Sector Analysis

Building a stock portfolio involves more than just picking a bunch of random stocks of companies that you might like. It involves analyzing industries or "sectors." These are simply companies which are involved in the same type of business. The major sectors include the following 9 sectors:

1. Technology (XLK)

2. Industrials (XLI)

3. Consumer Discretionary (XLY)

4. Materials (XLB)

5. Energy (XLE)

6. Consumer Staples (XLP)

7. Health Care (XLV)

8. Utilities (XLU)

9. Financial (XLF)

Now you need to do a little research on each sector. You'll want to make sure that you don't own an more than one stock in each sector. So you'll want to own the most profitable sectors and the best company in the best sector.

Read about the Five Competitive Forces that affect each industry.

Research the following six sectors using the following resources:

Oil and Gas
Retail
Healthcare/ Biotech
Technology / Internet 
Industrials
Entertainment


Assignment:

Write an analysis of each industry using the five competitive forces model.

Work with one other classmate to research and write this paper. You must write 2-3 sentences summarizing all five points of the sector. Submit an industry analysis by creating an analysis paper in your Portfolio Project folder. Name your file by the Industry Title, and the last names of you and your classmate. Turn in by the end of class.