Favorite Fifty

favorite fifty

See nifty fifty.

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Favorite Fifty

50 blue-chip stocks that were regarded as profitable long-term investments during the 1960s and 1970s. The practice of buying and holding the favorite fifty is considered to be largely responsible for the bull market of the early 1970s; indeed, the prices for the favorite fifty were driven up to very high, unsustainable levels. Most of the favorite fifty had strong growth rates and low P/E ratios. Examples included Anheuser-Busch and American Express. They were more commonly known as the nifty fifty.