The Morningstar US Basic Materials Index underperformed the broader market during the fourth quarter of 2023. The index was up 10.4% during the quarter, but that rally was 110 basis points below the ...
Designed to provide broad exposure to the Materials - Broad segment of the equity market, the iShares U.S. Basic Materials ...
In this article, we will discuss: 10 Best Basic Materials Stocks To Buy Now. The specialty chemicals industry holds the highest market weight (41.75%) among the several industries that make up the ...
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 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 ...