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Real Estate and Financials Sectors Strike Divergent Paths Following GICS® Restructure
The past few months have served as a timely example of why it is beneficial for real estate to stand alone as its own equity sector. Between Sept. 16, 2016, when real estate was carved out of financials as its own GICS sector, and the end of January 2017, the S&P 500® Financials gained 22%,…
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Inside the S&P 500: The Real Estate Sector
Part of the power of the S&P 500 is analyzing the market and gaining insights into which stocks rising or falling. The key to these analyses is GICS – the Global Industry Classification Standard – which is used to define the sectors and industries in the index. GICS is jointly maintained by S&P Dow Jones…
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Real Estate Rising and GICS
Real estate, once the villain of the financial crisis, is now lauded as the place to find yield, diversification and maybe stability. Before REITs became eligible for the S&P 500 in October 2001, real estate investing either meant direct ownership or a specialized corner of the stock market. The recovery from the financial crisis focused…
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