Sentences with phrase «for consumer staples companies»

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«Tech, consumer staples and energy have seen the strongest earnings per share (EPS) growth for the companies that have reported so far,» they added, saying financials and industrials have been the weakest.

Buffett, who is one of the richest men in the world and worth $ 74.3 billion, according to Forbes, traditionally has an investing strategy centered on stable companies that sell consumer staples and will be around for many years.

The facts are not right here, energy is cheap that means the cost of manufacturing and transporting of goods is low, food and consumers staples already more affordable, so what if a few American oil companies going out of business.the cost of producing oil in middle east is less than $ 10 / bl and we were paying more than $ 140 / bl for it, with that huge profit margin the big oil companies and oil producing nations became richer and the rest of us left behind, with the oil price this low the oil giants don't want to reduce the price at pump even a penny, because they are so greedy.worst case scenario is some CEOs bonuses might drop from $ 20 million to $ 15 millions I am sure they will survive.in terms of the stock market it always bounces back, after all it's just a casino like game.

For stocks, it's important to have stocks in your portfolio from a large variety of companies, including companies in different sectors or industries, such as consumer staples or materials; from companies of different sizes, such as large - cap or small - cap stocks; from companies in different countries and from companies that either have growth potential or good dividend yields.

Other featured articles examine the prospects for a European company that has hit on a winning formula and consumer staples stocks that are worth a look.

While many companies in less economically sensitive industries, particularly those in the consumer staples sector, meet our criteria for potential investment, we believe that investors are currently assigning excessively high valuations to companies that offer non-cyclical business models.

Other similar things might be investing in supermarkets and «consumer staples» (because if your weekly shopping basket inflates, their shares and divis probably will too) or investing in healthcare as a hedge against future healthcare costs inflating or investing in utilities as a hedge against utilities bills rising (I've yet to buy any but I quite like the idea of owning enough ~ 7 % yielding Centrica for the divis to cover the gas and electricity bills) or investing in travel and tourism companies as a hedge against holiday costs inflating.

I have held CAT for many years and realize that it's a company / stock that goes through boom and bust cycles as it is more sensitive to economic activity than say, consumer staples.

Consumer staples giant Kimberly Clark (NYSE: KMB) recently posted an encouraging return to organic sales growth that kept the company on track with its modest expansion plans for the year.

The company, Britain's largest retailer, announced earlier this week that it was cutting the price of a four pint (2.27 litres) bottle of milk from # 1.39 ($ 2.32, $ 1.69) to # 1 ($ 1.67, $ 1.22) as part of drive to reduce the amount paid by consumers for staples.

-- Dividend - rich shares of utilities, phone and consumer staples companies could get hurt, says James Liu, Global Market Strategist for J.P. Morgan Funds.

This preference for growth manifested in the outperformance of both stable growers, like defensive consumer staple companies, as well as technology firms benefiting from secular trends.

For example, if you invest in equities, and the yield curve says to expect an economic slowdown over the next couple of years, you might consider moving your allocation of equities toward companies that perform relatively well in slow economic times, such as consumer staples.

This means fairly reliable revenues and consistent cash flows for consumer - staples companies that help fund decent dividends.

To make matters even more uncomfortable for income investors, lower - for - longer interest rates have made safe haven companies such as utilities and consumer staples even more expensive relative to history.

That puts PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) in an excellent spot as one of the largest consumer staples companies in the world and primes them for continued future growth.

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