This week the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) expanded the Telecom Services sector to include Consumer Discretionary and Information Technology components, with it being renamed the Communications Services sector next Friday, September 28th.
In this post I want to highlight the major changes to the sector classifications, chart the new sector (using the back-filled IXCPR Index), and then finish up with some of the components that are the most actionable. State Street, which runs the popular Sector SPDR ETFs, has created a comprehensive document on these changes that I’d encourage you to read in full to understand all the nuances surrounding these changes.