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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 Biotech HOLDRS $95.75 1.538 1.45% 188,282
Merrill Lynch Internet HOLDRS $55.81 2.179 1.19% 31,000
Merrill Lynch Retail HOLDRS $92.58 1.225 1.12% 1,934,650
iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index Fund $77.45 1.176 0.90% 577,912
iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund $68.90 1.13 0.77% 551,851
iShares COMEX Gold Trust $107.54 .495 0.53% 228,897
Vanguard Industrials ETF $49.96 1.011 0.50% 417,163
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Index Fund $52.75 .899 0.47% 59,661
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index Fund $50.96 .871 0.44% 114,732
Merrill Lynch Internet Architecture HOLDRS $48.55 .894 0.43% 400
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF $44.28 .882 0.387% 95,519
PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio $24.21 1.526 0.3639% 1,070
iShares Goldman Sachs Software Index Fund $44.40 .703 0.31% 199,307
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index Fund $30.62 .873 0.265% 900
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Basic Industries $30.69 .854 0.26% 9,714,711
iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund $104.32 .25 0.26% 907,864
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Discretionary $28.10 .898 0.25% 3,675,979
First Trust Amex Biotechnology Index Fund $27.00 .935 0.25% 21,363
PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio $14.10 1.744 0.2417% 22,355
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Industrial $26.88 .901 0.24% 9,245,293
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF $65.90 .335 0.22% 28,535
Vanguard Materials ETF $63.27 .333 0.21% 200,904
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index Fund $59.60 .34 0.2017% 40,660
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Indexsm Fund $23.50 .815 0.19% 58,947
Vanguard Health Care ETF $51.83 .349 0.18% 29,786
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index $55.95 .305 0.17% 713,070
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index Fund $53.99 .316 0.17% 22,772
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index Fund $29.21 .585 0.17% 561
iShares S&P Global Nuclear Index Fund $40.78 .369 0.1498% 5,720
iShares Goldman Sachs Technology Index Fund $50.34 .279 0.14% 80,035
Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF $51.70 .272 0.14% 5,828
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund $16.79 .828 0.1379% 3,615
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Health Care $29.16 .448 0.13% 5,297,597
First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund $19.56 .669 0.13% 12,984
PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio $15.85 .821 0.129% 24,470
iShares S&P Global Technology Index Fund $52.39 .21 0.11% 24,043
Merrill Lynch Market 2000+ HOLDRS $47.93 .209 0.10% 400
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index Fund $53.14 .17 0.09% 274,239
iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor Index Fund $41.84 .216 0.09% 113,332
iShares Trust Morningstar L V I $52.52 .172 0.09% 13,801
Vanguard Information Technology ETF $51.02 .177 0.09% 99,012
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Index Fund $17.69 .454 0.08% 233,649
Merrill Lynch Pharmaceutical HOLDRS $62.68 .112 0.07% 540,035
Merrill Lynch Telecom HOLDRS $23.25 .302 0.07% 4,400
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples $26.20 .268 0.07% 4,571,908
iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund $35.97 .195 0.07% 136,083
First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund $19.17 .366 0.07% 69,282
iShares FTSE China (HK Listed) Index Fund $50.08 .12 0.06% 7,581
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund $49.02 .082 0.04% 91,002
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate ex-U.S. Index Fund $29.84 .119 0.0355% 19,385
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Technology $21.25 .141 0.03% 4,962,046
First Trust IPOX-100 Index Fund $19.08 .157 0.03% 4,600
First Trust ISE Chindia Index Fund $19.86 .05 0.01% 63,168
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund $13.31 .075 0.01% 11,002
Merrill Lynch Wireless HOLDRS $45.07 unch 0
First Trust Value Line 100 Exchange-Traded Fund $9.75 unch 22,844
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund $12.77 unch 22,035
First Trust Value Line Equity Allocation Index(sm)Fund $15.84 unch 0
Merrill Lynch B2B Internet HOLDRS $0.42 -2.28 0.0098% 11,900
streetTRACKS Morgan Stanley Technology Index Fund $53.23 -.038 0.02% 6,714
iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Index Fund $53.85 -.037 0.02% 19,320
First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index(sm) Fund $16.44 -.122 0.02% 4,880
iShares S&P Global Financial Index Fund $46.16 -.059 0.0271% 53,012
iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources Index Fund $33.74 -.089 0.03% 325,575
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Utilities $28.92 -.104 0.03% 7,214,239
Merrill Lynch Broadband HOLDRS $11.84 -.337 0.04% 3,000
Merrill Lynch Internet Infrastructure HOLDRS $2.40 -2.045 0.0501% 51,800
Merrill Lynch Semiconductor HOLDRS $24.51 -.244 0.06% 11,886,550
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Financial $14.31 -.418 0.06% 73,975,108
iShares FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-North America Index Fund $33.26 -.18 0.06% 1,740
iShares S&P Global Timber &Forestry Index Fund $35.83 -.173 0.0621% 1,588
Merrill Lynch Software HOLDRS $39.74 -.176 0.07% 2,400
First Trust ISE Water Index Fund $17.93 -.466 0.084% 23,937
iShares Goldman Sachs Network Index Fund $26.16 -.381 0.10% 121,743
Vanguard Financials ETF $28.56 -.349 0.10% 230,105
First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund $16.75 -.652 0.11% 468,467
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund $10.37 -1.05 0.11% 16,646
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia Index Fund $29.24 -.392 0.115% 1,102
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index Fund $13.91 -.926 0.13% 12,344
WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund $14.95 -.915 0.1381% 1,239
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil and Gas Fund $33.45 -.417 0.14% 153,594
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector $57.08 -.262 0.15% 21,838,721
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index Fund $50.75 -.314 0.16% 2,516,221
Vanguard Utilities ETF $60.58 -.28 0.17% 98,580
iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund $21.04 -.802 0.17% 26,486
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index Fund $53.64 -.334 0.18% 1,362,473
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index Fund $69.49 -.301 0.21% 25,143
Merrill Lynch Utilities HOLDRS $91.85 -.304 0.28% 11,200
Vanguard Energy ETF $83.87 -.342 0.2875% 479,966
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund $23.76 -1.778 0.43% 2,483,839
Merrill Lynch Regional Bank HOLDRS $77.21 -.682 0.53% 1,191,000
streetTRACKS Wilshire REIT Index Fund $43.56 -1.381 0.61% 784,578
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund $40.65 -1.55 0.64% 21,854,216
Vanguard REIT ETF $39.54 -1.642 0.66% 2,442,280
iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund $31.45 -2.238 0.72% 364,858
Merrill Lynch Market Oil Service HOLDRS $120.90 -.698 0.85% 6,717,700
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund $46.14 -2.038 0.96% 1,389,567
United States Oil Fund LP $39.70 -2.696 1.10% 16,505,912
As of 11/6/2009 Market Closed