Trading volumes started
off low early in the week but picked up somewhat as institutional investors
sought to rebalance portfolios before the end of the month. The major averages
finished little changed, taking a breather following a wild month of trading.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 41 points at 26,403. The S&P 500
ended the day just above the flatline at 2,926 while the Nasdaq Composite
slipped approximately 0.1% to 7,962. Within the S&P 500 Index, Industrials
outperformed, helped by a rise in UPS (UPS) shares. Health care, Consumer Staples, Real Estate, and the Utilities sectors lagged.
In ETF news, it seemed
investors loaded up on traditionally safer assets such as gold and silver this
month. Also, this week’s top inflows list was dominated by Treasury ETFs such
as iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) and the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond
ETF (TLT) each had a net inflow of over $380 million. However, the No. 1
position belonged to the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), with inflows of over $1.2
billion. More notably, (GLD) rose 8% in August while the iShares Silver Trust
(SLV) surged well over 12% for the month.
ETFG Quant Movers –
Those ETFs who have had the largest weekly change in their respective, overall
ETFG Quant ratings.
ETFG Quant Winners: The top five gainers in Quant Total Score were The Organics ETF (ORG),
First Trust Australia AlphaDEX Fund (FAUS),
iShares MSCI Chile ETF (ECH), ETRACS Alerian MLP Index ETN Series B (AMUB)
and Knowledge Leaders Developed World ETF (KLDW)
respectively. Each ETP added well over 10% to their score as behavioral scores
and global factors came into play.
ETFG Quant Losers: Honorable mentions in the loser category were Forensic Accounting
Long-Short ETF (FLAG), SPDR S&P Kensho Future Security ETF (FITE),
USAA MSCI USA Small Cap Value Momentum Blend Index ETF (USVM),
X-trackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity Fund (DBEF)
and Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Revenue ETF (RWK).
The reasons for the drop in quant score can be traced to fundamental and
behavioral factors.
ETFG Weekly Select List -
The five most highly rated ETFs per Sector, Geographic Region and Strategy as
ranked by the ETFG Quant model.
Considering the sector’s
success, we’d like to highlight the top ETFs within the Industrials sector in
this week’s Select List. First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund (CARZ) held onto the 1st
place position followed by First Trust Global Engineering and Construction ETF
(FLM) in 2nd and
John Hancock Multifactor Industrials ETF (JHMI) in 3rd.
iShares Transportation Average ETF (IYT) jumped from 5th
to 4th and Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF (FIDU), a newcomer to the
list, claimed 5th.
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