Aldridge says: "We have increased our holding in the mega caps where possible.

Or look into mega cap stocks, high-quality global companies that offer exposure to international markets and are considered generally less volatile.

If you're looking to protect yourself from extreme volatility, large caps and the mega caps notably generally provide better protection.

Westpac is the mega cap way of playing NSW.

“So, we have seen reallocation from mega caps to US-oriented companies.”

In particular, we think US mega caps look particularly attractive and offer compelling valuations and high profitability.

"The mega caps, the large caps, will continue to outperform -- but that's really a defensive statement."

The themes are US mega cap and deep value, meaning low price to book value and high free cash flow yield.

On balance, we view this as an opportunity to buy one of the great U.S. mega cap companies at a single digit multiple of normalized earnings.

(NewBlood we also have a load of mega cap stocks that have massively underperformed over the last decade)

Buy the funds which are heavy in high value mega caps (Newton Higher Income, Invesco Perpetual Income).

It's an index where you have mega caps and, if it gets to the worst in this type of situation, these may tend to outperform smaller caps,' he added.

For investors wanting dividend income, Schroders believes you should consider long-established, well-diversified "mega caps" and companies that declare dividends in US dollars, given sterling's weakness.

Miles Standish of the UK arm of Fisher Investments said the largest companies tended to outperform in the second phase of bull markets - and tech companies were heavily represented among the "mega caps."

Dominican Republic The mega Cap Cana Resort development on 33,000 acres in Punta Cana gets its first resort hotel in late December with the opening of the 176-suite Sanctuary Cap Cana Golf & Spa.

We have a style bias towards large and mega caps with high quality balance sheets, relatively high dividend yields and secure dividends,' Jim Dunsford, Chief Investment Officer for HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) told Reuters in an interview. '

Holdings may include actively managed stocks, mutual funds, and separate account managers with a particular sector, region of positions, or Micro or Mega Cap Company Holdings, or passively managed assets with a particular style that is counter to, or even enhances, the style bias of the core.