Sectornomics: Consumer Staples
CNBC's Landon Dowdy breaks down the winners and losers in the consumer staples space so far this year
Attracting attention from a large strategic like Coke is difficult. But juice company Suja did—and just secured a $90M deal. Here's how.
Prescription drug prices are out of control, but there's a way to make your money back: The drugstore stocks are very healthy right now.
Consumer staples have felt the pain of the recent market correction, but one group from a technical perspective has held up better than the rest: tobacco. Tobacco stocks pay high dividends and names like Altria and Reynolds American continue to post earnings growth. Cowen says cigarette makers continue to benefit from cheaper gas prices, noting volume declines have been trending above historic rates. Time to buy?
We crunched the numbers with Kensho to see how consumer staples performed one month after the start of each rate hike cycle since 1990. If history’s any indication, we’ve got three stocks to steer clear of – and three likely to stand up to tightening monetary policy.
CNBC's Morgan Brennan takes a look at stocks that tend to pop at the turn of the holiday season.
Target is testing its online grocery delivery service in an effort to better compete in the ecommerce business.
Fed, take note: Weak earnings from the nation's largest retailer signal the weakness in wages and consumer spending.
CNBC's Jim Cramer said overall economic data is not strong enough for the Fed to argue a rate hike in September.
Americans like to eat, drink and ... buy organic. You can see those habits paying off—at least for some consumer staples stocks.
Apple building a car may seem nuts. Or is it inevitable? Here are the 10 best reasons for and against the tech giant's move into autos.
A threat to macho men is taking place across the land: the rise of 'mampering'—eye creams, exfoliation and facial moisturizers for guys.
After lagging the broader market in 2014, CNBC's Morgan Brennan reports consumer staples have jumped 6 percent in the second half of October.
In recent weeks many consumer companies have already had to address currency headwinds, reports CNBC's Morgan Brennan.
Consumer staples, a darling of Wall St., are expensive, with high valuations. We may be at a peak, so investors should be cautious.
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Sectornomics
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Materials tend to be closely correlated with China, the top consumer for many commodities and chemicals. We crunched the numbers with Kensho to see how materials perform when there are signs of weakness in the world’s second largest economy.
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