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Hi Gang, Well I got all that I could find of ETFs and ETNs - even the best seem to have a few duplicates - 1621 in all. The following were the three groupings of sector funds:

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Index Fund ETF	                IYC 
 iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector Fund ETF	                IYE 
 iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector Index Fund ETF	        IYF 
 iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index Fund ETF	IYG 
 iShares Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index Fund ETF	        IYH 
 iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrial Sector Index Fund ETF        IYJ 
 iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index Fund ETF	        IYK 
 iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index ETF	        IYM 
 iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund ETF	        IYR 
 iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index Fund ETF	        IYW 
 iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Index Fund ETF	IYZ 
 	 
 PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples Portfolio ETF        PSCC 
 PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary Portfolio ETF	PSCD 
 PowerShares S&P SmallCap Energy Portfolio ETF	                PSCE 
 PowerShares S&P SmallCap Financials Portfolio ETF	        PSCF 
 PowerShares S&P SmallCap Health Care Portfolio ETF	        PSCH 
 PowerShares S&P SmallCap Industrials Portfolio ETF	        PSCI 
 PowerShares S&P SmallCap Materials Portfolio ETF	        PSCM 
 PowerShares S&P SmallCap Info Tech ETF	                        PSCT 
 PowerShares S&P SmallCap Utilities Portfolio ETF	        PSCU 
 	 
 ProShares Ultra Basic Materials ETF	   UYM 
 ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods ETF	   UGE 
 ProShares Ultra Consumer Services ETF	   UCC 
 ProShares Ultra Financials ETF	           UYG 
 ProShares Ultra Health Care ETF           RXL 
 ProShares Ultra Industrials ETF           UXI 
 ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas ETF	           DIG 
 ProShares Ultra Real Estate ETF           URE 
 ProShares Ultra Technology ETF	           ROM 
 ProShares Ultra Telecommunications ETF	   LTL 
 ProShares Ultra Utilities ETF	           UPW 
 

Many singles but just these three are the only complete families of sector funds I could find. Interesting to note that none of them divide the sectors exactly the same and that while PowerShares has 9 they are not strictly the traditional ones.

SPFF still appears to be the best bet for parking cash, being the highest dividend, lowest 52 week range and closest to 52 week low.

The other thing of note is that only a few non-leveraged ETFs/ETNs have a range greater that 1.5 to 1 so if you are looking for volatility to make AIM work hard other choices than non-leveraged ETFs/ETNs may well be needed.

Best,

Allen