Who’s got the best deal in exchange-traded funds? If it’s large-capitalization U.S. stocks you want, there’s no better choice than the Schwab U.S. Broad Market index fund (ticker, SCHB). Putting $10,000 into that for a decade will cost you only $49.
You want long-term bonds? The cheap product is from Vanguard Group, whose Long Term Bond Index fund (BLV) costs $171 over a decade for a $10,000 investment.
Among portfolios of small growth companies, the screaming bargain is from BlackRock’s iShares family. Its Russell 2000 Growth ETF (IWO) will cost you, we figure, a negative $153 per $10,000. That neat trick is a consequence of BlackRock’s securities lending operation. The lending fees it hauls in on behalf of fund investors more than cover the management expense.
Such are the numbers from our third annual Best ETF survey.
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Results by category:
Best ETFs: Mid-Cap and Small-Cap
Best ETFs: Diversified International Funds
Best ETFs: Regional International Funds
Best ETFs: Commodity and Currency Funds
Best ETFs: Short-Term Bond Funds
Best ETFs: Medium-Term Bond Funds
Best ETFs: Long-Term Bond Funds
Best ETFs: Inflation-Protected Bond Funds
Best ETFs: Municipal Bond Funds
Best ETFs: International Bond Funds
