There are plenty of pitfalls when it comes to mixing form and function, but the latest wave of “Westerncore” sweeping the U.S. looks to have staying power. The scramble for shearling-collar coats and ...
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Buy FirstEnergy Stock. It Should Thrive as America Goes Electric.
The U.S. is trying to wean itself off fossil fuels, and FirstEnergy an Ohio-based electric utility, should be among that campaign’s winners. The outlook for electric utilities is the best in decades, ...
Buy Hertz Stock. It’s Cheap, Well-Run, and Renting Teslas.
A revitalized Hertz is set to put investors in “the driver’s seat,” to borrow a phrase from its 1960s ad campaign. This isn’t the Hertz of old, however. Before 2020—and its bankruptcy filing—the compa...
Pfizer Is Moving Beyond Covid. Why Its Stock Is a Buy.
Pfizer probably did more than any other company to help the world normalize from the pandemic, and it reaped a financial windfall from its twin Covid-19 franchise—the top-selling vaccine and the leadi...
Buy Linde Stock. The Industrial-Gas Giant Is Going All-In on Hydrogen.
The thunderous force of the Niagara River above the famous falls will soon power a plant three miles away as it pumps out clean energy in the form of hydrogen. It heralds an exciting future for a cent...
Endava Stock Is a Buy. Even a Recession Won’t Stop It.
Software is in a slump, but people are in short supply. That’s the kind of environment that could be good for information-technology consultant Endava With recession concerns rising, corporate spendin...
Tesla’s Battered Stock Looks Like a Buy Again
Times are tough for Tesla . Demand is slowing. Costs are rising. Elon Musk is distracted and a distraction. It’s time to buy the stock. Yes, Tesla (ticker: TSLA) is a mess right now, and signs point t...
Buy Philip Morris International Stock. It’s a Smart Investment—Maybe Even for the ESG Crowd.
Philip Morris International main cigarette business is slowly dying, but the tobacco giant isn’t going gently into the night. The company just announced two deals that will keep it healthy in the year...
Philip Morris International Stock Is a Smart Investment—Maybe Even for the ESG Crowd
Philip Morris International main cigarette business is slowly dying, but the tobacco giant isn’t going gently into the night. The company just announced two deals that will keep it healthy in the year...
Buy Toll Brothers Stock. Shares of the Top Luxury Home Builder Look Very Cheap.
This article is an excerpt from “Here Are Barron’s 10 Top Stocks for the New Year,” published on Dec. 16, 2022. To see the full list, click here. With home builder Toll Brothers ‘ stock down 30% this...
Buy Medtronic Stock. Shares of the Dividend Aristocrat Look Attractive.
This article is an excerpt from “Here Are Barron’s 10 Top Stocks for the New Year,” published on Dec. 16, 2023. To see the full list, click here. Medtronic (ticker: MDT) is a dividend aristocrat, wi...
Buy Delta Stock. Shares of the Airline Look Cheap.
This article is an excerpt from “Here Are Barron’s 10 Top Stocks for the New Year,” published on Dec. 16, 2022. To see the full list, click here. Delta the best managed of the U.S. airlines, is poise...
Buy Comcast Stock. The Telecom Company Is One of Our Picks for 2023.
This article is an excerpt from “Here Are Barron’s 10 Top Stocks for the New Year,” published on Dec. 16, 2022. To see the full list, click here. Shares of the telecommunications giant Comcast have be...
Buy Berkshire Hathaway Stock. Warren Buffett’s Company Remains the Ultimate Defensive Megacap.
This article is an excerpt from “Here Are Barron’s 10 Top Stocks for the New Year,” published on Dec. 16, 2022. To see the full list, click here. Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway remains th...
Buy Bank of America Stock. Shares Look Cheap, Too.
This article is an excerpt from “Here Are Barron’s 10 Top Stocks for the New Year,” published on Dec. 16, 2022. To see the full list, click here. Bank of America ‘s slogan in recent years has been “re...
Google Parent Alphabet Has Had a Rough 2022. Investors Should Buy Up Shares.
This article is an excerpt from “Here Are Barron’s 10 Top Stocks for the New Year,” published on Dec. 16, 2022. To see the full list, click here. Google parent Alphabet ‘s (ticker: GOOG) stock dropped...
Buy Costco Stock. Share Are on Sale.
Selling cheap gas and groceries hasn’t been enough to keep Costco Wholesale stock in the black in 2022. But next year looks better for the warehouse-store giant, whose loyal customers continue to snap...
Costco Stock Is on Sale. It’s a Good Time to Buy.
Selling cheap gas and groceries hasn’t been enough to keep Costco Wholesale stock in the black in 2022. But next year looks better for the warehouse-store giant, whose loyal customers continue to snap...
Buy Regal Rexnord Stock. The Industrial Company’s Shares Could Gain 40%.
Zigging when everyone is zagging can be a good strategy, even if it means some short-term pain. That appears to be the case with Regal Rexnord whose stock looks like a buy following a recent selloff. ...
Buy AbbVie Stock. The Pharma Giant Is Still Worth Owning Even as Humira Fades.
Sometimes, a single worry grows so large that it obscures all the good things happening at the same time. That’s the case with the stock of pharma giant AbbVie whose blockbuster drug Humira faces pate...
Buy American Tower, Crown Castle, and SBA Communications Stock. The REITs Look Ready to Rebound
Certainty during rocky macroeconomic times deserves a premium. Predictable and dependable profits are exactly what cell-tower real estate investment trusts provide, and yet their stocks are selling at...
Buy Bumble Stock. The Dating App’s Shares Haven’t Met Their Match.
Bumble has been getting the cold shoulder from investors, who are worried that singles have cooled on its dating apps. The company, though scruffy, remains attractive—and its stock could be just the t...
Buy Paccar Stock. The Truck Company Can Ride Out a Recession.
Before Steven Spielberg reached blockbuster success with Jaws, he made Duel, about a driver terrorized by a massive tanker truck. The story didn’t end well for the homicidal Peterbilt rig that the dir...
Buy BP and Exxon Stock. They Have a Surprisingly Green Future.
Just two years ago, the world’s giant oil producers seemed to be going the way of the typewriter industry. No one wanted oil—the price of a barrel fell below zero early in the pandemic. Exxon Mobil st...
More Power Outages Make Generac Stock Worth Buying Now
Text size The average U.S. electricity customer lost power for more than eight hours in 2020. That’s up more than 100% from 2013. Alamy In theory, record heat waves, Western wildfires, rolling blackou...
Rising Power Outages Make Generac Stock Worth Buying Now
Text size The average U.S. electricity customer lost power for more than eight hours in 2020. That’s up more than 100% from 2013. Alamy In theory, record heat waves, Western wildfires, rolling blackou...
U-Haul Parent Amerco Stock Looks Cheap. Buy It Before It Gets Moving Again.
Amerco spends little on ads because its U-Haul trucks and trailers are rolling billboards for its services. Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Text siz...
Newmont Is a Hedge Against Uncertainty With a 5% Dividend Yield
A processing plant at the Merian gold mine in Suriname, owned and operated by Newmont. The company’s stock may be the safest way to bet on a gold revival. Ranu Abhelakh/Reuters/Alamy Text size Gold ha...
Buy Volkswagen Stock. Porsche’s IPO Could Unlock Value at the Emerging Tesla Challenger.
A successful Porsche IPO could unlock value at Volkswagen, an emerging Tesla rival. Here, a 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS Hockenheimring edition is being painted. Porsche Text size With the exception of Tes...
Volkswagen Is One of the Cheapest Stocks. A Porsche IPO Could Change That.
A successful Porsche IPO could unlock value at Volkswagen, an emerging Tesla rival. Here, a 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS Hockenheimring edition is being painted. Porsche Text size With the exception of Tes...
Should You Buy Target Stock? Yes, Its Problems Won’t Last Forever.
Fashion is fickle, even for trend-friendly Target . But the trend might get friendlier for the stock as it looks to put 2022 behind it. It seems everything that could go wrong for Target (ticker: TGT)...
Alcoa Has a Plan for Zero Emissions. Buy the Stock While It’s a Bargain.
The outlook for aluminum is brightening, and so are the prospects for Alcoa, probably the best pure play on the versatile and light metal—and a cheap one. Alcoa stock (ticker: AA) looks like a bargain...