Defensive Stocks

Defensive Stocks Articles

24/7 Wall St. screened the Merrill Lynch research universe for large-cap blue chip stocks that paid a 5% dividend.
While investors cannot constantly shuffle the holdings in their portfolios based on every current event, they can shift to companies that pay solid dividends and are less vulnerable to volatility...
These companies not only have Merrill Lynch's safest volatility risk ratings, but they have faded somewhat during the recent market sell-off, offering even better valuation and entry points for...
Solid growth stocks that pay good dividends make sense, especially when they all pay higher dividends than the current 30-year U.S. Treasury bond.
Many investors have to be trying to figure out how they will be judging Proctor & Gamble in this most recent quarter, and in the quarters ahead.
These are the kind of quality stocks investors can put into a portfolio and, for the most part, forget about.
Credit Suisse is adding some top conservative dividend-paying stocks to its Top Picks list, and that is right in line with what other top Wall Street firms are doing.
After the worst quarter in the stock market in four years, a new research report from Merrill Lynch includes the firm's top 10 U.S. ideas for the fourth quarter.
Should Clorox be issuing (or reissuing) very long-term stated growth and strategic plans?
The recent sell-off is the largest in some time and offers growth and income investors an incredible opportunity to buy high-yielding blue chips at bargain prices.
The gut-wrenching drop back in August, when the Dow opened down 1,000 points and the indexes went through the first 10% correction in almost four years was, needless to say, an eye-opener for...
The market carnage appears to be subsiding. 24/7 Wall St. has compiled a list of a few companies that are bucking the presiding trends.
In a new research report, Merrill Lynch is positive on three distinctly different companies that make good sense for investors to look at now. All three are rated Buy and are suitable for aggressive...
In a new research report, the technical team at RBC highlight stocks and sectors that are working and are clearly safer than crowded momentum stocks.
Where will the most brilliant investor in the world put his money if the markets collapse? Perhaps into some of the safe harbor stocks he already holds.