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Top 50 ETFs - the selection

Our favourite 50 ETFs
May 22, 2014

This is primarily a list of long-term portfolio building blocks. While you might want to use an ETF to trade short-term movements in the markets, this is not what we have been prioritising in compiling the list. We hope that you can use this list as a starting point for your research into the best ETFs for your portfolio.

Where possible, we have chosen the sterling traded versions of the ETFs. But readers should be aware that the base currency of many ETFs is US dollars. If you feel currency exposure is something you want to manage in an attempt to improve your performance, where possible, we’ve provided the sterling-hedged version of the ETF as an alternative for investors who want to take a view on currency movements.

We used Morningstar data to analyse performance and fees in combination with the the ETF providers’ factsheets. We have also taken into account the many articles and recommendations on ETFs that the IC funds team has written over the past two years.

Click here for a list of the Top50 ETFs in excel table format.