S&P 500 ETF List

Here are the ETFs that track the S&P 500 right now.

1. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY):  The SPDR S&P 500 ETF is a mammoth ETF which was created in 1993. It is low cost with a net expense ratio of just 0.0945%.
2. iShares S&P 500 Growth Index Fund (IVW): This is another ETF that tracks the S&P 500, and has an expense ratio of 0.18%. This one has an inception date of 05/22/200.

Apart from these two regular S&P 500 ETF, — Proshares offer you leveraged ETFs that are double long and double short on the S&P 500.

1. Ultra S&P 500 ETF (SSO): ProsShares Ultra S&P 500 ETF seeks daily returns that correspond to twice the return on the index for a single day.
2. UltraShort S&P 500 ETF (SDS): This is a daily leveraged inverse ETF that corresponds to twice the opposite of daily performance of S&P 500. It has a net expense ratio of 0.91%.

S&P 500 Index

The index itself contains 500 leading companies in the leading industries in the United States. As on September 30^th 2009, these were the top ten holdings of the index.

Here is a breakdown of S&P 500 based on sectors. Source: S&P 500 Factsheet

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