3 Charts That Prove ETFs Are Here To Stay

Twenty years ago when State Street introduced its broad stock market tracker, the SPDR S&P 500 , many investment advisors and market professionals viewed it as a fad. When the fund was launched, the SPDR only had $6.5 million in assets; today, it has become a $123 billion juggernaut and represents about 6.4% of all ETF assets worldwide [see S&P 500 Visual History]. The simple experiment of an “index fund that behaves like a stock” has completely revolutionized investing and, today, over $2 trillion in assets sit in ETF funds covering every nook and cranny of the investable market. Much of that asset gain has come at the expense of underperforming, traditional open-ended mutual funds. For investors, ETFs are certainly here to stay and will continue to grow versus their mutual fund counterparts. Here are three charts that show why you’ll continue to invest in ETFs far into the future. [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Hedge Fund “Clone” ETF Debuts (ALFA) Defensive Equity ETFs For Earnings Season Ten Unexpected Observations On YTD ETF Returns Daily ETF Roundup: Historic Week Finishes On Upbeat Labor Data Daily ETF Roundup: Dow Closes Above 14,300