For medium- and long-term investors focused on wealth creation: 8 large-cap stocks with an upside potential of up to 51%

In all the companies on our list today, there are reasons to buy that have to be seen independent of the volatility on the street. The probability of these stocks rising higher than where they are today is high for two simple reasons. These companies and their managements have an excellent track record of dealing with the slowdowns the economy has witnessed in the last three decades. Also, they are in sectors that have a certain amount of assured growth because they take care of a need which is regulatory in nature and the businesses are duopolies.