PowerShares Dynamic Technology Sector Portfoliois an open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Dynamic Technology Sector Intellidex index. The index consists of approximately 60 U.S. technology companies. These companies are engaged in the business of providing technology-related products and services, including computer hardware and software, Internet, electronics and semiconductors and communication technologies. As of Apr 30 2013, the Fund's total assets were $32,150,798 and the Fund's investment portfolio was valued at $32,135,987. The PTF YTD return is shown above.
The YTD Return on the PTF YTD return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the total return for a given investment year-to-date for the current calendar year
(up to the end of prior trading session). Arguably, choosing the current calendar year for a measurement
period is on the one hand completely arbitrary, but on the other hand a year-to-date look can be extremely
useful in the context of our country's tax system which taxes gains and income on a calendar year basis.
Thus, researching Year-To-Date Returns is good practice for investors — whether PTF YTD return or other benchmarks/peers
— and when doing so it is also important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's YTD return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon. Our website aims to empower investors
by performing the PTF YTD return calculation (with any dividends reinvested as applicable), and to provide a
coverage universe of many stocks and ETFs to be able to compare YTD returns.
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