Growth stock expert Steve Rawls sees "dollars" from a company that helps sorts "coins." In his The Tipping Point Stocks newsletter, the advisor takes a look at Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR).

"Often we miss the obvious. We miss how the little can equal the large. Consider your last visit to the supermarket. You probably passed by that machine that offered to count your pennies for a small fee. It's neat for people who saved their pennies, but not for you, right?

"What if I told you that the coin machine you just passed by with little thought was part of a $1.2 to $1.3 billion enterprise? Welcome to the world of Coinstar.

This post is part of a special annual report -- Top Stock Picks '09 -- in which TheStockAdvisors.com asked 75 leading newsletter advisors to select their favorite investment for the new year.

"The injections of huge amounts of liquidity into the markets worldwide will leave us all with huge inflationary pressures in the years to come," notes Steve Rawls.

In his Tipping Point Stocks, the advisor suggests, "Historically, the best place for an investor in inflationary times is gold. And ProShares Ultra Gold (NYSE: UGL) is the best way to invest in gold in 2009."

The advisor explains, "Right now, the battle being fought is to stimulate economic growth to prevent a worsening recession; whether or not this will be successful remains to be seem.

"But one thing is certain, the injections of huge amounts of liquidity into the markets worldwide will leave us all with huge inflationary pressures in the years to come.

"The pressures related to government guarantees and bailouts (and the necessary borrowing to finance them) are hidden right now because of the slowing economy, but that doesn't make them any less real.