When all of the monthly total return data for May is aggregated by fund objective, stock funds generally outperformed fixed income -- and energy and utilities sectors rose above the rest, averaging 5.39% and 3.35% respectively.
The best energy and natural resource ETF in May is the Market Vectors Coal ETF(KOL Quote), returning 22.04% for the month. There were unbelievable one-month returns of 90.77% in Western Canadian Coal(WSJXF Quote), 71.35% in James River Coal(JRCC Quote), and 67.89% in Alpha Natural Resources(ANR Quote).
The second-best ETF fund objective for May is the utility sector. With 200% leverage to the Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Index, the Ultra Utilities ProShares(UPW Quote) garnered 6.06%. Making up for the underperformers, electric utility TECO Energy(TE Quote) generated 28.58%, energy pipeline company National Fuel Gas(NFG Quote) delivered 17.84%, and gas distributor Nicor(GAS Quote) rose 16.26%.
Domestic growth ETFs, led by ProShares Ultra QQQ(QLD Quote) at 11.94%, averaged 3.12% as a group. The fund targets twice the return of the Nasdaq-100 index, which had a top-performing member in May in Marvell Technology Group(MRVL Quote), Symantec(SYMC Quote), Activision(ATVI Quote), and Dell(DELL Quote). ...
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