The Best ETFs: U.S. Equities

US Leads Best-Performing ETFs of 2018

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Probably the most important thing in this article is in Table 1.

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On the contrary, VEU is investing only in large and mid-cap companies. The portfolio consists of 6, companies from developed as well as emerging markets and companies of all three sizes — large mid and small cap. This is not a surprise.

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Although VXUS, unlike VEU, is investing in small-cap companies, all indices are market weighted, so the weight of small companies is relatively low and does not have a big impact. Regional allocation ; source: In Chart 2, you can see the sector allocation of all three ETFs, but I do not think there's a need for further comment. All three ETFs are passively tracking their indices. Also, people in FTSE Russell do not over or underweight this or that sector on purpose because they think that finance or technology have now better outlook.

They are only deciding whether this or that country is developed, emerging or frontier somewhat simplified , so that a given country fits within a given index you can read the whole methodology here if you want.

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It's also important because, in a few years, you can be pretty sure that all indices will look different, although it's hard to predict exactly how. As you can see, all three ETFs could be similar, but for sure are not the same.

In Chart 3, you can see how profitable and volatile these ETFs were — volatility is almost the same, but looking at the return, VEA is the winner. As most of you probably know, recent years have not exactly been the best for emerging markets. MSCI World , so if you had emerging markets in your portfolio, your return was lower.

Return and volatility ; source: The Index is adjusted for dividends, weighted towards stocks with large market capitalizations and represents approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all domestic common stocks. Investments cannot be made directly in an index.

However, the exact tax characteristics of many distributions are not known until after the close of the calendar year. For Davis Fundamental ETF Trust, conservative estimates are used based on fund history until final amounts become available.

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Start Date Since Inception. Days at specific premium or discount ranges. After that date, there is no assurance that the Adviser will continue to cap expenses.

The expense cap cannot be terminated prior to that date, without the consent of the Board of Trustees. It is simply the amount of shares that trade hands from sellers to buyers as a measure of activity.

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If a buyer of a stock purchases shares from a seller, then the volume for that period increased by shares based on that transaction. Volume shown is the volume that traded on the primary exchange as of the date indicated. For this reason an investor may pay more or less than NAV when they buy shares, and they may receive more or less than NAV when they sell shares.

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