The document discusses a new low-cost stock ETF called iShares Core S&P Total Stock Market ETF (ITOT) that has lowered its expense ratio to 0.03%, making it the lowest cost ETF for broad exposure to the US stock market. ITOT holds over 1,500 US stocks covering large, mid, and small caps. BlackRock lowered the costs of several iShares ETFs, including ITOT, in an effort to gain more assets under management. The previous lowest cost ETF was Schwab US Broad Market ETF (SCHB) at 0.04%, but ITOT now claims the top spot as cheapest.
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8. And for those of you already in a low cost
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10. An ETF with broad US stock exposure is
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Owning an ETF with the lowest expense
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11. Schwab US Broad Market $SCHB with an
expense ratio of 0.04% had the honor of
being the lowest cost broad US stock
ETF. It holds 2,500 of the largest US
stocks.
12. And you can trade it commission free if
you have an account with Schwab
$SCHW. Many investors have gravitated
to the low cost ETFs at Schwab. So far
this year, SCHB has net inflows of $820
million.
13. And it has seen assets soar by $2 billion
since the beginning of 2014. Not
surprisingly, a price war has broken out
among ETF providers that are competing
on price. We’ve seen the cost of ETFs fall
year after year.
15. BlackRock recently slashed the cost of
several of their “iShares Core” ETFs. The
expense ratio of the iShares Core S&P
Total Stock Market ETF $ITOT was
slashed to just 0.03%.
16. That makes it the cheapest ETF to get
exposure to the US stock market.
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18. ITOT holds 1,500 US stock. It’s a
combination of the S&P 500, S&P 400,
and S&P 600 indices. That covers the
most popular large-, mid-, and small-cap
US stocks. Since the beginning of 2014
ITOT has grown assets by $1.5 billion.
19. But it has lagged behind the inflows of
Schwab’s low cost ETF. Blackrock is
clearly looking to grab an even bigger
piece of the ETF asset pie with this move
to lower expenses on ITOT and other
ETFs.
20. And if you’re looking for the lowest cost
ETF to own US stocks, there’s no reason
to pick any other ETF.