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MarketsEarnings Season Is About to Begin. Investors Are Already Looking Past it. Investors will likely pay more attention to how management teams address the post-pandemic future. As long as optimism prevails, the stock market should hold up just fine.4 min MarketsWorking Harder for a Diversified Portfolio With S P 500 index funds skewed toward the largest stocks, investors have to work harder to get diversified. Here’s how—and why it matters. Long read MarketsHere’s One Indicator That Signals a Frothy Market The Nasdaq/NYSE daily volume ratio is at a 20-year high, based on a 10-day moving average. Blame it on speculation in low-priced stocks. Plus, investment-newsletter commentary on bargains in Hong Kong real estate, a coming surge in capital spending, and the allure of non-U.S. markets.Long read BondsBond Yields’ Jump Could Be a Big Problem for Stocks Continued rise boosts risks of inflation and higher borrowing costs, while making debt securities more alluring than stocks to income investors.Long read ESG InvestingWalmart Throws Its Weight Behind ESG The giant retailer has rolled out ambitious environmental initiatives and introduced programs to improve workplace conditions, support public health, and champion gun safety.Long read AutosNIO Day Was A Blockbuster. Here’s What the Chinese Auto Maker Revealed. NIO Day offered investors in the Chinese auto maker rich detail about a new car, autonomous driving, pricing, charging models, and EV batteries. There’s lots to like about the company, but the stock is pricey.3 min Activist InvestingActivists Are Primed for Action in 2021 The average activist hedge fund crushed conventional hedge funds in 2020, and players like Bill Ackman and Daniel Loeb entered the new year with hefty arsenals.1 min MarketsA Big Fund Bought Treasury, Bond ETFs, and Saw Its Silver Stock Surge The Municipal Employees’ Retirement System of Michigan added to positions in Treasury and bond exchange-traded funds. Its position in Gatos Silver stock rocketed in value after an IPO.2 min RetirementTarget-Date 2020 Funds Did Well in 2020. Here’s Why. Target-date funds for workers who planned to retire in 2020 performed as they were supposed to—largely limiting losses and protecting investors from their worst impulsesLong read CompaniesIt s Time to Buy Post-Brexit British Stocks Sectors such as U.K. retail, leisure, and transportation could make a swift return to health post-Covid3 min 100 Years of Barron’sOldies but Goodies: Some Century-Old Stocks Still Deliver Surviving the past 100 years hasn’t been easy—particularly for public companies. How really long-term investors in GE, U.S. Steel, Altria, and Union Pacific have fared.4 min Emerging MarketsMost Bitcoin Is Made in China. Competitors Are Chipping Away. Chinese entrepreneurs jumped on the digital currency in the early 2010s, but rival “miners” in the U.S. and elsewhere are catching up.3 min DividendsThese 5 Dividend Aristocrats Are on Deadline: Raise Payouts or Lose Status Exxon Mobil, AT T, Caterpillar, Leggett Platt, and Sysco didn’t increase their quarterly dividend payouts last year, but they remain Dividend Aristocrats for now because their 2020 payouts were higher than 2019. Long read Health CareJPMorgan, Amazon, and Berkshire Hathaway’s Health-Care Venture Dies. Costs Remain a Problem. Haven Healthcare’s formation was enough to frighten investors in other managed-care companies. But Haven said little about its work in subsequent years and didn’t appear to have solved health-care’s biggest problem. 4 min IPOsPetco, Affirm, and Poshmark Plan to Go Public Next Week. The IPO Market Is Open. After a roaring end to 2020, IPO activity is expected to pick up even further in January. 4 min TechnologyThe Weird, Totally Virtual CES 2021 Starts on Monday. Here’s What to Expect. The themes at this year’s show will be similar to last year—health-care technology, 5G, electric vehicles, autonomous driving, mobility, and smart cities, among others. But there will be no cheese cubes or taxi lines.Long readRoku Is Buying Quibi’s Content. The Deal Could Prove to Be a Bargain. The connected-television provider reportedly paid less than $100 million for Quibi’s content library. That shows the Roku Channel is becoming a higher priority for the company.2 min How to Find the Next Long-Term Growth Companies Nancy Zevenbergen, head of Seattle-based Zevenbergen Capital Investments, has a knack for finding companies that can deliver hefty returns over the long haul. Founder-led companies are especially appealing.Long read ColumnistsLeslie P. NortonIan Bremmer Predicted Election-Related Violence. Here’s What He Sees Next.Evie LiuFunds QuarterlyWorking Harder for a Diversified PortfolioMatthew C. KleinThe EconomyWhy the Post-Pandemic Future Could Be Bright: Productivity Gains

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