ETF Power Rankings Articles

You can see the defensive rotation taking place as equity markets have sold off. Consumer staples and utilities are the two best areas of the market under our power rankings. Meanwhile, the poster child of...

Many key indexes have retested their 2021 highs following Trump's market crash.

Here's the S&P 500 $SPY revisiting its breakout level.

And here's the same story in the Nasdaq 100 $QQQ....

After holding up for several weeks, many global markets are finally starting to feel the weight of the Trump tariffs.What began as a U.S.-centric correction has now turned into broad, indiscriminate selling...

Global markets have sold off in response to Trump's sweeping tariffs.

This is no longer just a regular dip in a bull market, it is turning into a significant cause for concern for more sustained...

Markets have sold off as Trump announced his sweeping tariffs to America's trading partners. There's certainly a lot of fast moving action hitting the tape and we're at a crossroads; does the market continue...

Technology $XLK is well into the red now as U.S. growth underperforms.

Most interestingly, Technology $XLK just broke down relative to the S&P 500 while Financials $XLF is still outperforming.

Large Cap Value $IWD has migrated to the top of the ETF Power Rankings for the US Indexes as growth continues to underperform.

Will growth continue underperforming?

This is the chart to look at it...

The prevailing theme this year is that more international markets are challenging the dominance of the United States in equity performance.

This rotation has taken place for quite some time now and at...

The key theme here is the relentless strength out of the precious metal ETFs.

You can see below how they're clearly inhabiting the dark green.

With Silver looking like it's about to explode...

We're seeing more defensive sectors climb the leaderboard as the outlook for the U.S. markets weakens.

Perhaps an element of interest is to consider the areas of the market with the lowest overall...

The U.S. markets have rebounded after reports the White House is easing their position on tariffs.

Most importantly is that this news has provided fertile grounds to build a new rally, and with the S...

The S&P 500 continues slipping in the power rankings as long-term trends shift in favor of international markets.This transition is clear in the S&P 500’s shift from green to red—signaling weakening...

Gold...

It's the hottest asset in town and it's smoking the U.S. markets in 2025. While the S&P is down 3%, Gold is up 14% and the Gold mining companies $GDX are up double that of 28%.

While...

The dominant force in equity markets right now is the record rotation out of U.S. equities and into international markets.The biggest losers over the past month? U.S. growth stocks. And at the tail end of...

As the U.S. markets have sold off, defensive sectors with lower volatility have done well.

Consumer Staples, Real Estate, and Utilities are all sectors with low beta that have outperformed.

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Most notably, Large Cap Value $IWD has climbed to the top of the rankings as U.S. growth has sold off.

The trend favoring value over growth is clearly intact over shorter timeframes. But what would it...

The same theme continues to dominate across the global markets; more money is rotating out of the United States and flowing into international markets.

As shown in above chart, the S&P 500 has now...

Precious metal miners have climbed to the top of the rankings in an impressive fashion. This has been a persistent and growing trend over the last few weeks as Gold climbs to all time highs in the face of...

We can certainly see some movement on this week's thematic table as equity markets have extended their decline.

The basic summary here is that high beta and growth have dropped on the list; examples of...

This table captures the longer-term drift in the relative performance of the U.S. sectors as markets accelerate their selloff.

You can see groups like Communications $XLC continue to show leadership,...

Large Cap Growth $IWF has stepped down on the rankings as Large Cap Value $IWD has climbed to the top.

Clearly, equity markets have sold off rather aggressively in recent weeks.

The S&P 500 $...

The S&P 500 (United States) has fallen into red territory in our global rankings. This marks a notable development, as under our relative strength ranking America is now in the bottom half of the world in...

We're noticing many important cyclical groups beginning to transition to red, indicative of the lingering risk aversion impacting the U.S. markets right now.

The Semiconductor $XSD and Homebuilders ETF...

A number of more defensive sectors, like Consumer Staples $XLP, Real Estate $XLRE, and Health Care $XLV are transitioning to green as U.S. markets sell off. This points to the growing risk aversion from...