Consumer cyclical stocks have lagged behind the broader market and their defensive counterparts in 2025. These stocks are pressured by a dimmer economic outlook and a pullback in consumer ...
The Morningstar US Consumer Cyclical Index plummeted 7.62% in the fourth quarter, lagging the 6.91% increase the market chalked up, as of Dec. 27, 2022 (Exhibit 1). As such, the median stock valuation ...