ETFs with Surge in Value Traded: Week of 5/8/09

Here are the ten ETFs with the largest increase in value traded (VT) for the week ending May 08, 2009.

The ranking is based on a simple comparison of the five-day average value traded (closing price times volume) versus the 50-day average.

Topping the list this week is Claymore/Sabrient Insider (NFO), and MarketVectors Gaming ETF (BJK) appears for the second week in a row. Two commodity oriented funds making the list turned in gains in excess of +20% for the week: iPath DJ AIG Natural Gas Total Return ETN (GAZ) with a +21.9% return, and MarketVectors Coal ETF (KOL) with a +20.2% return.

Ticker	Name	1-wk	VT Chg
NFO	Claymore/Sabrient Insider	8.9%	785%
FEZ	DJ Euro STOXX 50	8.5%	422%
COW	iPath DJ AIG Livestock Total Return ETN	2.6%	455%
DNH	WisdomTree Pacific Ex-Jap HY Equity	10.6%	377%
BJK	Market Vectors Gaming ETF	8.3%	337%
RZV	Rydex S&P Smallcap 600 Pure Value	8.2%	293%
GAZ	iPath DJ AIG Natural Gas Total Ret ETN	21.9%	352%
DSV	SPDR DJ Wilshire Small Cap Value	7.8%	240%
UTH	HOLDRS Utilities	3.1%	257%
KOL	Market Vectors Coal ETF	20.2%	179%

The output in the table above is filtered so that only ETFs and ETNs that had an Average Daily Value Traded (ADVT) of at least $1 million for the past 21 market days are included. This includes only those products in the upper ETF Liquidity Tiers and represents approximately 45% of the universe of US-listed ETFs and ETNs. This step eliminates many of the peculiarities associated with low volume securities.

Disclosure: no positions