The holiday shopping season is in high gear, and Marketwatch has an idea about how this can be used to your advantage.
If you think that retail will have a positive season, John Spence recommends buying ETFs (exchange-traded funds) that follow the retail sector. They can be traded like stocks for those who like to play the market. Here are the author’s two suggested ETFs: Retail HOLDRS (RTH) (actually a hybrid ETF) and PowerShares Dynamic Retail Portfolio (PMR).
Several other ETFs are identified in the article but don’t specifically track retail as well as the two above.
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