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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
iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund

ICLN

$7.49 .109 -1.43% 2,518
iShares FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-North America Index Fund

IFSM

$31.98 .35 -1.08% 155
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index Fund

QCLN

$9.37 .10 1.08% 239
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index Fund

IYG

$51.39 .46 0.9% 2,872
iShares FTSE China (HK Listed) Index Fund

FCHI

$41.77 .32 -0.76% 220
iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund

IYT

$91.88 .59 0.65% 7,580
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index Fund

IYJ

$67.38 .42 0.63% 5,488
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Industrial

XLI

$35.29 .214 0.61% 1,111,228
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

VCR

$69.71 .42 0.61% 28,975
Vanguard Industrials ETF

VIS

$65.76 .39 0.6% 13,085
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Discretionary

XLY

$43.80 .25 0.57% 217,910
streetTRACKS Morgan Stanley Technology Index Fund

MTK

$66.25 .37 0.56% 730
First Trust IPOX-100 Index Fund

FPX

$26.92 .15 0.56% 5,564
Vanguard Financials ETF

VFH

$30.80 .17 0.56% 50,858
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Financial

XLF

$14.51 .08 0.55% 2,745,773
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index Fund

IYF

$54.72 .29 0.53% 60,461
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Index Fund

IYZ

$21.30 .11 0.52% 7,675
Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF

VOX

$64.09 .32 0.5% 9,765
Merrill Lynch Semiconductor HOLDRS

SMH

$32.16 .15 -0.46% 350,642
iShares S&P Global Technology Index Fund

IXN

$64.49 .30 -0.46% 4,443
PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio

PNQI

$39.28 .18 0.46% 205
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Indexsm Fund

FDN

$35.22 .16 0.46% 2,315
United States Oil Fund LP

USO

$35.13 .15 -0.43% 245,416
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples

XLP

$33.99 .14 0.41% 358,707
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund

QQXT

$23.13 .095 0.41% 492
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

VDC

$85.64 .35 0.41% 15,313
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Basic Industries

XLB

$34.14 .13 0.38% 387,777
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Health Care

XLV

$36.80 .13 0.35% 171,793
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Index Fund

IYC

$79.48 .27 0.34% 800
iShares Goldman Sachs Software Index Fund

IGV

$61.78 .20 0.32% 200
Merrill Lynch Regional Bank HOLDRS

RKH

$37.17 .12 0.32% 1,100
First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund

FCG

$15.62 .05 0.32% 35,159
First Trust Value Line 100 Exchange-Traded Fund

FVL

$12.76 .04 0.31% 1,000
Vanguard Utilities ETF

VPU

$76.09 .22 0.29% 4,511
First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index(sm) Fund

FDM

$21.02 .06 0.29% 478
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Utilities

XLU

$35.74 .10 0.28% 151,487
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

FDL

$17.86 .048 0.27% 1,550
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index

IYM

$64.34 .17 0.26% 13,758
iShares S&P Global Financial Index Fund

IXG

$37.94 .10 0.26% 3,055
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index Fund

IYK

$72.13 .19 0.26% 330
Vanguard Health Care ETF

VHT

$66.14 .17 0.26% 1,551
Vanguard Materials ETF

VAW

$75.81 .19 0.25% 9,133
iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor Index Fund

SOXX

$52.33 .13 -0.25% 14,935
Merrill Lynch Pharmaceutical HOLDRS

PPH

$37.50 .09 0.24% 3,140
Vanguard REIT ETF

VNQ

$64.57 .151 0.23% 58,995
iShares Goldman Sachs Network Index Fund

IGN

$26.38 .06 0.23% 404
iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Index Fund

IXP

$55.73 .12 -0.21% 2,069
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil and Gas Fund

IYE

$37.63 .08 0.21% 10,961
streetTRACKS Wilshire REIT Index Fund

RWR

$71.93 .15 0.21% 27,061
First Trust ISE Chindia Index Fund

FNI

$19.51 .04 -0.2% 3,700
iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund

TIP

$119.84 .24 -0.2% 75,750
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index Fund

IYH

$76.72 .15 0.2% 1,495
Merrill Lynch Market Oil Service HOLDRS

OIH

$36.18 .07 -0.19% 369,531
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund

IYR

$63.05 .12 0.19% 128,665
iShares COMEX Gold Trust

IAU

$14.99 .028 -0.19% 1,700,369
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

FVD

$16.47 .03 0.18% 13,198
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund

FRI

$17.34 .03 0.17% 5,874
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Technology

XLK

$28.41 .049 0.17% 312,775
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund

ICF

$77.60 .12 0.16% 12,789
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate ex-U.S. Index Fund

IFGL

$27.40 .04 -0.15% 1,969
iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index Fund

IBB

$126.16 .18 0.14% 27,039
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector

XLE

$65.21 .092 0.14% 555,358
Vanguard Information Technology ETF

VGT

$68.57 .09 0.13% 53,092
Merrill Lynch Retail HOLDRS

RTH

$41.20 .05 0.12% 2,600
First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund

QTEC

$25.63 .03 -0.12% 4,822
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

DBC

$26.35 .03 -0.11% 313,488
Vanguard Energy ETF

VDE

$95.08 .10 0.11% 41,876
iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources Index Fund

IGE

$34.63 .032 0.09% 14,685
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index Fund

IDU

$87.25 .078 0.09% 13,130
First Trust ISE Water Index Fund

FIW

$22.50 .02 -0.09% 300
iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund

IXC

$35.65 .03 0.08% 21,408
Merrill Lynch Biotech HOLDRS

BBH

$46.79 .02 -0.04% 5,400
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index Fund

IYW

$71.44 .02 0.03% 7,578
iShares Goldman Sachs Technology Index Fund

IGM

$65.80 0.000000 0
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund

IXJ

$58.50 0.000000 1,081
iShares Trust Morningstar L V I

JKF

$59.83 0.000000 0
iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund

GSG

$31.87 0.000000 22,731
First Trust Amex Biotechnology Index Fund

FBT

$45.05 0.000000 4,275
First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund

FDV

$22.87 0.000000 0
First Trust Value Line Equity Allocation Index(sm)Fund

FVI

$18.37 0.000000 0
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia Index Fund

IFAS

$26.82 0.000000 0
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index Fund

IFNA

$47.04 0.000000 0
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index Fund

IFEU

$27.02 0.000000 0
iShares S&P Global Nuclear Index Fund

NUCL

$31.88 0.000000 0
iShares S&P Global Timber &Forestry Index Fund

WOOD

$36.74 0.000000 0
PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio

PWND

$5.60 0.000000 0
PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio

PMNA

$10.69 0.000000 0
WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund

GULF

$14.88 0.000000 0
As of 5/16/2012 9:59 ET Open