iShares S&P Global Materials Sector Index Fund (MXI)

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Best Fit Basic Materials Funds ETFs

U.S. News evaluated 19 Basic Materials Funds ETFs and 4 make our Best Fit list. Our list highlights the best passively managed funds for long-term investors. Rankings are assigned based on comparisons with Best Fit funds in this category.

How we identify Best Fit Funds

Best Fit Scorecard
Costs Good
Tracking Error Typical
Bid/Ask Ratio Excellent
Holdings Diversity Good

Fund Description

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P Global 1200 Materials Sector IndexTM (the "underlying index"). The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. The underlying index measures the performance of companies that Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies ("S&P") deems to be part of the materials sector of the economy and that S&P believes are important to global markets.

Fund Snapshot Updated 05.16.2013

Previous Close $59.22 Expense Ratio 0.48%
YTD Return 5.3% Avg. 30-Day Volume 52,500
1-Year Return 11.7% Market Cap Loading...
Bid $59.07 Shares Outstanding 7,300,000
Ask $59.14 Dividends $1.31
Top 10 Holdings
Bhp Billiton Ltd (E:BHP) 6.22%
Basf Se (E:BAS) 5.11%
Bhp Billiton Plc (E:BLT) 3.59%
Monsanto Co New (MON) 3.36%
Glencore Xstrata (E:GLEN) 3.32%
Rio Tinto (E:RIO) 3.15%
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co (DD) 3.02%
Dow Chem Co (DOW) 2.46%
Syngenta (E:SYNN) 2.25%
Air Liquide(L') (E:AI) 2.24%
% of Total Holdings 34.70%

Sector Breakdown

Geographic Breakdown

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Best Fit Basic Materials Funds

1

Vanguard Materials Index Fund (VAW)

2

SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME)

3

iShares S&P Global Materials Sector Index Fund (MXI)

4

iShares Dow Jones US Basic Materials Sector Index Fund (IYM)

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