10 stock picks from the Barron’s roundtable

Two professional stockpickers on the Barron’s roundtable picked 10 stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) for 2009.

Some of these picks were questioned by other members of the panel who will disclose their picks in the next two issues of Barron’s.

Since most of the panelists are very bearish on the market for the next five to six years or more, all of these picks probably will face strong resistance to significant rallies. 

Since they’re all depressed, if they do rally, they will face selling by current owners who will be trying to cut their losses on the rallies, which, again makes a good rally difficult.

Often, stocks picked in the Barron’s roundtable go up on the Monday after they’re announced and then settle down for awhile. It will be interesting to see what they do tomorrow morning.

Picks by Meryl Witmer, general partner, Eagle Capital Partners, New York

Kaiser Aluminum Corp. (KALU), $22.32.

Allegheny Energy Inc. (AYE), $33.32.

Assurant Inc. (AIZ) $30.15.

Discover Financial Inc. (DFS) $8.71.

Picks by Fred Hickey, editor, The High-Tech Strategist, Nashua, N.H.:

Microsoft (MSFT) $19.52.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) $4.29.

Mkt. Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) $31.31.

Agnico-Eale Mines (AEM) $49.52.

PowerShares DB Agriculture ETF (DBA) $26.45.

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI) $27.71.

Daily charts for 10 of the picks are here.  Click on a chart to see a gallery of charts. It is important to look at weekly and point and figure charts as well as the daily charts.

As last week’s market action showed, bullish charts don’t always mean stocks will keeping up.

Seeking Alpha provides another summary of the Barron’s roundtable here.

I don’t own any of these picks.

For educational purposes only. Investigate before you speculate. I am not recommending any trades and take no responsibility for how others trade stocks, ETFs, commodities or anything else.

 

 

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