Tech ETFs Drift Lower

The tech-focused exchange-traded funds
ended lower Tuesday while the only tradable fund to score a plus 1% gain was the
Dow Jones Chemical iShares.

The Dow Jones Internet iShares
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lost 4.9% on a pickup in volume, the day’s sharpest loss among the ETFs. The
Internet Architecture HOLDR
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gave up 4.0%, the Biotech HOLDR
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3.4%, the Semiconductor HOLDR
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2.6%, the Dow Jones Technology iShares
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2.1%, the Software HOLDR
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1.9%, the B2B Internet HOLDR
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1.9%.

On the upside, the Dow Jones Chemical
iShares
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rose 1.6%.

A nascent intermediate-term rally may
be unfolding, but such rallies are normally driven by growth stocks. As our
relative strength line of growth vs. value shows, growth has been fought value to
a recent stalemate, we’ve yet to see growth reawaken into outperformance.