Sentence examples for defensive sector from inspiring English sources

"They are known as a defensive sector and still offer significant potential".

The defensive sector has been a satisfaction for the club with Nelson Rivas and Matteo Ferrari taking care of business since they formed a pair.

A defensive sector in a bear market is a thing of beauty.

One risk for healthcare investors is to be stuck in a defensive sector if the global economy makes a quick recovery next year.

Carlson is less enthusiastic about another go-to defensive sector: utilities, a sector that investors ran to in 2007, attracted to steady earnings, decent dividends and solid demand.

Food Sector Looks Overvalued 05.17.02 In its zeal to find a defensive sector, Wall Street overlooked the food industry's deteriorating fundamentals.

So all defensive sectors but also well performing sectors," Ms Coffey says.

"Our view so far this year has been to play the more defensive sectors".

The Industrial Select Sector fund, an E.T.F. that invests in "old economy" manufacturers, is another way to track defensive sectors, he said.

But one of the defensive sectors often sought out in a weak economy -- pharmaceutical companies -- also fell.

Meanwhile, defensive sectors like drugs and consumer products, which tend to do better in a slowing economy, traded higher.