Investors are getting nervous about the stock market and are making moves to more traditionally defensive sectors of the market. Remember to stay diversified because it’s not what you invest in but how you invest that stirs the drink. Hardika Singh reports in The Wall Street Journal:
Investors are playing defense ahead of the Federal Reserve’s looming interest-rate decision.
They are piling into corners of the market that are considered safety plays, after a roaring first half powered by big technology stocks.
Shares of real-estate, utilities and consumer-staples companies are among the best performers to start September. Gold prices are hitting fresh all-time highs, and government bond yields are near their lowest level of the year as prices have risen.
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