In this special edition of the WTR Small Cap Spotlight Flashcast, host Tim Gerdeman sits down with Doug Lane, WTR’s Head of Consumer Products, to discuss the recent introduction of the WTR Consumer Stock Index with launch this summer of our Consumer Products Monthly industry report. The discussion covers the thought process behind the companies chosen for the Index, how it is further broken down into 6 Sub-Indexes, and what are the indexes telling us about the state of Consumer investing so far in 2025. The episode also covers the foreign exchange work that we include in the Monthly, as well as what broader trends we may expect to see for consumer stocks during the remainder of the year.