5 Value Gems For Investors To Sail Through Market Volatility
Zacks Investment Research | Mar 26, 2018 10:36PM ET
It was a sigh of relief in the Wall Street when major indices ended in the green on the first trading day of the week, as talks between the United States and China on trade agreement began. But experts believe that the market will take some time to recover from the damage inflicted by escalated trade tensions between the world's biggest economies and the Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) data fiasco.
Keeping aside the recent market gyrations, market pundits are of the opinion that the economy is not in a bad shape after all. The Fed’s optimistic view also throws light on the same. The Fed Chairperson envisions economy growth of 2.7% in 2018, up from the previous forecast of 2.5%. The sound fundamentals only raises hope that the recent market volatility will be short-lived.
Quite obvious, corporate tax reform, infrastructure spending, rising consumer sentiment, robust job market and strengthening manufacturing activity are working in tandem to cushion the market. However, investors should be prepared for minor hiccups.
Let’s take the story forward from here and spot some safe pockets for investment.
Value Investing: An Ideal Strategy
Warren Buffett once said “It is far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.” The strategy is quite simple — find stocks that are trading below their worth. An investment decision based on the intrinsic value of stocks seems foolproof in the present economic scenario.
Here, we have identified five stocks based on a favorable combination of a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy) and a Original post
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