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This weekend's Barron's cover story offers six travel and leisure stock picks for a rebound in demand.
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Other featured articles examine China's crackdown on tech giants, the iPhone maker's interest in automobiles, and how Barron's 2020 stocks picks have fared.
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Also, the prospects for a semiconductor giant, airline stocks, a swimming pool stock and more.
Cover story "Try These 6 Travel and Leisure Stocks to Play a Vaccine-Driven Rebound in Demand" by Lawrence C. Strauss indicates that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout will boost some companies and sectors sooner than others. Cruise stocks like Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE: RCL), lodging and casino stocks like MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and others have been on a tear.
Daren Fonda's "5 Airline Stocks That Could Cruise Even Higher" shows that airline stocks have climbed as vaccines lifted hopes, and they are no longer bargains. A few stocks look appealing, however. See whether American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ: AAL) and Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) are worth checking out now.
In "China's Crackdown on Alibaba Probably Won't Stop There," Al Root and Liz Moyer point out that Beijing is targeting e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) and its co-founder. Regulators there are likely to go after other companies too.
The widespread shutdown of indoor dining weighed heavily on Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) in 2020. So says "A Cry for Yelp: A Reopening Play That's Cheap" by Eric J. Savitz. However, the online recommendation site is growing its home and local service business. See how that is setting it up for a rebound in the coming year.
In Teresa Rivas and Al Root's " This Swimming-Pool Stock Got a Covid Boost. It's Still a Buy," the case is made that consumers who installed swimming pools during the pandemic will have to pay to maintain them for years to come. That is good news for Pool Corporation (NASDAQ: POOL), which distributes swimming pool supplies, equipment and related leisure products.
"What Apple Would Want From the Auto Market" by Eric J. Savitz suggests that, while speculation that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) could launch an autonomous car as soon as 2024 had the market abuzz this past week, the consumer electronics giant's interest is more likely to be in services for the "internet of cars."
See also: Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of Christmas Week: Airbnb, Apple, Netflix, Nike, Tesla And More
Connected fitness is all the rage, but stock prices of Apple, Peloton Interactive Inc (NASDAQ: PTON) and others are plump, according to Jack Hough's "Fitness Stocks That Can Get Your Portfolio in Shape." Check out the alternatives featured in the article, and see whether Planet Fitness Inc (NYSE: PLNT) made the cut.