Instead, they should place their bets on risk-adjusted stocks like Archer Daniels Midland ADM, Lamb Weston LW, General Mills GIS, American Electric Power AEP and National Fuel Gas Company NFG. The core consumer price index, which generally excludes food and energy components, jumped 6.6% year over year in September and registered its highest 12-month climb since 1982, according to the U.S. Labor Department. GIS has a dividend yield of 2.7%.