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This weekend's Barron's cover story examines the prospects for the U.S. cannabis industry. Other featured articles discuss how cryptocurrency threatens the role of central banks, why steel stocks are due for a fall and whether the tech giants will thrive. Also, see the prospects for a top...

This weekend's Barron's cover story features eight dividend stock picks for the pandemic era. Other featured articles look at what younger day traders are favoring and why some tech giants riding high. Also, the prospects for two financial giants, packaged food plays, specialty retailers...

Three of the big U.S. banks help to kick off a new earnings season this week Wall Street analysts expect to see earnings declines from all three of them. But consensus forecasts also predict marginal top-line growth from two. The third-quarter earnings reporting season is just getting underway...

U.S. stocks continued to sell off on Friday on higher than usual volume. Semiconductor stocks were hit hard following Microchip's profit warning and cautious sector-wide comments. The rest of the tech sector was weak, especially "momentum" and high-beta stocks as the Nasdaq index...

Zubie, a connected car startup that was formed as a partnership between Best Buy and OpenAir Equity Partners, has teamed up with Progressive Insurance (NYSE: PGR). The two companies are collaborating on an "industry-first telematics solution" that will reward consumers who drive...

U.S. markets followed European equities and sold off after Portugal's second largest bank Banco Espirito Santo missed a debt payment, renewing concerns over the health of the Portuguese and European economy. Despite a comeback from hefty losses, major indices still finished the day in...

Alcoa (NYSE: AA), the traditional kickoff to a new earnings season, steps into the earnings spotlight this week, and analysts are looking for mixed results for the second quarter. Will that be a harbinger for reports to come? Things really get started when Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), the first of...

U.S. stocks rose sharply after minutes from the Federal Reserve eased concerns over when the central bank would raise interest rates. The decision to let go of the 6.5 percent unemployment rate threshold for raising interest rates was finalized in early March. Additionally, the Fed's minutes...

This week brings the first-quarter report from Alcoa (NYSE: AA), the traditional kickoff of a new earnings season. But its relevance may be diminishing, now that the company is no longer part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. With the end-of-the-week earnings reports from J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM...

The markets are closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, but after that the earnings season shifts back into high gear. The consensus forecasts for eBay, McDonald's, Netflix, Starbucks and Verizon call for year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining...

This weekend in Barron's online: a special report on the outlook for 2014. Also, the prospects for eBay, YPF, Innophos Holdings and more. Cover Story "An Upbeat View of 2014" by Vito J. Racanelli. After the crazy ride of the past six years, Wall Street analysts see things settling down to normal...

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) will kick off the new earnings season this week. Analysts are looking for revenue declines from these three, and only Wells Fargo to post year-over-year earnings growth. Since it has dropped out of the Dow Jones...