Sector ETF

What is a sector ETF?

Before discussing the sector ETF, let’s first revisit the definition of exchanged traded funds in general. Exchange traded funds function as stocks traded on regulated exchanges and they offer the diversification of mutual funds or indexes without the higher costs. Many investors are adding ETF funds to their portfolios in order to add liquidity and to diversify their holdings. Many prefer trading exchange traded funds as opposed to mutual funds or index funds because they are easier to buy and sell. This is because mutual and index funds take longer to liquefy since their value is only calculated once at the end of the day.

The sector ETF is an ETF that is focused on a single market sector and is composed of stocks within the same market segment. It can be made up of stocks with the same or similar Standard Industrial Codes (SIC) and they may be more volatile than broad-based ETFs that typically span multiple market sectors. An investor may choose this type of ETF when ETF trading , when they think that a specific sector or industry will outperform another sector or industry over a period of time. The sector ETF is great because it allows the investor to participate in sector growth without having to choose specific stocks, and the overall investment is typically much smaller when compared to purchasing individual stocks. This is one reason why the ETF market has grown so popular in recent years.

In order to invest in a sector ETF there are a couple of strategies that you should know about. The first strategy is sector rotation which involves the buying and selling of ETFs according to sector and according to the cycles in which the economy operates. In other words, investors will buy during down periods and sell when prices are at their peak according to boom and busts that occur in the market sector they plan to invest in. The other strategy used by investors to trade sector based ETFs is called the Stovall Rotation Strategy. This strategy assumes that every sector is always in one of the following four stages: early recovery, full recovery, early recession, or full recession. The idea is to predict which sectors are in which stage. Furthermore, this strategy divides the economy into nine basic sectors. The sectors include technology, industrials, finance, cyclical, utilities, energy, staples, and services.

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Please continue your exchange traded funds education and read about the inverse ETF .