FYI: This year, financial markets experienced a calm that was perhaps never seen before. Volatility readings for equities were at or near record lows throughout 2017, something nobody predicted heading into the year after Trump’s presidential victory.
Encouraged by the lack of risk in the market, investors bid equities higher—much higher. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) is closing out 2017 with a gain of nearly 22%, the best total return since 2013.
In other words, a lack of volatility doesn’t mean a lack of gains. Quite the contrary. You could have thrown a dart and made out with a winning ETF. Out of the 2,100 ETFs on the market, almost 90% of them are on track to finish the year in the green.
Regards,
Ted
http://www.etf.com/sections/features-and-news/top-performing-etfs-year?nopaging=1
