Creating a Portfolio Strategy Using Individual Country ETF Performance

Below is a table in alphabetical (ticker) order for the individual country ETF momentum and 200 day moving averages as of the close August 31st. Note that all country ETFs are above their 200 day moving average. The top 5 based on the sum of the 3-6-12 month returns are below-- last month 3 of the top ETFs were China related. This month we see a more diversified mix of strength and the absence of China: TUR (Turkey), EWD (Sweden), EWY (South Korea), EWP (Spain), EWO (Austria).

The spreadsheet has been posted in the right hand column along with several others under 'ETF & Timing Portfolios' on Scott's Investments and will be updated monthly.

Ticker	Company	Performance (Quarter)	Perf. (Half Year)	Perf. (Year)	Sum	200-Day SMA	Price
ECH	iShares MSCI Chile Investable Mkt Idx	-0.76%	46.29%	1.27%	46.80%	19.15%	44.5
EIS	iShares MSCI Israel Cap Invest Mkt Index	10.37%	60.53%	0.67%	71.57%	29.83%	46.81
EWA	iShares MSCI Australia Index	16.49%	88.56%	-8.69%	96.36%	39.19%	20.27
EWC	iShares MSCI Canada Index	1.02%	70.83%	-19.77%	52.08%	25.81%	23.78
EWD	iShares MSCI Sweden Index	19.99%	102.92%	-3.00%	119.91%	41.14%	22.93
EWG	iShares MSCI Germany Index	6.47%	67.55%	-20.98%	53.04%	23.76%	20.91
EWH	iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index	1.69%	59.69%	-4.57%	56.81%	23.68%	14.42
EWI	iShares MSCI Italy Index	8.65%	79.17%	-19.92%	67.90%	27.16%	19.1
EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan Index	7.81%	44.96%	-9.24%	43.53%	16.07%	10.22
EWK	iShares MSCI Belgium Investable Mkt Idx	14.87%	77.73%	-28.57%	64.03%	33.94%	12.05
EWL	iShares MSCI Switzerland Index	14.11%	59.60%	-7.52%	66.19%	24.54%	20.78
EWM	iShares MSCI Malaysia Index	8.76%	44.05%	7.80%	60.61%	22.73%	9.68
EWN	iShares MSCI Netherlands Invstbl Mkt Idx	14.60%	72.76%	-19.97%	67.39%	29.88%	18.52
EWO	iShares MSCI Austria Investable Mkt Idx	19.38%	113.10%	-27.42%	105.06%	47.61%	20.33
EWP	iShares MSCI Spain Index	19.16%	86.27%	1.66%	107.09%	35.45%	47.76
EWQ	iShares MSCI France Index	9.88%	68.35%	-16.29%	61.94%	26.86%	24.36
EWS	iShares MSCI Singapore Index	7.35%	87.71%	-4.48%	90.58%	34.19%	10.23
EWT	iShares MSCI Taiwan Index	-2.95%	63.25%	-9.97%	50.33%	22.82%	10.84
EWU	iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index	7.09%	64.83%	-18.44%	53.48%	24.53%	14.95
EWW	iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Mkt Idx	13.00%	91.47%	-17.24%	87.23%	30.10%	42.43
EWY	iShares MSCI South Korea Index	14.38%	102.38%	-2.67%	114.09%	33.31%	41.59
EWZ	iShares MSCI Brazil Index	2.45%	82.42%	-15.80%	69.07%	33.19%	58.21
EZA	iShares MSCI South Africa Index	8.51%	82.31%	-0.48%	90.34%	32.95%	52.16
FXI	iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index	2.42%	70.17%	-5.19%	67.40%	23.41%	39.31
GXC	SPDR S&P China	2.67%	71.58%	-1.59%	72.66%	24.64%	63.16
JPP	SPDR Russell/Nomura PRIME Japan	6.91%	44.95%	-11.94%	39.92%	14.59%	38.5
PGJ	PowerShares Gldn Dragon Halter USX China	0.84%	79.59%	-8.93%	71.50%	26.84%	21.73
PIN	PowerShares India	-0.21%	94.86%	-4.21%	90.44%	34.12%	19.33
PJO	PowerShares FTSE RAFI Japan	6.09%	44.25%	-8.68%	41.66%	16.37%	38.3
RSX	Market Vectors Russia ETF	-7.34%	108.80%	-37.64%	63.82%	37.52%	23.49
THD	iShares MSCI Thailand Invest Mkt Index	14.62%	86.64%	2.43%	103.69%	38.00%	37.16
TUR	iShares MSCI Turkey Invest Mkt Index	32.85%	138.12%	-4.14%	166.83%	59.86%	48.41

Disclosures: None.

Comments

[isaac the t...:]

You forgot to address the subject of your "article".

Sep 03 09:47 PM