ETF Performance Report – January 2009
January 30th at 2:43pm by Tom Lydon
Economic news and corporate earnings from fourth quarter were reported through the month, affecting markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The Dow Jones industrial average lost nearly 9% for the month, the S&P 500 was down 8.6% and the Nasdaq 6.4%.
iShares MSCI Chile (ECH) and iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ) were the country ETFs with positive return for the month. Up 12.2% and 1.5% respectively. U.S. Gasoline (UGA) gained 19.2% and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) also had double digit performance of 11.5%.
