Comfort Food for Your Portfolio
People around the world are accepting tiny or even negative returns on government bonds issued by countries considered to be safe havens. Swiss francs have been so popular that the Swiss National Bank has had to intervene to keep their currency from rising too much and damaging the country's exports.
I feel safer owning shares in the world's best companies than I would holding fiat currencies with values that can be inflated away by money-printing central banks. With that in mind, consider consumer-products giant Nestle (NSRGY), which makes almost everything: Gerber baby food, Nescafe coffee, Perrier and Pure Life water, Purina pet food, Stouffer's frozen dinners and even desserts via the Dryer's Ice Cream brand....238 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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