Best US Stock Market ETFs: Top Funds for American Indexes
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), launched in January 1993, was the very first exchange-traded fund listed in the United States — the result of a three-year collaboration between State Street and AMEX. Since then, US stock market ETFs have grown into the most widely held equity funds in the world, with BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street together accounting for roughly three-quarters of the entire equity ETF market.
These funds track several distinct American indexes, each covering a different slice of the market:
- S&P 500: Tracks 500 leading US-listed companies, selected by committee and weighted by free-float market cap. Key ETFs include iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV), Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO), and SPY.
- Nasdaq-100: Covers 100 of the largest nonfinancial companies on the Nasdaq, with a heavy technology weighting. Created in 1985, it is tracked by funds like Invesco QQQ (QQQ). See the full Nasdaq-100 component list.
- Russell 2000: A small-cap benchmark of about 2,000 of the smallest publicly traded US companies, created in 1984. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) is the best-known tracker.
- Total US Stock Market: Funds like the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) aim to capture every publicly traded US company — large, mid, and small — by tracking the CRSP U.S. Total Stock Market Index.
- S&P MidCap 400 & SmallCap 600: Together with the S&P 500, these indexes form the S&P Composite 1500, covering all three market-size segments.
The S&P 500 — in its current form since 1957 — weights constituents by free-float market capitalization. Its components are selected by a committee rather than by strict rules, and inclusion requires profitability over the prior four quarters, a minimum market cap threshold, and at least a 50% public float. The index represents roughly 80% of the US equity market by value.
Unlike the S&P 500, the Nasdaq-100 excludes financial companies entirely, which gives it a pronounced tilt toward technology shares. The Russell 2000, by contrast, was specifically designed as a benchmark for active small-cap mutual funds.
Regulated brokerThe table below lists US stock market ETFs with live data, covering funds that track the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000, total market, and other American indexes — along with their distribution types, fees, and trading details.
| Stock | Price | Change % | 52 Week Range |
|---|---|---|---|
 iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF USIG | $51.23 | 0.25% | |
 SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond ETF SPBO | $29.03 | 0.24% | |
SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF SPIB | $33.39 | 0.21% | |
iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF SLVP | $33.05 | 2.42% | |
 iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF RING | $71.35 | 2.37% | |
Global X Silver Miners ETF SIL | $83.73 | 2.58% | |
 SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment ETF XHE | $82.34 | 2.75% | |
 Vanguard Health Care ETF VHT | $280.41 | 0.56% | |
 Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF FHLC | $72.22 | 0.53% | |
 iShares BB Rated Corporate Bond ETF HYBB | $46.72 | 0.24% | |
Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF HYDW | $46.79 | 0.17% | |
Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF SHYL | $44.39 | 0.26% | |
iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF USXF | $69.23 | 2.37% | |
Vanguard Growth ETF VUG | $86.98 | 1.60% | |
 Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Shares QQQE | $121.68 | 1.86% | |
 Invesco S&P 100 Equal Weight ETF EQWL | $128.80 | 0.51% | |
Fidelity Dividend ETF for Rising Rates FDRR | $65.27 | 0.09% | |
 iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF IUSV | $109.71 | 0.27% | |
SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond ETF SPLB | $22.45 | 0.27% | |
iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF IGLB | $50.14 | 0.32% | |
Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF VCLT | $75.40 | 0.31% | |
Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF VOT | $306.18 | 1.65% | |
iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF IMCG | $97.01 | 1.87% | |
Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF IVOG | $144.13 | 1.61% | |
iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF USRT | $64.66 | 0.23% | |
Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund XLRE | $43.86 | 0.25% | |
Schwab US REIT ETF SCHH | $23.38 | 0.09% | |
iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF SLQD | $50.26 | 0.16% | |
iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF IGSB | $52.30 | 0.19% | |
iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF SUSB | $24.94 | 0.16% | |
iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF ISCG | $63.71 | 1.74% | |
Vanguard Small Cap Growth ETF VBK | $356.54 | 1.84% | |
Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF VIOG | $147.03 | 2.05% | |
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund XLK | $191.44 | 3.04% | |
Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF SOXQ | $112.78 | 6.27% | |
SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF XSW | $162.54 | 0.15% |