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06/03/10 - 'Defensive' Stocks: Are They the Ticket in a Downturn?

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By EWI Editorial Staff

In a severe sell-off, 99 percent of ALL stocks can fall.

Approximately three out of four stocks go down in a bear market. This ratio doesn't just apply to high beta names; historically, 75 percent of all stocks go down when the general market falls. On May 20, when the DJIA lost 376 points, 99 percent of stocks fell. Yet a financial TV host recommended "defensive" names the day after. Wouldn't his viewers be better served if he said, "You may want to step aside for now"? Read more.

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