By Matt Johnson, CFA® Investors and the media have placed a lot of emphasis on big tech, and for good reason. After all, returns have been fantastic over the last 10 years. At the same time, another sector contains a number of companies that remain overlooked while providing good value and lofty yields: consumer staples. While the consumer staples sector as a whole does not look extraordinarily cheap, select names like Tyson Foods, The J.M. Smucker Company, and Altria Group a

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