Best North American Funds and ETFs – that will be the topic of today’s article.
In this article, we will be having a look at the best mutual funds and the ETFs available in North America in 2021.
Nothing written here should be considered as formal financial, or any other kind of advice, and some of the facts might have changed since we penned this article.
Before we get to discussing the top mutual funds available in North America, it is worthy to discuss the biggest mutual fund companies in the North American region and the biggest mutual funds available.
Biggest Mutual Fund companies:
Only the United States itself consists of a very large mutual fund market, which lets us wonder about the north American mutual fund market altogether.
There are as many mutual funds in existence in the United States as there are stocks that are being traded on the NYSE Arca and NASDAQ together.
To be precise, there are around 8,000 mutual funds in the United States as of 2021, which happen to manage an amount of $21 trillion (approx.)
This list is based on factors such as money invested by most investors, assets under management, and a combination of all the funds/fund families.
By taking these into consideration, the biggest mutual funds in terms of assets held by a single mutual fund family are BlackRock, Vanguard, Charles Schwab, BarclayHedge, and Fidelity Investments.
Having around $9.49 trillion worth of assets under management by 2021, BlackRock tops the list. Charles Schwab takes care of $7.5 trillion as of 2021, and at the same time, Vanguard Group handles assets of around $7.2 trillion worth of assets, comprising of the assets of TD Ameritrade as of December 2020.
As we must discuss the best funds available in the North American Region, we will just discuss the top three companies in brief.
- BlackRock:
Based in New York City, the funds of BlackRock Inc., carry the name iShares rather than BlackRock. The inception of these mutual funds was in 1998 as a collaboration with PNC Financial Services Group.
Between 1999 and 2009, Blackrock has seen gigantic growth in terms of its funds. Why? Well, because BlackRock utilizes a detailed theory of risk management when it comes to managing funds.
This aspect of extreme concentration on risks allows shareholders to gain more profits, especially during scenarios of economic downturns.
BlackRock was the top contender related to investments known as mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which were extremely popular during the period of the housing bubble and were responsible for the respective financial crisis.
‘iShares MBS Fund’, the MBS of BlackRock, had a ton of popularity, and it was introduced in the year 2007 just a few months prior to the financial crisis situation.
Nevertheless, the iShares series successfully sustained the financial crisis mostly untouched, which is quite impressive.
One of the amazing things about BlackRock is that it was rescued by the U.S. government during the period of the crisis, and within a short period after that, the White House consulted BlackRock regarding how the government can keep the financial system operational during the mid-crisis period of sheer panic.
As of August 30, 2021, BlackRock has around $9.49 trillion in assets under management.
- Charles Schwab:
For a period of around five decades, Charles Schwab has been a trustworthy name in the financial services sector, while its main focus of fund offerings is Index Funds.
Because of the low costs, no minimum requirement, and other general factors, Charles Schwab gained a lot of popularity. As of August 30, 2021, Charles Schwab manages assets worth $7.6 trillion.
- Vanguard:
If there was a survey conducted among the population to find the largest mutual fund company, it is highly likely that most people would vote for the Vanguard Group without any sort of hesitation.
Vanguard happens to be the topmost contender to the iShares series that is owned by BlackRock.
It gained a lot of traction among the public because of its selection of a wide range of fund offerings, which is more than 190 in the U.S. Along with that, the fund’s costs are low, and it has an efficient track record that has seen a lot of positive returns.
As of August 30, 2021, the Vanguard Group handles assets worth around $7.2 trillion.
Other biggest mutual fund companies based on their AUM are as follows:
- BarclayHedge ($4.32 trillion approx.)
- Fidelity ($4.2 trillion approx.)
- State Street Global Advisors ($3.9 trillion approx.)
- JP Morgan ($3 trillion approx.)
- Capital Group ($2.6 trillion approx.)
- BNY Mellon (Dreyfus) ($2.3 trillion approx.)
- PIMCO/Allianz ($2.2 trillion approx.)
Top Mutual Funds in North America:
Now, we will have a look at the top mutual funds available in North American as of August 31, 2021.
- Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTSMX)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 27th August): | $112.03 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 19.5% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 18% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 17.3% |
| Net Assets: | $1.28 Trillion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 22.3% |
| 52-week low: | $79.94 |
| 52-week high: | $113.21 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.14% |
| Dividend Yield: | 0% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | $3,000 |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Apr 27, 1992 |
| Shares Outstanding: | N/A |
| Share Class: | Inv |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Gerard O’Reilly |
Top Holdings:
| Apple Inc | 4.90% |
| Microsoft Corp | 4.60% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 3.33% |
| Facebook Inc Class A | 1.88% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | 1.66% |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 1.56% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.18% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B | 1.09% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 1.07% |
| JP Morgan Chase & Co | 1.06% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 100% |
This fund follows an indexing investment strategy, which allows it to track the performance of the benchmark index.
This means, it invests in the US Stock Market and comprises of large-cap, mid-cap, small-cap, and micro-cap stocks of the companies that are being traded on the NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange on a regular basis.
- Vanguard 500 Index Fund (VFINX)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 27th August): | $413.41 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 20.3% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 18% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 17.2% |
| Net Assets: | $777 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 27.4% |
| 52-week low: | $299.82 |
| 52-week high: | $417.07 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.14% |
| Dividend Yield: | 0% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | $3,000 |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard 500 Index Fund |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Aug 31, 1976 |
| Shares Outstanding: | N/A |
| Share Class: | Inv |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Donald Butler |
Top Holdings:
| Apple Inc | 5.92% |
| Microsoft Corp | 5.62% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.06% |
| Facebook Inc Class A | 2.29% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | 2.02% |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 1.97% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.44% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B | 1.44% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 1.37% |
| JP Morgan Chase & Co | 1.30% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.97% |
| Cash | 0.04% |
This fund follows an indexing investment strategy, which allows it to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, which is one of the popular benchmarks of the US Stock Market containing stocks of US corporate giants.
The fund manager tries to replicate the target index by investing the entire assets (or most of them) in the stocks while having each stock in the same proportion as the weighting in the index.
- Fidelity® 500 Index Fund (FXAIX)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 27th August): | $155.41 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 20.4% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 18.1% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 17.3% |
| Net Assets: | $353 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 27.4% |
| 52-week low: | $112.65 |
| 52-week high: | $156.78 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.02% |
| Dividend Yield: | 1.3% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | $0 |
| Legal Name: | Fidelity® 500 Index Fund |
| Fund Family Name: | Fidelity Investments |
| Inception Date: | May 04, 2011 |
| Shares Outstanding: | N/A |
| Share Class: | Other |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Louis Bottari |
Top Holdings:
| Apple Inc | 5.90% |
| Microsoft Corp | 5.60% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.05% |
| Facebook Inc Class A | 2.29% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | 2.02% |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 1.96% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.44% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B | 1.45% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 1.37% |
| JP Morgan Chase & Co | 1.29% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.99% |
| Cash | 0.01% |
Usually, this fund invests 80% of the assets in common stocks that are included in the S&P 500® Index. This Index represents the overall performance of the general stocks that are publicly traded in the United States. It earns income by lending securities.
- Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (VBFMX)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 27th August): | $11.36 |
| Theme: | U.S. Intermediate-Term Bond Duration |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | -2.0% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 5.7% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 3.0% |
| Net Assets: | $317 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 4.8% |
| 52-week low: | $11.12 |
| 52-week high: | $11.70 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.15% |
| Dividend Yield: | 0% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Monthly |
| Minimum Investment: | $3,000 |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Dec 11, 1986 |
| Shares Outstanding: | N/A |
| Share Class: | Inv |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Joshua Barrickman |
Top Holdings:
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 1.10% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.05% | 1.02% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 1.02% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.1% | 0.92% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.5% | 0.88% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.14% | 0.84% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.24% | 0.83% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.19% | 0.78% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 0.74% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.29% | 0.69% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.02% |
| Cash | 0.84% |
This index tracks the performance of a wide range of public, investment-grade, taxable, fixed-income securities in the United States. Along with that, it also invests in government, corporate, international dollar-denominated bonds, mortgage-backed, and asset-backed securities.
All these assets mostly have maturities of more than 1 year. The investments of this fund are selected with the help of a sampling process, and the fund invests around 80% of the assets in bonds that are held in the index it tracks.
- Vanguard Institutional Index Fund (VINIX)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 27th August): | $391.26 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 19.1% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 18.1% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 17.3% |
| Net Assets: | $292 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 27.4% |
| 52-week low: | $289.81 |
| 52-week high: | $394.72 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.04% |
| Dividend Yield: | 1.3% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | $5,000,000 |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard Institutional Index Fund |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Jul 31, 1990 |
| Shares Outstanding: | N/A |
| Share Class: | Inst |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Donald Butler |
Top Holdings:
| Apple Inc | 5.92% |
| Microsoft Corp | 5.62% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.06% |
| Facebook Inc Class A | 2.29% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | 2.02% |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 1.97% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.44% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B | 1.45% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 1.37% |
| JP Morgan Chase & Co | 1.30% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.99% |
| Cash | 0.02% |
This fund follows an indexing investment strategy, which allows it to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, which is one of the popular benchmarks of the US Stock Market containing stocks of US corporate giants.
The fund manager tries to replicate the target index by investing the entire assets (or most of them) in the stocks while having each stock in the same proportion as the weighting in the index.
- American Funds The Growth Fund of America® (AGTHX)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 27th August): | $77.07 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Growth Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 15.5% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 20.1% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 20.2% |
| Net Assets: | $280 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 36.6% |
| 52-week low: | $58.28 |
| 52-week high: | $78.02 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.64% |
| Dividend Yield: | 0.2% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Annually |
| Minimum Investment: | $250 ($25 for IRA) |
| Legal Name: | American Funds The Growth Fund of America® |
| Fund Family Name: | American Funds |
| Inception Date: | Nov 30, 1973 |
| Shares Outstanding: | N/A |
| Share Class: | A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Donald O’Neal |
Top Holdings:
| Capital Group Central Cash Fund | 5.67% |
| Netflix Inc | 5.59% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 95.98% |
| Cash | 3.57% |
| Preferred Stocks | 0.34% |
| Other | 0.10% |
| Convertible Bonds | 0.01% |
| Bonds | 0.01% |
This fund concentrates on the stocks of the companies that have a higher potential for growth of capital. It invests 25% of its assets into investments domiciled outside of the United States.
The investment advisor relies on a strategy of having a team of managers for acquiring help with managing the funds. Based on this investment approach, the portfolio of the fund is categorized into portions that are handled by individual managers.
- Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund (VTBIX)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 27th August): | $11.21 |
| Theme: | U.S. Intermediate-Term Bond Duration |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | -1.9% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 5.6% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 3.0% |
| Net Assets: | $255 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 5.5% |
| 52-week low: | $10.97 |
| 52-week high: | $11.62 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.09% |
| Dividend Yield: | 1.8% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Monthly |
| Minimum Investment: | $0 |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Jan 26, 2009 |
| Shares Outstanding: | N/A |
| Share Class: | Inv |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Joshua Barrickman |
Top Holdings:
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 1.10% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.05% | 1.02% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 1.02% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.1% | 0.92% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.5% | 0.88% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.14% | 0.84% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.24% | 0.83% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.19% | 0.78% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 0.74% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.29% | 0.69% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.02% |
| Cash | 0.84% |
This index relies on an investment strategy that is specifically tailored to track the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index.
The investment strategy operates by sampling the index, which means it holds a diversified collection of investment assets that are approximately similar to the major risk factors of the index and other important aspects.
The fund invests around 80% of the assets in bonds that are held in the index it tracks.
- American Funds Balanced Fund® (ABALX)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 27th August): | $33.24 |
| Theme: | U.S. Balanced Allocation |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 10.9% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 11.3% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 10.8% |
| Net Assets: | $211 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 22.9% |
| 52-week low: | $28.35 |
| 52-week high: | $33.50 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.58% |
| Dividend Yield: | 1.2% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | $250 ($25 for IRA) |
| Legal Name: | American Funds American Balanced Fund® |
| Fund Family Name: | American Funds |
| Inception Date: | Jul 25, 1975 |
| Shares Outstanding: | N/A |
| Share Class: | A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Hilda Applbaum |
Top Holdings:
| Capital Group Central Cash Fund | 5.67% |
| Netflix Inc | 5.59% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 95.98% |
| Cash | 3.57% |
| Preferred Stocks | 0.34% |
| Other | 0.10% |
| Convertible Bonds | 0.01% |
| Bonds | 0.01% |
The fund concentrates on a strategy of a balanced approach of investing in a wide range of investment assets such as stocks, investment-grade bonds, etc.
Apart from those general securities, it also invests in the securities that have been issued by the US government along with federal agencies and instrumentalities.
Additionally, the fund also invests in common stocks (mostly dividend-paying stocks), bonds, and other securities that are domiciled outside of the US.
- Vanguard Growth Index Fund (VIGRX)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 27th August): | $156.66 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Growth Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 21.4% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 25.5% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 22.5% |
| Net Assets: | $172 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 45.4% |
| 52-week low: | $112.11 |
| 52-week high: | $158.37 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.17% |
| Dividend Yield: | 0% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | $3,000 |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard Growth Index Fund |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Nov 02, 1992 |
| Shares Outstanding: | N/A |
| Share Class: | Inv |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Gerard O’Reilly |
Top Holdings:
| Apple Inc | 10.47% |
| Microsoft Corp | 9.71% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 6.46% |
| Facebook Inc Class A | 3.86% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | 3.67% |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 3.37% |
| Tesla Inc | 2.40% |
| Visa Inc Class A | 1.82% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 2.09% |
| Mastercard Inc A | 1.67% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.99% |
| Cash | 0.01% |
This fund follows an indexing investment strategy, which allows it to track the performance of the index, which is a diversified index consisting of the growth stocks of the companies in the US Stock Market.
The fund manager tries to replicate the target index by investing the entire assets (or most of them) in the stocks while having each stock in the same proportion as the weighting in the index.
- American Funds Washington Mutual Investors Fund (AWSHX)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 27th August): | $56.41 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 14.9% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 13.6% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 14.2% |
| Net Assets: | $158 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 30.2% |
| 52-week low: | $44.43 |
| 52-week high: | $58.28 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.58% |
| Dividend Yield: | 1.4% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | $250 |
| Legal Name: | American Funds Washington Mutual Investors Fund |
| Fund Family Name: | American Funds |
| Inception Date: | Jul 31, 1952 |
| Shares Outstanding: | N/A |
| Share Class: | A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Alan Berro |
Top Holdings:
| Microsoft Corp | 5.61% |
| Broadcom Inc | 4.92% |
| Comcast Corp Class A | 4.46% |
| Comcast Corp Class A | 4.23% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 96.44% |
| Cash | 2.99% |
| Preferred Stocks | 0.57% |
This fund concentrates on the common stocks of the best companies that are either already existing or have all the necessary requirements to be considered as the best by the New York Stock Exchange.
These companies tend to have a significant record of earnings and dividends. The fund advisor manages to make the fund fully diversified while making it consist of the best quality common stocks.
Top ETFs in North America:
Having discussed the best mutual funds available in the North American region, we will now have a look at the best ETFs available.
- Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 1st September): | $233.17 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 20.4% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 18.1% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 17.4% |
| Net Assets: | $1.28 Trillion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 22.7% |
| 52-week low: | $164.64 |
| 52-week high: | $233.61 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.03% |
| Dividend Yield: | 0.9% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | N/A |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | May 24, 2001 |
| Shares Outstanding: | N/A |
| Share Class: | Inv |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Gerard O’Reilly |
Top Holdings:
| Apple Inc | 5.14% |
| Microsoft Corp | 4.77% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 3.17% |
| Facebook Inc Class A | 1.90% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | 1.80% |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 1.66% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.18% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B | 1.07% |
| Procter & Gamble Co | 1.05% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1.04% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 100% |
This fund follows an indexing investment strategy, which allows it to track the performance of the benchmark index.
This means, it invests approximately invests 100% of the underlying assets in the US Stock Market and consists of large-cap, mid-cap, small-cap, and micro-cap stocks that are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ on a regular basis.
The investment is done on the basis of sampling the index, which allows the fund to have a diversified collection of assets that are almost similar to those of the index in terms of primary characteristics.
- Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 1st September): | $415.05 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 21.3% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 18.1% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 17.3% |
| Net Assets: | $777 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 27.7% |
| 52-week low: | $297.68 |
| 52-week high: | $415.76 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.03% |
| Dividend Yield: | 1.3% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | N/A |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard 500 Index Fund |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Sep 07, 2010 |
| Shares Outstanding: | 603863616 |
| Share Class: | N/A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Donald Butler |
Top Holdings:
| Apple Inc | 6.15% |
| Microsoft Corp | 5.77% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 3.84% |
| Facebook Inc Class A | 2.30% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | 2.18% |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 2.07% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.42% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B | 1.41% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 1.31% |
| Procter & Gamble Co | 1.26% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.99% |
| Cash | 0.01% |
This fund follows an indexing investment strategy, which allows it to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, which is one of the popular benchmarks of the US Stock Market containing stocks of US corporate giants.
The fund advisor tries to replicate the target index by investing the entire assets (or most of them) in the stocks while having each stock in the same proportion as the weighting in the index.
- SPDR® S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 1st September): | $451.56 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 21.2% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 18% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 17.2% |
| Net Assets: | $383 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 27.7% |
| 52-week low: | $322.64 |
| 52-week high: | $452.23 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.09% |
| Dividend Yield: | 1.2% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | N/A |
| Legal Name: | SPDR® S&P 500 ETF Trust |
| Fund Family Name: | SPDR State Street Global Advisors |
| Inception Date: | Jan 22, 1993 |
| Shares Outstanding: | 872632116 |
| Share Class: | N/A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Management Team |
Top Holdings:
| Apple Inc | 6.15% |
| Microsoft Corp | 5.76% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 3.83% |
| Facebook Inc Class A | 2.29% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | 2.18% |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 2.07% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.42% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B | 1.42% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 1.31% |
| Procter & Gamble Co | 1.26% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.97% |
| Cash | 0.03% |
The SPDR® S&P 500 ETF Trust has an investment strategy of maintaining a portfolio of common stocks, which have been included in the index portfolio.
The weight of each stock in the index’s portfolio is mostly the same as the weightage of the stocks in the index it tracks.
- Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 1st September): | $86.46 |
| Theme: | U.S. Intermediate-Term Bond Duration |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | -2.0% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 5.8% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 3.1% |
| Net Assets: | $317 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 4.9% |
| 52-week low: | $84.36 |
| 52-week high: | $88.49 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.04% |
| Dividend Yield: | 1.9% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Monthly |
| Minimum Investment: | N/A |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Apr 03, 2007 |
| Shares Outstanding: | 927823018 |
| Share Class: | N/A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Joshua Barrickman |
Top Holdings:
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 1.10% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.05% | 1.02% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 1.02% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.1% | 0.92% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.5% | 0.88% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.14% | 0.84% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.24% | 0.83% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.19% | 0.78% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 0.74% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association 2.29% | 0.69% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 98.89% |
| Convertible Bonds | 0.87% |
| Cash | 0.24% |
This index tracks the performance of a wide range of public, investment-grade, taxable, fixed-income securities in the United States.
Along with that, it also invests in government, corporate, international dollar-denominated bonds, mortgage-backed, and asset-backed securities.
All these assets mostly have maturities of more than 1 year.
- iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 1st September): | $453.71 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Blend Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 21.3% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 18.1% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 17.3% |
| Net Assets: | $295 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 27.6% |
| 52-week low: | $233.75 |
| 52-week high: | $454.20 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.03% |
| Dividend Yield: | 1.3% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | N/A |
| Legal Name: | iShares Core S&P 500 ETF |
| Fund Family Name: | iShares |
| Inception Date: | May 15, 2000 |
| Shares Outstanding: | 669950000 |
| Share Class: | N/A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Greg Savage |
Top Holdings:
| Apple Inc | 6.14% |
| Microsoft Corp | 5.76% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 3.83% |
| Facebook Inc Class A | 2.29% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | 2.17% |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 2.07% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.42% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B | 1.42% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 1.30% |
| Procter & Gamble Co | 1.26% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.84% |
| Cash | 0.15% |
This index tracks the performance of the US equity market’s large-cap sector, as per SPDJI (S&P Dow Jones Indices).
Usually, this fund invests around 80% of its underlying assets in the securities of the index in a way such that most of the securities in the portfolio are the same as the index it tracks, and the remaining 20% are invested in options, futures, swap contracts, cash, etc.
- Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 1st September): | $379.95 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Growth Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 21.2% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 28.4% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 26.9% |
| Net Assets: | $182 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 52.5% |
| 52-week low: | $264.16 |
| 52-week high: | $380.58 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.20% |
| Dividend Yield: | 0.5% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | N/A |
| Legal Name: | Invesco QQQ Trust |
| Fund Family Name: | Invesco |
| Inception Date: | Mar 10, 1999 |
| Shares Outstanding: | 500750000 |
| Share Class: | N/A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Management Team |
Top Holdings:
| Apple Inc | 11.30% |
| Microsoft Corp | 9.96% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 7.79% |
| Facebook Inc Class A | 4.06% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | 3.96% |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 3.80% |
| Tesla Inc | 3.76% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 3.43% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 2.89% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 2.89% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 100% |
The fund advisor actively adjusts the allocation of securities in the fund from time to time. It is changed in such a way that the composition of the securities in the trust and the stocks on the NASDAQ 100 Index are in correspondence.
The composition and weighting of the securities in the portfolio deposit are also modified to maintain the usual changes within the index.
- Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 1st September): | $306.81 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Growth Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 21.4% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 25.6% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 22.7% |
| Net Assets: | $172 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 45.4% |
| 52-week low: | $217.79 |
| 52-week high: | $307.72 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.04% |
| Dividend Yield: | 0.4% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | N/A |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard Growth ETF |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Jan 26, 2004 |
| Shares Outstanding: | 278660653 |
| Share Class: | N/A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Gerard O’Reily |
Top Holdings:
| Apple Inc | 10.47% |
| Microsoft Corp | 9.71% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 6.46% |
| Facebook Inc Class A | 3.86% |
| Alphabet Inc Class A | 3.67% |
| Alphabet Inc Class C | 3.37% |
| Tesla Inc | 2.40% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 2.09% |
| Visa Inc Class A | 1.82% |
| Mastercard Inc A | 1.67% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.99% |
| Cash | 0.01% |
This fund follows an indexing investment strategy, which allows it to track the performance of the index, which is a diversified index consisting of the growth stocks of the companies in the US Stock Market.
The fund manager tries to replicate the target index by investing the entire assets (or most of them) in the stocks, while having each stock in the same proportion as the weighting in the index.
- Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (VO)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 1st September): | $247.74 |
| Theme: | U.S. Mid-Cap Blend Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 20.8% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 16.0% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 15.0% |
| Net Assets: | $156 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 7.2% |
| 52-week low: | $170.25 |
| 52-week high: | $248.26 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.04% |
| Dividend Yield: | 0.9% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | N/A |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Jan 26, 2004 |
| Shares Outstanding: | 210592288 |
| Share Class: | N/A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Donald Butler |
Top Holdings:
| 1.00% | |
| Moderna Inc | 0.88% |
| IDEXX Laboratories | 0.84% |
| Snap Inc Class A | 0.83% |
| Twilio Inc A | 0.80% |
| Freeport-McMoRan Inc | 0.80% |
| Lululemon Athletica Inc | 0.80% |
| DocuSign Inc | 0.80% |
| KLA Corp | 0.78% |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc | 0.76% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 100.07% |
This fund follows an indexing investment strategy, which allows it to track the performance of the CRSP US Mid Cap index, which is a diversified index consisting of the stocks of the mid-cap companies in the US Stock Market.
The fund manager tries to replicate the target index by investing the entire assets (or most of them) in the stocks while having each stock in the same proportion as the weighting in the index.
- Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (VB)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 1st September): | $226.31 |
| Theme: | U.S. Small-Cap Blend Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 17.8% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 13.5% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 14.5% |
| Net Assets: | $136 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 3.3% |
| 52-week low: | $148.88 |
| 52-week high: | $228.05 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.05% |
| Dividend Yield: | 0.9% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | N/A |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard Small-Cap ETF |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Jan 26, 2004 |
| Shares Outstanding: | 210769947 |
| Share Class: | N/A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | William Coleman |
Top Holdings:
| Coupa Software Inc | 0.58% |
| Plug Power Inc | 0.46% |
| Zebra Technologies | 0.45% |
| Horizon Therapeutics | 0.45% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.98% |
| Cash | 0.02% |
This fund follows an indexing investment strategy, which allows it to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap index, which is a diversified index consisting of the stocks of the small-cap companies in the US Stock Market.
The fund manager tries to replicate the target index by investing the entire assets (or most of them) in the stocks while having each stock in the same proportion as the weighting in the index.
- Vanguard Value ETF (VTV)
Snapshot:
| Price (on 1st September): | $141.75 |
| Theme: | U.S. Large-Cap Value Equity |
| YTD (Year-to-date) Return: | 19.7% |
| 3-Year Annualized Return: | 11.5% |
| 5-Year Annualized Return: | 12.6% |
| Net Assets: | $128 billion |
| Holdings in Top 10 best assets: | 20.4% |
| 52-week low: | $101.75 |
| 52-week high: | $142.48 |
| Expense Ratio: | 0.04% |
| Dividend Yield: | 1.6% |
| Dividend Distribution Frequency: | Quarterly |
| Minimum Investment: | N/A |
| Legal Name: | Vanguard Value ETF |
| Fund Family Name: | Vanguard |
| Inception Date: | Jan 26, 2004 |
| Shares Outstanding: | 598261473 |
| Share Class: | N/A |
| Currency: | USD |
| Domiciled Country: | United States |
| Manager: | Gerard O’Reilly |
Top Holdings:
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B | 2.96% |
| JP Morgan Chase & Co | 2.74% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2.70% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | 2.32% |
| The Walt Disney Co | 2.29% |
| Procter & Gamble Co | 2.08% |
| Bank of America Corp | 1.76% |
| AT&T Inc | 1.70% |
| Merck & Co Inc | 1.67% |
| Comcast Corp Class A | 1.61% |
Asset Allocation:
| Stocks | 99.99% |
This fund follows an indexing investment strategy, which allows it to track the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Value index, which is a diversified index consisting of the value stocks of the corporate giants in the US Stock Market.
The fund manager tries to replicate the target index by investing the entire assets (or most of them) in the stocks while having each stock in the same proportion as the weighting in the index.
Bottom Line:
These are the top ten mutual funds and the top ten ETFs of the North American region as of now.
Instead of just focusing on the returns, these results have been provided to you based on the factors such as assets under management, long track record, choice of most investors, etc.
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