Individual Country ETF Strategy: November Lineup

Below is a table in order of the sum of the 3, 6, and 12 month returns for individual country ETFs. Each column represents returns for various timeframes and the percent each ETF is above (or below) the 200 day moving averages as of the close October 30th. 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 we saw resource rich countries at the top of the list: Australia (EWA), Brazil (EWZ), and Russia (RSX). Turkey (TUR) and Thailand (THD) rounded out the list. At the end of October, the top 5 are: EWZ, TUR, THD, Austria (EWO), and RSX.

One potential strategy investors could use would be to purchase the top ETFs based on the sum of their returns over 3, 6, and 12 months. Or, one could purchase ETFs based soleley on 6 month returns (a strategy featured on ETF Screen). An additional twist would be to only purchase the top performing ETFs if they are also above the 200 day moving average.

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

Ticker	Company	Free Trend Analysis	Performance (Quarter)	Half Year	Year	Sum	200-Day SMA	Price
EWZ	iShares MSCI Brazil Index	Here	13.98%	40.01%	86.89%	140.88%	34.25%	68.83
TUR	iShares MSCI Turkey Invest Mkt Index	Here	0.38%	47.69%	80.70%	128.77%	33.06%	47.94
THD	iShares MSCI Thailand Invest Mkt Index	Here	3.88%	37.32%	81.03%	122.23%	23.00%	38.27
EWO	iShares MSCI Austria Investable Mkt Idx	Here	14.24%	42.24%	59.72%	116.20%	29.37%	20.54
RSX	Market Vectors Russia ETF	Here	14.51%	46.70%	52.20%	113.41%	38.79%	28.02
EWA	iShares MSCI Australia Index	Here	12.81%	40.67%	54.44%	107.92%	31.43%	21.93
EWP	iShares MSCI Spain Index	Here	5.30%	37.57%	50.05%	92.92%	25.11%	48.48
ECH	iShares MSCI Chile Investable Mkt Idx	Here	1.76%	26.56%	64.29%	92.61%	16.35%	48.12
GXC	SPDR S&P China	Here	-3.78%	22.87%	72.56%	91.65%	20.87%	68.23
EWD	iShares MSCI Sweden Index	Here	3.21%	30.16%	57.48%	90.85%	28.30%	23.48
EWK	iShares MSCI Belgium Investable Mkt Idx	Here	12.65%	32.21%	45.88%	90.74%	24.89%	12.56
EWM	iShares MSCI Malaysia Index	Here	4.69%	24.14%	52.92%	81.75%	21.45%	10.49
EIS	iShares MSCI Israel Cap Invest Mkt Index	Here	1.50%	32.19%	47.80%	81.49%	22.81%	49.32
EWN	iShares MSCI Netherlands Invstbl Mkt Idx	Here	8.25%	34.51%	38.64%	81.40%	24.31%	19.41
PIN	PowerShares India	Here	-3.59%	27.02%	57.71%	81.14%	17.90%	19.32
EWS	iShares MSCI Singapore Index	Here	-2.42%	31.33%	51.88%	80.79%	22.83%	10.48
FXI	iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index	Here	-4.27%	19.66%	65.15%	80.54%	18.63%	41.7
EZA	iShares MSCI South Africa Index	Here	0.93%	19.34%	60.27%	80.54%	17.55%	51.83
EWH	iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index	Here	-1.83%	23.16%	52.70%	74.03%	20.48%	15.53
EWW	iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Mkt Idx	Here	3.61%	28.80%	40.69%	73.10%	21.96%	43.6
EWY	iShares MSCI South Korea Index	Here	0.30%	17.35%	45.16%	62.81%	20.63%	42.88
PGJ	PowerShares Gldn Dragon Halter USX China	Here	-8.64%	14.68%	50.41%	56.45%	15.44%	22.11
EWL	iShares MSCI Switzerland Index	Here	7.06%	27.49%	21.27%	55.82%	20.28%	21.38
EWQ	iShares MSCI France Index	Here	5.02%	23.74%	25.83%	54.59%	18.50%	24.5
EWT	iShares MSCI Taiwan Index	Here	1.66%	4.13%	47.15%	52.94%	17.41%	11.61
EWU	iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index	Here	4.38%	27.49%	19.80%	51.67%	20.11%	15.49
EWI	iShares MSCI Italy Index	Here	5.73%	22.00%	22.54%	50.27%	18.98%	19.19
EWC	iShares MSCI Canada Index	Here	-3.99%	18.36%	27.00%	41.37%	14.56%	23.85
EWG	iShares MSCI Germany Index	Here	1.01%	19.45%	20.07%	40.53%	16.25%	21
PJO	PowerShares FTSE RAFI Japan	Here	-4.93%	11.76%	8.08%	14.91%	5.58%	35.83
EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan Index	Here	-4.88%	8.28%	7.42%	10.82%	5.36%	9.55
JPP	SPDR Russell/Nomura PRIME Japan	Here	-4.89%	9.52%	5.21%	9.84%	5.00%	36.14

Disclosure: Author has no positions