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Why Invest in SPY?

SPY’s immense size and liquidity inspire innovative use cases that help investors meet their investment goals.

6 Traditional Ways to Invest in SPY

Click to learn how everyday investors can use SPY in their portfolios.

1

Diversification

Diversification

With SPY, gain exposure to more than 500 companies in a single trade via the S&P 500® — helping you to efficiently build diversified portfolios.

2

Managing Risk

Managing Risk

Everyday investors can use SPY to manage risk in ways only institutional traders could access previously.

3

Strategic Asset Allocation

Strategic Asset Allocation

Buy and hold SPY in a portfolio to potentially capture long-term growth.

4

Liquidity

Liquidity

As the world’s most liquid ETF,1 SPY can help you get in and out of the market fast, easily, and at a relatively attractive cost.

5

Transition Management

Transition Management

With SPY, you can stay invested in the broad US equity market while you determine your next investment move.

6

Tactical Asset Allocation

Tactical Asset Allocation

You can use SPY as a liquid proxy for large-cap US stocks when making tactical allocation decisions.

Benefits of ETFs Like SPY

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5 Advanced Ways to Use SPY

Click to discover the creative ways institutional investors and traders can invest in SPY.

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Flexibility in Execution

Flexibility in Execution

The depth of SPY’s secondary market enables a wide range of execution strategies and offers implicit transaction cost benefits.

2

Hedging

Hedging

When investors anticipate a market downturn, SPY can act as a hedge to potentially safeguard portfolios against downside risks. 

3

Liquidity Management

Liquidity Management

Because SPY is highly liquid, you can use it to manage portfolio liquidity — as a source of cash for redemption requests, a liquidity sleeve, and more.

4

Options Volume

Options Volume

Options can be used by institutional traders in a variety of ways. And SPY made up 48% of all ETF options volume in 2023.2

5

Securities Lending

Securities Lending

Large investors can use SPY as an additional source of income via securities lending — the process of loaning ETF shares to other investors.

How SPY’s Liquidity Drives Innovative Investing Approaches

Our Global Chief Investment Officer, Lori Heinel, shares how SPY can be used beyond building resilient portfolios.

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