Published on 20 Mar 2024 on Zacks via Yahoo Finance
Designed to provide broad exposure to the Energy - Broad segment of the equity market, the First Trust NASDAQ Oil & Gas ETF (FTXN) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 09/20/2016.
Retail and institutional investors increasingly turn to passively managed ETFs because they offer low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency; these kind of funds are also excellent vehicles for long term investors.
Sector ETFs are also funds of convenience, offering many ways to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Energy - Broad is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 16, placing it in bottom 0%.