ETFdb Realtime Rating & Analyst Report for EQL
EQL is a passive ETF that seeks to replicate the Bank of America Securities - Merrill Lynch Equal Sector Weight Index. The index is comprised in equal proportions of the nine Select Sector SPDR Indexes.
| ETFdb Category | Expense Ratio | Inception Date | Issuer | Structure | YTD Return * |
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| Large Cap Blend Equities | 0.54% | 2009-07-06 | ALPS | ETF | +4.37% |
* As of 05-23-2012
EQL Realtime Rating: By Metric
| Metric | Metric Realtime Rating | A+ Metric Rated ETF |
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| Liquidity | B | SPY |
| Expenses | C+ | FLG |
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The first adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for EQL on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, and concentration of holdings. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Large Cap Blend Equities ETFdb Category with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field.
EQL Realtime Rating: Overall
| ETFdb Rating Type | Overall Rating | A+ Overall Rated ETF |
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The second table shows the overall Realtime Rating for EQL, as well as the A+ Overall Rated ETF in EQL's Category. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
ETFdb Analyst Report for EQL
This ETF offers exposure to the domestic equity market, but utilizes a unique methodology to access this asset class. Each sector of the economy receives an equal weight in EQL, a strategy that results in a drastically different composition relative to market cap-weighted products such as SPY. EQL...
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