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This weekend in Barron's online: the 11th annual Barron's ranking of chief executive officers, a look back at the Great Society, as well as the prospects for Fortune Brands, Western Digital, PACCAR, Citizens Financial, Seacoast Banking, Citigroup and more. Cover Story "The World...

This weekend in Barron's online: the Big Money Poll, Barron's Asia debuts and investment ideas from the best of the best advisors, as well as the prospects for CBS, Zurich Insurance, Western Digital and more. Cover Story "The Bull Will Be Right Back" by Jack Willoughby. In...

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: the top 10 stock picks for 2014. Also, the prospects for Coach, U.S. airlines, gold miners and more. Cover Story "Not Done Yet" by Andrew Bary. Even though it has gotten tougher to find bargains in the stock market after the big run-up this year, there are...

Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...

It is not unusual for stocks on a tear to overrun their mean price targets, which is a estimate of how far analysts on average expect the share price to climb. Some of the top-performing technology stocks over the past six months that pay dividends, such as Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Western...

This weekend in Barron's online: the annual Barron's 500 ranking, a look at some bargain stocks from that list, the prospects for Linn Energy and Atlas Air, and alternatives to REITs. Cover Story "The Barron's 500" by Jacqueline Doherty. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have struggled of late, but it...

This weekend in Barron's online: a more sophisticated strategy for investing in emerging markets, an ETF special report, and the prospects for The Pantry and Globe Specialty Metals. Cover Story "Emerging Markets: The Next Wave" by Reshma Kapadia. A more complicated global economy calls for a...

The focus was on the big banks last week, with Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) reporting strong results, but Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) not so much. The spotlight is on tech earnings this week. Analysts anticipate lower per-...

This weekend in Barron's online: stock picks for 2013, speculation about who will be the next Treasury chief and the prospects for Men's Wearhouse, Crosstex Energy and big pharma. Cover Story "Our 10 Favorite Stocks for 2013" by Andrew Bary. Barron's takes a look at where to invest in 2013. The...

Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX), which saw a downgrade by a Citigroup analyst earlier this month, is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter 2013 results Tuesday, October 30, after the closing bell. Investors will be evaluating how Seagate has coped with the slowing sales of personal...

There are lots more on the earnings calendar this week, including results from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the three months that included the release of the iPhone 5. Monday Results from Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will be the highlights on Monday, and analysts expect to see...

When NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced its quarterly reshuffling of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, what grabbed the attention was that social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) had been added to the list, effective at market open on Monday, September 24, 2012. Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Western...

When NASDAQ OMX Group (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced its quarterly reshuffling of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) was reported to have been added to the list. The index is designed to track the performance of the 50 securities that are next in line to replace the securities currently...