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An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a type of investment fund that is also an exchange-traded product, i.e., it is traded on stock exchanges. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] ETFs own financial assets such as stocks , bonds , currencies , debts , futures contracts , and/or commodities such as gold bars .
The largest ETF, as of April 2021, was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE Arca: SPY), with about $353.4 billion in assets. The second-largest was the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF with around $270.0 billion (NYSE Arca: IVV), and third-largest was the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSE Arca: VTI) with $213.1 billion. [3]
ETFs trade on a stock exchange during the day, unlike mutual funds that trade only after the market closes. With an ETF you can place a trade whenever the market is open and know exactly the price ...
The ETF is designed to track the S&P 500 index by holding a portfolio comprising all 500 companies on the index. [1] It is a part of the SPDR family of ETFs and is managed by State Street Global Advisors. [2] The fund is the largest and oldest ETF in the USA. Legally, the fund is set up as a unit investment trust.
An individual stock is riskier than an ETF, where the value relies on dozens of companies or more. With an individual stock, many things specific to that company could drive the value down (or up).
iShares is a collection of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) managed by BlackRock, which acquired the brand and business from Barclays in 2009. The first iShares ETFs were known as World Equity Benchmark Shares (WEBS) but have since been rebranded. [1] Most iShares funds track a bond or stock market index
The name is an acronym for the first member of the family, the Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts, now the SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF, which is designed to track the S&P 500 stock market index. The SPDR S&P 500 Trust is the largest ETF in the world by total assets under management.
ETF Securities, a British asset management firm Employees' Trust Fund , a social security program of the Government of Sri Lanka Exchange-traded fund , a type of investment fund