ETF Name	Symbol	Invests in…
iShares DJ US Energy	IYE	Energy
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas	IEQ	Energy
iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services	IEZ	Energy
Oil Services HOLDRS	OIH	Energy
PowerShares Dynamic Oil & Gas Services	PXJ	Energy
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Exploration & Production	PXE	Energy
PowerShares Dynamic Energy Sector	PXI	Energy
PowerShares FTSE RAFI Energy Sector	PRFE	Energy
PowerShares Wilderhill Progressive Energy	PUW	Energy
PowerShares Wilderhill Clean Energy	PBW	Energy
SPDR Oil and Gas Equipment and Services	XES	Energy
SPDR Oil and Gas Exploration and Production	XOP	Energy
Vanguard Energy Index	VDE	Energy
iShares DJ US Basic Materials	IYM	Materials
PowerShares Basic Materials Sector	PYZ	Materials
PowerShares FTSE RAFI Basic Materials Sector	PRFM	Materials
Select Sector SPDR Materials	XLB	Materials
Vanguard Materials Index Fund	VAW	Materials
Vanguard Metals and Mining	XME	Materials
iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources	IGE	Natural resources
Market Vectors-Gold Miners	GDX	Precious Metals
SPDR Metals and Mining	XME	Precious Metals

The Future of Asset Allocation

Wealthy clients are being attracted to hedge funds mainly because of the potential to profit from non-correlating asset classes and strategies. The new wave of asset allocation programs will offer the same advantages with lower costs, more service and far greater transparency, as shown below.

Summary

In retail investing, the mutual funds industry was responsible for taking asset allocation programs mainstream in the early 1990s. Plain-vanilla, auto-pilot mutual fund programs made asset allocation easy to understand and simple to manage. But times change and today's investors want more, especially at the top of the wealth market.

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