HALO Stocks Primed To Emerge As ‘Structural Winners’ and Key Long-Term Investments: Goldman Sachs Equity Strategist

Investors should consider “HALO” stocks for longer-term investments, according to a Goldman Sachs equity strategist.

HALO stands for “Heavy Assets, Low Obsolescence” and is a strategy that involves investing in stocks associated with sectors considered resilient to disruptions from artificial intelligence.

Sharon Bell, a senior European equity strategist at Goldman, says in a new interview that HALO stocks are primed to emerge as “structural winners.”

“And by that, I mean things like utilities, telecoms, industrials, even energy companies that are investing and have good assets and can make return on those assets. And I think Europe has a lot of those. I also like our renewables companies, defense companies, aerospace companies. I think the tech sector in Europe trades at a discount to similar companies elsewhere in the world.”

Bell also says banking stocks could witness gains.

“We think interest rates will be higher for longer and that will help the bank sector.”

The strategist says investors can get positive returns out of European stocks, but she still believes US and Asian equities will outperform.

“So we would have the US outperforming because it’s got big hyperscalers where we’re expecting pretty good returns. And we’re looking for an economy which actually is growing quite nicely in the next couple of years in the US. So we do think the US market continues to outperform Asia as well. We see [it] driven by earnings, driven by the semi stocks and driven by the tech sector.”

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