Barron’s 2022 Top 10

December 20, 2021

This week’s Barron’s magazine cover story references the publication’s top ten stock picks for 2022. As for last year’s results, Barron’s top 10 picks slightly trailed (26.9%) the overall market (27.6%) as measured by the S&P 500.

The backdrop for stocks in 2022 appears to be more difficult in that the returns for the S&P 500 over the past 3 years have been historically well above average (~ 10%):

• 27.6% (2021)
• 18.4% (2020)
• 31.5% (2019)

Below are Barron’s selections for 2022 and Yahoo Finance summary data. The information included here is for research purposes only and does not imply any investment advice.

Amazon

Catalysts include:

• AWS $60 billion (revenue) spin-off
• Stock split

AT&T

Catalysts include completing the combination of WarnerMedia with DISCA.

Berkshire Hathaway

General Motors

Hertz

IBM

Johnson & Johnson

Nordstrom

Royal Dutch Shell

Visa

In summary,