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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

PPH

$64.99 1.089 0.70% 949,900
iShares COMEX Gold Trust

IAU

$112.96 .516 0.58% 317,509
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT North America Index Fund

IFNA

$30.94 1.089 0.3332% 1,611
Merrill Lynch Utilities HOLDRS

UTH

$92.65 .314 0.29% 4,400
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index Fund

IYH

$61.73 .456 0.28% 56,275
Vanguard Health Care ETF

VHT

$53.62 .525 0.28% 51,270
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Health Care

XLV

$30.39 .696 0.21% 4,254,777
Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF

VOX

$53.02 .398 0.21% 5,471
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund

IXJ

$50.68 .356 0.18% 268,389
First Trust ISE Chindia Index Fund

FNI

$20.93 .77 0.16% 31,044
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index Fund

IDU

$70.18 .214 0.15% 33,227
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Utilities

XLU

$29.25 .446 0.13% 7,480,696
Vanguard Utilities ETF

VPU

$61.24 .196 0.12% 126,284
PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio

PMNA

$13.27 .897 0.118% 1,880
iShares FTSE Developed Small Cap ex-North America Index Fund

IFSM

$33.28 .262 0.087% 1,427
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

VDC

$67.55 .104 0.07% 38,536
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Index Fund

IYZ

$18.33 .328 0.06% 125,197
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

FDL

$13.73 .382 0.0522% 5,290
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples

XLP

$26.89 .149 0.04% 5,682,772
Merrill Lynch B2B Internet HOLDRS

BHH

$0.41 2.50 0.01% 3,900
Merrill Lynch Market 2000+ HOLDRS

MKH

$48.95 unch 0
Merrill Lynch Wireless HOLDRS

WMH

$45.81 unch 700
iShares Lehman TIPS Bond Fund

TIP

$105.66 unch 806,889
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund

FVD

$13.02 unch 68,756
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia Index Fund

IFAS

$28.97 -.024 0.007% 18,318
iShares Trust Morningstar L V I

JKF

$54.00 -.019 0.01% 10,877
Vanguard Materials ETF

VAW

$66.85 -.015 0.01% 220,687
Merrill Lynch Telecom HOLDRS

TTH

$23.79 -.084 0.02% 11,000
First Trust ISE Water Index Fund

FIW

$17.86 -.112 0.02% 18,392
Merrill Lynch Broadband HOLDRS

BDH

$12.10 -.247 0.03% 43,300
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

DBC

$24.26 -.124 0.03% 4,630,072
First Trust Dow Jones Select MicroCap Index(sm) Fund

FDM

$16.58 -.241 0.04% 1,783
iShares FTSE China (HK Listed) Index Fund

FCHI

$50.94 -.078 0.04% 6,253
Merrill Lynch Internet Infrastructure HOLDRS

IIH

$2.33 -1.692 0.0401% 400
First Trust Amex Biotechnology Index Fund

FBT

$26.32 -.181 0.0476% 10,518
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Industrial

XLI

$27.46 -.182 0.05% 10,487,596
First Trust Value Line 100 Exchange-Traded Fund

FVL

$9.79 -.508 0.05% 34,686
First Trust DB Strategic Value Index Fund

FDV

$20.09 -.249 0.0501% 3,504
PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio

PNQI

$24.52 -.207 0.0508% 2,908
First Trust IPOX-100 Index Fund

FPX

$19.21 -.311 0.06% 6,830
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund

QQXT

$17.00 -.355 0.0605% 5,518
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund

FRI

$10.95 -.725 0.08% 41,680
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index Fund

IYK

$55.45 -.162 0.09% 22,821
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Financial

XLF

$14.60 -.613 0.09% 52,981,088
Merrill Lynch Retail HOLDRS

RTH

$93.94 -.106 0.10% 2,654,500
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Basic Industries

XLB

$32.44 -.338 0.11% 8,768,647
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Technology

XLK

$21.69 -.505 0.11% 5,551,281
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Indexsm Fund

FDN

$23.75 -.461 0.11% 35,912
iShares S&P Global Timber &Forestry Index Fund

WOOD

$36.93 -.297 0.11% 7,360
Merrill Lynch Semiconductor HOLDRS

SMH

$25.08 -.476 0.12% 10,139,500
iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund

IYT

$70.81 -.169 0.12% 1,670,489
iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund

ICLN

$21.53 -.568 0.123% 10,315
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index

IYM

$58.87 -.22 0.13% 1,154,035
Vanguard Financials ETF

VFH

$29.23 -.477 0.14% 369,316
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Discretionary

XLY

$28.69 -.52 0.15% 5,446,280
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index Fund

QCLN

$14.19 -1.046 0.15% 76,850
First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund

FCG

$16.00 -.99 0.16% 541,813
Vanguard Industrials ETF

VIS

$50.87 -.333 0.17% 54,929
WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund

GULF

$14.85 -1.132 0.17% 3,742
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Index Fund

IYC

$53.94 -.333 0.18% 90,568
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrials Index Fund

IYJ

$51.98 -.364 0.19% 61,995
First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund

QTEC

$19.39 -.97 0.19% 66,086
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate ex-U.S. Index Fund

IFGL

$29.76 -.695 0.2082% 28,488
PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio

PWND

$15.64 -1.449 0.23% 10,789
United States Oil Fund LP

USO

$39.42 -.605 0.24% 10,850,127
iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index Fund

IBB

$77.61 -.321 0.25% 670,902
iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund

GSG

$31.81 -.78 0.25% 1,386,504
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF

VCR

$45.10 -.573 0.26% 37,822
iShares Goldman Sachs Technology Index Fund

IGM

$51.32 -.51 0.263% 78,748
Merrill Lynch Biotech HOLDRS

BBH

$96.41 -.279 0.27% 190,005
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index Fund

IYF

$51.85 -.537 0.28% 3,087,686
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index Fund

IYW

$54.24 -.543 0.296% 296,715
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index Fund

IYG

$54.55 -.547 0.30% 611,217
Merrill Lynch Internet HOLDRS

HHH

$56.49 -.528 0.30% 22,100
Merrill Lynch Software HOLDRS

SWH

$40.74 -.731 0.30% 4,500
Vanguard REIT ETF

VNQ

$41.83 -.712 0.30% 1,782,279
iShares Goldman Sachs Network Index Fund

IGN

$26.12 -1.173 0.31% 25,681
iShares S&P Global Nuclear Index Fund

NUCL

$40.94 -.752 0.3101% 3,082
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund

ICF

$49.20 -.646 0.32% 920,982
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil and Gas Fund

IYE

$33.17 -.956 0.32% 212,247
iShares S&P Global Financial Index Fund

IXG

$46.82 -.679 0.32% 52,881
iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Index Fund

IXP

$54.62 -.582 0.32% 16,780
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund

IYR

$43.05 -.761 0.33% 15,517,607
iShares Goldman Sachs Software Index Fund

IGV

$44.55 -.735 0.33% 81,896
iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor Index Fund

IGW

$42.92 -.786 0.34% 102,365
iShares S&P Global Technology Index Fund

IXN

$53.15 -.652 0.349% 20,335
Merrill Lynch Regional Bank HOLDRS

RKH

$77.39 -.45 0.35% 516,900
streetTRACKS Wilshire REIT Index Fund

RWR

$46.05 -.754 0.35% 324,551
Merrill Lynch Internet Architecture HOLDRS

IAH

$49.45 -.703 0.3501% 3,300
iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources Index Fund

IGE

$33.80 -1.054 0.36% 760,630
Vanguard Information Technology ETF

VGT

$51.94 -.688 0.36% 121,008
streetTRACKS Morgan Stanley Technology Index Fund

MTK

$54.22 -.714 0.39% 8,334
iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund

IXC

$36.01 -1.071 0.39% 201,525
First Trust Value Line Equity Allocation Index(sm)Fund

FVI

$16.40 -2.381 0.40% 800
Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector

XLE

$56.60 -.928 0.53% 16,900,732
Vanguard Energy ETF

VDE

$83.04 -1.108 0.93% 496,771
iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index Fund

IFEU

$30.51 -3.22 1.015% 715
Merrill Lynch Market Oil Service HOLDRS

OIH

$117.10 -2.254 2.70% 6,848,056
As of 11/20/2009 Market Closed