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 December 31, 2013.
You may sort this table by clicking on the heading of any column.
| ETF Name | Ticker | Asset Category | 3 Mo | 1 Yr | 3 Yr | 5 Yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | SHY | Short Government | (0.02) | 0.22 | 0.64 | 0.91 |
| iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond | CSJ | Short-Term Bond | 0.52 | 1.16 | 1.94 | 3.13 |
| SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term Corp Bond | SCPB | Short-Term Bond | 0.42 | 1.31 | 2.13 | |
| iShares Barclays TIPS Bond | TIP | Inflation-Protected Bond | (2.16) | (8.49) | 3.32 | 4.98 |
| SPDR DB Intl Govt Infl-Protected Bond | WIP | Inflation-Protected Bond | (0.63) | (5.86) | 3.33 | 6.61 |
| iShares Barclays 0-5 Year TIPS Bond | STIP | Inflation-Protected Bond | (0.17) | (1.75) | 1.58 | |
| PIMCO 1-5 Year US TIPS Index ETF | STPZ | Inflation-Protected Bond | (0.25) | (2.06) | 1.60 | |
| iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | IEI | Intermediate Government | (0.75) | (1.84) | 2.69 | 2.50 |
| iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treas Bond | TLT | Long Government | (3.15) | (13.37) | 6.00 | 0.31 |
| iShares Core Total US Bond Market ETF | AGG | Intermediate Bond | 0.02 | (1.98) | 3.08 | 3.77 |
| iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bond | CIU | Corporate Bond | 0.83 | (0.42) | 4.15 | 6.34 |
| PIMCO Total Return ETF | BOND | Intermediate Bond | (0.16) | (1.26) | ||
| iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond | HYG | High Yield Bond | 3.42 | 5.75 | 8.03 | 12.63 |
| SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond | JNK | High Yield Bond | 3.83 | 5.86 | 8.08 | 14.96 |
| SPDR BarCap ST High Yield Bond ETF | SJNK | High Yield Bond | 2.77 | 6.55 | ||
| SPDR Barclays International Treasury Bond | BWX | World Bond | (0.33) | (3.58) | 1.99 | 3.04 |
| PowerShares International Corporate Bond | PICB | World Bond | 1.63 | 2.48 | 6.23 | |
| iShares JPMorgan USD Emerg Markets Bond | EMB | Emerging Markets Bond | 0.76 | (7.79) | 5.09 | 8.17 |
| PowerShares Emerging Mkts Sovereign Debt | PCY | Emerging Markets Bond | (0.13) | (10.25) | 5.54 | 12.11 |
| PowerShares Senior Loans | BKLN | Bank Loan | 1.84 | 4.07 | ||
| SPDR S&P 500 | SPY | Large Cap | 10.52 | 32.31 | 16.07 | 17.85 |
| PowerShares Buyback Achievers | PKW | Large Cap | 10.51 | 45.57 | 22.14 | 23.08 |
| Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight | RSP | Large Cap | 9.67 | 35.53 | 16.41 | 22.59 |
| PowerShares Nasdaq 100 | QQQ | Large Growth | 11.86 | 36.63 | 18.61 | 25.35 |
| iShares S&P 500 Growth Index | IVW | Large Growth | 10.98 | 32.50 | 16.53 | 18.98 |
| SPDR S&P Dividend | SDY | Large Value | 7.83 | 30.07 | 15.86 | 16.63 |
| SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average | DIA | Large Value | 10.18 | 29.64 | 15.48 | 16.55 |
| SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | MDY | Mid-Cap | 8.22 | 33.06 | 15.34 | 21.66 |
| WisdomTree MidCap Earnings | EZM | Mid-Cap | 10.13 | 40.24 | 18.56 | 25.75 |
| iShares S&P MidCap 400 Growth Index | IJK | Mid-Cap Growth | 8.24 | 32.56 | 15.25 | 23.02 |
| PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders | PDP | Mid-Cap Growth | 8.35 | 31.69 | 16.47 | 20.69 |
| iShares S&P MidCap 400 Value Index | IJJ | Mid-Cap Value | 8.09 | 34.02 | 15.55 | 20.48 |
| WisdomTree MidCap Dividend | DON | Mid-Cap Value | 8.07 | 33.27 | 17.09 | 20.83 |
| iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | IJR | Small Cap | 9.70 | 41.32 | 18.32 | 21.41 |
| WisdomTree SmallCap Earnings | EES | Small Cap | 10.66 | 45.22 | 17.94 | 25.31 |
| iShares Russell 2000 Index | IWM | Small Cap | 8.62 | 38.69 | 15.65 | 20.32 |
| iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth | IJT | Small Growth | 9.74 | 42.26 | 18.91 | 22.67 |
| iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index | IWO | Small Growth | 7.92 | 43.33 | 16.88 | 22.70 |
| iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index | IJS | Small Value | 9.28 | 39.34 | 17.46 | 19.68 |
| iShares Russell 2000 Value Index | IWN | Small Value | 9.28 | 34.34 | 14.31 | 17.56 |
| iShares Russell Microcap Index | IWC | Micro Cap | 10.11 | 45.21 | 16.09 | 20.19 |
| iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Index | ACWX | Foreign Large Cap | 5.43 | 14.74 | 4.92 | 11.69 |
| PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers | PID | Foreign Large Cap | 7.07 | 19.13 | 9.18 | 15.30 |
| SPDR S&P World ex-US | GWL | Foreign Large Cap | 5.76 | 18.90 | 7.01 | 11.74 |
| iShares MSCI Australia Index | EWA | Foreign Large Cap | (1.07) | 1.77 | 3.72 | 16.69 |
| iShares MSCI Japan Index | EWJ | Foreign Large Cap | 2.59 | 25.96 | 5.44 | 6.51 |
| iShares MSCI Canada Index | EWC | Foreign Large Cap | 4.41 | 5.29 | 0.20 | 13.04 |
| iShares MSCI Germany Index | EWG | Foreign Large Cap | 14.20 | 30.83 | 12.57 | 13.21 |
| iShares MSCI Switzerland Index | EWL | Foreign Large Cap | 5.47 | 25.70 | 12.15 | 14.53 |
| iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index | EWU | Foreign Large Cap | 7.68 | 19.50 | 9.80 | 14.71 |
| PowerShares DWA Dev Mkts Technical Ldrs | PIZ | Foreign Large Growth | 8.03 | 35.54 | 8.99 | 16.65 |
| iShares S&P Europe 350 Index | IEV | Europe Stock | 8.06 | 24.12 | 9.86 | 12.14 |
| WisdomTree Asia-Pacific ex-Japan | AXJL | Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk | 0.58 | (0.63) | 3.77 | 14.91 |
| SPDR S&P International Small Cap | GWX | Foreign Small/Mid Blend | 5.32 | 21.87 | 6.10 | 15.63 |
| iShares FTSE China 25 Index Fund | FXI | Emerging Equities | 3.96 | (2.18) | (1.32) | 7.88 |
| iShares MSCI Brazil Index | EWZ | Emerging Equities | (5.52) | (17.52) | (14.36) | 8.52 |
| iShares MSCI Chile Index | ECH | Emerging Equities | (5.20) | (23.91) | (14.59) | 11.20 |
| iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index | EWH | Emerging Equities | 3.76 | 9.52 | 5.88 | 17.97 |
| iShares MSCI Malaysia Index | EWM | Emerging Equities | 6.91 | 7.80 | 6.40 | 20.13 |
| iShares MSCI Mexico Index | EWW | Emerging Equities | 7.82 | (1.62) | 4.78 | 17.75 |
| iShares MSCI Singapore Index | EWS | Emerging Equities | 0.65 | (0.02) | 2.33 | 17.46 |
| iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index | EEM | Emerging Equities | 3.46 | (3.70) | (2.35) | 12.88 |
| iShares MSCI Emerging Mkt Min Vol Index | EEMV | Emerging Equities | 0.65 | (1.32) | ||
| iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index | ILF | Emerging Equities | (1.60) | (12.57) | (8.99) | 10.74 |
| WisdomTree Emerging Mkts Small Cap Div | DGS | Emerging Small/Mid | (0.65) | (3.50) | (2.07) | 17.47 |
| PowerShares DB Agriculture | DBA | Agriculture | (4.11) | (13.24) | (9.16) | (1.53) |
| PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking | DBC | Commodities | (0.39) | (7.63) | (2.34) | 3.90 |
| GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index | GCC | Commodities | (2.61) | (10.86) | (7.95) | 3.23 |
| Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR | XLY | Consumer Discretionary | 10.67 | 42.74 | 23.20 | 27.36 |
| SPDR S&P Homebuilders | XHB | Consumer Discretionary | 7.60 | 42.19 | 23.49 | 35.74 |
| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR | XLP | Consumer Staples | 8.81 | 26.30 | 16.85 | 15.72 |
| SPDR S&P Retail | XRT | Consumer Staples | 8.89 | 25.59 | 25.17 | 24.09 |
| Energy Select Sector SPDR | XLE | Energy | 7.88 | 25.69 | ||
| PowerShares DB Energy | DBE | Energy | 3.52 | 4.33 | 2.74 | 7.73 |
| UBS E-TRACS Alerian MLP Infrastructure ETN | MLPI | Equity Energy | 2.72 | 18.55 | 9.99 | |
| Financial Select Sector SPDR | XLF | Financial | 10.34 | 35.52 | 12.97 | 13.49 |
| SPDR Dow Jones Intl Real Estate | RWX | Global Real Estate | 0.34 | 4.62 | 7.23 | 15.13 |
| SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate | RWO | Global Real Estate | (0.86) | 2.37 | 7.69 | 15.42 |
| Health Care Select Sector SPDR | XLV | Health | 0.84 | 48.39 | 27.50 | 19.55 |
| SPDR S&P Biotech | XBI | Health | 10.04 | 41.40 | 23.10 | 18.16 |
| Industrial Select Sector SPDR | XLI | Industrials | 13.19 | 40.55 | 16.89 | 19.98 |
| Materials Select Sector SPDR | XLB | Natural Resources | 10.71 | 26.00 | 8.78 | 18.12 |
| iShares Silver Trust | SLV | Commodities Precious Metals | (10.26) | (31.35) | (8.89) | 5.66 |
| iShares Gold Trust | IAU | Commodities Precious Metals | (10.48) | (36.30) | (14.73) | 10.71 |
| PowerShares DB Precious Metals | DBP | Commodities Precious Metals | (9.39) | (28.25) | (5.64) | 6.15 |
| iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate | IYR | Real Estate | 1.09 | 4.12 | 9.02 | 17.71 |
| iShares FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 | FTY | Real Estate | (0.12) | 3.09 | 8.20 | 16.37 |
| Technology Select Sector SPDR | XLK | Technology | 12.09 | 26.25 | 14.31 | 20.28 |
| iShares Dow Jones US Technology | IYW | Technology | 9.07 | 31.76 | 11.77 | 27.47 |
| iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry Idx | WOOD | Timber | 7.67 | 18.95 | 7.55 | 14.60 |
| Utilities Select Sector SPDR | XLU | Utilities | 2.68 | 13.05 | 10.96 | 9.96 |
| ProShares Short S&P500 | SH | Trading-Inverse Equity | (9.93) | (25.86) | (16.82) | (18.92) |
| ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury | TBF | Trading-Inverse Debt | 2.68 | 11.95 | (9.42) | |
| PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish | UDN | Currency | (0.04) | (0.55) | (0.05) | 0.67 |
| PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish | UUP | Currency | (0.39) | (2.76) | 0.15 | 3.65 |
| VelocityShares Volatility Hdgd Lg Cp ETF | SPXH | Hedge Fund | 8.65 | |||
| Barclays S&P 500 Dynamic Veqtor ETN | VQT | Hedge Fund | 1.82 | (1.71) | 10.47 | |
| Cambria Global Tactical ETF | GTAA | Hedge Fund | 2.53 | 1.43 | (0.03) | |
| Accuvest Global Long Short ETF | AGLS | Long/Short Equity | 1.89 | (0.89) | (3.80) | |
| ProShares RAFI Long/Short | RALS | Long/Short Equity | 3.10 | 10.97 | 1.95 |