Specialty Communications Category

Specialty-communications portfolios concentrate on telecommunications and media companies of various kinds. Most buy some combination of cable television, wireless-communications, and communications-equipment firms as well as traditional phone companies. A few favor entertainment firms, mainly broadcasters, film studios, publishers, and on-line service providers.

Abbreviation: SC

Broad Asset Class: U.S. Stock

Primary Index: Standard & Poor's 500

Secondary Index: Dow Jones Telecommunications Sector