Utilities, consumer-staple companies and other safe-play stocks trailed the market as investors took on more risk.

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In the U.S. decades of market dominance have made Coke a low-growth staple: The ten-year compound annual unit-case growth in the U.S. is only 4%.

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The continued bull market in the price of gold has been one of the staple discussions in the financial media for the better part of a decade.

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Emerging market growth is good for companies like Caterpillar (CAT) and staple US names like Coca-Cola (KO).

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It experienced massive growth practically overnight, became a staple of nearly every Internet user, and at its height, it had a market share well over 90 percent.

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He says he doesn't have much faith in the current rally because the year's best performers have been health-care and consumer-staple stocks that tend to pay high dividends and are less volatile than the broader market.

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