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Below is a table in order of the sum of the 3, 6, and 12 month returns for individual country ETFs. Each column represents returns for various timeframes and the percent each ETF is above (or below) the 200 day moving averages as of January's close. This list is tracked monthly on the right hand side of my blog Scott's Investments.

Note that all country ETFs are above their 200 day moving average except PGJ (China), GXC (China), FXI (China), EWP (Spain), EWG (Germany), and EWI (Italy). This is a significant change versus last month when none of the ETFs were below the 200 day SMA.

The top 5 based on the sum of the 3-6-12 month returns are below. There are some familiar names: RSX (Russia), [[[TUR]] (Turkey), EIS (Israel), EWZ (Brazil), and ECH (Chile). At the end of December the top 5 were the same 5 ETFs in slightly different order.

One potential strategy investors could use would be to purchase the top ETFs based on the sum of their returns over 3, 6, and 12 months. Or, one could purchase ETFs based solely on 6 month returns (a strategy featured on ETF Screen). An additional twist would be to only purchase the top performing ETFs if they are also above the 200 day moving average.

The data source for the information below is Finviz, which has some of the best free financial data on the web (as well as a new elite service).

Ticker Company Free Trend Analysis Performance (Quarter) Half Year Year Sum 200-Day SMA Price
RSX
Market Vectors Russia ETF Here
12.94% 38.50% 182.29% 233.73% 20.76% 31.08
TUR
iShares MSCI Turkey Invest Mkt Index Here
14.10% 24.74% 134.01% 172.85% 24.26% 55.67
EIS
iShares MSCI Israel Cap Invest Mkt Index Here
10.16% 15.36% 79.76% 105.28% 16.10% 54
EWZ
iShares MSCI Brazil Index Here
-0.19% 16.16% 87.45% 103.42% 5.79% 64.69
ECH
iShares MSCI Chile Investable Mkt Idx Here
15.11% 20.09% 67.13% 102.33% 17.48% 55.77
EWA
iShares MSCI Australia Index Here
-3.39% 16.57% 84.76% 97.94% 8.08% 21.1
PIN
PowerShares India Here
4.23% 8.42% 81.28% 93.93% 6.56% 20.72
THD
iShares MSCI Thailand Invest Mkt Index Here
1.35% 12.40% 80.09% 93.84% 7.61% 39.71
EWT
iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Here
3.43% 7.96% 79.61% 91.00% 6.98% 12.07
EWW
iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Mkt Idx Here
7.25% 15.35% 66.12% 88.72% 9.43% 46
EWY
iShares MSCI South Korea Index Here
4.85% 10.59% 71.28% 86.72% 9.01% 45.44
EWD
iShares MSCI Sweden Index Here
-2.11% 8.14% 76.67% 82.70% 5.41% 22.72
EWS
iShares MSCI Singapore Index Here
4.86% 5.69% 69.50% 80.05% 8.51% 10.78
EZA
iShares MSCI South Africa Index Here
4.72% 10.71% 62.04% 77.47% 5.40% 52.63
EWO
iShares MSCI Austria Investable Mkt Idx Here
-3.79% 13.32% 67.86% 77.39% 2.43% 18.8
EWK
iShares MSCI Belgium Investable Mkt Idx Here
1.37% 18.49% 56.41% 76.27% 7.73% 12.56
EWN
iShares MSCI Netherlands Invstbl Mkt Idx Here
2.65% 16.23% 49.42% 68.30% 9.26% 19.68
PGJ
PowerShares Gldn Dragon Halter USX China Here
0.14% -3.32% 71.34% 68.16% -0.44% 22.12
EWM
iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Here
1.44% 10.47% 54.92% 66.83% 8.63% 10.55
GXC
SPDR S&P China Here
-4.86% -2.64% 68.79% 61.29% -0.08% 65.59
EWC
iShares MSCI Canada Index Here
3.34% 3.82% 46.43% 53.59% 3.48% 24.44
EWU
iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Here
-0.06% 9.51% 44.07% 53.52% 5.84% 15.43
EWL
iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Here
0.24% 11.70% 37.71% 49.65% 6.41% 21.29
EWH
iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Here
-4.44% -3.30% 53.19% 45.45% 0.59% 14.63
EWQ
iShares MSCI France Index Here
-3.76% 7.49% 38.79% 42.52% 1.71% 23.83
FXI
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Here
-8.58% -8.19% 58.51% 41.74% -4.20% 38.36
EWP
iShares MSCI Spain Index Here
-8.84% -0.32% 44.02% 34.86% -1.87% 43.09
EWG
iShares MSCI Germany Index Here
-4.37% 2.73% 32.77% 31.13% -0.33% 20.34
PJO PowerShares FTSE RAFI Japan Here
6.07% 0.58% 19.96% 26.61% 4.04% 37.28
EWI
iShares MSCI Italy Index Here
-7.52% 2.08% 30.53% 25.09% -2.47% 17.7
EWJ
iShares MSCI Japan Index Here
4.35% 1.13% 15.49% 20.97% 2.89% 9.84
JPP
SPDR Russell/Nomura PRIME Japan H