Year to date, iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction (NYSEArca: ITB) is up 20.4% and SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEArca: XHB) is up 17.7%, while the S&P 500 has tacked on a gain of 7.7%, according to Morningstar. [Are Homebuilder ETFs Signaling Better Times for Housing Market?]
Builder ETFs have benefited from investors favoring riskier sectors so far in 2012.
iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction
