25 Best Performing ETFs September 2012 List

This post is about 25 best performing ETFs 2012 list for September. The top funds are iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction, Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF.

Top Performer ETFs 2012

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are traded like stocks on stock exchanges (NYSE and NASDAQ). You can buy ETFs online from different brokerages. Compare to mutual funds or closed end funds (CEFs), the ETFs have lower expense ratio. These investment funds are typically traded slightly at a discount or premium to the Net Asset Value (NAV).

From this best funds list, you may find lots of sector equity funds are the top performers. The top performing sectors include: real estate, emerging markets, commodities, health, etc. You can find the fund performance, expense ratio, and yield or dividend from the table below.

The 25 Best Performing ETFs 2012 until September 9th are:

1. iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction Fund
2. Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF
3. SPDR S&P Homebuilders Fund
4. iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index Fund
5. iPath Dow Jones UBS Grains Total Return Sub-Index ETN
6. SPDR S&P Biotech ETF
7. First Trust NYSE Arca Biotech Index Fund
8. iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Fund
9. ELEMENTS MLCX Grains Index Total Return ETN
10. Guggenheim China Real Estate Fund
11. iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Asia Index Fund
12. IQ U.S. Real Estate Small Cap ETF
13. iShares MSCI Philippines Investable Market Index Fund
14. iPath DJ-UBS Cocoa Total Return Sub-Index ETN
15. iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage Plus Capped Index Fund
16. iShares FTSE NAREIT Retail Capped Index Fund
17. Market Vectors Mortgage REIT ETF
18. SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate Fund
19. PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio
20. United States Gasoline Fund
21. RevenueShares Financials Sector Fund
22. WisdomTree Global ex-US Real Estate Fund
23. Vanguard Global ex-US Real Estate ETF
24. iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate ex-US Index Fund
25. EGShares Health Care GEMS ETF

Updated on 9/16/2012

iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction Index Fund (ITB)

iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction Index Fund objective is to track the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Home Construction Index. It has dividend yield of 0.50%. The expense ratio is quite low, only 0.47%. The fund CUSIP is 464288752. The current shares price is 18.82. The NAV price is $18.81. If you have $1,000 funding, you can buy about 53 shares.

Top Performer CEFs 2012

This best performing fund has a 3-year annualized return of 20.57%. The YTD return is 58.82%. The total net assets are $1.2 billion. The top 5 stocks in its portfolio are Lennar Corp, DR Horton Inc, Pultegroup Inc, Toll Brothers Inc, and NVR Inc.

Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (EGPT)

This Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF is part of Van Eck Global ETFs. This stock ETF invests in stocks of Egypt companies. This fund invests mainly in medium and small capitalization companies. The fund’s commencement date is February 16, 2010. You can also trade options of this ETF. The net expense ratio is 0.94%. It is traded on NYSE Arca.

The top performer ETF has a year to date return of 58.67%. The top 5 equity sectors are diversified financials, materials, banks, real estate, and telecommunication services.

iPath Dow Jones UBS Grains Total Return Sub-Index ETN (JJG)

iPath Dow Jones UBS Grains Total Return Sub-Index ETN utilizes its assets to purchase futures contracts on physical commodities comprising the Index. The total shares outstanding are 2.7 million. The latest shares price is $63.36. This exchange traded note has 20-day volume average of 28,047. The yearly fee is 0.75%.

Top 10 Large Growth ETFs 2012

In term of fund performance, this best performer fund has a 3 year average return of 19.89%. For 2012, the YTD market return is 40.71%. The top 3 sectors are soybeans (40.38%), corn (32.19%), and wheat (27.43%).

SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (Ticker: XBI)

SPDR S&P Biotech ETF focuses its assets in biotechnology companies. You can buy this ETF from your brokerage. The primary benchmark is the S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index. This State Street Global Advisors ETF has 5 year average performance return of 12.61%.

As of September 2012, the top 6 stocks in its holdings are Pharmacyclics Inc, Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc, Affymax Inc, Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc, Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc, and United Therapeutics Corp De. The net asset value (NAV) per share is $92.02. The beta risk vs S&P 500 index of this top performing fund is 1.12.

Disclosure: No Position

Fund Performance

No	ETF Name	Symbol	Category	Expense Ratio (%)	Market Return YTD
1	iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction	ITB	Miscellaneous Sector	0.47	58.82
2	Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF	EGPT	Diversified Emerging Mkts	0.94	58.67
3	SPDR S&P Homebuilders	XHB	Miscellaneous Sector	0.37	43.66
4	iShares MSCI Turkey Invest Mkt Index	TUR	Diversified Emerging Mkts	0.59	43.11
5	iPath DJ-UBS Grains TR Sub-Idx ETN	JJG	Commodities Agriculture	0.75	40.71
6	SPDR S&P Biotech	XBI	Health	0.37	37.94
7	First Trust NYSE Arca Biotech Index	FBT	Health	0.6	37.94
8	iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology	IBB	Health	0.48	35.21
9	ELEMENTS MLCX Grains Index TR ETN	GRU	Commodities Agriculture	0.75	34.4
10	Guggenheim China Real Estate	TAO	China Region	0.7	29.99
11	iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Dev Asia Idx	IFAS	Global Real Estate	0.48	29.55
12	IQ U.S. Real Estate Small Cap ETF	ROOF	Real Estate	0.69	29.03
13	iShares MSCI Philippines Invstb Mkt Idx	EPHE	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk	0.59	27.78
14	iPath DJ-UBS Cocoa TR Sub-Idx ETN	NIB	Commodities Agriculture	0.75	27.69
15	iShares FTSE NAREIT Mort Plus Cp Idx	REM	Real Estate	0.48	27.62
16	iShares FTSE NAREIT Retail Cp Idx	RTL	Real Estate	0.48	27.39
17	Market Vectors Mortgage REIT ETF	MORT	Real Estate	0.4	27.35
18	SPDR Dow Jones Intl Real Estate	RWX	Global Real Estate	0.61	26.95
19	PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construct	PKB	Industrials	0.63	26.73
20	United States Gasoline	UGA	Commodities Energy	0.84	26.55
21	RevenueShares Financials Sector	RWW	Financial	0.49	25.71
22	WisdomTree Global ex-US Real Estate	DRW	Global Real Estate	0.58	25.39
23	Vanguard Global ex-US Real Estate ETF	VNQI	Global Real Estate	0.35	25.38
24	iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Dev RE ex-US	IFGL	Global Real Estate	0.48	25.09
25	EGShares Health Care GEMS ETF	HGEM	Health	0.85	25
26	PowerShares QQQ	QQQ	Large Growth	0.2	24.85
27	iShares MSCI Singapore Index	EWS	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk	0.52	24.48
28	iShares S&P Dev ex-US Property Index	WPS	Global Real Estate	0.48	24.3
29	iShares Dow Jones US Financial Services	IYG	Financial	0.47	24.03
30	PowerShares Dynamic Media	PBS	Communications	0.63	23.63