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GOLDMAN SACHS: These 13 stocks are set to soar

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  • The past few months had been tough for traders, with the S&P 500 tumbling 14% in the fourth quarter.
  • While firms across Wall Street are warning of evaporating stock-market returns as soon as this year , Goldman Sachs is here to bring some reassurance.
  • Goldman has a strategy tailor-made for such conditions: Buy highgrowthpotential companies early and often.
  • The firm highlighted a list of stocks it believes are most undervalued, and will likely rocket higher because of solid earnings.

The past few months have been extremely challenging for investors. After returning 11% through the first 3 quarters of 2018, the benchmark S&P 500 tumbled 14% during the last three months, dropping its annual total return to a negative 4%.

While firms across Wall Street are warning of an impending economic slowdown and evaporating stock market returns as soon as this year , Goldman Sachs is here to bring some reassurance.

The bank has a strategy tailor-made for such conditions: Buy highgrowthpotential companies early and often.

It published a list of stocks that it believes are most undervalued, and will likely rocket higher because of solid earnings.

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Here are the 13 companies Goldman says could deliver the biggest return going forward, in ascending order of their potential upsides (comparing Goldman's price target to where shares were trading as of December 31):

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Ticker: AAL

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Sector: Industrial

2018 performance: -40%

Price as of December 31: $32.11

Upside to target: 65.1%

Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: ALB

Sector: Material

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2018 performance: -41%

Price as of December 31: $77.07

Upside to target: 68.7%

Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: APTV

Sector: Auto

2018 performance: -30%

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Price as of December 31: $61.57

Upside to target: 68.9%

Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: TIF

Sector: Specialty Retail

2018 performance: -23%

Price as of December 31: $80.51

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Upside to target: 68.9%

Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: NBL

Sector: Energy

2018 performance: -35%

Price as of December 31: $18.76

Upside to target: 69.2%

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Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: ADS

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Sector: Industrial

2018 performance: -40%

Price as of December 31: $150.08

Upside to target: 69.9%

Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: TPR

Sector: Specialty Retail

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2018 performance: -42%

Price as of December 31: $33.75

Upside to target: 71.9%

Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: FCX

Sector: Material

2018 performance: -45%

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Price as of December 31: $10.31

Upside to target: 74.6%

Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: NFLX

Sector: Technology

2018 performance: +44%

Price as of December 31: $267.66

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Upside to target: 79.3%

Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: ALXN

Sector: Healthcare

2018 performance: -13%

Price as of December 31: $97.36

Upside to target: 79.7%

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Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: NKTR

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Sector: Healthcare

2018 performance: -42%

Price as of December 31: $32.87

Upside to target: 88.6%

Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: DXC

Sector: Technology

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2018 performance: -33%

Price as of December 31: $53.17

Upside to target: 99.4%

Source: Goldman Sachs

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Ticker: PCG

Sector: Utility

2018 performance: -44%

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Price as of December 31: $23.75

Upside to target: 110.5%

Source: Goldman Sachs

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