Guggenheim ETFs are also prominent across the Morningstar mid-cap categories with the Guggenheim Spin-Off ETF (NYSEArca: CSD) and the Guggenheim S&P Midcap 400 Pure Growth ETF (NYSEArca: RFG) topping Morningstar’s mid blend and mid growth categories. If the Guggenheim S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value ETF (NYSEArca: RFV) was categorized as a mid-cap value ETF, it would lead that pack with post-March 10, 2009 average annualized gains of 31.4%.
RFV was among the Guggenheim broad market funds found among the 10 best ETFs since March 10, 2009. Guggenheim has four ETFs on the top 10 since March 2009 list, double the amount of any other issuer. Of the top 50 non-leveraged ETFs since the start of the bull market six years ago, 10 are Guggenheim funds, including all six of the firm’s pure style ETFs. [Advantages of Smart Beta ETFs]
Among small-cap ETFs, the Guggenheim S&P Smallcap 600 Pure Value ETF (NYSEArca: RZV) has turned $10,000 into nearly $66,600, leading Morningstar’s small value group, since March 10, 2009. The Guggenheim S&P Smallcap 600Pure Growth ETF (NYSEArca: RZG) is the top-performing small-cap growth ETF over that period with average annualized gains of almost 29.3%, according to Morningstar data.
Tom Lydon’s clients own shares of RSP.