Tech ETFs In Focus: Highlighting Some Hyper-Targeted Options
July 27, 2011 at 06:55 AM EDT
The growth of the ETP lineup to 1,300 products and beyond has been fueled largely by the development–and success–of funds other than the “plain vanilla” offerings that offer exposure to well known stock and bond indexes. As the ETF industry has grown in size, it has also become more granular in nature; many of the products out there are ideal for fine tuning tactical exposures, focusing in on a specific asset sub-class of investment strategy [see also Five ETFs To Look Forward To]. Once upon a time the universe of sector ETFs consisted of products that sliced and diced economies into nine different industries, such as financials, industrials, materials, and utilities. But the evolution of ETFs has taken sector-specific exposure to another level, as dozens of products now offer ways to tap into targeted sub-sectors of both the U.S. economy and global stock market. Perhaps no industry has been sliced [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: UBS Debuts Internet IPO ETNs Definitive Guide To Semiconductor ETFs: Semiconductor ETFs 101 Does RIMM’s Slump Signal Trouble For Tech ETFs? Global X Planning Social Media ETF ETF Insider: Maybe The World Isn’t Ending
