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title: summary
description: OpenBB SDK Function
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# summary

Return summary description of ETF. [Source: Yahoo Finance]

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/etf/yfinance_model.py#L44)]

```python
openbb.etf.summary(name: str)
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| name | str | ETF name | None | False |


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## Returns

| Type | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| str | Summary description of the ETF |
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