Market Sector Investing

Viewing investing through the lens of sector analysis and understanding and predicting where current and future growth is occurring is how people can achieve outsized returns for their portfolio and investment choices. Keeping the 11 sectors of the stock market in mind when making investment decisions is a great way to stay diversified and invested according to your risk tolerance. Sector specific ETF's and Mutual Funds are a good way to gain exposure to these sectors.

Research ETF's and mutual Funds that offer sector index funds to gain exposure in the 11 sectors of the stock market and also to gain exposure to trends in the economy that you have conviction towards. Investing in a group of stocks in a sector is a good way to stay more diversified as you target specific trends for growth as part of a broader balanced portfolio according to your risk tolerance and financial goals.

Review the 11 sectors below along with examples of some of the largest companies in each sector.

Information Technology

Microsoft Corp.

Nvidia Corp.

Apple Inc.

Financials

JPMorgan Chase

Berkshire Hathaway

Mastercard Inc.

Health care

Eli Lilly & Co.

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

AbbVie Inc.

Consumer Discretionary

Amazon Inc.

Tesla Inc.

Home Depot Inc.

Communication Services

Meta Platforms Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

Netflix Inc.

Industrials

General Electric Co.

Caterpillar Inc.

Honeywell International Inc.

Consumer Staples

Procter & Gambel Co.

Costco Wholesale Corp.

Walmart Inc.

Energy

Exxon Mobile Corp.

Chevron Corp.

Conoco Phillips

Utilities

NextEra Energy Inc.

Southern Co.

Duke Energy Corp.

Materials

Linde Plc

Sherwin-Williams Co.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

Real estate

Prologis Inc.

American Tower Corp.

Equinix Inc.

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