What Are the Four Broad Stock Sectors? What Is Sector

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Essay

What are the four broad stock sectors? What is sector rotation? Explain what changes in the business cycle would prompt one to rotate from one sector to another.

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Definitions:

Perfect Competition

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, homogeneous products, and free entry and exit, leading to an efficient allocation of resources.

Monopoly

A market structure characterized by a single seller controlling a large portion of the market, facing little to no competition.

U.S. Beer Industry

The sector within the United States that involves the production, distribution, and sale of beer.

Oligopoly

A market structure characterized by a small number of firms whose actions are interdependent, leading to potential collaborative behavior and reduced competition.