If you invest $1,000 in a few stocks, buying into companies you will likely hold for a while makes sense to avoid trading costs eating into your returns. Moreover, a decent dividend from a stock will pay for the trading costs and return more than you might get from a bank while you wait for long-term capital appreciation.

In this context, buying into stocks that benefit when the Federal Reserve ultimately starts cutting interest rates is a good idea, and I think (NYSE: WHR), Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), and Unted Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) are three such companies. Here's why.

Lower interest rates will do wonders for the U.S. housing market, which means there is good news for the demand for household appliances.

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