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ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND $53.40 (New York Exchange symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) is an ETF that tries to match the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan index.


The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 4.2%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.5%; Softbank Corp., 2.1%; KDDI Corp....
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $34.88 (Nasdaq symbol GT; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (330-796-2122; www.goodyear.com; s/o: 251.8 million; Market cap: $8.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.2%) is up over 11% after major U.S. bro ker Morgan Stanley raised the company to a buy....
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC. $136 (www.stanleyblackanddecker.com) is one of the world’s largest makers of tools for consumers. It also manufactures specialized tools for auto mechanics and construction firms. The company earned $1.29 a share in the first quarter of 2017, up 0.8% from $1.28 a year earlier....
Dear client:


When investing in Consumer sector stocks, we believe you should stick with market leaders, such as Newell and Tupperware, that sell wellestablished brands. Those products give them steady sales and profits, which protects them from swings in the overall economy.


Both stocks have moved up strongly in the past few months, but we feel they are still attractive in light their improving earnings.


NEWELL BRANDS INC....
These six ETFs hold mostly blue-chip stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each ETF mirrors, or tracks, the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from narrower indexes that focus on resources or themes such as solar power or biotech.


Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these ETFs....
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC. $136 (New York symbol SWK; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 152.6 million; Market cap: $20.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www....
Stanley and Newell have a long history of making new businesses they purchase more profitable. That cuts their risk of using acquisitions to expand.


STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC. $127 (New York symbol SWK; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 153.9 million; Market cap: $19.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.stanleyblackanddecker.com) is one of the world’s largest makers of hand and power tools for consumers....
ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND $50.84 (New York Exchange symbol EWJ; buy or sell through brokers; us.ishares.com) is an ETF that tries to match the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan index.


The fund’s top holdings include Toyota, 5.2%; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, 2.2%; KDDI Corp....
These six ETFs hold mostly blue-chip stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each ETF mirrors, or tracks, the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from narrower indexes that focus on resources or themes such as solar power or biotech.


Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these ETFs....
We still think investors will profit most—and with the least risk—by buying shares of well-established, dividend-paying stocks with strong business prospects.

These are companies that have leading positions in healthy industries. They also have strong management that will make the right moves to remain competitive in a changing marketplace.

Stocks such as these give investors an additional measure of safety in today’s volatile markets....