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Biotech ETF

Could it be time to invest in a biotech ETF? This was supposed to be the biotech century, where innovation was to lead to efficient, sustainable energy and gene-based drugs were to replace chemically-formulated compounds. Biotech innovation was to lead to efficient and sustainable fuels.

Biotech ETF is an exchange-traded fund that consists of a basket of few Biotechnology firms.

There are currently five popular biotech ETFs, each differing by the number of stocks held and the indices mirrored. These five include:

  1. SPDR Biotech ETF (XBI): Standard & Poor's Depository Receipts or SPDRs is a US-based exchange-traded fund which is specifically linked to the S&P 500. SPDRs belong to a family of exchange-traded funds managed by State Street Global Advisors, called the SPDR ETFs.

    The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index.


  2. PowerShares Dynamic Biotech & Genome (PBE): The PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio Fund seeks to replicate the Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Intellidex Index, which is designed to provide capital appreciation by thoroughly evaluating companies based on a variety of investment merit criteria, including fundamental growth, stock valuation, investment timeliness and risk factors.


  3. iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology (IBB): The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund seeks to provide investment results generally equivalent to companies primarily engaged in the biotechnology industry, as represented by the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index.


  4. First Trust AMEX Biotechnology (FBT): The investment objective of the First Trust AMEX Biotechnology Index Fund is to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield of the AMEX Biotechnology Index.


  5. Biotech HOLDRs (BBH): Biotech HOLDRS are depositary receipts issued by the Biotech HOLDRS Trust, and represent an undivided beneficial ownership in the common stock or American depositary shares of a group of specified companies that are involved in various segments of the biotechnology industry.



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