Dividend Investor Insights: Seven Consumer Staples Investments to Purchase Amid Inflation, Recession Risk

You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive our free e-letters, or you purchased a product or service from its publisher, Eagle Financial Publications. Seven Consumer Staples Investments to Purchase Amid Inflation, Recession Risk 09/09/2022 [Buy Alert For $2 Coin]( The man who picked Bitcoin in 2014 when it was trading for just $369… picked Ethereum in 2016 when it was trading for just $7, AND even warned his followers of the 2020 crash. Now he believes a tiny $2 coin is set to SOAR! Maybe even as soon as this month. So if you missed Bitcoin and Ethereum... this could be your final chance at mind boggling crypto gains. Learn how to get in front of this massive opportunity. [Click here now before it's too late.]( [Click Here...]([1pxtrans]( Seven consumer staples investments to purchase for dividends amid [inflation]( [recession risk]( and [Russia’s refusal to end its invasion]( of Ukraine provide paths to protect personal portfolios against peril. The seven consumer staples investments to purchase offer products and services people use frequently as essential items. Food, clothing and shelter are basic human needs and companies that provide them have customers who may cut back on buying such items but not eliminate them. In contrast, the consumer discretionary sector manufactures and markets luxury goods that consumers might want to buy but can pass up when economic uncertainties require caution. Consumer staples, of which food and beverage are a subset, usually outperform stock indexes during recessions and bear markets. [Chart generated using Stock Rover. Start your 2-week free trial now.]( Pension Fund Chairman Picks Two of Seven Consumer Staples Investments to Purchase Consumer staples companies tend to have reliable cash flows and can increase prices in response to inflation. Instead, consumers will reduce spending on non-essential products and services when money becomes tight, said Bob Carlson, a pension fund chairman who also leads the [Retirement Watch]( investment newsletter. For a broader portfolio that focuses on consumer staples in general, there are several good exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that deliver both solid returns and attractive yields. The most volatile of the group, and the one with the highest recent returns, is iShares U.S. Consumer Staples (IYK). Bargain hunters may like the fund’s recent pullback to offer a reduced buy price. Chart courtesy of [www.stockcharts.com]( The dividend-paying fund holds 52 stocks and 65% of the fund is in the 10 largest holdings. Top positions include Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), PepsiCo. (NASDAQ: PEP). The fund also offers a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yield of 1.42%. Bob Carlson, head of the [Retirement Watch]( newsletter, meets with Paul Dykewicz. For a diversified, dividend-paying position in food and beverage stocks, investors may want to consider an exchange-traded fund (ETF) such as Invesco Dynamic Food and Beverage (PBJ), suggested Carlson, who monitors that sector closely. The fund tends to have smaller and more growth-oriented companies than others in the consumer staples sector. The ETF has 29 stocks, and 47% of the fund is in the 10 largest positions. Top holdings recently were General Mills (NYSE: GIS), Keurig Dr. Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP), Sysco (NYSE: SYY), Her shey (NYSE: HSY) and PepsiCo. Chart courtesy of [www.stockcharts.com]( [Ex-CIA Economist Issues Dire New Warning to America]( Is President Biden’s worst disaster just beginning? A former CIA Official is coming out of the shadows to expose what Biden is REALLY doing – including the recent stop on Biden’s friendship tour with the axis of evil. 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The company reported that it has made significant progress on reducing discretionary inventory and focusing more on “necessity” spending, such as food and toiletries, among other such products, Woods continued. Chart courtesy of [www.stockcharts.com]( “Doing so helped ameliorate otherwise worse results,” Woods wrote. “So, while in the aggregate the latest retail earnings were better than feared, we still can’t rule out that the longer inflation stays in place, and as jobless claims slowly rise, consumer spending won’t be further pressured.” Paul Dykewicz meets with stock picker Jim Woods, who heads the [Intelligence Report]( newsletter, as well as co-leads [Fast Money Alert](. Procter & Gamble Rates Among Seven Consumer Staples Investments to Purchase Another [Intelligence Report]( Income Multipliers portfolio position is Procter & Gamble, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based diversified consumer product company. Procter & Gamble offers a strong cash flow that allows it to provide a dividend yield of 2.6%. In addition, Procter & Gamble has a rising dividend policy. In fact, the company has raised its dividend annually for the past 66 years. Potential risks to the company include inflation weighing on its profit margins, weakened sales from emerging markets in China and the effects of a strong U.S. dollar, said Michelle Connell, who heads Dallas-based [Portia Capital Management](. Another risk is that consumers may use private label and generic products more than those of Procter & Gamble, Connell continued. Even though the stock is down so far in 2022, it has a potential upside of 19% within the next 12 months, she added. Chart courtesy of [www.stockcharts.com]( Chocolate Maker Sweetens Seven Consumer Staples Investments to Purchase The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), of Hershey, Pennsylvania, is a Buy recommendation from BofA Global Research, due partly to its resilience in times of economic distress when people crave sweets as comfort food. “I’m sweet on the company literally known for its ‘Kisses,’ and that is The Hershey Company,” said Jim Woods, head of the [Intelligence Report]( newsletter. Woods, who also directs [High Velocity Options]( and [Bullseye Stock Trader](, has recommended Hershey in the past in and may do so again in his fast-paced trading services when the timing is right. Woods explained that as the leading U.S. confectionery manufacturer, Hershey controls around 46% of the domestic chocolate space with brands such as Hershey bars, Reese’s and KitKat. Chart courtesy of [www.stockcharts.com]( “Last quarter, HSY saw strong earnings per share (EPS) growth of 22% year over year, and I expect the company to deliver an even tastier result when they report earnings again in late October,” Woods said. “The reason being is that confection sales are up of late, and I think it’s because many consumers are taking refuge in the small pleasures in life where they can, especially considering the dual pinch of rising inflation and soaring gas prices.” PepsiCo Is Another of the Seven Consumer Staples Investments to Purchase PepsiCo, a Purchase, New York-based global snack and beverage company, is among the seven consumer staples investments to purchase. Its key divisions include Frito-Lay North America (FLNA), Quaker Foods NA, North America Beverages (NAB), Latin America, Europe Sub-Saharan Africa (ESSA) and Asia, Middle East and North Africa (AMENA). The company, featuring a 2.7% dividend yield, also operates in the United Kingdom, Mexico, India and China. Brands include Pepsi Cola, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Tropicana, Frito-Lay, Quaker and others. BofA has a Buy rating and a $190 price target on the stock. BofA Global Research wrote a research note that its valuation reflects PepsiCo’s “balanced momentum, margin support and brand investments” are capable of delivering the high end of its long-term outlook. Ramon Laguarta, upon taking over as PepsiCo’s chief executive officer in 2018, pivoted the company toward a growth-oriented path, BofA wrote. Reinvestment in the business and an appetite for risk remain at the core of the company’s cornerstone philosophies of this strategy, shown in PEP’s ramping digitization efforts, new category expansion and supply chain investments to fuel a stronger innovation engine, BofA added. Chart courtesy of [www.stockcharts.com]( Coca-Cola Bubbles Among Seven Consumer Staples Investments to Purchase BofA Global Research placed a Buy rating on Coca-Cola with a $70 price objective, reflecting a target price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of 26x the investment firm’s fiscal year 2023 earnings per share (EPS) estimate. This valuation is a premium to non-alcoholic beverage peers (22.9x), justified by BofA’s view that Coca-Cola should weather current macro headwinds better than its peers, given its size and pricing model. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola, offering a 2.8% dividend yield, also is recommended by Mark Skousen, PhD, who added it as a favorite choice in his [Forecasts & Strategies]( investment newsletter. Skousen placed Coca-Cola in his newsletter’s dividend-oriented Flying Five portfolio and has watched it turn a profit this year even though the market overall has dropped. 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Both seasoned investment prognosticators scan the beverage industry for stocks that appear positioned to outperform the market in the current conditions of high [inflation]( supply chain challenges and Fed rate hikes aimed at slowing economic growth. Connell is another advocate of Coca-Cola, a company that has boosted its dividend payout for the past 60 years. It currently offers a dividend yield of 2.7%. Warren Buffett, one of the world’s best investors, must like the stock and dividend, since it ranks as his third-biggest holding, trailing only Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Connell said. The stock is up by double-digit percentages this year and has the financial fundamentals to rise higher, she added. Michelle Connell leads [Portia Capital Management](. U.S. COVID Deaths Top 1.05 Million COVID-19 cases and deaths can affect supply and demand for consumer staples such as food and beverages, especially with sourcing ingredients globally. Investors would be wise to track trends in COVID-19 closely, especially with new lockdowns occurring in China as it adheres to its "zero" tolerance policy for cases of the virus. China's metropolis of Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong, was locked down last weekend, since the country takes such measures, as well as requires frequent testing and quarantines people, when infections of the virus break out in certain locales. U.S. COVID-19 deaths rose for the sixth consecutive week by more than 3,000, jumping to 1,050,255, as of Sept. 9, [according to Johns Hopkins University](. Cases in the United States climbed to 95,179,894. America still faces a dismal distinction as the nation with the largest number of COVID-19 deaths and cases. Worldwide COVID-19 deaths in the last week only rose about half as fast as the 33,000-plus the previous week, to total 6,512,552, as of Sept. 9, [according to Johns Hopkins](. Global COVID-19 cases climbed nearly 4 million in the past week to reach 607,843,922 on the same date. Roughly 79.2% of the U.S. population, or 263,103,582, have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, as of Sept. 7, the [CDC reported](. Fully vaccinated people total 224,367,691, or 67.6%, of the U.S. population, [according to the CDC](. The United States also has given at least one COVID-19 booster vaccine to 109.0 million people, up 300,000 for the second consecutive week. The seven consumer staples investments to purchase for dividends offer products and services that should remain in demand despite [8.5%]( inflation, according to the latest Consumer Price Index report. With rising risk of a recession after two straight 0.75% rate hikes by the Fed in June and July, as well as possibly another increase of that size in September as Russia keeps attacking Ukraine and the latter country tries to pursue a counteroffensive to reclaim its lost land, the seven consumer staples investments offer enticing opportunities for risk-averse investors. Sincerely, Paul Dykewicz, Editor [DividendInvestor.com]( About Paul Dykewicz: Paul Dykewicz is an accomplished, award-winning journalist who has written for Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, USA Today, Seeking Alpha, GuruFocus and other publications and websites. Paul is the editor of [StockInvestor.com]( and [DividendInvestor.com]( a writer for both websites and a columnist. He further is the editorial director of Eagle Financial Publications in Washington, D.C., where he edits monthly investment newsletters, time-sensitive trading alerts, free e-letters and other investment reports. 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