Upward Earnings Revisions in October

Good news for the bulls here – earnings overall have had more upward revisions this October than in September. Utilities and Health Care of all things had the biggest change.

Here are two ETF lists to play the possible rally in those two sectors:

UTILITIES

Global Utilities ETFs
iShares S&P Global Utilities Sector Index Fund (JXI)
SPDR FTSE/Macquarie Global Infrastructure 100 ETF (GII)

Broad US Utilities ETFs
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Sector Index Fund (IDU)
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU)
Merrill Lynch Utilities HOLDRs (UTH)
Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU)

Foreign Utilities ETFs
WisdomTree International Utilities Sector Fund (DBU)

Equal Weight Utilities ETFs
Rydex S&P Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU)

Quant Strategy Utilities ETFs
First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU)
PowerShares Dynamic Utilities Portfolio (PUI)

Leveraged Utilities ETFs
ProShares Ultra Utilities ETF (UPW)

Inverse (Short) Utilities ETFs
roShares UltraShort Utilities (SDP)

Utilities Sub-Sector ETFs
PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (PHO)
First Trust NASDAQ CleanEdge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (GRID)

HEALTHCARE

Global Healthcare, Pharma and Biotech ETFs
iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sector Index Fund (IXJ)

Broad US Healthcare, Pharma and Biotech ETFs
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Sector Index Fund (IYH)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV)
Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT)

Foreign Healthcare Sector ETFs
WisdomTree International Health Care Sector Fund (DBR)

Sub-Sector Healthcare, Pharma and Biotech ETFs
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Pharmaceuticals Index Fund (IHE)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Providers Index Fund (IHF)
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Medical Devices Index Fund (IHI)
iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund (IBB)
Merril Lynch Biotech HOLDRs Trust (BBH)
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI)
SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF (XPH)

Equal-Weight US Healthcare, Pharma and Biotech ETFs
Rydex S&P Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RYH)

Quant Strategy US Healthcare, Pharma and Biotech ETFs
First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund (FXH)
PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE)
PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Sector Portfolio (PTH)
PowerShares Dynamic Healthcare Services Portfolio (PTJ)
PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP)

Leveraged US Healthcare, Pharma and Biotech ETFs
ProShares Ultra Health Care ETF (RXL)

Inverse (Short) US Healthcare, Pharma and Biotech ETFs
ProShares UltraShort Health Care (RXD)