Select List - Week of 2/24/14

The ETFG Select List supports both Financial Professionals and Investors with their respective Exchange-Traded-Fund selection processes.  Developed by the Research Policy Committee at ETF Global, the ETFG ETF Select List features the 5 most highly-rated equity ETFs by Sector, Geographic Region and Strategy as ranked by the ETFG Quant model.  This handy reference guide enables you to quickly and easily identify ETFs which meet your chosen criteria.

Just to provide an overview of the favored groups within these three respective fields, below please find those groups and their Top 5 equity ETFs that comprise the highest group average by Sector, Geography and Strategy:

Sector: Basic Materials/Group Average: 62.36

	Ticker	Focus	Region	TER	Risk*	Reward*	Quant*
1	GGGG	Basic Materials	Global	0.59%	8.28	9.63	66.40
2	SIL	Basic Materials	Global	0.65%	6.93	8.29	63.30
3	XME	Basic Materials	North America	0.35%	5.68	7.33	61.60
4	IYM	Basic Materials	North America	0.46%	5.08	7.61	61.20
5	GDX	Basic Materials	Global	0.52%	6.10	7.19	59.30

  

Geography: Asia-Pacific/Group Average: 67.44

	Ticker	Region	Focus	TER	Risk*	Reward*	Quant*
1	EWY	Asia-Pacific	Broad Equity	0.61%	4.18	10.00	72.90
2	IDX	Asia-Pacific	Broad Equity	0.58%	6.15	9.84	69.40
3	EIDO	Asia-Pacific	Broad Equity	0.61%	4.95	9.64	68.50
4	FXI	Asia-Pacific	Large Cap	0.73%	5.37	8.35	64.10
5	ADRA	Asia-Pacific	Large Cap	0.30%	4.48	8.34	62.30

  

Strategy: Broad Equity/Group Average: 68.08

	Ticker	Focus	Region	TER	Risk*	Reward*	Quant*
1	EWY	Broad Equity	Asia-Pacific	0.61%	4.18	10.00	72.90
2	IDX	Broad Equity	Asia-Pacific	0.58%	6.15	9.84	69.40
3	EIDO	Broad Equity	Asia-Pacific	0.61%	4.95	9.64	68.50
4	EWC	Broad Equity	North America	0.51%	3.43	8.23	64.90
5	EMDD	Broad Equity	Global Ex-U.S.	0.85%	4.94	8.98	64.70

This ETFG Select List is meant to be a quick reference guide and not to replace checking the daily ETFG Quant Rankings which are also available in detail on an etf's individual ETFG Tearsheet, Green Diamond Reward Ratings and Red Diamond Risk Ratings.  To best support the ETF selection process, ETF Global strongly encourages users to perform a more comprehensive review by utilizing the additional tools and resources available at www.etfg.com to further research and diligence exchange-traded-funds.

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