SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF · State Street SPDR
The cheapest S&P 500 ETF on the market at 0.02% — the same index as SPY and VOO in State Street's low-cost Portfolio series wrapper, at a deliberately low share price.
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iShares Russell 1000 ETF · BlackRock
Tracks the Russell 1000 — the largest 1,000 US companies, reaching further down the size spectrum than the S&P 500 and applying no profitability screen.
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Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF · Invesco
The buy-and-hold version of QQQ: identical Nasdaq-100 exposure at 0.15% instead of 0.20%, launched in 2020 specifically for long-term investors rather than traders.
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JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF · JPMorgan
JEPI's Nasdaq sibling: a defensive Nasdaq-100 stock book plus covered-call writing, converting tech volatility into a double-digit monthly income stream.
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Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF · Vanguard
Pure US Treasuries in the 3-10 year band at 0.04% — the cheapest route to the classic stock-hedging middle of the government curve.
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iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF · BlackRock
Dollar-denominated government bonds from 30+ emerging markets — sovereign credit risk with no currency risk, yielding above 5%.
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iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF · BlackRock
US large and mid-caps with the strongest recent price momentum, rebalanced twice a year — a systematic bet that winners keep winning.
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Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF · Vanguard
The growth half of the CRSP small-cap universe — ~600 fast-expanding smaller companies at a 0.07% fee.
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iShares Russell 3000 ETF · BlackRock
The Russell 3000 — 96% of investable US market cap in one fund, the broadest Russell benchmark.
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Schwab US Small-Cap ETF · Charles Schwab
The Dow Jones US Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index at 0.04% — among the cheapest small-cap funds in existence.
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Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF · Vanguard
TIPS maturing inside 5 years — inflation protection with minimal duration, the version of TIP that actually tracks CPI surprises.
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Schwab US Large-Cap ETF · Charles Schwab
The Dow Jones US Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index — Schwab's answer to the S&P 500 at 0.03%, holding ~750 of the largest US companies.
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Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF · Vanguard
The growth half of the CRSP mid-cap universe — ~140 established companies still compounding fast, between small-cap chaos and mega-cap saturation.
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iShares US Technology ETF · BlackRock
Pure-play US technology across hardware, software and semiconductors — one of the oldest and most concentrated tech sector funds.
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Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard
Investment-grade corporate bonds maturing in 10-25+ years — the highest-yielding IG corporate exposure, carrying the duration to match.
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iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · BlackRock
Short investment-grade corporate bonds — the credit-market equivalent of BSV, trading a sliver of safety for a steady yield pickup over Treasuries.
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iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · BlackRock
Intermediate investment-grade corporates — the middle path between IGSB's caution and VCLT's duration gamble.
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SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF · State Street SPDR
The S&P 500 Growth index at 0.04% — IVW's identical twin at less than a quarter of the fee.
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iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF · BlackRock
The growth half of the Russell 2000 — the market's most speculative diversified segment, where tomorrow's mid-caps and failures share a portfolio.
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Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF · Fidelity
MSCI's US technology sector at 0.084% — the cheapest pure-tech sector fund available, from Fidelity's index stable.
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Vanguard Financials ETF · Vanguard
The complete US financial sector — banks, insurers, exchanges, asset managers and payment networks, ~370 holdings at 0.10%.
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iShares Core High Dividend ETF · BlackRock
75 high-yielding US stocks screened for financial health via Morningstar's economic-moat framework — quality-filtered income at 0.08%.
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ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF · ProShares
Every S&P 500 company with 25+ consecutive years of dividend increases, equally weighted — the strictest dividend-growth screen in the index world.
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Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF · Vanguard
US Treasuries in the 1-3 year band at 0.04% — SHY's exposure at nearly a quarter of the fee.
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iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · BlackRock
The broad US junk-bond market — 2,000+ below-investment-grade corporate bonds yielding near 7%, at an index-fund fee.
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iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF · BlackRock
Investment-grade bonds from outside the US, currency-hedged to dollars — BlackRock's answer to BNDX at the same 0.07% fee.
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Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF · Charles Schwab
FTSE emerging markets at 0.11% — China, India, Taiwan and Brazil large/mid-caps in Schwab's low-cost wrapper.
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SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF · State Street SPDR
The S&P 1500 — the S&P 500, MidCap 400 and SmallCap 600 combined, covering ~90% of US market cap with S&P's profitability screens throughout.
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JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF · JPMorgan
The largest active ETF in the world: a defensive S&P 500 stock portfolio plus covered-call option writing, converting equity volatility into a high monthly income stream.
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iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF · BlackRock
Large and mid-cap US stocks screened for high return on equity, stable earnings growth and low leverage — the quality factor in its purest index form.
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SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF · State Street SPDR
The definitive cash-parking ETF: 1-3 month US Treasury bills, near-zero interest-rate risk, near-zero credit risk, yield that tracks the Fed's policy rate almost exactly.
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Vanguard Real Estate ETF · Vanguard
The largest real estate fund in the world — ~160 US REITs spanning data centres, cell towers, warehouses, healthcare and housing, with mortgage REITs excluded.
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iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF · BlackRock
BlackRock's answer to BIL: 0-3 month Treasury bills at a lower 0.09% fee, now the fastest-growing cash-management ETF in the market.
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Dimensional US Core Equity 2 ETF · Dimensional
Dimensional's flagship ETF: the whole US market, systematically tilted toward the small, value and profitable stocks that decades of academic research reward.
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Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF · Vanguard
Investment-grade bonds maturing in 1-5 years — about 70% Treasuries plus high-grade corporates, the classic middle ground between cash and a full bond fund.
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iShares MBS ETF · BlackRock
Investment-grade US agency mortgage-backed securities — the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae bonds that fund America's housing market.
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iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF · BlackRock
The benchmark intermediate Treasury fund — pure US government bonds in the 7-10 year band, the classic portfolio ballast without TLT's violence.
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Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF · Vanguard
Investment-grade municipal bonds whose income is exempt from federal tax — the cheapest broad muni fund in existence at 0.03%.
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iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF · BlackRock
US large and mid-caps engineered into the least-volatile portfolio the index rules allow — the smoother ride, accepted upfront at the cost of bull-market upside.
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Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF · Vanguard
The small-cap value corner of the US market — roughly 850 cheap, smaller companies, the segment with the strongest long-run factor record and the cheapest fund covering it.
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Schwab US Large-Cap Growth ETF · Charles Schwab
Large-cap growth at 0.04% — the cheapest fund in its category, tracking ~250 of the fastest-growing US companies. Split 4-for-1 in October 2024; all figures split-adjusted.
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iShares US Treasury Bond ETF · BlackRock
The whole US Treasury curve in one fund — every maturity from 1 to 30 years, pure government credit, no corporate or mortgage exposure.
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JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF · JPMorgan
An actively managed cash-plus fund: high-grade corporate and bank paper under one year, engineered to out-yield T-bill funds by a modest, steady margin.
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iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF · BlackRock
Short US Treasuries in the 1-3 year band — one notch of duration above a bill fund, the traditional first step out of cash.
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Vanguard Extended Market ETF · Vanguard
Every US stock except the S&P 500 — roughly 3,500 mid, small and micro-caps in one fund, the exact complement to an S&P 500 core.
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Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF · Vanguard
Investment-grade bonds maturing in 5-10 years — the middle of the curve, roughly 55% Treasuries and 45% high-grade corporates, at 0.04%.
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Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF · Pacer
The 100 highest free-cash-flow-yield companies in the Russell 1000, rebalanced quarterly — a pure bet that cash generation, not stories, drives returns.
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iShares TIPS Bond ETF · BlackRock
US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities across all maturities — principal that adjusts upward with CPI, the direct hedge against inflation surprises.
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iShares National Muni Bond ETF · BlackRock
The largest municipal bond fund in the world — 5,500+ investment-grade, federally tax-exempt state and local bonds.
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iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF · BlackRock
Treasuries with under 12 months to maturity — a cash-equivalent fund one small step longer than the 0-3 month bill funds.
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iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF · BlackRock
The US large/mid-cap market, re-weighted toward higher ESG scorers and screening out weapons, tobacco and thermal coal — index investing with a sustainability tilt.
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iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF · BlackRock
The value half of developed international markets — cheap European and Japanese banks, energy, autos and industrials, with a 4.5% yield.
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Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF · Janus Henderson
Floating-rate AAA-rated slices of collateralised loan obligations — the highest tier of securitised corporate credit, yielding over 5% with near-zero duration.
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iShares Russell Midcap ETF · BlackRock
The Russell Midcap — about 800 companies below the mega-caps, the institutional standard for the market's middle tier.
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Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF · Grayscale
The original US bitcoin vehicle, converted to a spot ETF in January 2024. Each share represents direct ownership of bitcoin held in cold storage — at the market's highest fee.
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SPDR S&P Dividend ETF · State Street SPDR
The S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats — companies that have raised their dividend for at least 20 consecutive years, weighted by yield.
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Vanguard Value ETF · Vanguard
Vanguard's flagship large-cap value fund, tracking the CRSP US Large Cap Value Index. Over 300 holdings across financials, healthcare and industrials at a 0.03% expense ratio.
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iShares S&P 500 Value ETF · BlackRock
Value half of the S&P 500, splitting the index by book-to-price, earnings-to-price and sales-to-price. A narrower, more rules-bound value definition than the broader CRSP or Russell approach
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iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF · BlackRock
Growth half of the S&P 500, selected on sales growth, earnings-change-to-price and momentum. Heavily concentrated in technology and communication services mega-caps.
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iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF · BlackRock
The long-standing benchmark for US large-cap value, drawing from the Russell 1000 rather than the S&P 500 — a broader universe of roughly 850 holdings with no profitability screen.
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Vanguard Large-Cap ETF · Vanguard
Vanguard's broad large-cap fund tracking the CRSP US Large Cap Index — roughly the top 85% of US market capitalisation, slightly broader than the S&P 500.
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Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF · Vanguard
Vanguard's mid-cap fund tracking the CRSP US Mid Cap Index — companies between roughly the 70th and 85th percentile of US market capitalisation.
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Vanguard Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard
Vanguard's small-cap fund tracking the CRSP US Small Cap Index — roughly 1,400 holdings, a considerably broader universe than the Russell 2000.
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iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF · BlackRock
The largest mid-cap ETF by assets, tracking the S&P MidCap 400. Split 5-for-1 in February 2024 — all prices below are split-adjusted.
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iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF · BlackRock
The largest small-cap ETF by assets, tracking the S&P SmallCap 600. Its profitability screen is the key structural difference from the Russell 2000.
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Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF · Invesco
Holds all S&P 500 constituents at roughly equal 0.2% weights, rebalanced quarterly — a direct structural answer to mega-cap concentration.
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iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · BlackRock
Developed-market equities outside the US and Canada — Europe, Australasia and the Far East. Roughly 2,600 holdings, with under 1% emerging-market exposure.
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iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF · BlackRock
Complete international coverage in one fund — developed and emerging markets, large through small cap, everywhere except the United States. Over 4,100 holdings.
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Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF · Vanguard
Vanguard's broad international fund tracking the FTSE All-World ex-US Index — developed and emerging markets outside the United States, large and mid cap.
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Vanguard Total World Stock ETF · Vanguard
The entire investable global equity market in one ticker — roughly 9,900 holdings across the US, developed and emerging markets, at every market cap.
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Vanguard Total International Bond ETF · Vanguard
Investment-grade bonds issued outside the United States, currency-hedged back to US dollars — over 7,000 holdings across government and corporate debt.
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Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF · Vanguard
Covers the entire US equity market — large, mid, and small cap. ~3,700 holdings. The broadest single-fund US market exposure.
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iShares Core S&P 500 ETF · BlackRock
BlackRock's S&P 500 ETF. Nearly identical to VOO, preferred by institutions for liquidity and tight spreads. Ultralow cost.
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Vanguard S&P 500 ETF · Vanguard
Tracks the S&P 500 index. One of the world's largest ETFs. Ideal for long-term core equity exposure at near-zero cost.
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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust · State Street
The original and most-traded ETF in the world, tracking the S&P 500. Highest liquidity of any ETF — the benchmark for US equities.
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Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF · Vanguard
Vanguard's total bond market fund. 10,000+ US investment-grade bonds. Nearly identical to AGG — core fixed income at rock-bottom cost.
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Invesco QQQ Trust · Invesco
Tracks the Nasdaq-100. Heavy tech and growth concentration. Top holdings: MSFT, NVDA, AAPL, AMZN, META. High volatility, high potential.
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Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF · Vanguard
Broad exposure to developed international markets — Europe, Japan, Australia. 3,900+ holdings. Core international allocation.
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iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF · BlackRock
Benchmark total US bond market ETF covering Treasuries, corporate, and mortgage-backed bonds. Core fixed income holding for balanced portfolios.
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Vanguard Growth ETF · Vanguard
Tracks the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index. Extremely low-cost growth ETF at 0.04% with heavy technology weighting.
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GLD
Gold, Silver & Miners
SPDR Gold Shares · State Street
World's largest physically-backed gold ETF. Each share ~1/10 troy oz of gold. Pure gold price exposure, no dividends.
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iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF · BlackRock
Large and mid-cap US growth stocks from the Russell 1000. Broader than QQQ with 500+ holdings across multiple growth sectors.
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Vanguard Information Technology ETF · Vanguard
Broad US technology sector exposure. Slightly wider than XLK — includes fintech. Low-cost Vanguard alternative for tech sector.
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF · Vanguard
Tracks companies with 10+ years of consecutive dividend growth. The benchmark dividend growth ETF — quality over yield.
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iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · BlackRock
iShares Core emerging markets ETF. Broader than EEM — includes small-cap EM stocks. Low-cost core EM allocation.
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Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard
Vanguard emerging markets ETF. Covers 5,000+ stocks across 24 developing economies. Lower cost than EEM at 0.08%.
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Vanguard Total International Stock ETF · Vanguard
Total international equity ETF — all world ex-US. 8,000+ holdings across developed and emerging markets. Core international holding.
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iShares Russell 2000 ETF · BlackRock
Benchmark small-cap ETF tracking 2,000 smaller US companies. Most liquid small-cap ETF, sensitive to domestic economic conditions.
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SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust · State Street
The original US ETF. Tracks the 30 blue-chip Dow components using price-weighting, so higher-priced shares like Goldman Sachs and Caterpillar drive returns most. Pays monthly.
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SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust · State Street
The first mid-cap ETF ever launched. ~400 mid-sized US companies with no single holding above ~1% — the diversified middle of the market that an S&P 500 fund leaves out.
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Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund · State Street
GICS Communication Services — Meta, both Alphabet share classes, Netflix and telecom. Highly concentrated: the top three positions alone are over a third of the fund.
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Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund · State Street
GICS Materials — industrial gases, chemicals, mining and aggregates. Linde anchors the fund defensively while Newmont and Freeport add direct gold and copper leverage.
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Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund · State Street
GICS Utilities — regulated electric, gas and water. The classic defensive sector with an above-market yield, now with an AI data-centre power demand tailwind.
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Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund · State Street
GICS Real Estate — equity REITs, mortgage REITs excluded. Top holdings are data centres, cell towers and logistics warehouses, not traditional offices or malls.
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Technology Select Sector SPDR · State Street
S&P 500 technology sector. Most-traded sector ETF. Concentrated in AAPL and MSFT which together represent ~45% of the fund.
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Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF · Schwab
Tracks the Dow Jones US Dividend 100. Screens for dividend quality — 10+ years payments, strong cash flow, consistent growth.
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iShares MSCI EAFE ETF · BlackRock
iShares developed market international ETF. Covers Europe, Australasia, and the Far East. Excludes US and emerging markets.
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Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard
Vanguard's low-cost intermediate corporate bond fund covering US investment-grade debt with 5-10 year maturities. Over 2,300 bonds from top US corporations at near-zero 0.04% cost.
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iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF · BlackRock
iShares' total US market ETF covering the full S&P Total Market Index — over 2,500 stocks from large-cap to small-cap at 0.03%. iShares' answer to VTI for Schwab and iShares platform users.
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Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF · Vanguard
Broad high-yield dividend ETF tracking ~550 stocks. Value-tilted with 2.8-3.2% yield. Wider diversification than SCHD at the same low cost.
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iShares 20+ Year Treasury ETF · BlackRock
US Treasury bonds 20+ years maturity. Extremely rate-sensitive duration play. Key vehicle for Fed rate cut positioning.
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Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard
Vanguard's short-term corporate bond fund covering investment-grade US corporate debt with 1-5 year maturities. High yield relative to duration — ideal for cash management and low-risk income.
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Financial Select Sector SPDR · State Street
US financial sector — banks, insurers, asset managers. Benefits from rising rates and strong economic activity.
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Health Care Select Sector SPDR · State Street
US health care sector — pharma, biotech, medical devices. Defensive characteristics with long-term demographic growth drivers.
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Schwab International Equity ETF · Charles Schwab
Schwab's flagship international developed market ETF. Covers 1,500+ stocks across 22 developed markets ex-US at just 0.06% — among the lowest costs for international equity exposure.
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IAU
Gold, Silver & Miners
iShares Gold Trust · BlackRock
iShares' physically-backed gold trust. Each share represents approximately 1/100th of a troy ounce of gold. Lower share price than GLD makes IAU more accessible for smaller investors.
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iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · BlackRock
The benchmark investment-grade corporate bond ETF. 2,500+ bonds from top US and international corporations. Higher yield than Treasuries with investment-grade credit quality.
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Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund · State Street
Top US oil and gas companies. XOM and CVX represent ~45% combined. Tracks crude oil closely with high dividend yield.
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Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF · Schwab
Low-cost total US market ETF tracking ~2,500 stocks. Schwab's flagship broad market fund at near-zero cost.
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iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF · BlackRock
Screens for 5+ years of consecutive dividend growth and payout ratio under 75%. Quality dividend growth exposure at very low cost.
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iShares MSCI ACWI ETF · BlackRock
All-country world equity ETF combining US and international developed and emerging markets. True single-fund global equity exposure.
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Capital Group Dividend Value ETF · Capital Group
Capital Group's actively managed blend of dividend-paying US large caps with a value tilt. Research-driven approach from a top firm.
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VanEck Semiconductor ETF · VanEck
The benchmark semiconductor ETF. 25 largest US-listed semiconductor companies including NVIDIA, TSMC, Broadcom, ASML. Concentrated exposure to the most critical industry of the AI era.
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GDX
Gold, Silver & Miners
VanEck Gold Miners ETF · VanEck
Large-cap gold mining companies worldwide. Leveraged play on gold price — miners historically amplify gold moves by 2-3x.
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Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR · State Street
US consumer discretionary sector. Amazon and Tesla dominate at ~40% combined weight. Highly cyclical sector.
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iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF · BlackRock
iShares emerging markets ETF. Top countries: China, India, Taiwan, South Korea, Brazil. Most liquid emerging market ETF.
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Industrial Select Sector SPDR · State Street
US industrial companies — aerospace, defense, machinery, transportation. Benefits from reshoring and infrastructure spending.
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iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF · BlackRock
Largest spot Bitcoin ETF in the world. Fastest ETF to reach $10B AUM in history. Direct Bitcoin exposure via BlackRock.
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iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · BlackRock
The most liquid high-yield corporate bond ETF. 1,200+ below-investment-grade bonds offering 6-7% yield. Deep options market makes HYG the institutional standard for credit risk hedging.
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iShares Select Dividend ETF · BlackRock
High-yield US dividend ETF selecting 100 stocks with the highest non-negative dividend yields. Heavy value tilt with significant exposure to utilities, energy, and financials. Strong income focus.
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Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF · Vanguard
European equity market ETF tracking ~1,300 stocks across developed Europe. Broad, low-cost Europe exposure from Vanguard.
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Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF · Vanguard
Concentrates on the largest US growth companies — the Magnificent 7 and peers. Pure mega-cap growth exposure at very low cost.
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Vanguard Health Care ETF · Vanguard
Vanguard's comprehensive healthcare sector ETF. 400+ holdings across pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, managed care, and healthcare services at just 0.10% — cheapest broad healthcare ETF.
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WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund · WisdomTree
WisdomTree's quality dividend growth fund screening for long-term earnings growth, return on equity, and return on assets. Finds growing businesses that also pay dividends — combining quality factors with income.
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iShares Semiconductor ETF · BlackRock
iShares' semiconductor ETF tracking the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index. 30 holdings including Broadcom, NVIDIA, AMD, Intel. Broader than SMH — includes more mid-cap chip companies.
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SLV
Gold, Silver & Miners
iShares Silver Trust · BlackRock
Physically-backed silver ETF. Top 2025 performer driven by industrial and investment silver demand. Each share ~0.94 oz of silver.
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Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR · State Street
Defensive consumer staples — P&G, Costco, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola. Low volatility, recession-resistant with steady dividends.
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iShares MSCI Japan ETF · BlackRock
The largest and most liquid Japan equity ETF. Covers 200+ Japanese large and mid-cap stocks. Heavily weighted in Toyota, Sony, SoftBank. Corporate governance reforms are unlocking shareholder value.
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GLDM
Gold, Silver & Miners
SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust · State Street
State Street's low-cost gold MiniShares trust. One-third the expense ratio of GLD at just 0.10%. Smaller share size makes it ideal for regular gold purchases. Physical gold held in HSBC London vaults.
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Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund · Fidelity
Fidelity's spot Bitcoin ETF. Second largest spot BTC ETF by AUM. Custodied directly by Fidelity Digital Assets.
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iShares MSCI India ETF · BlackRock
The largest India-focused ETF with $9.8B AUM. Covers 80+ Indian large and mid-cap stocks. Dominated by Reliance, HDFC Bank, Infosys, ICICI. Captures India's fastest-growing major economy.
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iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · BlackRock
Complete non-US global equity exposure in one fund. Covers 1,800+ stocks across 47 countries — developed and emerging markets combined, excluding the United States. The ultimate international diversifier.
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iShares Biotechnology ETF · BlackRock
The benchmark biotechnology ETF tracking the ICE Biotechnology Index. 200+ biotech companies from large-cap like Regeneron and Amgen to clinical-stage biotechs. Captures the full biotech innovation spectrum.
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iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF · BlackRock
iShares' low-cost core European equity fund. 900+ stocks across 15 European countries at just 0.09%. Broader than VGK with deeper coverage of mid and small-cap European companies. 2025 top performer.
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ARK Innovation ETF · ARK Invest
ARK's flagship actively managed innovation ETF. Concentrates in companies disrupting established industries through technology. Holdings include Tesla, Coinbase, Roblox. High conviction, high volatility.
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iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF · BlackRock
Broad Eurozone equity exposure excluding UK and Switzerland. 230+ companies across France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Spain. Captures the full Eurozone economic bloc with euro-denominated returns.
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iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF · BlackRock
Taiwanese equity market dominated by TSMC at ~22%. Direct exposure to global semiconductor manufacturing and AI supply chain.
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iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF · BlackRock
US aerospace and defense sector ETF. RTX, GE Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman. Tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index. Direct exposure to record defense budgets.
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Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF · Vanguard
Vanguard's Asia-Pacific developed market ETF. Japan, Australia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore — 2,000+ stocks across the developed Pacific Rim at just 0.08%. Excellent low-cost regional exposure.
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Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard
The only major ETF providing pure international small-cap equity exposure. 4,000+ non-US small companies across 47 countries. Strong diversifier — nearly zero correlation with US large-cap growth.
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iShares MSCI China ETF · BlackRock
Broad China equity market ETF tracking MSCI China. 600+ holdings across all sectors. Largest China broad market ETF.
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iShares China Large-Cap ETF · BlackRock
China large-cap ETF tracking 50 biggest Chinese companies. Heavy state-owned enterprise exposure. Most liquid China ETF.
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GDXJ
Gold, Silver & Miners
VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF · VanEck
Smaller gold and silver mining companies. Higher risk/reward than GDX — junior miners have more exploration upside.
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iShares MSCI Brazil ETF · BlackRock
Brazil's largest and most liquid equity ETF. Dominated by Petrobras and Vale — direct commodity cycle leverage. Highest dividend yield of any major country ETF at 8%+. Volatile BRL currency exposure.
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SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF · State Street
Equal-weighted US regional bank ETF covering 140+ community and regional banks. Citizens Financial, Zions, Huntington, Regions. Highly sensitive to US economic conditions and yield curve slope.
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iShares International Select Dividend ETF · BlackRock
High-yield international dividend ETF covering 100 highest-yielding non-US stocks from developed markets. Australia, UK, Europe heavy weighting. Delivers 5-6% yield from some of the world's most generous dividend payers.
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iShares Ethereum Trust ETF · BlackRock
First major spot Ethereum ETF from BlackRock. Direct ETH price exposure. Strong institutional demand from launch week.
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SILJ
Gold, Silver & Miners
Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF · Amplify
#2 best ETF of 2025. Junior silver mining companies. Extremely leveraged to silver prices with significant exploration upside.
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iShares MSCI Canada ETF · BlackRock
Broad Canadian equity market exposure. Dominated by Royal Bank, TD, Canadian National Railway. Strong financial services, energy, and mining mix. Closest developed-market proxy to US economic conditions.
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iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF · BlackRock
UK equity market exposure covering 80+ large and mid-cap British stocks. Shell, AstraZeneca, HSBC, Unilever. High dividend yield from UK's payout culture. Historically cheap valuation relative to US equities.
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SIL
Gold, Silver & Miners
Global X Silver Miners ETF · Global X
The largest silver miners ETF. Tracks the Solactive Global Silver Miners Index — 30+ silver mining and streaming companies globally. Wheaton Precious Metals is the dominant holding at ~21%.
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KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF · KraneShares
Chinese internet companies — e-commerce, social media, online gaming. Top holdings: Tencent, Alibaba, Meituan, PDD.
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iShares MSCI South Korea ETF · BlackRock
South Korea equity exposure dominated by Samsung Electronics at 25%+. SK Hynix, Hyundai, LG Chem. Semiconductor and EV battery leadership make Korea a technology-linked emerging market play.
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AAAU
Gold, Silver & Miners
Perth Mint Physical Gold ETF · Perth Mint
Physically-backed gold with a government guarantee. Gold stored in Perth Mint vaults, backed by the Western Australian...
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iShares MSCI Germany ETF · BlackRock
Largest Germany equity ETF. SAP, Siemens, Allianz dominate. 2025 standout driven by defense re-armament spending, ECB ...
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SPDR Euro Stoxx 50 ETF · State Street
The 50 largest Eurozone blue-chip companies. The European equivalent of the Dow Jones. ASML, LVMH, SAP, Siemens, Total...
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URA
Materials & Resources
Global X Uranium ETF · Global X
The benchmark uranium mining ETF with 47 companies. Nuclear energy renaissance driven by AI data center power demand. ...
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iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · BlackRock
The broadest single-fund Asian equity ETF excluding Japan. 1,000+ companies across China, India, Korea, Taiwan, and AS...
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iShares MSCI Australia ETF · BlackRock
Largest Australia equity ETF. BHP, Commonwealth Bank, CSL, Rio Tinto among top holdings. High 4%+ dividend yield from ...
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ARK Next Generation Internet ETF · ARK Invest
ARK's active next-gen internet ETF focused on AI infrastructure, cloud computing, crypto platforms, and digital disrup...
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iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF · BlackRock
Swiss equity market dominated by Nestle, Novartis, and Roche — nearly 50% of the fund. Defensive quality blue-chips wi...
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SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF · State Street
Equal-weighted US aerospace & defense ETF giving every company the same 3-4% weight. Axon, Curtiss-Wright, and L3Harri...
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ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF · ProShares
First US Bitcoin ETF using futures contracts. Accessible Bitcoin exposure within any traditional brokerage account.
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ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF · ARK Invest
ARK's active autonomous vehicles and robotics ETF. Covers AI-powered transportation, 3D printing, space exploration, a...
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iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF · BlackRock
Hong Kong equity market. AIA Group at 28% dominates. Financial hub with China policy risk. HKD-USD peg eliminates curr...
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WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity ETF · WisdomTree
USD-hedged European dividend-paying exporters. Removes EUR/USD currency risk entirely via monthly forward contracts. S...
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URNM
Materials & Resources
Sprott Uranium Miners ETF · Sprott
Pure-play uranium miners — only uranium producers, developers, and explorers. More concentrated than URA with no nucle...
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iShares Latin America 40 ETF · BlackRock
40 largest Latin American companies. Brazil and Mexico combined at 65%+. Petrobras, Vale, and FEMSA among top holdings...
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Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF · Invesco
Same PHLX Semiconductor index as SOXX at less than half the cost — 0.19% vs 0.35%. Identical 30-stock portfolio: NVIDI...
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iShares MSCI Mexico ETF · BlackRock
Mexican equity via America Movil, FEMSA, and Walmart Mexico. Near-shoring beneficiary thesis. 2025 headwinds from US t...
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ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF · ProShares
International developed market dividend growers with 10+ consecutive years of increases. The international equivalent ...
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iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF · BlackRock
Saudi equity via Saudi Aramco, Al Rajhi Bank, and SABIC. Vision 2030 economic diversification story. NEOM mega-project...
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BAR
Gold, Silver & Miners
GraniteShares Gold Shares · GraniteShares
Physically-backed gold ETF at one of the lowest expense ratios in the US at 0.17%. Each share = 1/100th oz of gold sto...
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iShares MSCI Italy ETF · BlackRock
Italian equity market via ENI, Enel, Intesa Sanpaolo, and UniCredit. 2025 standout — banking sector re-rating from hig...
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iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF · BlackRock
EM Asia only — excludes EMEA and Latin America. China, India, Korea, Taiwan, ASEAN. Cleaner Asian EM bet for investors...
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SLVP
Gold, Silver & Miners
iShares MSCI Global Silver & Metals Miners ETF · BlackRock
#1 best ETF of 2025 with +200% return. Global silver and metals miners combining silver mining with base metals exposure.
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iShares MSCI France ETF · BlackRock
French equity market led by LVMH and Hermes — 30% of the fund in world-class luxury brands. TotalEnergies, Airbus, and...
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SGDJ
Gold, Silver & Miners
Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF · Sprott
Small and mid-cap gold miners screened for revenue growth and momentum. Sprott quality-filtered approach to junior gold mining.
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Invesco S&P 500 High Beta ETF · Invesco
The 100 highest-beta stocks from the S&P 500. Amplifies market moves systematically. Heavy in semiconductors, tech, an...
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RING
Gold, Silver & Miners
iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF · BlackRock
Globally diversified gold mining ETF across 8 countries. 30+ miners including Newmont, Barrick, Agnico Eagle. More geo...
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SIVR
Gold, Silver & Miners
abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF · abrdn
Physical silver ETF from abrdn at 0.30% — lower fee than SLV. Same direct silver price exposure, allocated vaults in London.
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SGDM
Gold, Silver & Miners
Sprott Gold Miners ETF · Sprott
Smart-beta gold miners ETF weighted by revenue growth, free cash flow yield, and low debt. Quality-filtered senior gol...
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ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF · ARK Invest
ARK's actively managed space exploration ETF. Satellite technology, autonomous systems, and orbital aerospace companies.
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iShares MSCI Spain ETF · BlackRock
Single-country exposure to Spain's equity market. Top holdings: Banco Santander, Inditex, Iberdrola. Strong 2025 performer.
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iShares MSCI Sweden ETF · BlackRock
Swedish equity market with Ericsson, Volvo, and Hexagon among top holdings. NATO membership and defense ramp drove 202...
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VanEck Vietnam ETF · VanEck
Vietnam equity — Southeast Asia's fastest-growing manufacturing hub. China+1 supply chain beneficiary with Samsung, In...
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iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF · BlackRock
Indonesian equity via Bank Central Asia, Telkom, and Astra International. World's 4th largest population and vast comm...
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SPDR S&P Emerging Asia Pacific ETF · State Street
Emerging Asia Pacific via S&P BMI Index — China, India, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines. 450+ companies with S&P qualit...
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iShares US Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF · BlackRock
Investment banks, broker-dealers, and securities exchanges. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Cboe, CME Group. Capital ma...
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PPLT
Gold, Silver & Miners
abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF · abrdn
Physically-backed platinum ETF. Strong 2025 performer driven by automotive catalytic converter and hydrogen fuel cell demand.
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GDMN
Gold, Silver & Miners
WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Miners ETF · WisdomTree
Innovative hybrid ETF combining physical gold (~90%) with gold miners equity (~10%). Captures both bullion stability and miners upside.
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iShares MSCI Singapore ETF · BlackRock
Singapore equity dominated by DBS, OCBC, and UOB banking giants — over 60% of the fund. Highest dividend yield of any ...
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Select STOXX® Europe Aerospace & Defense ETF · Select Funds
European equities with USD currency hedge. Removes EUR/USD volatility. Outperforms unhedged Europe when the dollar strengthens.
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iShares MSCI Chile ETF · BlackRock
Chilean equity via SQM and Antofagasta — world's largest copper producer and 2nd largest lithium producer. Direct crit...
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iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF · BlackRock
Malaysian equity market via Maybank, CIMB, and Petronas Chemicals. Southeast Asia's semiconductor packaging hub. World...
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iShares MSCI South Africa ETF · BlackRock
South African equity via Naspers, Anglo American, and Standard Bank. Africa's most developed equity market. Naspers pr...
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Global X Defense Tech ETF · Global X
Defense technology companies — cybersecurity, drones, autonomous systems. Top 2025 performer driven by global defense budget surge.
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Syntax Stratified Total Market ETF · Syntax
Equal-risk-weighted alternative to market-cap US equity indexing. Stratifies the S&P 500 by business risk across 6 dim...
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Global X Blockchain ETF · Global X
Companies at the forefront of blockchain technology — crypto exchanges, Bitcoin miners, and blockchain infrastructure firms.
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iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF · BlackRock
Dutch equity dominated by ASML — the world's only maker of EUV lithography machines used to manufacture chips at 7nm a...
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iShares MSCI Turkey ETF · BlackRock
Turkish equity via Turkcell, Akbank, Eregli Steel, and Turkish Airlines. Monetary policy normalization under Finance M...
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Global X MSCI Greece ETF · Global X
Greek equity market ETF. One of Europe's top performers. Heavy weight in banking and shipping companies.
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iShares MSCI Thailand ETF · BlackRock
Thai equity via PTT Group, Kasikorn Bank, SCG, and Airports of Thailand. Energy, banking, and tourism infrastructure. ...
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Invesco China Technology ETF · Invesco
China technology sector ETF. Top holdings: Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, JD.com. Play on Chinese tech recovery and AI adoption.
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REMX
Materials & Resources
VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF · VanEck
Rare earth and strategic metals mining companies. Lynas and MP Materials lead. China controls 85% of global rare earth...
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iShares MSCI Israel ETF · BlackRock
Israeli equity market with Check Point, Teva, Tower Semiconductor, and Monday.com. Startup Nation with world-class cyb...
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iShares MSCI Poland ETF · BlackRock
Polish equity market ETF. Eastern Europe's largest economy. Significant banking, energy, and consumer staples exposure.
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Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF · Amplify
The first and largest blockchain technology equity ETF. Actively managed 50+ company portfolio covering crypto exchang...
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Global X MSCI Argentina ETF · Global X
Argentine equity via MercadoLibre, YPF, and major banks. Milei economic reform and dollarization driving a historic re...
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Alger Mid Cap 40 ETF · Fred Alger Management
Actively managed mid-cap growth ETF from Fred Alger Management. 40 high-conviction mid-cap companies with above-averag...
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iShares MSCI Peru ETF · BlackRock
Peru equity market ETF. Concentrated in mining and financial companies. Benefited from copper and gold price surges in 2025.
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AUMI
Gold, Silver & Miners
Themes Gold Miners ETF · Themes ETFs
Broad precious metals mining exposure across gold, silver, and platinum group metals. Active selection across global miners.
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GOEX
Gold, Silver & Miners
Global X Gold Explorers ETF · Global X
Early-stage gold exploration companies. Highest risk/reward in gold — pure exploration upside with major discovery potential.
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PALL
Gold, Silver & Miners
abrdn Physical Palladium Shares ETF · abrdn
Physically-backed palladium ETF. Each share = ~1/100th oz of palladium. Palladium is a platinum group metal used in ca...
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iShares MSCI Philippines ETF · BlackRock
Philippine equity via SM Investments, Ayala, and BDO Unibank. Consumer and real estate focused economy with 115M+ popu...
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PLTM
Gold, Silver & Miners
GraniteShares Platinum Trust · GraniteShares
Physical platinum ETF from GraniteShares at 0.50% fee. Tracks platinum spot price with allocated physical metal storage.
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Alger 35 ETF · Alger
Equal-weighted quality growth strategy avoiding mega-cap concentration. All holdings weighted equally regardless of market cap.
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SETM
Materials & Resources
Sprott Critical Materials ETF · Sprott
Critical minerals for the energy transition — lithium, cobalt, copper, nickel, rare earths. Pure-play clean energy materials basket.
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LITP
Materials & Resources
Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF · Global X
Lithium miners and battery technology companies. Plays the EV and energy storage megatrend. Top holdings: Albemarle, SQM, CATL.
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Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF · Valkyrie
Bitcoin mining companies. Leveraged equity play on Bitcoin price through mining operations and hash rate economics.
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Global X FTSE Southeast Asia ETF · Global X
Southeast Asia's 40 largest companies across Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines. ASEAN single-f...
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VanEck Africa Index ETF · VanEck
GDP-weighted Africa equity exposure across South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco, and Kenya. The only major Africa-foc...
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COPJ
Materials & Resources
Sprott Junior Copper Miners ETF · Sprott
Junior copper mining companies. Copper demand surge from electrification, EVs, and AI data center buildout drives junior miners.
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First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX ETF · First Trust
Factor-selected Latin American equities using AlphaDEX growth and value screens. Diverges significantly from cap-weigh...
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Global X MSCI Colombia ETF · Global X
Colombian equity via Bancolombia, Ecopetrol, and Grupo Empresarial Argos. Latin America's third-largest economy with s...
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AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF · AdvisorShares
Invests in psychedelic medicine research companies. Highly speculative early-stage sector with significant regulatory risk.
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iShares US Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF · BlackRock
BlackRock's model-driven factor rotator — value, quality, momentum, size and low-vol tilts applied actively to US large caps. One of the fastest-growing active ETFs ever.
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iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF · iShares
The Russell Midcap Growth index fund — ~280 mid-sized US companies with above-average growth, where names like Palantir and AppLovin compounded before going large.
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Vanguard Mid-Cap Value ETF · Vanguard
Roughly 190 reasonably priced mid-cap US companies — utilities, banks, industrials — for a 0.05% fee, with a ~2% yield. The quiet compounder's corner of the market.
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Schwab Fundamental US Large Company ETF · Schwab
Weights US large caps by sales, cash flow and dividends instead of market cap — an automatic lean toward fundamentals that shone as the rally broadened beyond mega-cap tech.
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WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund · WisdomTree
US Treasury floating rate notes with coupons that reset weekly — cash-like stability, monthly income, and a yield that tracks the front of the curve. The money-market alternative.
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Fidelity Total Bond ETF · Fidelity
Fidelity's active core bond fund — Treasuries, mortgages and credit with a tactical high-yield sleeve, paying ~4.8% monthly. The case for active management in fixed income.
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Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF · Avantis
The evidence-based small-cap value fund — cheap, profitable small companies screened by ex-Dimensional managers. +40% over the trailing year as the small-cap rotation arrived.
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Capital Group Growth ETF · Capital Group
American Funds' 90-year growth discipline in an ETF — multiple managers running independent sleeves of high-conviction growth names. One of the fastest active ETFs to $24B.
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iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF · iShares
~2,280 developed-market stocks outside the US — Japan, Europe, Canada, small caps included — for 0.04%. The cheapest complete international developed sleeve on the market.
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iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF · iShares
The growth half of developed international markets — ASML, Novo Nordisk, LVMH and ~360 other EAFE growth franchises in one fund.
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iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF · iShares
Emerging markets minus China — Taiwan, Korea, India and Brazil. The AI-supply-chain trade without Beijing policy risk, and one of the best-performing broad funds of the past year.
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Schwab Fundamental International Equity ETF · Schwab
Developed-market stocks weighted by sales, cash flow and dividends — a value-tilted international core that returned nearly +40% as Europe and Japan re-rated. Yields ~3%.
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iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF · iShares
The belly of the Treasury curve — 3-to-7-year notes with real yield and far less rate risk than long bonds. The rate-cut trade without TLT's volatility.
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Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF · Dimensional
Dimensional's factor-tilted international core — the whole developed market, nudged toward smaller, cheaper, more profitable companies. The advisor favourite.
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Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF · Invesco
The 100 strongest balance sheets in the S&P 500 — high return on equity, clean accounting, low leverage — for 0.15%. Quality as a core strategy.
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iShares S&P 100 ETF · iShares
America's 100 largest companies and nothing else — the most concentrated mainstream index fund, and the purest bet that mega-cap dominance continues.
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VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF · VanEck
Buffett's playbook, systematised — wide-moat companies bought only below Morningstar's fair-value estimate. Forces the contrarian buys most investors can't make themselves.
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iShares Preferred & Income Securities ETF · iShares
~440 preferred securities from US banks, utilities and insurers paying a 5.6% monthly yield — the giant of the preferred-stock category since 2007.
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iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF · iShares
The Russell Midcap Value benchmark itself — ~700 reasonably priced mid-sized companies, the institutional standard for the style box's best-kept secret.
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Invesco RAFI US 1000 ETF · Invesco
Rob Arnott's original fundamental index from 2005 — 1,000 US companies weighted by book value, sales, cash flow and dividends. Two decades of live anti-bubble discipline.
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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta US Large Cap Equity ETF · Goldman Sachs
Value, momentum, quality and low-vol factor sleeves blended over US large caps for just 0.09% — multi-factor investing at an index-fund price.
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iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF · iShares
~2,200 developed-market small caps across Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific — the least-owned equity segment on earth, yielding 3.5%.
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JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF · JPMorgan
~380 Japanese stocks from Toyota to Sony at 0.19% — the low-cost vehicle for Japan's governance-reform re-rating. Up +29% over the trailing year.
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First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF · First Trust
Dividend growth as a quality screen — rising payouts, low payout ratios, more cash than debt. A total-return fund wearing a dividend label, up +26% on the year.
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iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF · iShares
The value half of the Russell 2000 — ~1,400 cheap small caps heavy in regional banks and industrials. The benchmark small-value fund, up +37% on the year.
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Capital Group Core Equity ETF · Capital Group
Capital Group's active answer to the S&P 500 — growth and dividend payers blended by multiple managers into a one-fund US core.
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Dimensional US Equity Market ETF · Dimensional
The whole US market with Dimensional's gentle factor tilts, for 0.09% — the index-fund experience with a systematic edge underneath.
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Dimensional US Targeted Value ETF · Dimensional
Dimensional's deep small/mid-cap value tilt — the strategy behind the academic size-and-value premiums, running since 1998. AVUV's chief rival.
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iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF · iShares
~120 North American software companies in one fund — the vehicle for the AI application-layer thesis, with 25 years of sector history.
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iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · iShares
~10,000 investment-grade corporate bonds — the whole asset class for 0.04%, yielding near 5% with monthly payouts.
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Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF · Avantis
Small, cheap, profitable companies across Japan and Europe — three return premiums stacked in one fund, up +40% over the trailing year.
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JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF · JPMorgan
Developed Europe's top 430 companies at 0.09% — the low-cost vehicle for the continent's re-rating. Up +30% over the trailing year.
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PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF · PGIM
Active ultra-short bonds from Prudential's desk — a money-market alternative that has out-yielded cash since 2018 with barely a wiggle in price.
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Schwab US Large-Cap Value ETF · Schwab
~500 mature, reasonably priced US large caps — banks, healthcare, energy, staples — for 0.04%. The whole value cohort in one cheap fund.
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Schwab US Mid-Cap ETF · Schwab
America's mid-cap segment complete — ~500 companies between small-cap risk and large-cap saturation, up +31% on the year, for 0.04%.
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SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF · State Street SPDR
The original junk-bond ticker — ~1,100 high-yield corporates paying 6.6% monthly. A carry trade, not ballast: know which one you're buying.
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Schwab US TIPS ETF · Schwab
The whole TIPS market for 0.03% — Treasury bonds whose principal rises with CPI. Inflation insurance you're finally paid to hold.
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First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF · First Trust
The largest cybersecurity pure-play — CrowdStrike, Palo Alto and ~35 others in the arms race AI just escalated. Up +36% over the trailing year.
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Global X US Infrastructure Development ETF · Global X
The companies that build America — concrete, cranes, rail and grid — riding reshoring, electrification and the data-centre construction boom.
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Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF · Avantis
All of emerging markets — China included — with Avantis's value-and-profitability tilts. The fastest-growing EM fund in the business.
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iShares MSCI International Quality Factor ETF · iShares
Developed-market companies screened for clean balance sheets and stable earnings — the quality factor applied where it matters most: abroad.
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Dimensional International Value ETF · Dimensional
Deep developed-market value — Japanese trading houses, European banks and energy majors. One of the best-performing broad funds of the international revival.
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iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF · iShares
10-to-20-year Treasuries — the calibrated long-duration trade: real rate-cut upside without TLT's whiplash, paying 4.4% monthly while you wait.
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Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF · Vanguard
~1,300 of the highest-yielding stocks outside America, paying near 5% — the income the US market no longer offers, plus a dollar hedge.
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Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF · Vanguard
The Russell 2000 at 0.06% — the benchmark small-cap index for a third of IWM's fee. Up +34% as the small-cap catch-up trade arrived.
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Schwab US Aggregate Bond ETF · Schwab
The whole US investment-grade bond market — Treasuries, mortgages, corporates — for 0.03% with monthly payouts. The 60/40's backbone done right.
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SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR
4,500 investment-grade corporates in the 1-10 year sweet spot — most of the yield, a fraction of the duration risk, for 0.04% monthly.
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iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF · iShares
Treasury floating rate notes with weekly resets — iShares' cash workhorse. T-bill yield, monthly payouts, zero credit risk.
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SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF · State Street SPDR
~3,000 emerging-market stocks for 0.07% — the price-war winner among broad EM funds, up +33% in the EM revival year.
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GSG
Materials & Resources
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust · iShares
Broad commodity futures — energy, metals, grains and livestock via the S&P GSCI. The classic inflation hedge, up +53% over the trailing year.
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Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF · Invesco
The 100 calmest stocks in the S&P 500, rebalanced quarterly and paying monthly — the flagship of the low-volatility anomaly. Built for the crash you can't time.
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Avantis US Equity ETF · Avantis
The whole US market with Avantis's light value-and-profitability tilts — the easy VTI swap for evidence-based investors.
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Vanguard ESG US Stock ETF · Vanguard
The broad US market minus fossil fuels, weapons and tobacco — exclusion-based ESG at Vanguard pricing, tracking the total market closely.
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Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF · Invesco
The S&P 500's 100 strongest performers, volatility-adjusted — momentum as a systematic strategy, and one of the decade's great factor-fund runs.
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Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF · Invesco
Only the 50 biggest US companies — the purest mega-cap concentration play on the market, beating the S&P 500 throughout the scale era.
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Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF · Fidelity
The actual Nasdaq Composite — 1,000+ stocks, not just the top 100. The exchange's full innovation spectrum, up +44% over the trailing year.
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SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF · State Street SPDR
The value half of the S&P 500 for 0.04% — the standard large-cap value benchmark with 25 years of live history.
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SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF · State Street SPDR
The S&P 600 — small caps that must be profitable to make the index — for 0.03%. The quality small-cap benchmark at the lowest fee anywhere.
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SPDR S&P Biotech ETF · State Street SPDR
Equal-weighted biotech — the clinical-stage names count as much as the giants, so every takeout lands hard. Up +82% in the sector's comeback year.
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Vanguard Energy ETF · Vanguard
The entire US energy complex — majors to small-cap shale — for 0.09%, yielding 3.4%. The inflation hedge that pays you quarterly.
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Alerian MLP ETF · ALPS
America's oil-and-gas toll roads — midstream MLPs paying 7%+ quarterly, with the K-1 tax mess converted to a single 1099.
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iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF · iShares
The whole taxable bond market — the Agg plus the high-yield slice it ignores — in ~18,000 bonds for 0.06%, paying monthly.
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Schwab Short-Term US Treasury ETF · Schwab
1-3 year Treasuries for 0.03% — cash-plus yield with a little rate-cut upside, paid monthly. The step-out-of-cash trade made simple.
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iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF · iShares
Investment-grade floating-rate notes — near-zero duration plus a bank-credit spread over Treasury floaters. The yield upgrade for cash sleeves.
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PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ETF · PIMCO
PIMCO's original cash-plus ETF — active short-duration credit that has cleared money-market returns for fifteen years, paid monthly.
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iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF · iShares
Sector-neutral deep value — the cheapest US large caps in every sector. Just delivered +75%, roughly triple the S&P 500, in value's comeback year.
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Dimensional US High Profitability ETF · Dimensional
The profitability premium, isolated — America's most profitable large caps in Dimensional's tax-aware wrapper.
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Schwab Fundamental US Small Company ETF · Schwab
Small caps weighted by sales, cash flow and dividends — fundamental indexing where it adds most. Up +35% as small-cap value led the segment.
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Avantis International Equity ETF · Avantis
The developed world outside the US with Avantis's value-and-profitability tilts — the evidence-based international core.
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iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares
MSCI EAFE with the currency risk hedged out — European and Japanese stocks on their merits, without betting against the dollar.
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Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF · Dimensional
Five thousand EM stocks with Dimensional's small-cheap-profitable tilts — factor discipline in the world's noisiest markets.
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Capital Group Global Growth Equity ETF · Capital Group
~90 high-conviction growth companies from anywhere on earth — Capital Group's multi-manager judgment in one global fund.
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JPMorgan BetaBuilders Canada ETF · JPMorgan
Canada's banks, energy, railways and gold miners at 0.19% — the commodity-and-dividends market US portfolios quietly lack.
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Invesco Senior Loan ETF · Invesco
The 100 biggest leveraged loans — junk-level yield, floating coupons, first claim on assets. 7%+ monthly while the economy holds.
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Janus Henderson Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF · Janus Henderson
Government-guaranteed mortgage bonds with an active desk working the prepayment puzzle — 5.1% monthly, beating the passive index since 2018.
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First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF · First Trust
Rising dividends applied to small and mid caps — RDVY's quality screen below the large-cap line, equal-weighted across ~100 names.
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Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF · Vanguard
Non-US companies with 7+ years of dividend growth — VIG's quality-compounder philosophy applied abroad, for 0.07%.
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Schwab US REIT ETF · Schwab
~120 US REITs — warehouses, cell towers, data centres — for 0.07%. The property slice most portfolios lack, turning with the rate cycle.
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Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF · Vanguard
Food, drinks and household brands people buy in any economy — the recession-resistant sector at Vanguard pricing.
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Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF · Global X
Owns the Nasdaq-100, sells the upside every month, pays 11%+ — the definitive covered-call income machine, with the ceiling that implies.
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Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF · Vanguard
Long Treasuries at 0.03% — maximum duration, 4.9% yield, and 20%+ upside if recession breaks the rate cycle. Crisis insurance you're finally paid to hold.
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SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF · State Street SPDR
1-3 year Treasuries at 0.03% with monthly payouts — the commodity segment of the bond market, bought at commodity prices.
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SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF · State Street SPDR
3-10 year Treasuries for 0.03% — the curve's workhorse middle: real rate-cut upside without long-bond whiplash.
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First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund · First Trust
The pure internet economy since 2006 — Amazon, Meta, Netflix, Palantir and ~40 other platform businesses, no hardware attached.
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iShares Global Tech ETF · iShares
The whole global tech stack — Silicon Valley plus TSMC, ASML and Tokyo Electron — in one fund. Up +46% riding the borderless AI supply chain.
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iShares Global Infrastructure ETF · iShares
Toll roads, airports, grids and pipelines worldwide — monopoly cash flows with a 3% yield. The pension-fund asset class in one ticker.
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Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · DWS Xtrackers
The original currency-hedged EAFE fund — European and Japanese stocks with the euro, yen and pound removed from the equation.
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Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF · Schwab
Emerging markets weighted by sales, cash flow and dividends — the RAFI discipline where prices mislead most, yielding 3.5%.
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JPMorgan BetaBuilders International Equity ETF · JPMorgan
Developed markets ex-North America for 0.07% — the BetaBuilders price-fighter aimed straight at EFA, with quarterly payouts.
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Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF · Vanguard
Long Treasuries plus long blue-chip corporates — 3,000 bonds yielding 5%+ monthly. The diversified version of the long-duration trade.
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Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF · Vanguard
5,000+ government-guaranteed mortgage pools at 0.03% — Treasury-plus yield with prepayment risk instead of credit risk, paid monthly.
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SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF · State Street SPDR
The S&P 500's 80 biggest yields, equal-weighted, paying 4%+ — maximum large-cap income, no apologies for the value tilt.
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PSLV
Gold, Silver & Miners
Sprott Physical Silver Trust · Sprott
215 million ounces of allocated silver in Canadian Mint vaults — the purist's silver play, up +50% in the metal's breakout year.
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Vanguard Industrials ETF · Vanguard
America's full industrial complex — defence, grid, aerospace, rail — down to the mid-caps the big sector funds cap out.
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Vanguard Utilities ETF · Vanguard
75 regulated utilities meeting the AI power boom — the century-old bond proxy that just became a growth story, yielding 2.8%.
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Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · DWS Xtrackers
1,200+ junk bonds for 0.05% — a tenth of the incumbents' fees, which lands straight in your monthly 6.6% yield.
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iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF · iShares
~3,000 short munis paying 2.6% federal-tax-free — over 4% pre-tax equivalent for top brackets. The high earner's cash park.
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T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Equity ETF · T. Rowe Price
David Giroux's stock picks — the 15-straight-years manager — finally in an ETF. GARP quality at 0.31%.
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iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF · iShares
Profitable small caps sorted for value — the S&P 600's earnings filter plus a value screen, running since 2000.
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Invesco S&P MidCap Quality ETF · Invesco
The 80 strongest balance sheets in the S&P MidCap 400 — quality screening where it works hardest, in the market's middle tier.
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FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF · First Trust
Twelve laddered buffer funds — S&P 500 exposure that absorbs the first ~10% of losses, for investors who'd otherwise hide in cash.
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JPMorgan US Quality Factor ETF · JPMorgan
Quality factor at 0.12% — profitable, low-leverage US companies in a broader basket than SPHQ, for half the price.
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iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF · iShares
Tech as investors actually mean it — chips, software, plus Meta, Alphabet and Amazon that GICS exiles from XLK. Up +33%.
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Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF · Capital Group
~85 high-conviction international franchises, actively managed — Capital Group's case that stock-picking still wins abroad. Up +30%.
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SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF · State Street SPDR
Blackstone's credit desk picking leveraged loans — active borrower selection over the index, paying 7%+ monthly.
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iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · iShares
Junk bonds within five years of maturity — nearly full high-yield income, half the rate risk. 7% paid monthly.
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US Treasury 3 Month Bill ETF · F/m Investments
The current 3-month T-bill, rolled forever — cash yield in its purest single-ticker form, paid monthly.
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Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF · Goldman Sachs
The Treasury curve's first year — bills and short notes in Goldman's institutional cash sleeve, paid monthly.
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iShares Ultra Short-Term Bond Active ETF · iShares
BlackRock's active cash-plus desk for 0.08% — the fee-optimised pick among ultra-short bond funds, paid monthly.
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First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF · First Trust
First Trust's conservative cash-plus book — 700+ short instruments run for NAV stability since 2014, paid monthly.
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Fidelity High Dividend ETF · Fidelity
High dividends without exiling tech — Nvidia and Apple beside the classic payers. The dividend fund that kept the decade's winners.
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GUNR
Materials & Resources
FlexShares Global Upstream Natural Resources ETF · FlexShares
The start of every supply chain — global energy, mining, agriculture, timber and water producers in one resource ticket. Up +34%.
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PIMCO Active Bond ETF · PIMCO
PIMCO's flagship active bond desk — the Total Return franchise in an ETF, steering mortgages, credit and curve for a 5.3% payout.
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Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF · Dimensional
Cheap large caps with a profitability screen — Dimensional's value discipline that just delivered +30% in value's comeback year.
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Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF · Invesco
The rearmament trade complete — defence primes plus Palantir-era defence tech, riding NATO's spending super-cycle.
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iShares US Real Estate ETF · iShares
The sector's oldest and most liquid real-estate ETF — REITs plus services, the traders' venue for property views since 2000.
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Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF · Vanguard
The consumer's mood ring — Amazon, Tesla and 285 other names that run first when rate cuts refill wallets.
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Vanguard Communication Services ETF · Vanguard
Alphabet, Meta and the attention economy, with telecom utilities as ballast — the sector XLK leaves out.
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PDBC
Materials & Resources
Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy ETF · Invesco
Broad commodities without the K-1 or the roll bleed — the practical inflation hedge, up +54% in the commodity supercycle year.
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iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF · iShares
Short TIPS — the inflation hedge that tracks CPI itself, not rate expectations. Paying 5%+ while inflation runs hot.
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iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF · iShares
Best-in-class ESG since 2005 — the highest-rated companies per industry, optimised to track the market, not lecture it.
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Invesco Russell 1000 Dynamic Multifactor ETF · Invesco
Factor rotation steered by the economic cycle — value in recoveries, quality in slowdowns, re-read monthly from macro data.
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iShares US Medical Devices ETF · iShares
Surgical robots, implants and diagnostics at decade-low relative valuations — the quality healthcare niche in a contrarian drawdown.
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iShares Global Healthcare ETF · iShares
Both halves of the obesity-drug duopoly plus Europe's pharma giants — global healthcare in one fund, up +16%.
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ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF · ARK Invest
Cathie Wood's spot bitcoin fund — one asset, cold storage, 0.21%. Down on the year, but catching 2026's biggest inflow days.
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iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares
The calmest portfolio the EAFE market can build — min-vol engineering abroad, where it works best. 3% yield, smaller drawdowns.
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WisdomTree India Earnings Fund · WisdomTree
India weighted by earnings, not hype — 580 profitable companies for the believers buying the structural story's cyclical dip.
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First Trust Preferred Securities & Income ETF · First Trust
The specialist's preferred fund — active credit selection across retail and institutional preferreds, paying 6% monthly.
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NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF · NEOS
The tax-optimised covered call — S&P 500 stocks plus index spreads paying ~12% monthly, engineered for taxable accounts.
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Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust · Grayscale
Spot bitcoin at 0.15% — the category's lowest fee wearing the ticker BTC itself. Grayscale's low-cost redemption arc.
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iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF · iShares
EAFE with an ESG tilt that still hugs the benchmark — the default international sleeve for values-mandated portfolios.
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Fidelity Blue Chip Growth ETF · Fidelity
Fidelity's flagship growth desk in an ETF — decades of benchmark-beating blue-chip growth picks, semi-transparent wrapper.
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iShares Global REIT ETF · iShares
~350 REITs across every major property market on earth — global bricks for 0.14%, yielding 3.6% quarterly.
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SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF · State Street SPDR
Junk yield without the duration — high-yield bonds inside five years, 7% monthly, rate drama not included.
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SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF · State Street SPDR
The drillers, equal-weighted — crude's moves amplified through mid-cap shale. Up +46% with oil above $100.
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Bitwise Bitcoin ETF · Bitwise
The crypto-native's bitcoin fund — published wallet addresses, profits pledged to Bitcoin development, cold storage at 0.20%.
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SGOL
Gold, Silver & Miners
abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF · abrdn
Allocated gold in Swiss vaults at 0.17% — GLD's metal at half the fee, with published bar lists and Zurich custody.
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Avantis US Large Cap Value ETF · Avantis
Cheap cash flows with high profitability — Avantis's large-value screen that caught the rotation. +29% and $22B strong.
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First Trust Cloud Computing ETF · First Trust
The AI era's landlords — hyperscalers, storage and SaaS in the original cloud ETF, reborn as an infrastructure growth story.
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First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF · First Trust
American factories and the contractors building them — the reshoring pure-play that called the boom a decade early.
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iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares
The whole world, minus the turbulence — global min-vol that keeps most of the return with two-thirds of the drawdowns.
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iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF · iShares
Emerging markets with the crashes sanded down — min-vol engineering where it earns its keep most. +19% of the EM revival, less chop.
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iShares California Muni Bond ETF · iShares
California munis exempt from federal AND state tax — worth 6%+ pre-tax to top-bracket Californians. Paid monthly.
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Invesco Preferred ETF · Invesco
Fixed-rate preferreds paying 6.6% monthly — the duration-heavy preferred fund that rallies hardest when long rates finally break.
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SPDR Bloomberg Convertible Securities ETF · State Street SPDR
Bonds that turn into stocks when things go right — convertible debt from the growth-tech issuer class, monthly income included.
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Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF · Vanguard
Zero-coupon STRIPS with ~24-year duration — the maximum-strength rates lever. One point of yield moves it ~24%.
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NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · NEOS
The Nasdaq-100 paying ~14% monthly through tax-aware call spreads — the income machine that improved on the covered-call originals.
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Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF · Amplify
Blue-chip dividends plus covered calls written only when they pay — the craftsman's income fund, 6%+ monthly.
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WisdomTree US LargeCap Dividend Fund · WisdomTree
Large caps weighted by dividend dollars paid — WisdomTree's founding idea, twenty years of balanced income without the yield traps.
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WisdomTree US MidCap Dividend Fund · WisdomTree
Mid-caps that actually pay — dividend-weighted since 2006, the income discipline where a payout means the most.
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Defiance Quantum ETF · Defiance
The quantum-computing basket — pure-play qubit labs plus the enabling chipmakers, equal-weighted. Up +47% as the field went mainstream.
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Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF · Grayscale
The original institutional ether vehicle since 2017 — spot ETH with history, momentum, and the category's heaviest fee.
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Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF · Fidelity
All of US healthcare for 0.08% — cheaper than XLV with the mid-caps included, riding the sector's +26% rehabilitation.
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Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF · Invesco
The S&P 500's fattest yields filtered for calm — 50 low-vol payers delivering 4.9% monthly without the yield traps.
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SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF · State Street SPDR
Long Treasuries at the 0.03% fee floor — the cheapest ticket into maximum-quality duration, paying 4.4% monthly.
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VanEck High Yield Muni ETF · VanEck
~2,000 high-yield munis paying 4.5% federal-tax-free — 7%+ pre-tax equivalent for top brackets, monthly.
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Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF · Vanguard
EM governments' dollar debt — sovereign spread without currency risk, 6% monthly at Vanguard pricing.
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VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF · VanEck
EM bonds in their own currencies — the market's fattest sovereign carry plus a deliberate short-dollar position. 6.3% monthly.
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iShares US Healthcare ETF · iShares
US healthcare with 25 years of receipts — the veteran large-cap sector fund through every patent cliff and policy scare.
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Invesco KBW Bank ETF · Invesco
America's 24 biggest banks, undiluted — the pure margin-cycle bet that XLF waters down. Up +20% on fat lending spreads.
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Vanguard Materials ETF · Vanguard
The economy's ingredients — chemicals, miners, aggregates and packaging down to the mid-caps, for 0.09%.
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iShares Global Clean Energy ETF · iShares
Clean energy's flagship, rescued by AI's power hunger — solar, wind and renewables rerating off washed-out lows.
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Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF · Global X
The S&P 500's upside sold monthly for a ~10% payout — the textbook BuyWrite on the market's steadiest index.
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Schwab Intermediate-Term US Treasury ETF · Schwab
3-10 year Treasuries at the 0.03% floor — the curve's workhorse middle in Schwab's wrapper, paid monthly.
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VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF · VanEck
Bonds born investment-grade, dumped to junk by forced sellers — high yield's best-documented structural edge, 6.7% monthly.
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WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund · WisdomTree
Japanese exporters with the yen hedged out — the double-engine Japan trade, up +40% as the yen slides to 157.
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Innovator US Equity Power Buffer ETF January · Innovator
The S&P 500 with the first 15% of losses absorbed each January-to-January year — engineered calm for sequence-scared money.
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Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF · Roundhill
Exactly seven stocks — the Magnificent Seven equal-weighted, nothing else. Maximum concentration, honestly labelled.
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iShares Core US REIT ETF · iShares
Pure rent collectors — US equity REITs only, no mortgage vehicles, at 0.08%. The clean property core.
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iShares US Home Construction ETF · iShares
America's homebuilders — the purest mortgage-rate trade, crushed 20% by 5% yields while the housing shortage waits underneath.
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SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF · State Street SPDR
Steel, copper, gold and coal miners equal-weighted — the commodity supercycle's operating leverage in US equities.
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Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF · Global X
The pipeline boom without the tax leak — midstream C-corps plus capped MLPs, out-earning AMLP on total return.
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First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund · First Trust
Pipes and power, actively blended — the whole energy-infrastructure chain feeding AI's electron hunger.
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BlackRock AAA CLO ETF · iShares
AAA CLO tranches — the institutional secret with a zero-default class record, floating near 5% monthly, now at 0.20%.
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Invesco Semiconductors ETF · Invesco
The quant-screened chip fund — 33 semis picked on fundamentals and momentum, up +125% in a year as the AI trade broadened past the mega-caps.
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SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETF · State Street
A thousand short munis paying 2.7% federal-tax-free — the high earner's cash alternative, built to shrug off rate shocks.
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Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF · Invesco
Seven thousand long munis, 3.9% federal-tax-free and AMT-proof — maximum tax-free yield for investors who can ride the duration.
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SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF · State Street
Gundlach's DoubleLine running a mortgage-heavy active bond book — 5.6% paid monthly, with the duration calls made for you.
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iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF · BlackRock
BlackRock's active cash-plus book — 4.5% monthly from short bonds that stayed positive even through 2022's rout.
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iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF · BlackRock
Nine disruption themes, 232 stocks, one fund — Morningstar-curated innovation that returned +25% without single-theme concentration risk.
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Fidelity Ethereum Fund ETF · Fidelity
Spot ether with Fidelity's own custody — the smart-contract bet in a brokerage wrapper, trading a third below its highs.
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GNR
Materials & Resources
SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF · State Street
Energy, mining and agriculture producers in equal thirds — the whole commodity supercycle in one fund, up +29% with a 2.5% yield.
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SPDR S&P Bank ETF · State Street
109 banks equal-weighted so the regionals count — the pure banking-cycle trade, paying 2.3% while spreads stay wide.
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Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF · Global X
Fanuc's robot arms, Intuitive's surgical systems, NVIDIA's chips — the hardware that acts on AI, bought before the capex wave.
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iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · BlackRock
3,800 long blue-chip bonds yielding 5.8% at a 0.04% fee — the deep-duration credit trade for investors calling the rate peak.
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SPDR Nuveen ICE Municipal Bond ETF · State Street
The core muni holding — 2,000 tax-free bonds across the curve paying 3.6%, between the short fund's caution and the long fund's risk.
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iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF · BlackRock
Emerging markets with an ESG tilt that didn't cost returns — +29% on the back of Taiwan and Korea's chip complex.
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iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF · BlackRock
An entire 80/20 global portfolio in one ticker, auto-rebalanced for 0.15% — set it, forget it, and it returned +15% anyway.
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First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Fund · First Trust
Eaton, Quanta, Schneider — the companies rebuilding the grid that AI and EVs demand. A $12B fund riding a decade of power capex.
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Janus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETF · Janus Henderson
CLO mezzanine debt paying 6.3% floating — income that rises with rates, from the desk that brought CLOs to the ETF wrapper.
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WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund · WisdomTree
A thousand EM small caps weighted by the dividends they pay — 3.8% yield from the corners of the market the big funds skip.
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Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF · Goldman Sachs
Goldman's smarter covered-call — ~10% income from the Nasdaq-100 while keeping enough upside to return +24% in a bull year.
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VanEck Oil Services ETF · VanEck
SLB, Halliburton and the drilling complex — +47% as $90 crude reopened the world's rig budgets. The oil cycle's high-beta play.
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Invesco Solar ETF · Invesco
The solar complex at a fraction of its 2021 price — First Solar, Enphase and the panel chain, for buyers of the unloved transition.
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iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF · BlackRock
Bonds dumped on downgrade day, bought at the discount — the fallen-angel anomaly paying 6.7% from former investment-grade names.
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iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF · BlackRock
The 60/40 portfolio as one ticker — globally diversified, auto-rebalanced, 0.15%. The allocation decision you make exactly once.
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Innovator U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETF - July · Innovator
The S&P 500 with its first 15% of losses absorbed — defined-outcome investing for people who'd otherwise never leave cash.
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SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF · State Street
Builders, suppliers and home retailers — down 12% under 7% mortgages, which is exactly when the housing-shortage trade gets loaded.
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Invesco Water Resources ETF · Invesco
The water scarcity trade through quality compounders — Ecolab, Xylem, American Water — in a rare down-year entry window.
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iShares U.S. Insurance ETF · BlackRock
Progressive, Chubb and the underwriting complex — insurers investing their float at 5% instead of 1%, still priced as boring.
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VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF · VanEck
The intermediate muni sweet spot — 3.1% tax-free at a 0.18% fee, most of the curve's yield with half its drama.
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iShares Convertible Bond ETF · BlackRock
Bonds that become stocks when things go right — +14.5% riding the growth rally with a debt floor underneath.
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PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon US Treasury ETF · PIMCO
Pure duration, no apologies — zero-coupon STRIPS that turn every basis point of falling yields into the market's biggest bond rally.
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VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF · VanEck
IG floaters whose coupons reset with the Fed — 4.6% income, no duration, no drama, for 0.14%.
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PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active ETF · PIMCO
PIMCO's active muni desk — 3.4% tax-free with the credit work done for you, beating the index funds at their own game.
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Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF · Goldman Sachs
The S&P 500 paying 8.2% through Goldman's partial call-writing — income plus a +15% year, the combo old overwrite funds can't match.
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SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF · State Street
500 frontier stocks picked by S&P's AI across space, robotics and genomics — the innovation bet without the star-manager risk, at 0.20%.
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Amplify Cybersecurity ETF · Amplify
CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, Cloudflare — the industry every breach advertises for, up +41% as AI escalates the arms race.
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VanEck Bitcoin ETF · VanEck
Spot bitcoin from the first firm that ever filed for it — the ticker says the strategy, and the drawdown is the entry.
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URNJ
Materials & Resources
Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF · Sprott
48 junior uranium miners from the physical-trust specialists — the call option on the nuclear renaissance, bought in a down year.
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FTGC
Materials & Resources
First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund · First Trust
Active commodities without the K-1 — +45% as the managers leaned into the supercycle's winners instead of fixed index weights.
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DBC
Materials & Resources
Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund · Invesco
Fourteen commodity futures, rolled intelligently since 2006 — the classic inflation hedge, up +50% in the supercycle year.
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iShares Core 40/60 Moderate Allocation ETF · BlackRock
40% stocks, 60% bonds, zero maintenance — the defensive one-ticker portfolio earning real yield again at 0.15%.
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First Trust Water ETF · First Trust
The water fund that revenue-screens its 39 names — scarcity-theme compounders in a rare drawdown entry.
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iShares U.S. Energy ETF · BlackRock
Exxon to the pipelines, 44 names deep — the US energy complex returning cash hand over fist, up +37% on $90 crude.
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Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · Global X
The $10B diversified AI fund — 95 names capped at ~3% so the next NVIDIA counts as much as the current one. Up +33%.
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LIT
Materials & Resources
Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF · Global X
Miners to battery giants — the whole lithium chain recovering off the bust, up +21% as EV demand outran the glut.
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iShares MSCI India Small-Cap ETF · BlackRock
460 Indian small caps — the domestic boom below the Sensex's radar, consolidating after its historic run.
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COPX
Materials & Resources
Global X Copper Miners ETF · Global X
45 copper miners levered to electrification's favorite metal — +46% as the decade-long supply deficit met AI power demand.
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United States Oil Fund LP · USCF
The barrel itself — front-month WTI futures that doubled in a year while producer stocks merely rallied.
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Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF · Invesco
A hundred EM governments' dollar bonds, equal-weighted — 6.1% yield without any single sovereign owning your outcome.
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WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund · WisdomTree
EM's dividend payers, weighted by the cash they actually pay — +25% plus a 4% yield from the world's cheapest market.
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Materials & Resources
VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF · VanEck
Utilities, miners and next-gen reactor startups — the nuclear answer to AI's power problem, reset 23% off its highs.
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Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - April · Innovator
The S&P 500 with its first 9% of losses absorbed — +18% proves the cushion doesn't have to cost the rally.
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Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF · Global X
Digital Realty, Equinix and the compute landlords — +32% as AI demand filled every rack they could build.
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