According to the end of the year data provided by Yahoo Finance, here is a list of the top 10 performing etf's for 2005.
iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index - ILF 54.59%
iShares MSCI South Korea Index - EWY 53.90%
iShares MSCI Brazil (Free) Index - EWZ 52.66%
iShares MSCI Mexico (Free) Index - EWW 43.82%
BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index ADRE 40.80%
Energy Select Sector SPDR - XLE 40.17%
Vanguard Energy VIPERs - VDE 39.05%
iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Res. - IGE 35.98%
iShares Dow Jones US Energy - IYE 34.67%
iShares MSCI Emerg Mkts Index - EEM 32.62%
You can see a very clear pattern of Emerging Markets and Natural Resources (led by the energy complex). The Biotech Holdr BBH also had a good year posting a 31.29% gain and the rally in gold to 20 year highs led the streetTRACKS Gold Trust GLD to a 17.76% gain for the year.
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