10 Things You Need to Know: B2B Becomes the BFD

This story is part of a weeklong series that looks at the top 10 trends to help you invest in the coming year. Click on the tile at left to see other stories.

To glimpse the future of the hot business-to-business sector this year, just rewind the clock to early 1999 and think of the online retailers. The same fate will likely befall B2B stocks: High demand followed by a flood of new issues, followed by a shakeout that separates the strong from the weak. ...