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During a recession, a stock portfolio that's overweight in health care, consumer staples and utility sector stocks may provide some cover from larger losses. Unfortunately, during panic-selling, no stock investment is truly immune.
Within the consumer staples sector, there is one beverage company that's rated A+ by our model and poised to soar as much as 11% by year's end. That stock is Anheuser-Busch (BUD Quote).
Belgium-based InBev NV has agreed to buy this American brewer for $70 a share in a deal expected to close by Dec. 31. ...
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