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  1. ETF Scorecard: May 13 Edition
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ETF Scorecard: May 13 Edition

Kiril NikolaevMay 13, 2016
2016-05-13

To help investors keep up with the markets, we present our ETF Scorecard. The Scorecard takes a step back and looks at how various asset classes across the globe are performing. The weekly performance is from last Friday’s open to this week Thursday’s close.

  • U.S. markets are up for the week.
  • Most major foreign markets, including developed and emerging markets, are in the green for the week. However, markets are down this morning.
  • Core retail sales were better than expected last month as reported this morning. Month over month, core retail sales increased 0.8% versus the consensus of 0.5%, which is the highest increase in a year.
  • The month-over-month PPI change, as reported this morning, was worse than expected at 0.2% versus the consensus of 0.3%.
  • Unemployment claims reported on Thursday were worse than expected at 294,000 claims versus the consensus of 267,000.
  • The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged at 0.50% on Thursday this week.

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Risk Appetite Review

  • The overall market as measured by the S&P 500 ETF (SPY A) rallied 1.23% this week.
  • The high-beta ETF (SPHB B-) is the worst performer with a decline of 0.14% for the week.
  • The low-volatility ETF (SPLV A) was the best performer out of the bunch with a 1.74% gain for the week.

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Major Index Review

  • All major indexes are in the green for the week; the PowerShares QQQ ETF (QQQ A-) is in the lead, up 1.32%.
  • The Russell 2000 ETF (IWM B+) is the worst performer for the week with a slight gain of 0.52%.
  • The two outliers for the rolling month are the PowerShares QQQ ETF (QQQ A-) and the Emerging Markets ETF (EEM A-), which are both down more than 3% for the month.
  • The iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA A) is the best performer for the rolling month with a 1.28% increase.

Foreign Equity Review

  • All major foreign tracking ETFs are up for the month with the exception of the Chinese ETF (FXI A-), which is down 4.94%.
  • The trend is clear, Brazil (EWZ B+) is the best performer for the week and rolling month, whereas China (FXI A-) is the worst performer for those same time periods.

Commodities Review

  • Commodities are showing mixed performance for the week and rolling month.
  • All the major metals are down; copper (JJC A) is the worst performer with losses of 3.3% and 1.04% for the week and rolling month, respectively.
  • Oil (USO A) continues its rally this week. It’s the best-performing commodity, up 5.92% for the week and 12.37% for the month. Crude oil inventories declined in the U.S. by 3.4 million as reported on Wednesday. This is a bullish sign for crude oil prices.

Currency Review

  • The U.S. dollar (UUP A) is up slightly for the week with a 0.45% gain, making it the best-performing major currency, although, it’s completely flat for the rolling month.
  • The Japanese yen (FXY C+) is the worst performer for the week with a loss of 2.17%.
  • The worst performer for the rolling month is the Australian dollar (FXA A-), which is down 3.37%.
  • The British pound (FXB A-) has been doing well lately; it is the best performer for the rolling month with a 1.45% gain.

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Disclosure: No positions at time of writing.

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