overweight

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Earnings momentum is the fuel for an upgrade of U.S. stocks to overweight and simultaneous downgrade of European equities to neutral, according to one global bank.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Even with an Iran peace deal, it would only take a few missiles from militants to disrupt the flow of energy again, he says: “I’m significantly overweight energy. The sector looks better than before.”

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

It’s only behind by a little, mostly because it was heavily overweight tech with no energy stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The research followed 656 adults between the ages of 55 and 75 who were overweight or obese and had metabolic syndrome -- a set of risk factors that increase the likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

The forty-nine-year-old Bobby Fischer was described by a reporter who was covering the match for The New York Times as “an overweight, balding, bearded figure, unmistakably middle-aged, whose expression sometimes seems strikingly vacant.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady