15 Jun 2015 2015 Midyear Roundtable — Top Stock Picks

The Barron’s Roundtable, an annual gathering of 10 of the investment world’s sharpest minds, has always been primarily about the last, with a particular focus on buying superior assets at deeply discounted prices. With the U.S. averages in a state of suspended animation, waiting…and waiting…and waiting for the Federal Reserve to lift short-term interest rates off the mat, and other markets looking less than exciting, stock-picking is the best path to profit in the year’s second half.