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Weekend Investor: 5 consumer-sector stocks with stable dividends

Despite cautious spending on detergents, shampoos, food and other basics, many fund managers and investment advisers say consumer-staples makers offer investors better protection in a seesawing stock market.

After The Healing Will Come A Bull

2009 was a fantastic year. I doubt if I will ever make such a percentage return again from classical

The basics: Know your bond funds

1. What exactly is a mutual fund? A mutual fund pools money from hundreds and thousands of investors to construct a portfolio of stocks, bonds, real estate, or other securities, according to its charter. Each investor in the fund gets a slice of the total pie.

9 Investing Strategies for This (Or Any) Market

Indexing, diversifying, and rebalancing are just a few strategies that every investor should practice.

Liquid gold

Farmers are selling it and savvy investors are buying it, write Deborah Snow and Debra Jopson.