Consumer staples have slipped from their highs, but some have been unfairly swept under the rug. In 2022, staples weren’t immune to market turmoil, but they were safer than many other sectors: Consume...
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Protect Your Portfolio With Defensive Stocks Like These
. Defensive Stocks Recent News The investing landscape in 2022 was notable not only for the severity of losses but also their breadth: It was the first year, since at least the 1870s, that U.S. stocks...
Citigroup, Target, Lennar, and 2 More Companies Keeping Their Dividends Steady
PPL, a utility based in Allentown, Pa., said this week that it plans to raise its next quarterly dividend by 7%. It was an otherwise light stretch for such announcements among large U.S. companies. PP...
For All His Criticisms of Disney, Peltz and Iger Probably Agree: Streaming Has to Be Fixed
“Great news: Nelson Peltz made a slide deck about me,” said no CEO ever. But maybe Walt Disney Bob Iger had mixed feelings about the 35-pager that dropped this past week. One one hand, it says that he...
These 3 Sectors Have Had a Good Run. They Still Look Strong for 2023.
Yes, the stock market can always get worse—and that means three of this year’s best-performing sectors could continue to outperform in 2023. After a punishing 2022, Wall Street isn’t expecting the sit...
How Ikea, Beautycounter And DHL Do It
Electric delivery trucks are parked outside an Ikea store in Amsterdam which is the second city in … [+] the world after Shanghai where IKEA will deliver all packages with electric vehicles. ...
How Berkshire Hathaway Energy Escaped ‘The Coal Trap’
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A Recession Is Coming. These Are the Stocks to Hunker Down In.
Eli Salzmann loves nothing better than finding a company that’s a “dog of a stock with no momentum” but on the verge of better days. At its core, that is what value investing is all about. Over the co...
Auto Makers Expect Car Sales to Defy Economic Gloom
Listen to article (2 minutes) Even as consumer spending cools, one place buyers continue to splurge is at the car dealership. Auto executives reporting earnings earlier this week displayed confidence ...
Procter & Gamble Sounds a Warning After Strong Quarter
Updated July 29, 2022 9:17 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Procter & Gamble maker of Tide detergent and Pampers diapers, is predicting the slowest sales growth in years as consumer belt-tighte...
The Best Tech CEOs: What Matters Most
Text size Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke spent years programming before he co-founded the e-commerce software firm. He has said he knows how long projects will take—and which initiatives to choose—because of ...
Fed Up With China, One Boss Tries Removing It From the Supply Chain
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Consumer Staples Stocks Are Usually Safe. Here’s Why They’re Getting Crushed.
Text size Stock for Procter & Gamble, maker of Dawn dish soap, is down 13% since April 20. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Consumer staples stocks have been crushed in the past couple of months. They are ...
Analyzing Texas Instruments’ Dividend Growth Potential
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Companies Rush To Raise Prices While They Still Can
Talk of a possible recession has prompted companies like Coca-Cola to increase prices before it becomes harder. getty Consumers have reacted in a surprising way to inflation, which has pushed prices h...
Phillips 66’s Cash Flow Increases The Safety Of Its Dividend Yield
The logo for Phillips 66 gasoline is shown on a sign topping an old gasoline pump on display outside … [+] a store Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in the gambling hot spot of Deadwood, S.D. (AP Photo/Dav...
Procter & Gamble Named Top 25 SAFE Dividend Stock Increasing Payments For Decades
Procter & Gamble PG has been named to the Dividend Channel ”S.A.F.E. 25” list, signifying a stock with above-average ”DividendRank” statistics including a strong 2.3% yield...
Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are Hours for Easter Monday 2022.
Text size Dreamstime U.S. investors eager to trade after the holiday weekend will have plenty of news to digest, thanks to corporate earnings. More than 100 companies are slated to report this week—an...
U.S. Stocks Poised for a Lower Open on Monday
U.S. stock markets are poised for a subdued open on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Text size U.S. stocks are set for a lower open on Monday. On Sunday night, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell...
Value Investing Is Back. But How Do You Choose the Right ETF?
Value investing is coming back. Over the past decade, growth stocks have outpaced value shares, which usually have lots of tangible assets relative to their market value. In those 10 years, the S&...
4 Stocks That Could Thrive During Inflation
Text size Caterpillar is lucky to have customers flush with cash from rising commodity prices. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Inflation is hot—and that’s cooling off plenty of companies’ earnings. But n...
Is the Stock Market Open Today? These Are the Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2022 Hours.
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Why P&G Just Gained a New Fan
Text size P&G’s products were popular earlier in the Covid-19 pandemic. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Investors have been wary of consumer staples stocks lately, given worries about high inflation...