Three unavoidable consumer goods names in Latin America.

Analysts are looking for decreased profit for Staples (SPLS) when the company reports its results for the first quarter on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Staples reported profit of 30 cents a year ago, but the consensus estimate calls for earnings per shar

One of the few bargains left in the consumer staples sector, Kroger appears to offer great value with strong growth.

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Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Thursday, May 16, 2013.The WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (NYSE: DXJ) should be in play.Give the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLP).Try mid-caps with the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The last episode of the very successful TV sitcom "The Office" airs Thursday night. All its loyal fans, most of whom are women, according to the television rating services, are feeling the loss.The last time I was in a Staples

Bill Ackman finds a new favorite holding in the most boring of consumer staples companies.

 

Investors that favored conservative dividend plays, such as consumer staples and utilities, fattened their wallets in Q1. However, in the coming months, investments are likely to move into new sectors.

By Russ Koesterich: One beneficiary of the 2013 U.S. stock market rally: defensive sectors. Until recently, classic defensive sectors like utilities, healthcare,and consumer staples outperformed as investors were just starting to diptheir toes back i

CARACAS, May 13 (Reuters) - Venezuela's top food producer,Empresas Polar, on Monday challenged the country's socialistgovernment to boost output of basic staples and ease naggingproduct shortages, rejecting accusations it is hoarding productsto desta

Aside from being core long gold and oil on the basis of an ongoing global reflation effort by the myopic central bankers of the world; Eclectica's Hugh Hendry is long consumer Staples (as he explains - for a conservative investor, there is little cho

Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Thursday, May 9, 2013.Keep an eye on the Market Vectors Coal ETF (NYSE: KOL).Give the Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSE: VUG) a look.The First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX (NYSE: FXG) should be in play.Emerg

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The head of Groupon Inc's retail division will depart next week to lead Staples Inc's online and digital arm, after only about a year at the Internet daily deals leader.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Reuters) - The head of Groupon Inc's retail division will depart next week to lead Staples Inc's online and digital arm, after only about a year at the Internet daily deals leader.

Remember the Apple maps fiasco? It released a less than perfect app that sent the media into a frenzy and gave Google maps a real or perceived edge.

3-D printers have officially gone mainstream. You can now get one at Staples for $1,300.

Staples, the world's largest office products company and second largeste-commerce company, today became the first major U.S. retailer toannounce the availability of 3Dprinters.

By David Fry (ETF Digest): Consumer Staples are considered a more conservative and defensive sector. After all, no matter the economic conditions, people still need "stuff" from soap to toothpaste. The earnings growth rate for these companies may be

It's no secret that defensive industry sectors like consumer staples and utilities have been leading major U.S. stock market benchmarks to all-time new highs.

Consumer staples have long been a defensive sector of the market, but that doesn’t mean that the stocks can’t play good offense, as evidenced by two liquor companies and the world’s largest brewer.

Consumer staples have been a stalwart of the market over the last year or so, outdistancing the overall indices by some amount, and tobacco stocks which help make up the sector have been on a run as well.

With sluggish data and an uncertain global outlook, many investors are delving deeper into U.S. focused stocks. The focus has largely been on more defensive areas, such as consumer staples companies, as these are seen by many as lower volatility choi

Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Tuesday, April 30, 2013.Give the First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund (NYSE: FCG) a look.The First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (NYSE: FXG) continues to impress.Can the Global X Silver M

click for updated data   Markets set new closing highs today with S&P500 hitting 1593.61. What does this mean? Are people still under-invested, over exposed to fixed income? Have to many people plowed into health care, staples and utlities?

NEW YORK (ETF Expert) -- Half of the largest U.S. corporations are missing revenue targets this earnings season. Non-cyclical sectors from health care to consumer staples are beating the pants off economic growth standouts like technology and energy.

For the first quarter of 2013, defensive sectors were the front runners as health care, consumer staples and utilities were top quarterly performers.

Professionals and pundits can argue until the cows come home about why conservative, low volatility sectors such as consumer staples and health care have been leading the market higher for about three years now.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- When watching financial TV Wednesday afternoon my jaw dropped when I heard a strategist suggest that investors would be better off investing in consumer staples stocks than in U.S. Treasuries. While it may be true that the div

Kellogg is not the only staple where snap will crackle and pop. Click to view a price quote on ABV. Click to research the Food & Beverage industry.    

As reluctant as many investors may be to admit it, the leading sectors among U.S. stocks over the past three years are decidedly defensive. Meaning consumer staples, health care and utilities have lead the market higher.

Shares of Dow component Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), the world's largest consumer products company, are plunging by more than 4.5 percent Wednesday after the company forecast fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of 69 to 77 cents a share, below the 82

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Staples Inc (NASD: SPLS) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $12.30, changing hands as low as $12.26 per share. Staples Inc shares are currently trading down about 4.3% on the day. The chart below shows the

Chicken and ground beef are often staples at the dinner table, but they're also the meat products most likely to make consumers sick, according to a new report. The report, from the advocacy organization Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSP

By David Trainer:The Consumer Staples sector ranks first out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Attractive rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of nine ETFs and nine mutual fu

U.S. market gains this year have been led by defensive shares such as utilities and consumer staples, while the economy-linked cyclical sectors that typically lead a rally, including energy and materials, have been laggards.

A series of disappointing economic reports have led to concerns about slowing global growth and triggered a pullback in the stock market. Investors sitting on profits may want to rotate out of riskier stocks and take a more defensive posture.

Consumer staples’ defensive qualities, consistent earnings growth and dividend yield of 3-4 per cent confer quasi-bond status on their shares

Horse meat is consumed around the world, people are eating more guinea pigs than ever before, and the pork industry is trying to re-market itself — but beef is what's for dinner. Porterhouses, filet mignon , and strip steaks are staples on res

By Tom Lydon: With above-average dividend yields and low risk exposure, defensive consumer staple sector exchange traded funds could be a safer way to play the markets."We think some higher-yielding Consumer Staples stocks are seen as an alternative

By David Trainer:At the outset of the second quarter of 2013, only a single sector earns an Attractive rating. My sector ratings are based on the aggregation of my fund ratings for every ETF and mutual fund in each sector.Investors looking for sector

Originally built in the 14th century, this villa near Monteguidi, Italy, comes with two of the region's staples: an olive grove and a small vineyard.

By Alan Brochstein, CFA: When the market and the economy plunged into an abyss in 2009, we knew we were in a new world. It didn't take too long for Pimco to coin the term "New Normal", which was their description of what a post-apocalypse economy mig

Large-cap staples stocks with powerful brands and generous dividends can be found outside the U.S.

Much has been made of low volatility sectors leading U.S. equities to new all-time highs. Sectors such as consumer staples and utilities are driving the broader market higher.

By Eric Parnell:The recent performance of utilities has been remarkable. Since the beginning of the year alone, the sector has gained over +16% ranking it third just behind its defensive brethren in consumer staples (XLP) and health care (XLV). But f

As vexing as it has been to plenty of experts and pundits, the rally in U.S. stocks has been one of the risk variety. Plain and simple, low volatility sectors have lead U.S. equities to record highs.