Barron's Recap: Home Prices Near Their Peak

This weekend in Barron's online: a special report on housing, the best financial advisors in America ranked, as well as the prospects for United Rentals, World Fuel Services, AutoNation and more.

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" by Jonathan R. Laing. The three-year rally in housing prices is losing steam, according to this week's

cover story. However, moderate gains should continue for another year or so. Find out if housing in your region is overvalued or remains undervalued.

"The Top 100 Financial Advisors" by Steve Garmhausen offers a look at what opportunities the pros on Barron's annual ranking of the best advisors in America have spotted overseas. See why they are looking to Europe, Japan and even the out-of-favor BRICs. Matt Barthel's "Barron's Inaugural Ranking of Institutional Advisors" points out that the complexity of institutional investing is growing all the time. Check out the very first Barron's ranking of the top financial advisors to foundations, endowments, pension funds and other big investors. In "When Financial Advisors Meet Their Robo-Rivals," Steve Garmhausen claims that advisors so far are not worried about the online automated advisors that have arrived in the past few years, offering tailored portfolios at very low prices. See why some even embrace the trend. Having all your advisors in one firm can offer convenience and coordination, says "Do You Need One-Stop Financial Advice?" by Steve Garmhausen. However, some investors are now using multiple teams to tap the best experts and offer risk controls.

"6 Stocks to Buy and to Hold for 3 Years" by Jack Hough suggests that often a company can best make use of its cash by reinvesting it, rather than instituting share buybacks and paying dividends. Check out Barron's selection of six buy-and-hold stocks doing just that. In Leslie P. Norton's "United Rentals: Growth Stock at a Value Price," see why

has been punished by concerns about low oil prices, even though energy is a small part of its business. And see why the shares could rise up to 50 percent. Investors became nervous when a rival of

went bankrupt, according to Jack Willoughby's "A Great Hedge Against Volatile Oil Prices." Find out why the more prices reel, the better World Fuel does. See "Two Styles, One Vision," in which Vito J. Racanelli profiles Federated Kaufmann growth managers Larry Auriana and Hans Utsch. These veteran investors share a passion for picking budding but promising growth stocks, and they share some of their current picks. Dyan Machan's "AutoNation's Michael Jackson: Stepping on the Gas" turns the CEO spotlight on the chief at

. See how this industry visionary has built the company into the largest U.S. automotive retailer. In Barron's Asia: "Arm Your Portfolio Against Geopolitical Risks" by Wayne Arnold presents five stocks that offer investors a way to profit from increased military spending as tensions rise in Asia. "The National Nightmare" is an editorial commentary by Thomas G. Donlan that suggests tax season prompts ominous thoughts about American character.

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