The S&P 500 is arguably the benchmarks of benchmarks. It is one of the most widely followed equity indexes in the world and in the United States, the traditionally-weighted exchange traded funds that track the S&P 500 – the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY), iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: IVV) and the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: VOO) – have a combined $262.8 billion in assets under management.
For its part, SPY is the largest ETF in the world. Investors can go beyond the prosaic with S&P 500 ETFs with S&P 500 ETFs because scores of funds track benchmarks that can be seen as derivatives to the S&P 500.
A well-known offshoot of the S&P 500 is the PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (NYSE: SPLV). One of the largest low volatility ETFs, SPLV tracks ...
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