Despite continued (should I say permanent?) European woes, investors around the world are anticipating the seasonal “Santa Rally” in markets which will hopefully carry us higher into the end of the ...

The basic materials sector encompasses companies that manufacture chemicals, building materials, and paper products. This sector is also engaged in commodities exploration and processing. According to ...

The Basic Materials group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Has Barrick Mining (B) been one of those stocks this year ...

The Basic Materials group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Lynas Rare Earths Limited - Sponsored ADR (LYSDY) is a ...

The Morningstar US Basic Materials Index vastly underperformed the market by nearly 28 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2024. In agriculture and chemicals, we attribute the underperformance ...

The Basic Materials group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Carpenter Technology (CRS) is a stock that can certainly ...

Investors interested in Basic Materials stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Has Blachem (BCPC) been one of those stocks this year? A quick glance at the ...

IYM is 1/10 the size of peer XLB, and there are many good reasons for that. Concentrating on the metals and mining industry within the basic materials sector can outperform the broader materials ...

The Morningstar US Basic Materials Index underperformed the broader market during the fourth quarter of 2023. The index was up 10.4% during the quarter, but that rally was 110 basis points below the ...