The Asset Allocator: Comfort Stocks

Published: Feb. 28, 2020, 10 a.m.

The Wall Street Journal notes that investors have grouped around consumer staples amidst the big sell-off, for fear of an economic downturn. This podcast (7:00) suggests tweaking the consumer staples category, first to “sin” stocks, then to “comfort” stocks, to accent the more robustly selling products and services during downturns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices