ETFs By The Numbers

Bob Pisani has provided coverage from the world's biggest ETF conference this week. More than 800 people are attending this 3rd annual conference - double the number of participants from the first conference back in 2008.

Having gained tremendous popularity particularly over the past 5 years, the ETF industry is now a big business, with assets under management expected to crack $1 trillion sometime this year and the number of ETFs to break 1,000 as well. That's certainly a far cry from when the very first ETF, SPDR S&P 500 (SPY), was launched back in 1993.

Take a look at some other impressive tidbits on the size and scope of the industry today.

ETFs: By the Numbers (As of December 2009)

• 30 - Number of ETF Companies
• 819 - Total Number of ETFs (Up from 747 in 2008)
• 125 - Number of ETFs with at least $1 billion in assets
• $782 Billion - Total ETF Assets (Up 46% from Prior Year)
• $116 Billion - Net ETF Inflows in 2009
• 93% - Combined Market Share of the 5 Largest ETF Firms
• 521 - Number of New ETFs in Registration

Source: NSX/SSgA/IndexUniverse.com

The ETF Explosion

Number of ETFs

• 1993 1
• 1997 19
• 2001 102
• 2005 204
• 2009 819

Source: ICI/SSgA

Diversifying Portfolios with ETFs

ETFs currently on the market give exposure to:

• 32 countries
• 16 commodities
• 14 currencies
• 30 different parts of the bond markets

Source: Matt Hougan, IndexUniverse.com

Biggest ETF Companies

(By Assets Under Management)

1. Blackrock/iShares $373 Billion
2. State Street Global Advisors $189 Billion
3. Vanguard $92 Billion
4. Invesco PowerShares $46 Billion
5. ProShares $24 Billion

Source: National Stock Exchange

Biggest ETFs

(By Assets Under Management)

1. SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) $85 Billion
2. SPDR Gold (GLD) $40 Billion
3. iShares MSCI-Emerging Mkts. $39 Billion
4. iShares MSCI-EAFE $35 Billion
5. iShares S&P 500 $22 Billion

Source: National Stock Exchange

ETF Assets Under Management

(As of December 2009)

• U.S. Stock ETFs $378 Billion
• Int'l. Stock ETFs $209 Billion
• Fixed Income ETFs $106 Billion
• Commodity ETFs $68 Billion
• Currency ETFs $8 Billion

Source: National Stock Exchange

Most Actively Traded ETFs

(Ranked by 2009 Share Volume)

1. SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)
2. SPDR Financial (XLF)
3. PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ)
4. Direxion Daily Financials Bull 3x
5. Direxion Daily Financials Bear 3x

Source: National Stock Exchange

ETF Fund Flows in 2009

• Fixed Income ETFs $45 Billion in Inflows
• Int'l. Stock ETFs $37 Billion in Inflows
• Commodity ETFs $29 Billion in Inflows
• Currency ETFs $4 Billion in Inflows
• U.S. Stock ETFs $3 Billion in Outflows

Source: National Stock Exchange

ETFs' Low Cost Advantage

Average Expense Ratio

• Equity Mutual Funds: 1.57%
• Equity ETFs: 0.54%

Source: SSgA

ETFs' Low Cost Advantage

Average Expense Ratio

• Fixed Income Mutual Funds: 0.99%
• Fixed Income ETFs: 0.25%

Source: SSgA

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