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The basic materials sector encompasses companies that manufacture chemicals, building materials, and paper products. This sector is also engaged in commodities exploration and processing. According to ...

The Morningstar US Basic Materials Index vastly underperformed the market by nearly 28 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2024. In agriculture and chemicals, we attribute the underperformance ...

IYM is 1/10 the size of peer XLB, and there are many good reasons for that. Concentrating on the metals and mining industry within the basic materials sector can outperform the broader materials ...

The Basic Materials group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Is Barrick Mining (B) one of those stocks right now? By ...

Two ways to express a view on a stock or a given industry in the financial markets are to buy it (long) or sell it (short). However, investors can gain leverage in these bets to amplify their returns ...

The Morningstar US Basic Materials Index underperformed the broader market during the third quarter of 2023. The index declined 4.6% during the quarter, while the U.S. market index was down 2.3%.