Michael Thompson : The way I do this, is with the SPDRs Select Sectors.

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Consider a high yield exchange-traded fund like the Barclays High Yield Bond SPDRS ETF (NYSE: JNK).

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One reason SPDRs succeeded was because individual investors could afford to buy them.

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In the short-term, gold vehicles like the Gold Trust SPDRS ETF (NYSE: GLD) are overbought and due for some selling.

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SPDRs also filled a big void in the brokerage industry.

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BlackRock ( BLK), owner of iShares, and StateStreet ( STT), which manages the SPDRs, are the two largest ETF managers, followed by The Vanguard Group, which is mutually owned by its funds.

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That's a nice nine-month return, but it lags the 63% rebound in the SPDRs (amex: SPY), although there have been big standouts like Nordstrom and Chico's, up 189% and 226% respectively since March 9.

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And it did so again this time to a degree that a positive market reaction is far from assured, although the jumps in the XLE, XLF and XLB Sector SPDRs this week were market-leading.

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Then there are the SPDRS from State Street.

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