Barron's stock picks for 2020

Barron’s has identified these 10 top stocks for the coming year:

1. Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK.A), 
2. Comcast, (CMCSA), 
3. Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B), 
4. Pfizer (PFE), 
5. ViacomCBS (VIAC), 
6. Anthem (ANTM), 
7. Dell Technologies (DELL).
8. Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL)
9. U-Haul owner Amerco (UHAL), 
10. United Technologies (UTX).

The group has an average projected 2020 price/earnings ratio of 14, against 18 for the S&P 500. The average dividend yield is 1.8%, in line with the overall market.