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Hi Tom (Not really that old an AIM guy - Happy Birthday!) Most excellent suggestion but I'm finding two problems. The first is finding the best index to match it to and the second is that they don't have similar enough start dates to make the comparison likely to be accurate.

For example:

SPDR® S&P® Health Care Services ETF XHS Ten year N/A 19.28% 9/28/2011
Guggenheim S&P 500® Equal Weight Health Care ETF RYH Ten year 12.53% 13.13% 11/1/2006
S&P Health Care Services Select Industry Index Ten year N/A 19.73% 9/28/2011

Is RYH lower because it started before the 2008/9 crash which would bring the average down compared to XHS?

The opposite is true of:

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR® Fund XLP 6.39% 12/16/1998
Guggenheim S&P 500® Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF RHS 11.46% 11/1/2006
Consumer Staples Select Sector Index 6.64% 12/16/1998

where XLP went through at the 2000/2 crash in addition to the 2008/9 one compared to RHS. Does this make a difference. I'm not sure, but I'm guessing it is so.

Of course, your insight to the issue is most welcome.

Allen