Hi Gang, I was talking with a sales person for some investment software and in the course of the conversation he was suggesting that the SPDRS were a good area to look at for ETFs that did well. So I got curious and collected 150 of them and put them into a spreadsheet and then played around a bit. Of the 150 only 22 beat the index they were following since inception: IPU, XME, GWX, CWI, HFEZ, ULST, IPD, GNR, RWO, TOTL, STOT, EMTL, SYV, SYE, EFAX, QWLD, SYG, LOWC, TWOK, SLYV, SLY, and MDYG.
None beat the index by all that much, less than 1%, but even that small amount adds up over time.
Some of the SPDRS and iShares are ones that TDAmeritrade lets you trade for no costs, with some limitations, so they might be a good source of a place to keep your cash. I know that iShares IJR is one and it tends to beat most other ETFs in returns.
If you'd like a copy of my SPDRS spreadsheet drop me a note at 60e20f21@opayq.com
Best,
Allen
