The longstanding investment house Morgan Stanley thinks the general rise in the stock market–and the current US economic recovery–will probably continue through 2020. That’d make it the longest sustained recovery in history. What can you do with that information? Best thing to do is to find the stocks that are positioned for the long run–ignoring the short-term volatility that strikes the markets some weeks.
Morgan Stanley strategist Adam Parker lists 45 stocks the firm predicts are positioned to benefit most from the “extremely long horizon” because of their “fundamental business models.
Alcoa (ticker: AA)
Ally Financial (ALLY)
American Express (AXP)
Autodesk (ADSK)
Automatic Data Proc. (ADP)
Bank of America (BAC)
BlackRock Inc (BLK)
Calphine Corp (CPN)
Canadian Pacific (CP)
Caterpillar (CAT)
Cimarex Energy (XEC)
Citigroup (C)
Core Labs (CLB)
Cummins (CMI)
Delta Air Lines (DAL)
Duke Realty (DRE)
EOG Resources (EOG)
Estee Lauder (EL)
Facebook (FB)
FMC Technologies (FTI)
Google (GOOG)
Halliburton (HAL)
Hilton (HLT)
L Brands (LB)
Linear Technology (LLTC)
Macy’s (M)
Magna International (MGA)
Paccar (PCAR)
Phillips 66 (PSX)
Regions Financial (RF)
Sabre Corp (SABR)
Schlumberger (SLB)
Sempra Energy (SRE)
Signature Bank (SBNY)
Synchrony Financial (SYF)
T. Rowe Price (TROW)
Terex (TEX)
Union Pacific (UNP)
United Rentals (URI)
US Steel Corp (X)
Waddell & Reed (WDR)
Walt Disney (DIS)
Whole Foods Mkt (WFM)
Wisdom Tree Inv. (WETF)
Zions Bancorp (ZION)