
By Douglas Albo : Sometimes you come across opportunities in the closed-end fund (CEF) universe that are so compelling you wonder how nobody else sees it. Earlier this year, I wrote an article on the Gabelli closed-end funds that pointed out that leveraged stock only funds (i.e. those that include
similar sector exposure, investors could consider Health Care Select Sector SPDR XLV (0.18% expense ratio), and iShares S&P Global Healthcare IXJ (0.48%). XLV and IXJ sport respective correlations of 99% and
expense ratio. Fully 100% of XLV 's holdings are held in VHT ..... performance correlation with XLV over the past five years. There ..... care companies can consider Health Care Select Sector SPDR XLV . Given the sector's lack of
exposure, investors should consider Health Care Select Sector SPDR XLV (0.18% expense ratio) and Vanguard ..... such as Vanguard Health Care ETF VHT and Health Care Select Sector SPDR XLV , neither of those exchange-traded
care exposure should consider Health Care Select Sector SPDR XLV (0.18% expense ratio) and ..... their cap-weighted structure, XLV and VHT are much more top-heavy ..... holdings soak up almost 60% of XLV 's assets and 49% of VHT
exposure, they should consider Health Care Select Sector SPDR XLV (0.18% expense ratio) and ..... holdings soak up almost 60% of XLV 's assets and 49% of VHT ..... weighted average market cap of XLV , which holds 51 stocks, is
same underlying index as RXL. Other long health-care ETFs that offer investors similar exposure are Health Care Select Sector SPDR XLV (0.18% expense ratio), the Vanguard Health Care ETF VHT (0.19%), iShares S&P Global Health
By Jarred Cummans : Stocks got off on the wrong foot this week as it was announced that the Spanish economy had entered another recession on top of their already threatening debt crisis. While investors would like to focus on the generally positive earnings on the home front, any news about Spanish
business and regulatory environment for a variety of industries including the energy ( XLE ), defense ( ITA ), health care ( XLV ) and utilities ( XLU ) sectors. It will also greatly impact what we can expect from future tax policy, the profile of the Supreme
By David Trainer : The best ETFs and mutual funds have high-quality holdings and low costs. As detailed in " A cheap fund is not always a good fund ", there are few funds that have both good holdings and low costs. There are lots of cheap funds, but there are too few funds with high-quality ...