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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
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index Fund $11.51 .447 -3.74% 6,097
PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio $7.46 .20 -2.61% 8,011
iShares FTSE China (HK Listed) Index Fund $46.65 1.207 -2.52% 4,034
iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund $10.10 .24 -2.32% 5,162
PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio $10.85 .25 -2.25% 8,913
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index Fund $27.03 .60 -2.17% 1,605
iShares S&P Global Timber &Forestry Index Fund $40.00 .864 -2.11% 11,132
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index $71.81 1.44 -1.97% 630,184
iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor Index Fund $57.07 1.13 -1.94% 153,536
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate ex-U.S. Index Fund $28.12 .55 -1.92% 18,713
Merrill Lynch Regional Bank HOLDRS $81.85 1.59 -1.91% 11,450
iShares S&P Global Financial Index Fund $40.45 .78 -1.89% 11,073
First Trust ISE Chindia Index Fund $21.97 .413 -1.84% 22,439
Merrill Lynch Semiconductor HOLDRS $34.17 .62 -1.78% 1,225,711
Vanguard Materials ETF $82.02 1.48 -1.77% 76,909
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Basic Industries $37.05 .66 -1.75% 11,266,538
iShares S&P Global Nuclear Index Fund $34.19 .56 -1.61% 1,035
First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index(sm) Fund $21.90 .344 -1.55% 11,990
First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund $27.44 .425 -1.52% 54,246
iShares FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-North America Index Fund $34.59 .52 -1.48% 1,392
iShares Goldman Sachs Software Index Fund $61.76 .91 -1.45% 212,738
iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund $40.25 .59 -1.44% 228,732
First Trust ISE Water Index Fund $23.03 .32 -1.37% 15,937
First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund $18.04 .24 -1.31% 778,161
First Trust Amex Biotechnology Index Fund $40.67 .51 -1.24% 117,162
iShares Trust Morningstar L V I $60.87 .742 -1.2% 6,138
iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources Index Fund $40.76 .496 -1.2% 135,037
First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund $24.63 .299 -1.2% 4,479
Vanguard Financials ETF $30.64 .36 -1.16% 183,202
Vanguard Energy ETF $106.15 1.21 -1.13% 122,772
iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund $93.76 1.05 -1.11% 807,360
iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Index Fund $55.43 .61 -1.09% 71,760
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil and Gas Fund $41.86 .46 -1.09% 105,348
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund $23.18 .248 -1.06% 13,138
iShares S&P Global Technology Index Fund $64.85 .67 -1.02% 90,392
First Trust Value Line 100 Exchange-Traded Fund $13.57 .14 -1.02% 4,700
Vanguard Industrials ETF $68.33 .70 -1.01% 31,200
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector $73.04 .74 -1% 14,836,938
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index Fund $69.85 .70 -0.99% 29,109
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Financial $14.57 .145 -0.99% 64,638,595
Merrill Lynch Market Oil Service HOLDRS $128.98 1.28 -0.98% 1,975,064
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index Fund $51.66 .51 -0.98% 30,117
iShares Goldman Sachs Technology Index Fund $66.26 .65 -0.97% 11,974
iShares Goldman Sachs Network Index Fund $30.70 .30 -0.97% 57,534
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia Index Fund $27.84 .27 -0.96% 1,435
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund $74.69 .71 -0.94% 295,401
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund $28.45 .27 -0.94% 1,870,040
First Trust Value Line Equity Allocation Index(sm)Fund $19.14 .181 -0.93% 316
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Indexsm Fund $35.24 .33 -0.93% 57,105
Vanguard REIT ETF $62.03 .58 -0.93% 1,675,177
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Industrial $36.97 .34 -0.91% 14,726,819
iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund $34.26 .31 -0.9% 127,211
streetTRACKS Wilshire REIT Index Fund $68.85 .62 -0.89% 271,094
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index Fund $72.00 .64 -0.88% 234,896
Vanguard Information Technology ETF $68.91 .60 -0.86% 159,397
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index Fund $54.46 .47 -0.86% 519,197
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund $16.56 .14 -0.84% 110,273
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund $60.75 .51 -0.83% 3,688,690
United States Oil Fund LP $38.02 .31 -0.81% 6,009,507
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Technology $28.03 .21 -0.74% 6,369,423
PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio $38.55 .27 -0.7% 16,821
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund $16.53 .11 -0.66% 140,498
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund $57.50 .38 -0.66% 14,499
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index Fund $70.60 .45 -0.63% 16,684
Merrill Lynch Pharmaceutical HOLDRS $73.02 .44 -0.6% 89,440
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF $67.77 .40 -0.59% 28,636
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Discretionary $42.31 .23 -0.54% 3,183,449
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Index Fund $76.51 .40 -0.52% 41,247
streetTRACKS Morgan Stanley Technology Index Fund $67.12 .34 -0.5% 3,718
iShares COMEX Gold Trust $16.77 .08 -0.47% 5,459,343
iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index Fund $118.88 .56 -0.47% 514,432
iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund $118.45 .55 0.47% 600,190
Merrill Lynch Biotech HOLDRS $129.37 .602 -0.46% 4,347
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund $17.32 .08 -0.46% 147,775
Vanguard Health Care ETF $64.09 .294 -0.46% 40,552
Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF $63.52 .27 -0.42% 23,583
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Health Care $35.81 .15 -0.42% 3,648,007
Merrill Lynch Retail HOLDRS $118.50 .49 -0.41% 230,052
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Index Fund $21.99 .09 -0.41% 727,097
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF $82.07 .31 -0.38% 49,687
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index Fund $74.58 .21 -0.28% 126,268
Vanguard Utilities ETF $74.50 .20 -0.27% 71,725
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index Fund $85.73 .21 -0.24% 25,496
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples $32.61 .07 -0.21% 4,576,395
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Utilities $34.80 .07 -0.2% 4,558,571
First Trust IPOX-100 Index Fund $27.19 .04 0.15% 3,687
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index Fund $45.69 .062 -0.14% 4,762
WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund $14.99 0.000000 0
As of 2/10/2012 Market Closed