Equal-Weight Tech ETFs if You’re Shy About Apple

Apple (AAPL), a major holding in technology exchange traded funds, is down more than 3% this week. If you’re shy about Apple’s dominant effect on an investment portfolio, equal-weight tech ETFs provide a more balanced approach to the sector.

Apple shares were down 1.6% Thursday and dropped 4.6% over the past week, trading down to $630 per share from their all-time high of just over $705 per share last month. With a market capitalization of $591.3 billion, the single company stock is one the largest holdings in market-cap weighted tech sector ETFs:

• iShares Dow Jones US Technology (IYW) : Apple is 24.1%.

• Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund (VGT) : Apple is 20.4%.

• Select Sector SPDR Technology (XLK) : Apple is 20.4%.

• PowerShares QQQ ETF (QQQ) : Apple is 19.6%.

Investors, though, can protect themselves from the potential Apple effect on tech ETF through funds that adhere to an equal weight methodology:

• Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Technology ETF (RYT) : Apple is 1.4%.

• First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund ETF (QQEW) : Apple is 1.0%.

• First Trust Nasdaq-100 Tech Index (QTEC) : Apple is 2.2%.

• Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Wtd Idx Shrs ETF (QQQE) : Apple is 0.9%.

Since holdings are more or less evenly spread out, the tech sector ETFs provides a heavier emphasis on mid- and small-cap stocks. The Nasdaq-100 equal weight ETFs provides equal exposure to the 100 large-cap growth firms listed on the Nasdaq. [Chart of the Day: Apple and Tech ETFs]

For more information on the tech sector, visit our technology category.

Max Chen contributed to this article.

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