Course 404:
Using Sector Funds in a Portfolio
In this course
1 Introduction
2 The All-Sector-Fund Portfolio
3 Filling in Portfolio Gaps
4 'Tilt' Your Diversified Portfolio

Some investors build their portfolios around investment styles, placing a certain percentage of their portfolios in large-growth stocks, reserving another slice for small-value names, etc. Other investors, meanwhile, invest according to sectors.

Sector funds, which focus on a specific industry, can be useful tools for building a portfolio with just the exposure you want.

This course covers three ways that you can use sector funds for building a portfolio. (To learn more about sector funds, in general, take Funds 405.)

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