In an annual exercise, Barron’s picks their ten favorite stocks for the following year, based on a combination of their own analysis and consultations with institutional investors. After a record-breaking 2017 for equity markets around the globe in 2017, “it has gotten difficult to find stocks with significant upside potential” for 2018, Barron’s writes. For the 12 months up to publication of this article, they report that their 2017 picks delivered an average total return (including dividends) of 29.8%, versus 22.8% for the S&P 500 Index (SPX) as a whole. “Given current valuations, we’d be happy with half that return next year,” they conclude.
Stocks for 2018:
- Alphabet Inc. (GOOG), the parent of Google
- Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL)
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A)
- Volkswagen AG (VLKAY)
- Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (PXD)
- Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT)
- Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD)
- Ally Financial Inc. (ALLY)
- Anthem Inc. (ANTM)
- US Foods Holding Corp. (USFD)
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