Equity ETF Overview

Equity ETFs invest in stocks of U.S. or international companies. Thus, equity ETFs have a claim of ownership on the underlying business.

With 2231 ETFs traded on the U.S. markets, Equity ETFs have total assets under management of $5,266.99B. The average expense ratio is 0.57%. Equity ETFs can be found in the following asset classes:

  • Equity

The largest Equity ETF is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY with $365.49B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Equity ETF was MLPO at 10.74%. The most recent ETF launched in the Equity space was the ETRACS Whitney U.S. Critical Technologies Index ETN WUCT on 03/27/23.

Top ETF Performers

BNKD MicroSectors U.S. Big Banks Index -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN 64.24%
GDXU MicroSectors Gold Miners 3X Leveraged ETN 55.37%
NUGT Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares 37.37%
JNUG Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares 35.26%
BULZ MicroSectors FANG & Innovation 3x Leveraged ETN 34.54%

Bottom ETF Performers

DPST Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3X Shares -69.78%
BNKU MicroSectors U.S. Big Banks Index 3X Leveraged ETN -48.61%
GDXD MicroSectors Gold Miners -3X Inverse Leveraged ETN -44.30%
FAS Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares -31.28%
JDST Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares -30.98%

Top Creations

BBEU JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF 2.10K
JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF 1.84K
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 1.65K
VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF 1.61K
SCHD Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 1.35K

Top Redemptions

SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust -11,362.56
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF -2,382.53
SDY SPDR S&P Dividend ETF -2,364.36
SPYD SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF -2,113.85
EEMV iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF -1,279.08

AUM Winners

XMAR FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - March 188,000,006.67%
GMAR FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March 105,294,000.00%
SJIM Tuttle Inverse Cramer Tracker ETF 2,124.03%
GOEX Global X Gold Explorers ETF 1,003.29%
FTXL First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF 850.23%

AUM Losers

TADS The Active Dividend Stock ETF -89.73%
PBDM Invesco PureBeta FTSE Developed ex-North America ETF -84.43%
FTXN First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF -68.33%
XC WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-China Fund -66.03%
USVT Lyrical U.S. Value ETF -64.61%

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