It's getting harder by the minute to find so-called safe havens in this turbulent market.
Stocks fell Friday after the government reported that the pace of economic growth in the first half of the year slowed to a crawl. Making matters worse, there's still no agreement by the nimrods in Washington to raise the debt ceiling.
By mid-morning though, the market had recovered and was essentially flat. Still, the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 are all down about 3% this week.
But take heart weary investors! There are still some pockets of security out there.
The flight to quality is on in gold, the Swiss franc and German stocks. That all makes sense. And one money manager said peanut butter and coffee have a place in your portfolio too. More about that later.
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