The premier exchange traded funds were actually the biggest EFT. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index Depository Receipts or SPDR has been around since 1993, and it’s still the most popular trading activity.

Spiders are funds managed by State Street Global Advisors, follows the S&P 500 index, and its assets are above million. (United States). It costs less than many other investments, and ETFs usually cost less than mutual funds or even index funds.

Spiders are the biggest ETFs, but the next largest depends on the list. NASDAQ-100 are included. [qqqq] is probably the best, but just two years ago, was the third or fourth in terms of total assets, with less than million (United States).

QQQQ identifies tech trends and those stocks in that sector are monitored by investors. In the index , 100 different stocks are tracked totally.

Diamonds Trust, or DIA, is one of the larger ETFs in the US. It tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average and includes 30 “blue chip” American companies. Although it is still often used, experts in the field postulate that the method employed by the Dow Industrial Average is no longer pertinent.

Even the biggest ETFs have been losing money throughout the past couple of years, for example, the DIA has decreased nearly 7 percent in the last 3 years.

This past year, Ultra Silver Proshares The NYSE symbol for ProShares Ultra Silver, an ETF, is AGQ., what regularly would be known as a “smaller” ETF, has had relatively big growth. At this time the rates were as follows:  year to date was greater than 28 percent, and intra-day reached up to 7%; the 3 month return held at 4%

Barclays Bank is included in these funds. Examples are SGG, LD and JSS. Markets have gone up sharply in the last few months, but that is simply recouping some of the losses from last year’s crash. Regardless, those who invested short-term have profited from those funds.

VTI, short for VIPER is the biggest in terms of the amount of companies in the portfolio. The majority of US-based publicly traded companies are managed by the Vanguard Group.So their value is very important in US economy.

Literally, hundreds of ETFs are available. While some of the modest players have vanished from the scene, not able to attract and sustain an investor base, new ones always appear. 

For more please see etf trend trading and types of ETFs.