How did ETFs fare in February? MorningStar has compiled a ranking of last month's best and worst ETFs based on returns.
We remind you that ETFs, an acronym for Exchange Traded Funds, are funds or Sicavs traded on the Stock Exchange which have the particularity of replicating the trend and yield of stock, bond or commodity indexes.
FEBRUARY'S BEST ETFs
Ranked #XNUMX of February's Best Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), MorningStar places theInvesco Elwood Global Blockchain Ucits ETF which last month guaranteed a return of 27,38%. It is a product launched exactly 2 years ago in order to "generate the performance of the Elwood Blockchain Global Equity Index by physically investing in the components of the index", explains the financial services company, and to evolve according to the growth of blockchain technology .
Seven of the 10 funds in the rankings are exposed to energy sector, two more to the European banking sector. In the order:
2) Invesco Energy S&P US Select Sector ETF: yield of 25,66%;
3) XTrackers MSCI Usa Energy Etf 1D: yield of 24,72%;
4) iShares S&P 500 Energy Sect Etf Usd Acc: yield of 22,76%;
5) SPDR S&P US energy select sector ETF: yield of 22,68%;
6) Invesco Euro Stoxx Optimized Banks UCITS Etf: yield of 22,07%;
7) WisdomTree Wti Crude Oil Pre-Roll Etp Etc: yield of 22,03%;
8) Lyxor Wuro Stoxx Banks Ucits Etf P Acc (EUR): yield of 21,87%;
9) iShare Oil & Gas Explr&Prod Etf Usd Acc: yield of 21,51%;
10) WisdomTree Brent Crude Oil Pre-Roll Etc: Yield of 20,22%.
On the one hand, the "energy" ETFs contributed to the upward push less production established in recent months, on the other hand the polar cold that has raged in Europe and in the United States which have caused the price of black gold to skyrocket above 60 dollars a barrel. Bankers, on the other hand, benefited from the good news vaccine news which have pushed up the cyclical sectors in the hope that, thanks to the administrations, the whole world will soon be able to put the virus and the consequent economic crisis behind it. “In February – MorningStar analysts underline – the sector was driven in particular by Italian banks, which in the wake of the Draghi effect took advantage of the revaluation of the BTPs in their portfolio thanks to the declining spread”.
THE WORST ETF OF FEBRUARY
After the race recorded in 2020 in first place in the ranking of the worst we find
Among the replicants who have suffered the most, however, we find in first place one of theiShares Global Clean Energy Ucits ETF, which due to the rise in the price of oil which has favored many colleagues, marks -13,37%. Silver Medal for Lyxor S&P 500 VIX Futures Enhanced Roll Ucits Etf – C-Eur, replicator of the S&P 500 Vix Futures Enhanced Roll Total Return Index based on Wall Street volatility, which fell -12,24%, falling to a one-year low. Third place for VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF which, due to the fall in the price of gold and the strengthening of the dollar triggered by the rise in rates on Treasuries, lost 9,56%. They follow:
4) Ubs Etf BlombgBarcl Tips 10+ Usd A dis: -9,47%;
5) iShares Gold Producers Etf Usd Acc: -8,67%;
6) Ubs Etf BlombgBarcl Us 10+Yr TreaBd €HA: -8,62%;
7) Lyxor Core Us Treasury 10+Y(Dist) Ucits: -8,53%;
8) Fst Tr Nasdaq®ClnEg®GrnEyUcits Etf A Acc: -8,52%;
9) VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners Etf: -8,27%;
10) Spdr Blmbrg Bcly 15+ Yr Gilt Etf: -8,01%.
