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Best Stocks to Buy Now: A Money Morning Weekly Roundup

Last week's best stocks to buy were influenced by several crises building on Capitol Hill – the 2014 fiscal budget and looming government shutdown, the debt ceiling, and mounting anxieties over the Federal Reserve's QE taper timing.

As a result of these factors, many concerned investors turned to cash.

But with money market instruments yielding next to nothing, you will miss out on 100% of market gains if you are just sitting on cash. Money Morning keeps reminding readers that savvy investors make money in all kinds of markets – and we found just the right stocks to buy to make the most of current conditions.

Here's a recap of our picks for the best stocks to buy now, culled from last week's Money Morning daily articles, videos, and insights from our in-house experts:

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The Best Stock Under $10?

Editor's Note: Bill recommended this little security firm to his Private Briefing readers back in June, when shares traded for $6.10. They closed above $9 a share last week, but Bill thinks there's still a ton of upside here. And thanks to some analyst-induced selling yesterday, you can buy all this growth potential at an even better price…

Since we recommended Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS)back on June 6, the stock has soared nearly 40%.

And we believe there's more to come.

And wait until you see all the new business this $475 million small cap is landing...

Energy Investing

Best Stocks to Buy Now to Profit from This 30-Billion Barrel Oil Field

Investors searching for the best stocks to buy now often look toward the shale oil boom and, in particular, at key finds such as the Bakken formation in North Dakota or the Permian Basin in west Texas.

But a fresh development in the Permian Basin has made the U.S. oil industry take notice – and that's not easy given the dramatic shale oil finds across the country.

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Best Stocks to Buy Now: A Money Morning Weekly Roundup

Investors hunting for the best stocks to buy last week encountered a few new market-moving factors: Syria's civil war, rising oil prices, and a rebound in gold.

In addition, the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to taper or not remains at the forefront of investors' minds. Friday's August jobs report might provide more clarity on the central's bank next move, which will be shared – or again teased – at the Sept. 17-18 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.

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Stock Market Today: Can Earnings Drive Market Higher in July?

The bulls came out of the gate at full-speed at the opening of the stock market today.

Less than a half-hour into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 121.99, or 0.81%, to 15,241.40 The Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 12.19, or 0.75%, to 1,644.08. The Nasdaq added 14.01, or 0.41, at 3,493.60.

Optimistic investors appear to be betting the second quarter's earnings will come in ahead of scaled-down forecasts.

Pre-announcements have certainly been extremely negative. According to Thomson Reuters, the ratio of negative to positive comments is 6.5 to 1, more than two-and-a-half times the normal pace and the most negative reading since 2001.

Overall, S&P 500 earnings are projected to have grown 1.6% in Q2 from a year ago, while quarterly revenue is expected to increase 2.9%.

But those estimates could be on the light side.

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Two Turnaround Stocks to Buy Now that Most Investors Will Miss

One style of investing that is underutilized by most investors hunting for stocks to buy is picking up "turnarounds."

You see, we all know investors who have gotten caught up with buying what is popular, at the height of its popularity. The Peter Lynch adage about buying what you know has investors chasing stocks like Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) or Lululemon Athletica Inc. (Nasdaq: LULU) because they like the products regardless of valuation.

Buying stocks of companies that have experienced serious problems and fallen out of favor with Wall Street requires more work and attention than just buying the stocks talked about on TV or around the office – but it can be far more lucrative as well.

A stock that recovers from operational of financial difficulties can soar in price over a few years.

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Stocks to Buy: There's a Huge Opportunity in this Metals Producer

Our latest report on stocks to buy focuses on a metals-related play that's highly undervalued – and about to introduce a game-changing development to its business.

As base metals and material stocks have sold off in recent weeks, most of the attention has fallen on the shinier metals like gold and silver.

Unnoticed by most traders is the fact that zinc has dropped as well, although not as sharply. Prices of zinc have dropped about 8% in the past month and this is setting up a major buying opportunity in this North American zinc producer.

Although rarely discussed with the same fervor or regularity as its metallic brethren, zinc is actually the fourth most used metal in the world, and will see sharp demand pick up when the economy improves.

Over 12 million tons of the metal is produced annually for a range of uses. Although not as widely discussed as other precious and industrial metals zinc is something we all use every day knowingly or not.

Zinc is part of several alloys including brass, aluminum solder and commercial bronze. Zinc is also the primary metal used in production of the U.S. penny coin and has been since 1982. The metal is used in pigments for paints, a catalyst for rubber production, a fire retardant and a rocket propellant.

Zinc is far more reactive than iron or steel and attracts oxidization so it is often used as a galvanizing agent with these metals. For example, zinc is regularly used in the boating industry to protect propellers and the rudder from oxidization caused by seawater.

All these mean zinc will continue to be important to a variety of industries. That's why we like the long-term potential of a U.S. zinc producer whose shares are trading at a discount.

The following company is making huge moves to be the world's lowest cost zinc producer, which should lead to higher earnings and a much higher stock price