Sectornomics: Industrials

  • GE lab demo

    The industrial Internet is using software to help streamline the lives of businesses. GE is one of the major firms looking to benefit.

  • Apple Carplay

    Apple building a car may seem nuts. Or is it inevitable? Here are the 10 best reasons for and against the tech giant's move into autos.

  • Composite Horizons, provider of advanced aerospace composites

    The industrial sector may be full of slow growers, but it's added more dividend-paying companies over the past decade than any other sector.

  • With GE leading the way, the Internet of Things has experts giddy about what it could do not only for the global economy but for industrial stocks.

  • As the U.S. economy picks up momentum, so are industrial stocks. The recent dip in the market makes this an opportunity for savvy investors.

  • Airline stocks, typically considered terrible investments, have taken off, and analysts say there is still lift in the sector for investors.

Sectornomics

  • The big bright spot in the materials sector

    Metals and mining companies have taken a beating in 2015 but building-related names and chemicals producers have had a great year. What's driving these stocks higher? Will it continue in 2016?

  • Materials and China

    Materials tend to be closely correlated with China, the top consumer for many commodities and chemicals. We crunched the numbers with Kensho to see how materials perform when there are signs of weakness in the world’s second largest economy.

  • Materials in the new year

    History shows that this sector tends to rally in the fourth quarter - and indeed materials have gained 10% this time as well. But how do these stocks fare once a new calendar year starts?

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