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Home Builders Led ETFs During Aug.

Last year's weakest sectors reversed course to become the strongest ETF performers in August. Precious metals and other commodities melted down as the dollar gained strength against other major currencies, which lessened the appeal of hard assets as a hedge on the greenback.

In contrast to last year, ETFs invested long overseas performed worse than those in the U.S. last month as they have all year. Thus, leveraged short ETFs tracking foreign markets were among top performers.

Sector Leaders And Laggards

SPDR S&P Homebuilders led sectors with a 12.29% gain. It rebounded into positive territory year to date, up less than 1%, although housing data remain dismal.

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Symbol

Company Name

1-week
% Change

RS
Rating

Additional
Research

SSG

Proshrs Ultsht Semicond

17.8

SMN

Proshrs Ultsht Basic Mat

17.0

EEV

Proshrs Ultsht Msci Emrg

16.4

DUG

Proshrs Ultsht Oil & Gas

16.3

FXP

Proshrs Ultsht Ftse/Xin

14.9

REW

Proshrs Ultsht Tech

14.4

EFU

Proshrs Ultsht Msci Eafe

13.7

SDP

Proshrs Ultsht Utilities

12.6

QID

Proshrs Ultsht Qqq

12.1

SKK

Proshrs Ultsht R2000 Grw

9.7

Bottom 10

KOL

Market Vect Coal

-17.1

USD

Proshrs Ultra Semiconduc

-16.5

UYM

Proshrs Ultra Basic Mtrl

-15.6

DIG

Proshrs Ultra Oil & Gas

-14.9

SLX

Market Vect Steel

-14.8

XME

Spdr S&P Metals & Mining

-13.7

TAN

Claymore/Mac Gl Sol Engy

-13.5

GDX

Market Vect Gold Miners

-13.5

ROM

Proshrs Ultra Technology

-12.9

EWZ

iShares Msci Brazil

-12.2

Data as of Friday, September 5, 2008 2:50 p.m. Pacific time. Screen limited to 20 ETFs.

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1-Week Winners & Losers
The exchange-traded funds listed above represent the top-10 gainers and losers over the past week. Each ETF's RS Rating is shown in the report. Click here to download an Excel spreadsheet of today's screen.

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Home Builders Led ETFs During Aug.

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