While Wall Street has taken monumental losses that far outnumber gains this year, one sector has managed to weather the storm better than others - consumer-related stocks that include big names like Wal-Mart and McDonald's.
Of the 500 companies in S&P 500 index, which represents a broad cross-section of the nation's economy, a mere 22 saw their stock prices end the year in the black. But among those, nearly half came under the consumer-related umbrella.
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