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Finding the Right Technology Product

August 20, 2020 by Frank Kaberna| Tips & Strategies

The technology sector is up 400% in the last decade, and, while there’s no telling where tech stocks go from here, it’s evident that they are some of the most prominent names in the market. In 2010, Exxon (XOM) was the S&P 500’s largest component, and Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) were the only technology stocks in its top five. Today, the index’s top five is all tech, and there isn’t an energy company in its top thirty names.

Source: dxFeed Index Services (https://indexit.dxfeed.com)

Overweight Tech Products

Major equity indexes such as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are now heavily invested in the technology sector, 24% and 45% weightings respectively, and their futures (/ES, /NQ) and ETFs (SPY, QQQ) reflect this. Almost all of that tech exposure, however, is concentrated in just a few names. For instance, AAPL and MSFT make up 12% of the S&P and thus half of its technology sector weighting, and these same two names account for 24% of the Nasdaq.

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Traditional sector-specific products like the exchange-traded fund XLK (43% AAPL and MSFT) run into the same problem of heaviness at the top. Burgeoning companies in biotechnology and the more technological fields of media and retail are often underrepresented due to their market capitalization. If technological advancements infatuate the everyday investor now more than ever, then why are they stuck with antiquated products that only really track a handful of companies?

Source: dxFeed Index Services (https://indexit.dxfeed.com)

A Future for Technology Trading

Small Technology 60 (/STIX) updates tech for the modern trader looking for a single market that puts rising companies like Regeneron (REGN) and Shopify (SHOP) shoulder-to-shoulder with Apple and Microsoft. Investors can get more diversified technology that’s split into four subsectors: information, retail, media, and biotechnology. And speculators get a more active trade that’s not merely the result of sentiment in a couple names.

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About Frank Kaberna

Frank Kaberna is the head content strategist at the Small Exchange. He produces everything from brochures to videos that inform on the Small Exchange’s products. After earning a mathematics degree from the University of Michigan, Frank traded interest rates at the Chicago Board of Trade. He then worked on the tastytrade Network as a content producer and on-air talent before landing at the Small Exchange.

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