- S&P 500 will reclassify the sectors of some significant shares in 2023.
- Payment processing companies currently classified as tech firms would join the financial industry.
- Other tech names providing outsourcing or human resources support would come under industrial stocks.
- The dominance of tech stocks in the S&P 500 would likely shrink following the changes, Bloomberg reports.
- The tech sector represented 28% of the S&P 500, more than the weighting of the healthcare and consumer-discretionary sectors' weighting.
- Now Visa Inc V, PayPal Holdings Inc PYPL, and Mastercard Inc MA would shift from tech to the financial sector marking a significant impact on the sector ETFs that have hefty exposure to these companies an expert suggested.
- Photo by sergeitokmakov via Pixabay
FXLFirst Trust Technology AlphaDEX
$114.00-15.1%
Edge Rankings
Momentum
53.18
Price Trend
Short
Medium
Long
IYWiShares U.S. Technology ETF
--%
MAMastercard Inc
$533.48-0.37%
PYPLPayPal Holdings Inc
$65.491.11%
SPYSPDR S&P 500
$551.230.83%
VVisa Inc
$335.15-0.17%
VGTVanguard Information Tech ETF
$547.981.78%
XLCThe Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund
$94.360.63%
XLKSPDR Select Sector Fund - Technology
$209.001.74%
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