Amazon, AIG Lead Goldman's List Of EPS Growth Winners For Rest Of Year

Amazon.com, Inc.

and American International Group Inc

lead the list of Goldman Sach's EPS growth winners for the rest of the year. Broadcom Ltd

, Chubb Ltd

and Adobe Systems Incorporated

, and Facebook Inc

were also part of the above list that constitutes the fastest mega-cap EPS growth companies in 2016. In a client note, analysts including Davi Kostin, said: "Despite falling 5% through February, the S&P 500 returned 7% in March to end the quarter up 1% including dividends. Defensive sectors such as Telecom Services (+17%) and Utilities (+16%) outperformed in 1Q 2016, while Health Care (-6%) and Financials (-5%) trailed. Hedge funds (-2%) continued to struggle during the first quarter, driven in part by factor reversals." "We expect S&P 500 to rise 2% to end 2016 at 2100. We favor stocks with high domestic sales and strong balance sheets."