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3 Obscure Equity ETFs Trouncing SPY

Despite some recent Cyprus-induced hurdles, the S&P 500 is off to a fine start in 2013.That much is highlighted by the 9.3 percent year-to-date gain for the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) and that does not include a decent showing on Tuesday.Plenty of well-known sector ETFs have been even better , particularly those tracking consumer staples and health care names. However, investors have plenty of options regarding somewhat obscure equity-based ETFs that are handily outperforming SPY this year.Two requirements were used for this group. First, only plain vanilla long ETFs were included. Leveraged funds were excluded. Second, all three of the ETFs featured here have outpaced SPY by at least 500 basis points this year.SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (NYSE:XTN) Investors that look for broad transportation sector exposure via ETFs primarily head to the iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund (NYSE:IYT). IYT is a fine ETF in its own right as evidenced by a year-to-date gain of 13 percent.By...

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