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from24/7 Wall St.
2 days ago

Boring Beats Brilliant: How a Utilities ETF Has Quietly Trounced the S & P 500 in Nearly Every Recession This Century

Defensive utilities stocks in VPU have outperformed the S&P 500 during recent recessions due to stable cash flows, reliability, and low volatility.
fromFortune
5 days ago

This economist studied 400 years of recessions. His bleak conclusion: stop trying to predict them | Fortune

Atlantic piracy had reached its peak, blockading the port of Charleston and choking off trade routes from the Caribbean to Long Island. Trade collapsed. The money supply collapsed. The economy followed. It's the kind of cause-and-effect that doesn't fit neatly into any business-cycle theory.
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