Which passive funds were best sellers in Q1?

ISA investors used ETFs to help boost their exposure to a range of commodities in the first quarter of the year, according to sales figures from Hargreaves Lansdown.

Meanwhile, their top index-tracker choices were mainly linked to the FTSE, although HSBC's American and European passive funds also featured in the top ten. Here are the top ISA purchases for Q1 through Hargreaves Lansdown:   Top HL ETF ISA Buys 1 January to 31 March 2012 (alphabetical order) DB FTSE 100 Short ETF ETFS FTSE 100 Leveraged (2X) ETFS FTSE 100 Super Short Strategy ETFS Leveraged Silver ETFS Physical Gold (Dollar share class) ETFS Physical Gold (Sterling share class) ETFS Physical Silver ETFS Short Silver ETFS Short WTI Crude Oil Ishares FTSE 100 T...