GOOGL - Barron's unveils top 10 stock picks for 2021

Barron's 10 favorite stocks for next year include two repeaters - Alphabet (GOOGL) and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) - from the magazine's year-ago preferred list.But last year's top 10 underperformed the S&P 500 by nine percentage points, returning an average of 9.9% since last December.The eight newcomers to the list include Apple (AAPL), which now trades for 32x projected earnings of $3.95/share in the fiscal year ending in September - historically expensive, but the company "has never been stronger."Coca-Cola (KO), down ~4% YTD, offers an underappreciated reopening play with exposure to developing economies and a weaker dollar; 75% of the company's profits come from outside the U.S.Merck (MRK), down 12% YTD, has been slow in developing a COVID-19 vaccine, but it has one of the industry's best overall vaccine franchises, led by Gardasil for cervical cancer, which could be worth half of its current ~$200B market cap.Rounding out the top 10 are

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Barron's unveils top 10 stock picks for 2021