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 June 30, 2010.
You may sort this table by clicking on the heading of any column.
| Bond Funds | Ticker | Asset Category | 3 Mths | YTD | 1 Yr | 3 Yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond | SHY | Short Government | 1.16 | 1.81 | 2.54 | 4.68 |
| iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond | CSJ | Short-Term Bond | 0.55 | 1.86 | 6.13 | 5.26 |
| Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | BSV | Short-Term Bond | 1.81 | 2.96 | 5.40 | 6.08 |
| iShares Barclays TIPS Bond | TIP | Inflation-Protected Bond | 3.76 | 4.30 | 9.34 | 7.51 |
| SPDR DB Intl Govt Infl-Protected Bond | WIP | Inflation-Protected Bond | (5.58) | (5.57) | 2.02 | |
| iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond | IEI | Intermediate Government | 4.33 | 5.80 | 7.36 | 8.42 |
| iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury | IEF | Long Government | 7.81 | 9.56 | 9.64 | 9.94 |
| iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond | AGG | Intermediate Bond | 3.56 | 5.24 | 9.20 | 7.42 |
| iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bd | CIU | Intermediate Bond | 3.60 | 5.36 | 9.44 | 7.62 |
| iShares Barclays Interm Govt/Credit Bond | GVI | Multisector Bond | 2.84 | 4.31 | 7.69 | 6.93 |
| iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd | HYG | High Yield Bond | (0.36) | 2.44 | 21.57 | 3.57 |
| SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond | JNK | High Yield Bond | (1.05) | 2.62 | 24.21 | |
| SPDR Barclays Capital Intl Treasury Bond | BWX | World Bond | (3.77) | (5.06) | 0.10 | |
| SPDR Barclays Capital Intl Corp Bond | IBND | World Bond | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| iShares JPMorgan USD Emerg Markets Bond | EMB | Emerging Markets Bond | 1.03 | 5.12 | 17.72 | |
| PowerShares Emerging Mkts Sovereign Debt | PCY | Emerging Markets Bond | 1.25 | 6.57 | 19.67 | |
| Rydex S&P Equal Weight | RSP | Large Cap | (10.71) | (3.61) | 24.33 | (8.12) |
| SPDR S&P 500 | SPY | Large Cap | (11.39) | (6.66) | 14.31 | (9.78) |
| PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite | PBP | Large Cap Hedged | (10.46) | (9.78) | 5.10 | |
| PowerShares QQQ | QQQQ | Large Growth | (11.03) | (6.24) | 18.35 | (3.04) |
| iShares S&P 500 Growth Index | IVW | Large Growth | (11.29) | (8.02) | 12.45 | (7.00) |
| SPDR S&P Dividend | SDY | Large Value | (7.57) | (0.65) | 23.24 | (5.99) |
| SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average | DIA | Large Value | (9.35) | (5.04) | 18.70 | (7.47) |
| SPDR S&P MidCap 400 | MDY | Mid-Cap Blend | (9.64) | (1.52) | 24.45 | (6.17) |
| iShares Russell Midcap Index | IWR | Mid-Cap Blend | (9.88) | (2.13) | 24.93 | (8.26) |
| iShares S&P MidCap 400 Growth Index | IJK | Mid-Cap Growth | (9.29) | (0.81) | 24.09 | (4.52) |
| iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index | IWP | Mid-Cap Growth | (10.21) | (3.38) | 21.07 | (7.69) |
| iShares S&P MidCap 400 Value Index | IJJ | Mid-Cap Value | (9.92) | (2.09) | 25.26 | (7.53) |
| iShares Russell Midcap Value Index | IWS | Mid-Cap Value | (9.59) | (0.98) | 28.65 | (9.48) |
| iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index | IJR | Small Cap | (8.75) | (0.92) | 23.49 | (7.69) |
| iShares Russell 2000 Index | IWM | Small Cap | (9.91) | (1.96) | 21.42 | (8.55) |
| iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth | IJT | Small Growth | (6.97) | (0.21) | 23.66 | (6.48) |
| iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index | IWO | Small Growth | (9.19) | (2.28) | 17.96 | (7.51) |
| iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index | IJS | Small Value | (10.45) | (1.59) | 23.27 | (8.96) |
| iShares Russell 2000 Value Index | IWN | Small Value | (10.60) | (1.71) | 24.82 | (9.84) |
| iShares Russell Microcap Index | IWC | Micro Cap | (8.92) | 0.14 | 20.12 | (12.80) |
| Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF | VEU | Foreign Large Cap | (13.05) | (11.49) | 9.46 | (10.57) |
| iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Index | ACWX | Foreign Large Blend | (13.12) | (11.93) | 9.30 | |
| iShares MSCI EAFE Index | EFA | Foreign Large Cap | (13.78) | (13.14) | 5.77 | (13.40) |
| iShares MSCI Australia Index | EWA | Foreign Large Cap | (18.97) | (15.73) | 17.17 | (7.87) |
| iShares MSCI Japan Index | EWJ | Foreign Large Cap | (9.98) | (2.80) | 0.24 | (12.39) |
| iShares MSCI Canada Index | EWC | Foreign Large Cap | (10.49) | (5.19) | 17.66 | (4.30) |
| iShares MSCI Germany Index | EWG | Foreign Large Cap | (12.49) | (14.82) | 6.93 | (14.40) |
| iShares MSCI Italy Index | EWI | Foreign Large Cap | (21.34) | (26.93) | (10.24) | (22.39) |
| iShares MSCI Spain Index | EWP | Foreign Large Cap | (20.76) | (30.91) | (13.95) | (13.40) |
| iShares MSCI Sweden Index | EWD | Foreign Large Cap | (6.84) | 0.19 | 29.77 | (9.68) |
| iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index | EWU | Foreign Large Cap | (13.83) | (14.51) | 7.91 | (15.19) |
| Market Vectors Russia ETF | RSX | Foreign Large Cap | (17.29) | (9.24) | 35.25 | (9.71) |
| PowerShares DWA Dev Mkts Technical Ldrs | PIZ | Foreign Large Growth | (14.31) | (12.09) | 13.71 | |
| PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers | PID | Foreign Large Value | (9.75) | (7.53) | 15.92 | (11.94) |
| SPDR S&P International Small Cap | GWX | Foreign Small/Mid Growth | (8.50) | (3.92) | 15.33 | (10.91) |
| Vanguard FTSE All-Wld ex-US SmCp Idx ETF | VSS | Foreign Small/Mid Growth | (10.58) | (6.58) | 18.06 | |
| iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index | FXI | Emerging Equities | (3.50) | (5.66) | 6.29 | (0.21) |
| iShares MSCI Brazil Index | EWZ | Emerging Equities | (15.16) | (15.40) | 21.62 | 4.19 |
| iShares MSCI BRIC Index | BKF | Emerging Equities | (9.80) | (9.00) | 18.44 | |
| iShares MSCI Chile Investable Mkt Idx | ECH | Emerging Equities | 2.95 | 3.84 | 24.85 | |
| iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index | EEM | Emerging Equities | (9.53) | (8.58) | 19.13 | (2.76) |
| iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index | EWH | Emerging Equities | (5.98) | (3.80) | 13.67 | (0.54) |
| iShares MSCI Malaysia Index | EWM | Emerging Equities | 0.16 | 9.08 | 33.17 | 3.11 |
| iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Mkt Idx | EWW | Emerging Equities | (9.32) | (1.53) | 32.74 | (6.00) |
| iShares MSCI Singapore Index | EWS | Emerging Equities | 0.14 | (1.12) | 29.35 | (1.78) |
| iShares MSCI South Africa Index | EZA | Emerging Equities | (9.62) | (5.63) | 17.44 | (1.38) |
| SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap | EWX | Emerging Small/Mid | (6.45) | (3.80) | 28.65 | |
| PowerShares DB Agriculture | DBA | Agriculture | (0.99) | (9.23) | (5.44) | (1.96) |
| ELEMENTS Rogers Intl Commodity Agri ETN | RJA | Agriculture | (1.96) | (11.63) | (3.05) | |
| PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking | DBC | Commodities | (8.14) | (12.05) | (3.47) | (4.26) |
| ELEMENTS Rogers Intl Commodity ETN | RJI | Commodities | (8.01) | (10.13) | 0.72 | |
| Consumer Discret Select Sector SPDR | XLY | Consumer Discretionary | (10.88) | (1.63) | 27.87 | (7.97) |
| SPDR S&P Homebuilders | XHB | Consumer Discretionary | (14.67) | (4.84) | 22.84 | (20.83) |
| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR | XLP | Consumer Staples | (8.15) | (2.46) | 13.88 | 0.57 |
| SPDR S&P Retail | XRT | Consumer Staples | (13.35) | 0.43 | 30.67 | (5.08) |
| Energy Select Sector SPDR | XLE | Energy | (13.17) | (12.01) | 5.42 | (8.97) |
| PowerShares DB Energy | DBE | Energy | (10.10) | (10.65) | (4.48) | (5.40) |
| Financial Select Sector SPDR | XLF | Financial | (13.31) | (3.70) | 16.78 | (25.38) |
| Rydex S&P Equal Weight Financials | RYF | Financial | (11.46) | 0.66 | 28.40 | (21.60) |
| SPDR Dow Jones Intl Real Estate | RWX | Global Real Estate | (9.39) | (8.56) | 14.79 | (17.92) |
| SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate | RWO | Global Real Estate | (6.93) | (2.16) | 31.95 | |
| Health Care Select Sector SPDR | XLV | Health | (11.80) | (8.76) | 9.00 | (5.36) |
| SPDR S&P Biotech | XBI | Health | (13.57) | (3.37) | 2.20 | 1.08 |
| Industrial Select Sector SPDR | XLI | Industrials | (11.69) | (0.51) | 27.72 | (8.95) |
| Materials Select Sector SPDR | XLB | Natural Resources | (16.08) | (13.70) | 11.72 | (9.14) |
| iShares Dow Jones US Basic Materials | IYM | Natural Resources | (15.45) | (9.88) | 25.27 | (7.01) |
| iShares Silver Trust | SLV | Precious Metals | 6.99 | 10.07 | 33.82 | 13.77 |
| SPDR Gold Shares | GLD | Precious Metals | 11.41 | 12.47 | 32.61 | 23.64 |
| iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate | IYR | Real Estate | (4.39) | 4.56 | 50.89 | (10.68) |
| Technology Select Sector SPDR | XLK | Technology | (11.09) | (10.24) | 13.82 | (6.01) |
| iShares Dow Jones US Technology | IYW | Technology | (13.15) | (10.34) | 13.05 | (6.70) |
| iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry Idx | WOOD | Timber | (9.10) | (5.76) | 32.53 | |
| Utilities Select Sector SPDR | XLU | Utilities | (3.74) | (7.17) | 5.53 | (7.04) |
| ProShares Short MSCI EAFE | EFZ | Bear Market | 14.65 | 11.52 | (11.60) | |
| ProShares Short S&P500 | SH | Bear Market | 11.10 | 4.66 | (16.28) | 3.43 |
| ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury | TBF | Bear Market | (14.01) | (14.98) | ||
| PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest | DBV | Currency | (7.63) | (7.43) | 1.30 | (7.73) |
| PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish | UDN | Bear Market | (6.26) | (9.79) | (7.06) | (0.71) |
| PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish | UUP | Currency | 5.29 | 8.57 | 4.85 | 0.75 |
| iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | VXX | Hedge Fund | 48.50 | (8.42) | (54.19) | |
| IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF | QAI | Hedge Fund | (2.90) | (2.63) | 2.04 | |
| iShares Diversified Alternatives Trust | ALT | Hedge Fund | 0.44 | 0.01 | ||
| ELEMENTS S&P CTI ETN | LSC | Long-Short Commodities | (5.08) | (13.08) | (13.83) | |
| Credit Suisse Long/Short Liquid Idx ETN | CSLS | Long-Short Equities | (4.82) |