Sector Investing Guide
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Sector investing offers targeted exposure to the stocks of companies in specific segments of the economy and can help you pursue income growth, diversify your portfolio, and manage investment risks.
In total, there are 11 sectors in the stock market, each with its own benefits, characteristics, and considerations. Under each sector umbrella is a grouping of industries, which are represented by all the companies in that industry that trade on the stock market.
Here’s an at-a-glance guide that offers investment strategies, as well as stock and ETF opportunities within the 11 sectors:
Communication
Services
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Communication Services
The Communications Services Sector contains companies that provide communications services primarily through a fixed-line, cellular, wireless, high bandwidth and/or fiber optic cable network.
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Communication
Services
The Communications Services Sector contains companies that provide communications services primarily through a fixed-line, cellular, wireless, high bandwidth and/or fiber optic cable network.
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Consumer Discretionary
The Consumer Discretionary Sector encompasses those industries that tend to be the most sensitive to economic cycles. Its manufacturing segment includes automotive, household durable goods, textiles & apparel and leisure equipment. The services segment includes hotels, restaurants and other leisure facilities, media production and services, and consumer retailing and services.
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Consumer
Staples
The Consumer Staples Sector comprises companies whose businesses are less sensitive to economic cycles. It includes manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages and tobacco and producers of non-durable household goods and personal products. It also includes food & drug retailing companies as well as hypermarkets and consumer super centers.
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Energy
The Energy Sector comprises companies whose businesses are dominated by either of the following activities: The construction or provision of oil rigs, drilling equipment and other energy related service and equipment, including seismic data collection. Companies engaged in the exploration, production, marketing, refining and/or transportation of oil and gas products, coal and other consumable fuels.
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Financials
The Financial Sector contains companies involved in activities such as banking, mortgage finance, consumer finance, specialized finance, investment banking and brokerage, asset management and custody, corporate lending, insurance, financial investment, real estate investment trusts (REITs), as well as companies engaged in real estate management and development.
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While some banks in the financial sector have struggled, these stocks
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Health Care
The Health Care Sector encompasses two main industry groups. The first includes companies who manufacture health care equipment and supplies or provide health care related services, including distributors of health care products, providers of basic health-care services, and owners and operators of health care facilities and organizations. The second regroups companies primarily involved in the research, development, production and marketing of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology products.
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Industrials
The Industrials Sector includes companies whose businesses are dominated by one of the following activities: The manufacture and distribution of capital goods, including aerospace and defense, construction, engineering and building products, electrical equipment and industrial machinery.
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Information Technology
The Information Technology Sector covers the following general areas: firstly, Technology Software and Services, including companies that primarily develop software in various fields such as the Internet, applications, systems, databases management and/or home entertainment, and companies
that provide information technology consulting and services,
as well as data processing and outsourced services.
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Materials
The Materials Sector encompasses a wide range of commodity-related manufacturing industries. Included in this sector are companies that manufacture chemicals, construction materials, glass, paper, forest products and related packaging products, and metals, minerals and mining companies, including producers of steel.
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Real Estate
The Real Estate Sector contains all REITs, except for Mortgage REITs, (which remain in the Financial sector). Additionally, the sector includes Real Estate Management and Development services.
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Utilities
The Utilities Sector encompasses those companies considered electric, gas or water utilities, or companies that operate as independent producers and/or distributors of power.
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The provision of commercial services and supplies, including printing, employment, environmental and office services. The provision of transportation services, including airlines, couriers, marine, road and rail and transportation infrastructure.
Secondly, Technology Hardware and Equipment, including manufacturers and distributors of communications equipment, computers and peripherals, electronic equipment and related instruments; and thirdly, Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers.
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