ETF Global

September 17:

QE3 is boarding and Friday’s Quant leaders have been joined by the SPDR S&P Metals and Mining ETF (XME) jumping 73 positions into the top 5 and Vanguard’s Energy Sector ETF (VDE) rising from position 36 to 8.  Europe and Asia-Pacific were the strongest ETF Global Geographic Indices Friday and a notable gainer in Quant was the WisdomTree Asia Pacific ex-Japan Total Dividend ETF (AXJL) rising 176 spots onto the ETFG 100 Portfolio at 66^th place.  Losing its place on that Portfolio was the iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (IWO) which began the week at 25^th place and finished at 106 on the Quant ranking.  All Sector Indices gained on Friday led by the ETF Global Materials Index rising 2.13% and the Energy Index gaining 1.48%, Health Care was the laggard but still managed to stay in the green by 0.02%.  Fixed Income was the only negative Asset Class index on Friday, dropping 0.19%.  The posh seats on QE3 look to be equities where the ETF Global Equity Index led the pack rising 0.79% on Friday and 19.75% for the year, second only to the Real Estate Index at 41.05% year to date.  Wrapping it up, the ETF Global 1000 Index, the world’s only benchmark that crosses geographies and asset classes rose 0.55% on Friday and is up 18.92% so far this year.