ETF Compilation / Portfolio

Below is a list of ETFs I have come across in my research. Some more well known than others. My goal was to create a diversified portfolio in many different sectors and with international exposure. Without getting into the specific holdings of each one I will say I balanced the entire "portfolio" of ETFs to not hold too much of one company, TSLA for example.

AAXJ - Asia Ex Japan ETF

1 YR 34.96%

AAXJ selects its holdings from a nearly identical universe to our segment benchmark. It does diverge a bit by limiting its universe to the top 85% of companies by market cap, so it does tilt to large- and mid-caps. The fund primarily invests in Asian countries from both developed and emerging markets excluding Japan. The index is rebalanced semi-annually each May and November.

ARKF - Ark Fintech ETF

1 YR 107.61%

ARKF is an actively-managed ETF that follows the theme of Innovation in Financial Technology, which the issuer defines as “the introduction of a technologically enabled new product or service that potentially changes the way the financial sector works.” Some examples of such applications are transaction innovations, blockchain technology, risk transformation, frictionless funding platforms, customer facing platforms, and new intermediaries. For this specialized active exposure ARKF charges a fee on the higher side.

ARKG - Ark Genomic ETF

1 YR 214.18%

ARKG is an actively managed fund that targets companies involved in the genomics industry. ARKG reaches across multiple sectors and geographies for companies that the advisor believes will benefit from innovations in the genomics-related industry. Companies such as those that may develop, produce or enable targeted therapeutics, bioinformatics, stem cells or molecular diagnostics. The reality is almost all of its holdings are in US healthcare-related companies, with biotech naturally leading the way. This is a niche fund that charges a high fee for its unique, actively managed strategy. Because it doesn’t match well with our biotech benchmark, investors should look closely at where the fund makes its bets. It is an interesting concept and there is good performance potential. Liquidity is thin and spreads are often wide. Interested block traders will most likely have to work with the issuer, as underlying liquidity is lacking.

ARKK - Ark Disruptive Innovation ETF

1 YR 169.86%

ARKK is an actively managed fund that target disruptive innovation. ARK defines ‘‘disruptive innovation’’ as the introduction of a technologically enabled new product or service that potentially changes the way the world works. Companies within ARKK include those that rely on or benefit from the development of new products or services, technological improvements and advancements in scientific research relating to the areas of DNA technologies (‘‘Genomic Revolution”), industrial innovation in energy, automation and manufacturing (‘‘Industrial Innovation’’), the increased use of shared technology, infrastructure and services (‘‘Next Generation Internet’), and technologies that make financial services more efficient (‘‘Fintech Innovation’’).

BATT - Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF

1 YR 62.33%

BATT invests in advanced battery materials and technology companies globally. A committee selects the components of the fund from a pool of eligible companies. To qualify for inclusion in the selection pool, companies must generate at least 50% of their revenue from the mining, exploration, production, development, processing, or recycling of lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, or graphite. Also, companies that hold 10% or more of the global market share for advanced battery materials and report their primary source of revenue as such are also eligible.

BLOK - Amplify Transformational Data Sharing

1 YR 104.98%

BLOK is an actively managed portfolio mainly consisting of global equities focusing on blockchain technology. BLOK seeks total return by investing in companies developing or using what it calls “transformational data sharing technologies”,” mostly focusing on blockchain technology. Blockchain, which is the technology that drives Bitcoin, is a distributed, peer-to-peer ledger that facilitates recording transactions and tracking assets in a business environment. The fund further classifies eligible companies into two groups: core, with 70% weight, are firms that derive direct revenue from developing or profitably deploying data sharing technologies, and secondary, having the remaining 30% of the portfolio, are those that have partnered with or invested in such firms. The fund’s active manager may select companies from any country or industry.

CHIQ - Global X MSCI China Consumer Discretionary ETF

1 YR 116.99%

CHIQ tracks a cap-weighted index of Chinese large- and midcap consumer discretionary companies. The index includes A shares. CHIQ targets an increasingly popular investment theme within China—the consumer. While this vanilla fund provides a representative exposure to the consumer discretionary sector, it notably excludes small-caps and places position limits on the largest names. CHIQ includes all the major share classes: A, B, and H shares, red chips, P chips, and foreign listings. Additionally, the fund’s quarterly-rebalanced index uses a 10/50 capping methodology for its market-cap-weighting. Prior to December 6, 2018, CHIQ tracked an index of companies in both the consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors.

CNBS - Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF

1 YR 86.39%

CNBS is an actively-managed portfolio of global stocks related to cannabis and hemp. CNBS is a global take on marijuana stocks. The fund invests in securities of companies of all market caps that derive 50% or more of their revenue from the cannabis and hemp ecosystem, which is classified as one of three things: cannabis/hemp plant (pharmaceuticals/biotechnology, cultivation & retail, hemp products and cannabis-infused products), support (agricultural technology, Real Estate and Commercial Services), or Ancillary (Consumption Devices/Mechanisms, Investing & Finance, Technology & Media and Other Ancillary). The fund is actively managed.

EBIZ - Global X E-commerce ETF

1 YR 83.36%

EBIZ tracks a market-cap-weighted index of global e-commerce companies, including online retailers, retail platforms, and supporting businesses. EBIZ is designed as a play on the increasing importance of e-commerce within the retail industry. In addition to retailers themselves, the fund holds companies that operate online marketplace platforms, or provide software or services to facilitate e-commerce. EBIZ can hold companies of any size, and though global in scope, limits emerging-market exposure to a few specific countries (most notably China). Because many of the firms it holds are classified in internet services or similar industries, the fund is understandably a poor Fit to our traditional retail benchmark. EBIZ charges a reasonable fee for its exposure, in line with competitors.

ESPO - VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports ETF

1 YR 88.32%

ESPO tracks a market-cap-weighted index of global firms involved in video gaming and esports. ESPO holds a portfolio of stocks related to video gaming and esports. To be eligible, components must generate at least half their revenue from relevant industries, including game development, gaming-related software or hardware, and streaming services. The fund also holds firms involved in esports events, such as league operators. ESPO has truly global reach, with the potential to hold firms of any size from any country. That said, the fund is primarily focused on big-name game developers and hardware companies from the US, Japan, China, and Korea. ESPO is market-cap weighted, with the largest holdings capped at 8%, and is rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly.

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EWY - iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

1 YR 52.12%

EWY tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap Korean firms. EWY provides unbiased exposure to the Korean equity market with significant exposure to Samsung. The fund tracks an index that ignores most small- and micro-cap stocks. To ensure diversification, the index applies certain investment limits with no single issuer exceeding 25% of the Underlying Index weight, and all issuers with a weight above 5% not cumulatively exceeding 50%. These limits are imposed on regulated investment companies (RICs) under the current US Internal Revenue Code. The index is rebalanced quarterly to coincide with the reporting requirements of RIC-compliant funds.

FAN - First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF

1 YR 61.64%

FAN tracks an index of companies involved in the wind energy industry, weighted according to float-adjusted market cap with strict limits on individual holdings. FAN is a global renewable energy ETF that specifically targets the wind industry. FAN saves roughly 60% of its weighting for 'pure-plays' in the wind industry and allocates the remaining 40% to 'diversified sector' companies involved in the industry. The top five pure-play companies are capped at 8% weight each, with a 4% cap for the remainder. All diversified sector companies have a 2% cap. It follows a 'wind energy' mandate. The fund changed its name from First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund to First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF on 12/14/2016. The underlying index methodology changed on 6/20/17, affecting the fund’s weighting and position limits. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually.

HACK - ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF

1 YR 42.43%

HACK tracks a tiered, equal-weighted index that targets companies actively involved in providing cybersecurity technology and services. HACK is the first ETF on the market that focuses on cybersecurity. The fund splits the industry into 2 segments: developers of cybersecurity hardware or software and providers of cybersecurity services. HACK selects stocks by market cap and uses a modified equal-weighting scheme. Each of the fund’s segments is weighted proportionally by its respective market cap in comparison with the cumulative market cap of both segments. After evenly weighting components within each of these segments, adjustments are made for liquidity. HACK has a unique, cybersecurity-focused take on the technology sector that gives it a small-cap tilt, with concentrations in software and IT services that are not present in a plain-vanilla fund. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. On June 30, 2020, the fund announced a potential reorganization which would result in a change of fund managers to Exchange Traded Concepts. The acquisition is pending subject to shareholder approval.

IBUY - Amplify Online Retail ETF

1 YR 141.66%

IBUY tracks an index of global stocks issued by firms with revenues dominated by online retail sales. Stocks are equally weighted within two geographic buckets. IBUY offers straightforward and diversified equity exposure to global online retailers. The fund holds stock in firms with at least 70% of their revenues from online sales. Firms can be of any market cap subject to typical minimum size and liquidity constraints. US stocks receive a 75% minimum weight, foreign stocks receive the remainder. Stocks are equally weighted within the two geographic buckets. The equal weighting adds diversity and keeps giants like Amazon from dominating the basket, but also introduces a bias to smaller and possibly more risky firms. For foreign coverage, IBUY prefers ADRs and GDRs for developed market exposure and requires these stock substitutes for emerging market names. These constraints may help liquidity but reduce the universe of eligible foreign firms. The index is also rebalanced semi-annually. Overall, IBUY’s targeted online coverage and methodology should be considered when investing in this fund.

ICLN - iShares Global Clean Energy ETF

1 YR 147.21%

ICLN tracks a market-cap-weighted index of 30 of the most liquid companies involved in businesses related to clean energy. ICLN holds a narrow portfolio of all-cap, global clean energy companies, which it defines as those involved in the biofuels, ethanol, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, and wind industries. Aside from holding the companies that produce energy through these means, ICLN also includes companies that develop technology and equipment used in the process. To hone in on the clean energy theme, ICLN takes large concentrated positions in about 30 companies, which are then weighted by market cap and rebalanced on a quarterly basis.

IPO - Renaissance IPO ETF

1 YR 108.34%

IPO tracks a market cap-weighted index of recent US-listed IPOs. The fund acquires issues within 90 days or sooner after IPO and sells after 2 years. IPO offers access to the newest publicly traded stocks in an ETF wrapper. It adds a new company to its basket within 90 days of listing and removes a firm after two years of public trading. The largest new entrants can be included a week after their IPO date. The resulting portfolio complements the overall equity market, as its weighted average market cap will ordinarily be far smaller, and its constituents may not be included in major indexes for a few months. The small number of eligible securities can make for a concentrated portfolio. Index constituents have a 10% issuer cap and are reviewed quarterly. Post-IPO liquidity can be a challenge for market makers looking to create new shares, so keep a sharp eye on trading spreads.

IZRL - ARK Israel Innovative Technology ETF

1 YR 42.91%

IZRL tracks an equally weighted index of Israeli companies causing advancements in the areas of genomics, health care, biotechnology, industrials, manufacturing, and IT. IZRL offers investors focused exposure to the Israeli technology sector. However, the index defines technology companies loosely widening the scope to include Israeli companies whose main business involves disruptive innovation in genomics, health care, biotechnology, industrials, manufacturing, internet, or information technology. Any companies from the following industries that are causing technological disruptive innovation are considered for inclusion: Health Technology, Communications, Technology Services, Electronic Technology, Consumer Services, or Producer Manufacturing. Unlike other funds, which allows globally listed companies with Israeli exposure, IZRL targets only companies that are incorporated or domiciled in Israel. The index is equally weighted, which gives more exposure to smaller companies, and rebalanced quarterly.

KARS - KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

1 YR 82.31%

KARS tracks index of global stocks that are involved in the production of electric vehicles or other initiatives that may enhance future mobility. KARS focuses on companies engaged in one or more of the following sub-industries: electric vehicle production, autonomous driving, shared mobility, lithium and/or copper production, lithium-ion/lead acid batteries, hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing, or electric infrastructure. Selected stocks are sorted into tiers by market capitalization, the largest tiers get the most weight, but holdings are equal-weighted within the tiers. In terms of sector exposure, the portfolio is heavily weighted toward consumer discretionary and information technology names. KARS charges a fair expense ratio in light of its specialized focus and limited competition.

KWEB - KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

1 YR 80.39%

KWEB tracks a foreign equity index composed of overseas-listed Chinese Internet companies. KWEB, tracking only overseas-listed Chinese share of Internet-sector companies, doesn't look much like our benchmark for the Chinese IT segment. For one thing, KWEB excludes hardware companies from its selection universe, and primarily holds US-listed N-shares which are excluded by our benchmark. KWEB ends up with less Software and IT Exposure than our benchmark, and tilts significantly towards small-caps. Index constituents are ranked by free-float market capitalization in U.S. Dollars and weighted using a 10% capping methodology at each semi-annual rebalance. While not perfectly capturing China's Internet economy, KWEB is a good pure-play on Chinese Internet software and service providers.

LIT - Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF

1 YR 129.50%

LIT tracks a market-cap-weighted index of global lithium miners and battery producers. LIT tracks a market-cap-weighted index of 20-40 companies involved in the global mining and exploration of lithium, or in lithium battery production. While the plain-vanilla fund gives broad exposure to the lithium industry, it manages to offer targeted, concentrated exposure with a micro-cap tilt. LIT is an excellent fit for investors looking for niche lithium exposure as an ETF. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced on an annual basis.

PGJ - Invesco Golden Dragon China ETF

1 YR 71.70%

PGJ tracks a market-cap-weighted index of Chinese stocks. PGJ is a broad cap-weighted fund that strictly holds US-listed Chinese shares. These stocks, also known as 'N-shares,' consist of ADRs of companies that are headquartered and incorporated in China, excluding Hong Kong, that only list shares in the United States. The fund aims to take advantage of the opportunities in China with the transparency that US-listed securities have. Stocks are weighted by market cap with no more than five securities exceeding 8%, with the remaining weight proportionally distributed using a similar method. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly.

PRNT - 3D Printing ETF

1 YR 77.81%

PRNT tracks a tiered, equal-weighted index composed of stocks that are directly involved in 3D printing and 3D printing-related businesses. PRNT is the first ETF on the market that focuses specifically on 3D printing. Eligible securities include equities based in the US, non-US developed markets, and Taiwan. The underlying index focuses on five different business lines related to 3D printing: i) 3D printing hardware, ii) CAD and 3D printing software, iii) 3D printing centers, iv) scanners and measurement, and v) 3D printing materials. Each business line receives 50%, 30%, 13%, 5%, and 2%, weight in the index respectively. Within each business line, selected securities are given an equal weight. PRNT is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly.

QQQ - Invesco QQQ Trust

1 YR 44.73%

QQQ tracks a modified-market-cap-weighted index of 100 NASDAQ-listed stocks. QQQ is one of the best established and typically one of the most actively traded ETFs in the world. Often referred to as “the triple Q’s”, it's also one of the most unusual. The product is one of a few ETFs structured as a unit investment trust. Per the rules of its index, the fund only invests in nonfinancial stocks listed on NASDAQ, and effectively ignores other sectors too, causing it to skew massively away from a broad-based large-cap portfolio. QQQ has huge tech exposure, but it is not a 'tech fund' in the pure sense either. The fund's arcane weighting rules further distance it from anything close to plain vanilla large-cap or pure-play tech coverage. The ETF is much more concentrated in its top holdings and is more volatile than our vanilla large-cap benchmark. Still, the fund has huge name recognition for the underlying index, the NASDAQ-100. In all, QQQ delivers a quirky but wildly popular mash-up of tech, growth and large-cap exposure. The fund and index are rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually.

REMX - VanEck Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF

1 YR 97.44%

REMX tracks an index of global companies that mine, refine, or recycle rare earth and strategic metals. REMX targets an obscure part of the mining market—rare earths metals. The fund invests in the largest and most liquid companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from the global rare earth and strategic metals segment, and has significant exposure to small- and micro-caps and emerging-market issuers—the firms you typically find producing cerium, manganese, titanium, and tungsten. REMX's narrow portfolio holds just a handful of names, selected and weighted by market-cap, with a cap of 8% per issuer to ensure diversification. The index is rebalanced quarterly.

SMH - VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF

1 YR 65.79%

SMH tracks a market-cap-weighted index of 25 of the largest US-listed semiconductors companies. SMH is a highly concentrated fund that invests in common stocks and depositary receipts of US-listed semiconductor companies, similar to our benchmark. Midcap companies and foreign companies listed in the US can also be included. To be initially eligible, 50% of company revenues must be primarily in the production of semiconductors and semiconductor equipment. The top 50 eligible companies by market cap are then given two separate ranks based on free-float market capitalization in descending order and three-month average-daily-trading volume in descending order. Those two ranks are summed and the highest ranked 25 companies are selected. A capping scheme is applied to ensure diversification and more weight is given to the larger companies.

SOCL - Global X Social Media ETF

1 YR 86.73%

SOCL tracks a modified market-cap-weighted index of social media companies selected by the Structured Solutions Committee. SOCL is the only ETF on the market that focuses on social media companies. It caps the weights of pure-play social media companies at 10% and the weights of non-pure play companies at 4.75%. SOCL was one of the earliest ETF buyers of Facebook. SOCL underweights US companies relative to its global technology peers, since it excludes 3 of the 4 biggest US tech companies (Apple, Microsoft and IBM). Instead, it heavily overweights China, Japan and Russia. SOCL also excludes the semiconductors and computer companies that make up over 1/3 of our benchmark, instead heavily overweighting software. The fund's performance history unsurprisingly deviates significantly from that of broad technology.

UFO - Procure Space ETF

1 YR 7.90%

The Procure Space ETF tracks a tier-weighted index of global aerospace companies. UFO is the first global aerospace & defense fund. The companies included in this fund span several industries, including (a) satellite-based consumer products and services, (b) rocket and satellite manufacturing, deployment and maintenance, (c) space technology hardware, (d) ground equipment manufacturing, and (e) space-based imagery and intelligence services. The fund divides its constituents into two tranches. The first tranche is comprised of non-diversified companies that derive at least 50% (but typically 100%) of their revenues from space-related activities. The second tranche is comprised of diversified companies that play a significant role in the production of space technology and equipment. The non-diversified tranche is then given 80% of the weight of the Underlying Index and the diversified tranche is given 20% of the weight.

WCLD - WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund

1 YR 92.39%

WCLD tracks and index of US companies primarily focused on cloud software and services. Stocks are equal weighted in the index. WCLD provides exposure to cloud computing stocks which includes those involved with servers, storage, databases, networking software, analytics, and intelligence. The index is provided by NASDAQ, which is designed to capture emerging public companies that derive a majority of their revenues from cloud computing software products or services. Customers must be serviced through either a cloud delivery or cloud economic model. To be include in the index, a company must: have a revenue growth rate of at least 15% for each of the last two full fiscal years for new Index constituents or a revenue growth rate of at least 7% in at least one of the last two fiscal years for existing constituents, the company’s stock must be listed for trading on a US stock exchange and meet minimum liquidity requirements. The Index is reconstituted and rebalanced semi-annually.

This is not investment advice its a list of ETFs.