Consumer staples stocks are shares of publicly-traded companies that sell “needs.” PM and WMT are some of the best-performing consumer staples stocks over the last year. Many, or all ...

Consumer staples stocks represent companies that produce the goods consumers will buy in both good and bad times. They do the heavy lifting when the economy struggles or when there's uncertainty ...

One of the flip-flops that gets the most attention is consumer staples stocks overtaking consumer discretionary stocks — a classic signal that the market has become defensive and economic ...