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GICS Core

GICS Core is the top-level perspective within the Sector Intelligence of the G11 General Industry Compass System. This level is deliberately set at a distance and provides an overarching view of the central structures of the global economy.

The focus of GICS Core as the TIER 1 level of the G11 General Industry Compass System is on broadly defined economic sectors as stable organizational units. Instead of detailed subdivisions, the focus is on classifying economic activities into a few, sustainable categories that serve as a long-term frame of reference. The helicopter perspective of GICS Core opens up space for fundamental questions: How do weights shift between sectors? Which structures characterize entire sectors across economic cycles? And which sectoral dependencies only become visible from a distance?

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The focus of GICS Core as the TIER 1 level of the G11 General Industry Compass System is on broadly defined economic sectors as stable classification units. Instead of detailed subdivisions, the aim is to classify economic activities into a few viable categories that serve as a long-term frame of reference.

The helicopter perspective of GICS Core opens up space for fundamental questions:

How do weights shift between sectors?
What structures shape entire industries across economic cycles?
And which sectoral dependencies only become visible from a distance?

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GICS Alpha is located within GICS Eleven as a Tier 2 module ("Trending") and deliberately does not pursue a sectoral focus. Instead, the project bundles a cross-sector view of exceptional market performance - where above-average development, structural strength and statistical conspicuousness are concentrated. The focus is on companies that are characterized by outstanding alpha characteristics: as tenbaggers with exceptional performance, through high weighted alpha values as an expression of relative strength or through a clearly pronounced momentum trend that is confirmed over time. In addition, stocks are included that have been identified by a sector-independent AI stockpicker logic and are therefore not the result of traditional expectations but of data-driven pattern recognition. GICS Alpha is therefore not a ranking list of individual winners, but a curated signal space: an interface between quantitative selection and editorial classification. The combination of strong price dynamics and contextualized company news makes the module a preferred target for editors, analysts and theme-driven research formats looking for resilient upside narratives beyond rigid sector boundaries. In the GICS Eleven structure, GICS Alpha acts as a market movement indicator: it does not show where a company is located, but why it currently deserves attention - regardless of whether the strength comes from technology, industry, consumer or another sector.

GICS Alpha bundles developments relating to listed companies that are characterized by above-average market performance, special attention or a prominent position in the respective market environment. The focus is not on early market phases, but on winners that have become visible and where the business model, demand and capital market interest are already having a measurable impact. In terms of content, the topic area includes stocks with pronounced relative strength, sustained price momentum, increased trading activity or a recurring presence in market and company news. Both fundamental drivers such as sales or earnings trends and market-driven factors such as momentum, capital inflows or strategic realignments are taken into account. GICS Alpha focuses on market stability and visibility. Companies for which expectations have already materialized and which stand out from their peer groups in the current market environment become visible. Topics such as scaling, market leadership, operational implementation or the continuation of existing trends characterize the dynamics of the area. The topic area is deliberately designed to be cross-sectoral. Regardless of the sector, alpha is created where performance, attention and capital come together. Relevant impulses result from the ongoing revaluation by the market - often accompanied by high news frequency, analyst interest and increased market liquidity. Target and interest groups generally correspond to those of the higher-level CORE sectors - with a clear focus on market-leading companies, confirmed trends and established winning profiles.

Typical users of GICS Alpha focus on visible winners and confirmed market strength. They look for companies where performance is no longer speculative but measurable. Relevance arises where momentum, foundation and attention are bundled.

GICS Alpha is aimed at players who want to be present where market attention is already concentrated. It is aimed at advertisers, agencies, issuers, platforms, financial and information services whose topics, products or content should have an impact in an environment of maximum visibility, comparability and market resonance. For agencies, PR and communication service providers, GICS Alpha is the strongest environment within GICS Eleven. The consistent focus on market-leading, particularly dynamic or high-profile companies creates a natural concentration of reach. Here, communication meets an audience that actively follows, discusses and processes what has already established itself on the market or is in the process of doing so. In GICS Alpha, companies, platforms and financial service providers find a space in which visibility does not have to be created, but already exists. Whether products, services, research, trading solutions, structured products, hedging strategies or short-selling infrastructures - they are addressed where attention, liquidity and information density are at their highest. In addition, GICS Alpha is a central point of contact for industry information services, leading media, stock market letters, market analysts and trade fair and conference organizers who thrive on coverage and topicality. Content, events and studies reach an audience that not only observes market developments, but also actively uses, evaluates and multiplies them.

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GICS Core acts as a strategic thinking space within the General Industry Compass system. The perspective provides orientation without simplifying and creates a common basis on which further perspectives - such as Trending or Microsectors - can be built upon in a targeted manner.

GICS Core is deliberately designed as an introductory and reference level.
The perspective is aimed at users who initially want to get their bearings, grasp interrelationships and understand sectoral structures in a broader economic context without committing to detailed analyses at an early stage.

As an organizing framework, GICS Core is particularly suitable:

as a conceptual haven of peace within the GICS family,
as a common reference level for cross-references to in-depth content,
as well as a conceptual starting point for further perspectives such as GICS Trending or GICS Microsectors.

The level thus serves less for operational analysis and more for strategic classification - it creates an overview, promotes systemic thinking and lays the foundation for in-depth discussion along downstream perspectives.

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