There were no changes to the suite of DWS models this week, so we will look at the Xtrackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF (DBJP).

International equities have cooled over the last week or so amidst continued global unrest and a rebound for the US dollar. Despite this, the overall international landscape remains a technical leader across the broad ranking tools on the NDW platform. More specifically, Japan continues to rank quite well, seeing the space rank second out of all 134 groups on the Asset Class Group Scores Page. To garner exposure to Japanese equities, you could look to DBJP. The fund, earning a strong 5.69 fund score at the time of this writing on 3/10, has pulled back towards localized support on its default chart. The fund has established a string of four consecutive buy signals, signaling a strong technical posture as we move further into March. Interested parties could look to open/add to positions around current levels.

The table below is a review of important technical data on a select group of DWS Xtrackers ETFs. Significant changes within the past week are highlighted in Green if positive or Red if negative. This portfolio is designed to be used as a "radar" screen to bring your attention to potentially important technical changes that may require your attention and potential action. When evaluating the Fund Score, the strongest issues have scores of 4 or higher while those ETFs with scores below a 3 are no longer considered solid citizens.

The ETFs with the most relative strength buy signals (suggesting outperformance) versus the others in the group are listed at the top. These ETFs should be overweighted in the portfolio. Those ETFs with the least amount of relative strength buy signals versus the others in the group are listed at the bottom. These ETFs should be underweighted in the portfolio.

* - Dates prior to 9/6/2016, which is when the Xtrackers Global Model Portfolio became available in the DWS Weekly ETF Report, are representative of when the position was added to the backtested model.

* - Dates prior to 9/6/2016, which is when the Xtrackers All World Ex US Model Portfolio became available in the DWS Weekly ETF Report, are representative of when the position was added to the backtested model.

* - Dates prior to 9/6/2016, which is when the Xtrackers Developed Intl Equity Model Portfolio became available in the DWS Weekly ETF Report, are representative of when the position was added to the backtested model.