The Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund (NYSEArca: VCR) is up 19% in 2012. The Vanguard portfolio also has high exposure to movies & entertainment (11% of assets), restaurants (11%) and cable & satellite (10%). VCR is unique in that it holds small and mid-cap shares. It holds 200 more stocks than XLY and has a low expense ratio of 0.19%. VCR is weighted “Marketweight” by S&P Capital. [Five Sector ETFs to Watch After Hurricane Sandy]
The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLY) gives 14% of assets to movies and entertainment, restaurants (12%) and cable and satellite (12%). XLY is up 18% this year and costs 0.18%. S&P Capital gives it a ranking of “Marketweight”. [Retail Sector ETFs Rated Overweight by S&P]
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund
Tisha Guerrero contributed to this article.