4 Surefire Stocks to Buy in the Next Bear Market
Are stocks slipping back toward a new bear market? Maybe. Or maybe not. It's impossible to say. The economic news is sending mixed messages. For that matter, so are stocks.
Given the prospect of a return to bear market conditions, though, it wouldn't hurt to at least make some plans for the possibility. Here are four stocks that could not only perform well in a bearish environment, but might actually thrive amid marketwide weakness triggered by economic headwinds.
It's a cliché, but it's true all the same: So-called "vice" stocks hold up during tough economic times because most consumers don't give up their habits like alcohol, gambling, or tobacco.
Source Fool.com
