List of US ETFs

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 contains a representative sample of domestic and international stock and bond Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) traded on U.S. exchanges. The listed ETFs are primarily from such major providers as Blackrock iShares, State Street SPDR, Vanguard, Charles Schwab, and PIMCO. The list also includes exchange traded funds, exchange traded notes, and exchange traded master limited partnerships investing in the commodity markets. The list does not include short, leveraged, and double leveraged ETFs, nor does it include quasi active and active ETFs.

The ticker links provide access to the ETF provider's fund page for the ETF. Wiki pages providing chart links to Vanguard ETFs are included in the tables.

The page may be helpful to taxable investors who tax loss harvest funds; the listings provide candidates for "substantially different" investments that IRS regulations require to avoid wash sales.

Refer to the following pages for ETF offerings tracking these alternate weighted index methodologies:


 * Fundamental indices for selections of RAFI investment options.
 * Dividend weighted indices
 * Equal weighted indices

Broad market ETFs
Broad market ETFs provide exposure to the Total US stock market. These ETFs provide investments tracking Russell, Dow Jones, MSCI, and Wilshire total market indexes. The Vanguard Total World ETF provides exposure to both US and international large and mid cap stocks.

Large-cap ETF
The following large cap ETFs provide exposure to large cap stocks as measured by Russell, S&P, Dow Jones, and MSCI indexes.

Mid-cap ETFs
The following mid cap ETFs track indexes provided by Russell, S&P, Dow Jones, MSCI, and Wilshire.

Small-cap ETFs
The following small cap ETFs track small cap indexes provided by Russell, S&P, Dow Jones, and MSCI.

US domestic sectors
The following US domestic sector ETFs track sector indexes provided by S&P, Dow Jones, and MSCI.

Real estate ETFs
The listed US real estate ETFs track indexes provide by Cohen & Steers, Dow Jones, MSCI, and Wilshire.

Broad ex-US ETFs
These broad index ETFs track broad developed and emerging market stocks tracking MSCI and FTSE indexes. Most to these ETFs provide access to large cap and mid cap stocks. The Vanguard Total International Stock ETF also includes small cap stocks. The Vanguard Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap tracks both developed and emerging market small cap stocks.

Regional ex-US ETFs
Regional ex-US ETFs provide coverage to European, Pacific, and Latin American stock markets. The ETFs below track FTSE, MSCI, and S&P indexes. The MSCI EAFE and S&P indexes cover both European and Pacific markets.

Emerging markets ETFs
The following emerging market ETFs track indexes provided by Russell, MSCI, FTSE, and S&P.

Real estate
These international real estate ETFs track indexes provided by Dow Jones and S&P.

Broad market
These broad market bond ETFs are based on Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Indexes. Note that the Vanguard funds are based upon Barclays Capital Float Adjusted Indexes.

Floating rate
Each of the exchange traded funds listed in the table below were introduced in 2010 - 2011. One should note that the PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio holds lower quality bonds (rated Baa - Caa) than do the other two ETFs (rated Aaa - Baa).

International developed
These international developed market bond ETFs (sovereign treasury, inflation indexed, and corporate) are based on S&P and Barclays Capital bond indexes. All of these ETFs do not hedge currencies.

International emerging markets
These emerging market bond ETFs are based on indexes provided by JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and Barclays Capital. The ishares and Powershare ETFs are based on US dollar denominated bonds; the Market Vectors and SPDR ETFs are based on unhedged local currencies.

Commodity ETFs
Special considerations applicable to commodity ETFs include the following:
 * These ETFs often employ varying ETF structures, such as,
 * Grantor's trusts: used especially for bullion based precious metals ETFs.
 * Exchange traded notes: it is important to realize that an ETN bears credit risk in that it is an obligation of the sponsoring bank.
 * Master limited partnership: these ETFs report income tax obligations on corporate K-1 filings, not 1099 documents.


 * Special tax considerations are also applicable to commodity asset classes and fund structures:
 * Precious metals and grantor's trusts: the IRS considers precious metals to be collectibles. As such these ETFs are subject to a maximum 28% long term capital gains tax rate and a maximum 35% tax rate.
 * Commodity futures are subject to a 60/40 long term/short term blended tax obligation. Thus they have a maximum 23% long term capital gains tax rate and a maximum 23% short term maximum tax rate. Limited partnership ETFs are considered pass-through investments. Each year gains are marked-to-market and passed through to investors as a potential taxable obligation regardless of whether the shares are sold or held.
 * Exchange traded notes based on equity investments are subject to a 15% long term capital gains rate and a maximum 35% short term capital gains rate.