Water ETF Analysis
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Date updated:05-16-2007

There are now three water ETFs you can choose from.

Check out the article on Water ETFs at thestreet.com.

Is it better to buy a Water ETF, or one of Stockpickr's Top 10 Clean Water Stocks? This portfolio tracks the three water ETFs, the 10 Stockpickr Clean Water stocks, and two international water stocks (Suez and Veolia) that are a large part of CGW's ETF portfolio.

symbol name last price % change open
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  • FIW
    Ft Ise Water Inde
  • $15.71
  • +3.71%
  • $13.98

First Trust's entry into the Water ETF game. Not much data since the ETF only started trading in early May. There are now three water ETFs you can choose from.

People owning FIW also tend to own: BWTRCGWDSCMHSOALOWMWAPHO

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  • CGW
    Claymore S&p Glob
  • $15.36
  • +2.20%
  • $14.34

Water ETF with an international flavor (I always thought water had no flavor!) From thestreet.com: The Claymore S&P Global Water Index ETF (CGW - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) has more of a global focus, with 72% of the fund invested in foreign stocks, as opposed to PHO's 15%. In fact, CGW invests in equities hailing from 14 different countries. Suez (SZE - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Veolia (VE - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) are CGW's two largest components, accounting for more than 9% each. That makes France the second-largest country by weighting in the fund at 19.58%. The U.S. is the largest country in the fund, accounting for 28%, but the U.S. does not dominate the fund as with PHO; the largest U.S. holding accounts for only 4% of the fund. CGW seems more directly focused on the third investment theme I outlined above, of bringing potable water to places that don't have enough, or any. Both Suez and Veolia are unambiguously water companies.

People owning CGW also tend to own: BWTRDSCMFIWHSOALOWMWAPHO

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  • PHO
    Ps Water Resource
  • $13.96
  • +3.95%
  • $12.13

PowerShares Water Resources returned 10% over the past 12 months as of Tuesday. It is ahead 28% year to date and 25% since inception. nvestors see a huge opportunity for anything involved in water infrastructure. In just a year and a half, PowerShares Water Resources (AMEX:PHO - News) has become the flagship of the provider's 86 offerings. "There weren't many opportunities to buy stock in clean water providers in the open market," Bruce Bond, founder of PowerShares Capital Management, recently told IBD. "But investors understood it. Now it's our biggest, with $1.7 billion in assets." Source: Yahoo Finance article on water ETFs.

People owning PHO also tend to own: EWAGABTXSAGBXSFVBXUAAAAAPL

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  • CCC
    Calgon Carbon Cp
  • $16.70
  • +8.02%
  • $14.82
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  • JEC
    Jacobs Engineerng
  • $35.78
  • -0.86%
  • $34.11
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  • GE
    Gen Electric Co
  • $21.50
  • +13.10%
  • $18.70
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  • AMN
    Ameron Inc
  • $47.39
  • +8.77%
  • $41.00
  • +
  • ASH
    Ashland Inc (new)
  • $24.76
  • +3.95%
  • $22.65
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Start Price

Return Value

Start Date

FIW 20.02 -21.53% May 16th
CGW 25.30 -39.29% May 16th
PHO 19.49 -28.37% May 16th
CCC 9.19 +81.72% May 16th
JEC 53.92 -33.64% May 16th
GE 36.80 -41.58% May 16th
AMN 78.45 -39.59% May 16th
ASH 59.49 -58.38% May 16th
BWTR 6.84 -82.02% May 16th
FSI 3.45 -62.61% May 16th
SDIX 4.60 -70.65% May 16th
ITT 66.75 -33.12% May 16th
PNR 33.94 -15.50% May 16th
SZE 57.71 -82.31% May 16th
VE 81.95 -62.54% May 16th

Average return:

-39.29%

Success rate:

6.67%

Tracking Started: 05-16-2007

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