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Top 49 Index Funds & ETFs
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Rank 01
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Vanguard · Launched 2010
VOO tracks the S&P 500 at one of the lowest expense ratios of any fund on this list, and Vanguard’s mutual ownership structure — the fund company is owned by its own funds — is the structural reason costs have stayed this low for over a decade.
96.5/100 Top 49 scoreRank 02
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)
State Street · Launched 1993
SPY was the first ETF ever listed in the United States and remains, by trading volume, the most liquid fund on earth — a structural advantage in execution cost that its lower-fee younger rivals still cannot fully replicate.
96.4/100 Top 49 scoreRank 03
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)
BlackRock · Launched 2000
IVV sits structurally between SPY’s deep liquidity and VOO’s rock-bottom cost, matching VOO’s expense ratio while carrying BlackRock’s scale as the world’s largest asset manager behind it.
94.9/100 Top 49 score
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