About
An atlas for exchange-traded funds
There are thousands of ETFs and almost no good way to browse them by what they actually do. Fund pages are organized by issuer, screeners assume you already know the ticker, and the answer to a simple question — which funds give me exposure to defense, or to semiconductors, or to European banks? — is scattered across a dozen tabs. The ETF Atlas exists to answer that question in one place.
- Funds mapped
- 206
- Investment objectives
- 42
- Funds side by side
- 5
How we think about it
Objective first, issuer second
Most screeners make you already know the ticker. The Atlas starts from the question you actually have — “what are my options for defense exposure?” — and shows every fund that pursues that objective, regardless of who runs it.
Complete within a theme
A theme page is only useful if it isn't missing the obvious alternative. Funds appear in every objective they genuinely fit, so a robotics-and-AI fund shows up under both, and single-country funds sit alongside their regional peers.
Comparable numbers, plainly shown
Expense ratio, assets under management, top holdings and 1Y / 5Y / 10Y / since-inception returns — the same fields for every fund, in one table, so differences are obvious instead of buried in two PDFs.
No recommendations, no rankings
The Atlas never tells you what to buy and takes no payment from issuers for placement. It surfaces the field and the trade-offs; the decision stays yours.
Where the data comes from
Prices and long-horizon return series come from market data providers, computed from adjusted monthly closes so that 1Y, 5Y, 10Y and since-inception figures are consistent across funds. Fund profiles — expense ratio, assets under management, holdings count and top positions — are aggregated from provider fundamentals and public fund pages.
When a live figure isn't available for a fund, the page falls back to a curated reference value rather than showing a blank cell, and live values are labelled where they appear. Data can be delayed or incomplete, so always confirm against the issuer's prospectus and fact sheet before you invest. Our full disclaimer spells this out.
Who's behind it
The ETF Atlas is an independent project, built and maintained by a single investor who got tired of rebuilding the same comparison spreadsheet. It isn't affiliated with any fund issuer, index provider or exchange, and it doesn't sell placement or accept sponsored listings.
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