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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
Merrill Lynch Pharmaceutical HOLDRS $64.99 1.089 0.70% 949,900
iShares COMEX Gold Trust $112.96 .516 0.58% 317,509
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index Fund $30.94 1.089 0.3332% 1,611
Merrill Lynch Utilities HOLDRS $92.65 .314 0.29% 4,400
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index Fund $61.73 .456 0.28% 56,275
Vanguard Health Care ETF $53.62 .525 0.28% 51,270
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Health Care $30.39 .696 0.21% 4,254,777
Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF $53.02 .398 0.21% 5,471
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund $50.68 .356 0.18% 268,389
First Trust ISE Chindia Index Fund $20.93 .77 0.16% 31,044
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index Fund $70.18 .214 0.15% 33,227
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Utilities $29.25 .446 0.13% 7,480,696
Vanguard Utilities ETF $61.24 .196 0.12% 126,284
PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio $13.27 .897 0.118% 1,880
iShares FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-North America Index Fund $33.28 .262 0.087% 1,427
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF $67.55 .104 0.07% 38,536
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Index Fund $18.33 .328 0.06% 125,197
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund $13.73 .382 0.0522% 5,290
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples $26.89 .149 0.04% 5,682,772
Merrill Lynch B2B Internet HOLDRS $0.41 2.50 0.01% 3,900
Merrill Lynch Market 2000+ HOLDRS $48.95 unch 0
Merrill Lynch Wireless HOLDRS $45.81 unch 700
iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund $105.66 unch 806,889
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund $13.02 unch 68,756
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia Index Fund $28.97 -.024 0.007% 18,318
iShares Trust Morningstar L V I $54.00 -.019 0.01% 10,877
Vanguard Materials ETF $66.85 -.015 0.01% 220,687
Merrill Lynch Telecom HOLDRS $23.79 -.084 0.02% 11,000
First Trust ISE Water Index Fund $17.86 -.112 0.02% 18,392
Merrill Lynch Broadband HOLDRS $12.10 -.247 0.03% 43,300
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund $24.26 -.124 0.03% 4,630,072
First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index(sm) Fund $16.58 -.241 0.04% 1,783
iShares FTSE China (HK Listed) Index Fund $50.94 -.078 0.04% 6,253
Merrill Lynch Internet Infrastructure HOLDRS $2.33 -1.692 0.0401% 400
First Trust Amex Biotechnology Index Fund $26.32 -.181 0.0476% 10,518
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Industrial $27.46 -.182 0.05% 10,487,596
First Trust Value Line 100 Exchange-Traded Fund $9.79 -.508 0.05% 34,686
First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund $20.09 -.249 0.0501% 3,504
PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio $24.52 -.207 0.0508% 2,908
First Trust IPOX-100 Index Fund $19.21 -.311 0.06% 6,830
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund $17.00 -.355 0.0605% 5,518
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund $10.95 -.725 0.08% 41,680
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index Fund $55.45 -.162 0.09% 22,821
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Financial $14.60 -.613 0.09% 52,981,088
Merrill Lynch Retail HOLDRS $93.94 -.106 0.10% 2,654,500
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Basic Industries $32.44 -.338 0.11% 8,768,647
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Technology $21.69 -.505 0.11% 5,551,281
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Indexsm Fund $23.75 -.461 0.11% 35,912
iShares S&P Global Timber &Forestry Index Fund $36.93 -.297 0.11% 7,360
Merrill Lynch Semiconductor HOLDRS $25.08 -.476 0.12% 10,139,500
iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund $70.81 -.169 0.12% 1,670,489
iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund $21.53 -.568 0.123% 10,315
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index $58.87 -.22 0.13% 1,154,035
Vanguard Financials ETF $29.23 -.477 0.14% 369,316
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Discretionary $28.69 -.52 0.15% 5,446,280
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index Fund $14.19 -1.046 0.15% 76,850
First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund $16.00 -.99 0.16% 541,813
Vanguard Industrials ETF $50.87 -.333 0.17% 54,929
WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund $14.85 -1.132 0.17% 3,742
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Index Fund $53.94 -.333 0.18% 90,568
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index Fund $51.98 -.364 0.19% 61,995
First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund $19.39 -.97 0.19% 66,086
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate ex-U.S. Index Fund $29.76 -.695 0.2082% 28,488
PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio $15.64 -1.449 0.23% 10,789
United States Oil Fund LP $39.42 -.605 0.24% 10,850,127
iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index Fund $77.61 -.321 0.25% 670,902
iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund $31.81 -.78 0.25% 1,386,504
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF $45.10 -.573 0.26% 37,822
iShares Goldman Sachs Technology Index Fund $51.32 -.51 0.263% 78,748
Merrill Lynch Biotech HOLDRS $96.41 -.279 0.27% 190,005
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index Fund $51.85 -.537 0.28% 3,087,686
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index Fund $54.24 -.543 0.296% 296,715
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index Fund $54.55 -.547 0.30% 611,217
Merrill Lynch Internet HOLDRS $56.49 -.528 0.30% 22,100
Merrill Lynch Software HOLDRS $40.74 -.731 0.30% 4,500
Vanguard REIT ETF $41.83 -.712 0.30% 1,782,279
iShares Goldman Sachs Network Index Fund $26.12 -1.173 0.31% 25,681
iShares S&P Global Nuclear Index Fund $40.94 -.752 0.3101% 3,082
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund $49.20 -.646 0.32% 920,982
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil and Gas Fund $33.17 -.956 0.32% 212,247
iShares S&P Global Financial Index Fund $46.82 -.679 0.32% 52,881
iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Index Fund $54.62 -.582 0.32% 16,780
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund $43.05 -.761 0.33% 15,517,607
iShares Goldman Sachs Software Index Fund $44.55 -.735 0.33% 81,896
iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor Index Fund $42.92 -.786 0.34% 102,365
iShares S&P Global Technology Index Fund $53.15 -.652 0.349% 20,335
Merrill Lynch Regional Bank HOLDRS $77.39 -.45 0.35% 516,900
streetTRACKS Wilshire REIT Index Fund $46.05 -.754 0.35% 324,551
Merrill Lynch Internet Architecture HOLDRS $49.45 -.703 0.3501% 3,300
iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources Index Fund $33.80 -1.054 0.36% 760,630
Vanguard Information Technology ETF $51.94 -.688 0.36% 121,008
streetTRACKS Morgan Stanley Technology Index Fund $54.22 -.714 0.39% 8,334
iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund $36.01 -1.071 0.39% 201,525
First Trust Value Line Equity Allocation Index(sm)Fund $16.40 -2.381 0.40% 800
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector $56.60 -.928 0.53% 16,900,732
Vanguard Energy ETF $83.04 -1.108 0.93% 496,771
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index Fund $30.51 -3.22 1.015% 715
Merrill Lynch Market Oil Service HOLDRS $117.10 -2.254 2.70% 6,848,056
As of 11/20/2009 Market Closed