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Industry Investigations GICS® stands for Global Industry Classification System. It is a hierarchical system developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and Standard & Poor's (S&P) to classifiy all of the for-profit industries that make up commerce . Business analysts and investors classify companies by industry in order to compare and evaluate financial performance and business trends. GICS is global. It applies to industries all over the world. It can be useful for investigating career paths. 1. What is a sector ? Explain it in your own words. _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Sectors are segments of the economy. How many sectors does the GICS classification contain? ___ 3. List the GICS sectors : _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Consumer Discretionaries is an important sector. What industry groups fall within the Consumer Discretionary sector? Based on the industry groups within that sector, what do you think Consumer Discretionary means? _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Consumer Services is an Industry Group within the Consumer Discretionary sector. What industries fall within the Consumer Services Industry Group ? _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. You are a business analyst comparing the economic performance of various airlines. Under what sector , industry group and industry would you find airlines? _ ______________________________________________________________________________ A segment of the economy in which businesses share the same or related product or service . Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Energy, Financials, Health Care , Industrials, Information Technology, Materials, Telecommunication Services, Utilities Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure , Diversified Consumer Services (S) Industrials → (IG) Transportation → (I) Airlines 10 Automobiles and Components, Apparel , Consumer Services, Media and Retailing; Answer should indicate that the companies within the Consumer Discretionary sector provide goods or services that are not essential for living such as entertainment, and retail as opposed to food. PRODUCT PREVIEW
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