Bad News for Your "Recession Proof" Dividends
In the following video, analyst Austin Smith discusses how declining brand strength decreases future prospects for recession-proof giants including General Mills (NYS: GIS) , Kellogg (NYS: K) , and Kraft (NYS: KFT) . Although these companies all sport quality dividends, consumers are turning to cheaper private label brands and diminishing these companies' key competitive advantage -- their brands. With uncertainty for food producers, the retailers of these products, like Costco (NAS: COST) or Wal-Mart (NYS: WMT) , may prove to be better investments.
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