When shoppers cut back, they stop buying sofas before they stop buying toothpaste, and three low-cost funds bet their entire strategy on that habit. But not all consumer staples ETFs make the…
Walmart's summer slide cut differently through FSTA, XLP, and VDC depending on how much each fund actually owns, and the gap between them is bigger than most investors assume.
When markets crack, consumer staples tend not to. During the 2008 financial crisis, the S&P 500 fell approximately 38% peak to trough, and consumer staples, as a sector, declined roughly half of…
What we’re looking at may be the most paradoxical environment in decades. Defensive ETFs like the Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FSTA), Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU), and iShares US…
Defensive stocks are defined as the stocks in companies that are grouped in sectors supplying goods and services in constant demand as essentials, and thus, do not follow trends of popularity. Defensive…
We are officially into the busiest time on the shopping calendar. The last bit of November to Christmas Day gives retailers a big chunk of their annual sales. Costco (NASDAQ:COST | COST…
