By Justin Carbonneau (Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube) — There are eleven sectors (Energy, Health Care, Consumer Staples, Technology, Consumer Discretionary, Industrials, Communication, Services, Financials, Real Estate, Utilities, and Materials) that make up the…
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Sector Shake-Up Could Have Huge Impact
MSCI, which owns the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), has proposed a set of changes to the way it classifies companies according to sectors, reports Barron’s. The changes could affect…
An In-Depth Look at Sector Investing with State Street’s Matt Bartolini
Investors tend to either invest in passive funds or operate at the other extreme and use active strategies that select individual stocks. But there is a case to be made…
Knowledge Mining in the Market’s Past Returns
When you hear stats like the S&P 500 is up 10% for the year or the index has more than tripled off the 2009 low, it’s easy to take those…
The New Decade’s Best Performing Stocks Will Be Different Than the Last
An article in CNBC highlighted the best- and worst-performing stock sectors over the past ten years and shared insights regarding what to expect in the decade ahead. Over the past…
The Importance of the Sector Story
When we look at the past in investing, all of us have a tendency to want to find the simplest explanations for the things that occurred. But beneath the surface,…
Sectors are Decoupling After Election
As the stock market rally continues to chug along in reaction to the Trump victory, sectors are shifting away from the lockstep movement that has been the norm over the…