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2 of the Safest Stocks to Buy in a Recession

Shares of AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) are up by about 13% this year, which is a lot better than the benchmark S&P 500 index, which has lost 20% over the same period. With lots of high-margin revenue from top-selling drugs, there's a good chance that AbbVie stock will remain a safe haven even if the U.S. economy plunges into a deep recession. The top-selling drug for AbbVie is Humira.