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List of Exchange Traded Funds

100 Best ETFs to consider for your portfolio

This is our watch list of the 100 Best ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) for you to consider for your portfolio. This List of Exchange Traded Funds includes the most actively traded exchange traded funds along with those that we feel are the best in each asset category. We do not expect you to have all 100 in your accounts at the same time. Check out our ETF Investing Portfolios and ETF Trading Portfolio to see which funds we would be invested in at any given time. Investment returns are as February 28, 2010.

Fund Name

 

 

 

 

Return (%)

Bond Funds

Ticker

Asset Category

1 Mth

3 Mths

1 Yr

3 Yr

iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

SHY

Short Government

0.16

0.10

1.90

4.86

iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond

CSJ

Short-Term Bond

0.29

0.89

9.40

5.45

iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond

IEI

Intermediate Government

0.39

(0.46)

2.33

7.15

iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury

IEF

Long Government

0.32

(1.81)

0.57

7.21

iShares Barclays TIPS Bond

TIP

Inflation-Protected Bond

(1.30)

(1.88)

11.67

5.94

SPDR DB Intl Govt Infl-Protected Bond

WIP

Inflation-Protected Bond

(1.11)

(5.99)

25.00

 

iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond

AGG

Intermediate Bond

0.19

(0.29)

7.91

5.97

SPDR Barclays Capital Intl Treasury Bond

BWX

World Bond

0.24

(6.43)

15.48

 

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd

HYG

High Yield Bond

1.87

3.70

44.06

 

SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond

JNK

High Yield Bond

0.68

4.53

56.93

 

iShares JPMorgan USD Emerg Markets Bond

EMB

Emerging Markets Bond

1.33

1.03

32.46

 

PowerShares Emerging Mkts Sovereign Debt

PCY

Emerging Markets Bond

1.42

1.32

31.88

 

US Stock Funds

 

 

1 Mth

3 Mths

1 Yr

3 Yr

Rydex S&P Equal Weight

RSP

Large Cap

3.87

6.73

52.52

(6.17)

SPDRs S&P 500 Index

SPY

Large Cap

2.24

4.24

32.51

(7.24)

PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite

PBP

Large Cap Hedged

2.38

3.83

23.98

 

PowerShares QQQ

QQQQ

Large Growth

3.89

4.64

48.04

(0.57)

iShares S&P 500 Growth Index

IVW

Large Growth

2.52

2.44

30.59

(4.53)

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth

PWB

Large Growth

2.46

3.25

31.74

(6.73)

DIAMONDS DJIA

DIA

Large Value

1.42

4.32

29.34

(4.80)

SPDR S&P Dividend

SDY

Large Value

4.20

4.74

34.13

(5.98)

PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value

PWV

Large Value

2.22

6.14

24.03

(4.22)

SPDR S&P MidCap 400

MDY

Mid-Cap Blend

5.05

7.86

65.36

(3.05)

iShares Russell Midcap Index

IWR

Mid-Cap Blend

5.05

7.19

70.53

(5.35)

PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders

PDP

Mid-Cap Growth

7.94

7.37

56.03

(6.75)

iShares S&P MidCap 400 Growth Index

IJK

Mid-Cap Growth

5.42

6.94

64.68

(1.10)

iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index

IWP

Mid-Cap Growth

4.89

6.90

66.50

(4.22)

iShares S&P MidCap 400 Value Index

IJJ

Mid-Cap Value

4.90

9.14

67.48

(4.59)

iShares Russell Midcap Value Index

IWS

Mid-Cap Value

4.81

7.15

73.51

(7.19)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index

IJR

Small Cap

4.11

9.15

63.01

(5.13)

iShares Russell 2000 Index

IWM

Small Cap

4.47

8.54

62.59

(6.10)

iShares Russell Microcap Index

IWC

Small Blend

4.65

9.44

63.84

(11.24)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth

IJT

Small Growth

3.68

8.24

60.39

(4.01)

iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index

IWO

Small Growth

4.23

8.01

60.97

(4.55)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index

IJS

Small Value

4.76

10.38

66.92

(6.28)

iShares Russell 2000 Value Index

IWN

Small Value

4.53

9.41

65.11

(7.88)

International Stock Funds

 

 

1 Mth

3 Mths

1 Yr

3 Yr

iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Index

ACWX

Foreign Large Blend

1.29

(3.21)

66.10

 

iShares MSCI EAFE Index

EFA

Foreign Large Blend

0.26

(4.14)

56.22

(8.21)

iShares MSCI Australia Index

EWA

Foreign Large Cap

4.92

(2.54)

103.22

1.03

iShares MSCI Japan Index

EWJ

Foreign Large Cap

1.01

4.92

36.82

(11.23)

iShares MSCI Canada Index

EWC

Foreign Large Cap

6.01

0.91

73.98

2.16

iShares MSCI Sweden Index

EWD

Foreign Large Cap

4.84

(1.45)

93.86

(5.39)

iShares MSCI Germany Index

EWG

Foreign Large Cap

(1.42)

(10.83)

53.15

(7.45)

iShares MSCI Spain Index

EWP

Foreign Large Cap

(6.01)

(18.80)

52.95

(5.35)

iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index

EWU

Foreign Large Cap

(0.84)

(4.88)

57.16

(9.58)

PowerShares DWA Dev Mkts Technical Ldrs

PIZ

Foreign Large Growth

1.59

(4.94)

60.37

 

PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers

PID

Foreign Large Value

1.40

(0.16)

74.46

(6.60)

SPDR S&P International Small Cap

GWX

Foreign Small/Mid

1.21

0.21

70.90

 

SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap

EWX

Emerging Small/Mid

0.66

0.28

117.66

 

iShares MSCI BRIC Index

BKF

Emerging Equities

4.67

(5.36)

100.96

 

iShares MSCI Chile Index

ECH

Emerging Equities

1.75

10.78

71.51

 

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index

EEM

Emerging Equities

1.77

(3.07)

86.40

3.97

iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index

EWH

Emerging Equities

5.46

(1.41)

64.56

2.52

iShares MSCI Malaysia Index

EWM

Emerging Equities

1.32

(0.24)

56.77

5.47

iShares MSCI Singapore Index

EWS

Emerging Equities

2.13

(0.91)

97.51

1.94

iShares MSCI Mexico Index

EWW

Emerging Equities

5.73

2.59

106.88

0.69

iShares MSCI Brazil Index

EWZ

Emerging Equities

5.68

(7.80)

107.74

18.29

iShares MSCI South Africa Index

EZA

Emerging Equities

1.27

(3.04)

81.15

0.81

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index

FXI

Emerging Equities

3.20

(8.92)

65.10

7.88

Sector Funds

 

 

1 Mth

3 Mths

1 Yr

3 Yr

PowerShares DB Agriculture

DBA

Agriculture

0.39

(4.11)

7.53

(0.99)

iPath DJ-UBS Agriculture TR Sub-Idx ETN

JJA

Agriculture

3.55

(4.96)

17.37

 

PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking

DBC

Commodities

4.14

(4.17)

23.65

(0.90)

iPath DJ-UBS Commodity Index TR ETN

DJP

Commodities

3.95

(2.10)

26.99

(7.13)

ELEMENTS S&P CTI ETN

LSC

Long-Short Commodities

(2.58)

(11.34)

(23.06)

 

PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Disc

PEZ

Consumer Discretionary

6.98

11.05

57.71

(8.54)

SPDR S&P Homebuilders

XHB

Consumer Discretionary

5.29

11.23

72.92

(22.39)

Consumer Discret Select Sector SPDR

XLY

Consumer Discretionary

5.56

7.21

77.25

(5.75)

PowerShares Dynamic Retail

PMR

Consumer Staples

6.32

9.17

52.05

(6.07)

PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Staples

PSL

Consumer Staples

3.53

4.22

41.01

(0.53)

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR

XLP

Consumer Staples

3.16

1.88

36.74

3.51

SPDR S&P Retail

XRT

Consumer Staples

7.74

8.83

91.05

(2.68)

PowerShares Dynamic Energy

PXI

Energy

1.84

6.97

64.82

(0.55)

Energy Select Sector SPDR

XLE

Energy

3.00

(0.66)

39.29

1.06

PowerShares Dynamic Financials

PFI

Financial

2.50

3.67

34.75

(12.02)

Financial Select Sector SPDR

XLF

Financial

3.52

0.50

97.32

(23.58)

SPDR S&P Biotech

XBI

Health

1.86

12.24

22.06

5.96

Health Care Select Sector SPDR

XLV

Health

0.38

2.91

39.52

(0.44)

PowerShares Dynamic Industrials

PRN

Industrials

3.86

4.36

48.55

(6.24)

Industrial Select Sector SPDR

XLI

Industrials

5.33

5.51

73.40

(4.51)

PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials

PYZ

Materials

4.04

2.33

80.02

(1.50)

Materials Select Sector SPDR

XLB

Materials

4.51

(2.55)

66.03

(3.46)

SPDR Gold Shares

GLD

Precious Metals

3.27

(5.37)

18.13

18.07

iShares Silver Trust

SLV

Precious Metals

1.06

(11.46)

24.76

4.39

iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate

IYR

Real Estate

5.45

6.61

92.69

(15.36)

SPDR Dow Jones Intl Real Estate

RWX

Global Real Estate

1.55

(2.15)

75.53

(16.54)

PowerShares Dynamic Technology

PTF

Technology

2.75

2.89

53.84

(5.34)

PowerShares Lux Nanotech

PXN

Technology

0.52

(0.82)

60.35

(17.92)

Technology Select Sector SPDR

XLK

Technology

3.48

0.07

56.14

(0.83)

iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry Idx

WOOD

Timber

2.78

2.52

83.73

 

PowerShares Cleantech (PZD)

PZD

Utilities

(0.31)

53.97

53.97

(4.68)

Utilities Select Sector SPDR

XLU

Utilities

(1.32)

(0.91)

20.15

(5.51)

Specialty Funds

 

 

1 Mth

3 Mths

1 Yr

3 Yr

PowerShares DB Commodity Short ETN

DDP

Bear Market

(6.83)

0.51

(22.45)

 

ProShares Short MSCI EAFE

EFZ

Bear Market

(1.07)

2.64

(42.69)

 

ProShares Short S&P500

SH

Bear Market

(3.27)

(1.90)

(38.74)

0.35

ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury

TBT

Bear Market

(0.04)

6.23

(2.32)

 

iPath Optimized Currency Carry ETN

ICI

Currency

1.15

1.88

5.77

 

PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish

UDN

Currency

(1.03)

(6.69)

9.54

2.73

PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish

UUP

Currency

0.81

6.63

(10.71)

(1.26)

IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy ETF

QAI

Hedge Fund

(0.03)

(1.97)

 

 

iShares Diversified Alternatives Trust

ALT

Hedge Fund

(0.44)

(1.75)

 

 

iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN

VXX

Large Cap Hedged

(16.90)

(34.73)

(75.80)

 

 

 

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