Interested investors can turn to the 300 or so sector funds available.

It is funded with a combination of public and private sector funds.

But in tough markets like today's, some sector funds are less risky than others.

Investors don't have to own a sector fund to get exposure to health care stocks.

Still others track flows into sector funds like technology or real estate.

Instead, sector funds gave investors the chance to put their money into a specific industry.

But there may be more to the pleasure of sector funds than the hope for profit.

Before getting a chance to run a fund, managers typically have to prove themselves by running one or more of these sector funds.

Last year, the government announced it would receive a $20 thousand million investment over the next five years, including private sector funds.

The company's 41 sector funds will continue to carry the 3 percent charge.