underweight

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On the physical side, energy-intensive manufacturers are the most exposed group that the market consistently underweights.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Their overweights are financials, real estate, materials, healthcare and energy and communications services and utilities are underweights, while tech and industrials are market weights.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

Present bias underweights long-term benefits, such as the financial savings that accrue over time from using transit instead of a car.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2024

Data from Copley Fund Research shows that emerging market funds are overweight India and consumer staples stocks, while the biggest underweights are Taiwan, South Korea, communication services, and China and Hong Kong.

From Reuters • Mar. 20, 2019

They had charades during the rest hour that afternoon, the overweights headed by the bishop, against the underweights headed by Mr. Moody.

From Where There's a Will by Rinehart, Mary Roberts