Imagine the best-performing industry group out of 119 since late 2023. Was it a red-hot tech stock? A booming financial giant? Think again. It was in the stone-cold consumer staple sector: tobacco, which has surged almost 90% through this period!

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Asset Mgmt & Custody Banks and General Merchandise Stores were this week's worst groups. Tobacco and Railroads were this week's best groups.

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Systems Software and Department Stores were this week's worst groups. Tobacco and Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation were this week's best groups.

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Tobacco and Agricultural Products were this week's best groups. Pharmaceuticals and Health Care Distributors were this week's worst groups.

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Tobacco and Precious Metals were this week's best groups.  Oil & Gas Exploration & Production and Biotech Small/Micro were this week's worst groups.

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Tobacco and Advertising were this week's best groups and Managed Health Care and Health Care Facilities were this week's worst groups.

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Two Consumer Staples groups upgraded to Attractive this month, Beverages and Tobacco. The Energy sector saw Integrated Oil & Gas upgraded to Attractive.

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Beverages, Tobacco, Department Stores, and Diversified Banks.

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We initiated a new position in the Tobacco group, which is currently exhibiting strength across all categories of the GS Scores

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