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Sam Subramanian: As economic uncertainty heightens, investors prefer stocks of companies that enjoy stable demand for their products like food, beverages, toothpaste or soap. It is not surprising that the consumer staples companies are performing well. Read more…
Eric Dutram: With the entire U.S. equity market in the doldrums, it has been a rough time to be a stock investor. However, a few of the defensive sectors have been able to hold up better than most, including the traditional safe havens such as consumer staples, health care, and utilities. Read more…
Jared Cummans: As earnings season draws to a close, investors will soon be forced to face international affairs head on. For the time being, earnings reports from companies like McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) and other blue chip firms have done well to keep our minds off of the looming debt crisis that has Read more…
Mike Larson: Right here in Money and Markets — in May 2007 — I issued one of my most important and prescient warnings ever. I proclaimed the multi-year run in the real estate investment trusts, or REITs, over. And I told you … in no uncertain terms … to dump every last Read more…
Russ Koesterich: On Tuesday, the Commerce Department said retail sales in May fell less than expected. If you look behind the numbers, however, the new retail data clearly shows a deceleration in consumption. Read more…
Wall Street managed to march higher early last week, however, domestic equities settled into range-bound trading for the remainder of the period given a lack of upbeat economic news and Read more…
As a variety of bailout related programs are paid back, some are beginning to believe that the American economy is finally in recovery mode thanks to tame inflation levels and optimism from Read more…
As the value of the U.S. dollar continues to slide, many investors have embraced commodities as an opportunity for generating solid returns in an uncertain environment. ETNs and ETFs tracking Read more…
In midday trading Thursday, the iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods (NYSE:IYK) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.35% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
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Market news is reporting that as of this afternoon: The oil services sector has not responded favorably to the news that Read more…
“Thanks to our implicit desire to meet basic needs and feed addictions, consumers will continue to flock to stores to fill up on staples like toilet paper, cigarettes and other Read more…
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