State Street SPDR

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 (pronounced "spider" ) is the third largest provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) after iShares and Vanguard, with over $900 million in US assets. SPDR is an acronym for Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts, which was the first ETF traded in the United States, in January 1993. The family of funds is managed by State Street Global Advisors.

SPDR ETF lineup
SPDR provides a broad array of low-cost index ETFs. The following table compares SPDR's lineup of ETFs with their iShares, Schwab and Vanguard counterparts.