The Morningstar US Basic Materials Index significantly outperformed the broader market during the third quarter. In chemicals, we attribute the rise to normalizing demand following inventory ...

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 ...

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As part of my due diligence for securities that I am interested in, I follow the macro events that dictate which investments may perform better at various times throughout the economic cycle. While I ...

The latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0901 ET – Gold futures are down 0.2% following the release of the July ...

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 ...

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 latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 1155 ET – Algoma Steel faces challenges from an uncertain trade ...

The latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 1027 ET – Endeavour Silver’s sale of its Bolanitos mine in Mexico ...