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Market Volatility: Which Investments Will Protect Your Portfolio In A Recession?

Investing Insights is helping investors navigate market volatility in a new series. Morningstar strategists and authors will deliver timely insights, trends, and tips.

This week’s episode focuses on which investments might be safer than others during a recession. The chances of one happening have increased quite a bit over the past few weeks. That’s according to Morningstar’s US economics team.

Amy Arnott has researched past recessions to identify which asset classes, investment styles, and equity sectors fared best and worst. The Morningstar Inc. portfolio strategist discussed her findings to help investors limit some of the damage.

This post originally appeared at Morningstar.