Nifty Fifty

In the United States, the term Nifty Fifty was an informal designation for a group of roughly fifty large-cap stocks on the New York Stock Exchange in the 1960s and 1970s that were widely regarded as solid buy and hold growth stocks, or "blue-chip" stocks. These fifty stocks are credited by historians with propelling the bull market of the early 1970s, while their subsequent crash and underperformance through the early 1980s are an example of what may occur following a period during which many investors ignore fundamental stock valuation metrics, to instead make decisions on popular sentiment.[1] Roughly half of the Nifty Fifty have since recovered and are solid performers, although a few are now defunct or otherwise worthless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nifty_Fifty

American Express, American Home Products, American Hospital Supply Corporation, AMP Inc., Anheuser-Busch, Avon Products, Baxter International, Black & Decker, Bristol-Myers, Burroughs Corporation, Chesebrough-Ponds, The Coca-Cola Company, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Dow Chemical, Eastman Kodak, Eli Lilly and Company, Emery Air Freight, First National City Bank, General Electric, Gillette, Halliburton, Heublein, IBM, International Flavors and Fragrances, International Telephone and Telegraph, JCPenney, Johnson & Johnson, Louisiana Land & Exploration, Lubrizol, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M), McDonald's, Merck & Co., MGIC Investment Corporation, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Philip Morris Cos., Polaroid, Procter & Gamble, Revlon, Schering Plough, Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, Schlumberger, Sears, Roebuck and Company, Simplicity Pattern, Squibb, S.S. Kresge, Texas Instruments, Upjohn, The Walt Disney Company, Walmart, Xerox