination of growth, value, and dividend income continues to draw investors to blue chips.

A key argument for remaining in blue-chip, dividend-paying stocks has shifted from their value solely as an income-producing investment to their potential for future dividend growth.

Here's a blue-chip stocks list to keep you profiting in 2015...