Week of February 22, 2021 KPI Summary
This week, there were 7 new ETF launches and, like last week, there were no closures. However, the Open-to-Close ratio fell from 1.02 to 1.00. There was a -2.15% change in US ETF assets, dropping from $5.84 Tn to $5.71 Tn. ETF expense ratio revenue also dropped from $10.82 Bn to $10.56 Bn. So far in 2021, traditional financials expressed by the S&P Financial Select Sector Index have outperformed TETF index. As of Feb 28, TETF index is only up 6.47% versus S&P Financials at 9.63%. That said, strong performance in 2020 still shows that the 12-month performance of TETF index at 45.65% far exceeds the returns of the broad financial sector index at 24.56%.
ETF Launches
Global X China Disruption ETF (ticker: KEJI)
Xtrackers S&P MidCap 400 ESG ETF (ticker: MIDE)
Xtrackers S&P SmallCap 600 ESG ETF (ticker: SMLE)
ALPS Active REIT ETF (ticker: REIT)
Corbett Road Tactical Opportunity ETF (ticker: OPPX)
Humankind US Stock ETF (ticker: HKND)
Invesco International Developed Dynamic Multifactor ETF (ticker: IMFL)
ETF Closures
None
TETF.Index Performance vs. S&P Financial Select Sector Index
(as of February 26, 2021)
TETF.Index Performance vs. Other Leading Financial Indices
(March 31, 2017 through February 26, 2021)
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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