Week of October 5, 2020 KPI Summary
After a steady decline for over a month, the Open-to-Close ratio dropped below 0.90 this week, now standing at 0.88. This week’s launches and closures are significantly less than last weeks; the market experienced 4 new ETF launches and lost 3 ETFs due to closures this week. Unlike the Open-to-Close ratio, assets and revenue increased this week; US ETF assets went from $4.73 Tn to $4.9 Tn, and ETF Expense Ratio revenue went from $8.65 Bn to $8.97 Bn. The Toroso ETF Industry Index continues to outperform the S&P Financial Select Sector Index, with YTD returns at 7.09%, vs the Select Sector’s 16.36% YTD loss.
TETF.Index Performance vs. S&P Financial Select Sector Index
(as of October 9, 2020)
TETF.Index Performance vs. Other Leading Financial Indices
(March 31, 2017 through October 9, 2020)
ETF Launches
ClearShares Piton International Developed Fixed Income ETF (ticker: PIFI)
SoFi Weekly Income ETF (ticker: TGIF)
iShares BB Rated Corporate Bond ETF (ticker: HYBB)
iShares ESG Advanced MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (ticker: EMXF)
Why Follow the ETF Industry KPIs
The team at Toroso Investments began tracking the ETF Industry Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) in the early 2000’s and have been consistently reporting on, and analyzing these metrics ever since. The table above was the impetus for the creation of the TETF.Index, the index that tracks the ETF industry. Each week, we will share the statistics we believe to be the most useful for identifying industry trends, in addition to the performance of the TEFT.Index.
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