This specialty fund has returned 19.5% a year since its founding two decades ago.

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Some of the specialty ETFs include the EG Shares India Infrastructure Fund (INXX) and the EG Shares Dow Jones Emerging Markets Consumer Titans (ECON) ETF.

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"You had to fund it yourself, " says Ciba Specialty chairman Rolf Meyer.

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So the fund is overweight in technology and is expanding in specialty retail (smaller chains)--both tend to do well in flush times.

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Some experts argue that rather than fund additional residencies, Medicare should find ways to channel more U.S. medical students away from specialty fields and into primary-care medicine in rural areas.

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