Wednesday's ETF Winners And Losers: Small-Cap Returns - Silver Delivers With SILJ Up 11.23% Beating Cathie Wood's ARKF
Portfolio Pulse from Johnny Rice
Small-Cap ETFs have seen significant changes in their returns this week. ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners Fund (SILJ) and Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL) have both seen an increase of 11.23% over the trailing week. On the other hand, iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) and United States Natural Gas Fund LP (UNG) have seen a decrease of 7.81% and 11.64% respectively.

July 19, 2023 | 9:52 pm
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UNG has seen a decrease of 11.64% over the trailing week. The fund has $1.07 billion in AUM and an expense ratio of 1.11%. It is down 50.35% YTD.
The decrease in UNG's value is likely due to the negative performance of the natural gas market. The fund's relatively high expense ratio may also be a factor in its decrease.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 75
RELEVANCE 100
NEGATIVE IMPACT
VXX has seen a decrease of 7.81% over the trailing week. The fund has $418.3 million in AUM and an expense ratio of 0.89%. It is down 58.43% YTD.
The decrease in VXX's value is likely due to the negative performance of the market volatility. The fund's relatively high expense ratio may also be a factor in its decrease.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 75
RELEVANCE 100
POSITIVE IMPACT
SIL has seen a significant increase of 11.23% over the trailing week. The fund has $920.7 million in AUM and an expense ratio of 0.65%. It is up 0.47% YTD.
The increase in SIL's value is likely due to the positive performance of the silver mining industry. The fund's large AUM and relatively low expense ratio also make it an attractive investment.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 75
RELEVANCE 100
POSITIVE IMPACT
SILJ has seen a significant increase of 11.23% over the trailing week. The fund has $703.3 million in AUM and an expense ratio of 0.69%. It is up 0.47% YTD.
The increase in SILJ's value is likely due to the positive performance of the silver mining exploration and production industry. The fund's large AUM and relatively low expense ratio also make it an attractive investment.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 75
RELEVANCE 100