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A 2016 Santa Claus Rally? Yeah, Get Your Milk and Cookies Ready!

By John Jagerson and Wade Hansen
Santa might bring presents, or he might bring coal, but when he visits Wall Street for his annual Santa Claus Rally, investors take note.

Lack of Fear Could be Prelude to a Nasty Surprise

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
A year-end rally can't be ruled out, but VIX could still issue a sell signal.

6 Consumer Staples You Should Already Be Buying

By Aaron Levitt, InvestorPlace Contributor
Don't let market volatility shake you up. Here are a few consumer staples stocks to buy now that should protect your portfolio and throw off some yield, too.

Resilient Consumer? These 4 Charts Say “No”

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Concerned investors punished foreign stocks and emerging market equities in May. Blame an economy in decline that continues to struggle

3 Best Sector Funds to Buy for the Rest of 2015

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
The market is entering a transitional period where investors are wise to look at diversifying into a few select sectors.

3 Sectors on the Verge of Breaking Down

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor
The rise in the S&P 500 is seeing increasingly less support from its sectors. Some SPDR sectors have topped long ago, but others still are about to.

3 Defensive Funds for an Aging Bull Market

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
The market is beginning to look tired and expensive. Now is a good time to take a look at the best defensive funds to protect you from a correction.

XLP: How to Beat the Market With Toilet Paper

By Kyle Woodley, Senior Investing Editor, Kiplinger
The Consumer Staples Select Sect. SPDR (ETF) (NYSEARCA:XLP) deals in life's most basic needs -- and it has clobbered the market over time.

Beat the Market With These 9 Sector ETFs

By Charles Sizemore, Principal of Sizemore Capital
Indexing doesn't have to mean just dumping your nest egg into an S&P 500 fund. The Select Sector SPDRs can help you add value by letting you go all in (or all out) of individual sectors.

Get Long Conagra Foods Following Liftoff

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor
ConAgra achieved a technically significant rally Thursday after earnings topped forecast. Now, upside momentum is in CAG stock's favor.

3 Best Defensive Funds to Protect Your Portfolio

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
The best defensive funds are ones that can provide decent returns in the latter stage of a bull market but also minimize losses when the bear is in full swing.

How to Prepare Your Portfolio for a Bear Market

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
When you're expecting a bear market, don't just jump from stocks to cash. There's a better way to prepare portfolio.

The Hidden Dangers of Defensive Stocks

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor
Defensive stocks - including dividend ETFs, low volatility ETFs, and the consumer staples and utilities sectors - are highly vulnerable to rising bond yields at this stage of the cycle.

Don’t Count on Dividend ETFs to Play Defense

By David Fabian, FMD Capital Management
You should always have equity income in your portfolio, but don't think dividend ETFs will save you from a correction. They won't.

The Preferred Defensive Sector – Utilities, Not Consumer Staples

By David Becker, InvestorPlace Contributor
While some investors might be expecting consumer staples to rebound and become the preferred defensive sector of choice, utilities still look like the top dog.

Hold That Button Before You Buy Consumer Staples for Safety (XLP)

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor
Consumer staples have rallied and outpaced the S&P 500 in 2014. But with valuations rich, how long can the rally in consumer staples, and XLP, continue?

3 Reasons the Selloff Isn’t Finished

By Anthony Mirhaydari, InvestorPlace Market Strategist
Before you get too excited about stocks again, consider these 3 signs that suggest the market selloff isn't finished.

6 Charts Show the Running of the Bulls Isn’t Over Yet

By John Jagerson and Wade Hansen
We've updated 6 of our key indicators to see what the sentiment is on Wall Street, and for now we believe the bull market still has room to run

Start Browsing Consumer Staples Stocks for Fairly Priced Defense

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor
The consumer staples sector has underperformed in 2014, bringing valuations down to more reasonable levels. The time to buy the sector is nearing, but...
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