Defensive Stocks
Defensive Stocks Articles
These five defensive stocks should be able to avoid any serious market carnage, for the most part.
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Some investors are looking at value stocks, and others are going defensive. The stocks that have limited business cycles are a great focus for investors in a time of worry.
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Was Thursday's sell-off just another up and down move in the sideways trend that started last November, or is it a signal for a far deeper plunge?
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There are recession stocks out there that are either tied to industries that tend to see increased business during a downturn or are tied to commodities with relatively inelastic demand curves. Here...
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24/7 Wall St. maintains on its watch list a slew of defensive dividend stocks that investors flock to during periods of uncertainty. The trick is to know which companies are appropriate at a given...
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P&GThe Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) is among the Dow Jones Industrial Average components reporting its second quarter earnings this week. While its report is not due until Thursday...
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None of these stocks are on the momentum traders' radar, and that is exactly what prudent growth investors need now.
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Some investors are wondering where to keep their money safer than the broad stock market. Historically, that means defensive stocks with solid dividends.
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When you combine a sell-off in oil with a big market sell-off, you have the makings of either a disaster or an opportunity.
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Older Americans, in many cases, have lost their tolerance for financial risk and they want to protect the size of the nest eggs they have put aside for retirement.
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Back in November of 2010, 24/7 Wall St. first issued a list of stocks to own for the next decade. Even long-term investors need to assess their portfolios from time to time.
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Jefferies researched what stocks held their own when the market was getting thrashed back in 2009, and the analysts came up with a list of business services stocks.
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Now that so many utilities have seen their shares rise and their dividend yields compress, investors who like the defensive nature of utilities, and the dividends, are wondering where to go in the...
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Some investors might have felt at least a little disappointed in the Procter & Gamble dividend hike. The question is whether the investors should be happy enough with what they were given.
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Bought as a basket, these four companies could offer long-term investors a perfect compliment of stocks covering the health care sector.
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