Ranked by quarterly returns
| Name/ticker |
3-month return |
1-year return |
Net assets ($M) |
Expense ratio* |
3-month average daily volume |
| Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI500 China A-Shares SC ETF (ASHS ) |
26.07% |
N/A |
$11.7 |
0.82% |
11,200 |
| iShares MSCI Qatar Capped ETF (QAT ) |
19.02% |
N/A |
$36.5 |
0.61% |
26,462 |
| iShares MSCI UAE Capped ETF (UAE ) |
18.07% |
N/A |
$59.3 |
0.61% |
51,706 |
| KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (KBA ) |
16.55% |
N/A |
$3.5 |
0.85% |
1,450 |
| Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (PEK ) |
15.30% |
2.66% |
$29.3 |
0.72% |
10,752 |
| Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shs ETF (ASHR ) |
15.19% |
N/A |
$510.7 |
0.82% |
418,582 |
| WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund (GULF ) |
12.69% |
35.49% |
$57.7 |
0.88% |
3,029 |
| Market Vectors Gulf States Index ETF (MES ) |
12.40% |
35.11% |
$27.2 |
0.98% |
17,824 |
| First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund (FBT ) |
11.39% |
41.65% |
$1,549.8 |
0.60% |
116,617 |
| EGShares India Consumer ETF (INCO ) |
11.11% |
48.72% |
$9.2 |
0.89% |
1,200 |
| Market Vectors Biotech ETF (BBH ) |
10.95% |
27.93% |
$539.4 |
0.35% |
81,311 |
| ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY ) |
9.55% |
-47.35% |
$137.9 |
0.83% |
209,229 |
| Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (EGPT ) |
9.15% |
54.60% |
$97.7 |
0.98% |
4,173 |
| Deutsche X-trackers Harvest MSCI All China Equity ETF (CN ) |
8.92% |
N/A |
$5.7 |
0.71% |
2,133 |
| WisdomTree Japan Hedged Capital Goods Fund (DXJC ) |
8.46% |
N/A |
$2.8 |
0.43% |
7,262 |
| WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care Fund (DXJH ) |
8.45% |
N/A |
$1.4 |
0.43% |
691 |
| iShares MSCI Thailand Capped ETF (THD ) |
8.29% |
14.23% |
$565.4 |
0.61% |
221,276 |
| WisdomTree Japan Hedged Tech, Media and Telecom Fund (DXJT ) |
7.21% |
N/A |
$2.7 |
0.43% |
1,054 |
| Market Vectors Indonesia Small-Cap ETF (IDXJ ) |
6.88% |
13.75% |
$7.8 |
0.61% |
11,919 |
| PowerShares China A-Share Portfolio (CHNA ) |
6.77% |
N/A |
$2.4 |
0.51% |
1,489 |
| Market Vectors Vietnam ETF (VNM ) |
6.57% |
24.78% |
$601.5 |
0.72% |
279,240 |
| Global X China Industrials ETF (CHII ) |
6.52% |
8.61% |
$3.1 |
0.65% |
1,012 |
| iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB ) |
6.45% |
30.62% |
$5,424.3 |
0.48% |
1,141,539 |
| WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ ) |
5.90% |
13.06% |
$10,863.4 |
0.48% |
3,700,790 |
| PowerShares Dynamic BioTech & Genome Portfolio (PBE ) |
5.68% |
32.71% |
$395.0 |
0.59% |
48,093 |
| iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF (HEWJ ) |
5.62% |
N/A |
$43.3 |
0.48% |
46,822 |
| Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF (DBJP ) |
5.51% |
11.46% |
$568.3 |
0.45% |
16,233 |
| PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ ) |
5.46% |
27.19% |
$42,596.1 |
0.20% |
32,033,946 |
| Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV ) |
5.42% |
28.22% |
$11,126.8 |
0.16% |
6,285,639 |
| PowerShares KBW Capital Markets Portfolio (KBWC ) |
5.29% |
23.18% |
$5.1 |
0.35% |
1,258 |
| iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF (FM ) |
5.27% |
26.06% |
$810.5 |
0.79% |
291,071 |
| iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF (IYH ) |
4.99% |
26.99% |
$2,658.2 |
0.45% |
342,821 |
| Market Vectors Retail ETF (RTH ) |
4.98% |
13.66% |
$66.7 |
0.35% |
15,964 |
| Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF (VHT ) |
4.82% |
26.96% |
$3,453.1 |
0.14% |
173,919 |
| First Trust Health Care Alphadex Fund (FXH ) |
4.76% |
28.86% |
$2,404.8 |
0.70% |
296,780 |
| Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF (FHLC ) |
4.73% |
N/A |
$237.2 |
0.12% |
114,483 |
| Guggenheim Invest S&P 500 Equal Wght Health Care ETF (RYH ) |
4.52% |
28.58% |
$335.1 |
0.40% |
34,767 |
| Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK ) |
4.44% |
26.76% |
$13,858.4 |
0.16% |
6,880,651 |
| PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (PJP ) |
4.36% |
38.86% |
$1,262.9 |
0.58% |
112,162 |
| iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers ETF (IAI ) |
4.35% |
21.68% |
$239.4 |
0.45% |
54,117 |
Largest inflows
| Name/ticker |
3-month estimated net flows ($M) |
3-month return |
1-year return |
Net assets ($M) |
Expense ratio* |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) |
$10,870.9 |
1.10% |
19.56% |
$180,378.1 |
0.10% |
| iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) |
$2,724.7 |
1.12% |
19.66% |
$61,119.0 |
0.07% |
| Vanguard 500 Index Fund ETF (VOO) |
$2,212.4 |
1.12% |
19.69% |
$21,814.2 |
0.05% |
| Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Fund ETF (VWO) |
$2,135.4 |
-2.43% |
6.12% |
$46,906.6 |
0.15% |
| Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) |
$1,649.7 |
0.24% |
11.58% |
$6,712.8 |
0.16% |
| iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA) |
$1,274.3 |
-5.93% |
4.08% |
$53,613.3 |
0.34% |
| iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF (EWH) |
$1,222.3 |
-2.73% |
4.95% |
$3,009.8 |
0.51% |
| Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF (VTI) |
$1,165.5 |
-0.02% |
17.75% |
$45,764.0 |
0.05% |
| iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) |
$1,081.1 |
-3.30% |
4.67% |
$5,706.1 |
0.18% |
| WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ) |
$1,079.2 |
-0.67% |
11.10% |
$2,932.6 |
0.58% |
| Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) |
$1,015.2 |
-6.05% |
3.88% |
$23,071.6 |
0.09% |
| iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) |
$958.1 |
-3.69% |
3.71% |
$39,252.8 |
0.67% |
| iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (EWZ) |
$909.5 |
-9.07% |
-5.79% |
$5,099.4 |
0.61% |
| Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF (VTV) |
$827.5 |
0.81% |
19.10% |
$15,471.2 |
0.09% |
| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) |
$826.7 |
1.71% |
16.26% |
$7,575.8 |
0.16% |
| iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (IJH) |
$748.8 |
-4.06% |
11.68% |
$23,367.6 |
0.14% |
| iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF (IWF) |
$746.3 |
1.44% |
18.90% |
$24,930.4 |
0.20% |
| Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Index Fund ETF (VNQI) |
$703.9 |
-4.77% |
1.01% |
$2,099.1 |
0.32% |
| iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) |
$673.7 |
-2.26% |
11.83% |
$6,421.8 |
0.34% |
| iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) |
$665.2 |
2.18% |
4.29% |
$5,505.0 |
0.73% |
Largest outflows
| Name/ticker |
3-month estimated net flows ($M) |
3-month return |
1-year return |
Net assets ($M) |
Expense ratio* |
| PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ) |
-$3,567.9 |
5.46% |
27.19% |
$42,596.1 |
0.20% |
| Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK) |
-$2,056.9 |
-7.31% |
5.80% |
$14,084.2 |
0.12% |
| iShares MSCI EMU ETF (EZU) |
-$1,962.1 |
-8.76% |
4.89% |
$8,485.3 |
0.50% |
| Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) |
-$1,718.6 |
-1.26% |
16.70% |
$8,692.5 |
0.16% |
| Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) |
-$1,368.2 |
-9.06% |
11.40% |
$10,242.1 |
0.16% |
| Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) |
-$1,337.3 |
-4.04% |
16.86% |
$5,487.2 |
0.16% |
| SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF (MDY) |
-$1,029.2 |
-4.05% |
11.46% |
$14,017.1 |
0.25% |
| iShares U.S. Energy ETF (IYE) |
-$932.0 |
-8.78% |
11.40% |
$1,190.7 |
0.45% |
| SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) |
-$795.0 |
-7.59% |
-8.66% |
$30,096.9 |
0.40% |
| Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO) |
-$781.0 |
-4.00% |
5.29% |
$1,576.1 |
0.55% |
| iShares U.S. Utilities ETF (IDU) |
-$550.7 |
-4.74% |
15.69% |
$652.5 |
0.45% |
| WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund (DFE) |
-$527.4 |
-11.99% |
7.51% |
$1,009.1 |
0.58% |
| SPDR Russell 3000 ETF (THRK) |
-$413.9 |
0.02% |
17.68% |
$198.6 |
0.10% |
| iShares S&P 100 ETF (OEF) |
-$403.5 |
2.33% |
20.18% |
$4,493.0 |
0.20% |
| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB) |
-$400.8 |
0.30% |
20.37% |
$5,107.9 |
0.16% |
| Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) |
-$377.3 |
2.32% |
18.31% |
$18,665.2 |
0.16% |
| iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR) |
-$327.7 |
-6.74% |
5.70% |
$12,716.3 |
0.14% |
| First Trust Utilities Alphadex Fund (FXU) |
-$323.6 |
-4.31% |
16.43% |
$204.6 |
0.70% |
| SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF (FEZ) |
-$319.1 |
-7.57% |
7.18% |
$4,977.4 |
0.29% |
| WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (DEM) |
-$293.9 |
-5.54% |
-3.13% |
$3,437.1 |
0.63% |
One-year anniversary equity ETFs ranked by average daily trading volume
| Name/ticker |
3-month average daily volume |
3-month return |
1-year return |
Net assets ($M) |
Expense ratio* |
| KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) |
93,340 |
-6.33% |
16.09% |
$114.3 |
0.68% |
| Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (MLPX) |
60,962 |
0.83% |
35.57% |
$183.0 |
0.45% |
| iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) |
44,086 |
2.57% |
18.74% |
$562.0 |
0.15% |
| Schwab Fundamental US Large Company Index ETF (FNDX) |
43,582 |
0.32% |
18.80% |
$176.4 |
0.32% |
| Schwab Fundamental US Broad Market Index ETF (FNDB) |
36,757 |
-0.25% |
18.03% |
$139.6 |
0.32% |
| Schwab Fundamental Intl Large Company Index ETF (FNDF) |
30,798 |
-6.76% |
6.31% |
$137.7 |
0.32% |
| Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ETF (FNDA) |
27,738 |
-6.26% |
9.96% |
$93.9 |
0.32% |
| SPDR Russell 2000 ETF (TWOK) |
15,199 |
-7.30% |
3.99% |
$59.0 |
0.12% |
| Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF (FNDE) |
15,120 |
-5.94% |
-0.37% |
$41.6 |
0.47% |
| WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Growth Fund (DGRE) |
11,536 |
-2.36% |
5.26% |
$30.7 |
0.63% |
Newly launched equity ETFs ranked by daily trading volume
| Name/ticker |
Classification |
3-month average daily volume |
Expense ratio* |
| Direxion iBillionaire Index ETF (IBLN) |
Large-cap growth |
75,096 |
0.65% |
| Alps Sprott Gold Miners ETF (SGDM) |
Precious-metals equity |
50,612 |
0.57% |
| First Trust Dorsey Wright Int’l Focus 5 ETF (IFV) |
Specialty/miscellaneous |
41,958 |
1.10% |
| Calamos Focus Growth ETF (CFGE) |
Large-cap core |
35,552 |
0.90% |
| Compass EMP U.S. 500 Enhanced Volatility Weighted Index (CFO) |
Large-cap growth |
26,423 |
0.68% |
| WBI Large Cap Tactical Growth Shares (WBIE) |
Global large-cap |
20,976 |
1.00% |
| WBI Tactical High Income Shares (WBIH) |
Flexible portfolio |
20,345 |
1.08% |
| iShares Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (HEEM) |
Emerging markets |
20,112 |
0.70% |
| WBI SMID Tactical Growth Shares (WBIA) |
Global small-/mid-cap |
18,977 |
1.00% |
| Source Euro Stoxx 50 ETF (ESTX) |
European region |
18,848 |
0.16% |
As of Sept. 30. Excludes leveraged and inverse funds, and exchange-traded notes. *Most recently reported net prospectus expense ratio.
Source: Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company
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