Best Fit Utility Funds

These ETFs invest in the stocks of companies in the utilities sector including the gas, energy, and telephone industries.

All ranked ETFs meet our Best Fit criteria.

#1 Vanguard Utilities Index Fund (VPU)

Asset Class: Equity

Loading... Previous Close: $87.38
Performance (YTD): 16.98% Avg. Volume: 150,345
Fees: 0.14% Market Cap: Loading...

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

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#2 iShares Dow Jones US Utilities Sector Index Fund (IDU)

Asset Class: Equity

Loading... Previous Close: $100.10
Performance (YTD): 16.89% Avg. Volume: 98,588
Fees: 0.48% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Sector Total Return Index

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#3 iShares S&P Global Utilities Sector Index Fund (JXI)

Asset Class: Global Equity

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Performance (YTD): 12.05% Avg. Volume: 86,154
Fees: 0.48% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: S&P Global Utilities Sector Index

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Barclays ETN + Select MLP ETN (ATMP)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 0.00% Avg. Volume: 0
Fees: 0.95% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Atlantic Trust Select MLP Index

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EGShares Utilities GEMS ETF (UGEM)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 4.09% Avg. Volume: 587
Fees: 0.85% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: Dow Jones Emerging Markets Utilities Titans 30 Index

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First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (GRID)

Asset Class: Global Equity

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Performance (YTD): 16.44% Avg. Volume: 1,477
Fees: 0.70% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index

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First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 15.41% Avg. Volume: 67,876
Fees: 0.70% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: StrataQuant Utilities AlphaDEX Index

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Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU)

Asset Class: Equity

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Performance (YTD): 17.06% Avg. Volume: 13,940
Fees: 0.50% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities Index

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iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Utilities Sector Index Fund (AXUT)

Asset Class: Global Equity

Loading... Previous Close: $45.89
Performance (YTD): 9.34% Avg. Volume: 672
Fees: 0.48% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: MSCI All Country World ex USA Utilities Index

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iShares S&P Global Nuclear Energy Index Fund (NUCL)

Asset Class: Global Equity

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Performance (YTD): 14.09% Avg. Volume: 1,276
Fees: 0.48% Market Cap: Loading...

Benchmark: S&P Global Nuclear Energy Index

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Top Performing UTILITY FUNDS as of 05.03.2013

ProShares Ultra Utilities (UPW)

Total Return: 11.31%

SPDR S&P International Utilities Sector ETF (IPU)

Total Return: 9.19%

iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Utilities Sector Index Fund (AXUT)

Total Return: 7.68%

ProShares Ultra Utilities (UPW)

Total Return: 43.53%

Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU)

Total Return: 27.61%

Vanguard Utilities Index Fund (VPU)

Total Return: 22.07%

ProShares Ultra Utilities (UPW)

Total Return: 29.04%

Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU)

Total Return: 17.35%

Vanguard Utilities Index Fund (VPU)

Total Return: 15.75%

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