This ETF Has Crushed the Dow Jones and S&P 500 in 2025. Here's How It Can Keep Winning in 2026.

It looks like the energy sector will disappoint investors this year as the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund has produced gains of less than half those delivered by the S&P 500.Drilling deeper, pun intended, investors can find some energy exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that aren't just beating the traditional iteration of the sector, but are trouncing the broader market as well. Take the case of the VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF (NYSEMKT: NLR). As of Nov. 10, the nuclear energy ETF is up 71.7% since the start of 2025. This means that for every $1 returned this year by the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the nuclear fund has returned more than $5.Sounds impressive and it is, but with 2025 nearing its end, investors are right to ponder the case for nuclear energy stocks beating the Dow again next year. Time will tell what that answer is, but the nuclear energy industry has the ingredients needed to cook up another recipe of market-beating performance in 2026.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool