Re-Configuring the S&P Sectors
Friday, May 29th, 2020 Categories: Equities, Harlyn's Process, Risk-Adjusted Returns, Sector Strategy, United States
Time to Start Thinking About It
Well-designed sectors make portfolio management easier, but that means that the definitions need to be reviewed and refreshed on a regular basis. We believe we have arrived at that moment in the US. We propose splitting the Tech sector into two, combining Materials with Industrials and Energy with Utilities. We find that it is easier to generate systematic outperformance using the new definitions.