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There's a significant opportunity brewing behind the scenes in today's scattered stock market, where the consumer is the only pillar standing strong supporting the latest GDP growth figures

Reconstitution occurs when an index provider, such as Standard & Poor's, reassesses and rebalances a benchmark to maintain the most accurate representation of capitalization and style. Once

The pandemic lockdowns accelerated the use of food delivery and takeout services. Companies like Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER), Uber Eats, Maplebear Inc. (NASDAQ: CART), Instacart and Door

The classic definition of a value trap is a stock or investment that appears to be trading at a cheap price and has valuation metrics such as its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio that signals it has

Consumer staples are beaten down. These stocks are down double-digits from their recent highs and trading significant support levels, suggesting the bottom is in. While near-term headwinds impact

The Chefs' Warehouse Inc. (NASDAQ: CHEF) is a wholesale distributor of high-end specialty food products ranging from meats, seafood, dairy and fresh produce to cakes, truffles and caviar. They

In an unprecedented battle between modern medicine and traditional snacks, Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) appears to be losing. Since a  Walmart executive revealed that customers who

Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE: NVO) stock is up 38.97% this year on the strength of weight loss drug Ozempic, and diabetes treatment Wegovy.

But does Novo Nordisk’s good fortune translate to lower sales

Constellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ), distributor of best-selling beer Modelo, fell flat after the company’s second-quarter earnings report on October 5. 

Despite raising its fiscal 2024

PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) stock is down about 20% since May, which is not a move to be ignored. Investors who bought in early spring are surely feeling pain, but there are rewards ahead for those who

It's time to look at some sweet treats with Halloween just approaching. Whether the economy is expanding or in recession, a sweet tooth will always crave sweets. The market sell-off has caused

Although healthcare stocks lag other sectors, large-cap leaders such as  Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY), McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) and Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS)  are in possible buy ranges as they get

Consumer staples names have lagged over the past year as tough comps and shifting consumer habits cut into the outlook. The trends have many of these stocks trading at significant discounts to

The consumer staples sector is getting beaten up in the 2nd half of 2023, and for no other reason than the sector is boring. It's growing but not quickly; it's not outperforming, but it has been

When a large enough company, around $41 billion in this case, declines in valuation by nearly 30% in less than twelve months, everyone should be headed to it to figure out two things. Is the

As an Ivy League law student, Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan once wrote that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) was anti-competitive because its prices were too low. 

That’s a tough premise

The markets just went through a relatively peaceful period. For the purpose of this article, I'll define that as a period where the VIX (volatility index) remained below 15 for more than a week

Since The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) rode a pandemic ‘clean freak’ wave to nearly $240 per share in August 2021, its market value has been bleached by over $13 billion. 

The dirty truth? Clorox’s

Going by the performance of discount retailers, Wall Street sees more potential in Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) than Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR), Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) or Big Lots Inc.

Kroger (NYSE: KR) is no exciting stock, but that is the point. Kroger isn’t an exciting stock, but it is a blue-chip player in consumer staples; it has solid revenue and earnings, sustainable cash

In the critically acclaimed 1999 Warner Brothers film ‘Three Kings,’ George Clooney, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze and Mark Wahlberg are four American soldiers that embark on a gold heist in post-war

The takeaway from Q2 earnings results for the retail sector is that consumer habits have changed. Once flush with stimulus cash and little to do but spend it, the consumer buys less discretionary

The Retail Sector (XRT) has always been a challenging one to invest in, but income investors can find attractive returns that build wealth. The takeaway from recent data is that consumer spending

The housing market in the United States has been calling the shots in a pivotal story; investors are witnessing a bottoming in everything surrounding Real Estate. These trends will challenge the

Dividend Kings are tried and true investments with a long history of sustained dividend payments and distribution increases. The kind of track records that help investors sleep soundly at night, but