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Communication Services across regions

Telco, media, internet/social platforms. Region-mix matters: US-heavy in mega-cap internet, EU/EM in legacy telco.

Snapshot Aug 23, 2026 · 4 regions × 11 sectors · refreshed daily.

Global region-weighted

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Top region for this sector

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Bottom region for this sector

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Communication Services across 4 regions

Same sector, four geographies, four windows. Source ETF per region noted.

Region	5d	1m	3m	YTD	Source

Cross-region spreads — Communication Services only

All six region-pair spreads on the selected window for this sector. Strongest absolute spread first.

Diary view, not advice. Methodology in methodology.md. Back to the global heatmap.

Communication Services across the four regions

Telco, media, internet/social platforms. Region-mix matters: US-heavy in mega-cap internet, EU/EM in legacy telco. The same sector rarely behaves the same way twice across regions — the spread between the best and worst region is the tradable information, and the table below is the current state of that spread.

Communication Services — region returns · snapshot 2026-08-23 · refreshed daily
Region	5d	1m	3m	YTD	Vehicle	Confidence
Asia-Pac DM	-2.8%	+8.0%	+9.2%	+20.1%	1626.TSE (approx.)	high
Europe	-1.3%	+3.3%	-11.7%	+3.5%	EXV2.XETRA	high
Emerging Markets	+1.4%	+4.0%	+0.6%	+2.5%	EM:CN+TW+IN+KR+BR+SA+MX+ZA+ID+TH+MY+OTHER (approx.)	medium
US	-1.4%	+5.7%	-3.8%	-4.1%	XLC	high

Rows sorted by YTD. The vehicle column names the tracker each cell is measured from — common vehicles for this exposure, listed for education, not recommendation. Cells flagged "approx." are built from the country-weighted approximation described in the methodology. closelook.net is an investment research diary.

FAQ · from the current data

Communication Services — data Q&A

Which regions lead and lag Communication Services over one month?

As of 2026-08-23: leading — Asia-Pac DM +8.0%, US +5.7%, Emerging Markets +4.0%; lagging — Europe +3.3%, Emerging Markets +4.0%, US +5.7%.

Which regions lead Communication Services year-to-date?

As of 2026-08-23, year-to-date: Asia-Pac DM +20.1%, Europe +3.5%, Emerging Markets +2.5%; at the bottom: US -4.1%, Emerging Markets +2.5%, Europe +3.5%.

How is the Communication Services cross-region read built?

Telco, media, internet/social platforms. Region-mix matters: US-heavy in mega-cap internet, EU/EM in legacy telco. Returns are close-to-close on the vehicle series; aggregates drop a missing member and renormalise rather than impute. Part of the Closelook Sector Engine — 11 sectors × 4 regions, refreshed daily after each regional market close.

Is this investment advice?

No. The Sector Engine is a data surface in an investment research diary. It describes where sector and regional returns have been over the stated windows; vehicle names are mentioned for orientation, never as recommendations.