Apparently Goldman Sachs likes Novartis, too!
" RESEARCH ALERT-Goldman Sachs global priority list
LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuter) - Goldman Sachs launched its inaugural
global priority list on Wednesday, comprising 30 stocks which the
company said represent the strongest investment ideas from the
2,000 shares it covers worldwide.
"The performance target for the stocks is for them to provide
absolute returns of 20 percent over a 12 to 18 month period,"
Goldman Sachs said in a statement.
It said the list was not fixed but would not significantly
increase in size.
The list comprises the following stocks:
EUROPE -- BassPlc BASS.L , BAT Industries BATS.L , Ericsson
LMEb.ST , HSBC Holdings Plc HSBA.L , Novartis AG NOVZn.S , Roche
Holding AG ROCZg.S , Sema SEM.L , Unilever Plc ULVR.L , VEBA AG
VEBG.F , Zurich Insurance ZURZn.S .
U.S. -- AFLAC Inc , AlliedSignal Inc , Cadence Design Systems Inc
, Citicorp , ElPaso Energy Corp ( El Paso Energy Corp ), Fluor
Corp , IntelCorp ( Intel Corp ), MBNA Corp , MGIC Investment Corp
, Philip Morris Companies Inc , Safeway Inc , The Estee Lauder
Inc .
JAPAN -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp 9432.T (NTT) 9432.T
, Sony Corp 6758.T , Sumitomo Electric Inds 5802.T .
ASIA -- Hutchison Whampoa 0013.HK , National Mutual Asia 0130.HK
, PTT Exploration and Production PTTE.BK , United Overseas Bank
UOBH.SI .
LATIN AMERICA -- BANACCI BAVa.MX ." |
