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CONTENTS 03.01.21 VOL.CI NO.
Index P. 8
Review & Preview P. 10
Mailbag P. 35
Inside Scoop P. M
Charting the Market P. M
Winners & Losers P. M
Research Reports P. M
Market View P. M
Cover photograph by
Sarah Anne Ward; Prop
Styling by Paola Andrea
AStealthGreenEnergyPlay
Source: FactSet
The $500 billion utility sector has badly trailed the overall stock market in the past year.
Whythereisnowabrightopportunityinthesestocks.
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P. 20
Utility Stocks Are No Fossils
Counterintuitive as it may seem, beaten-down utilities offer one of the best ways to plug
into the shift toward renewables—while pocketing hefty yields. Here are a dozen stocks
and funds to consider.By ANDREW BARY
P. 5
Up&DownWallStreet:
Bonds Worth Buying
The spike in Treasury yields
moderated by week’s end, but
it was still enough to justify a
realignment by investors.
By RANDALL W. FORSYTH
P. 9
Twitter’s Wings Could
Get Clipped
Follow-Up:Twitter’s stock has
soared since our bullish cover
story last June. Now fully priced,
the upside could be limited.
By BILL ALPERT
P. 13
Citigroup Has a Shot
at Redemption
Jane Fraser has a chance to prove
Citigroup skeptics wrong when
she takes the reins of the fourth-
largest U.S. bank on Monday.
By CARLETON ENGLISH
P. 15
Ross Stores Stock
Is Buried Treasure
The off-price retailer has had a
tough time during the pandemic.
But it should soon begin to see the
benefits of a reopening economy.
By TERESA RIVAS
P. 16
Value Stocks Are
Ready to Break Out
Q&A:John Rogers, CEO of Ariel
Investments, says the economic
environment is ripe for a return
to value investing.
By RESHMA KAPADIA
P. 26
Our 26th Annual Best
Online Brokers Survey
Interactive Brokers eked out a
narrow win over Fidelity in an
extraordinary year that saw a
surge in individual investing.
By MATT MILLER
P. 30
AFundThatResists
Being Pigeonholed
Profile:New Alternatives was an
outlier when it started investing in
alternative energy nearly 40 years
ago. Its fresh approach has paid off.
By LEWIS BRAHAM
P. 34
Remembering the Man
Who Made the Bull
Sculptor Dionisio Cimarelli
reminisces about the hopes and
dreams of the man who created
Wall Street’s iconicCharging Bull.
By PHIL ROOSEVELT
P. 7
Streetwise:Good
News Spooks Stocks
By JACK HOUGH
P. 19
Income:Payouts Could
Rise 5% This Year
By LAURENCE C. STRAUSS
P. 31
Funds:ARK ETFs
Fall Victim to Their
Own Success
By EVIE LIU
P. 32
Tech Trader:Where to
Hide as FOMO Gets
Flipped Around
By ERIC J. SAVITZ
P. 33
Economy:Too Much
Stimulus Isn’t a Risk
By MATTHEW C. KLEIN
P. M
Trader:Rising Interest
Rates Roil the Market
By BEN LEVISOHN
P. M
Euro Trader:Retailer
Asos Is Back in Style
By RUPERT STEINER
P. M
Emerging Markets:
What Could Boost
Brazil’s Fortunes
By CRAIG MELLOW
P. M
Striking Price:Two
Options Strategies to
Play Walmart Stock
By STEVEN M. SEARS
P. M
Commodities:Higher
Oil Prices Could Spur
Production Hikes
By MYRA P. SAEFONG
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