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What are Sector-Based Exchange Traded Funds?



These are Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) that have as their underlying tracking instrument an index or other financial product focused on a single market sector. These may be made up of stocks with the same or similar Standard Industrial Codes (SIC). Because they are composed of stocks within the same market segment, they may be more volatile than broad-based ETFs that usually span multiple market sectors.

Why Investors Care


Investors choose sector-based ETFs when they believe a particular sector or industry is going to perform better over a period of time that some others. This gives them a way to participate in that sector growth without having to choose the individual stocks that may be the winners. As with other ETFs, the overall investment can be much smaller than required to purchase all of the stocks separately, yet achieve the same result.

Sector-Based Exchange Traded Funds


NameSymbolLast SaleNet Change%Price Change Share Volume
PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio

PMNA

$11.17 .32 2.95% 7,770
First Trust Amex Biotechnology Index Fund

FBT

$41.67 1 2.46% 114,472
iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index Fund

IBB

$121.66 2.78 2.34% 454,189
Merrill Lynch Biotech HOLDRS

BBH

$132.20 2.83 2.19% 9,981
First Trust ISE Water Index Fund

FIW

$23.47 .439 1.91% 15,454
PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio

PNQI

$39.25 .70 1.82% 3,436
United States Oil Fund LP

USO

$38.69 .67 1.76% 14,359,197
iShares S&P Global Timber &Forestry Index Fund

WOOD

$40.68 .68 1.7% 4,649
First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index(sm) Fund

FDM

$22.25 .35 1.6% 3,554
First Trust ISE Chindia Index Fund

FNI

$22.31 .343 1.56% 17,182
iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund

IYT

$95.06 1.30 1.39% 558,490
First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund

FCG

$18.29 .25 1.39% 535,081
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund

ICF

$75.68 .99 1.33% 343,644
Vanguard Industrials ETF

VIS

$69.17 .84 1.23% 98,547
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Industrial

XLI

$37.42 .45 1.22% 16,382,059
streetTRACKS Wilshire REIT Index Fund

RWR

$69.68 .83 1.21% 105,441
Vanguard Financials ETF

VFH

$30.99 .353 1.15% 118,443
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund

FRI

$16.75 .19 1.15% 185,956
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund

IYR

$61.44 .69 1.14% 4,330,387
WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund

GULF

$14.82 .17 -1.13% 4,500
Merrill Lynch Regional Bank HOLDRS

RKH

$82.77 .92 1.12% 1,747
iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund

IXC

$40.70 .45 1.12% 79,727
iShares FTSE China (HK Listed) Index Fund

FCHI

$47.16 .51 1.09% 12,545
iShares S&P Global Financial Index Fund

IXG

$40.88 .43 1.06% 16,355
First Trust Value Line 100 Exchange-Traded Fund

FVL

$13.71 .14 1.03% 21,866
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Indexsm Fund

FDN

$35.60 .36 1.02% 73,311
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index Fund

IYJ

$70.56 .71 1.02% 40,755
Vanguard REIT ETF

VNQ

$62.66 .63 1.02% 1,817,087
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund

IXJ

$58.08 .58 1.01% 17,383
Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF

VOX

$64.12 .60 0.94% 31,921
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund

QQXT

$23.40 .218 0.94% 24,887
Merrill Lynch Pharmaceutical HOLDRS

PPH

$73.70 .68 0.93% 138,559
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Financial

XLF

$14.70 .135 0.93% 46,336,425
iShares FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-North America Index Fund

IFSM

$34.91 .32 0.93% 3,659
iShares Goldman Sachs Software Index Fund

IGV

$62.33 .57 0.92% 83,464
iShares Trust Morningstar L V I

JKF

$61.41 .542 0.89% 55,327
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil and Gas Fund

IYE

$42.23 .37 0.88% 89,863
Vanguard Energy ETF

VDE

$107.07 .92 0.87% 108,847
iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Index Fund

IXP

$55.91 .48 0.87% 37,687
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index Fund

IYF

$54.93 .47 0.86% 320,212
Vanguard Health Care ETF

VHT

$64.63 .544 0.85% 83,763
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index Fund

IYG

$52.09 .43 0.83% 34,806
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index Fund

IYH

$75.18 .60 0.8% 29,700
First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund

FDV

$24.83 .198 0.8% 1,114
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Discretionary

XLY

$42.65 .34 0.8% 4,816,802
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector

XLE

$73.62 .58 0.79% 9,738,721
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index Fund

IFEU

$27.24 .212 0.79% 2,385
First Trust Value Line Equity Allocation Index(sm)Fund

FVI

$19.29 .15 0.78% 900
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

VCR

$68.30 .53 0.78% 58,633
iShares S&P Global Technology Index Fund

IXN

$65.34 .49 0.76% 36,970
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Health Care

XLV

$36.08 .27 0.75% 5,462,074
Vanguard Information Technology ETF

VGT

$69.39 .48 0.7% 226,603
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index Fund

IYK

$71.08 .48 0.68% 21,105
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate ex-U.S. Index Fund

IFGL

$28.31 .19 0.68% 6,779
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia Index Fund

IFAS

$27.66 .18 -0.65% 1,304
Merrill Lynch Market Oil Service HOLDRS

OIH

$129.81 .83 0.64% 1,319,525
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Technology

XLK

$28.21 .18 0.64% 8,338,701
iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund

ICLN

$10.04 .064 -0.63% 12,690
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index Fund

IYW

$72.43 .43 0.6% 121,339
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Index Fund

IYZ

$22.12 .13 0.59% 514,886
iShares Goldman Sachs Technology Index Fund

IGM

$66.65 .39 0.59% 15,076
Vanguard Materials ETF

VAW

$82.43 .41 0.5% 69,134
iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources Index Fund

IGE

$40.96 .20 0.49% 146,399
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Index Fund

IYC

$76.85 .34 0.44% 134,160
iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund

GSG

$34.41 .15 0.44% 137,691
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index Fund

QCLN

$11.46 .05 -0.43% 7,301
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples

XLP

$32.75 .14 0.43% 5,380,238
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

FVD

$16.60 .07 0.42% 233,171
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index

IYM

$72.10 .29 0.4% 194,451
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

VDC

$82.39 .324 0.39% 130,077
Merrill Lynch Retail HOLDRS

RTH

$118.94 .44 0.37% 131,997
Merrill Lynch Semiconductor HOLDRS

SMH

$34.29 .12 0.35% 2,294,599
iShares Goldman Sachs Network Index Fund

IGN

$30.80 .10 0.33% 49,111
iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor Index Fund

SOXX

$57.24 .17 0.3% 52,695
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

FDL

$17.37 .05 0.29% 350,504
First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund

QTEC

$27.51 .075 0.27% 55,711
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Basic Industries

XLB

$37.15 .10 0.27% 6,416,820
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

DBC

$28.52 .07 0.25% 2,124,653
iShares COMEX Gold Trust

IAU

$16.81 .04 0.24% 2,955,560
streetTRACKS Morgan Stanley Technology Index Fund

MTK

$67.28 .16 0.24% 22,377
iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund

TIP

$118.69 .24 0.2% 601,059
iShares S&P Global Nuclear Index Fund

NUCL

$34.24 .05 0.15% 264
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Utilities

XLU

$34.76 .04 -0.11% 6,707,116
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index Fund

IFNA

$45.74 .052 0.11% 3,601
Vanguard Utilities ETF

VPU

$74.43 .07 -0.09% 58,630
PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio

PWND

$7.46 .004 0.05% 4,386
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index Fund

IDU

$85.71 .02 -0.02% 28,552
First Trust IPOX-100 Index Fund

FPX

$27.19 .002 -0.01% 16,074
As of 2/13/2012 Market Closed