ETF exchange traded funds
Probably the biggest eye-catcher is iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25
Index Fund (FXI) — the first ETF investing solely in China
available to U.S. investors. Launched earlier this month,
the ETF tracks the 25 largest and most liquid Chinese stocks.
Of course, there's increasing talk of China's red-hot economy
cooling, but few expect the growth spigot to be shut entirely.
The China 25 Index Fund's expense ratio of 0.74% is higher
than that of most ETFs, but it's substantially lower than the
average China-region mutual fund's expense ratio of 2.37%,
according to Lipper. ETFs, by nature, carry lower expense ratios
than their mutual-fund counterparts. [1]
Standard and Poors index tracker.
Vanguard REIT Vipers VNQ 0.18% 6,200 Vanguard Industrials Vipers VIS 0.28% 1,100 Vanguard Energy Vipers VDE 0.28% 400 Vanguard Telecommunication Services Vipers VOX 0.28% 100 SPDR O-Strip ETF OOO 0.36% 92,000 Vanguard Small-Cap Vipers VB 0.18% 6,400 Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Vipers VBK 0.22% 52,200 Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Vipers VCR 0.28% 1,900 Vanguard Financials Vipers VFH 0.28% 2,400 Vanguard Mid-Cap Vipers VO 0.18% 1,100 Vanguard Health Care Vipers VHT 0.28% 13,400 Vanguard Information Technology Vipers VGT 0.28% 3,800 Vanguard Utilities Vipers VPU 0.28% 2,700 Vanguard Large-Cap Vipers VV 0.12% 13,500 Vanguard Small-Cap Value Vipers VBR 0.22% 9,400 Vanguard Materials Vipers VAW 0.28% 5,300 Vanguard Consumer Staples Vipers VDC 0.28% 200 Vanguard Growth Vipers VUG 0.15% 292,100 Vanguard Value Vipers VTV 0.15% 471,200 iShares S&P 1500 Index Fund ISI 0.20% 26,600 iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund FXI 0.74% 158,400 iShares Morningstar Large Core Index Fund JKD 0.20% 3,400 iShares Morningstar Large Growth Index Fund JKE 0.25% 11,900 iShares Morningstar Large Value Index Fund JKF 0.25% 1,200 iShares Morningstar Mid Core Index Fund JKG 0.25% 2,300 iShares Morningstar Mid Growth Index Fund JKH 0.30% 4,000 iShares Morningstar Mid Value Index Fund JKI 0.30% 3,900 iShares Morningstar Small Core Index Fund JKJ 0.25% 1,900 iShares Morningstar Small Growth Index Fund JKK 0.30% 1,500 iShares Morningstar Small Value Index Fund JKL 0.30% 2,200 iShares NYSE 100 Index Fund NY 0.20% 5,200 iShares NYSE Composite Index Fund NYC 0.25% 1,000