Hot Electric Utility Stocks To Buy Right Now

The Fool's own senior auto analyst, John Rosevear, sits down with Richard Engdahl for an in-depth look at�Tesla�(NASDAQ: TSLA)�and the electric vehicle market, as well as Chrysler's unique situation with�Fiat�(NASDAQOTH: FIATY).

The economic crisis in Europe has slammed the auto industry as a whole, but luxury vehicles aren't doing so badly. Coupled with governments that tend to smile on green technologies, Tesla has enjoyed a warm reception Europe.

A full transcript follows the video.

Richard Engdahl: You mentioned briefly overseas sales for Tesla. It strikes me that Europe is perhaps a better place to sell electric vehicles. On the other hand, maybe the U.S. is a better place to sell premium vehicles. How does the overseas market look for Tesla?

John Rosevear: Well, on the one hand we look at Europe -- and particularly Western Europe -- there's a recession going on. New car sales in general are at terrible lows right now and the mainstream automakers in Europe are having a lot of trouble.

Top Solar Companies To Watch In Right Now: iStar Financial Inc.(SFI)

iStar Financial Inc. operates as a finance company focusing on the commercial real estate industry. The company provides custom-tailored financing to high-end private and corporate owners of real estate. Its financing products include senior and mezzanine real estate debt, senior and mezzanine corporate capital, corporate net lease financing, and equity. The company also involves in corporate tenant leasing business, which provides capital to corporations and others who control facilities leased primarily to single creditworthy customers. As of December 31, 2008, iStar Financial owned 362 office, industrial, entertainment, hotel, and retail facilities in 39 states. The company qualifies as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in New York, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Sally Jones]

  
  iStar Financial Inc. (SFI): Sold Out

  Up 52% over 12 months, iStar Financial has a market cap of $940.1 million and trades with a P/B of 0.70. The current share price is $11.01.

Hot Electric Utility Stocks To Buy Right Now: Masimo Corporation(MASI)

Masimo Corporation, a medical technology company, develops, manufactures, and markets noninvasive patient monitoring products worldwide. The company offers Masimo Signal Extraction Technology (SET), which provides the capabilities of measure-through motion and low perfusion pulse oximetry to address the primary limitations of conventional pulse oximetry; and Masimo rainbow SET products that monitor multiple blood measurements, including oxygen content, carboxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, hemoglobin, pleth variability index, respiration rate, Halo Index, and In Vivo Adjustment. It develops, manufactures, and markets a family of patient monitoring solutions comprising circuit boards, monitors and devices, sensors, and cables; Masimo SafetyNet, a remote monitoring and clinician notification system; and software for Rainbow measurements, as well as other future measurements or features. The company sells its products to hospitals and the emergency medical response organizations through its direct sales force and distributors, as well as to original equipment manufacturer partners in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, Canada, and Australia. Masimo Corporation was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Seth Jayson]

  There's no foolproof way to know the future for Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI  ) or any other company. However, certain clues may help you see potential stumbles before they happen -- and before your stock craters as a result.

Hot Electric Utility Stocks To Buy Right Now: AFC Enterprises Inc.(AFCE)

AFC Enterprises, Inc. develops, operates, and franchises quick-service restaurants under the trade names of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. As of December 25, 2011, it operated and franchised 2,035 Popeyes restaurants in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Cayman Islands, and 25 foreign countries. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Reese]

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Hot Electric Utility Stocks To Buy Right Now: Ishares Nasdaq Biotechnology (IBB)

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (the Index). The Index consists of securities of NASDAQ-listed companies that are classified according to the Industry Classification Benchmark as either biotechnology or pharmaceuticals, and which also meet other eligibility criteria. The Index is one of the eight sub-indices of the NASDAQ Composite, which measures all common stocks listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.

The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. The Fund�� investment advisor is Barclays Global Fund Advisors.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Benjamin Shepherd] While the iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NSDQ: IBB) has gained more than 50 percent over the trailing year and nearly doubled over the past two, it�� not immune from the occasional sell-off. Since last Friday, the index is down by more than 8 percent following Congressional concern about high drug costs.