If there is one industry which is constant, and which is both recession and inflation proof, it must be that dealing with death and all concomitant services accompanying it. As the ultimate hedge against economic uncertainy, I would therefore put my Desert Island money on stocks in this sector. These include Service Corporation, Hillenbrand, Matthew International and Carriage Services. They collectively provide embalming services, caskets, urns, hearses, funere...

Fed officials stress not jamming brakes on economy as hikes loom
Federal Reserve officials said they want to avoiding unnecessarily disrupting the U.S. economy as they prepare to start raising interest rates, showing little stomach for an aggressive 50 basis-point move in March.
Investors have raised bets on the pace of increases since Powell spoke, shifting to roughly five this year versus the three that officials forecas...