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2026-03-05 13:02:30 ET Imagine for a moment a scenario where a billion-dollar market realizes its future consumers will no longer buy their product. This might be happening with the alcohol industry. Generation Z is drinking less and less each day, and sometimes, they don’t even star...

2026-03-02 14:07:26 ET More on consumer staples Consumer Staples Positioned For A Better-Than-Expected 2026 Wall Street Lunch: Staples Overtake Mag 7 Ex-Tesla On Forward Valuation RSPS: Consumer Staples Dashboard For February From AI to A1 (sauce): Staples ar...

2026-02-26 06:56:00 ET Optimism builds as positioning evolves Equity managers are navigating a challenging backdrop: concentrated market leadership, wide valuation gaps between U.S. and non-U.S. equities, and policy uncertainty as we move through Q1 2026. AI positioning remains ...

2026-02-25 23:45:00 ET By Peter C. Earle Note: As of January 31, 2025, data for four of the 24 components of the Business Conditions Monthly indicators have not yet been published. While the remaining suspended economic data are expected to be released prior to the next Busine...

2026-02-20 11:49:00 ET By Mike Larson Mike Larson: The word of the year for this market is rotation, out of the tech sector into groups like energy, materials, and staples, out of AI disruption victims and into AI disruption winners, out of U.S. stocks into foreign ones, and...

2026-02-19 19:00:00 ET Through the first 30 trading days of 2026, the consumer staples sector gained 15.6%. That's easily the best start to a year for staples since at least 1990 (when our daily sector price data begins). Prior to 2026, the strongest start to a year for Staples was a 9....

2026-02-19 09:28:06 ET More on markets ETFs with heavy Walmart exposure are in focus after the retail giant’s earnings Dividend picks: 20 large-cap defensive stocks outperforming the market in 2026 Five years later, Cathie Wood's ARKK is still down over 50% ...

2026-02-19 09:05:12 ET More on markets Dividend picks: 20 large-cap defensive stocks outperforming the market in 2026 Five years later, Cathie Wood's ARKK is still down over 50% since its 2021 peak How high can the Nasdaq-100 climb in 2026? Here’s what predi...

2026-02-19 07:15:14 ET More on Walmart Walmart Earnings Preview: Tariff Compares Should Get Easier, But Valuation Still Quite Lofty Wall Street Brunch: Walmart Weighs In As Q4 GDP Hits Walmart: Defensive Compounder With Omnichannel Margin Upside Walmart Non-G...

2026-02-18 02:35:00 ET By Jharonne Martis The LSEG U.S. Retail and Restaurant Q4 2025 earnings index, which tracks changes in the growth rate of earnings within the sector, is expected to show a 2.2% growth over last year’s levels. Our metrics show that five of 10 consume...