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Stock Market Sectors: 11 Official GICS Groups

Savings Corner

Image source: The Motley Fool Investing in stock sectors At a glance, the 11 GICS stock market sectors are: Energy Materials Industrials Utilities Healthcare Financials Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Information Technology Communication Services Real Estate 1. Consumer discretionary 7. Consumer staples 8.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

When they got married, they bought a duplex so that the rent money from the tenant in the upstairs apartment would pay the mortgage. These days, our kids are always quick to tell me whenever they score a deal, and they’ve both grown up to be good and frugal consumers. My mom cut coupons and sewed her own clothes and mine, as well.

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The Top Three Ways People Get Rich

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In my opinion, he destroyed the airline single handedly for personal profit. That Forbes article mentioned above put it nicely, saying: “And therein is perhaps the best bet for becoming a billionaire: inventing, designing, creating something that will have broad appeal to consumers”.