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Consumer staples aren’t the sexiest stock market sector, but investors historically could count on its members’ slow and steady earnings growth and lush dividends. Now, various industry trends are putting a drag on some of the industry’s stalwarts.
The sector is the third-worst performer year to date, behind only telecommunications and energy, and it was the second-worst performer in October. Investors have yanked $1.1 billion from consumer-staples exchange-traded funds since the start of the fourth quarter—or 8% of the sector’s ETF assets—according to data from XTF.com.
