Berkshire Hathaway bought almost 6 million shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent days, bringing its stake in the big energy company to 200.2 million shares worth $12.2 billion, according to a filin...
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Gambling on Biotechs—and Pfizer | Barron’s
To the Editor: Pfizer has a lot of good and bad points, as mentioned in your cover story “Pfizer Is Moving Beyond Covid. Why Its Stock Is a Buy.” (Feb. 3). But the hardest one to deal with for all bio...
A Barron’s Roundtable Primer | Barron’s
To the Editor:Regarding “Primed to Prosper” (Roundtable Part II, Jan. 20), my advice is to listen to the macro suggestions and not always the micro. Decide which themes and industries discussed best a...
Deere, Dollar Tree, and 21 More Investment Ideas From Barron’s Roundtable Pros
The “January effect,” according to market lore, is the tendency of stocks to rise in the year’s first month. So far, so good: The S&P 500 is up 6% year to date and the Nasdaq Composite has gained ...
A Davos First-Timer on What 4 CEOs Told Barron’s
Top of mind for leaders attending the World Economic Forum’s yearly conference in Davos, Switzerland, this past week was finding stability in a challenging environment. I don’t mean financially: It’s ...
Toyota, Warner Bros., and 24 More Stocks Barron’s Roundtable Pros Love This Year
Roundtable Companies Shares of companies with strong fundamentals are poised to shine this year, no matter the economic backdrop. Toyota and Warner Bros. fit the bill. Updated Jan. 20, 2023 8:35 pm ET...
Where Are the Stock Market and Economy Headed? Barron’s Roundtable Pros Weigh In.
Bullish or bearish, our 10 panelists help make sense of increasingly complicated market dynamics. Plus: nine stock picks. Jan. 13, 2023 8:40 pm ET The optimist sees bubbles and thinks champagne. The p...
Barron’s Trader Stock Picks Had a Better Year Than the Market. What Worked—and What Didn’t.
It was a good year for the Trader column—and we’re not going to let a little thing like a small decline get in the way of our saying it. In any other year, we might have called our picks lackluster or...
Dividends Versus Interest Income | Barron’s
To the Editor:There are many, many choices (“Barron’s 12 Best Income Investments for the New Year, Cover Story, Dec. 30). Two things to remember: 1) reward equals risk (there’s no such thing as a free...
The 12 Best Income Investments for 2023, According to Barron’s
While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...
Barron’s 10 Top Stock Picks for 2023
The stock market is coming off its worst year since 2008, but it was finally a good year for value investing—and it was a good year for Barron’s favorite picks, as well. Every December for the past 1...
Barron’s 10 Favorite Stocks for 2023
The stock market is coming off its worst year since 2008, but it was finally a good year for value investing—and it was a good year for Barron’s favorite picks, as well. Every December for the past 1...
Genesis Global Capital investigated by U.S. regulators: Barron’s
Genesis Global Capital is being investigated by U.S. state securities regulators, Barron’s reported. It’s part of a “wide-ranging inquiry into the interconnectedness of crypto ...
US State Regulators Investigating Crypto Trading Firm Genesis Global Capital: Barron’s
The report said that Alabama Securities Commission Director Joseph Borg indicated that his agency and several other states are involved in the investigations, which focus on whether Genesis and other ...
Best of Barron’s: Social Security Claiming, Retiring on Dividends, Info on RMDs
Barron’s Retirement’s 10 most read stories of the year include items on retiring abroad and retiring on dividends. Apologies to David Letterman and his Top 10 List segment on the ‘La...
How Barron’s Roundtable Panelists’ 2021 Midyear Picks Have Performed
Illustrations by Ryan Melgar Text size Barron’s checks in with the Roundtable panelists around midyear to get an update on their macroeconomic and market views and their latest investment recommendati...
What to Buy Right Now: 42 Picks From Barron’s Roundtable Pros
To everything there is a season: A time to hide in a bunker with a crash helmet on as stock and bond prices plummet, and a time to wade cautiously into the market in search of newly created bargains. ...
Barron’s Picks Three Retail Leaders
Marvin Ellison, Lowe’s CEO . (AP Photo) Associated Press In the July 13, 2022 issue of Barron’s picked three retail leaders among 24 top CEO’s whose recent action has strengthened their companie...
T-Mobile US’ Mike Sievert: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile US Courtesy of T-Mobile US Text size The telecom industry has been the province of sleepy corporate giants weighed down by lackluster growth and failed deals. Following i...
Kraft Heinz’s Miguel Patricio: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Miguel Patricio, CEO of Kraft Heinz Courtesy of Kraft Heinz Text size This month marks the seventh anniversary of the merger that created Kraft Heinz . The deal, led by Warren Buffett and Brazil’s 3G ...
Exxon Mobil’s Darren Woods: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Darren Woods is CEO of Exxon Mobil Christopher Pike/Bloomberg Text size Empty roads presented a clear problem for a company in the business of pulling oil out of the ground and turning it into fuel. B...
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Courtesy Microsoft Text size Under Satya Nadella, Microsoft has solidified its dominance in several key software categories, including office-productivity subscriptions...
D.R. Horton’s David V. Auld: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
David V. Auld is CEO of D.R. Horton Courtesy of D.R. Horton Text size America has a big housing shortage, and no company is doing more to address it than D.R. Horton . Under David Auld’s leadership, t...
Nordstrom’s Erik Nordstrom: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Erik Nordstrom, CEO of Nordstrom Courtesy Text size A darling stock, Nordstrom isn’t. Hardly any of the roughly 20 analysts who cover it recommend buying the shares. The century-old retailer is perhap...
Lowe’s Marvin Ellison: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Marvin Ellison, CEO of Lowe’s Courtesy of Lowes Text size Lowe’s was in need of retooling when CEO Marvin Ellison, 57, took the helm in July 2018. Four years later, the proof of his efforts is in the ...
Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America Jason Alden/Bloomberg Text size Bank of America has emerged as one of the nation’s most resilient banks, thanks to CEO Brian Moynihan’s “responsible growth” stra...
UPS’ Carol Tomé: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Carol Tomé, CEO of UPS Courtesy of UPS Text size Not all volume is good volume, says Carol Tomé, a former Home Depot executive who came out of retirement to run UPS two years ago. She sold the company...
Apple’s Tim Cook: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Text size Apple shares haven’t escaped the 2022 bear market: The stock is down about 20% year to date. Nonetheless, Apple remains the largest U.S. company...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Steve Pope/Getty Images Text size Warren Buffett is snapping up stocks, buying an insurer at a bargain price, and exciting investors in Berkshire Hathaway . B...
Devon Energy’s Rick Muncrief: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Rick Muncrief, CEO of Devon Energy Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg Text size Richard E. “Rick” Muncrief was a relatively under-the-radar executive at a small oil-and-gas explorer before the Covid pandem...
Advanced Micro Devices’ Lisa Su: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022
Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Photograph by Arturo Olmos Text size Under CEO Lisa Su, Advanced Micro Devices has become known for flawless product execution. While rival Intel has stumbled wi...
Oil Prices Flip-Flop | Barron’s
Text size The Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles helps feed surging demand for U.S. crude. Mario Tama/Getty Images There are more variables at play than ever before as analysts try to determine where ...