Exchange traded fund investors who are interested in tapping into the big growth names from the technology space have a number of broad and focused sector-specific ETF options to choose from.
While owning U.S. tech has been a great way to access big returns, the growth sector has lagged this year.
“We are going to want tech to participate in any rally,” Alan Gayle, director of asset allocation at RidgeWorth Investments, told the Financial Times. “In order to say the market is back in a bullish phase we need to see tech participate.”
[related_stories]Weighing on the technology sector, the multi-year rally has made it much tougher for the big names to keep outperforming.
“I wouldn’t say the tech rally is over,” Skip Aylesworth, a portfolio manager at Hennessy Funds, told the Financial Times. “What you have are some companies that have gotten so big that the year-over-year numbers don’t compare well. They have also become more mature — there is not the innovation to drive the growth.”
Nevertheless, investors interested in tracking the tech sector have a number of broad and targeted ETF options available.
Broad technology sector ETFs:
- Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLK)
- Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEArca: VGT)
- iShares U.S. Technology ETF (NYSEArca: IYW)
- iShares North American Tech ETF (NYSEArca: IGM)
- iShares Global Tech ETF (NYSEArca: IXN)
- iShares North American Tech-Software ETF (NYSEarca: IGV)
- Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Technology ETF (NYSEArca: RYT)
- First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEArca: FXL)
- SPDR Morgan Stanley Technology ETF (NYSEArca: MTK)
- First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (NasdaqGS: TDIV)
- Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF (NYSEArca: FTEC)
- PowerShares S&P SmallCap Information Technology Portfolio (NasdaqGS: PSCT)
- First Trust Nasdaq-100 Tech Index (NasdaqGM: QTEC)
- PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum Portfolio (NYSEArca: PTF)
- John Hancock Multifactor Technology ETF (NYSEArca: JHMT)
Targeted tech ETFs:
- First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (NYSEArca: FDN)
- PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (NYSEArca: HACK)
- iShares Exponential Technologies ETF (NYSEArca: XT)
- First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund (NasdaqGM: SKYY)
- iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NasdaqGM: SOXX)
- Market Vectors Semiconductor ETF (NYSEArca: SMH)
- PowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio (NasdaqGS: PNQI)
- SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (NYSEArca: XSD)
- First Trust NASDAQ CEA Cybersecurity ETF (NasdaqGM: CIBR)
- Robo-Stox Global Robotics & Automation Index ETF (NasdaqGM: ROBO)
- PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (AMEX: PSJ)
- Global X Social Media Index ETF (NasdaqGM: SOCL)
- iShares North American Tech-Multimedia Networking ETF (NYSEArca: IGN)
- PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (NYSEArca: PSI)
- SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF (NYSEArca: XSW)
- PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (NYSEArca: PXQ)
- ARK Web x.0 ETF (NYSEArca: ARKW)
- SPDR FactSet Innovative Technology ETF (NYSEArca: XITK)
- PureFunds Video Game Tech ETF (NYSEArca: GAMR)
- PureFunds ISE Big Data ETF (NYSEArca: BDAT)
Leveraged/inverse tech ETFs:
- Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares (NYSEArca: TECL)
- ProShares Ultra Technology (NYSEArca: ROM)
- Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bull 3x Shares (NYSEArca: SOXL)
- Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bear 3x Shares (NYSEArca: SOXS)
- ProShares Ultra Semiconductors (NYSEArca: USD)
- Direxion Daily Technology Bear 3X Shares (NYSEArca: TECS)
- ProShares UltraShort Technology (NYSEArca: REW)
- ProShares UltraShort Semiconductors (NYSEArca: SSG)
- Direxion Daily Technology Bear 1X Shares (NYSEArca: TECZ)
- Direxion Daily Cyber Security Bear 2X Shares (NYSEArca: HAKD)
- Direxion Daily Cyber Security Bull 2X Shares (NYSEArca: HAKK)
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