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Asset Class: Consumer Staples Sector (aka Consumer Defensive Sector)
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Oldest ETF back tested: The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLP)
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Correlation to U.S. Stock Market: 0.58
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Long-Term Performance: 6.42% CAGR
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S&P 500 Performance: 6.65% CAGR
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Back test timeframe: January 1999 – September 2020
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Number of ETFs available in this asset class: 13
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Number of ETFs in this asset class that are 10-years old or older: 9
XLP vs SPY: January 1999 – September 2020
XLP vs SPY: December 22, 1999 – October 9, 2020
The Deep Value ETF Accumulator rankings for the 9 oldest Consumer Staples ETFs:
The 4 top ranked Consumer Staples sector ETFs head-to-head comparisons:
RHS vs VDC vs PSL vs IYK: December 2006 – September 2020
RHS vs VDC vs PSL vs IYK: November 7, 2006 – October 9, 2020
Stated objectives of 4 top ranked Consumer Staples sector ETFs:
RHS – The Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (Fund) is based on the S&P 500® Equal Weight Consumer Staples Index (Index). The Fund will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index equally weights stocks in the consumer staples sector of the S&P 500® Index. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced quarterly.
VDC– Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF. Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the consumer staples sector. Passively managed, using a full-replication strategy when possible and a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints dictate. Includes stocks of companies that provide direct-to-consumer products that, based on consumer spending habits, are considered nondiscretionary.
PSL – The Invesco DWA Consumer Staples Momentum ETF (Fund) is based on the Dorsey Wright® Consumer Staples Technical Leaders Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in the securities that comprise the Index. The Index is designed to identify companies that are showing relative strength (momentum), and is composed of at least 30 securities from the NASDAQ US Benchmark Index. Relative strength is the measurement of a security’s performance in a given universe over time as compared to the performance of all other securities in that universe. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly.
IYK – The iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the consumer goods sector. Exposure to U.S. companies that produce a wide range consumer goods, including food, automobiles, and household goods. Targeted access to domestic consumer goods stocks. Use to express a sector view.
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Previous Deep Value ETF Accumulator article on Consumer Staples sector ETFs:
4 Best Long-Term Performance Consumer Staples Sector ETFs 1.3
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