As of June 2020, the information technology sector increased its weight to 27.5 percent within the global economy and was the riskiest sector for financial investors according Standard & Poor's index sector weightings.
Within the I.T. sector index are companies like Apple Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook.
Breakdown of the Standard & Poor's 500 index sector weightings from 2016 to June 2020
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Real estate
Utilities
Materials
Information technology
Industrials
Health care
Financials
Energy
Consumer staples
Consumer discretionary
Communications
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The S&P 500 Index measures the stock performance of 500 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. According to the S&P 500 index sector weightings is the greatest risk the market cap weighted structure. The higher the market share of a industry is, the higher the risk of losses, if the markets turn. Currently largest companies are within the I.T. sector.
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Forbes. (August 28, 2020). Breakdown of the Standard & Poor's 500 index sector weightings from 2016 to June 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189428/worldwide-standard-and-poors-500-index-sector-weighting/
Forbes. "Breakdown of the Standard & Poor's 500 index sector weightings from 2016 to June 2020." Chart. August 28, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189428/worldwide-standard-and-poors-500-index-sector-weighting/
Forbes. (2020). Breakdown of the Standard & Poor's 500 index sector weightings from 2016 to June 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189428/worldwide-standard-and-poors-500-index-sector-weighting/
Forbes. "Breakdown of The Standard & Poor's 500 Index Sector Weightings from 2016 to June 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189428/worldwide-standard-and-poors-500-index-sector-weighting/
Forbes, Breakdown of the Standard & Poor's 500 index sector weightings from 2016 to June 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189428/worldwide-standard-and-poors-500-index-sector-weighting/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Breakdown of the Standard & Poor's 500 index sector weightings from 2016 to June 2020 [Graph], Forbes, August 28, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1189428/worldwide-standard-and-poors-500-index-sector-weighting/
