As far as stocks are concerned, their trajectory likely depends on whether or not a recession occurs, Emanuel says. He advises that investors turn to value stocks with high free-cash yields and a solid record of payouts to shareholders via dividends and stock buybacks. A few companies that fit the bill are highlighted in the article: Bank of America, home-building company Lennar, Comcast, Meta, and Valero Energy. In addition, old-fashioned stocks in the industrials, materials, energy and banking sectors would be a good bet during this volatile stretch. As valuations for these companies go low, management tends to underinvest. “You’ll see old-economy businesses rerate upward, and new-economy businesses rerate downward,” Graeme Forster of Orbis told Barron’s, and pointed to Shell as one of his current favorite stocks as well as Glencore, a metals producer that is profiting mightily from the shift toward green energy and EVs.