The worst jobs numbers in five years. A slumping stock market. Growing signs of recession. What's an investor to do? Should they seek out consumer staple stocks like Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), or are there better defensive plays? Do once-hot stocks like Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Chipotle (Nasdaq: CMG) (Nasdaq: CMG-B), Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), and Nokia still have potential in a down market? In this installment of "Fool Video," Motley Fool contributor Tim Beyers talks about four defensive stocks for now.

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