Tech ETFs Forge Higher
Tech-focused ETFs led their peers
again Monday as the market followed through on Friday’s follow-through rally.
There was encouraging action in some of the rate-sensitive tradable funds as
well.
The Qubes
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funds. The Qubes track the Nasdaq 100 Index. Among the other
index shares, the Spyders
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The Diamonds
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3.0%, the Russell 2000 iShares
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The Dow Jones Technology iShares
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advanced 8.5%, the Semiconductor HOLDR
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6.8%, the Dow Jones Internet iShares
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PowerRating) 6.7%, the Biotech HOLDR
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4.7%, the Internet HOLDR
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PowerRating) 4.5%, the Technology SPDR
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PowerRating) 3.7%.
Among the rate-sensitive ETFs, the Dow
Jones Financial Services iShares
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iShares
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PowerRating) 1.5%.
The top field of all charts in this
commentary uses a logarithmic price scale and displays a 50-day price average in
red. In the second field, a
blue relative strength line represents the displayed security’s price
performance relative to the S&P 500. The third field displays vertical daily
volume bars in black with a 50-day moving average in blue for volume.
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