By Tyler Andries
For the month of July, the ETF Deathwatch increased in size. Twenty-four exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list, and 19 funds were removed, making July a busier month in terms of additions. Of the removals, 16 were removed due to increased health, and three were due to asset managers closing their funds.
July was a perplexing time for domestic equity markets, so the high number of funds that were added to the Deathwatch in July was not surprising. Many of the additions were index-tracking ETFs. Some of these additions may