PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio ETF (PZD)

The PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio ETF (PZD) started trading in late October 2006. It tracks the Cleantech Index, minus expenses and fees.

The Cleantech Index measures the performance of corporations deriving at least half of their operating profits or revenues from clean technologies. This includes companies involved in additives for making traditional fuels burn cleaner, biofuels, solar energy, and wind energy. Components include both US companies and American Depository Receipts.

The ETF is passively managed, with an expense ratio of 0.71%. The fund's most recent annual turnover rate was 23%.

As of August 2008, the ETF had the following sector breakdown:

Basic materials 6.37%
Consumer cyclical 1.12%
Health care 3.06%
Industrials 65.33%
Information technology 17.5%
Utilities 6.21%
Other 0.4%

The ETF has not paid dividends in the past.

As of August 2008, the PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio ETF holds 49 stocks. Its holdings are listed below.