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Stock Market Sectors: 11 Official GICS Groups

Savings Corner

There are 11 different stock market sectors, according to the most commonly used classification system, known as the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). Materials sector The materials sector includes companies that provide various goods for use in manufacturing and other applications. The largest U.S. Materials 2.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. When they got married, they bought a duplex so that the rent money from the tenant in the upstairs apartment would pay the mortgage. I love to read (Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Linda Castillo, Paul Doiron and C.J.

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The Top Three Ways People Get Rich

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you have the talent and stomach for investing using other people’s money, you might make billions. He started investing with other people’s money way back in 1956 using funds only from friends and family. In my opinion, he destroyed the airline single handedly for personal profit.