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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 Regional Bank HOLDRS

RKH

$86.60 1.097 0.94% 349,800
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund

ICF

$58.38 1.214 0.70% 949,965
iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor Index Fund

IGW

$49.64 1.41 0.69% 108,556
iShares S&P Global Timber &Forestry Index Fund

WOOD

$41.87 1.478 0.61% 8,317
streetTRACKS Wilshire REIT Index Fund

RWR

$54.55 1.112 0.60% 274,592
Vanguard Energy ETF

VDE

$85.83 .704 0.60% 99,224
Vanguard REIT ETF

VNQ

$49.68 1.119 0.55% 3,263,764
iShares FTSE China (HK Listed) Index Fund

FCHI

$48.42 1.126 0.5392% 4,696
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund

IYR

$50.71 1.056 0.53% 17,057,549
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector

XLE

$58.92 .856 0.50% 19,688,315
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index Fund

IYF

$56.76 .835 0.47% 1,658,157
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index Fund

IYG

$58.84 .771 0.45% 160,119
Merrill Lynch Market Oil Service HOLDRS

OIH

$128.22 .352 0.45% 4,064,500
United States Oil Fund LP

USO

$40.23 1.106 0.44% 11,368,185
iShares FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-North America Index Fund

IFSM

$34.37 1.118 0.38% 8,495
Vanguard Materials ETF

VAW

$70.83 .511 0.36% 170,465
Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF

VOX

$55.68 .596 0.3301% 19,463
Merrill Lynch Semiconductor HOLDRS

SMH

$27.99 1.193 0.33% 16,681,800
Merrill Lynch Software HOLDRS

SWH

$42.56 .781 0.33% 30,400
iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund

GSG

$31.42 1.037 0.3226% 190,761
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index Fund

IFNA

$35.99 .897 0.3199% 10,137
iShares S&P Global Nuclear Index Fund

NUCL

$40.95 .763 0.31% 1,140
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia Index Fund

IFAS

$29.53 1.047 0.306% 1,151
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index Fund

IYJ

$57.86 .49 0.282% 60,330
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index

IYM

$64.03 .439 0.28% 1,167,001
iShares S&P Global Financial Index Fund

IXG

$47.34 .595 0.28% 56,546
PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio

PNQI

$27.82 1.017 0.28% 3,939
Vanguard Financials ETF

VFH

$32.22 .848 0.271% 193,616
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

DBC

$23.82 1.125 0.265% 2,071,333
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index Fund

IYK

$59.27 .443 0.2614% 22,601
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil and Gas Fund

IYE

$33.96 .772 0.26% 134,759
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Index Fund

IYZ

$20.05 1.314 0.26% 995,925
iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund

IXC

$35.91 .704 0.251% 102,419
iShares S&P Global Technology Index Fund

IXN

$57.32 .438 0.25% 48,906
Vanguard Information Technology ETF

VGT

$55.99 .449 0.25% 141,199
iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources Index Fund

IGE

$35.19 .687 0.24% 202,316
iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund

ICLN

$19.02 1.205 0.2265% 18,635
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index Fund

IFEU

$28.80 .735 0.2101% 3,100
iShares Goldman Sachs Software Index Fund

IGV

$49.02 .43 0.21% 34,936
WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund

GULF

$15.40 1.382 0.21% 9,551
streetTRACKS Morgan Stanley Technology Index Fund

MTK

$59.79 .338 0.2012% 40,036
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index Fund

IYW

$58.21 .327 0.19% 258,786
First Trust ISE Water Index Fund

FIW

$19.65 .976 0.1899% 7,548
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index Fund

QCLN

$15.44 1.196 0.1825% 20,627
First Trust Value Line Equity Allocation Index(sm)Fund

FVI

$18.56 .979 0.18% 500
iShares Trust Morningstar L V I

JKF

$56.08 .32 0.1788% 9,104
iShares Goldman Sachs Network Index Fund

IGN

$28.96 .59 0.17% 202,796
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

VDC

$69.38 .241 0.167% 17,540
iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund

TIP

$104.74 .153 0.16% 735,660
First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index(sm) Fund

FDM

$19.16 .789 0.15% 31,670
First Trust IPOX-100 Index Fund

FPX

$21.04 .689 0.1441% 201
Merrill Lynch Telecom HOLDRS

TTH

$24.07 .585 0.14% 47,800
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate ex-U.S. Index Fund

IFGL

$29.41 .478 0.14% 23,465
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

VCR

$51.73 .27 0.1392% 41,279
Vanguard Industrials ETF

VIS

$56.69 .234 0.1322% 22,916
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Financial

XLF

$15.86 .817 0.1285% 77,751,154
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index Fund

IDU

$73.88 .174 0.128% 46,083
iShares Goldman Sachs Technology Index Fund

IGM

$55.11 .22 0.121% 54,162
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Index Fund

IYC

$60.11 .20 0.12% 32,125
Merrill Lynch Utilities HOLDRS

UTH

$95.40 .126 0.12% 21,900
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples

XLP

$27.94 .431 0.12% 2,945,916
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund

FRI

$13.02 .93 0.12% 53,483
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Basic Industries

XLB

$33.89 .341 0.115% 7,169,570
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Indexsm Fund

FDN

$26.82 .374 0.10% 115,535
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Discretionary

XLY

$32.50 .278 0.09% 4,317,256
Vanguard Utilities ETF

VPU

$64.28 .14 0.09% 60,662
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund

QQXT

$19.13 .436 0.083% 103,407
PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio

PWND

$13.44 .525 0.0702% 6,671
Merrill Lynch Wireless HOLDRS

WMH

$46.43 .151 0.07% 1,500
First Trust ISE Chindia Index Fund

FNI

$22.17 .271 0.06% 49,907
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Utilities

XLU

$30.35 .165 0.05% 5,277,107
First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund

QTEC

$21.84 .229 0.05% 111,893
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

FDL

$14.54 .345 0.05% 14,108
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

FVD

$14.02 .358 0.05% 42,534
First Trust Value Line 100 Exchange-Traded Fund

FVL

$11.21 .273 0.0305% 22,716
Merrill Lynch Internet HOLDRS

HHH

$60.18 .05 0.03% 5,800
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Technology

XLK

$22.93 .131 0.03% 8,362,742
First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund

FDV

$21.34 .105 0.0224% 5,722
iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Index Fund

IXP

$53.34 .037 0.0199% 120,690
Merrill Lynch Internet Infrastructure HOLDRS

IIH

$3.09 .645 0.0198% 40,800
Merrill Lynch Broadband HOLDRS

BDH

$11.41 unch 7,200
Merrill Lynch Market 2000+ HOLDRS

MKH

$48.84 unch 0
Merrill Lynch B2B Internet HOLDRS

BHH

$0.46 -2.128 0.01% 3,300
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Industrial

XLI

$30.77 -.032 0.01% 9,675,995
PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio

PMNA

$13.28 -.15 0.02% 2,908
Vanguard Health Care ETF

VHT

$56.43 -.046 0.026% 31,715
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Health Care

XLV

$32.09 -.156 0.05% 6,145,861
Merrill Lynch Retail HOLDRS

RTH

$100.10 -.06 0.06% 1,764,500
iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund

IYT

$79.13 -.088 0.07% 651,065
First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund

FCG

$18.43 -.378 0.07% 1,971,803
Merrill Lynch Pharmaceutical HOLDRS

PPH

$66.28 -.136 0.09% 269,100
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund

IXJ

$52.63 -.173 0.091% 138,834
Merrill Lynch Internet Architecture HOLDRS

IAH

$51.60 -.188 0.097% 6,400
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index Fund

IYH

$66.31 -.166 0.11% 42,705
First Trust Amex Biotechnology Index Fund

FBT

$36.80 -.594 0.22% 158,249
iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index Fund

IBB

$90.71 -.362 0.33% 478,173
Merrill Lynch Biotech HOLDRS

BBH

$104.09 -.573 0.60% 41,400
iShares COMEX Gold Trust

IAU

$109.63 -.733 0.81% 87,972
As of 3/17/2010 Market Closed