Electricity. Most of us rely on it from the minute we wake up until the minute we go to bed. And it can be very  easy to take for granted -- until the power goes out for one reason or another.

For the most part, the electricity that lights our homes and keeps our televisions running is generated from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas. However, there is a global movement taking place to transition toward cleaner, renewable sources of power.

Politicians have been touting the potential of alternative energy for decades, but President Obama is likely to do far more than talk. In this report, we focus on Obama's bold plans to invest $150 billion in the research and development of alternative energy pursuits, and his pledge to create five million new jobs in this field over the next 10 years. We'll also show you how you can profit from the alternative energy sector.

Income junkies crave nothing more than a double-digit yield. The thought of all that cash steadily pouring into a portfolio month after month and quarter after quarter is enough to make most income investors leap for joy.

And while many stocks pay nice dividends, thousands of income investors are missing out on an entire asset class with tremendously high yields. Adding these securities to your investment radar can more than double your opportunities for 10%-plus yields.  The asset class? Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs.

These days, investors can buy ETFs focused on any niche of the market. But some of the best opportunity lies with income-focused funds.

In this report, we're seeing dramatic opportunities in funds focused on two areas: utilities and bonds. The market's dislocation has led to harsh sell-offs in these two arenas, and investors who act quickly can now pick up yields of 10%... 12%... even 19% with the picks we have discovered.

"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money."

That quote, attributed to former Senator Everett Dirksen, serves as a good reminder of how easy it is to become numb to large numbers. In the investment community, barely a day goes by that we don't hear about a company reporting tens of millions in quarterly earnings or spending hundreds of millions on an acquisition.

Even by Wall Street standards, $1,000,000,000,000 (or $1 trillion) is a mind-boggling sum. Consider this: 1 billion dollar bills stretched end-to-end would circle the globe four times and take around 32 years to spend at the rate of a dollar per second. And $1 trillion is a $1,000 billion, or enough to give about $150 to every man, woman and child on the planet.

Why does all this matter? Because the United States has plans to deploy $2.2 trillion to bring its aging infrastructure up to date in the years ahead, and the global forecast calls for more than 10 times that amount. You can bet this mountain of cash won't be divvied up quite so democratically -- a handful of well-placed companies will see their coffers overflow.

This unprecedented amount of government spending could well be the biggest investment boon of the decade... Read this report to find out how you can profit from our top infrastructure ETFs.

In the beginning, exchange-traded funds were constructed with a single purpose in mind: to provide a cost-efficient way to track the performance of the broader market averages. And for over a decade, they have fulfilled that mission with flying colors.

But as the popularity of these inexpensive, easy-to-trade funds grew, so did their numbers.  The handful of broad-market ETFs launched back in 1993 has skyrocketed to the over 750 ETFs available today -- in addition to nearly 700 closed-end funds -- covering hundreds of exotic indices, industry sectors, commodities and foreign markets.  And the ETF phenomenon that started as means to mirror the market averages has ended up revolutionizing investors' access to explosive, outperforming gains. 

There is nothing wrong with simply matching the overall market; doing so will build tremendous wealth over time. However, those with more ambitious goals aren't looking to merely meet the market, but beat it. And this is where ETFs can truly provide an edge -- giving hands-on investors a way to exercise pinpoint control over their portfolio and target the most profitable market sectors.

With the massive government spending taking place in 2009, a turnaround in late 2009 or early 2010 is likely. And since the market runs six to nine months ahead, some sectors will likely rally strongly mid-year. The key is to identify which sectors are positioned to profit the most from this rebound. With that in mind, today's report dives into four funds targeting specific sectors poised to vault out in front of the overall market in the second half of 2009 and beyond and how you can profit.