Resilient ETFs: Cream of the Crop

Trend: Three ETFs — OIL, USO, and GLD — show exceptional resiliency for 1 week, 4 week, 13 week, and 52 week performance (as of 12/31/2007).

Last week, in a post on Resilient ETFs, we analyzed the performance of the 643 ETFs tracked by Morningstar from the MSN Money Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Performance Tracker. We identified 21 ETFs without a loss in the 1 week, 4 week, 13 week, and 52 week periods. 

In this post we've used that data to identify the top Resilient ETFs from the 21 selected, using a simple above average strategy.

First, we calculated the average gains for the 21 Resilient ETFs in the the 1 week, 4 week, 13 week, and 52 week periods.

Then we identified the EFTs with above average gains in all of the four periods to select the cream of the crop of Resilient ETFs.

Above Average Resilient ETFs for 1 week, 4 week, 13 week, and 52 week performance (through 12/31/2007)

Name	Ticker	Category	1-Wk %	4-Wks %	13-Wks %	52-Wks %	1 - 52 Week Resiliency*
iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Tot Ret Idx ETN	OIL	Specialty - Natural Resources	2.84	8.85	21.09	47.37	80.1
United States Oil	USO	Specialty - Natural Resources	2.45	8.37	21.12	46.82	78.8
streetTRACKS Gold Shares	GLD	Specialty - Precious Metals	2.89	6.65	12.18	31.1	52.8

*1 -52 Week Resiliency is the sum of the percentage gains of 1 week, 4 weeks, 13 weeks, and 52 weeks.

Disclosure: We may own any of the EFTs above at any time.

Note: Verify the performance of any EFT before investing.