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With most sectors down at midweek and overbought conditions subsiding, don't forget to consider investment style and market cap-based exchange-traded funds when it comes to building your ETF portfolios for both investing and short term ETF trading.
Here are 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Thursday.
Investing and trading based on style is almost as popular as investing and trading based on sector or country. ETF investors and traders looking for exposure to growth stocks, for example, can choose from among ETFs like the iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index ETF (IWF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and the SDPR Dow Jones Mid-Cap Growth ETF (EMG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating).
Are you new to exchange-traded funds (ETFs)? Be sure to read our ETF primer, ETF Basics: What You Need to Know About Exchange-Traded Funds.
Value-oriented ETF traders and investors can look toward both the iShares Russell 1000 Value Index ETF (IWD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and the Vanguard Value ETF (VTV | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) as ETFs that track the progress of leading value stocks.
Trading by market capitalization is another popular approach to investing and trading with ETFs. Among the more popular ways to get exposure to small cap stocks is by way of the iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF (IWM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)
Looking for stocks that aren't too small, aren't too big, but are just right? ETFs with holdings in mid-cap stocks like Dollar Tree Inc. (DLTR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and Ross Stores (ROST | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) are one option. Both the SPDRS Midcap ETF (MDY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) and the iShares S&P MidCap 400 Index ETF (IJH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) are popular midcap ETFs for both ETF traders and investors.
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