1-Star ETFs Poised to Plunge: CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust?
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at FXA and see what CAPS investors are saying about the ETF right now.
FXA facts
Inception | June 2006 |
Total Net Assets | $665.1 million |
Investment Approach | Seeks to track the price of the Australian dollar, net of trust expenses. |
Expense Ratio | 0.4% |
1-Year / 3-Year / 5-Year Returns | 5.6% / 8% / 7.1% |
Alternatives | iShares MSCI Australia Index |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 35% of the 43 All-Star members who have rated FXA believe the ETF will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those bears, Foolish colleague Andy Cross (TMFOpie), followed the lead of Wall Street smart-money and planted a red thumb on FXA:
I don't typically, if ever, invest over short-term time horizons and not much shorting. But I read about [Goldman Sachs' ] favorite trade idea for 2013 being short the AU dollar (and long Norwegian Krone). This is not any kind of recommendation though, more of something fun to watch and trade.
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