This pick list highlights constituents of the Morningstar US Large Cap Index that we believe offer investors the best risk-adjusted return prospects. Stocks of large-cap companies where neither growth nor value characteristics predominate. Stocks in the top 70% of the capitalization of the U.S. equity market are defined as large cap.

This pick list highlights constituents of the Morningstar US Large Cap Index that we believe offer investors the best risk-adjusted return prospects. Stocks of large-cap companies where neither growth nor value characteristics predominate. Stocks in the top 70% of the capitalization of the U.S. equity market are defined as large cap.

Chevron is the third largest of the world's five 'super majors.' The company is the result of the 2001 merger of Chevron and Texaco. The company's operations range from energy exploration and production to refining and retail marketing. Australia, Southeast Asia, and West Africa are significant international production centers for the company. Chevron stock is a component of the S&P 500 index and currently employs approximately 40,000 people.

Headlines remain the order of the day, with major stock indices lower on Thursday as investors awaited developments in the Middle East that overshadowed the barrage of corporate earnings reports. In this ever-changing environment, the current newsflow has aggression increasing between the U.S. and Iran but no major outbreak as of yet. Domestically, markets will need to parse on Friday the news that the U.S. Court of International Trade struck down new 10% global tariffs imposed by President Trump, ruling them illegal because they overstepped presidential authority.