In a market that’s gone mad, investors can embrace these dependable stocks

A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here . New York CNN — Many people don’t have the time or inclination to do deep research on stocks. It’s often easier to buy an exchange-traded fund that owns a basket of the top blue chips, like Apple (AAPL) , Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN) . Other investors like to bet on themes and memes instead of poring over a company’s financial statements and regulatory filings. Hence the recent craze for momentum stocks like GameStop (GME) and AMC (AMC) . But for old-fashioned investors with a little gray in their hair (and veteran business journalists like yours truly) there are other ways to find winning stocks for the long haul. I’ve been running stock screens using market data software, first from FactSet and now from Refinitiv, on and off during the more than 20 years I’ve worked at CNN Business. (It was CNNMoney when I first started.) Looking for bargains? Here are the stocks we love I’ve typically done this stock picking feature in early to mid February as a Stocks We Love type of story, […]

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