This is a table of notable American exchange-traded funds, or ETFs.
By the end of 2008, the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 had over 800 ETFs. The first, and most widely held (as of 2007) is the Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts

Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts

The Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts were launched by Boston asset manager SSgA State Street Global Advisors on January 29, 1993 as the first exchange-traded fund in the United States ; and are part of the SPDRs ETF chain.Designed and developed by American Stock Exchange executives Nathan Most...

 (SPY),part of the SPDR

SPDR

SPDR can mean:* Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts, an exchange-traded fund.* "System Peril Distributed Reflex" is the name given to one of the AIs in the alternate reality game The Haunted Apiary ....

 family of ETFs managed by State Street Global Advisors

State Street Global Advisors

State Street Global Advisors is the investment management division of State Street Corporation and the world’s second largest asset manager, with $1.9 trillion in assets under management as of June 2010....

. Also popular and well known are the "Qubes" QQQ, ETFs that track the NASDAQ-100

NASDAQ-100

The NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ. It is a modified capitalization-weighted index. The companies' weights in the index are based on their market capitalizations, with certain rules capping the influence of the largest components...

 index; the "Dow Diamonds" DIA which track the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Dow Jones Industrial Average

The Dow Jones Industrial Average , also called the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, the Dow 30, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index, and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow...

; and the iShares

IShares

iShares are a family of exchange-traded funds managed by BlackRock. The first iShares were known as WEBS but were since rebranded.Each iShares fund tracks a bond or stock market index...

 ETF which tracks the movement of the Russell 2000 Index IWM

Broad market ETFs

• IWV – iShares Russell 3000
  Russell 3000
  The Russell 3000 Index is a stock market index of US stocks.The ticker symbol is ^RUA.This index measures the performance of 3,000 publicly held US companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable US market.-Annual returns reflected by the Russell...
  
   Index
• VT – Vanguard Total World Stock, tracks the FTSE All-World Index
• VTI – Vanguard Total Stock Market, tracks the MSCI US Broad Market Index
• VXUS – Vanguard Total International Stock, tracks the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Investable Market Index
• VTHR – Vanguard Russell 3000, tracks 98 % of the US market
• WFVK – Wilshire 5000
  Wilshire 5000
  The Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, or more simply the Wilshire 5000, is a market-capitalization-weighted index of the market value of all stocks actively traded in the United States. Currently, the index contains over 4,100 components...
  
   Total Market

Major index-tracking ETFs

• DIA – DIAMONDS Trust, Series 1, tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average
  Dow Jones Industrial Average
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average , also called the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, the Dow 30, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index, and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow...
  
  
• IOO – iShares S&P Global 100 Index, tracks the S&P Global 100
  S&P Global 100
  The S&P Global 100 Index is a stock market index of global stocks from Standard & Poor's.The S&P Global 100 measures the performance of 100 multi-national companies. It includes 100 large-cap companies from the S&P Global 1200 whose businesses are global in nature, and that derive a substantial...
  
  
• IVV – iShares S&P 500 Index, tracks the S&P 500
  S&P 500
  The S&P 500 is a free-float capitalization-weighted index published since 1957 of the prices of 500 large-cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The stocks included in the S&P 500 are those of large publicly held companies that trade on either of the two largest American stock...
  
  
• SPY – SPDRs, tracks the S&P 500
  S&P 500
  The S&P 500 is a free-float capitalization-weighted index published since 1957 of the prices of 500 large-cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The stocks included in the S&P 500 are those of large publicly held companies that trade on either of the two largest American stock...
  
  
• VOO – Vanguard S&P 500
• VXF ( – Vanguard Extended Market, tracks the S&P Total Market Index minus the S&P 500 Index
• VONE – Vanguard Russell 1000, tracks large US companies
• VTWO – Vanguard Russell 2000, tracks mostly small US companies
• IWM – iShares Russell 2000 Index, tracks the Russell 2000
  Russell 2000
  The Russell 2000 Index is a small-cap stock market index of the bottom 2,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index.The Russell 2000 is by far the most common benchmarkfor mutual funds that identify themselves as "small-cap",...
  
  
• OEF iShares S&P 100 Index, tracks the S&P 100
  S&P 100
  The S&P 100 Index is a stock market index of United States stocks maintained by Standard & Poor's.Index options on the S&P 100 are traded with the ticker symbol "OEX". Because of the popularity of these options, investors often refer to the index by its ticker symbol.The S&P 100, a subset of the...
  
  
• QQQ – PowerShares QQQ ("Cubes"), tracks the NASDAQ-100
  NASDAQ-100
  The NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ. It is a modified capitalization-weighted index. The companies' weights in the index are based on their market capitalizations, with certain rules capping the influence of the largest components...
  
  
• WXSP – Wilshire 4500 ETF, tracks the Wilshire 4500
  Wilshire 4500
  The Wilshire 4500 Completion Index, more commonly the Wilshire 4500, is a market capitalization-weighted index of all stocks actively traded in the United States with the exception of the stocks included in the S&P 500 index...
  
  

Market sector ETFs

Sector ETFs may track sector-based indexes or simply correspond to a basket of companies thought to be representative of a specific market sector.

US domestic sectors

Consumer sector ETFs

• Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR XLY
• Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR XLP
• iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods IYK
• iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Services IYC
• Vanguard Consumer Discretionary
• Vanguard Consumer Staples

Energy sector ETFs

• Energy Select Sector SPDR XLE
• iShares Dow Jones US Energy IYE
• Vanguard Energy

Financial sector ETFs

• Financial Select Sector SPDR XLF
• iShares Dow Jones US Financial IYF
• Vanguard Financials

Healthcare sector ETFs

• Health Care Select Sector SPDR XLV
• iShares Dow Jones US Health Care IYH
• Vanguard Health Care

Industrial sectors ETFs

• Industrial Select Sector SPDR XLI
• iShares Dow Jones US Industrial IYJ
• Vanguard Industrials

Materials sector ETFs

• Materials Select Sector SPDR XLB
• iShares Dow Jones US Materials IYM
• Vanguard Materials

Technology sector ETFs

• Technology Select Sector SPDR XLK
• iShares Dow Jones US Technology IYW
• Vanguard Information Technology

Telecom sector ETFs

• iShares Dow Jones US Telecommunications (
• Vanguard Telecommunication Services

Utilities sector ETFs

• Utilities Select Sector SPDR XLU
• iShares Dow Jones US Utilities IDU
• Vanguard Utilities

Global sectors

Consumer sector ETFs

• SPDR S&P International Consumer Discretionary
• SPDR S&P International Consumer Staples
• iShares S&P Global Consumer Discretionary
• iShares S&P Global Consumer Staples

Energy sector ETFs

• SPDR S&P International Energy
• iShares S&P Global Energy

Financial sector ETFs

• SPDR S&P International Financial
• iShares S&P Global Financial

Healthcare sector ETFs

• SPDR S&P International Health Care
• iShares S&P Global Healthcare

Industrial sectors ETFs

• SPDR S&P International Industrial
• iShares S&P Global Industrials )

Materials sector ETFs

• SPDR S&P International Materials
• iShares S7P Global Materials

Technology sector ETFs

• SPDR S&P International Technology
• iShares S&P Global Technology

Telecom sector ETFs

• SPDR S&P International Telecommunications
• iShares S&P Global Telecommunications

Utilities sector ETFs

• SPDR S&P International Utilities
• iShares S&P Global Utilities

Large-cap ETFs

• iShares Russell 1000
  IShares Russell 1000
  iShares Russell 1000 Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund of US stocks.The ticker is IWB.The fund tracks the Russell 1000 index.IWB was commenced on May 15, 2000;there are also...
  
   Index
  • iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index
  • iShares Russell 1000 Value Index
• iShares S&P 500 Index
  • iShares S&P 500 Growth Index
  • iShares S&P 500 Value Index
• Vanguard S&P 500
  • Vanguard S&P 500 Growth
  • Vanguard S&P 500 Value
• Vanguard Large-Cap
  • Vanguard Growth
  • Vanguard Value
• Vanguard Mega-Cap 300
  • Vanguard Mega-Cap 300 Growth
  • Vanguard Mega-Cap 300 Value
• Vanguard Russell 1000
  • Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth
  • Vanguard Russell 1000 Value
• Vanguard Dividend Appreciation
• Vanguard High Dividend Yield

Mid-cap ETFs

• MidCap SPDR
• iShares Russell Midcap Index
  • iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index
  • iShares Russell Midcap Value Index
• iShares S&P MidCap 400 Index
  • iShares S&P MidCap 400 Growth Index
  • iShares S&P MidCap 400 Value Index
• Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400
  • Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth
  • Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value
• Vanguard Mid-Cap
  • Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth
  • Vanguard Mid-Cap Value
• Vanguard Extended Market , tracks the S&P Completion Index, i.e., S&P Total Market Index minus the S&P 500 Index

Small-cap ETFs

• iShares Russell 2000
  IShares Russell 2000
  iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund of US stocks that tracks the Russell 2000 index, in the iShares ETF family.IWM is used by day traders and investors alike to gain access to the small-cap segment of US stocks...
  
   Index
  • iShares Russell 2000 Value Index
  • iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index
• iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index
  • iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index
  • iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index
• Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600
  • Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth
  • Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value
• Vanguard Small-Cap
  • Vanguard Small-Cap Growth
  • Vanguard Small-Cap Value
• Vanguard Russell 2000
  • Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth
  • Vanguard Russell 2000 Value
• Vanguard Extended Market , tracks the S&P Completion Index, i.e., S&P Total Market Index minus the S&P 500 Index

Country ETFs

Developed ex-US markets

• iShares MSCI Australia Index
• iShares MSCI Canada Index
• iShares MSCI German Index
• iShares MSCI Japan Index
• iShares MSCI Sweden Index
• iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index
• Global X FTSE Norway 30 ETF

Emerging markets

• iShares MSCI Brazil Index
• iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index
• iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index
• iShares MSCI Mexico Index
• Market Vectors Russia ETF
• iShares MSCI Singapore Index
• iShares MSCI Malaysia Index
• iShares MSCI South Korea Index
• iShares MSCI Taiwan Index
• Global X FTSE Argentina 20 ETF
• Global X Brazil Financials ETF
• Global X Brazil Consumer ETF
• Global X Brazil Mid Cap ETF
• Global X FTSE Colombia 20 ETF
• Global X Mexico Small-Cap ETF

Regional ex-US ETFs

• iShares MSCI EAFE
  IShares MSCI EAFE
  iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund of non-US stocks.Its ticker is EFA.EFA was incepted on August 14, 2001 and is the fourth-largest ETF in the world.-Holdings:Top ten holdings:* NESTLE N ORD* BP PLC...
  
   Index
  • iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index
  • iShares MSCI EAFE Value Index
• iShares MSCI EMU Index
• iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan
• iShares S&P Europe 350 Index
• iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index
• Vanguard MSCI EAFE
• Vanguard MSCI Europe
• Vanguard MSCI Pacific
• Global X FTSE Andean 40 ETF
• Global X FTSE Nordic Region ETF (

Broad ex-US ETFs

• Claymore/BNY BRIC
• iShares MSCI BRIC Index
• iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index
• Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets
• Vanguard Total International Stock
• Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US
• Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap
• Global X Russell Emerging Markets Growth ETF
• Global X Russell Emerging Markets Value ETF

Real estate ETFs

• iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors
• iShares Dow Jones Asia Real Estate
• iShares Dow Jones Europe Real Estate
• iShares Dow Jones North America Real Estate
• iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate
• MacroShares Major Metro Housing Up Trust
  • MacroShares Major Metro Housing Down Trust
• Wilshire US REIT ETF
• Vanguard REIT
• Vanguard Global ex-US Real Estate

Bond ETFs

• iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond 
• iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond
• iShares Barclays TIPS Bond
• iShares iBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bond
• iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury
• iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treas Bond
• Vanguard Total Bond Market
  • Vanguard Short-Term Bond
  • Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond
  • Vanguard Long-Term Bond
• Vanguard government bond ETFs:
  • Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond
  • Vanguard Intermediate-Term Government Bond
  • Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond
• Vanguard corporate bond ETFs:
  • Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond
  • Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
  • Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond
• Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury
• Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities

Fund of funds ETFs

There are also ETFs that are composed of a collection of ETFs, similar to Target Date mutual funds. An example of such an ETF is the Russell Investments OneFund , which is composed of nine ETFs (Vanguard and iShares ETFs). A lineup of Target Date ETFs is offered by iShares (e.g., iShares S&P Target Date 2040 Index Fund; ).

Commodity ETFs

Commodity ETFs, also known as exchange-traded commodities (ETCs), track a specific commodity index, such as:

• ELEMENTS Rogers International Commodity Index ETN
• iPath Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Idx TR ETN
• PowerShares DB Commodity Idx Trking Fund

There are also commodity ETFs which track specific commodities, generally via commodity futures. These fall into four general categories, agricultural, which includes livestock and "softs"; energy resources; industrial materials; and precious metals. The most popular precious metals ETFs hold physical stocks of the metal rather than futures.

Agricultural ETFs

• ELEMENTS Rogers Agriculture ETN
• iPath Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture ETN
• PowerShares DB Agriculture
• Global X Fertilizers/Potash ETF
• Global X Farming ETF

Energy commodity ETFs

• ELEMENTS Rogers Engergy ETN
• iPath Dow Jones-AIG Crude Oil ETN
• iPath Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas ETN
• United States Natural Gas Fund
• United States Oil Fund
• Global X Uranium ETF
• Global X Oil Equities ETF
• Global X Lithium ETF

Industrial commodity ETFs

• ELEMENTS Rogers Metal ETN
• iPath Dow Jones-AIG Industrial Metals ETN
  • iPath Dow Jones-AIG Copper ETN
• PowerShares DB Base Metals
• Global X Aluminum ETF
• Global X Copper Miners ETF

Precious metals ETFs

Gold

• SPDR Gold Shares
• iShares COMEX Gold Trust

Silver

• iShares Silver Trust
• ETFS Silver Trust

Palladium and platinum

• ETFS Physical Palladium Shares
• ETFS Physical Platinum Shares
• Global X Pure Gold Miners ETF
• Global X Gold Explorers ETF
• Global X Silver Miners ETF

Leveraged & short ETFs

Typically ETFs track an index. Using a combination of options, futures, and swaps some firms have designed ETFs capable of tracking approximately −1x, 2x, −2x, 3x and −3x the daily returns of an index. 3x and −3x ETFs were first released on November 8, 2008 by Direxion Funds. These funds are structured in a sophisticated way, and due to their extreme volatility they may not be appropriate vehicles for the casual investor.http://seekingalpha.com/article/35789-the-case-against-leveraged-etfs (Note that obtaining 2x the daily returns for one year does not imply that one will receive double the annual returns of an index). On August 18, 2009 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a warning to investors that leveraged exchange-traded funds could lead to big losses even if the market index or benchmark they track shows a gain. http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSTRE57H64620090818

Short ETFs

Short ETFs

Inverse exchange-traded fund

An inverse exchange-traded fund is an exchange-traded fund , traded on a public stock market, which is designed to perform as the inverse of whatever index or benchmark it is designed to track...

 enable investors to profit from declines in an underlying index without directly selling short any securities. Investors who think an index will decline purchase shares of the short ETF that tracks the index, and the shares increase or decrease in value inversely with the index, that is to say that if the value of the underlying index goes down, then the value of the short ETF shares goes up, and vice versa. Some popular short ETFs include:

ProShares

• ProShares Short Dow 30
• ProShares Short S&P 500
• ProShares Short S&P MidCap 400
• ProShares Short S&P SmallCap 600
• ProShares Short Nasdaq 100
• ProShares Short Russell 2000

Leveraged ETFs

The following ETFs are good examples of Leveraged ETFs:

• ProShares Ultra NASDAQ-100 tracks 2x the NASDAQ-100 Index
• ProShares Ultra Dow 30 tracks 2x the Dow Jones Industrial Average
• ProShares Ultra S&P 500 tracks 2x the S&P 500 Index
• ProShares Ultra Russell 2000 tracks 2x the Russell 2000 Index
• ProShares S&P 500 3x tracks 3x the S&P 500 Index
• Direxion Large Cap Bull 3x tracks 3x the Russell 1000 Index
• Direxion Small Cap Bull 3x tracks 3x the Russell 2000 Index
• Direxion Energy Bull 3x ETF
• Direxion Financials Bull 3x ETF - tracks XLF or RIFIN

Leveraged short ETFs

The following funds are both short and leveraged:

• UltraShort S&P 500 ProShares
• ProShares S&P 500 Direxionshares Bear 3x ETF
• Direxion Russell 2000 Direxionshares Bear 3x ETF
• UltraShort NASDAQ-100 ProShares
• UltraShort Financials ProShares
• UltraShort Russell 2000 ProShares
• UltraShort Dow 30 ProShares
• UltraShort Real Estate ProShares
• UltraShort MidCap 400 ProShares
• UltraShort Oil & Gas ProShares
• Direxion Large Cap Bear 3x ETF
• Direxion Energy Bear 3x ETF
• Direxion Financials Bear 3x ETF - tracks the inverse of XLF or RIFIN

See also

• List of Australian exchange-traded funds
• List of Canadian exchange-traded funds
• List of European exchange-traded funds
• List of Hong Kong exchange-traded funds
• List of Indian exchange-traded funds
• List of Japanese exchange-traded funds
• List of New Zealand exchange-traded funds
• List of Singaporean exchange-traded funds
• List of South African exchange-traded funds
• List of South Korean exchange-traded funds
• List of Turkish exchange-traded funds