Our 100 Favorite ETFs
These are our 100 Favorite ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) to follow the financial markets. Many of these can be considered for your investment portfolio, while others give us a flavor for what is happening in the financial markets across the world. Our 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.
Investment returns shown are as of March 31, 2010.
You may sort this table by clicking on the heading of any column.
| Fund Name | Ticker | Asset Category | 3 Mths | YTD | 1 Yr | 3 Yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | SHY | Short Government | 0.64 | 0.64 | 1.16 | 4.52 |
| iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond | CSJ | Short-Term Bond | 1.30 | 1.14 | 10.91 | 5.27 |
| iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | IEI | Intermediate Government | 1.42 | 1.19 | (0.12) | 6.79 |
| iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury | IEF | Long Government | 1.53 | 1.41 | (3.64) | 6.77 |
| iShares Barclays TIPS Bond | TIP | Inflation-Protected Bond | 0.51 | (0.24) | 6.00 | 5.91 |
| SPDR DB Intl Govt Infl-Protected Bond | WIP | Inflation-Protected Bond | 0.01 | (0.17) | 21.36 | |
| iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond | AGG | Intermediate Bond | 1.62 | 1.57 | 7.18 | 5.95 |
| SPDR Barclays Capital Intl Treasury Bond | BWX | World Bond | (1.33) | (1.20) | 10.59 | |
| iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond | HYG | High Yield Bond | 2.82 | 1.91 | 42.73 | |
| SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond | JNK | High Yield Bond | 3.71 | 3.59 | 53.72 | |
| iShares JPMorgan USD Emerg Markets Bond | EMB | Emerging Markets Bond | 4.05 | 3.47 | 29.33 | |
| PowerShares Emerging Mkts Sovereign Debt | PCY | Emerging Markets Bond | 5.26 | 4.26 | 33.72 | |
| US Stock Funds | 3 Mths | YTD | 1 Yr | 3 Yr | ||
| Rydex S&P Equal Weight | RSP | Large Cap | 7.95 | 8.89 | 73.61 | (2.80) |
| SPDRs S&P 500 Index | SPY | Large Cap | 5.34 | 5.70 | 49.41 | (4.16) |
| PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite | PBP | Large Cap Hedged | 0.76 | 1.03 | 29.29 | |
| PowerShares QQQ | QQQQ | Large Growth | 5.38 | 5.26 | 59.03 | 3.81 |
| iShares S&P 500 Growth Index | IVW | Large Growth | 3.69 | 4.28 | 45.15 | (1.14) |
| PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Growth | PWB | Large Growth | 2.61 | 2.94 | 42.92 | (3.71) |
| DIAMONDS DJIA | DIA | Large Value | 11.92 | 11.92 | 39.81 | (1.48) |
| SPDR S&P Dividend | SDY | Large Value | 8.22 | 8.22 | 50.16 | (2.85) |
| PowerShares Dynamic Large Cap Value | PWV | Large Value | 7.17 | 7.17 | 44.25 | (1.04) |
| SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | MDY | Mid-Cap Blend | 8.98 | 9.82 | 63.30 | (1.12) |
| iShares Russell Midcap Index | IWR | Mid-Cap Blend | 8.61 | 9.66 | 67.35 | (3.39) |
| PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders | PDP | Mid-Cap Growth | 9.40 | 10.44 | 56.45 | (5.96) |
| iShares S&P MidCap 400 Growth Index | IJK | Mid-Cap Growth | 9.35 | 10.49 | 62.32 | 0.94 |
| iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index | IWP | Mid-Cap Growth | 7.61 | 8.50 | 62.59 | (2.23) |
| iShares S&P MidCap 400 Value Index | IJJ | Mid-Cap Value | 8.69 | 9.79 | 65.02 | (2.88) |
| iShares Russell Midcap Value Index | IWS | Mid-Cap Value | 9.52 | 10.85 | 71.96 | (5.27) |
| iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index | IJR | Small Cap | 8.58 | 10.06 | 63.77 | (3.22) |
| iShares Russell 2000 Index | IWM | Small Cap | 8.83 | 9.86 | 62.62 | (3.89) |
| iShares Russell Microcap Index | IWC | Small Blend | 9.94 | 10.87 | 63.34 | (9.09) |
| iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth | IJT | Small Growth | 7.27 | 8.40 | 61.42 | (2.26) |
| iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index | IWO | Small Growth | 7.62 | 8.66 | 60.22 | (2.42) |
| iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index | IJS | Small Value | 9.89 | 11.16 | 65.98 | (4.24) |
| iShares Russell 2000 Value Index | IWN | Small Value | 9.94 | 11.36 | 64.66 | (5.70) |
| International Stock Funds | 3 Mths | YTD | 1 Yr | 3 Yr | ||
| iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Index | ACWX | Foreign Large Blend | 1.36 | 3.73 | 60.41 | |
| iShares MSCI EAFE Index | EFA | Foreign Large Blend | 0.74 | 3.05 | 53.82 | (7.08) |
| iShares MSCI Australia Index | EWA | Foreign Large Cap | 3.99 | 7.13 | 85.19 | 2.12 |
| iShares MSCI Japan Index | EWJ | Foreign Large Cap | 7.98 | 8.82 | 36.60 | (9.45) |
| iShares MSCI Canada Index | EWC | Foreign Large Cap | 5.91 | 7.93 | 71.27 | 3.99 |
| iShares MSCI Sweden Index | EWD | Foreign Large Cap | 7.54 | 11.48 | 88.11 | (4.99) |
| iShares MSCI Germany Index | EWG | Foreign Large Cap | (2.67) | (0.93) | 51.19 | (5.94) |
| iShares MSCI Spain Index | EWP | Foreign Large Cap | (12.81) | (9.95) | 47.18 | (5.18) |
| iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index | EWU | Foreign Large Cap | (0.79) | 2.34 | 58.00 | (8.75) |
| PowerShares DWA Dev Mkts Technical Ldrs | PIZ | Foreign Large Growth | 2.59 | 5.43 | 63.57 | |
| PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers | PID | Foreign Large Value | 2.46 | 3.96 | 67.88 | (6.40) |
| SPDR S&P International Small Cap | GWX | Foreign Small/Mid | 5.01 | 7.34 | 67.47 | |
| SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap | EWX | Emerging Small/Mid | 2.83 | 5.92 | 100.80 | |
| iShares MSCI BRIC Index | BKF | Emerging Equities | 0.89 | 3.74 | 85.88 | |
| iShares MSCI Chile Index | ECH | Emerging Equities | 0.86 | 1.40 | 65.41 | |
| iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index | EEM | Emerging Equities | 1.06 | 4.14 | 73.16 | 4.61 |
| iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index | EWH | Emerging Equities | 2.32 | 5.74 | 63.59 | 3.40 |
| iShares MSCI Malaysia Index | EWM | Emerging Equities | 8.91 | 11.29 | 70.07 | 5.95 |
| iShares MSCI Singapore Index | EWS | Emerging Equities | (1.25) | 2.26 | 87.74 | 1.46 |
| iShares MSCI Mexico Index | EWW | Emerging Equities | 8.59 | 10.29 | 98.27 | 1.17 |
| iShares MSCI Brazil Index | EWZ | Emerging Equities | (0.29) | 0.45 | 102.34 | 18.31 |
| iShares MSCI South Africa Index | EZA | Emerging Equities | 4.42 | 10.29 | 69.93 | 2.87 |
| iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index | FXI | Emerging Equities | (2.24) | 2.38 | 49.05 | 8.16 |
| Sector Funds | 3 Mths | YTD | 1 Yr | 3 Yr | ||
| PowerShares DB Agriculture | DBA | Agriculture | (8.32) | (7.67) | (0.78) | (0.41) |
| ELEMENTS Rogers Intl Commodity Agri ETN | RJA | Agriculture | 2.66 | (9.86) | 2.66 | |
| PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking | DBC | Commodities | (4.26) | (2.59) | 16.89 | (1.10) |
| ELEMENTS Rogers Intl Commodity ETN | RJI | Commodities | 28.45 | (2.31) | 28.45 | |
| ELEMENTS S&P CTI ETN | LSC | Long-Short Commodities | (8.43) | (8.28) | (13.75) | |
| PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Disc | PEZ | Consumer Discretionary | 12.34 | 12.77 | 49.07 | (6.86) |
| SPDR S&P Homebuilders | XHB | Consumer Discretionary | 11.56 | 12.57 | 58.71 | (18.54) |
| Consumer Discret Select Sector SPDR | XLY | Consumer Discretionary | 10.38 | 11.29 | 69.54 | (3.24) |
| PowerShares Dynamic Retail | PMR | Consumer Staples | 11.12 | 12.09 | 37.91 | (3.94) |
| PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Staples | PSL | Consumer Staples | 6.44 | 7.17 | 42.38 | (0.04) |
| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR | XLP | Consumer Staples | 6.18 | 6.64 | 36.47 | 4.29 |
| SPDR S&P Retail | XRT | Consumer Staples | 15.91 | 17.54 | 82.54 | (0.04) |
| PowerShares Dynamic Energy | PXI | Energy | 5.91 | 8.15 | 69.16 | (1.09) |
| Energy Select Sector SPDR | XLE | Energy | 1.34 | 3.04 | 37.65 | (0.02) |
| PowerShares Dynamic Financials | PFI | Financial | 7.65 | 8.47 | 33.11 | (9.83) |
| Financial Select Sector SPDR | XLF | Financial | 11.09 | 11.92 | 82.92 | (21.21) |
| SPDR S&P Biotech | XBI | Health | 11.80 | 12.69 | 24.90 | 8.10 |
| Health Care Select Sector SPDR | XLV | Health | 3.44 | 4.34 | 34.62 | 0.31 |
| PowerShares Dynamic Industrials | PRN | Industrials | 7.28 | 6.35 | 51.27 | (4.64) |
| Industrial Select Sector SPDR | XLI | Industrials | 12.67 | 13.51 | 72.47 | (2.05) |
| PowerShares Dynamic Basic Materials | PYZ | Materials | 5.61 | 7.08 | 77.58 | 0.18 |
| Materials Select Sector SPDR | XLB | Materials | 2.83 | 4.83 | 55.57 | (1.48) |
| SPDR Gold Shares | GLD | Precious Metals | 0.95 | 2.74 | 21.24 | 18.54 |
| iShares Silver Trust | SLV | Precious Metals | 2.88 | 6.05 | 32.82 | 8.89 |
| iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate | IYR | Real Estate | 9.36 | 9.97 | 103.21 | (12.05) |
| SPDR Dow Jones Intl Real Estate | RWX | Global Real Estate | 0.91 | 2.95 | 68.33 | (15.92) |
| PowerShares Dynamic Technology | PTF | Technology | 1.05 | (0.17) | 47.88 | (4.47) |
| PowerShares Lux Nanotech | PXN | Technology | (3.62) | (3.24) | 44.27 | (16.10) |
| Technology Select Sector SPDR | XLK | Technology | 0.96 | 0.88 | 49.45 | 0.86 |
| iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry Idx | WOOD | Timber | 3.67 | 6.07 | 88.78 | |
| iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index | ICLN | Utilities | (14.59) | (14.59) | 7.67 | |
| Utilities Select Sector SPDR | XLU | Utilities | (3.57) | (2.19) | 20.51 | (5.98) |
| Specialty Funds | 3 Mths | YTD | 1 Yr | 3 Yr | ||
| PowerShares DB Commodity Short ETN | DDP | Bear Market | 0.07 | 0.56 | (19.44) | |
| ProShares Short MSCI EAFE | EFZ | Bear Market | (2.74) | (4.42) | (39.97) | |
| ProShares Short S&P500 | SH | Bear Market | (5.80) | (6.44) | (36.20) | (1.44) |
| ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury | TBT | Bear Market | (2.60) | (1.94) | 11.55 | |
| PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest | DBV | Currency | 0.59 | 15.96 | (2.85) | |
| PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish | UDN | Currency | (3.77) | (3.19) | 5.28 | 2.13 |
| PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish | UUP | Currency | 3.26 | 2.51 | (7.25) | (0.93) |
| IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF | QAI | Hedge Fund | 0.15 | 10.27 | ||
| iShares Diversified Alternatives Trust | ALT | Hedge Fund | (0.03) | |||
| iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | VXX | Hedge Fund | (37.59) | (81.44) |