Twelve ETFs Trading Near 52-Week Highs

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX FXG is up more than 20% year to date. The investment seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index. Top holdings include Green Mountain Coffee Roasters GMCR, Coca-Cola Enterprises CCE and Dean Foods DF. SPDR S&P Biotech XBI is up more than 19% year to date. The fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in the securities comprising the S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index. Top holdings include Theravance THRX and Savient Pharmaceuticals SVNT. iShares Dow Jones U.S. Pharmaceuticals Index Fund IHE is up more than 15% year to date. The underlying index measures the performance of the pharmaceuticals sector of the U.S. equity market, but excludes producers of vitamins. Top holdings include Johnson & Johnson JNJ, Pfizer PFE and Merck MRK. PowerShares Dynamic Utilities PUI is up more than 13% year to date. The fund normally invests at least 90% of its assets in common stocks that comprise the Dynamic Utilities Intellidex Index. Top holdings include Xcel Energy XEL, Southern Company SO and American Electric Power AEP. PowerShares S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples PSCC is up more than 12% year to date. The investment seeks to replicate the S&P SmallCap 600 Capped Consumer Staples Index. Top holdings include Darling International DAR, Treehouse Foods THS and United National Foods UNFI. iShares Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense Index Fund ITA is up more than 12% year to date. The fund invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index. Top holdings include United Technologies UTX, Boeing BA and Precision Castparts PCP. PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders PDP is up more than 12% year to date. The investment seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Dorsey Wright Technical Leaders Index. Top holdings include Liberty Media LCAPA, Apple AAPL and Priceline.com PCLN. iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index Fund IXJ is up nearly 12% year to date. The underlying index represents relatively large and liquid REITs that may benefit from future consolidation and securitization of the U.S. real estate industry. Top holdings include Simon Property Group SPG and Vornado Realty Trust VNO. Guggenheim Ocean Tomo Growth Index OTR is up about 10% year to date. The fund invests at least 90% of total assets in common stock and ADRs representing common stocks included in the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Growth Index. Top holdings include IBM IBM, Microsoft MSFT and GlaxoSmithKline GSK. Market Vectors Indonesia Index IDX is up more than 9% year to date. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of the Market Vectors Indonesia Index. Top holdings include P.T. Telekomunikasi Indonesia TLK. Rydex CurrencyShares Swiss Franc Trust FXF is up nearly 8% since the beginning of the year. The fund seeks to reflect the price of the Swiss Franc. PIMCO Build America Bond Strategy ETF BABZ is up more than 7% year to date. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in taxable municipal debt securities publicly issued under the Build America Bond program, which was created as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.