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Should You Invest in the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RSPD)?

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If you're interested in broad exposure to the Consumer Discretionary - Broad segment of the equity market, look no further than the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RSPD - Free Report) , a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on November 1, 2006.

An increasingly popular option among retail and institutional investors, passively managed ETFs offer low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency; they are also excellent vehicles for long term investors.

Sector ETFs also provide investors access to a broad group of companies in particular sectors that offer low risk and diversified exposure. Consumer Discretionary - Broad is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 12, placing it in bottom 25%.

Index Details

The fund is sponsored by Invesco. It has amassed assets over $388.57 million, making it one of the larger ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Consumer Discretionary - Broad segment of the equity market. RSPD seeks to match the performance of the S&P 500 EQL WEIGHT CONS DISCRETIONARY ID before fees and expenses.

The S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary Index equally weights stocks in the consumer discretionary sector of the S&P 500 Index.

Costs

Investors should also pay attention to an ETF's expense ratio. Lower cost products will produce better results than those with a higher cost, assuming all other metrics remain the same.

Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.4%, making it on par with most peer products in the space.

It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 0.97%.

Sector Exposure and Top Holdings

It is important to delve into an ETF's holdings before investing despite the many upsides to these kinds of funds like diversified exposure, which minimizes single stock risk. And, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.

This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Consumer Discretionary sector -- about 97.2% of the portfolio.

Looking at individual holdings, Airbnb Inc (ABNB) accounts for about 2.93% of total assets, followed by Genuine Parts Co (GPC) and Doordash Inc (DASH).

The top 10 holdings account for about 26.45% of total assets under management.

Performance and Risk

So far this year, RSPD has lost about 7.09%, and is down about 6.18% in the last one year (as of 10/09/2026). During this past 52-week period, the fund has traded between $51.62 and $60.02.

The ETF has a beta of 1.11 and standard deviation of 19.04% for the trailing three-year period. With about 49 holdings, it has more concentrated exposure than peers.

Alternatives

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF sports a Zacks ETF Rank of 4 (Sell), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. RSPD, then, is not a great choice for investors seeking exposure to the Consumer Discretionary ETFs segment of the market. However, there are better ETFs in the space to consider.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares (VCR) tracks MSCI US Investable Market Consumer Discretionary 25/50 Index and the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) tracks Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index. Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares has $5.77 billion in assets, State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF has $21.86 billion. VCR has an expense ratio of 0.09%, and XLY charges 0.08%.

Bottom Line

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