Investing
Apart from investing in the individual stocks there is also the option to invest in an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The fund iShares PHLX SOX Semiconductor Sector (NASDAQ: SOXX) tracks this index. Previously this fund used a different index and had ticker "IGW". There is also a pseudo-ETF Semiconductor HOLDRs (NYSE MKT: SMH).
- Information (components, investing, performance, prospectus, weightings etc.) about this ETF can be found on this page.
- Yahoo!: Chart of SMH performance (past five years)
- Yahoo!: Chart of SMH vs SOX performance (past two years)
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