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We've detected you are on Internet Explorer. For the best Barrons.com experience, please update to a modern browser. Google Firefox Barron's Interests Magazine Data Advisor Penta Subscribe SIGN IN 32 Timely Investment Ideas From Our Roundtable Panelists 1 minute read Five experts recommend everything from blue-chip stalwarts and gold to a high-tech battery maker and a little-known home builder. You Can Buy Into These Sports Teams. But the Valuations Are Lofty. 3 minute read The Stock Market Finally Finds a Reason to Fall 3 minute read Top Stories See latest stories Media Feature 4 minute read Esports Is Finding a Huge Audience. These Stocks Are the Best Plays. Tech companies including Amazon.com and Microsoft are competing for a bigger slice of the esports live-streaming business, which could present an opportunity for investors. DAVOS Feature 3 minute read What’s Missing at Davos: True Communication Lack of multilateral interaction makes reaching agreement difficult. German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls it “worse than the Cold War.” Economy and Policy Up and Down Wall Street 4 minute read Stocks Catch a Cold After Fed Stops Expanding Its Balance Sheet In the U.S., the coronavirus threat seems to more closely resemble what we see in the typical flu season, but on a much smaller scale. But the prospect of a disruption in global economies weighed on equities. Companies Streetwise 3 minute read Welcome to the Benevolent Order of Capitulating Bears This Barron’s columnist is trying to turn cheery on highfliers. He’s looking for support. Media Tech Trader 4 minute read It Was a Game-Changing Quarter for Netflix “The Witcher” was watched by 76 million households in just four weeks. It could remake the way TV shows get made. Retirement 4 minute read Roth 401(k) or Traditional 401(k)? How to Know What’s Your Best Option. Workers considering a Roth 401(k) or a traditional 401(k) should start with a simple question: Will you be in a higher tax bracket in the future than you are today? If the answer is yes, then the Roth 401(k) is a good option. Markets Inside Scoop 2 minute read A Giant Fund Sold Apple and Costco Stock. Here’s What It Bought. Dutch pension giant PGGM also initiated a stake in Visa stock in the fourth quarter, and nearly tripled an investment in Microsoft stock. Technology Follow Up 3 minute read Squeezing More Value From HP HP is promising bigger stock buybacks as it tries to hold off Xerox’s hostile bid. Meanwhile, Xerox could still raise its offer. Either way, investors win. Mutual Funds Mutual Fund Profile Long Read Finding Winners Far From Wall Street’s ‘Echo Chamber’ The fund has found solid bets in China and India, particularly in financial-services stocks. Energy 3 minute read It’s Time to Take Another Look at Energy Stocks, a Top Advisor Says Edward Jones’ Jennifer Marcontell recommends energy stocks as long-term plays. She sees inexpensive shares and solid yields, and demand has never really been the problem. QUICK LINKS Real-time Analysis B400 Index Next 50 Picks & Pans Penta Barron's Advisor Mansion Global Markets Feed FROM MARKETWATCH & BARRONS 7:45 AM ET Coronavirus Fears Are Hitting the Dow Hard. Travel Stocks Like Delta, Chip Makers, Are Plunging. 7:30 AM ET These 9 Stocks Have Beaten Earnings Expectations for 20 Quarters Straight. It Doesn’t Mean Much. 7:25 AM ET U.S. Stocks to Tumble as Coronavirus Fears Spread 7:15 AM ET Former chancellor Hammond to advise fintech unicorn OakNorth 7:15 AM ET 3M Reports Earnings Tomorrow. Here’s What To Expect 7:02 AM ET These stocks are most at risk from the spreading coronavirus, Jefferies says 7:00 AM ET AMD Will Report Earnings Tomorrow. Here’s What to Expect. 6:49 AM ET U.S. stock futures fall sharply as worries over spread of China’s coronavirus intensifies 6:38 AM ET Oil prices nose dive as coronavirus stokes fears of weak demand 6:35 AM ET The bull market’s final top is not investors’ biggest worry right now 6:30 AM ET Pfizer Reports Earnings Tomorrow. Here’s What To Expect. 6:11 AM ET The Stock Markets Is Dropping Because Coronavirus Is Spreading 6:07 AM ET Fears Over Coronavirus Send European Stocks Tumbling 6:00 AM ET Biogen Reports Earnings This Week. Here’s What To Expect. 5:46 AM ET European airlines and luxury-goods makers hit hard as China’s coronavirus spreads 4:45 AM ET Number of female partners in private equity and hedge funds stalls 2:14 AM ET Banks turn to new derivatives to shift short-term borrowing 12:47 AM ET Coronavirus and Mideast tensions aren’t the stock market’s biggest problems this week, strategist warns 11:35 PM ET Nikkei falls as coronavirus fears rise; most Asian markets remain closed for holiday 10:49 PM ET Dogs of the Dow Can Beat the Stock Market. ‘Fast Dogs’ Can Do the Same. 8:24 PM ET How a Dividend ETF Was Bitten by the Index It Mimics 7:50 PM ET Kobe Bryant dies at 41; NBA icon among 9 killed in California helicopter crash 7:01 PM ET Exchanges lose ground as Mifid II fails to move trades from dark to light 10:32 AM ET Welcome to the Benevolent Order of Capitulating Bears 9:49 AM ET Boeing’s Huge 777X Jet Has Landed. Here’s What You Need to Know. 7:30 AM ET Brown University Is a Major Shareholder in a Slumping Stock 7:00 AM ET A Giant Bank Bought Beyond Meat Stock and Sold Tesla Before Their 2020 Rallies 6:30 AM ET Answers to Your Questions on Social Security and Retirement Coaches 3:17 PM ET How the stock market has performed during past viral outbreaks, as epidemic locks down 16 Chinese cities 3:15 PM ET Bill Gates says he’s happy to pay $20 billion in taxes, but Warren’s plan will make him ‘do a little math on what I have left over’ 3:15 PM ET One of the most successful stock-market investors says these 3 events ‘would definitely trigger a bear market’ 10:21 AM ET Legendary investor Paul Tudor Jones says market today is like early ’99, driven by ‘insane monetary policy’ 9:20 AM ET Tanger Outlet shares surge as short sellers get squeezed 8:54 AM ET Amazon hits $200 billion mark beating Google and Apple to become world’s most valuable brand 8:51 AM ET Mark Cuban: Where the ‘frothy’ market goes from here depends on one thing 8:30 AM ET Comcast, Valero, Intel and 3 Others Raise Dividends 8:15 AM ET Harley-Davidson Reports Its Earnings on Tuesday. 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Now It’s Mulling a Third Try. 9:16 PM ET Meet the Winner of Barron’s 2019 Forecasting Challenge 8:45 PM ET How China’s Economy Is Taking a Hit From Coronavirus Barron's Advisors Visit Barron's Advisors Top 1,200 Advisors Top 100 Independent Advisors Top 100 Women Advisors Find an Advisor Interests see all interests Roundtable Buy Innovative Growth Companies Like BioMarin and L3Harris, Abby Joseph Cohen Says Long Read Buy the Yen and Gold. Both Will Beat Oil, Sonal Desai Says. Long Read Buy Royal Caribbean Stock, Scott Black Says Long Read Davos What’s Missing at Davos: True Communication 3 minute read U.N. Prods Companies to Step Up Sustainable Practices 3 minute read Bitcoin Just Made the Big Time. The Davos Crowd Has Signed On. 2 minute read Earnings Report Intel Stock Hit a 20-Year High on Strong Earnings. There’s a Slowdown Ahead. 4 minute r...