In DEA Run 1 the top funds that can be used as benchmarks are the following:FXZ, CUT, XLB, PYZ, RTM, XME, and VAW. Natural resources exchange traded funds: performance appraisal using DEA modeling Two smaller funds offer a somewhat different approach: First Trust Materials AlphaDEX (FXZ)...
All the top tech stocks are in there. And what about top consumer brands likeDisney(DIS),Walmart(WMT) and nowTesla(TSLA)? Yes, those are in the SPY, too. In fact, if you buy SPY stock you instantly own all the hottest stocks in theStandard & Poor's 500. Just like that. No mat...
In an investments course I took a while back, we worked the solution for the case where we had a basket of three stocks to choose from, in Excel. Obviously, this solution wasn’t really scalable outside of the N=3 case. When asked about extending N to an arbitrary number, the behind...
State Street has also created SPDRs based ondifferent sectorsof the S&P 500, such as SPDR Financials (XLF), SPDR Energy (XLE), and SPDR Basic Materials (XLB). Collectively, the sector funds hold the 500 stocks of the S&P 500.5 SPDR Options, Futures, and Hedging Since SPDR ETFs trad...
Sector ETFs can be used to invest in an entire industry without having to piece together the individual stocks in that sector. Understanding Sector ETFs Sector ETFs have become popular among investors and can be used forhedgingandspeculating. Their high level of liquidity means that there are rare...
All the top tech stocks are in there. And what about top consumer brands like Disney (DIS), Walmart (WMT) and now Tesla (TSLA)? Yes, those are in the SPY, too. In fact, if you buy SPY stock you instantly own all the hottest stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500. Just like ...