Investors turned defensive Friday, bidding up consumer staples stocks while shunning the high-growth tech sector following a surprisingly strong jobs report. Fears over the fiscal cliff
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) traded comfortably higher throughout the day, as investors celebrated a round of stronger-than-expected employment data. While a significant, fiscal-cliff
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