BusinessWeek magazine recently published a list of 50 companies to watch for next year. Selected from a list of 6,000 global stocks there are some interesting options in this list to consider for investment.

Some of the foreign stocks that appear in this list include:

1. BASF SE (BASFY)
2. Danone SA (DANOY)
3. Eni SpA (E)
4. Mercadolibre Inc(MELI)
5. RWE AG (RWEOY)
6. Telstra Corp Ltd (TLSYY)

Notable US stocks include:

1. CSX Corp (CSX)
2. DowDuPont Inc.(DWDP)
3. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc(JEC)
4. United Technologies Corporation (UTX)

Source: 50 Companies to Watch, Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Investors interesed in exploring the rest of the picks can review the complete list here.

Disclosure: Long CSX, RWEOY