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2025 Barron’s Midyear Roundtable Picks Report Card

The S&P 500 posted a total return of 9.9% from mid-July through December 2025. Here is how Barron’s Roundtable panelists’ picks performed in the same period.

By Lauren R. Rublin

Barron’s checks in with the Roundtable panelists around the middle of the year to get an update on their economic and market views and their latest investment recommendations. Here is how their 2025 Midyear Roundtable picks performed from July 9, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2025. The S&P 500 posted a total return of 9.9% in the same span. Members of the Roundtable buy and sell securities and change their investment opinions as market conditions change.