Barron's Recap: Barron's Top Stock Picks For 2015

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This weekend in Barron's online: 10 favorite stocks for 2015, test your Wall Street skills, questioning the bull market, undervalued whiskeys, as well as the prospects for shares of TUI Group, Belmond, Harley-Davidson and more.

Cover Story

"
Barron's 10 Favorite Stocks for 2015
" by Jack Hough. Barron's top 10 stocks for 2014 handily beat the market, according to this week's cover story in
Barron's
. Find out why Barron's thinks some shares still look tempting, even with the Dow at an all-time high. The 10 picks for the coming year are mostly household names, and Barron's feels they could deliver returns of 20 to 50 percent over the next 12 months. The article includes a profile of each of the 10 favorite stocks, as well as a breakdown of the winners and losers from last year's picks.
See also:Analysts Are Bullish On Apple Heading Into The New Year

Feature Stories

"Barron's Quiz: Test Your Wall Street Skills" by Andrew Bary asks what the future holds for investors in the coming year. Will stocks rise? Will rates come down? Something unexpected? Test your knowledge, and you may be the winner announced in January. Jonathan Buck's "TUI Group: A Cheap Bet on Leisure Travel" suggests that as the company reaps the benefits of its recent merger, London-traded shares of TUI Group, the world's largest vertically integrated vacation-tour operator, could be poised to benefit. In "Room for Big Gains at Hotelier Belmond," David Englander makes the case for
Belmond LtdBEL
shares to rise up to 50 percent over the next two years. See why operations are on the upswing at this Bermuda-based luxury hotel and adventure travel company. Andrew Lapping, manager of the Allan Gray Africa Equity fund, is profiled in "Taking the Long View" by Michael Shari. Discover why Lapping has made moves into markets, such as Zimbabwe and Nigeria, that others are turning away from. Check out "With Volatility Rising, a Nod to Emerging Markets," in which Lawrence C. Strauss interviews Arif Husain, T. Rowe Price's chief of international fixed income, to uncover how Husain sizes up opportunities around the world in the current interest rate environment. In Dyan Machan's "Harley-Davidson's CEO Has Revved Up the Brand," the CEO spotlight is turned on Keith Wandell, who was instrumental in the iconic motorcycle maker's recovery from the financial crisis. See how new models and a more diverse customer base have led to rising sales for
Harley-Davidson IncHOG
. Whiskey enthusiast Noah Rothbaum picks high-quality ryes, bourbons and scotches that won't break the bank, in Robert Milburn's Penta article "Eight Undervalued Whiskeys." Rothbaum shares why price and how long the liquor has aged do not necessarily equate with quality. "The Challenges of Success" is an editorial commentary by independent research analyst Harvard Winters that discusses whether any wildly successful company can continue to succeed indefinitely.
See also:With 3D Printing Stocks In Focus, What's Wall Street Thinking?
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Columns

Columns in this weekend's Barron's discuss:
  • The looming threat to the U.S. economy from surging inflation
  • What historically happens to stock valuations during Fed rate hikes
  • Trends in the tech sector to watch for in 2015
  • New hedge fund rules and volatility in stocks and bonds
  • Why exchange traded funds could have a big year in 2015
  • The leap in stock buybacks in the third quarter
  • Obamacare and other lurking dangers for the U.S. economy
  • Why a deal on taxes on repatriated cash is unlikely
  • Two websites for testing investment strategies

Online Exclusives

Barron's online exclusives this weekend include: "
Don't Question the Bull Market for 2015
" by Burt White. With 2014 coming to a close, this article asks and answers 10 key stock-market questions for the coming year. For example, what does the drop in oil prices presage? Will the Federal Reserve end the bull market? And how are small caps and emerging markets likely to perform in 2015?
At the time of this writing, the author had no position in the mentioned equities.
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