PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Sandy Rattray TI - The Search for European Sector Exposure AID - 10.3905/jai.2002.319045 DP - 2002 Jun 30 TA - The Journal of Alternative Investments PG - 69--72 VI - 5 IP - 1 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/5/1/69.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/5/1/69.full AB - The belief that sectors are more diversified than countries and that sectors explain more of the return of stocks than countries do has become very widespread. Particularly in Europe, the majority of investors have been following a “sector approach” for several years. In this article, I review a range of instruments for sector-based allocation including portfolio trades, futures, swaps, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).