Sector Rotation for Canadian ETFs - April 2011
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At the end of each month, I rank a selection of Canadian ETFs according to their price strength. For each ETF a simple average of three month returns, six month returns and 12 month returns is calculated.
Canadian size portfolios |
iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index (XIU.TO) |
iShares S&P/TSX Completion Index (XMD.TO) |
iShares S&P/TSX SmallCap Index (XCS.TO) |
Canadian industry sectors |
iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index (XRE.TO) |
iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index (XEG.TO) |
iShares S&P/TSX Global Gold Index (XGD.TO) |
iShares S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index (XFN.TO) |
iShares S&P/TSX Capped Info Tech Index (XIT.TO) |
iShares S&P/TSX Capped Materials Index (XMA.TO) |
International portfolios |
iShares S&P 500 Index C$-Hedged (XSP.TO) |
iShares MSCI EAFE Index C$-Hedged (XIN.TO) |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Idx (XEM.TO) |
Commodities |
ISHARES GOLD TRUST (IGT.TO) |
At the end of April 2011 the ranking of ETFs (ranked strongest to weakest) are:
Ticker | XCS | XEM | IGT | XEG | XFN | XGD | XIT | XMA | XRE | XIU | XMD | XSP | XIN |
Rank | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
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