Reading Recent Picks Contacts Home Sector Stocks Continued . They are represented by a single stock symbol. Among those advantages is the fact that sector stocks provide a way to invest in the overall market and specific sectors to get performance that always matches the returns of the overall market or individual sectors as a whole. Examples of index and sector stocks. This was the first index stock and was created by the American Stock Exchange in January 1993.
Depositary ReceiptS represent the common stock of companies from a specific industry segment.
FFX - Fortune 500 index represents the companies in the Fortune 500. Fortune e-50 index represents the top 50 Internet economy companies. Well, sector stocks are a lot like mutual funds, in that they both bundle stocks together, but the similarities stop there. Powerful Methods Reap powerful rewards . . . Trading Tips Follow the pros . . .