companies, and therefore has a smaller exposure to the metals and mining subsector, relative to a global materials sector fund , such as iShares S&P Global Materials MXI. MXI has a significant 51% exposure to the metals and mining subsector
couple's total assets. Chris' and Stephanie's Roth IRAs are with Fidelity. Chris' Roth consists of a single sector fund , Fidelity Select Software and Computer Services FSCSX. Stephanie's main Roth holding is Fidelity Contrafund FCNTX
utilities-focused ETFs available today, but few funds blend both domestic and international utilities into a single- sector fund . Those looking to complement a core domestic-equities portfolio with international utilities may want to consider
it was to diversify and at the time it was considered an asset class. The adviser told me he considers Reits to be a sector fund and recommended no more than 5% holding in a portfolio. What's your opinion. I do know that it did any good during
it was to diversify and at the time it was considered an asset class. The adviser told me he considers Reits to be a sector fund and recommended no more than 5% holding in a portfolio. What's your opinion. I do know that it did no good during
bid-ask spreads. The fund's 0.18% expense ratio is low even by ETF standards, making it the cheapest utility sector fund available. Alternatives This fund is by far the largest of the three market-cap-weighted U.S.-focused utility
a fund managed by Feinberg and Charles Cavanaugh that would rank third on this list but is excluded because it's a sector fund . Both of these funds got hit hard in 2007 and 2008 by some ill-timed bets on financial stocks, but these managers
years, it has had a volatility of return of 22.6% compared with 16.0% for the S&P 500. This global tech- sector fund includes U.S. companies, which account for a hefty 77%-plus of the portfolio. After U.S. firms, Japanese
theme.You can get similar exposure by putting about 85% of your money in an industrials- sector fund and the remainder in a utilities- sector fund . That way, you'll end up paying a fee of only 0.20% per year versus 0.60% for this
different subsectors, and some of the companies in the portfolio may not seem like typical holdings for an industrials- sector fund . For example, among PRN's current holdings are check and business-form maker Deluxe DLX, turnaround specialist