Best Performing Balanced ETFs August 2013

Best performing balanced ETFs August 2013, top balanced exchange traded fund. The top ETFs are SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Securities fund, iShares Aggressive Allocation fund, and more.

Top Performer Balanced Funds

Balanced ETFs have become popular choice for investors. There are several types of balanced ETFs are convertible ETF, conservative allocation ETF, moderate allocation ETF, and aggressive allocation ETF. Balanced fund invests in stocks, bonds, and short term cash or money market. Some of these funds are index funds.

These top performing ETFs are sorted based on its 1 year return (up to August 19, 2013). You can find the fund review from this post. Other fund information can be found below such as fund performance, expense ratio, Morningstar rating, ETF share price, managers, fund’s holdings, yield, etc.

Best performing balanced ETFs August 2013 are:

1. SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Securities (CWB)
2. iShares Aggressive Allocation (AOA)
3. db X-trackers In-Target Date ETF (TDX)
4. AdvisorShares Meidell Tactical Advantage ETF (MATH)
5. iShares Growth Allocation (AOR)
6. SPDR SSgA Global Allocation ETF (GAL)
7. Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF (GYLD)
8. AdvisorShares Global Echo ETF (GIVE)
9. iShares Moderate Allocation (AOM)
10. iShares Target Date 2010 (TZD)
11. Claymore CEF GS Connect ETN (GCE)
12. db X-trackers 2010 Target Date ETF (TDD)
13. PowerShares CEF Income Composite (PCEF)
14. iShares Target Date Retirement Income (TGR)
15. iShares Conservative Allocation (AOK)
16. SPDR SSgA Income Allocation ETF (INKM)
17. AdvisorShares Cambria Global Tactical ETF (GTAA)
18. iShares Morningstar Multi-Asset Income(IYLD)
19. SPDR SSgA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF (RLY)
20. IQ Real Return ETF (CPI)

Updated on August 19, 2013

SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Securities ETF (CWB)

SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Securities ETF is to provide investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the Barclays US Convertible Bond >$500MM Index. The fund’s CUSIP is 78464A359. This balanced exchange traded fund has a high dividend yield of 3.85. It also has $1.33 billion of total net assets. The annual expense ratio is 0.40%.

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This best performer fund has 3-stars rating from Morningstar. Its YTD return is 7.42%. The fund has returned 14.03% in 2010, -7.66% in 2011 and 15.90% in 2012. It has 10.73 years of average maturity.

This top fund has a total of 93 holdings as of July 19, 2013. The top 5 stock in its holdings are General Motors Co (4.61%), Wells Fargo & Company (4.55%), Bank of America Corp (3.24%), Gilead Sciences Inc (3.16%) and EMC Corp (2.54%).

iShares Aggressive Allocation Fund (AOA)

As one of the best performing balanced ETFs, this iShares Aggressive Allocation fund has a yield of 1.36%. It invests based on a more aggressive risk tolerance over a longer-term investment horizon. As an index fund, it uses S&P Target Risk Aggressive Index as its benchmark. It has $163.67 million of total net assets. The expense ratio fee is only 0.11% per year. This exchange traded fund is currently traded at premium of 0.02% from its NAV.

Morningstar analysts rank this balanced fund with 5-stars rating. As Aggressive Allocation ETF, it has YTD return in 2013 of 12.80%. The fund has returned 20.03% over the past 1-year and 15.07% over the past 3-year.

The top 6 holdings are Exxon Mobil Corp (1.02%), Treasury Note (1.01%), Apple Inc (0.98%), Treasury Bill (0.66%), Microsoft Corp (0.65%) and Johnson & Johnson (0.61%).

db X-trackers In-Target Date ETF (TDX)

The objective of this db X-trackers In-Target Date ETF fund is to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Zacks In-Target Lifecycle Index. It is a lifecycle fund designed for investors who are at or near their target date at the time of investment. The CUSIP is 233052505. It is currently trading 7.28% discount to its NAV. It also has 0.51% dividend yield.

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This top ETF has 2-stars rating from Morningstar. It has returned 5.40% in 2011 and -4.90% in 2012. It also has returned 2.50% over the past 3-year and 2.05% over the past 5-year.

The top 3 sector allocations are Financials (21.367%), Consumer Staples (20.79%) and Consumer Discretionary (11.157%). United States (88.67%) are the top country exposure. The top 5 equity holdings are Exxon Mobil Corp (0.86%), Apple Inc (0.81%), General Electric Co (0.52%), Microsoft Corp (0.51%) and Berkshire Hathaway Inc (0.51%).

Top Fund Returns

No	Fund Description	Ticker	YTD	1-Year Return	3-Year Return	5-Year Return
1	SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Secs	CWB	11.33%	22.43%	10.62%	N/A
2	iShares Aggressive Allocation	AOA	12.66%	20.29%	15.10%	N/A
3	db X-trackers In-Target Date ETF	TDX	7.14%	14.93%	2.50%	2.05%
4	AdvisorShares Meidell Tacticl Advtge ETF	MATH	9.95%	14.20%	N/A	N/A
5	iShares Growth Allocation	AOR	8.53%	13.94%	11.22%	N/A
6	SPDR SSgA Global Allocation ETF	GAL	6.17%	13.56%	N/A	N/A
7	Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF	GYLD	3.37%	13.26%	N/A	N/A
8	AdvisorShares Global Echo ETF	GIVE	9.03%	11.59%	N/A	N/A
9	iShares Moderate Allocation	AOM	5.37%	9.56%	8.17%	N/A
10	iShares Target Date 2010	TZD	5.12%	9.36%	8.36%	N/A
11	Claymore CEF GS Connect ETN	GCE	5.94%	9.31%	11.05%	6.07%
12	db X-trackers 2010 Target Date ETF	TDD	7.50%	8.95%	1.01%	0.94%
13	PowerShares CEF Income Composite	PCEF	2.31%	6.20%	8.55%	N/A
14	iShares Target Date Retirement Income	TGR	3.91%	6.20%	7.24%	N/A
15	iShares Conservative Allocation	AOK	3.09%	6.09%	6.52%	N/A
16	SPDR SSgA Income Allocation ETF	INKM	0.46%	4.87%	N/A	N/A
17	AdvisorShares Cambria Global Tacticl ETF	GTAA	-1.11%	2.78%	N/A	N/A
18	iShares Morningstar Multi-Asset Income	IYLD	-0.40%	1.62%	N/A	N/A
19	SPDR SSgA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF	RLY	-5.26%	0.32%	N/A	N/A
20	IQ Real Return ETF	CPI	-1.00%	-0.88%	1.24%	N/A

Fund Information

No	Fund Description	Ticker	Rating	Expense Ratio	Yield	Net Assets
1	SPDR Barclays Capital Convertible Secs	CWB	3	0.40%	3.85%	$1,310.00
2	iShares Aggressive Allocation	AOA	5	0.11%	1.38%	$163.49
3	db X-trackers In-Target Date ETF	TDX	2	0.65%	0.51%	$11.34
4	AdvisorShares Meidell Tacticl Advtge ETF	MATH	N/A	1.35%	0.82%	$9.23
5	iShares Growth Allocation	AOR	3	0.11%	1.47%	$209.75
6	SPDR SSgA Global Allocation ETF	GAL	N/A	0.05%	2.89%	$53.33
7	Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF	GYLD	N/A	0.75%	6.24%	$77.78
8	AdvisorShares Global Echo ETF	GIVE	N/A	1.50%	0.00%	$5.61
9	iShares Moderate Allocation	AOM	2	0.11%	1.52%	$186.76
10	iShares Target Date 2010	TZD	4	0.11%	2.11%	$8.58