International ETFs: 2009 Returns
Posted 11/23/2009 10:48:00 AM
This is a comprehensive list of all international exchange traded funds for different countries around world. We can call the group regional ETFs. This list includes only funds which are long. All short regional ETFs would be ranked at the bottom as all of them returned negative performance numbers.
Russia, in the top position, is the same as the best performing stock markets, ranking with better return because of currency appreciation against the USD but also because of different holdings in the RSX portfolio.
Until now the second best performing market, Argentina, hasn't had its own country ETF listed on US exchanges. Hopefully we will see it in the future among newly released funds.
Generally speaking, the BRIC region is at the top of the ranking. Next is Australia, a country which avoided recession, and South-East Asian countries including South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong. European outperforming funds are Sweden, Belgium, Spain, Netherlands.
I highlighted in bold US funds QQQQ and SPY as a benchmarks for the evaluation of performance with the US.
| Market Vectors Russia ETF Trust |
(RSX) |
203.03 |
| iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund |
(EWZ) |
196.41 |
| iShares MSCI Turkey Invest Mkt Index |
(TUR) |
170.1 |
| iPath MSCI India ETN |
(INP) |
151.29 |
| iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund |
(EWY) |
145.61 |
| WisdomTree India Earnings |
(EPI) |
145.13 |
| iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund |
(EWA) |
128.09 |
| iShares MSCI Austria Index Fund |
(EWO) |
126.66 |
| SPDR S&P China ETF |
(GXC) |
123.82 |
| PowerShares India |
(PIN) |
122.66 |
| iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund |
(EZA) |
121.81 |
| PowerShares Golden Dragon China |
(PGJ) |
119.86 |
| iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund |
(EWD) |
116.17 |
| IShares FTSE-Xinhua China 25 Fund |
(FXI) |
114.09 |
| iShares MSCI Thailand Invest Mkt Index |
(THD) |
113.52 |
| iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund |
(EWT) |
103.75 |
| iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund |
(EWS) |
103.73 |
| iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund |
(EWH) |
95.64 |
| iShares MSCI Belgium Index Fund |
(EWK) |
92.28 |
| iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund |
(EWP) |
88.89 |
| iShares MSCI Israel Cap Invest Mkt Index |
(EIS) |
88.76 |
| iShares MSCI Mexico Index Fund |
(EWW) |
87.89 |
| iShares MSCI Chile Index Fund |
(ECH) |
85.66 |
| iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund |
(EWC) |
82.53 |
| iShares MSCI Netherlands Index Fund |
(EWN) |
74.59 |
| PowerShares QQQ |
(QQQQ) |
70.86 |
| iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund |
(EWM) |
69.41 |
| iShares MSCI France Index Fund |
(EWQ) |
63.98 |
| iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund |
(EWU) |
63.22 |
| iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund |
(EWG) |
61.95 |
| iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Fund |
(EWL) |
56.3 |
| iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund |
(IWM) |
54.62 |
| iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund |
(EWI) |
49.96 |
| SPDR S&P 500 |
(SPY) |
48.8 |
| PowerShares FTSE RAFI Japan Portfolio |
(PJO) |
23.20 |
| iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund |
(EWJ) |
21 |
| iShares S&P/TOPIX 150 Index Fund |
(ITF) |
20.49 |
| SPDR Russell/Nomura PRIME Japan ETF |
(JPP) |
14.11 |
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