Health care and consumer staples are the stocks that perform best when the market drops.
CNBC used Kensho, a hedge fund analytics tool, to screen which Dow stocks hold up the best when the Dow drops 5% or more in a single month.Health care giant Merck trades positive nearly a third of the time and averages a loss of 2.4%, less the half the broader market.With stocks off to a rocky new year amid tension in the Middle East, it could be time for investors to find some safe places to hide.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 230 points on Friday following news late Thursday night that the U.S. killed Iranian
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