The following ETF's are focused in the Natural Resources areas including gold, oil, gas, and other mineral and energy related companies. This area of investment is highly cyclical and has the reputation for boom and bust behavior.

Below you will see the Total Return for these funds over the past year. The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) has been included for reference. The default order is by Relative Strength but you can sort on any other column by clicking either the Ascending or Descending arrows. ( ).

Include: Short Funds yes --- yes no only Leveraged Funds yes ---- yes no only

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✓	Name	Symbol	RSf	Rtn-1d	Rtn-5d	Rtn-1mo	Rtn-3mo	Rtn-6mo	Rtn-1yr	$vol-21
	ProShares Ultra Gold	UGL	96.59	-3.89	-1.60	13.87	-3.65	3.24	49.36	31m
	JPMorgan Alerian MLP ETN	AMJ	93.49	0.12	1.44	1.72	9.81	18.20	12.09	54m
	iShares COMEX Gold	IAU	84.84	-1.92	-0.77	7.00	-0.77	4.41	27.14	105m
	SPDR Gold Shares	GLD	84.29	-1.99	-0.79	6.97	-0.84	4.36	26.81	2b
	First Trust ISE Water Index Fund	FIW	82.94	2.56	4.11	10.23	12.38	15.49	4.80	462k
	PowerShares DB Gold Fund	DGL	81.11	-1.96	-0.71	7.08	-1.17	3.88	25.90	8m
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	72.54	1.40	2.06	5.36	9.20	13.17	5.03	19b
	PowerShares Water Resource Portfolio	PHO	70.79	2.79	4.58	10.94	13.02	13.87	-0.48	3m
	PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund	DBP	68.33	-1.96	-0.67	8.72	-1.09	0.03	23.59	7m
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Commodity	CMD	67.14	-0.60	-0.02	-2.10	-0.02	9.40	12.69	220k
	U.S. 12 Month Oil Fund	USL	60.16	1.48	-0.86	-3.37	9.17	10.88	-1.28	3m
	PowerShares DB Oil Fund	DBO	55.63	1.42	-1.31	-4.03	9.07	8.82	-2.12	14m
	iShares S&P Global Energy Index Fund	IXC	54.52	1.46	1.74	3.01	6.83	9.47	-2.04	6m
	Guggenheim S&P Global Water ETF	CGW	54.44	1.64	2.97	6.90	7.20	7.36	1.87	756k
	iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil ETN	OIL	52.14	1.23	-1.94	-5.67	5.90	12.28	-1.24	15m
	iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy	IYE	51.11	1.86	1.58	1.88	5.71	7.05	-0.81	7m
	US Oil Fund ETF	USO	50.63	1.24	-1.85	-5.48	5.38	11.44	-1.31	384m
	Vanguard Energy VIPERs	VDE	50.00	1.75	1.56	1.89	5.57	6.80	-1.00	13m
	Select Sector SPDR Fund - Energy Select Sector	XLE	49.76	1.76	1.80	2.21	5.16	6.74	-0.59	997m
	PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Por	PUW	49.68	2.50	4.51	12.98	12.98	8.37	-9.19	208k
	Market Vectors--Agribusiness ETF	MOO	48.81	1.21	1.46	8.34	6.79	7.52	-6.09	35m
	PowerShares DB Energy Fund	DBE	45.56	1.58	0.52	-1.30	3.85	2.85	1.02	5m
	Market Vectors RVE Hard Assets Prod ETF	HAP	43.25	1.21	1.68	7.31	6.52	6.85	-7.19	2m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Eqpmt & Svcs	XES	42.86	1.68	3.67	4.54	7.54	3.49	-5.84	6m
	iPath S&P GSCI TR ETN	GSP	42.62	1.49	-0.17	-0.26	3.62	3.15	-1.48	2m
	SPDR Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	XOP	41.59	1.84	0.47	1.12	2.91	2.56	-1.63	221m
	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Tr	GSG	41.27	0.83	-0.38	-0.90	3.63	3.41	-3.35	8m
	Rydex S&P Equal Weight Energy ETF	RYE	40.87	1.49	2.25	4.10	3.37	4.48	-3.29	577k
	iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil Equip & Svcs	IEZ	40.48	1.81	3.18	7.31	7.92	-0.26	-6.46	11m
	Guggenheim Glbl Timber Indx	CUT	40.16	1.97	2.65	9.86	11.94	10.13	-14.92	844k
	iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Expl & Prod	IEO	40.00	1.94	2.24	3.24	2.41	3.75	-2.48	10m
	iShares S&P Natural Resources Index Fund	IGE	38.89	1.39	1.61	4.06	4.59	3.71	-5.94	9m
	PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking	DBC	38.10	1.18	0.46	1.69	2.76	-1.32	-1.77	78m
	Proshares Ultra Oil & Gas	DIG	37.86	3.62	3.06	3.53	9.44	6.09	-11.97	24m
	PowerShares Global Gold & Prec Metals	PSAU	35.95	-1.32	-0.88	8.70	0.06	0.75	-1.35	266k
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Crude Oil	UCO	35.32	2.48	-3.71	-10.82	9.69	15.90	-17.32	73m
	iShares Silver Trust	SLV	33.33	-2.01	-0.82	15.15	-1.68	-13.08	15.55	575m
	PowerShares DB Silver Fund	DBS	32.70	-2.14	-0.86	15.51	-1.70	-13.53	15.44	1m
	PowerShares Global Agriculture	PAGG	30.87	1.31	2.31	8.53	4.25	-0.01	-9.48	415k
	iPath DJ AIG Livestock ETN	COW	30.63	-1.44	-0.49	1.14	-2.24	-0.23	-4.89	1m
	Guggenheim Canadian Energy Income ETF	ENY	29.44	1.18	1.86	2.56	10.16	-0.12	-14.48	668k
	Market Vectors Gold Miners	GDX	29.05	-1.79	-1.23	5.02	-5.60	1.26	0.15	608m
	PowerShares Global Water Portfolio	PIO	28.81	1.96	3.76	10.44	7.46	0.94	-10.21	925k
	iPath DJ AIG Copper ETN	JJC	25.79	3.31	0.16	14.34	8.50	-8.86	-17.11	12m
	iPath DJ AIG Nickel ETN	JJN	24.60	2.35	-2.12	15.25	16.64	-9.23	-25.22	788k
	PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund	DBB	24.52	2.56	-0.56	12.79	8.09	-9.46	-14.83	5m
	iPath DJ AIG Ind Metals ETN	JJM	21.35	1.84	-1.16	11.68	8.20	-10.64	-18.95	82k
	Market Vectors Oil Services	OIH	19.60	1.79	3.05	8.92	3.00	-5.33	-16.25	219m
	SPDR Metals & Mining	XME	17.94	1.72	1.68	9.55	3.80	-2.24	-19.30	171m
	iPath DJ AIG Commodity ETN	DJP	17.54	0.72	-1.14	0.49	-1.90	-7.96	-12.75	18m
	Direxion Energy Bull 3X Shares	ERX	15.71	5.36	3.95	3.50	10.77	-2.03	-29.83	145m
	Market Vectors-Nuclear Energy ETF	NLR	15.24	1.01	1.01	12.49	3.93	-3.70	-29.80	589k
	iPath DJ AIG Grains ETN	JJG	15.16	0.15	0.64	-0.55	0.13	-10.25	-18.87	4m
	PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund	DBA	15.00	0.48	-0.03	0.59	-3.79	-8.81	-15.07	36m
	Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF	GDXJ	14.60	-1.92	-0.77	13.54	-0.98	-10.04	-17.09	75m
	iPath DJ AIG Agriculture ETN	JJA	14.29	0.52	0.43	-1.22	-1.11	-10.18	-19.09	969k
	PowerShares Global Coal	PKOL	12.78	1.08	2.04	8.28	0.18	-8.21	-23.79	277k
	PowerShares DB Base Metals Dble Long ETN	BDD	12.46	5.39	-0.74	23.06	12.78	-24.28	-32.74	128k
	First Trust ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund	FCG	11.59	1.37	-0.06	-5.88	-7.02	-11.54	-15.12	6m
	Market Vectors Coal	KOL	11.51	2.25	3.84	9.86	-1.92	-11.50	-20.65	7m
	iPath DJ AIG Energy ETN	JJE	10.16	-0.86	-3.82	-7.77	-9.09	-10.90	-20.69	147k
	PowerShares Global Clean Energy Portfolio	PBD	9.44	2.75	4.74	15.83	2.86	-12.60	-32.23	318k
	ProShares Ultra DJ-AIG Commodity	UCD	9.37	-0.11	-1.65	-0.33	-4.54	-16.97	-26.52	78k
	Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF	GEX	8.33	2.44	2.85	14.42	3.03	-15.16	-38.48	361k
	ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Crude Oil	SCO	7.30	-2.39	3.76	10.85	-14.79	-32.29	-23.75	60m
	ProShares Ultra Silver	AGQ	7.22	-4.11	-1.88	30.62	-8.89	-38.83	-11.80	118m
	Proshares UltraShort Oil & Gas	DUG	6.67	-3.58	-3.01	-4.06	-15.78	-29.79	-25.23	16m
	ProShares UltraShort Gold	GLL	6.11	4.04	1.46	-13.77	-2.98	-19.18	-47.43	11m
	Direxion Energy Bear 3X Shares	ERY	2.46	-5.39	-4.38	-4.93	-24.09	-46.69	-42.55	29m
	ProShares UltraShort Silver	ZSL	1.75	4.16	1.38	-27.83	-11.69	-27.06	-76.09	70m
	United States Natural Gas Fund	UNG	0.71	-1.48	-9.35	-20.68	-38.24	-46.54	-54.75	173m
	iPath DJ AIG Natural Gas ETN	GAZ	0.63	2.08	-2.56	-14.04	-34.79	-48.11	-56.42	1m

72 symbols listed

The dynamics of Relative Strength are illustraded below for the past quarter. From this you can visualize which funds are improving on a relative basis and which are deteriorating.

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Symbol	02/03	01/27	01/20	01/12	01/05	12/28	12/20	12/13	12/06	11/29	11/21	11/14	11/07
UGL	96.6	98.6	96.8	93.0	93.2	75.6	76.7	87.6	98.0	96.5	96.1	98.8	98.9
AMJ	93.5	94.3	95.4	94.4	97.8	96.4	95.0	94.9	94.5	90.6	91.7	90.2	89.4
IAU	84.8	96.2	92.3	88.9	88.2	82.2	82.3	87.4	95.9	94.5	94.0	97.2	97.2
GLD	84.3	95.9	92.2	88.8	88.4	81.3	81.4	86.4	95.7	94.4	93.6	97.0	97.1
FIW	82.9	68.7	69.5	64.3	56.5	51.8	56.7	55.9	59.2	47.9	60.0	57.8	63.6
DGL	81.1	95.3	90.6	86.3	86.9	78.7	79.7	85.8	95.6	94.3	93.2	96.7	96.9
SPY	72.5	74.3	79.2	77.6	78.4	75.9	76.3	75.5	77.3	69.3	66.0	72.2	70.6
PHO	70.8	53.0	56.7	51.2	44.8	42.2	45.6	38.4	42.7	34.8	42.9	39.6	40.9
DBP	68.3	88.7	75.3	63.4	66.9	55.1	54.2	66.4	87.6	87.9	86.0	96.0	95.7
CMD	67.1	96.1	98.4	98.2	96.3	98.1	98.9	98.5	98.3	97.3	97.5	89.8	85.3
USL	60.2	67.2	66.0	80.4	92.7	89.7	79.2	89.7	82.1	86.0	86.4	84.8	72.2
DBO	55.6	63.8	62.9	78.7	91.8	88.8	77.6	89.6	80.5	84.9	83.8	80.1	63.1
IXC	54.5	45.4	50.0	56.0	69.1	66.8	61.8	65.5	68.7	60.4	55.3	73.3	74.4
CGW	54.4	44.2	46.2	45.6	43.2	42.1	46.4	42.0	43.7	46.0	45.4	46.5	47.8
OIL	52.1	65.2	63.0	80.9	94.4	92.9	83.1	91.4	85.0	89.7	89.6	92.1	85.1
IYE	51.1	47.6	54.8	64.2	80.2	76.5	66.9	69.3	77.5	66.3	60.9	80.0	84.1
USO	50.6	62.6	60.5	76.5	92.9	91.5	82.0	90.4	83.6	89.6	88.8	91.6	84.1
VDE	50.0	46.7	52.4	63.4	80.3	74.4	63.2	66.9	75.3	63.1	59.8	79.7	84.4
XLE	49.8	45.7	52.2	62.4	79.0	74.2	64.3	67.9	77.0	66.4	61.3	84.3	86.2
PUW	49.7	33.4	34.0	35.7	32.4	25.7	23.3	21.1	29.1	18.7	25.9	24.5	25.3
MOO	48.8	49.0	51.4	46.2	51.0	38.2	37.4	33.7	37.5	35.0	37.9	43.6	44.2
DBE	45.6	45.3	38.8	50.2	68.1	59.8	51.9	68.8	54.0	73.6	75.1	79.3	83.2
HAP	43.3	39.6	40.4	40.1	42.3	35.1	31.9	32.0	37.4	32.6	34.3	41.7	41.3
XES	42.9	29.9	41.7	47.4	60.8	51.0	41.5	38.7	55.5	37.5	49.0	60.5	65.9
GSP	42.6	47.8	42.9	49.6	65.2	62.5	48.2	56.9	49.4	68.4	61.5	74.0	74.7
XOP	41.6	44.7	38.7	59.3	86.1	63.0	49.8	52.1	83.8	60.5	63.6	81.7	92.9
GSG	41.3	46.3	42.2	49.4	61.1	61.3	47.0	55.0	47.5	66.6	61.0	69.1	67.9
RYE	40.9	36.3	34.3	49.5	61.9	54.2	47.8	47.5	67.3	57.5	53.9	82.6	86.9
IEZ	40.5	30.4	37.8	40.7	46.9	41.5	36.1	34.2	47.5	34.4	41.6	51.8	50.9
CUT	40.2	29.7	39.7	24.9	21.5	20.0	18.9	15.7	17.6	13.2	12.0	12.1	14.1
IEO	40.0	40.7	36.5	54.4	72.0	56.7	48.9	55.7	74.4	65.1	65.2	84.2	88.9
IGE	38.9	38.2	38.1	47.1	51.2	44.8	38.3	40.9	50.0	41.7	42.0	56.9	60.4
DBC	38.1	41.8	35.3	41.9	48.4	47.9	39.9	46.2	41.6	52.6	50.8	58.9	59.9
DIG	37.9	21.7	33.3	45.4	69.8	57.3	39.6	39.5	52.1	28.4	31.2	57.9	73.1
PSAU	36.0	47.1	24.7	31.9	27.0	17.5	18.1	22.9	34.9	30.2	32.8	58.4	73.4
UCO	35.3	42.8	43.2	61.9	96.9	93.6	60.7	84.0	62.3	79.9	78.1	84.1	61.4
SLV	33.3	37.3	32.1	17.7	20.7	13.4	12.4	19.5	28.5	32.8	31.7	81.8	80.8
DBS	32.7	37.2	30.4	16.4	18.7	12.9	11.0	19.0	27.4	31.9	30.9	80.4	79.1
PAGG	30.9	30.1	31.0	33.6	37.1	25.1	23.9	17.9	24.5	24.5	24.9	32.9	36.5
COW	30.6	47.9	40.8	41.5	41.1	57.5	56.5	65.6	72.2	91.5	89.2	74.6	78.9
ENY	29.4	27.4	28.1	33.3	54.6	39.4	25.7	23.1	22.1	15.3	16.2	16.6	18.9
GDX	29.1	50.1	24.0	37.3	37.0	23.9	22.7	36.9	51.3	48.4	46.3	88.8	93.6
PIO	28.8	19.6	19.2	17.4	17.1	15.5	17.5	17.0	20.2	20.2	16.6	18.2	17.9
JJC	25.8	38.5	39.8	29.8	16.6	20.4	12.6	12.3	15.8	13.1	11.2	11.4	11.2
JJN	24.6	28.0	23.5	15.7	9.5	11.6	10.7	9.6	6.6	4.0	8.0	3.9	4.8
DBB	24.5	36.7	28.5	20.8	11.9	13.7	12.6	12.9	17.5	14.4	15.3	14.2	11.0
JJM	21.4	32.3	27.2	20.5	12.1	12.8	10.6	10.1	13.5	10.5	11.5	11.2	9.2
OIH	19.6	15.6	18.0	20.4	24.0	20.1	16.7	16.3	28.5	20.7	27.8	36.4	35.5
XME	17.9	19.5	16.2	19.7	15.2	12.4	13.5	10.7	19.9	9.9	12.9	19.2	22.7
DJP	17.5	23.5	17.6	22.3	27.9	32.1	23.3	25.7	24.9	32.5	34.5	35.6	35.8
ERX	15.7	6.1	11.1	19.3	47.5	34.7	13.8	13.1	21.6	5.5	7.3	24.0	36.2
NLR	15.2	15.2	18.1	12.8	11.2	9.9	9.4	13.2	10.6	7.4	10.6	11.0	10.3
JJG	15.2	19.1	12.3	14.9	27.1	33.2	17.8	12.0	7.8	10.9	12.5	13.6	17.2
DBA	15.0	19.3	17.2	23.7	21.8	31.7	25.1	25.0	20.1	29.3	34.5	33.3	37.2
GDXJ	14.6	18.2	10.9	7.9	8.0	3.8	4.4	4.6	9.2	5.2	6.1	21.7	24.1
JJA	14.3	17.2	14.1	16.4	23.5	29.7	16.6	13.1	10.8	13.6	17.0	17.8	20.5
PKOL	12.8	11.1	10.7	11.6	12.4	10.8	9.6	8.8	10.0	6.4	8.9	10.9	11.3
BDD	12.5	13.9	11.6	5.6	2.4	2.5	1.5	1.6	2.2	1.7	1.5	1.9	1.8
FCG	11.6	12.5	11.5	30.4	51.3	41.0	31.6	38.5	54.5	44.9	44.1	53.8	55.4
KOL	11.5	8.3	7.6	9.8	10.0	8.0	9.0	8.3	11.8	6.7	10.3	16.1	20.1
JJE	10.2	12.4	6.9	16.7	30.0	27.7	18.6	29.5	30.8	41.6	41.7	41.2	42.1
PBD	9.4	5.4	5.8	5.3	3.9	3.0	3.5	2.9	3.6	2.9	2.5	2.9	4.4
UCD	9.4	9.3	5.7	8.3	9.8	10.3	5.3	6.4	5.7	8.3	9.7	14.7	14.2
GEX	8.3	4.9	4.7	4.3	2.7	2.3	2.4	1.8	2.5	2.2	1.9	2.3	2.9
SCO	7.3	7.1	7.9	7.2	3.6	4.5	8.1	5.7	6.2	7.8	7.2	3.6	4.5
AGQ	7.2	4.7	3.9	1.3	1.2	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.9	1.5	1.1	10.2	8.1
DUG	6.7	10.2	8.6	8.4	5.7	8.7	11.4	12.5	7.3	35.3	29.6	6.4	4.1
GLL	6.1	4.1	5.5	9.3	8.1	18.7	24.9	26.6	7.9	14.0	13.3	2.2	1.6
ERY	2.5	3.0	2.4	1.8	1.0	1.9	2.5	2.6	1.3	10.0	7.6	1.1	0.7
ZSL	1.8	1.5	2.0	5.5	3.0	10.1	10.4	6.7	2.3	4.8	3.7	0.4	0.4
UNG	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.8	6.1	4.3	4.4	5.1
GAZ	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.1	2.7	1.8	1.5	2.3