Walmart and 8 More Old Economy Stocks for an AI Melt Up
By Jacob Sonenshine
Updated May 05, 2026, 5:18 pm EDT / Original May 05, 2026, 1:54 pm EDT
Key Points
- The Nasdaq Composite is up 22% from its March low, driven by AI stocks, but trades at an expensive 25.5 times forward earnings.
- An investment strategy suggests finding stocks with low correlation (0.2 or less) to AI chip stocks and at least 10% gain in six months.
- Industrial gas producer Linde, with a $229 billion market cap, is expected to grow sales 5% and earnings 9% annually for two years.
Nine well-known stocks that surfaced: Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Walmart, Coca-Cola, Costco, Exxon, XOM Mobil, and Verizon Communications. |