Need a safe play when interest rates are rising? Buy Bud. Need a safe play when they’re falling? Bud is it again. Same thing in the middle of a bear market, or even when the bulls are back in charge. <br />
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What gives?<br />
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Like others in the non-cyclical portion of the consumer staples sector, Anheuser-Busch, ticker BUD — best known for beer, but also the parent of SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, and packaging and real estate units — has held up well regardless of the economy.<br />
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