iShares Dow Jones US Technology Sector Index Fund (IYW)

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Best Fit Science & Technology Funds ETFs

U.S. News evaluated 43 Science & Technology Funds ETFs and 10 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 Good
Bid/Ask Ratio Typical
Holdings Diversity Typical

Fund Description

The investment seeks to replicate the Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index (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 the technology sector of the U.S. equity market. As of March 31, 2012, the underlying index was concentrated in the technology hardware and equipment, and software and computer services industry groups, which comprised 57.93% and 42.07%, respectively, of the market capitalization of the underlying index. The fund is non-diversified.

Fund Snapshot Updated 05.20.2013

Previous Close $77.25 Expense Ratio 0.48%
YTD Return 9.6% Avg. 30-Day Volume 207,008
1-Year Return 10.6% Market Cap Loading...
Bid $77.27 Shares Outstanding 25,850,000
Ask $77.30 Dividends $0.76
Top 10 Holdings
Apple Inc (AAPL) 16.16%
Microsoft Corp (MSFT) 10.10%
Google Inc (GOOG) 9.25%
International Business Machs (IBM) 8.51%
Cisco Sys Inc (CSCO) 5.17%
Oracle Corp (ORCL) 5.06%
Intel Corp (INTC) 4.79%
Qualcomm Inc (QCOM) 4.58%
E M C Corp Mass (EMC) 2.07%
Texas Instrs Inc (TXN) 1.68%
% of Total Holdings 67.40%

Sector Breakdown

Geographic Breakdown

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Best Fit Science & Technology Funds

1

Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF (RYT)

2

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund (VGT)

3

First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index Fund (QTEC)

4

iShares S&P North American Technology Sector Index Fund (IGM)

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