Barron's Top Weekend Stock Picks: Oracle, Costco, Ford And Odds Of Microsoft-Activision Deal Just Got Much Better

Benzinga reviews this weekend's top stories covered by Barron's. Here are the articles investors need to read.

"At Dollar General, a Staple for Many, a Record of Overcharging," by Catherine Dunn, details a Barron's analysis which finds that four states have fined Dollar General Corp DG a total of more than $1 million in 2021 and 2022 for inaccurate prices.

In "Buy Oracle Stock Because Its Cloud Unit Is Showing More Promise, Says J.P. Morgan," Tae Kim reports on a JPMorgan analyst who reiterated his "Overweight" rating on Oracle Corporation ORCL after attending a session for financial analysts with the company’s executives.

"Which Retail Stocks Have the Magic? This Analyst Knows," by Teresa Rivas, looks at why a TD Cowen analyst says successful retailers like Costco Wholesale Corp COST are using a combination of logic and magic to adjust to a post-pandemic world.

In "Microsoft’s Activision Deal Gets a Win. The U.K. Is No Longer Worried About Console Competition," Connor Smith reports that, after a statement from the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority, the odds of Microsoft Corp's MSFT deal to purchase Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ :ATVI) being successful have greatly improved.

"Ford Is Losing Billions on EVs. Why That’s Not a Problem for the Stock," by Al Root, reports that Ford Motor Company F recently gave investors a closer look at its electric-vehicle startup, which revealed several challenges ahead for the legacy automaker.

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