B efore 2000, investment and industrial sectors were not standardized. Brokers, investment advisors and asset managers all used their own proprietary classification systems. There ...

The stock market is divided into 11 market sectors based on the Global Industry Classification Standard, or GICS. This system, created jointly by Morgan Stanley and Standard & Poor's, sorts ...

The last two columns show the GICS sector and one of three super sectors, either Defensive (D), Cyclical (C) or Sensitive (S). The Fwd Yield column is colored green if Fwd Yield ≥ 5-Avg Yield.

Consumer discretionary stocks are one place to look. The Global Industry Classification Standard divides the stock market into 11 sectors, and two of them consist of companies that sell goods to ...

Each analyst acts as a sector manager, running a portfolio sleeve roughly aligned with the index's GICS sector and industry weightings. Comanagers Steven Barry and Stephen Becker aggregate the ...

The most significant GICS overhaul is coming to the telecom sector. The previously named Telecommunication Services Sector that was mostly known for the likes of AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ ...

SBI Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Industrials ETF (NYSEARCA:VIS – Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the ...

The Russell 2000 covers all 11 GICS sectors and a wide range of specific industries. It is not purposefully weighted in favor of any particular sector, but, in its current configuration ...

According to the GICS … "[The utility sector] comprises utility companies such as electric, gas and water utilities. It also includes independent power producers & energy traders and companies ...