Figure 12. Statistics of the validated networks of securities, disaggregated by BICS category: fraction of validated securities (upper left panel), total number of securities in the original bipartite network (upper right panel), average internal degree (lower left panel) and internal links (lower right panel) in the validated network.

The latter two quantities are obtained by considering only validated links connecting securities of the same category. Security categories that are more internally connected are Financials (which includes the following level 2 sectors: Banking, Commercial Finance, Consumer Finance, Financial Services, Life Insurance, Property & Casualty, Real Estate) and Consumer Discretionary (which includes: Airlines, Apparal & Textile Products, Automotive, Casinos & Gaming, Consumer Services, Distributors, Educational Services, Entertainment Resources, Home & Office Products, Home Builders, Home Improvements, Leisure Products, Restaurants, Travel & Lodging).