--- title: These Are the 50 Best ETFs of 2019 description: Use MONEY's list of recommended ETFs to build a diversified, low cost portfolio for the long run. authors: - name: Ian Salisbury role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/ian-salisbury-2/ bio: Ian Salisbury was a senior editor at Money, focusing on investing, banks and mortgage. at_money_since: 2013 articles: 91 covers: - Investing - Economy and Politics - Housing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes former_staff: true - name: Sergei Klebnikov url: https://money.com/author/sergei-klebnikov/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 74 covers: - Investing - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Lifestyle - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology former_staff: true published: '2019-02-04T15:30:45.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T13:35:12.000Z' section: Investing tags: - ETFs - Investing - MONEY 50 word_count: 266 canonical: https://money.com/50-best-etfs-of-2019/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![190131-50-best-etfs](https://img.money.com/2019/01/190131-50-best-etfs.jpg) Finding the right exchange-traded fund isn't easy. ETFs, mutual funds that trade throughout the day like a stock, can be a convenient investing tool. But there are thousands to choose from. More than 150 new ETFs appeared in 2018 alone. To help you, we pared this vast universe down to a more manageable set of choices, our Money 50 list of recommended exchange-traded funds. What follows is our list of recommended ETFs, broken out into three groupings: "building-block ETFs" for the core of your portfolio, offering you broad exposure to stocks and bonds; "custom ETFs" to help you tilt toward specific strategies, such as value or dividend investing; and "one-decision ETFs," which are single funds offering you exposure to both equities and fixed income. (You can find our list of 50 recommended traditional mutual funds here.) ## Building-Block ETFs These exchange-traded funds expose you to broad swaths of the stock and bond markets, and should be used to construct the core part of your port-folio that you’ll hold for years. Because you’re simply seeking basic exposure, low-cost index funds are your best bet here. ## One-Decision ETFs Don’t want to put ­together a portfolio on your own? Then use one of these professionally managed ETFs that hold a ­diversified mix of stocks and bonds. ## Custom ETFs Supplement your core holdings with these funds to diversify more broadly and to tilt toward certain types of stocks and bonds. *NOTES: ¹Net prospectus expense ratios were used. ²Total return figures are as of Oct. 31. ³Five-year returns are annualized. 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