ETFs

SPY has a four-star Morningstar rating and has closely tracked the S&P 500 index, which has outperformed the average return of other large-blend funds over the last decade. As of November 2021, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) had a three-year average return of 20.19 percent. The fund achieved average annual returns of 16.01 […]

The ETF Select List is a tool created by the specialists at Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc. (CSIA) to help you reduce your options and make confident investing decisions. For quarterly standardized returns and comprehensive fund expenditures, click on the fund symbol. Is Charles Schwab a reputable ETF provider? The broker offers great screeners for

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, popularly known as the SPY ETF, is one of the most popular funds that tries to replicate the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 index, which includes 500 large-cap and midcap American stocks. A committee chooses these stocks based on market size, liquidity, and industry. The S&P 500 is one

provides 2x daily short leverage to the S&P 500 Index, making it a formidable instrument for investors who have a pessimistic short-term outlook for large cap US equities. Investors should keep in mind that SDS’s leverage resets on a daily basis, resulting in compounding of gains over time. Is it wise to invest in SDS?

For a single day, this short ProShares ETF aims a return that is -2x that of its underlying benchmark (target), as measured from one NAV calculation to the next. Holding periods of more than one day can result in returns that are significantly different from the target return due to the compounding of daily returns,

The liquidity and single-stock trading characteristics of ETFs are frequently praised. They are, in fact, very similar. Isn’t it true that if an ETF doesn’t trade a particular amount of shares every day (say, 50,000), it’s illiquid and should be avoided? Wrong. From a single-stock standpoint, it’s a reasonable assumption, but with ETFs, we need

Because index-tracking ETFs track the index’s performance, one of the most important predictors of long-term returns—if not the most important—is how much it charges in fees. SPUU aims to achieve daily investment returns of 200 percent of the S&P 500 Index, before fees and expenses. For durations longer than a single day, investors should not

An inverse ETF is a type of exchange-traded fund (ETF) that profits from a drop in the value of an underlying benchmark by using various derivatives. Inverse ETFs are comparable to short positions, which entail borrowing securities and selling them in the hopes of repurchasing them at a reduced price. What is the purpose of

Small-cap exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are meant to invest in a portfolio of stocks with a market capitalization of less than $1 billion. A small-cap firm is defined as one with a market capitalization of $300 million to $2 billion. However, as some of the holdings of the ETFs listed below demonstrate, small-cap ETFs are not

A smart Beta ETF is a form of exchange-traded fund (ETF) that selects investments for inclusion in the fund portfolio using a rules-based methodology. A mutual fund that tracks an index, such as the S&P 500, is known as an exchange-traded fund, or ETF. Smart beta ETFs are based on regular ETFs, but they customize