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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.
As of 2020, the number of exchange-traded funds worldwide was over 7,600, [1] representing about 7.74 trillion U.S. dollars in assets. [2] 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.
SPDR funds (pronounced "spider" [1]) are a family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) traded in the United States, Europe, Mexico and Asia-Pacific and managed by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).
The Vanguard ETF has delivered a compound annual total return of 13.5% since it was established in 2004, comfortably outpacing the S&P 500, which rose 10.1% per year over the same period.
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An inverse S&P 500 ETF, for example, seeks a daily percentage movement opposite that of the S&P. If the S&P 500 rises by 1%, the inverse ETF is designed to fall by 1%; and if the S&P falls by 1%, the inverse ETF should rise by 1%. Because their value rises in a declining market environment, they are popular investments in bear markets.
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