Key Stocks in the Basic Materials Sector

Five big industries with five stocks each

The basic materials sector was the ninth biggest sector in the stock market at the end of 2021. It’s small enough that not even a single underlying industry within the sector is over a trillion in market cap:

For the top industry, I think the funniest thing about this is that for a second I thought the top stock Linde was the chocolate company Lindt. I guess that’s specialty chocolates and not specialty chemicals though:

One tough part about being in some of these industries is that a lot of these names have pretty negative profiles when it comes to sustainability reputations:

Next you have gold mining, which could probably 10x in market cap if these companies mined Bitcoin instead (sigh…):

Next you have the really really bad reputations with chemical companies:

And then classic steel production:

So, there you have 25 new stocks to potentially consider if you are looking for some exposure to this sector!

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