MRP’s Catalog of Closed Themes
Sorted by year/date of suspension. Compared to benchmark S&P 500 Index.
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2022 – 6 of 12 closed themes outperformed the S&P 500
LONG Uranium
Added: July 12, 2022
Closed: September 21, 2022
ETF Used to Track: Sprott Uranium Miners ETF (URNM)
LONG Steel
Added: May 23, 2022
Closed: September 21, 2022
ETF Used to Track: VanEck Steel ETF (SLX)
LONG UK Equities
Added: January 25, 2021
Closed: July 14, 2022
ETF Used to Track: iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU)
SHORT Long-Dated Treasuries
Added: April 15, 2021
Closed: July 13, 2022
ETF Used to Track: ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury (TBF)
LONG Drug Stores
Added: March 15, 2021
Closed: July 11, 2022
Stocks in Basket: CVS Health Corporation (CVS), Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA), Rite Aid Corporation (RAD)
LONG Oil & Gas Services
Added: October 22, 2021
Closed: June 15, 2022
ETF Used to Track: VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF (OIH)
LONG Agricultural Commodities
Added: April 7, 2021
Closed: June 9, 2022
ETF Used to Track: Invesco DB Agriculture Fund (DBA)
LONG Sports Betting
Added: Nov 30, 2020
Closed: May 3, 2022
ETF Used to Track: Roundhill Sports Betting & iGaming ETF (BETZ)
LONG Uranium
Added: Apr 8, 2021
Closed: May 2, 2022
ETF Used to Track: North Shore Global Uranium Mining ETF (URNM)
LONG Video Games
Added: Nov 23, 2021
Closed: May 2, 2022
ETF Used to Track: Wedbush ETFMG Video Game Tech ETF (GAMR)
LONG Digital Payments
Added: Feb 5, 2021
Closed: Jan 28, 2022
ETF Used to Track: Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK)
LONG US Banks
Added: Dec 23, 2020
Closed: Jan 28, 2022
ETF Used to Track: SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE)
2021 – 16 of 21 closed themes outperformed the S&P 500
Assets utilized to track the Themes that we closed throughout the year returned an average of 61%. That compares to an average S&P 500 gain of 30% over each Theme’s lifespan.
See our full-year review here
LONG Cybersecurity
Added: Apr 17, 2020
Closed: Dec 17, 2021
ETF Used to Track: First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR)
SHORT Autos
Added: Sep 17, 2021
Closed: Nov 12, 2021
ETF Used to Track: First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund (CARZ)
LONG US Cannabis
Added: May 21, 2021
Closed: Nov 5, 2021
ETF Used to Track: AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (MSOS)
LONG Battery Metals
Added: Aug 14, 2020
Closed: Sep 17, 2021
ETF Used to Track: Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF (BATT)
LONG Semiconductors
Added: Jun 19, 2020
Closed: Aug 18, 2021
ETF Used to Track: iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (SOXX)
LONG Energy
Added: Feb 12, 2021
Closed: Aug 18, 2021
ETF Used to Track: Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE)
LONG Silver & Silver Miners
Added: Jul 22, 2019
Closed: Aug 12, 2021
ETFs Used to Track: iShares Silver Trust (SLV), Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL)
LONG Copper & Copper Miners
Added: Jul 17, 2020
Closed: Jun 18, 2021
ETF Used to Track: iPath Series B Bloomberg Copper Subindex Total Return ETN (JJC), Global X Copper Miners ETF (COPX)
LONG Cannabis
Added: Jan 8, 2021
Closed: May 21, 2021
ETF Used to Track: ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ)
LONG Social Commerce
Added: Recalibrated May 26, 2020
Closed: May 14, 2021
ETF Used to Track: Global X Funds – Global X Social Media ETF (SOCL)
LONG Lumber
Added: Jul 23, 2020
Closed: Apr 26, 2021
Basket of Stocks: Weyerhaeuser Company (WY), Rayonier Inc. (RYN), PotlatchDeltic Corporation (PCH), CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. (CTT)
LONG Gene Editing
Added: Jun 14, 2018
Closed: Mar 26, 2021
ETF Used to Track: ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (ARKG)
LONG Homebuilders
Added: Mar 6, 2020
Closed: Mar 19, 2021
ETF Used to Track: iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB)
LONG 3D Printing
Added: Jun 26, 2020
Closed: Mar 5, 2021
ETF Used to Track: The 3D Printing ETF (PRNT)
LONG Robotics & Automation
Added: Jul 20, 2017
Closed: Mar 5, 2021
ETF Used to Track: Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF (ROBO)
LONG Biotech
Added: Oct 23, 2020
Closed: Feb 25, 2021
ETF Used to Track: iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB)
LONG Solar
Added: May 14, 2018
Closed: Feb 16, 2021
ETF Used to Track: Invesco Solar ETF (TAN)
LONG Package Carriers
Added: Sep 28, 2020
Closed: Feb 12, 2021
Stocks in Basket: United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), FedEx Corporation (FDX), Deutsche Post AG (DPW.DE)
LONG Video Games
Added: Oct 2, 2020
Closed: Jan 29, 2021
ETF Used to Track: Wedbush ETFMG Video Game Tech ETF (GAMR)
LONG eCommerce/Short Brick & Mortar
Added: Apr 20, 2020
Closed: Jan 29, 2021
ETF Used to Track: ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF (CLIX)
2020 – 4 of 15 closed themes outperformed the S&P 500
Assets utilized to track the Themes that we closed throughout the year returned an average of 0%. That compares to an average S&P 500 gain of 2% over each Theme’s lifespan.
See our full-year review here
LONG Emerging Market Healthcare
Added: Jul 20, 2020
Closed: Nov 23, 2020
ETF Used to Track: KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF (KMED)
LONG Digital Infrastructure
Added: May 8, 2020
Closed: Oct 23, 2020
ETF Used to Track: Pacer Benchmark Data & Infrastructure Real Estate SCTR ETF (SRVR)
LONG Oil & US Energy
Added: Apr 7, 2020
Closed: Oct 2, 2020
ETF Used to Track: Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE)
SHORT India
Added: Mar 27, 2020
Closed: Jul 20, 2020
ETF Used to Track: iShares MSCI India ETF (INDA)
LONG Social Commerce
Added: Feb 18, 2020
Closed: Recalibrated May 26, 2020
Basket Used to Track: Snap Inc. (SNAP), Pinterest, Inc. (PINS), iQIYI, Inc. (IQ), Bilibili Inc. (BILI)
LONG DRY Bulk Shipping
Added: Mar 3, 2020
Closed: Jun 5, 2020
ETF Used to Track: Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (BDRY)
LONG China Healthcare
Added: Jan 23, 2020
Closed: Jun 5, 2020
ETF Used to Track: KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF (KURE)
LONG Agricultural Commodities
Added: Apr 4, 2019
Closed: Jun 6, 2020
ETF Used to Track: Invesco DB Agriculture Fund (DBA)
LONG Utilities
Added: Nov 20, 2017
Closed: May 15, 2020
ETF Used to Track: Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU)
LONG US Banks
Added: Nov 14, 2019
Closed: Mar 30, 2020
ETF Used to Track: SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE)
SHORT Airlines
Added: Jun 4, 2019
Closed: Mar 30, 2020
ETF Used to Track: U.S. Global Jets ETF (JETS)
LONG Emerging Markets
Added: Jan 10, 2020
Closed: Mar 25, 2020
ETF Used to Track: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM)
SHORT Coal
Added: Nov 8, 2019
Closed: Mar 20, 2020
ETF Used to Track: VanEck Vectors Coal ETF (KOL)
LONG UK Equities
Added: Dec 16, 2019
Closed: Mar 20, 2020
ETF Used to Track: iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF (EWUS)
LONG Refiners
Added: Jul 3, 2019
Closed: Jan 28, 2020
ETF Used to Track: VanEck Vectors Oil Refiners ETF (CRAK)
2019 -1 of 20 closed themes outperformed the S&P 500
Assets utilized to track the Themes that we closed throughout the year returned an average of 1%. That compares to an average S&P 500 gain of 25% over each Theme’s lifespan.
See our full-year review here
SHORT Brokers/Asset Managers
Added: Oct 3, 2019
Closed: Dec 16, 2019
ETFs Used to Track: iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI), SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE)
SHORT Pharma
Added: Oct 27, 2017
Closed: Nov 11, 2019
ETF Used to Track: VanEck Vectors Pharmaceutical ETF (PPH)
SHORT Autos
Added: Oct 12, 2017
Closed: Nov 5, 2019
ETF Used to Track: First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund (CARZ)
LONG 3D Printing
Added: Feb 28, 2019
Closed: Oct 7, 2019
ETF Used to Track: The 3D Printing ETF (PRNT)
LONG Video Games
Added: Oct 19, 2017
Closed: Oct 4, 2019
ETF Used to Track: Wedbush ETFMG Video Game Tech ETF (GAMR)
LONG Oil & Gas Services
Added: Dec 23, 2016
Closed: Jul 2, 2019
ETF Used to Track:VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF (OIH)
LONG Lithium
Added: Oct 2, 2017
Closed: Jun 17, 2019
ETF Used to Track: Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (LIT)
LONG Obesity
Added: Jun 25, 2018
Closed: Jun 17, 2019
ETF Used to Track: Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (LIT)
SHORT Long-Dated Treasuries
Added: Oct 26, 2016
Closed: Jun 13, 2019
ETF Used to Track: ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT)
LONG ASEAN
Added: Mar 28, 2018
Closed: Jun 3, 2019
ETF Used to Track: Global X FTSE Southeast Asia ETF (ASEA)
SHORT US Housing
Added: Oct 1, 2018
Closed: May 17, 2019
ETF Used to Track: iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB), SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB)
LONG Materials
Added: Dec 23, 2016
Closed: May 17, 2019
ETF Used to Track: Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB)
LONG Industrials
Added: Dec 23, 2016
Closed: May 17, 2019
ETF Used to Track: Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI)
LONG TIPS
Added: Oct 26, 2016
Closed: Mar 22, 2019
ETF Used to Track: iShares TIPS Bond ETF (TIP)
LONG Oil & US Energy
Added: Apr 8, 2016
Closed: Jul 2, 2019
ETF Used to Track: Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE)
LONG Gold & Gold Miners
Added: Oct 21, 2015
Closed: Jun 18, 2019
ETF Used to Track: SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX)
LONG Value Over Growth
Added: Aug 28, 2015
Closed: Jun 13, 2019
ETF Used to Track: iShares S&P 500 Value ETF (IVE), iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW), iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF (IWN), iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (IWO)
LONG Defense
Added: Nov 27, 2013
Closed: Mar 20, 2019
ETF Used to Track: iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)
LONG Steel
Added: Dec 23, 2016
Closed: Mar 20, 2019
ETF Used to Track: VanEck Vectors Steel ETF (SLX)
LONG US Financials & Regional Banks
Added: Dec 23, 2016
Closed: Mar 1, 2019
ETF Used to Track: Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE)
2018 – 2 of 6 closed themes outperformed the S&P 500
LONG Palladium
Added: Oct 7, 2017
Closed: Oct 25, 2018
ETF Used to Track: Aberdeen Standard Physical Palladium Shares ETF (PALL)
LONG Greece
Added: Jan 19, 2018
Closed: Oct 2, 2018
ETF Used to Track: Global X MSCI Greece ETF (GREK)
SHORT Healthcare Providers
Added: Oct 16, 2017
Closed: Jun 27, 2018
ETF Used to Track: iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF (IHF)
LONG Homebuilders & Home Construction
Added: Apr 13, 2012
Closed: May 21, 2018
ETF Used to Track: iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB), SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB)
LONG France
Added: Jun 14, 2017
Closed: Oct 2, 2018
ETF Used to Track: iShares MSCI France ETF (EWQ)
LONG Saudi Arabia
Added: May 7, 2018
Closed: Aug 23, 2018
ETF Used to Track: iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA)
