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5 Best Natural Resources ETFs to Own Long-Term 1.6

  • Asset Class: Natural Resources Sector

  • Oldest ETF back tested: The Materials Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLB)

  • Correlation to U.S. Stock Market: 0.81

  • Long-Term Performance: 8.15% CAGR

  • S&P 500 Performance: 6.99% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: January 1999 – January 2023

  • Number of ETFs available in this asset class: 42

  • Number of ETFs in this asset class that are 10-years old or older: 28

XLB vs SPY: January 1999 – January 2023

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Closed Position in Natural Resources Equities (RTM) 1-18-22

Today we closed our position in the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM). Buy 103.84. Sell 177.19. I still believe RTM is a great ETF and a worthy investment, but we have found ourselves with 2 natural resources funds in our portfolio. So, we have opted to close our position in RTM and continue to invest the First Trust Water ETF (FIW). Read why we invest in FIW right here: The 4 Best Natural Resources Sector ETFs to Own Long-Term

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The 4 Best Natural Resources Sector ETFs to Own Long-Term 1.5

  • Asset Class: Natural Resources Sector

  • Oldest ETF back tested: The Materials Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLB)

  • Correlation to U.S. Stock Market: 0.81

  • Long-Term Performance: 8.77% CAGR

  • S&P 500 Performance: 7.98% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: January 1999 – December 2021

  • Number of ETFs available in this asset class: 38

  • Number of ETFs in this asset class that are 10-years old or older: 25

XLB vs SPY: January 1999 – December 2021

XLB vs SPY: December 22, 1998 – January 14, 2022

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Top 5 Winners in the Deep Value ETF Accumulator Portfolio for 2021

Happy New Year to all. This year, as with most we had some winners and some losers in our portfolio. This isn’t out of the ordinary and we plan to always have at least a few losers each year in our massively diversified portfolios. These numbers were calculated by M1 Finance. These numbers do not include dividends received. These numbers are from our Traditional IRA which had no inflows or outflows of money other than dividends received.

  1. RWJ – U.S. SMALL CAP VALUE EQUITIES +65.70%
  2. QLD – 2X LEVERAGED U.S. LARGE CAP GROWTH EQUITIES +56.27%
  3. REZ – REAL ESTATE SECTOR EQUITIES +52.14%
  4. DON – U.S. MID CAP VALUE EQUITIES +37.02%
  5. RTM – MATERIALS SECTOR EQUITIES +36.43%

Many blessing to all of you in 2022.

The Deep Value ETF Accumulator (aka Micah)

 

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S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM)03/19/2021 declared dividend $0.6339 (1.44% yield)

S&P 500 Equal Weight Matls ETF/Rydex ETF Trust (NYSE:RTM) on 03/19/2021 declared a dividend of $ 0.6339 per share payable on March 31, 2021 to shareholders of record as of March 23, 2021. Dividend amount recorded is an increase of $ 0.1353 from last dividend Paid.

S&P 500 Equal Weight Matls ETF/Rydex ETF Trust (NYSE:RTM) has paid dividends since 2018, has a current dividend yield of 1.4364498854% and has increased its dividends for 2 successive years.

Source: https://www.dividendinvestor.com/dividend-news/20210319/sp-500-equal-weight-matls-etf-rydex-etf-trust-nyse-rtm-declared-a-dividend-of-$0.6339-per-share/

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4 Best Long-Term Performance Natural Resources Sector ETFs 1.4

  • Asset Class: Natural Resources Sector

  • Oldest ETF back tested: The Materials Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLB)

  • Correlation to U.S. Stock Market: 0.81

  • Long-Term Performance: 7.98% CAGR

  • S&P 500 Performance: 7.12% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: January 1999 – December 2020

  • Number of ETFs available in this asset class: 33

  • Number of ETFs in this asset class that are 10-years old or older: 23

XLB vs SPY: January 1999 – December 2020

XLB vs SPY: December 22, 1998 – January 8, 2021

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S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM) declared dividend of $0.5782/sh (yield 2.91%)

S&P 500 Equal Weight Matls ETF/Rydex ETF Trust (NYSE:RTM) on 03/20/2020 declared a dividend of $ 0.5782 per share payable on March 31, 2020 to shareholders of record as of March 24, 2020. Dividend amount recorded is an increase of $ 0.0113 from last dividend Paid.

S&P 500 Equal Weight Matls ETF/Rydex ETF Trust (NYSE:RTM) has paid dividends since 2018, has a current dividend yield of 2.9132125378% and has increased its dividends for 1 successive years.

Source: https://www.dividendinvestor.com/dividend-news/20200320/sp-500-equal-weight-matls-etf-rydex-etf-trust-nyse-rtm-declared-a-dividend-of-$0.5782-per-share/

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4 Best Long-Term Performance Natural Resources Sector ETFs 1.3

  • Asset Class: Natural Resources Sector

  • Oldest ETF back tested: The Materials Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLB)

  • Long-Term Performance: 7.07% CAGR

  • S&P 500 Performance: 6.59% CAGR

  • Back test timeframe: January 1999 – January 2020

  • Number of ETFs available in this asset class: 32

  • Number of ETFs in this asset class that are 10-years old or older: 15

XLB vs SPY: January 1999 – January 2020

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Best Long-Term Performance Natural Resources Sector ETFs 1.2

  • The Natural Resource sector, also know as the Basic Materials sector has provide outstanding performance over the last 20 years
  • The oldest ETF in this sector has outperformed an S&P 500 index fund by 1.02% CAGR since its’ inception date
  • There are currently 31 ETFs available in the Natural Resources category. 14 of these ETFs have been available for 10 years or longer

Investopedia defines the Natural Resources sector this way: The basic materials sector is a category of stocks for companies involved in the discovery, development, and processing of raw materials. The sector includes companies engaged in mining and metal refining, chemical products, and forestry products. This sector has performed very well over the last 20 years. The Materials Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLB) has an inception date of 12/16/1998. XLB is the oldest available ETF in this category. Since it’s inception date, it has outperformed an S&P 500 index fund by 1.02% CAGR. That’s a 78.47% greater gain in XLB than in the SPY ETF over 20 years. (See charts below)

XLB vs S&P 500 index fund: January 1999 – February 2019

Source: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/

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Best Long-Term Performance Natural Resources (Basic Materials) Sector ETFs 1.1

What is the ‘Basic Materials Sector’? Here’s a good definition of this sector as provided by Investopedia: “The basic materials sector is a category of stocks for companies involved in the discovery, development and processing of raw materials. The sector includes the mining and refining of metals, chemical products and forestry products. The basic materials sector is sensitive to changes in the business cycle. Because companies in this sector supply materials for construction, they depend on a strong economy.

XLB vs S&P 500: January 1999 – April 2018

Source: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/

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