“The richest investment opportunities can be found in the fast-emerging alternative energy sector,” says Mike Burnick in The Offshore A-Letter.

“That’s where oilman T. Boone Pickens is putting his money – his company Mesa Power just placed an order for US$2 billion in wind turbines. And there’s much more profit potential in other parts of the alternative energy sector too – especially alternative fuel.

“The market for ALL alternative energy sources grew 40% last year alone to US$77.3 billion and will explode into a US$250 billion industry within 10 years.

“Bio-fuel grew to a US$25.4 billion market last with more than 15 billion gallons of ethanol and biodiesel produced globally – more than double the output of just four years ago. The worldwide Bio-fuel industry will continue to enjoy explosive growth for years to come – expanding into a US$81 billion business within the next 10-years!”

A recent article from our friends at Money Morning highlights some of the best trends to track over the next 18 months:

“There’s an old Wall Street adage that tells us that “the trend is your friend.” And there’s a witty bit of wisdom we’ve developed here at Money Morning to help guide our readers and us that says: “Go global or go home.”Combine those two and you’ll discover that you’ve got yourself one very strong investing strategy – if you choose the right trends, that is.

“Surprisingly, that’s nowhere near as difficult as most investors think. All you have to do is to look around you, and study the forces that are at work in the markets each day. If you do that on a consistent basis, you’ll soon discover that no matter what kind of “trick play” the financial markets throw at you, you’ll be able to side-step the tackle attempt, will avoid being thrown for a loss – and will actually end up scoring some hefty profits for your portfolio.

“To show you what I mean, let’s take a quick look at the markets right now…

Global Expansion Profit and The New World Disorder

“For decades, America’s Wall Street was the financial center of the world, if not the universe. That New York-centric viewpoint was so pervasive that one of the most-recognizable investment aphorisms to emerge was the ubiquitous: “When Wall Street sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.”

“But as we’ve all seen during the wild markets we’ve had to navigate of late, that’s not true any longer – and may never be again.

“For the first time in modern history, the U.S. economy finds itself back with the masses, flying coach instead of first class. We’ve all heard the statistics.

“For instance:

* From 2005 to 2010 alone, worldwide wealth will soar from $118 trillion to more than $200 trillion – with the newly capitalist markets of Asia and Europe accounting for the biggest share.
* Over the next 25 years, America’s share of the worldwide economic pie will slip from 28% to 24%…
* While during that same stretch Asia’s share of the global market will almost double – meaning it will account for a whopping 55% of the global economy by 2030.

“But those are just statistics. A confluence of powerful forces is responsible for those changes. So let’s take a look at some of the global expansion profit trends that are the actual catalysts behind those numbers.

“Key among them:

* The emergence of such new economic heavyweights such as China and India, which are now competing for the capital, the jobs and the business contracts that U.S. companies for decades had almost all to themselves.
* The perfection of new telecommunications technologies that are making national boundaries largely irrelevant from a business standpoint, while also enabling global corporations to shift labor and capital wherever it’s needed around the world.
* The emergence of new capital sources; in particular, the so-called “sovereign wealth funds” – the massive state-run pools of investment capital that are now operating like venture capital funds with a worldwide reach.
* A global credit crisis – which grew out of a U.S. housing-market bubble – that continues to wreak havoc on the U.S. economy and the U.S. dollar.
* An unprecedented escalation in global energy and commodity prices that, combined with the weak U.S. greenback, is allowing inflationary forces to take hold in the American market for the first time in nearly three decades.Taken at face value, such trends are terribly unsettling for U.S. consumers and investors alike. And the unease in this country is growing at an alarming rate. Believe me, we here at Money Morning know that as well as anyone. As our team of global investing experts beats the bushes in search of new trends and new investing opportunities to bring your way, we hear these concerns voiced over and over again.We certainly understand folks being worried. After all, with change comes uncertainty. And uncertainty can breed worry, if not fear.For those of you who are understandably fearful, I’ll ask you to consider one other longtime Wall Street adage: With change comes opportunity.

Global Expansion Profit Opportunities Abound

“With all the global changes we see, we also see plenty of opportunity – especially for U.S. investors. While I understand if many investors can only see a burly group of blockers standing between them and the profits they’d dearly love to lock in, we here at Money Morning see a playing field that’s wide open all the way to the end zone.

“All you have to do is call the right plays – by picking the right trends. Here are 10 that are worth watching – and capitalizing on – as they play out in the global capital markets at different times over the next 12 months or more.”

Click here to read on about the 10 trends of global expansion profit.