IYZ – iShares Dow Jones US Telecommunications Index has maintained its demand status for nearly four years according to its point & figure chart. The top three positions Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Nextel Corp make up 50% of the current allocation.
IXP - iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Sector Index Fund which unlike IYZ has recently reversed into a column of O’s. Its top five holdings are: 1) Vodafone Group Plc [VOD] 16.21%, 2) Verizon Communications Inc [VZ] 9.26%, 3) Telefonica SA [TEF] 8.15%, 4) SBC Communications Inc [SBC] 7.40%, 5) BellSouth Corp [BLS] 4.54%
DE Smith of MyPortfolioView
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