Most countries have a stock-exchange where you can trade the stocks of the various companies. If you are starting the investment game, the stock market just looks like a raw list of data (The list below represents the IBEX 35 which is the stock index of the Stock-Exchange of Madrid (source: www.bolsamadrid.es/esp/mercados/acciones):
ABERTIS SE.A
ACCIONA ACERINOX
ACS ALTADIS
ANTENA 3 TV.
ARCELOR
BA.POPULAR
BA.SABADELL
BANKINTER
BBVA
BSCH
CINTRA
ENAGAS
ENDESA
FCC
FERROVIAL
GAMESA
GAS NATURAL
IBERDROLA
IBERIA
INDITEX
INDRA A
METROVACESA
NH HOTELES
PRISA
R.E.E.
REPSOL YPF
SACYR VALLE.
SOGECABLE
TELECINCO
TELEFONICA
TELF.MOVILES
TPI
UNION FENOSA
If you take a closer look by adding some company information for each stock you could present the same list but sorted in a different way using (sector) categories. Which could look like the list below:
Companies in the area of infrastructure and communication:
- ABERTIS SE.A
- CINTRA
- TELEFONICA
- TELF.MOVILES
Construction and real estate sector:
- FCC
- FERROVIAL
- METROVACESA
- SACYR VALLE.
Companies in the area of commodities (Steel)
- ACCIONA ACERINOX
- ARCELOR
Tobacco industry:
- ACS ALTADIS
Entertainment, broadcasting (information distribution):
- ANTENA 3 TV.
- PRISA (amongst others the newspaper El Pais)
- SOGECABLE
- TELECINCO
- TPI
Financial services
- BA.POPULAR
- BA.SABADELL
- BANKINTER
- BBVA
- BSCH
Energy sector:
- ENAGAS
- ENDESA
- GAS NATURAL
- IBERDROLA
- R.E.E.
- REPSOL YPF
- UNION FENOSA
Transport and distribution:
- IBERIA
- INDITEX (Fashion, Textile)
(Industrial) Production:
- GAMESA (Wind Turbines)
- INDRA A (Software Development)
Business services – Hotel sector:
- NH HOTELES
Now that you have this list you can start the investment process; what sector(s) do I choose, and what stock would be the best for each sector...
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