Best ETFs to Buy for March 2022

When there’s huge buying and selling in the market, it’s usually unsustainable and coincides with peaks and troughs, especially over the past two years. It reminds me of investor overexuberance. There’s just too much excitement (either of the buying or selling variety), for such movements to be anything that will last.

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Opportunistic investors can take advantage of these movements, especially when there’s deep selling. Those times have proven to be when stocks and ETFs are on sale. When zooming in to the last three months (below), we see lots of unsustainable selling. This could set up well for some discount buying that may serve long-term investors well.

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Given these conditions, we’ve identified some ETFs we think have long-term potential, a few of which are priced nicely right now: RDVY, QUAL, IGV, IHI, and FDN.

Long-term investors should look for ETFs (and their stocks), with great setups. Remember, ETFs are just baskets of stocks, so we need to look at them in detail. MAPsignals specializes in scoring more than 6,500 stocks daily. If I know which stocks compose the ETFs, I can apply stock scores to the ETFs. Then I can rank them all from strongest to weakest.

Let’s get to the five best ETF opportunities for March 2022.

#1 First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)

This is a market rotation play as growth stocks are shed in favor of more predictable value-oriented companies that pay dividends. And while dividends are great and rising dividends are even better. RDVY holds some great companies that have histories of raising dividends. It’s likely why Big Money has been buying RDVY in chunks over the past year:

RDVY holds several solid stocks, including some big technology companies; one example is Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI), which has a 3-year EPS growth rate of 16.6%, but is still getting sold a lot. Here are Big Money signals for ATVI:

#2 iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL)

This one is all about quality. QUAL holds a basket of stocks with excellent fundamentals, many of which are household names. So, it’s not surprising that an ETF all about quality has performed well over the past few years. There were dips around October and February (red bars), but big dips have typically preceded big rises in this ETF:

One great stock QUAL holds is Nike, Inc. Class B (NKE). It’s a long-time Big Money favorite with fantastic fundamentals (3-year EPS growth of 67.2%). As the multi-year chart below shows, it’s been a growing giant for a while:

#3 iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV)

This high-flying ETF has seen Big Money buys for a long time, and it’s performed well. It holds some phenomenal stocks, many of which are outliers – the kind that of stocks that produce HUGE gains. But with the recent pullbacks, IGV can be considered a discount buy right now:

One of many big winners within IGV is Adobe Inc. (ADBE). It’s an outlier stock – it’s 3-year sales growth is an impressive 20.8% – and has been a Top 20 Big Money buy for years:

#4 iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF (IHI)

This one is another on our hunt for bargains. By identifying weaker ETFs holding stocks with strong fundamentals, we can buy in a good spot. IHI was destroyed in January 2022, but not long before that was at peaks, likely because its stocks are phenomenal and medical devices markets remain strong:

One standout within this ETF is Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO), a giant healthcare company high huge earnings growth (3-year EPS growth of 40.8%). The multi-year chart below shows lots of Big Money buying. And notice how sells appear to be discounts:

#5 First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN)

This is another “bargain bin” pick, but that’s because this ETF is getting killed recently (unfairly in my opinion). FDN has seen Big Money buying in the past, but it’s dropped significant value since around last Still, it holds fantastic technology stocks, which makes the current price appetizing:

One great stock in FDN is Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN). It’s been stagnant lately, but Big Money has leaned on AMZN for a long time. Given the firm’s ubiquitous nature, growth vision, and huge performance (26.6% 3-year sales growth and 50% 3-year EPS growth). It wouldn’t surprise to see this one rise high again:

Here’s a Big Money recap:

• When Big Money buying pours in, stocks tend to go up
• Red selling on great quality can be a great opportunity
• Repeated buying usually means outsized gains

Let’s summarize here:

RDVY and QUAL rank high. IGV, IHI, and FDN, however, rank lower on our list, due to weaker technicals. That’s why I think these weaker ETFs represent great potential bargains.

The Bottom Line

RDVY, QUAL, IGV, IHI, and FDN are my top ETFs for March 2022. These picks can rise higher, in my opinion, largely because they each hold great stocks. Some of them are discounted right now because of selling pressures. But as we know, deep red days often prove to be big opportunities over time.

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Disclosure: the author holds no positions in RDVY, QUAL, IGV, IHI, FDN, ATVI, ADBE, TMO, or AMZN in managed or personal accounts at the time of publication; he holds long positions in NKE in managed accounts.

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