Defensive Stocks

Defensive Stocks Articles

It has been years since we have witnessed the kind of market we are in now. After this run finally peters out, it may be years again before we see another one.
Here are six defensive utilities with upside to the consensus analyst target prices from firms we cover on Wall Street and Thomson Reuters, each with solid dividends.
Here are five of the top picks from Jefferies in which the firm's own analysts expect upside of 25% or more while simultaneously seeing limited downside from the current share price.
The team at UBS that manages the Quality Growth at a Reasonable Price (Q-GARP) portfolio has replaced a top cable stock with a consumer products giant.
Here are five good blue chip dividend stocks that are reasonably safe and offer good dividends, and they look good for the slow summer trading and the rest of 2017.
These five top companies pay huge dividends and their current share prices offer investors outstanding entry points.
Some sell-offs come out of thin air for reasons that most investors had not considered. Maybe it is time for investors to reconsider all of the growth-chasing in favor of some of the safer...
Merrill Lynch analysts have raised price targets on four quality large cap growth stocks that makes good sense for growth investors looking to reposition their portfolios to account for perhaps more...
As the summer approaches, many investors fear that a stock market correction could come at almost any time. Here are the eight most attractive defensive stocks for investors seek refuge in for the...
This week the market may have had what some strategists call the start of the blow-off phase, which is generally the last move higher, often in a parabolic move to the highs.
While some of the Trump trade momentum has been sidelined, there is every reason to believe that the economy should continue to improve. The best idea right now may be to move to safer stocks that...
While things for 2017 actually look solid, and earnings actually should improve, the bottom line is we are way overbought and need a sell-off to take some of the air out.
With inflation, higher interest rates and a host of potential volatility events around the corner, it makes sense now to play it safe. The place to look now is for growth companies that are paying a...
These five stocks pay solid distributions, are not trading at all-time highs and are rated Buy at Merrill Lynch. They make good sense should a big sell-off hit the market.
None of these stocks is a momentum giant, but they all offer investors solid value in a market that not only could use a breather, but really could use a healthy correction.