iShares Russell 2000
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSE Arca: IWM) is an exchange-traded fund of US stocks that tracks the Russell 2000 index, in the iShares ETF family.
IWM is used by day traders and investors alike to gain access to the small-cap segment of US stocks. It is highly liquid. As of August 2012, it is the second most actively traded exchange-traded product in the world.[1]
Competition
iShares Russell 2000 is the largest small-cap ETF. Another fund is iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF.[2][3]
Holdings
Top ten holdings:
- Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (RAH)
- Myriad Genetics Inc. (MYGN)
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALXN)
- Waste Connections Inc. (WCN)
- Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. (PNY)
- Realty Income Corp. (O)
- OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OSIP)
- Comstock Resources Inc. (CRK)
- ITC Holdings Corp. (ITC)
- Westar Energy Inc. (WR)
(as of December 2008)
See also
References
- ↑ "Blackrock ETP Landscape Industry Highlights" (PDF). BlackRock.
- ↑ 3 Small-Cap ETFs With Better Performance Than IWM Yahoo Finance
- ↑ Don't Sweat The Small Caps Seeking Alpha
External links
- Yahoo! Finance page for IWM
- Bloomberg page for IWM
- MSN Money page for IWM
- Reuters page for iShares Russell 2000
- MarketWatch page for iShares Russell 2000
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