3 Stock Ideas For An Expensive Market

Sep. 15, 2021 7:07 PM ETCOR, CI, LMT58 Comments

Summary

  • With most stock indices near all-time highs and lofty valuations on most mega-cap stocks, it can be difficult to find good long-term values right now in the overall stock market.
  • At the individual stock level, however, there are a few solid values even within the components of the S&P 500 index that aren't cyclical in nature.
  • This article makes the case that based on historical earnings trends, Lockheed Martin, Cigna, and AmerisourceBergen are likely to provide good long-term returns if purchased at today's prices.
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Introduction

With the S&P 500 (SPY) trading near all-time highs, and an average PEG ratio for the less-cyclical part of that index trading slightly under 3, and with most of the biggest market-cap stocks like Apple (

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