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Can the Consumer Staples Sector Steady Your Portfolio? April 6, 2021 With so much talk about the reflation trade and cyclical stocks coming back into focus, defensive sectors like consumer staples are lagging. However, conservative investors and retirees can find opportunities with assets like the XLP seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in the Consumer Staples Select Sector Index that includes securities of companies from the following industries: food and staples retailing; house...

Author Bio Reuben Gregg Brewer believes dividends are a window into a company's soul. He tries to invest in good souls. You will rarely, if ever, buy a stock at the very bottom (or sell one at the very top), so the best you can do is try to get in when share prices look reasonably attractive. That's where I think Kellogg (NYSE:K) stock is today. Granted, I expect the price to drop some more in 2021, but I'll just sit tight and let the dividends reinvest while I wait for a long-term business improvement to take shape. Here's why you might want to do the same.

Author Bio Reuben Gregg Brewer believes dividends are a window into a company's soul. He tries to invest in good souls. It wasn't too long ago that consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) was considered down and out, struggling to turn its business around. That effort started to pay off before 2020, but it got a real shot in the arm in the third quarter thanks to the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic. Looking forward, will P&G keep winning in 2021? 2020 ended up being a good year The consumer staples area isn't exactly known for being an exciting sector of t...