Stock Picks: Taking the Long View

It's a familiar refrain from strategists and fund managers, especially these days:  Think long-term.

Jensen Investment Management chairman Robert Millen and David Katz, chief investment officer of Matrix Asset Advisors, think that's the only way to go. 

"Look at the stock market on a 12- to 18-month time horizon," Katz advised.  "Turn down the volume on the day-to-day volatility and scares."

"Investors will make most of their money in a bear market," Millen said.  "It's just hard to see it right now."

Millen Picks

Millen recommends Danaher and Praxair .

"These companies have common characteristics," he said.  "They have durable competitive advantages; they have returns consistently above their capital costs, and they're each very well positioned to the infrastructure build-out in the developing world."

Katz Picks

Katz likes the prospects for technology's stars.

"Technology is taking quite a beating of late," he said.  "We think things like Dell and Cisco , Microsoft , Novellus , are great prices here."

Katz is also fond of "old economy" businesses.

"We think General Electric is a great company, at a very compelling valuation, pays a nice yield while you're waiting," he said. "When you have a quality business at 13 or 14 times earnings, you're going to make money."

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Millen and his family own Danaher and Praxair, and Katz, his family and his firm own Dell, Cisco, Microsoft, Novellus, and GE.

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