materials

Though they find themselves in the midst of a long-term bear market, there have been clear winners and losers in the precious metals industry over the last several years. For example, since the start of 2016, gold has outperformed both platinum and silver by 30 percentage points and 15 percentage...

  The good news for the multi-billion dollar material handling industry is that investment is expected to soar in 2019 after four relatively tame years. The not-so-good news is that the industry lacks the qualified people to manage all the sophisticated things coming into the market....

It may not be as large as the bond market or as ubiquitous as real estate, but the stock market is definitely the most talked about of the financial markets. And while this has pretty much always been the case, the rise of index investing and robo-advisors in the last decade or so has certainly...

The first-quarter reporting season is done and dusted. And the tidings were mostly positive, evident from the strong run up in the major averages since the commencement of the first quarter reporting season, which is generally early-to-mid April. Market Warms To Reporting Season Since April 10,...

The Trump rally has benefited certain sectors more than others. One of the strongest sectors that benefited is materials and metals stocks. CNBC's Dominic Chu explained that it's widely believed materials and metals stocks will benefit from President-elect Donald Trump's...

In what has been a banner year for the materials sector, plenty of the corresponding exchange-traded funds are delivering memorable performances. Somewhere between the solid showings offered by traditional materials ETFs and the spectacular returns offered by niche funds lies the SPDR Index Shares...

Underscoring this year's renaissance in cyclical sectors, the Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLB) is up more than 15 percent, a showing that is good for third among the sector SPDR exchange-traded funds. The two SPDRs outpacing XLB this year are cyclical funds, those tracking the energy...

The Market Vectors Agribusiness (ETF) (NYSE: MOO) has lagged the S&P 500 over the past several years, but with the materials sector and agriculture commodities prices rebounding this year, 2016 could turn out to be one of MOO's better annual performance's in recent memory. The Index,...

A simplistic view would be to say the Utilities SPDR ETF (NYSE: XLU) and the Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLE) are impressing this year. So is the Materials Select Sector SDPR (NYSE: XLB). Beyond that, there is not a lot to brag about among the major sector exchange-traded funds. The...

Betting on rebounds in natural resources stocks might appear like a bold move right now, especially when considering the energy and materials sectors are two of the worst performing groups in the S&P 500 this year. Those sectors have also been home to plenty of dividend cuts, along with being...

Analysts at Bank of America released a list on Friday detailing their top 10 favorite stocks across 10 sectors for 2015. The full list includes: Consumer Discretionary: General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) due to its healthy yield with a potential to grow dividends. Consumer Staples: Wal-...

The chemicals sector has been consolidating of late, and M&A can mean a premium for shareholders. In September Germany-based Merck KGaA announced its purchase of Sigma-Aldrich Castello Di Borghese (NASDAQ: SIAL) for $17 billion in cash, a 37 percent premium to SIAL’s closing price pre...