India ETFs 2011 Scorecard

SYMBOL NAME 2011 Performance
KOTAKPSUBK Kotak Mahindra – PSU Bank ETF -42%
PSUBNKBEES Benchmark – PSU Bank ETF -41%
INFRABEES Benchmark – Infrastructure ETF -40%
RELBANK Reliance – Bank ETF -37%
BANKBEES Benchmark – Bank ETF -33%
JUNIORBEES Benchmark – Nifty Junior ETF -32%
M50 Motilal Oswal – M50 ETF -30%
NIFTYBEES Benchmark – Nifty ETF -24%
SHARIABEES Benchmark – Sharia ETF -20%
HNGSNGBEES Benchmark – Hang Seng ETF -3%
GOLDBEES Benchmark – Gold ETF 29%

If you thought a down 25% was bad, Indian banks took it in the chin in 2011. Public Sector Banks lost about 41% while the sector as a whole shed about 33%. So much for “safe” Indian banks. The actively managed Motilal M50 performed worse than the NIFTY. In spite of the year-end weakness, the yellow metal trounced the rest of the market fair and square.