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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.
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 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]
List of exchange-traded funds; List of American exchange-traded funds; List of Australian exchange-traded funds; List of Canadian exchange-traded funds
A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks (also called shares), which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include securities listed on a public stock exchange as well as stock that is only traded privately, such as shares of private companies that are sold to investors ...
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
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