Twenty exchange traded funds had made it to the Seeking Alpha ETF Deathwatch for May, while only four funds made it off the list, writes Ron Rowland for Seeking Alpha.

The current number of funds in the deathwatch is 324, 95 of which are ETNs and 229 are ETFs.

The 324 funds comprise 24.6 percent of the 1,319 ETFs and ETNs.

The 20 ETPs added to Deathwatch for May are:

CurrencyShares Chinese Renminbi Trust (FXCH) [profile]

iPath Inverse S&P 500 VIX S-T Futures ETN II (IVOP) [profile]

iPath Short Enhanced -2x MSCI Emerging Markets ETN (EMSA)

Market Vectors Gulf States (MES) [profile]

PowerShares S&P International Developed High Quality (IDHQ) [profile]

ProShares Short KBW Regional Banking (KRS) [profile]

ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods (UGE)

ProShares UltraShort Russell 2000 Value (SJH)

RBS Global Big Pharma ETN (DRGS)

Russell Small Cap Aggressive Growth ETF (SGGG) [profile]

Russell Small Cap Consistent Growth ETF (SCOG)

Russell Small Cap Contrarian ETF (SCTR)

Russell Small Cap Low P/E ETF (SCLP)

UBS ETRACS Monthly 2x ISE Cloud Computing ETN (LSKY) [profile]

VelocityShares 2x Inverse Palladium ETN (IPAL) [profile]

VelocityShares 2x Inverse Platinum ETN (IPLT)

VelocityShares 2x Long Palladium ETN (LPAL)

VelocityShares 2x Long Platinum ETN (LPLT)

VelocityShares 3x Inverse Gold ETN (DGLD)

WisdomTree Dreyfus South African Rand (SZR) [profile]

The 4 ETPs removed from Deathwatch for May are:

ESG Shares Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Index ETF (EAPS) [profile]

Focus Morningstar Technology Index ETF (FTQ) [profile]

iPath US Treasury Steepener ETN (STPP)

iShares S&P Target Date 2020 Index Fund (TZG) [profile] 

Edited by: HFD


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