For starters, how about cozying up to this hot stock in the energy sector? Houston-based Schlumberger recently posted a blowout quarter with both earnings and revenue above expectations. CEO Andrew Gould said the world's largest oilfield services company expects "significant" growth in 2007.

Shares of Schlumberger are already up about 3 percent this year, versus a slight decline in the broader Philadelphia Oilfield Services Sector Index.

"We believe Schlumberger remains the No. 1 company in the industry - in terms of range of services, depth of capability, breadth of management and leadership in technology," Bank of America analyst James Wicklund said in a recent research note.

Some investors have expressed concerns that a relatively mild early winter weakened demand for natural gas as a heating source. But the recent spate of frigid temperatures has put those fears to rest: 19 of the 25 analysts that follow it rate the stock a "buy" or "strong buy."