“The basic materials sector may not be sexy, but it is poised to outperform in 2017,” states the author of today’s article, who notes that this sector tends to outperform the market in the latter portion of an economic cycle. To find out what additional factors suggest that the materials sector’s outperformance in 2016 was just the beginning, as well as for some specific exchange-traded funds and stocks to consider for exposure to the sector – including an ETF which invests in every basic materials company in the S&P 500 and the two largest producers of construction materials in the U.S. – CLICK HERE.