Barron's Picks And Pans: eBay, Shire, Samsung And More

This weekend's Barron's believes a popular e-commerce giant is poised to outrun the market.

The prospects for an Irish biotech, an auto replacement parts maker and a Korean tech giant are also examined.

This issue also includes the latest Barron's Mutual Fund Quarterly.

"EBay Shares Could Rise 25% in a Year" by Jack Hough suggests that, with a bargain share price and beatable expectations, marketer

eBay IncEBAY

looks poised to outrun the market over the next year. Could the e-commerce giant even attract takeover interest? See why Barron's believes it is time for contrarian investors to hit the buy-it-now button. In "Baxalta Could Boost Shire Shares More Than 25%," Jonathan Buck points out that the purchase will fill the Irish biotech's pipeline with products that will help earnings and revenues for years. And despite the recent acquisitions,

Shire PLC (ADR)SHPG

has a forward multiple that is well below that of its drug industry rivals. But is Shire's CEO too optimistic in his outlook? Reshma Kapadia's "LKQ Makes a Tidy Profit Reselling Used-Car Parts" makes a case for

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to reap the rewards as U.S. cars age and demand for recycled parts rises. Even though the stock has rallied more than 10 percent this year, Barron's sees 25 percent upside for the shares of this Chicago-based global distributor of vehicle products.

The latest Barron's Mutual Fund Quarterly offers a look at the top 200 sustainable mutual funds, as well as why some funds did not make the list. See why there may soon be more sustainable exchange traded funds (ETFs), and find out whether Vanguard's ETF should be cheaper. If you missed out on the run in closed-end muni funds, it may not be too late to find some opportunities. Tables present the leaders and laggards in the third quarter. In Andrew Bary's "After 40% Gain, Samsung Stock Still Looks Cheap," see why the South Korean tech outfit still looks very undervalued, despite its recent Galaxy phone woes. And recent value-enhancing proposals by activist New York hedge fund Elliott Associates could help spur change at insular

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. Discover how to buy in despite the lack of U.S.-traded shares. Also in this week's Barron's:

Whether central bank stimulative efforts are running out of steam.
What is hurting the Janus merger with Henderson Group.
The lucrative but treacherous game of tech initial public offerings
Which dividend stocks are backed up by plenty of free cash flow.
What the 2015 Paris accord means for investors
What the retail shakeup means for Dicks Sporting Goods Inc DKS.
A setback on the road to fusion power.
How Wells Fargo & Co WFC could have avoided a scandal
Uncle Sam's big student-loan problem.

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