The popularity of ETF trading has exploded in recent years, and investors seem to love the ability to gain diversification within a single purchase. Traders can easily play the entire S&P 500 in one swoop by buying the SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY 0.12% or gain exposure to the whole Energy Sector by buying the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF XLE 1.52%.
However, as the number of ETFs has exploded, some of them have become strangely specific. Here’s a list of 10 oddball ETFs.
1. Market Vectors Gaming ETF BJK 0.19%
Want to place a bet on the gambling business? This ETF is devoted to companies that generate at least half of their revenue from gambling.
2. Global X Lithium ETF LIT 0.2%
While direct investments in electric car companies such as Tesla Motors Inc TSLA 1.82% can be extremely volatile and risky, another way to play the electric car trend is by buying into Lithium ETF LIT.
3. iPath Global Carbon ETN GRN 0.48%
Slightly higher on the ETF periodic table than LIT is the Carbon ETF GRN. As strange as it seems, this fund is intended to mirror the performance of the most liquid global carbon-related credit plans.
4. iPath Bloomberg Livestock SubTR ETN COW 1.19%
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