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Barron's Picks And Pans: Biden, ESG And Reopening Picks

August 8, 2020
* This weekend's Barron's cover story profiles 25 top chief executive officers of 2020. * Other featured articles look at the most sustainable companies, winners and losers as COVID cases spike, and Joe Biden picks. * Also, the prospects for a semiconductor leader, a computer hardware giant and more.Cover story "Meet Barron's Top CEOs of 2020" by Jack Hough presents 25 bosses who navigated extraordinary challenges to keep their companies thriving, including Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Elon Musk Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA). See who else made the cut.Evie Liu's "The 100 Most Sustainable Companies That Rank Best on Social Criteria" revisits Barron's annual ESG ranking of the 100 most sustainable companies. See how Adobe Inc (NASDAQ: ADBE), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) and others fared on social issues.In "Three Companies That Place a High Priority on People," Sarah Max examines how Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) recruit and treat their employees.When the likes of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) CEO Brian Moynihan call for greater social responsibility, the movement has officially left the fringe. So says "Why Big Companies Have Embraced Corporate Responsibility" by Leslie P. Norton.In Avi Salzman's "Investors at Crossroads as Coronavirus Forces Rethinking of Reopenings," see what the surge in COVID cases means for Peloton Interactive Inc (NASDAQ: PTON), Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) and others.See also: Will Amazon Or Netflix Buy A Movie Theater Chain?"How Nvidia Went From Gaming to AI to Riding With Mercedes" by Jack Hough discusses what NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is up to these days that its chief executive calls "the iPhone moment of the car industry."Converting supervoting shares into regular stock would be a bullish option for computer hardware giant Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE: DELL), according to Andrew Bary's "How Dell Stock Can Take Off. A VMware Spinoff Is Just Part of the Answer."In "The Joe Biden Portfolio," Lisa Beilfuss says that with Biden's lead in the polls widening, it's a good time for investors to think about how to position themselves ahead of the election. Is McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD) a Biden stock?Also in this week's Barron's: * How to build a values-based portfolio * Whether virtual events are better than the real thing * What is driving big shifts in Russel Index exchange-traded funds * The prospects for bank dividends * Whether a serious pullback is coming for tech stocks * Which retailer Amazon should acquire * Deciding whether to return to work or retire * Whether flying is any safer nowAt the time of this writing, the author had no position in the mentioned equities.Keep up with all the latest breaking news and trading ideas by following Benzinga on Twitter.See more from Benzinga * Barron's Picks And Pans: AutoNation, Overstock.com, SPACs And More * Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Apple, Boeing, Facebook And More * Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Apple, Coca-Cola, Twitter And More(C) 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide...

  • This weekend’s Barron’s cover story profiles 25 top chief executive officers of 2020.
  • Other featured articles look at the most sustainable companies, winners and losers as COVID cases spike, and Joe Biden picks.
  • Also, the prospects for a semiconductor leader, a computer hardware giant and more.

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="Cover story "Meet Barron’s Top CEOs of 2020" by Jack Hough presents 25 bosses who&nbsp;navigated extraordinary challenges to keep their companies thriving, including Jeff Bezos of&nbsp;Amazon.com, Inc.&nbsp;(NASDAQ:&nbsp;AMZN) and Elon Musk&nbsp;Tesla Inc&nbsp;(NASDAQ:&nbsp;TSLA). See who else made the cut.” data-reactid=”23″>Cover story “Meet Barron’s Top CEOs of 2020” by Jack Hough presents 25 bosses who navigated extraordinary challenges to keep their companies thriving, including Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Elon Musk Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA). See who else made the cut.

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="Evie Liu's "The 100 Most Sustainable Companies That Rank Best on Social Criteria" revisits Barron's annual ESG ranking of the 100 most sustainable companies. See how&nbsp;Adobe Inc&nbsp;(NASDAQ:&nbsp;ADBE),&nbsp;Delta Air Lines, Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE:&nbsp;DAL) and others fared on social issues.” data-reactid=”24″>Evie Liu’s “The 100 Most Sustainable Companies That Rank Best on Social Criteria” revisits Barron’s annual ESG ranking of the 100 most sustainable companies. See how Adobe Inc (NASDAQ: ADBE), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) and others fared on social issues.

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="In "Three Companies That Place a High Priority on People," Sarah Max examines how&nbsp;Best Buy Co Inc&nbsp;(NYSE:&nbsp;BBY) and&nbsp;Verizon Communications Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE:&nbsp;VZ) recruit and treat their employees.” data-reactid=”25″>In “Three Companies That Place a High Priority on People,” Sarah Max examines how Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) recruit and treat their employees.

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="When the likes of&nbsp;Bank of America Corp&nbsp;(NYSE:&nbsp;BAC) CEO Brian Moynihan call for greater social responsibility, the movement has officially left the fringe. So says "Why Big Companies Have Embraced Corporate Responsibility" by Leslie P. Norton.” data-reactid=”30″>When the likes of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) CEO Brian Moynihan call for greater social responsibility, the movement has officially left the fringe. So says “Why Big Companies Have Embraced Corporate Responsibility” by Leslie P. Norton.

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="In Avi Salzman's "Investors at Crossroads as Coronavirus Forces Rethinking of Reopenings," see what the surge in COVID cases means for&nbsp;Peloton Interactive Inc&nbsp;(NASDAQ:&nbsp;PTON),&nbsp;Zoom Video Communications Inc&nbsp;(NASDAQ:&nbsp;ZM) and others.” data-reactid=”31″>In Avi Salzman’s “Investors at Crossroads as Coronavirus Forces Rethinking of Reopenings,” see what the surge in COVID cases means for Peloton Interactive Inc (NASDAQ: PTON), Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) and others.

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="See also:&nbsp;Will Amazon Or Netflix Buy A Movie Theater Chain?” data-reactid=”32″>See also: Will Amazon Or Netflix Buy A Movie Theater Chain?

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content=""How Nvidia Went From Gaming to AI to Riding With Mercedes" by Jack Hough discusses what&nbsp;NVIDIA Corporation&nbsp;(NASDAQ:&nbsp;NVDA) is up to these days that its chief executive calls "the iPhone moment of the car industry."” data-reactid=”33″>”How Nvidia Went From Gaming to AI to Riding With Mercedes” by Jack Hough discusses what NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is up to these days that its chief executive calls “the iPhone moment of the car industry.”

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="Converting supervoting shares into regular stock would be a bullish option for computer hardware giant&nbsp;Dell Technologies Inc&nbsp;(NYSE:&nbsp;DELL), according to Andrew Bary’s "How Dell Stock Can Take Off. A VMware Spinoff Is Just Part of the Answer."” data-reactid=”34″>Converting supervoting shares into regular stock would be a bullish option for computer hardware giant Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE: DELL), according to Andrew Bary’s “How Dell Stock Can Take Off. A VMware Spinoff Is Just Part of the Answer.”

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="In "The Joe Biden Portfolio," Lisa Beilfuss says that with Biden's lead in the polls widening, it's a good time for investors to think about how to position themselves ahead of the election. Is&nbsp;McDonald’s Corp&nbsp;(NYSE:&nbsp;MCD) a Biden stock?” data-reactid=”35″>In “The Joe Biden Portfolio,” Lisa Beilfuss says that with Biden’s lead in the polls widening, it’s a good time for investors to think about how to position themselves ahead of the election. Is McDonald’s Corp (NYSE: MCD) a Biden stock?

Also in this week’s Barron’s:

  • How to build a values-based portfolio
  • Whether virtual events are better than the real thing
  • What is driving big shifts in Russel Index exchange-traded funds
  • The prospects for bank dividends
  • Whether a serious pullback is coming for tech stocks
  • Which retailer Amazon should acquire
  • Deciding whether to return to work or retire
  • Whether flying is any safer now

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="At the time of this writing, the author had no position in the mentioned equities.” data-reactid=”46″>At the time of this writing, the author had no position in the mentioned equities.

Keep up with all the latest breaking news and trading ideas by following Benzinga on Twitter.

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="See more from Benzinga” data-reactid=”48″>See more from Benzinga

<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="© 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.” data-reactid=”53″>© 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

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