In the infrastructure plan, Joe Biden mentioned the plan to eliminate lead pipes and service lines. In his speech, he stated that,
Look, today up to 10 million homes in America and over 400,000 schools and childcare centers have pipes, where they get their water from, lead-based pipes. Including pipes for drinking water. According to scientists, there is simply no safe exposure to lead for a child.
Todd Rosenbluth, CFRA’s head of mutual fund and ETF research, spoke with MarketWatch regarding the plan. Rosenbluth said, “This is an investment theme that I thought was under the radar, but I’m pleasantly surprised to see that this ETF has a billion and a half in it.”
The ETF that we are mentioned here is the Invesco Water Resources ETF PHO, +0.61%.
Moreover, Rosenbluth pointed out PHO “extremely diversified.” On the other hand, the Invesco holding water utilities, machinery companies, industrials and materials companies that make the equipment to improve water infrastructure, life sciences tools and much more.
Notably, PHO charges a bit higher than many ETFs, like 50 basis points.
Rosenbluth also added that “it is a multi-shaped ETF. Still, it can be a nice complement to an existing portfolio, particularly for an investor with a long-term horizon.”