Sunday, December 7, 2014

Recent Asset Class Performance | Seeking Alpha

Recent Asset Class Performance | Seeking Alpha



Here is an outstanding article about which ETFs have performed the best and the worst this year and recently.  For example, the S&P 500 has gained a respectable 12% in 2014, but TLT (long government bonds) has beaten it with almost 19%, and XLV (healthcare) has beaten everyone with 27% except for INP (India) with 29%. 



Other noteworthy ETFs include the Nasdaq QQQ with 20%, Utilities XLU with 20%, and Technology XLK with 17%.  This goes to show you that you need a diversified portfolio utilizing sector specific ETFs along with a usual S&P 500 allocation.  Another ETF which was not on the list was RUSS, short Russia shares, which is up over 100% for the past 12 months.  RUSS will probably continue to gain because oil is still tanking, and it will not be coming back anytime soon.  The Russian economy also depends a lot on oil.


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