The ETF industry has certainly come a long way since SPY made its debut as the first exchange-traded fund in 1993. With over 1,400 products to chose from, investors of all walks can now have cheap and easy access to nearly every corner of the investable universe. From plain vanilla funds to the more complex and intriguing products, issuers continue to pump out innovative ETPs year after year. Although there are numerous new funds already in the pipeline, taking a step back and looking at the performance of ETFs that have been on the market for a while paints a vivid picture of just how far the industry has come [see also 5 Worst ETF Strategies Of The Last 5 Years]. This month marks the three-year anniversary of three offerings from issuers EG Shares, ALPS and ProShares. Since July of 2009, the emerging market fund AGEM, the sector weighted EQL, and the alternative 130/30 ETF [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Beyond SPY: Nine Alternatives To S&P 500 ETFs Equal Weight ETFs: Comparing Similar (But Different) Strategies Ten Unexpected Observations On YTD ETF Returns Emerging Markets ETFs: Five Factors To Consider ETF Misnomers: Why You Never Judge A Fund By Its Cover