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Mar 2023
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Sticking with the Essentials: the Case f...

ClearBridge Investments, LLC
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ClearBridge Analyst Rob Buesing explains the defensive characteristics of consumer staples companies and where he sees stock opportunities across the beauty and food and beverage industries as China reopens but a U.S. recession looms. 
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