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  1. ETF Scorecard: May 20 Edition
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ETF Scorecard: May 20 Edition

Kiril NikolaevMay 20, 2016
2016-05-20

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’s Thursday close.

  • U.S. markets are down for the week.
  • Most major foreign markets, including developed and emerging markets, are in the red this week.
  • During the FOMC meeting minutes this Wednesday the tone was more hawkish than expected. The Fed implied that a rate hike was a real possibility this coming June. This pushed markets down and the U.S. dollar higher.
  • The leading economic indicator, the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index, had a disappointing figure of -1.8 vs. the expected 3.0 on Thursday’s release. A reading below 0.0 indicates worsening economic conditions in Philadelphia.
  • The preliminary UoM Consumer Sentiment figure was better than expected, as reported last Friday. The figure stood at 95.8 vs. the consensus of 89.7.
  • U.S. crude oil inventories increased 1.3 million barrels, which was more than the expected decrease of 3.1 million barrels.
  • The G7 meetings have began on Thursday this week in Sendai, Japan. The countries in the G7 are the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.K.

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Risk Appetite Review

  • The overall market as measured by the S&P 500 ETF (SPY A) was down with a nearly 1% drop this week.
  • The low volatility ETF (SPLV A+) was the worst performer out of the bunch, with a 2.18% loss for the week.
  • The high-beta ETF (SPHB B-) is the only one in the green out of the group, with a 0.76% increase.

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Major Index Review

  • All major indexes are down for the week and rolling month.
  • The Emerging Markets ETF (EEM A-) is the worst performer for the week and the rolling month, with a 2.12% and 9.07% loss, respectively.
  • The iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA A) decreased the least this week, with only a 0.47% drop.
  • Whereas, the S&P 500 (SPY A) decreased the least for the rolling month, with a 2.64% decrease.

Foreign Equity Review

  • All major foreign tracking ETFs are down for the week, except the United Kingdom (EWU A-), which is up 1.60%, and Japan (EWJ A), which remained flat.
  • Brazil (EWZ A-) plummeted this week, as the equity tracking ETF dropped 7.51%.
  • Russia (RSX B) decreased the least for the rolling month period, with a 2.56% drop.
  • India (EPI C+) was by-far the worst performer for the rolling month, with the ETF dropping more than 10%.

Commodities Review

  • All commodities are down for the week, except for oil (USO B), which continues its rally this week with a 3.88% gain. It’s also the best performing major commodity in the rolling month, up 15.02%.
  • Silver (SLV B-) is the worst performing major commodity this week, down 3.03%.
  • Copper (JJC A) had the worst performance for the rolling month out of the major commodities, with the ETF declining 6.36%.

Currency Review

  • The U.S. dollar (UUP B) is up 0.86% this week mainly due to the hawkish tone by the Fed during the FOMC meeting minutes this Wednesday. A rate hike this June is now more realistic than ever.
  • The British pound (FXB B) has done really well this week and for the rolling month, as the ETF is up 1.50% and 1.36%, respectively.
  • Emerging market currencies are underperforming this week as evident by the 2.04% decline of the WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund (CEW A).
  • The Australian dollar (FXA B+) is struggling the most for the 1-month period, as the ETF is down significantly at -7.3%. A major catalyst for this development is, again, the hawkish tone by the Fed on Wednesday.

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Disclosure: No positions at time of writing.

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