As volatility erupted everywhere amid fears of a recession, Goldman Sachs is advising clients to stick with stocks with stable earnings growth.
's 16%. The 50 stocks in the basket have the lowest volatility of quarterly earnings growth over the past decade.
"Stable growth stocks fare best in environments of slowing economic growth and rising uncertainty," Ben Snider, an equity strategist at the bank, said in a note Thursday. "The sharp outperformance of stocks with stable earnings growth has widened their valuations relative to volatile growth stocks to the largest premium on record."
This portfolio would work well if uncertainties around trade and politics remain heightened, the analyst noted. Investors have been grappling with an economic slowdown accelerated by the U.S.-China trade war. The impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump also added to investors' list of worries.
The stable growers have returned 22% during the past two years, compared to a 16% return for the S&P 500's median stock and only 1% for growth stocks which tend to be more volatile, according to Goldman. "We believe investors should generally bias their portfolios away from stocks with the most volatile growth," Snider said. "Growth stability has had an impact on long-term stock performance."
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