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The Significance of Select Sectors to APAC
As investors across the globe have wrestled with the impact of AI on the U.S. tech sector, valuation concerns, inflation jitters and more, U.S. markets have underperformed their Pan Asian peers. The S&P 500® has trailed the S&P Pan Asia BMI by 8% YTD,1 however the tide may be turning. Thanks to optimism surrounding easing…
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Using Select Sectors to Evaluate Opportunities and Risks
What’s the relevance of U.S. sectors globally in the current landscape? Join S&P DJI’s Hamish Preston and State Street Investment Management’s Matt Bartolini as they explore the Select Sector Indices and how they are helping market participants evaluate and express sector views across evolving market conditions.
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Stocks, Sectors and Success?
The recent market rotation toward small caps and value has also extended toward sectors,1 with Technology, which was one of the top-performing sectors of 2025, turning from a leader into a laggard in January. Meanwhile, cyclical sectors including Energy and Materials have outperformed. But how challenging have the conditions been for sector allocators? Exhibit 1…
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Explaining Changes to Select Sector Indices
Launched in the late 1990s, the Select Sector® indices measure the performance of S&P 500® sectors; each S&P 500 company is assigned to one of the 11 Select Sector indices, based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) framework. The indices serve as the basis for an ecosystem of financial products, which in turn allow…
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