ETF Trivia
November 26, 2009 by Ron Rowland
Filed under Commentary, ETFs
It’s a holiday. Why on earth are you looking at an investment website? As long as you are here, you might as well test your knowledge of ETFs and perhaps win a prize.
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Are you ready? Here goes:
Just about every ETF investor is aware that the first ETF in the US was the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) launched in January 1993, but how good is your understanding of other ETF trivia?
1. What was the second ETF (exchange-traded fund) launched?
- a) Nasdaq 100 Trust (QQQ) now known as PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ)
- b) SPDR S&P Midcap (MDY)
- c) Dow Diamonds (DIA)
2. In what year was the second ETF launched?
- a) 1994
- b) 1995
- c) 1996
3. How many US listed ETFs and ETNs were there at the beginning of the new millennium (1/1/2000)?
- a) 32
- b) 132
- c) 232
4. When was the first bond ETF launched?
- a) July 2002
- b) November 2002
- c) January 2007
5. What was the brand name of the first family of ETFs with an international focus?
- a) BLDRS
- b) SPDR
- c) WEBS
6. When was the first ETN (exchange-traded note) launched?
- a) 1999
- b) 2004
- c) 2006
7. When were the first leveraged and inverse ETFs launched?
- a) July 1993
- b) June 2006
- c) January 2007
8. How much time elapsed between the initial filing of the first leveraged ETF and its launch?
- a) ~6 months
- b) ~2 years
- c) ~4 years
9. When was the first ETF delisting?
- a) February 1998
- b) October 2000
- c) December 2002
10. What was the age of the “youngest” ETF to delist?
- a) Less than 3 months
- b) Just over 9 months
- c) 3 years, 8 months
11. When was the 1,000th ETP (ETFs and ETNs combined) launched?
- a) September 2008
- b) November 2009
- c) It hasn’t occurred yet
12. Which of the following ETF brands are defunct?
- a) WEBS
- b) streetTRACKS
- c) FITRs
- d) HealthShares
- e) AirShares
- f) NETS
- g) Ameristock
- h) Adelante
- i) Opta
- j) FocusShares
- k) SPA
- l) BearLinx
- m) Fortune
- n) All of the above
- o) “a” through “f” only
- p) “g” through “m” only
- q) None of the above
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