The US Sector and Basic ETF Portfolios have been updated for September.
US Sector Momentum – The US Sector Momentum Portfolio is selling Consumer Staples (XLP) with a realized loss of -.48% and purchasing XLV Health Care Select Sector SPDR based on 6-month price momentum.
Year-to-date the strategy is up less than .50%. For background on this strategy click here.
The table below shows various momentum metrics for sector ETFs:
| Symbol | Name | Quarterly | 6 Month | Year | Average | 200 Day SMA |
| XLB | Materials Select Sector SPDR | 8.19% | -1.93% | 4.48% | 3.58% | 1.37% |
| XLE | Energy Select Sector SPDR | 15.95% | -2.84% | 6.79% | 6.63% | 3.43% |
| XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR | 13.98% | 3.20% | 18.07% | 11.75% | 6.10% |
| XLI | Industrial Select Sector SPDR | 9.46% | -0.55% | 16.51% | 8.47% | 2.64% |
| XLK | Technology Select Sector SPDR | 11.89% | 6.50% | 28.11% | 15.50% | 8.65% |
| XLP | Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR | 7.32% | 7.58% | 18.52% | 11.14% | 6.48% |
| XLU | Utilities Select Sector SPDR | 2.39% | 4.69% | 11.30% | 6.13% | 2.74% |
| XLV | Health Care Select Sector SPDR | 9.72% | 8.34% | 19.58% | 12.55% | 7.26% |
| XLY | Consumer Discret Select Sector SPDR | 9.13% | 5.46% | 24.69% | 13.09% | 7.18% |
Basic ETF Portfolio – The Basic ETF Portfolio has gone several months without turnover, holding Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), Vanguard REIT Index ETF (VNQ), and Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND). However, for September the strategy rules called for a sale of BND at a gain of 1.5% (excluding dividends). The original BND purchase date was April 30th, 2012. The proceeds were used to purchase 119 shares of DBC which has a slight momentum advantage over BND as of the close on August 31st.
Below is a table showing the various momentum metrics for the five available ETFs in the Basic Portfolio. For strategy background, click here.
| Symbol | Name | Quarterly | Half Year | Year | Average | 200 Day SMA |
| BND | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | 1.36% | 3.17% | 4.49% | 3.01% | 2.47% |
| DBC | PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking | 15.81% | -1.87% | -3.87% | 3.36% | 4.81% |
| VEU | Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF | 11.77% | -4.52% | -0.96% | 2.10% | 1.82% |
| VNQ | Vanguard REIT Index ETF | 11.09% | 9.59% | 21.95% | 14.21% | 8.38% |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | 10.73% | 3.71% | 18.73% | 11.06% | 5.82% |
Total portfolio gain to date is 3.71% including dividends.
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