Sector Traded Exchange Funds

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 23 November 2010

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Sector traded exchange funds have an index as a tracing instrument targeted at financial products in the market sector. Sector traded exchange funds comprises of stocks with identical Standard Industrial Codes.

Sector traded exchange funds consists of stocks within the purview of the similar or same market section are comparatively more volatile as compared to other exchange traded funds.

Sector traded exchange funds are opted for in the event when an intending investor reckons that the Sector traded exchange funds will deliver better over a period of time.

Other exchange traded funds may require less funds for the entire investment as compared to sector traded exchange funds.

Below is a list providing the net change and the percentage of price change respectively.

  • Merrill Lynch Internet HOLDRS, 3.01 and 5.11% respectively.
  • Claymore MACRO shares Oil Up, 2.28 and 4.13% respectively.
  • Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector, 1.15 and 1.59%.
  • Merrill Lynch Market Oil Service HOLDRS, 2.76 and 1.50%
  • iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund, 0.63 and 1.46%
  • Merrill Lynch Internet Infrastructure HOLDRS, 0.08 and 1.45%
  • Power Shares FTSE RAFI Energy Sector Portfolio, 1.01 and 1.43%.
  • i Shares Dow Jones U.S. Oil and Gas Fund, 1.74 and 1.39%
  • Merrill Lynch Biotech HOLDRS, 2.28 and 1.35%.
  • street TRACKS Morgan Stanley Technology Index Fund, 0.81 and 1.27%.
  • i Shares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index Fund,0.95 and 1.21%
  • Vanguard Energy ETF 1.26 and 1.20%
  • i Shares Trust Morningstar0.82 and 0.95%
  • Power Shares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund 0.23 and 0.88%
  • Merrill Lynch Internet Architecture HOLDRS 0.40 and 0.79%



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