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The Consumer Staples Select Sect. SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLP) is up about 1.8 percent this week. Perhaps that is the beginning of a comeback for a once hot sector exchange-traded fund that now resides about 7.5 percent below its July highs. Low Beta Sectors' Recent Performance Earlier this year, low...

For those who follow this sort of thing, it came down to the year’s final trading day as to whether the S&P 500 would finish in the black or the red for 2015 (total return with dividends, however, was already assured of a positive finish). In the end, stocks came up just short,...

In previous articles on this site, it was detailed how studies have shown that stocks with low betas and high dividends can turn out to be the most rewarding long term investments. Finding both features in one company that is also a "Dividend Aristocrat" makes for a very attractive equity. With...