All 44 US · Sectors funds in the SeeFund pool, ranked by annualised return over the window shown. Dividends reinvested, fund fees already deducted. Data as of 2026-09-22 — every figure on this page is history, not a forecast.
| # | Fund | Return a year | Total return | Sharpe | Worst drop | Fee | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COPX Global X Copper Miners ETF | +20.6% | +553.2% | 0.58 | -65.4% | — | 10.0 |
| 2 | AIRR First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF | +18.2% | +433.0% | 0.73 | -42.4% | 0.70% | 10.0 |
| 3 | SLX VanEck Steel ETF | +17.5% | +400.9% | 0.60 | -61.6% | — | 10.0 |
| 4 | GOAU U.S. Global GO Gold AND Precious Metal Miners ETF | +17.2% | +331.6% | 0.47 | -55.4% | — | 9.2 |
| 5 | XME State STREET(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Metals & Mining ETF | +16.9% | +377.3% | 0.52 | -61.7% | — | 10.0 |
| 6 | XAR State STREET(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense… | +16.2% | +347.2% | 0.71 | -46.4% | — | 10.0 |
| 7 | PPA Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF | +16.1% | +345.5% | 0.84 | -43.9% | — | 10.0 |
| 8 | CRAK VanEck OIL Refiners ETF | +15.6% | +324.9% | 0.65 | -58.8% | — | 10.0 |
| 9 | PAVE Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF | +15.2% | +285.9% | 0.67 | -44.1% | — | 9.5 |
| 10 | GDX VanEck Gold Miners ETF | +14.5% | +288.7% | 0.42 | -49.8% | — | 10.0 |
| 11 | ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF | +13.8% | +264.3% | 0.64 | -51.0% | 0.37% | 10.0 |
| 12 | GOEX Global X Gold Explorers ETF | +13.5% | +255.9% | 0.36 | -50.5% | — | 10.0 |
| 13 | XTL State STREET(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Telecom ETF | +13.5% | +255.2% | 0.61 | -37.0% | 0.06% | 10.0 |
| 14 | XLI State STREET(R) Industrial Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF | +13.3% | +247.4% | 0.70 | -42.3% | 0.35% | 10.0 |
| 15 | SGDM Sprott Gold Miners ETF | +13.2% | +246.6% | 0.38 | -49.7% | — | 10.0 |
| 16 | NANR State STREET(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) North American… | +12.9% | +235.0% | 0.55 | -49.2% | 0.35% | 10.0 |
| 17 | IXG iShares Global Financials ETF | +12.5% | +225.0% | 0.69 | -43.5% | 0.38% | 10.0 |
| 18 | IAK iShares U.S. Insurance ETF | +12.3% | +218.8% | 0.70 | -44.9% | 0.37% | 10.0 |
| 19 | GDXJ VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF | +12.2% | +217.0% | 0.31 | -57.8% | — | 10.0 |
| 20 | HAP VanEck Natural Resources ETF | +12.0% | +211.1% | 0.65 | -44.1% | — | 10.0 |
| 21 | DFNL Davis Select Financial ETF | +12.0% | +199.9% | 0.61 | -44.5% | — | 9.7 |
| 22 | KBWP Invesco KBW Property & Casualty Insurance ETF | +11.8% | +204.7% | 0.70 | -39.7% | — | 10.0 |
| 23 | NLR VanEck Uranium AND Nuclear ETF | +11.4% | +194.0% | 0.51 | -37.5% | — | 10.0 |
| 24 | SGDJ Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF | +11.3% | +191.5% | 0.29 | -57.8% | — | 10.0 |
| 25 | IEO iShares U.S. OIL & GAS Exploration & Production ETF | +11.0% | +183.8% | 0.31 | -75.0% | — | 10.0 |
| 26 | MLPX Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF | +10.9% | +181.0% | 0.42 | -64.7% | — | 10.0 |
| 27 | ENFR Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF | +10.8% | +178.6% | 0.43 | -62.6% | — | 10.0 |
| 28 | TPYP Tortoise North American Pipeline ETF | +10.6% | +173.1% | 0.51 | -51.9% | — | 10.0 |
| 29 | XLE State STREET(R) Energy Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF | +10.5% | +170.8% | 0.35 | -66.8% | 0.35% | 10.0 |
| 30 | IXC iShares Global Energy ETF | +10.5% | +170.5% | 0.41 | -64.2% | 0.38% | 10.0 |
| 31 | VDE Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares | +10.0% | +159.2% | 0.33 | -69.3% | 0.07% | 10.0 |
| 32 | FENY Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF | +9.9% | +156.1% | 0.32 | -69.1% | 0.09% | 10.0 |
| 33 | IGE iShares North American Natural Resources ETF | +9.7% | +153.0% | 0.39 | -60.6% | 0.37% | 10.0 |
| 34 | RSPG Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Energy ETF | +9.5% | +147.0% | 0.27 | -73.2% | — | 10.0 |
| 35 | IYE iShares U.S. Energy ETF | +9.3% | +143.0% | 0.31 | -68.6% | 0.37% | 10.0 |
| 36 | EMLP First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure… | +9.2% | +141.9% | 0.58 | -43.6% | — | 10.0 |
| 37 | FTXN First Trust NASDAQ OIL & GAS ETF | +9.2% | +140.0% | 0.29 | -73.5% | — | 10.0 |
| 38 | IHE iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF | +8.7% | +130.7% | 0.56 | -29.6% | 0.37% | 10.0 |
| 39 | PPH VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF | +8.6% | +127.8% | 0.57 | -29.7% | — | 10.0 |
| 40 | PJP Invesco Pharmaceuticals ETF | +8.1% | +117.4% | 0.51 | -33.9% | — | 10.0 |
| 41 | AMLP Alerian MLP ETF | +7.0% | +96.0% | 0.23 | -72.6% | — | 10.0 |
| 42 | FXN First Trust Energy Alphadex Fund | +6.7% | +90.7% | 0.18 | -80.6% | 0.63% | 10.0 |
| 43 | MLPA Global X MLP ETF | +6.4% | +85.2% | 0.22 | -74.0% | — | 10.0 |
| 44 | AMZA Infracap MLP ETF | +5.0% | +62.4% | 0.12 | -86.8% | 1.72% | 10.0 |
COPX (: +20.6% a year) sits at the top of this table and AMZA (+5.0% a year) at the bottom. The order is arithmetic over past data — it is not a judgement about which fund is better, and past performance does not predict future results.
| Fund | Deepest drop | Peak → trough |
|---|---|---|
| AMZA | -86.8% | 2017-02-15 → 2020-03-18 |
| FXN | -80.6% | 2018-10-03 → 2020-03-23 |
| IEO | -75.0% | 2018-10-03 → 2020-03-18 |
| MLPA | -74.0% | 2017-02-15 → 2020-03-18 |
| FTXN | -73.5% | 2018-10-03 → 2020-03-18 |
The deepest fall in this group was AMZA, down -86.8% from 2017-02-15 to 2020-03-18. It sits at position 44 in the return table — a reminder that the two questions "what did it return" and "how bad did it get" have different answers.
Expense ratios in this group run from 0.06% to 1.72% a year (median 0.37%). Fees are already deducted from every return above — a fund does not have to be expensive to be interesting, and a cheap one is not automatically better.
It is not investment advice, not a suggestion of what to buy, and not a forecast. A fund appears here because it is in our pool, and the ordering is arithmetic. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
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