ETF Action Research

 Latin America Playbook

11.30.2020

An overview of the Latin America  ETF landscape - Performance, Flows, Valuations, Earnings, & Technicals.

  • $79 million in net outflows for Mexico; Brazil still seeing net outflows (-$199MM out over last three months) (page 2)
  • Region rises 5.20% (ILF) over the week but still down 19.78% YTD (page 3)
  • Argentina offering largest discount to average historical valuation (page 5)

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 U.S. Sector Playbook

11.30.2020

An overview of the U.S. Sector ETF landscape - Performance, Flows, Valuations, Earnings, & Technicals.

  • Flows favor cyclical sectors; Financials  see net inflows of $758 million while Utilities see $168 million out (page 2)
  • S&P 500 gains during the week (SPY +2.35%) while all sectors rise with exception to Real Estate (XLRE -0.32%) (page 3)
  • Energy quickly rises above 5-year average price/earnings ratio
  • Financial sector now in overbought territory (page 9)

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 U.S. Size & Style Playbook

11.30.2020

An overview of the broad U.S. Size & Style ETF landscape - Performance, Flows, Valuations, Earnings, & Technicals.

  • Nearly $3 billion in net inflows to broad small-cap ETFs over last week; huge inflows for equity ETFs in November (page 2)
  • U.S. total market advances 2.70% (ITOT) while small-cap value leads (IJS 4.46%)
  • 2020E earnings estimates accelerating higher for small-caps and large-growth (page 6)

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 Europe Playbook

11.30.2020

An overview of the European ETF landscape - Performance, Flows, Valuations, Earnings, & Technicals.

  • U.K. leads net inflows (+$97 million) during the week followed by Spain (+$58MM) and Russia (+$42MM) (page 2)
  • 18 of 19 countries advance during the week, Developed Europe (IEV) finishes up 1.87% (page 3)
  • Majority of European nations have expanding manufacturing PMI; Denmark (PMI at 61.7) and Germany lead (PMI at 57.9) (page 17)

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 Fixed Income Playbook

11.30.2020

An overview of the Fixed Income ETF landscape - Performance, Flows, Rates, Spreads, and the Fed.

  • 10-year treasury yield largely unchanged at 0.84% (page 3)
  • US Aggregate (AGG) falls 0.03% over the week, Bank Loan ETFs lead (BKLN +0.74%) (page 3)
  • $670 million in net inflows to investment grade corporate ETFs, $1.8 billion out of treasury ETFs (page 2)
  • Fed balance sheet assets rising past summer high, nearing $7.3 billion

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Fixed Income Playbook

11.9.2020

An overview of the Fixed Income ETF landscape - Performance, Flows, Rates, Spreads, and the Fed.

  • 10-year treasury yield falls six basis points to 0.82% (page 3)
  • US Aggregate (AGG) advances 0.68% over the week, EM Sovereign leads (EMB +2.86%) (page 3)
  • $3.35 billion in net inflows to high yield corporate ETFs, $2 billion out of treasury ETFs (page 2)

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 U.S. Sector Playbook

11.9.2020

An overview of the U.S. Sector ETF landscape - Performance, Flows, Valuations, Earnings, & Technicals.

  • Flows favor Financials (+$476 million) and Health Care (+$391 million); Net outflows for Real Estate (page 2)
  • S&P 500 gains during the week (SPY +7.23%) while all sectors bounce; Tech leads (XLK +9.67%) (page 3)
  • 11 of 11 sectors trading in neutral territory (14-day RSI) but quickly approaching overbought (pages 7-10)
  • Tech, Materials, and Consumer Discretionary trading at greatest premiums to historical price/sales ratios

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 Latin America Playbook

11.2.2020

An overview of the Latin America  ETF landscape - Performance, Flows, Valuations, Earnings, & Technicals.

  • -$34 million in net outflows for Mexico, Brazil has -$177 million out over last three months (page 2)
  • Region falls -7.96% (ILF), down 37% YTD (page 3)
  • 2020E Brazil earnings beginning to trend higher (page 5)

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U.S. Size & Style Playbook

11.2.2020

An overview of the broad U.S. Size & Style ETF landscape - Performance, Flows, Valuations, Earnings, & Technicals.

  • Nearly $7 billion in net ouflows for large-cap ETFs during market sell-off (page 2)
  • U.S. total market declines -5.56% (ITOT) while small-cap value lags (IJS -6.51%)
  • All sizes & styles now trading below 50-day moving averages (page 5)

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U.S. Sector Playbook

11.2.2020

An overview of the U.S. Sector ETF landscape - Performance, Flows, Valuations, Earnings, & Technicals.

  • $455 million flow into tech sector ETFs, $472 in net outflows for financial sector ETFs (page 2)
  • S&P 500 falls during the week (SPY -5.56%) while all sectors decline; Utilities lead (XLU -3.66%) (page 3)
  • S&P 500 currently trading at 24% premium to 5-year average P/E ratio(page 6)
  • Consumer Staples flirting with oversold territory by 14-day RSI; six sectors in the 30's (below 30 is oversold)

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