iShares North American Natural Resources ETF

IGE

Market cap $897M

IGE aims to provide economic exposure to U.S. and Canadian natural resource firms and has performed well recently, mainly due to the Strait of Hormuz crisis. Since its inception in 2001, its total return of 533% failed to outperform either the S&P 500 (869%) or Russell 2000 (741%). The fund is dominated by exposure to oil and gas firms and associated sub-sectors, with minimal exposure to other natural resources.

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IGE is a passively managed ETF that tracks the S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index. IGE and XLE have similar sector compositions, but IGE has a lower weighting in the top three holdings. IGE may provide a superior return due to overvaluation and overweighting of top holdings in XLE, the fund's similar risk return ratios, and larger expected multiple expansion for IGE.