Financial, Automotive, and Tactical Bond ETFs To Watch This Week

The markets traded in a narrow sideways range last week, but that didn't hamper strong gains in February. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) finished the month with a gain of 5.62 percent and continue to show positive evidence the uptrend is still intact. The week ahead features several key economic releases including monthly motor vehicle sales data, employment statistics, and the Fed beige book. Here are the key ETFs to watch for the week of Monday, March 2: RevenueShares Financials Sector Fund (RWW) Over the weekend, Warren Buffett released his 50th annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.B). This regular tradition summarizes the conglomerate's key financial statistics as well as offers insight into the future machinations and leadership at Berkshire. The trading in BRK.B stock next week has the potential to impact RWW, which holds the largest allocation of any financial sector ETF to this single position. Berkshire makes up well over 13 percent of the revenue-weighted asset allocation in RWW. This ETF is rebalanced quarterly according to the most recent revenue data of the 83 underlying holdings that make up the portfolio. First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund (CARZ) February automotive sales data is set to be released on Wednesday, which is likely to drive short-term momentum in CARZ. This fund tracks 36 global publicly traded automotive brands and has been showing signs of strength in recent weeks. CARZ has now gained more than 8 percent in 2015 and is trading near 52-week highs. Better than expected sales data may be just what these companies need to breakout above their prior 2014 resistance level. SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF (TOTL) Last week marked the debut of TOTL, the first actively managed exchange-traded fund from renown bond guru Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital LP. Industry experts will be watching the initial portfolio of bonds that is selected by Gundlach in accordance with his views on credit value and interest rate risks. The active designation of TOTL allows the manager more flexibility to select well-researched areas of the global credit markets rather than focusing heavily on an aggregate fixed-income benchmark. TOTL is expected to compete with the more established PIMCO Total Return ETF (BOND), which has amassed more than $2.4 billion in total assets.