Trend: ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan (EWV) led the 4-week performance (+20%). iPath DJ-UBS Natural Gas TR Sub-Idx ETN (GAZ) and ProShares Ultra Silver (AGQ) were the second and third best performers, respectively.
The 20 ETFs with the best four week performance through 4/1/2011 tracked by Morningstar are shown below.
Source: MSN Money Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Performance Tracker
| NAME | TICKER | CATEGORY | HOLDINGS | MORNINGSTAR | LAST PRICE* | 1-WK | 4-WKS  |
13-WKS | YTD | 52-WK | 3-YRS | 5-YRS |
| ProShares UltraShort MSCI Japan | EWV | Pacific Stock | holdings | $36.17 | 6.85 | 20.42 | 5.27 | 6.85 | -14.42 | -19.43 | N/A | |
| iPath DJ-UBS Natural Gas TR Sub-Idx ETN | GAZ | Specialty - Natural Resources | $8.87 | 10.04 | 17.77 | 10.04 | 6.21 | -11.31 | -48.21 | N/A | ||
| ProShares Ultra Silver | AGQ | Specialty - Precious Metals | holdings | $225.80 | 4.93 | 17.04 | 43.14 | 37.46 | 301.03 | N/A | N/A | |
| Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X Shrs | DRV | Specialty - Real Estate | holdings | $14.25 | 1.97 | 11.75 | -15.02 | -13.94 | -64.00 | N/A | N/A | |
| PowerShares Global Wind Energy | PWND | Specialty - Natural Resources | holdings | $11.61 | 2.25 | 11.68 | 17.56 | 15.31 | -13.45 | N/A | N/A | |
| First Trust Global Wind Energy | FAN | Specialty - Natural Resources | holdings | $11.97 | 3.53 | 11.60 | 17.17 | 14.54 | -11.01 | N/A | N/A | |
| UBS E-TRACS CMCI Silver TR ETN | USV | Specialty - Precious Metals | $53.74 | 1.82 | 10.41 | 21.64 | 19.46 | 121.56 | N/A | N/A | ||
| Direxion Daily Semicondct Bear 3X Shares | SOXS | Specialty - Technology | holdings | $60.10 | -8.62 | 10.24 | -25.79 | -25.22 | -67.67 | N/A | N/A | |
| Direxion Daily India Bull 2X Shares | INDL | Foreign Stock | holdings | $44.98 | 8.01 | 10.13 | -13.09 | -18.52 | -0.43 | N/A | N/A | |
| Barclays Short D Lvgd Inv S&P 500 TR ETN | BXDD | Growth | $15.08 | -8.46 | 9.98 | -31.54 | -31.75 | -56.93 | N/A | N/A | ||
| PowerShares DB Agriculture Dble Shrt ETN | AGA | Specialty - Natural Resources | $16.32 | 0.29 | 9.93 | 0.76 | -1.58 | -62.60 | N/A | N/A | ||
| iPath Short Enhanced MSCI EAFE ETN | MFSA | Growth | $75.07 | -0.49 | 9.87 | -9.00 | -7.16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| PowerShares DB Silver | DBS | Specialty - Precious Metals | holdings | $66.36 | 2.71 | 9.79 | 21.84 | 19.56 | 116.80 | 25.88 | N/A | |
| ProShares Ultra DJ-UBS Crude Oil | UCO | Specialty - Natural Resources | holdings | $58.52 | 1.35 | 9.67 | 8.28 | 7.80 | 11.14 | N/A | N/A | |
| ETFS Physical Silver Shares | SIVR | Specialty - Precious Metals | holdings | $37.57 | 2.61 | 9.30 | 22.51 | 20.08 | 118.09 | N/A | N/A | |
| iShares Silver Trust | SLV | Specialty - Precious Metals | holdings |  |
$36.86 | 2.52 | 9.30 | 22.55 | 19.91 | 117.88 | 26.80 | N/A |
| VelocityShares Long VIX Medium Term ETN | VIIZ | Growth | $87.26 | 0.00 | 9.29 | -3.93 | -3.84 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| iPath Global Carbon ETN | GRN | Specialty - Natural Resources | $28.99 | -8.06 | 9.15 | 15.24 | 11.59 | 21.33 | N/A | N/A | ||
| EGShares India Small Cap | SCIN | Foreign Stock | holdings | $19.93 | 5.44 | 9.07 | -10.46 | -13.64 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| ELEMENTS CS Global Warming ETN | GWO | Specialty - Natural Resources | $11.40 | 11.43 | 8.96 | 36.64 | 20.25 | 39.20 | N/A | N/A |
Disclosure: We may own any EFT above at any time.
Please verify the performance of any ETF before investing.
You need to discriminate among these by volume. Equities that do not trade over 250,00 shares a day are illiquid and are 1) hard to sell once you buy them, and 2) have prices that are too easily manipulated.
Otherwise, this is a great list. Long consolidations can lead to great price increases. The signal is a high volume-supported price increase-breakout, which several of these show. It can take a while to play out but I really like this approach.
Posted by: FrankTrades | May 18, 2011 at 07:04 AM