Today we're switching up our regular broadcasting and taking our ETF Power Rankings to the stocks of the Dow 30.
The beauty of these rankings is that they can applied to any universe of our choosing - today we're doing the Dow 30.
📊 Daily ETF Overview
The big standout to us is how Nvidia $NVDA has transitioned from a deep green to a lighter shade even before it gapped down last Monday.
Instead, traditional names like Walmart, 3M, and IBM have been showing the most strength in recent times.
On the other end of the spectrum are names like Merck, AMGEN, and Nike.
Through these rankings, we can instantly see where to focus our attention. And an area we've been attracted to this week is crypto; over $2B of positions were just liquidated, which has historically been a fantastic buying opportunity.
You can watch our Senior Crypto Analyst, Louis Sykes, outline what he's doing to profit off this recent development...
We’re noticing an increasing number of international markets showing relative strength.
This includes familiar standouts like China, Argentina, and Israel, as well as newer additions like Colombia, Chile, and Italy.
It's especially surprising to see many Latin American country ETFs gaining strength recently, with Colombia rising nearly to the top of the power rankings.
When we take a step back, this makes sense, as the iShares Latin America 40 ETF ($ILF) recently found support at the lower end of its long-term range.
However, the region still faces significant challenges, with Brazil and Mexico making up 85% of the ETF.
Interestingly, it's the countries that don't dominate this index—like Colombia, Chile, and others—that are showing the strongest performance.
The big takeaway here is the continued green among a select few industry groups.
Cloud, Broker Dealers, Cyber Security, Software etc. These have all been strong industries over the years, so it's no surprise to see these all inhabiting the green region of this table.
A group among the green candidates which is surprising is the iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF $IYZ. This ETF is still down 50% from its launch in 2000 and still trading at the same levels as it was 22 years ago.
Yet, it's shown impressive strength in recent times. If it can break above its pivot highs near 28, it would point to a continuation of this relative strength.
Technology isn't even in the top 10 ETFs, and it's Equal Weight Technology $RSPT over Large Cap Technology $XLK.
Sectors like industrials, utilities, and financials are well into the green further solidifying the broad participation on a sector level.
And despite the headlines about DeepSeek impacting semiconductors, look at the action in sectors like Communications $XLC. Tremendously optimistic behavior.
By our rankings, ARGT has ranked the best global ETF every single week for the last three months.
That's an incredibly impressive record.
The message here is simple; there are strong areas of outperformance outside the United States.
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Notice all the same industry groups constantly green:
Broker Dealers & Exchanges
Cloud
Internet
Cyber Security
Software
Regional Banks
This is what a persistently green trend on our power rankings looks like.
Let the winners ride.
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At the top of the list is the Crypto Industry Innovators ETF $BITQ.
What captures our interest is if Bitcoin successfully resolves higher from this 100,000 consolidation band, this group could provide serious alpha to investors.
It's returned investors just shy of +600% since 2023.
Consumer Discretionary $XLY and Financials $XLF are still the strongest sectors right now.
What's capturing our interest is the rebound we've seen in energy stocks, pictured below.
While this is certainly a positive development for the sector, we're still mindful that the Large Cap Energy ETF $XLE is still rangebound and isn't offering an actionable setup currently.
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