Medium-term investing: You cannot remove the risk; try to get the odds in your favour. 5 large-caps with upside potential of up to 25%

The mood has improved, but it is too early to give the all-clear. There is still an element of uncertainty in the market. At a time like this, the answer is not to stay out of the market, and it is not to jump in with both feet either. It is to invest carefully; in the kind of companies that can handle whatever the next few months can bring.