5 Stocks For A Nutritious Portfolio On World Health Day

 | Apr 07, 2017 04:25AM ET

The year 2017 has been great for the U.S. stock market so far with the major benchmarks logging in the best quarterly performance in many years. The trend is likely to continue in the months ahead though bouts of volatility will keep coming in the way.

This is especially true as the top priority of President Donald Trump – Health Care reform – collapsed after creating a lot of hype in the U.S. stock market. Additionally, the difference in opinion of Trump and the Congress could lead to a government shutdown on April 29 if the spending bill does not pass through. Further, fears of political instability, the French election and expensive valuation are making investors’ jittery.

Given the volatility, we have diagnosed the stocks that are fit enough to fight market vagaries and could emerge successful in the coming months.

How to Find Nutritious Stocks?

The healthy stocks are not just surging or gaining popularity. Instead, they are well poised on solid fundamentals. This can be confusing at times, especially when markets do not co-operate and cause utter chaos in the investment world. As a result, we have screened for stocks considering several parameters through the AU Optronics Corp Quote

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