Scott's Investm...'s  Instablog

Below is the data for the individual country ETF momentum and 200 day moving averages. One could purchase the top performing ETFs based on momentum as judged by the 3-6-12 returns or just the 6 month returns.  Another twist an investor could add would be to purchase the underlying securities based on momentum only if they are also trading above their 200 day moving average. 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 the following, 3 of the top ETFs are China related, so I put the second and third China related ETFs in paranthesis. The theme from this data? ASIA: TUR (turkey) , GXC (china), (PGJ - China related ETF), EWS (singapore), PIN (india), (FXI, also a China related ETF), THD (thailand).

		Peformance Analysis
No.	Ticker	Company	Performance (Quarter)	Performance (Half Year)	Performance (Year)	Sum
1	ECH	iShares MSCI Chile Investable Mkt Idx	25.20%	39.62%	-0.43%	64.39%
2	EIS	iShares MSCI Israel Cap Invest Mkt Index	30.45%	58.04%	-2.39%	86.10%
3	EWA	iShares MSCI Australia Index	28.17%	63.47%	-18.37%	73.27%
4	EWC	iShares MSCI Canada Index	25.58%	45.52%	-20.89%	50.21%
5	EWD	iShares MSCI Sweden Index	29.26%	72.01%	-10.86%	90.41%
6	EWG	iShares MSCI Germany Index	19.24%	34.00%	-28.51%	24.73%
7	EWH	iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index	29.78%	55.11%	-3.58%	81.31%
8	EWI	iShares MSCI Italy Index	16.40%	30.66%	-29.63%	17.43%
9	EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan Index	14.90%	17.78%	-16.64%	16.04%
10	EWK	iShares MSCI Belgium Investable Mkt Idx	22.43%	36.95%	-35.09%	24.29%
11	EWL	iShares MSCI Switzerland Index	19.18%	25.53%	-15.72%	28.99%
12	EWM	iShares MSCI Malaysia Index	20.35%	40.84%	-1.01%	60.18%
13	EWN	iShares MSCI Netherlands Invstbl Mkt Idx	26.95%	32.95%	-24.15%	35.75%
14	EWO	iShares MSCI Austria Investable Mkt Idx	29.03%	49.15%	-41.57%	36.61%
15	EWP	iShares MSCI Spain Index	32.30%	47.67%	-9.73%	70.24%
16	EWQ	iShares MSCI France Index	18.38%	32.92%	-24.93%	26.37%
17	EWS	iShares MSCI Singapore Index	44.25%	64.53%	-10.31%	98.47%
18	EWT	iShares MSCI Taiwan Index	9.89%	66.37%	-6.67%	69.59%
19	EWU	iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index	21.03%	31.47%	-24.46%	28.04%
20	EWW	iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Mkt Idx	28.58%	48.15%	-23.21%	53.52%
21	EWY	iShares MSCI South Korea Index	20.59%	57.91%	-15.62%	62.88%
22	EWZ	iShares MSCI Brazil Index	24.16%	63.64%	-24.75%	63.05%
23	EZA	iShares MSCI South Africa Index	23.35%	53.53%	-9.21%	67.67%
24	FXI	iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index	30.85%	68.18%	-4.76%	94.27%
25	GXC	SPDR S&P China	33.71%	71.26%	0.03%	105.00%
26	JPP	SPDR Russell/Nomura PRIME Japan	16.49%	17.00%	-17.97%	15.52%
27	PGJ	PowerShares Gldn Dragon Halter USX China	30.18%	75.87%	-5.64%	100.41%
28	PIN	PowerShares India	35.14%	66.90%	-5.72%	96.32%
29	PJO	PowerShares FTSE RAFI Japan	15.22%	23.78%	-13.48%	25.52%
30	RSX	Market Vectors Russia ETF	27.62%	112.27%	-48.01%	91.88%
31	THD	iShares MSCI Thailand Invest Mkt Index	34.96%	59.11%	-1.76%	92.31%
32	TUR	iShares MSCI Turkey Invest Mkt Index	47.19%	92.10%	-18.21%	121.08%
		Technical Analysis
	Ticker	20-Day Simple Moving Average	50-Day Simple Moving Average	200-Day Simple Moving Average	52-Week High	52-Week Low	Relative Strength Index (14)	Price
	ECH	1.49%	3.38%	30.71%	-4.94%	98.44%	54.6	46.55
	EIS	11.09%	13.94%	36.55%	-4.09%	76.01%	78.6	47.3
	EWA	11.43%	13.05%	35.08%	-19.50%	88.32%	74.17	18.93
	EWC	10.11%	9.95%	31.97%	-21.47%	78.19%	68.63	24.2
	EWD	14.89%	18.61%	42.27%	-14.43%	98.50%	77.06	22
	EWG	8.99%	9.41%	21.48%	-29.09%	66.61%	70.46	20.14
	EWH	8.59%	10.99%	37.83%	-5.06%	92.54%	69.03	15.34
	EWI	7.31%	6.73%	19.04%	-31.53%	87.21%	67.64	17.6
	EWJ	4.82%	5.43%	13.77%	-17.40%	45.14%	73.12	9.87
	EWK	6.07%	8.15%	25.77%	-38.88%	78.31%	70.5	10.97
	EWL	7.95%	9.60%	19.02%	-16.79%	53.83%	71.12	19.57
	EWM	6.57%	9.53%	28.46%	-1.89%	63.19%	76.7	9.76
	EWN	10.04%	11.98%	25.47%	-28.12%	70.87%	77.03	17.43
	EWO	7.24%	8.44%	32.12%	-42.48%	91.71%	67.89	17.51
	EWP	9.91%	14.25%	33.10%	-10.57%	90.12%	77.13	45.26
	EWQ	8.14%	8.23%	20.19%	-26.04%	61.14%	68.95	22.61
	EWS	11.90%	14.55%	44.78%	-11.46%	104.84%	79.98	10.53
	EWT	5.11%	7.64%	33.27%	-12.50%	88.67%	71.01	11.33
	EWU	6.88%	7.59%	21.79%	-25.51%	64.29%	66.88	14.33
	EWW	8.67%	10.61%	30.40%	-24.62%	90.64%	70.22	40.8
	EWY	11.12%	15.20%	39.98%	-17.20%	121.96%	79.4	41.64
	EWZ	7.81%	7.68%	40.26%	-25.62%	129.53%	66.6	57.6
	EZA	4.62%	7.22%	33.68%	-10.63%	110.58%	63.15	49.76
	FXI	6.51%	10.03%	38.64%	-7.75%	119.73%	64.49	41.86
	GXC	7.57%	10.85%	41.41%	-2.43%	120.13%	66.56	67.63
	JPP	5.20%	5.77%	13.35%	-18.74%	44.36%	75.63	37.65
	PGJ	8.88%	10.52%	43.13%	-7.83%	113.50%	68.1	23.25
	PIN	7.32%	6.02%	41.84%	-14.65%	104.19%	62.02	19.46
	PJO	6.87%	6.47%	16.66%	-13.48%	50.30%	75.75	37.69
	RSX	12.04%	6.27%	40.64%	-48.50%	124.86%	62.15	23.01
	THD	4.58%	6.34%	37.92%	-12.82%	104.86%	59.53	35.21
	TUR	13.89%	21.19%	60.10%	-21.44%	157.34%	82.62	45.01

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