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Stocks with the quality designation are, broadly speaking, less volatile than their lower quality peers, dividend payers and raisers and prolific cash generators. Usually, quality stocks are less bad during volatile markets and that trait explains why the iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (...

Last year, just 16 of the 30 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted positive annual gains. Of those 16, a mere nine posted double-digit gains and of those nine, just five closed the year higher by 20 percent or more. Just one member of that quintet hailed from the technology space, the...

With the Federal Reserve's December meeting, just a few days away, there will be plenty of chatter about the impact of higher borrowing costs on equities. By now, many investors know that certain asset classes and sectors are vulnerable to higher interest rates. Income-generating fare such as...