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title: "These stocks lead Dow Jones in February. Hint: It's not AI companies."
description: "As technology, financial and consumer discretionary sectors struggle this year, investors have shifted to an odd mix of economically sensitive sectors such as materials and energy along with consumer "
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published_at: "2026-02-27T21:51:16.000Z"
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# These stocks lead Dow Jones in February. Hint: It's not AI companies.

> As technology, financial and consumer discretionary sectors struggle this year, investors have shifted to an odd mix of economically sensitive sectors such as materials and energy along with consumer staples and utilities.

As technology, financial and consumer discretionary sectors struggle this year, investors have shifted to an odd mix of economically sensitive sectors such as materials and energy along with consumer staples and utilities.

### Related Stocks

- [TGT.US - Target](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TGT.US.md)
- [COST.US - Costco Wholesale](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COST.US.md)
- [KR.US - Kroger](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/KR.US.md)

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