Technology ETFs

Technology ETFs List

Global Technology ETFs

  • iShares S&P Global Technology Sector Index Fund (IXN)

Broad US Technology ETFs

  • iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Sector Index Fund (IWY)
  • iShares Goldman Sachs Technology Index Fund (IGM)
  • Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK)
  • Morgan Stanley Technology ETF (MTK)
  • Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT)
  • First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund (QTEC)

Equal Weight Technology Sector ETFs

  • Rydex S&P Equal Weight Technology ETF (RYT)

Fundamental Index Technology Sector ETFs

  • PowerShares FTSE RAFI Telecom & Technology Sector Portfolio (PRFQ)

Quant Strategy Technology Sector ETFs

  • First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund (FXL)
  • PowerShares Dynamic Hardware & Consumer Electronics Portfolio(PHW)
  • PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ)
  • PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)
  • PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ)
  • PowerShares Dynamic Technology Sector Portfolio (PTF)

Leveraged Technology Sector ETFs

  • ProShares Ultra Technology ETF (ROM)

Inverse (Short) Technology Sector ETFs

  • ProShares UltraShort Technology (REW)
Technology Sub-Sector ETFs

Software ETFs

  • iShares S&P GSTI Software Index Fund (IGV)
  • Merrill Lynch Software HOLDRs (SWH)
  • PowerShares Dynamic Software Portfolio (PSJ)

Hardware ETFs

  • Merrill Lynch Internet Architecture HOLDRs (IAH)
  • PowerShares Dynamic Hardware & Consumer Electronics Portfolio (PHW)

Networking ETFs

  • iShares S&P GSTI Networking Index Fund (IGN)
  • Merrill Lynch Broadband HOLDRs (BDH)
  • PowerShares Dynamic Networking Portfolio (PXQ)

Semiconductors ETFs

  • iShares S&P GSTI Semiconductor Index Fund (IGW)
  • PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors Portfolio (PSI)
  • SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD)
  • Merrill Lynch Semiconductor HOLDRs (SMH)

Internet and Technology Services ETFs

  • First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN)
  • Merrill Lynch Internet HOLDRs (HHH)
  • Merrill Lynch Internet Infrastructure HOLDRs (IIH)
  • Merrill Lynch B2B Internet HOLDRs (BHH)

Nanotechnology ETFs

  • PowerShares Lux Nanotech Portfolio(PXN)

What Are They?

  • These ETFs cover the technology sector, including software, semiconductors (chips), enterprise hardware and consumer gadgets. We've included Internet ETFs here as well, although they're a hybrid of media and technology.
  • Sector ETFs come in four levels of granularity: (1) global, (2) US or international, (3) the main industry sub-groups that comprise the sector, and (4) narrower groups of companies within the sector.
  • Specialty ETFs are also available for the technology sector, including leveraged, inverse, quant strategy, fundamental index and equal weighted ETFs. These ETFs are explained in their own sections of the ETF Finder.

What to Look Out For

  • Sector ETFs tend to be more concentrated than broad index ETFs. That means they can be more volatile, and can involve greater long term risk if the largest stocks in the ETF performs poorly.
  • Sector ETFs tend to have higher expense ratios than broader index ETFs.
  • Merrill Lynch HOLDRs are fixed baskets of stocks that become less and less representative of their sectors over time. The Internet HOLDRs ETF, for example, doesn't include Google.