COMPOSITE MACRO ETF WEEKLY ANALYTICS (3/19/2016)

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LAYOUT (Organized by Time Period): 

  1. Composite ETF Cumulative Returns Momentum Bar plot

  2. Composite ETF Cumulative Returns Line plot

  3. Composite ETF Risk-Adjusted Returns Scatter plot (Std vs Mean)

  4. Composite ETF Risk-Adjusted Return Correlations Heatmap (Clusterplot)

  5. Implied Cost of Capital Estimates

  6. Composite ETF Cumulative Return Tables

  7. Notable Trends and Observations

COMPOSITE ETF COMPONENTS:

LAST 252 TRADING DAYS

LAST 126 TRADING DAYS

YEAR-TO-DATE LAST 56 TRADING DAYS

LAST 21 TRADING DAYS

LAST 10 TRADING DAYS

Implied Cost of Capital Estimates:

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CATEGORY AVERAGE ICC ESTIMATES

ALL ETF ICC ESTIMATES BY CATEGORY

Cumulative Return Tables:

Notable Observations and Trends:

  • Last 252 days the only Composites with positive returns are the "defensive" sectors: Utilities, Consumer Staples, Telecom, Precious Metals, and Treasuries
  • Last 252 days all Composites have negative rolling risk adjusted returns as shown in the Scatterplot.
  • There are still concerns that Energy and Oil + Gas showing strong performance over the last 10 and 21 days is simply short covering and momentum traders. Fundamentally that question will be answered by tracking Oil inventories vs production. 
  • Are the AsiaPacific and Emerging/Frontier composites finally being repriced to the upside or are we simply in a "risk-on" environment where high beta is being purchased indiscriminately? This is something to pay attention to as the Implied Cost of Capital estimates show these two composites have the highest implied returns (most undervalued) over the next year.