Investigating ETFs

To see the stocks that are included in XLP, XLY, or any ETF, go the the American Stock Exchange web (www.amex.com ) site section for ETFs (on the left) and type in XLP or whatever symbol you are investigating in the upper right-hand box for symbol look-up. Move to the bottom of the resulting page and you will see the major stocks/industries represented in this ETF. Examine these and convince yourself that these are indeed the stocks/sectors of firms related to this type of spending.