19.05.2011 - Big ETFs, smaller options
With a public value of more than $400 billion, the ten largest exchange-traded funds are market powerhouses that account for over one-third of assets in the 1,216-member ETF universe. While there are some good investment options among them, a number of smaller, less-known choices offer lower expenses or alternative indexes covering similar securities. First-place SPDR S&P 500 and sixth-place iShares S&P 500 both track the S&P 500 Index, a popular benchmark of 500 large company U.S. stocks, and have low expense ratios of 0.09 percent..............................................Full Article: Source
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