ETF Scorecard – August 15th Edition

Buyers returned to Wall Street as selling pressures from the prior week finally eased off and left the doors open for the bulls once again. Despite a lack of noteworthy developments, easing tensions between Russia and Ukraine have been enough to welcome back the bulls following a round of geopolitical-induced profit taking pressures. On the home front, economic data releases were sparse, with the NFIB small business survey coming in barely above expectations while retail sales growth came in flat [see also How Well Do Defensive ETFs Actually Work?]. To help investors keep up with markets, we present our ETF Scorecard, which takes a step back and looks at how various asset classes across the globe are performing. For most of the return comparisons below, we reference trailing 1-week and trailing 1-month returns; this offers a good insight into the prevailing sentiment in the markets by capturing the performances across short-term […] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: ETF Scorecard – August 8th Edition ETF Scorecard – August 1st Edition ETF Scorecard – July 25th Edition ETF Scorecard – July 18th Edition ETF Scorecard – July 11th Edition