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- The cover story in this weekend's Barron's features three fund managers reveling in the market turmoil.
- This issue also includes the Barron's quarterly guide to mutual funds.
- The prospects for Tenet Healthcare, Boston Scientific, high-yield bonds, Tessera Technologies, 1-800-Flowers and more are covered in feature stories as well.
Cover Story
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The Volatility Lovers" by Ben Levisohn.
The recent market swings are shaking the resolve of investors to buy the dips, says this week's cover story in
Barron's. But the three fund managers featured in this article have not panicked. Instead, they are reveling in the market turmoil, and all three reveal what they are buying now.
See which of these fund managers ranks the stocks in his fund from cheapest to most expensive every day, and which one had lots of cash ready to deploy when volatility came in August. And see which one prefers to own just a handful of stocks but hold them for years.
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In "Tenet Healthcare Is on the Road to Recovery," Leslie P. Norton suggests that shares of this hospital operator may have plunged about 40 percent, but they now offer good value. See why the future of
Tenet Healthcare CorpTHC looks promising.
"More Gains Ahead for Boston Scientific" by Jack Hough points out that the strong dollar has masked the revenue growth at
Boston Scientific CorporationBSX. See why that growth should pick up, and why its upside is 20 percent or more.
Andrew Bary's "High-Yield Bonds Look Attractive" makes a case that the "sky is not falling" for high-yield bonds. The article features eight funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) that have yields ranging from more than 5 percent to almost 13 percent.
Tessera Technologies, Inc.TSRA was revived after an activist fund took control of it in 2013, says "The 'Recurring' Issue at Tessera" by Bill Alpert. However, the way the company characterizes revenue raises questions about its prospects.
In David Englander's "1-800-Flowers Has a Gift for Investors," the focus is on why the acquisition of gift-basket seller Harry & David could drive growth at floral retailer
1-800-Flowers.Com IncTSRA for many years and lift the shares up to 40 percent.
"A Need for Followership" is an editorial commentary by Thomas G. Donlan in which he discusses why neither U.S. political party can prosper by pandering to its base.
Follow-up article "Ralph Lauren Shares: Back in Style" discusses how Stefan Larrson, the new chief executive officer at
Ralph Lauren CorpRL, will help propel the retailer's global growth strategy after Ralph Lauren passes the reins in November.
In Barron's Asia: "Hot Money Crew Brings Asia Back to Earth" by Wayne Arnold indicates that though stocks in the region -- even in India and Indonesia -- have dived as foreigners fret over Asia's debt levels, brave investors may find long-term value if they are patient.
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Mutual Fund Quarterly
Articles in the latest Barron's Mutual Fund Quarterly discuss:
- A rundown of the MFQ in a letter from the editor
- Where to stash your cash now
- Top picks from a Fidelity fund manager
- Two kinds of volatility for ETFs
- Green energy ETFs that are really tech funds
- A bad quarter for stock and bond funds
- The leaders and laggards of the third quarter
Columns
Columns in this weekend's Barron's discuss:
- Why credit concerns may haunt the stock market once more
- How to buy where others are not shopping
- Who dominates when it comes to Web ads
- Whether the S&P payout ratio is due for a cool off
- Books by Jason Zweig, Michael Booth and Maury Harris
- New apps for mobile traders
- What's in those weak jobs numbers
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