{"id":10948,"date":"2023-05-19T11:32:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/investing\/how-to-avoid-the-worst-sector-etfs-2q23\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T11:32:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:32:06","slug":"how-to-avoid-the-worst-sector-etfs-2q23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=10948","title":{"rendered":"How To Avoid The Worst Sector ETFs 2Q23"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Question: Why are there so many ETFs?<\/p>\n

Answer: ETF issuance is profitable, so Wall Street keeps cranking out more products to sell.<\/p>\n

I leverage my firm\u2019s data to identify three red flags you can use to avoid the worst ETFs:<\/p>\n

1. Inadequate Liquidity<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This issue is the easiest to avoid, and my advice is simple. Avoid all ETFs with less than $100 million in assets. Low levels of liquidity can lead to a discrepancy between the price of the ETF and the underlying value of the securities it holds. Small ETFs also generally have lower trading volume, which translates to higher trading costs via larger bid-ask spreads.<\/p>\n

2. High Fees<\/strong><\/h3>\n

ETFs should be cheap, but not all of them are. The first step here is to benchmark what cheap means.<\/p>\n

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To ensure you are paying average or below average fees, invest only in ETFs with total annual costs below 0.51% \u2013 the average total annual costs of the 289 U.S. equity Sector ETFs my firm covers. The weighted average is lower at 0.25%, which highlights how investors tend to put their money in ETFs with low fees.<\/p>\n

Figure 1 shows InfraCap MLP ETF (AMZA) is the most expensive sector ETF and Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
\n SCHH
\n <\/fbs-ticker> is the least expensive. AdvisorShares (BEDZ, EATZ) provides two of the most expensive ETFs while Fidelity (
\n FENY
\n <\/fbs-ticker>,
\n FHLC
\n <\/fbs-ticker>,
\n FNCL
\n <\/fbs-ticker>) ETFs are among the cheapest.<\/p>\n

Figure 1: 5 Most and Least Expensive Sector ETFs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Investors need not pay high fees for quality holdings. Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF (FENY) is the best ranked sector ETF in Figure 1 and of all ETFs under coverage. FENY\u2019s very attractive Portfolio Management rating and 0.09% total annual cost earns it a very attractive rating.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Schwab U.S. REIT ETF (SCHH) holds poor stocks and earns a very unattractive rating despite having low total annual costs of 0.08%. No matter how cheap an ETF looks, if it holds bad stocks, its performance will be bad. The quality of an ETF\u2019s holdings matters more than its management fee.<\/p>\n

3. Poor Holdings<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Avoiding poor holdings is by far the hardest part of avoiding bad ETFs, but it is also the most important because an ETF\u2019s performance is determined more by its holdings than its costs. Figure 2 shows the ETFs within each sector with the worst holdings or portfolio management ratings.<\/p>\n

Figure 2: Sector ETFs with the Worst Holdings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Invesco (
\n PSCM
\n <\/fbs-ticker>, PSCF,
\n EWCO
\n <\/fbs-ticker>) appears more often than any other provider in Figure 2, which means that they offer the most ETFs with the worst holdings.<\/p>\n

iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF
\n USRT
\n <\/fbs-ticker> is the worst rated ETF in Figure 2 based on predictive overall rating. Global X Genomics & Biotechnology ETF
\n GNOM
\n <\/fbs-ticker>, Virtus Reaves Utilities ETF
\n UTES
\n <\/fbs-ticker>, ProShares Big Data Refiners ETF (DAT), ProShares Online Retail ETF
\n ONLN
\n <\/fbs-ticker>, VanEck Green Infrastructure ETF (RNEW), and State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
\n XAR
\n <\/fbs-ticker> also earn a very unattractive predictive overall rating, which means not only do they hold poor stocks, they charge high total annual costs.<\/p>\n

The Danger Within<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Buying an ETF without analyzing its holdings is like buying a stock without analyzing its business and finances. Put another way, research on ETF holdings is necessary due diligence because an ETF\u2019s performance is only as good as its holdings.<\/p>\n

PERFORMANCE OF ETFs HOLDINGs \u2013 FEES = PERFORMANCE OF ETF<\/p>\n

Disclosure: David Trainer, Kyle Guske II, and Italo Mendon\u00e7a receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector, or theme.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Question: Why are there so many ETFs? Answer: ETF issuance is profitable, so Wall Street keeps cranking out more products to sell. I leverage my firm\u2019s data to identify three red flags you can use to avoid the worst ETFs: 1. Inadequate Liquidity This issue is the easiest to avoid, and my advice is simple. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-10948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investing","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\nHow To Avoid The Worst Sector ETFs 2Q23 | iFintechWorld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Question: Why are there so many ETFs? Answer: ETF issuance is profitable, so Wall Street keeps cranking out more products to sell. 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