10 Best Performing ETFs

NEW YORK (TheStreet Ratings) -- TheStreet.com Ratings issues monthly grades on 1072 exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. Even with recent market volatility, 201 of these funds have been consistent winners month after month. For the past two years of risk-adjusted return performance results, all of these funds have maintained average to excellent grades.

As our fund grades are based on a comparative ranking system, these funds have matched pace with or outperformed all other exchange-traded fund alternatives we track. At no point have they dropped down into the 'Sell' range of D+ or worse in the last two years.

Of the consistent winners, here are the 10 best performing ETFs that are currently ranked at 'Buy':

10. PowerShares QQQ

PowerShares QQQ (QQQ) provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interest in securities, which consist of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting as the Nasdaq-100 Index. The investment objective of the Trust is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the component securities of the index.

Expense Ratio: 0.20%

One Year Total Return: 12.3%

Rated "B-" by TheStreet Ratings:

9. iShares FTSE NAREIT Residential Idx

iShares FTSE NAREIT Residential Idx (REZ) seeks investment results before fees and expenses that correspond to the price and yield performance of the FTSE NAREIT Residential Index. The Index measures the performance of the residential real estate sector of the U.S. Equity market. All the securities included in the Index are issued by REITs that invest in residential real estate.

Expense Ratio: 0.48%

One Year Total Return: 12.3%