Best Fit Natural Resources Funds

Natural resources funds invest in the stocks of companies involved in the mining, production, and distribution of natural resources such as oil and natural gas as well as hard assets like precious metals.

All ranked ETFs meet our Best Fit criteria.

#1 SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF (XES)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 5.59% Avg. Volume: 220,246
Fees: 0.36% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Select Industry Index

#2 iShares S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index Fund (IGE)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 6.68% Avg. Volume: 168,807
Fees: 0.48% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index

#3 Vanguard Energy Index Fund (VDE)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 4.20% Avg. Volume: 117,923
Fees: 0.19% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: MSCI U.S. Investable Market Energy 25/50 Index

#4 PowerShares Dynamic Energy Sector Portfolio (PXI)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 0.63% Avg. Volume: 61,006
Fees: 0.60% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Dynamic Energy Sector Intellidex

#5 iShares Dow Jones US Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index Fund (IEO)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 5.18% Avg. Volume: 163,293
Fees: 0.48% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Dow Jones U.S. Select Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index

#6 iShares Dow Jones US Oil Equipment & Services Index Fund (IEZ)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 5.94% Avg. Volume: 175,663
Fees: 0.47% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Dow Jones U.S. Select Oil Equipment & Services Index

#7 PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 8.02% Avg. Volume: 167,343
Fees: 0.60% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: WilderHill Clean Energy Index

#8 SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF (GNR)

Asset Class: Global Equity

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Performance (YTD): 3.53% Avg. Volume: 62,255
Fees: 0.40% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: S&P Global Natural Resources Index

#9 PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services Portfolio (PXJ)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 6.45% Avg. Volume: 104,022
Fees: 0.60% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Dynamic Oil Services Intellidex Index

#10 iShares S&P Global Energy Sector Index Fund (IXC)

Asset Class: Global Equity

Loading... Previous Close: $36.27
Performance (YTD): 5.42% Avg. Volume: 185,112
Fees: 0.48% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: S&P Global Energy Sector Index

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Top Performing NATURAL RESOURCES FUNDS as of 04.04.2012

United States Gasoline Fund LP (UGA)

Total Return: 12.80%

UBS E-TRACS Alerian MLP Infrastructure ETN (MLPI)

Total Return: 12.72%

United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO)

Total Return: 10.78%

Direxion Daily Energy Bull 3X Shares (ERX)

Total Return: 36.52%

PowerShares Dynamic Energy Sector Portfolio (PXI)

Total Return: 34.81%

United States Gasoline Fund LP (UGA)

Total Return: 33.04%

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