how to invest in the industrial goods sector
the msci usa industrials index is the common benchmark for the industry the index returned 10 11 on a 10 year basis and 10 93 over five years as of april 30 2024 the index is made up of 96 constituents with a median market capitalization of 29 95 billion 4investors can invest in individual industrial goods stocks or look to mutual funds and exchange traded funds etfs fund offerings cover the entire industrial goods sector and some cover subsectors of the industry as well such as aerospace the industrial select sector spdr fund and vanguard industrials etf are two of the largest funds tracking the sector 