What is the biggest ETF?
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (
Largest ETFs by market cap globally 2024
This ETF is also the largest ETF by assets under management - although, at over 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars, the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund is overall the largest investment fund by AUM.
- Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF (PFIX)
- VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH)
- Amplify U.S. Alternative Harvest ETF (MJUS)
- AdvisorShares Pure U.S. Cannabis ETF (MSOS)
- YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF (NVDY)
- ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO)
- Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC)
| Fund (ticker) | YTD performance | Expense ratio |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) | 10.4 percent | 0.03 percent |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) | 10.4 percent | 0.095 percent |
| iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) | 10.4 percent | 0.03 percent |
| Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) | 8.6 percent | 0.20 percent |
| Symbol | Name | Avg Daily Share Volume (3mo) |
|---|---|---|
| SQQQ | ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ | 139,219,781 |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 73,874,813 |
| TQQQ | ProShares UltraPro QQQ | 73,282,461 |
| SOXL | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares | 71,768,977 |
- iShares (BlackRock): $2.59 trillion.
- Vanguard: $2.36 trillion.
- SPDR (State Street): $1.22 trillion.
- Invesco: $454.78 billion.
- Charles Schwab: $320.21 billion3.
What do analysts say about VOO? VOO's analyst rating consensus is a Moderate Buy. This is based on the ratings of 505 Wall Streets Analysts.
In contrast, the riskiest ETF in the Morningstar database, ProShares Ultra VIX Short-term Futures Fund (UVXY), has a three-year standard deviation of 132.9. The fund, of course, doesn't invest in stocks. It invests in volatility itself, as measured by the so-called Fear Index: The short-term CBOE VIX index.
Market risk
The single biggest risk in ETFs is market risk. Like a mutual fund or a closed-end fund, ETFs are only an investment vehicle—a wrapper for their underlying investment. So if you buy an S&P 500 ETF and the S&P 500 goes down 50%, nothing about how cheap, tax efficient, or transparent an ETF is will help you.
The largest Aggressive ETF is the iShares Core Aggressive Allocation ETF AOA with $1.80B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Aggressive ETF was AOA at 12.08%. The most recent ETF launched in the Aggressive space was the iShares ESG Aware Aggressive Allocation ETF EAOA on 06/12/20.
What is better than ETF?
Mutual funds and ETFs may hold stocks, bonds, or commodities. Both can track indexes, but ETFs tend to be more cost-effective and liquid since they trade on exchanges like shares of stock. Mutual funds can offer active management and greater regulatory oversight at a higher cost and only allow transactions once daily.
| Exchange-traded fund (ticker) | Assets under management | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard 500 Index ETF (VOO) | $431.7 billion | 0.03% |
| Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) | $78.2 billion | 0.06% |
| Vanguard U.S. Quality Factor ETF (VFQY) | $324.3 million | 0.13% |
| SPDR Gold MiniShares (GLDM) | $6.8 billion | 0.10% |
| Symbol | Name | 10 Year Total Returns (As of March 31, 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| PSI | Invesco Semiconductors ETF | 765.02% |
| XSD | SPDR® S&P Semiconductor ETF | 610.79% |
| XLK | Technology Select Sector SPDR® ETF | 554.92% |
| IYW | iShares US Technology ETF | 542.45% |
Experts agree that for most personal investors, a portfolio comprising 5 to 10 ETFs is perfect in terms of diversification.
| Name | Ticker | 10-year annualized return |
|---|---|---|
| Invesco QQQ Trust | (QQQ) | 18.07% |
| iShares Russell Top 200 Growth | (IWY) | 16.80 |
| Schwab US Large-Cap Growth | (SCHG) | 15.63 |
| Vanguard Mega Cap Growth | (MGK) | 15.57 |
The largest Nasdaq 100 Index ETFs are the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (QQQ) and the Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM).
iShares is the largest ETF brand in the United States, with more than 1,250 ETFs on the market and $2.5 trillion in assets under management, or AUM. The issuer behind this mega brand is BlackRock Inc. (ticker: BLK), a global investment management firm.
- Canadian Total Stock Market ETF. Canadian total stock market ETFs are ETFs that invest in all the companies in the Canadian stock market. ...
- US Total Stock Market ETF. ...
- International Stock Market ETF. ...
- Fixed Income ETF.
The largest S&P 500 ETF is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY).
Almahasneh: The main reason comes down to—and I cover a lot of passive index funds—a lot of the differences in ratings, they come down to the difference in fees. VOO charges 3 basis points, while SPY charges 9 basis points. Both are very low cost compared to the average ETF in the US market.
Is it better to buy VTI or VOO?
Or, you could also invest in both, for example, by putting half in VOO and half in VTI. Here's a summary of which one to choose: If you want to own only the biggest and safest stocks, choose VOO. If you want more diversification and exposure to mid-caps and small-caps, choose VTI.
QQQ - Volatility Comparison. The current volatility for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) is 3.10%, while Invesco QQQ (QQQ) has a volatility of 4.34%. This indicates that VOO experiences smaller price fluctuations and is considered to be less risky than QQQ based on this measure.
Theoretically, for exotic ETFs, yes — but as a practical matter highly unlikely. And for broad market ETFs that track something like the S&P 500 Index the probability of going to zero is, well, about zero. Every stock in the index would have to go to zero.
If Vanguard ever did go bankrupt, the funds would not be affected and would simply hire another firm to provide these services.
- Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO 0.87%) ...
- Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM 0.87%) ...
- Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ 0.89%) ...
- iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF (ITOT 0.96%) ...
- Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP 0.95%)
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