By: Elliott Gue Conventional wisdom holds that consumer staples names such as food and beverage manufacturers are slow-growth stocks that hold up best when the market swoons and lag when equities rally. The S&P 500 Consumer Staples Index has soared nearly 130 percent since 2000—compared to the… Read More

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