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ETF Scorecard – August 22nd Edition
August 22, 2014 at 07:00 AM EDT
Major equity indexes enjoyed another week in the green, as buyers prevailed yet again amid easing tensions surrounding Russia and Iraq. On the home front, investors enjoyed a slew of upbeat data from the housing market, while the Fed’s minutes release failed to rattle investors’ confidence like many had anticipated; the home builders’ index, housing starts, building permits, and existing home sales all came in better-than-expected throughout the course of the week [see also How the S&P 500 Reacts to Unemployment Reports]. To help investors keep up with markets, we present our ETF Scorecard, which takes a step back and looks at how various asset classes across the globe are performing. For most of the return comparisons below, we reference trailing 1-week and trailing 1-month returns; this offers a good insight into the prevailing sentiment in the markets by capturing the performances across short-term and longer-term time intervals [for more ETF news […] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: ETFs: The $10 Billion Club Alternatives To The 20 Most Popular ETFs ETF Scorecard – August 8th Edition ETFs Then And Now Checking In On the 10 Largest ETFs Year To Date
Major equity indexes enjoyed another week in the green, as buyers prevailed yet again amid easing tensions surrounding Russia and Iraq. On the home front, investors enjoyed a slew of upbeat data from the housing market, while the Fed’s minutes release failed to rattle investors’ confidence like many had anticipated; the home builders’ index, housing starts, building permits, and existing home sales all came in better-than-expected throughout the course of the week [see also How the S&P 500 Reacts to Unemployment Reports]. To help investors keep up with markets, we present our ETF Scorecard, which takes a step back and looks at how various asset classes across the globe are performing. For most of the return comparisons below, we reference trailing 1-week and trailing 1-month returns; this offers a good insight into the prevailing sentiment in the markets by capturing the performances across short-term and longer-term time intervals [for more ETF news […]
