industrials

Manufacturing sector equities

Industrials refers to stocks, companies, or sectors involved in manufacturing, construction, machinery, and related heavy industries.

The term is common in financial contexts: Industrials led the market rally today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks major industrial companies, though it now includes firms from other sectors as well.

manufacturing

factory

Industrial production facility

automation · robotics · CNC · fabrication · machining · foundry · forge · conveyor · stamping · welding

sector

stocks

Ownership stakes or inventory

  • equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
  • ETFsExchange-listed investment baskets
  • dividendsProfits paid to shareholders

portfolio · commodities · market · NASDAQ · index · holdings · allocation · benchmark · weighting · capitalization

infrastructure

bridges

Structures spanning obstacles

  • roadsPaved paths for vehicles
  • railwaysFixed-track transport systems
  • airportsFacilities for aircraft arrival

ports · highways · tunnels · utilities · sewers · telecommunications · engineering · sanitation · construction · maintenance

labor

machinist

Metal parts fabricator

technician · operator · foreman · apprentice · union · safety · PPE · workforce · overtime · fabricator

Categories
Opposites
economic sector classification

industrialstechnology

Applied scientific methods

tech sector · information technology · financials · banking sector · healthcare

tangibility of output

industrialsservices

Acts performed for others

financial services · digital economy · knowledge economy · service sector · intangibles

economic era/paradigm

industrialsservice economy

System based on intangible work

knowledge economy · digital economy · information age · agrarians · tech sector

Phrases
Family

industrial, industrialist, industrialized, industrialization, industrialize, industrially, industrializing, industrializes, industrialism

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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