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Longtime readers will remember that Tesla Motors (TSLA) was one of the market’s top performers back in 2013, zooming to gains of 344% as the company’s Model S sedan earned rave reviews. But the stock has spent much of the past two years building a basing pattern, digesting that advance. And now more and more companies are building electric cars! So I thought I’d take some time today to review the competition, to see if Tesla, whose base model costs $75,000 and has a range of 240 miles, has anything to worry about on the competitive front.

My bet is that the biggest question on the minds of growth investors right now (except for the Great Apple Conundrum of what’s going to happen to AAPL) is the price of a barrel of crude oil. This is no small matter. Despite the welcome increase in solar and wind generation of electricity, most of us power our daily commutes with oil by-products.

I scanned my database to find 10 stocks with the right credentials to perform very well in 2016. My top 10 picks are stocks of U.S. companies with exceptional prospects for 2016. All of my stock selections are selling at bargain prices, and all have the potential to easily beat the stock market indexes in 2016!

Tomorrow the Fed is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in many years. What the market will do in reaction is literally anyone’s guess. That said, I can use the options market to price-in expected moves and risks.

A stock market comparison between this year and 2011 draws some eerie parallels. What does that mean for the market in 2016? More than you’d think.