25 ETF Winners That Outperformed In July

 | Aug 02, 2021 22:00

In July, broader equity markets performed strongly, and the final days of the month brought new highs to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 as well as the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 index.

Meanwhile, inflation has gone over 5% in the US for the first time since 2008. Yet calmer words from Fed Chair Jerome Powell pushed the 10-year Treasury yield to under 1. 23 at the end of the month. As well, market participants continued mulling the possible implications of the Delta variant on the economy.

Headlines around corporate earnings garnered attention, especially in the second half of the month. A significant number of earnings reports surprised to the upside in Q2.

With that information, we now review exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that were clear winners or losers in July. Understandably, our list is not comprehensive and does not include leveraged and inverse ETFs.

A number of these funds could inspire readers to put together long-term diversified portfolios within their risk/return parameters.

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Before we move on to best performers, let's take a look at funds that give exposure to the three most followed U.S. indices—the Dow Jones, S&P and NASDAQ. These three ETFs, which act as proxies for those major indices, deserve our attention:

SPDR® Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NYSE:DIA), which tracks the Down Jones Industrial Average—up 1.3% in July (covered here).