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Market Intelligence Center
Oct 14
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The patented option trade-picking algorithms behind MarketIntelligenceCenter.com's Artificial Intelligence Center have selected a covered call trade on S&P Semiconductor SPDR (XSD) that includes 5.11% downside protection. Sell one contract of the...
Forbes
Sep 16
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The SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 193,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 49,000. Shares of XSD were up about 0.1% on the day.
Market Intelligence Center
Sep 4
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S&P Semiconductor SPDR (XSD) presents a trading opportunity that offers a 6.05% return in just 133 days. A covered call on S&P Semiconductor SPDR at the $75.00 level expiring on Jan. '16 offers an assigned return rate of 6.05% or 16.61%...
Market Intelligence Center
Aug 14
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A covered call identified by MarketIntelligececenter.com's patented algorithm on S&P Semiconductor SPDR (XSD) could yield about 3.12% (18.08% annualized, for comparison purposes only) in 63 days. Pair a long position in the ETF with a sold Oct....
Market Intelligence Center
Aug 11
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The patented option-trade picking algorithms that power MarketIntelligenceCenter.com's Artificial Intelligence Center have selected a covered-call trade on S&P Semiconductor SPDR (XSD) that includes 3.52% downside protection. Sell one contract of...
Market Intelligence Center
Jun 22
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The patented option-trade picking algorithms that power MarketIntelligenceCenter.com's Artificial Intelligence Center have selected a covered-call trade on S&P Semiconductor SPDR (XSD) that includes 6.07% downside protection. Sell one contract of...
Market Intelligence Center
Apr 20
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The patented option-trade picking algorithms that power MarketIntelligenceCenter.com's Artificial Intelligence Center have selected a covered-call trade on S&P Semiconductor SPDR (XSD) that includes 7.06% downside protection. Sell one contract of...
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SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD)
Overview
The SPDR® S&P® Semiconductor ETF, before expenses, seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the S&P Semiconductor Select IndustryTM Index (ticker: SPSISCTR).
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Fund Information
- Fund Manager - State Street Global Markets, LLC
- Inception Date - 01/31/2006
- Exchange – NYSE Arca
- Index Ticker – XSD
- Intra-day NAV Ticker – XSD.IV
- Expense Ratio - 0.35%
Top Holdings
| Name | Weight | Total Mkt Cap M | Shares Held |
| Intel Corp | 3.86% | 110,385 | 184,633 |
| Texas Instrs Inc | 4.07% | 32,988 | 147,680 |
| Broadcom Corp | 3.85% | 13,435 | 119,458 |
| Analog Devices Inc | 4.01% | 8,820 | 126,865 |
| Nvidia Corp | 3.54% | 8,496 | 220,993 |
| Micron Technology Inc | 4.12% | 7,308 | 457,819 |
| Altera Corp | 4.16% | 6,658 | 176,501 |
| Xilinx Inc | 3.85% | 6,581 | 154,947 |
| Linear Technology Corp | 3.90% | 6,290 | 132,265 |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 5.75% | 5,812 | 634,280 |
Holdings as of 12/08/2009
| ETF Name | Fund Manager | Expense Ratio |
| iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap Index Fund (SCJ) | ishares | 0.48% |
| iShares Russell Microcap (TM) Index Fund (IWC) | Invesco PowerShares | 0.60% |
| iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index Fund (IJT) | InvescoPoweshares | 0.95% |
| iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index Fund (IJR) | InvescoPoweshares | 0.95% |
| iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index Fund (IJS) | ProShares ETFs | 0.95% |
| Powershares Dynamic Small Cap Growth Portfolio ETF (PWT) | ProShares ETFs | 0.95% |
| Powershares Dynamic Small Cap Growth Portfolio ETF (PWT) | State Street Global Markets, LLC | 0.35% |
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