List of American exchange-traded funds

Main article: List of exchange-traded funds

This is a table of notable American exchange-traded funds, or ETFs.

By the end of 2008, the United States had over 800 ETFs. The first, and most widely held (as of 2007) is the Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts (SPY),[1]part of the SPDR family of ETFs managed by State Street Global Advisors. Also popular and well known are the "Qubes" QQQ[2], ETFs that track the NASDAQ-100 index; the "Dow Diamonds" DIA[3] which track the Dow Jones Industrial Average; and the iShares ETF which tracks the movement of the Russell 2000 Index IWM[4]

Contents

Equity ETFs

Broad market ETFs

Major index-tracking ETFs

Market sector ETFs

Sector ETFs may track sector-based indexes or simply correspond to a basket of companies thought to be representative of a specific market sector.

US domestic sectors

Consumer sector ETFs
  • Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR XLY[15]
  • Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR XLP[16]
  • iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods IYK[17]
  • iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Services IYC[18]
  • Vanguard Consumer Discretionary (NYSE: VCR)
  • Vanguard Consumer Staples (NYSE: VDC)
Energy sector ETFs
  • Energy Select Sector SPDR XLE[19]
  • iShares Dow Jones US Energy IYE[20]
  • Vanguard Energy (NYSE: VDE)
Financial sector ETFs
  • Financial Select Sector SPDR XLF[21]
  • iShares Dow Jones US Financial IYF[22]
  • Vanguard Financials (NYSE: VFH)
Healthcare sector ETFs
  • Health Care Select Sector SPDR XLV[23]
  • iShares Dow Jones US Health Care IYH[24]
  • Vanguard Health Care (NYSE: VHT)
Industrial sectors ETFs
  • Industrial Select Sector SPDR XLI[25]
  • iShares Dow Jones US Industrial IYJ[26]
  • Vanguard Industrials (NYSE: VIS)
Materials sector ETFs
  • Materials Select Sector SPDR XLB[27]
  • iShares Dow Jones US Materials IYM[28]
  • Vanguard Materials (NYSE: VAW)
Technology sector ETFs
  • Technology Select Sector SPDR XLK[29]
  • iShares Dow Jones US Technology IYW[30]
  • Vanguard Information Technology (NYSE: VGT)
Telecom sector ETFs
  • iShares Dow Jones US Telecommunications ([31]
  • Vanguard Telecommunication Services (NYSE: VOX)
Utilities sector ETFs
  • Utilities Select Sector SPDR XLU[32]
  • iShares Dow Jones US Utilities IDU[33]
  • Vanguard Utilities (NYSE: VPU)

Global sectors

Consumer sector ETFs
  • SPDR S&P International Consumer Discretionary (NYSE: IPD)
  • SPDR S&P International Consumer Staples (NYSE: IPS)
  • iShares S&P Global Consumer Discretionary (NYSE: RXI)
  • iShares S&P Global Consumer Staples (NYSE: KXI)
Energy sector ETFs
  • SPDR S&P International Energy (NYSE: IPW)
  • iShares S&P Global Energy (NYSE: IXC)
Financial sector ETFs
  • SPDR S&P International Financial (NYSE: IPF)
  • iShares S&P Global Financial (NYSE: IXG)
Healthcare sector ETFs
  • SPDR S&P International Health Care (NYSE: IRY)
  • iShares S&P Global Healthcare (NYSE: IXJ)
Industrial sectors ETFs
  • SPDR S&P International Industrial (NYSE: IPN)
  • iShares S&P Global Industrials NYSE: EXI)
Materials sector ETFs
  • SPDR S&P International Materials (NYSE: IRV)
  • iShares S7P Global Materials (NYSE: MXI)
Technology sector ETFs
  • SPDR S&P International Technology (NYSE: IPK)
  • iShares S&P Global Technology (NYSE: IXN)
Telecom sector ETFs
  • SPDR S&P International Telecommunications (NYSE: IST)
  • iShares S&P Global Telecommunications (NYSE: IXP)
Utilities sector ETFs
  • SPDR S&P International Utilities (NYSE: IPU)
  • iShares S&P Global Utilities (NYSE: JXI)

Style ETFs

Large-cap ETFs

Mid-cap ETFs

Small-cap ETFs

International ETFs

Country ETFs

Developed ex-US markets
Emerging markets

Regional ex-US ETFs

Broad ex-US ETFs

Real estate ETFs

Bond ETFs

Fund of funds ETFs

There are also ETFs that are composed of a collection of ETFs, similar to Target Date mutual funds. An example of such an ETF is the Russell Investments OneFund (NYSE: ONEF), which is composed of nine ETFs (Vanguard and iShares ETFs). A lineup of Target Date ETFs is offered by iShares (e.g., iShares S&P Target Date 2040 Index Fund; NYSE: TZV).

Commodity ETFs

Commodity ETFs, also known as exchange-traded commodities (ETCs), track a specific commodity index, such as:

There are also commodity ETFs which track specific commodities, generally via commodity futures. These fall into four general categories, agricultural, which includes livestock and "softs"; energy resources; industrial materials; and precious metals. The most popular precious metals ETFs hold physical stocks of the metal rather than futures.

Agricultural ETFs

Energy commodity ETFs

Industrial commodity ETFs

Precious metals ETFs

Main articles: Gold exchange-traded fund and Silver exchange-traded fund
Gold
Silver
Palladium and platinum

Leveraged & short ETFs

Typically ETFs track an index. Using a combination of options, futures, and swaps some firms have designed ETFs capable of tracking approximately −1x, 2x, −2x, 3x and −3x the daily returns of an index. 3x and −3x ETFs were first released on November 8, 2008 by Direxion Funds. These funds are structured in a sophisticated way, and due to their extreme volatility they may not be appropriate vehicles for the casual investor.[1] (Note that obtaining 2x the daily returns for one year does not imply that one will receive double the annual returns of an index). On August 18, 2009 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a warning to investors that leveraged exchange-traded funds could lead to big losses even if the market index or benchmark they track shows a gain. [2]

Short ETFs

Short ETFs enable investors to profit from declines in an underlying index without directly selling short any securities. Investors who think an index will decline purchase shares of the short ETF that tracks the index, and the shares increase or decrease in value inversely with the index, that is to say that if the value of the underlying index goes down, then the value of the short ETF shares goes up, and vice versa. Some popular short ETFs include:

ProShares

Leveraged ETFs

The following ETFs are good examples of Leveraged ETFs:

Leveraged short ETFs

The following funds are both short and leveraged:

See also

References

ETFs grouped by their Index

  1. ^ (NYSE: SPY)
  2. ^ (NASDAQ: QQQ)
  3. ^ (NYSE: DIA)
  4. ^ (NYSE: IWM).
  5. ^ NYSE: IWV
  6. ^ NYSE: WFVK
  7. ^ NYSE: DIA
  8. ^ NYSE: IOO
  9. ^ NYSE: IVV
  10. ^ NYSE: SPY
  11. ^ NYSE: IWM
  12. ^ NYSE: OEF
  13. ^ NASDAQ: QQQQ
  14. ^ NYSE: WXSP
  15. ^ (NYSE: XLY)
  16. ^ (NYSE: XLP)
  17. ^ (NYSE: IYK)
  18. ^ (NYSE: IYC)
  19. ^ (NYSE: XLE)
  20. ^ (NYSE: IYE)
  21. ^ (NYSE: XLF)
  22. ^ (NYSE: IYF)
  23. ^ (NYSE: XLV)
  24. ^ (NYSE: IYH)
  25. ^ (NYSE: XLI)
  26. ^ (NYSE: IYJ)
  27. ^ (NYSE: XLB)
  28. ^ (NYSE: IYM)
  29. ^ (NYSE: XLK)
  30. ^ (NYSE: IYW)
  31. ^ (NYSE: IYZ)
  32. ^ (NYSE: XLU)
  33. ^ (NYSE: IDU