Worried About a Stock Market Crash? These 3 Stocks Beat the S&P 500 by Wide Margins When It Nosedived in 2022, and They Could Do It Again

The article warns of crash risk for the S&P 500 but argues investors can reduce downside by owning resilient, fundamentally strong stocks. It highlights three names—ExxonMobil, Eli Lilly and Berkshire Hathaway—that outperformed the S&P 500 during the 2022 drawdown and could again act as relative safe havens. Key drivers cited include elevated oil prices (helping energy names), robust demand and new drug approvals for Eli Lilly, and Berkshire’s low beta and value-oriented holdings. If volatility or a macro shock materializes, the piece implies a potential sector rotation into energy and defensive conglomerates and selective healthcare names, which could mute overall index weakness.