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Currency ETFs offer investors an easy way to be exposed to a variety of currencies. These funds can be used to diversify, infer a currency, or hedge exposure to a particular currency.
Below are some of the top currencies ETFs to consider for your portfolio:
What is a currency ETF?
A currency ETF is an exchange sales fund designed to track the performance of a single currency or basket of currencies. Some currencies ETFs may be supported by foreign currency bank deposits, while others use derivatives to manage currency exposure.
Currency ETFs can be used to diversify your portfolio, hedge exposure to a particular currency, and to infer currency movements. Currencies can move in response to a variety of economic factors, changes in interest rates, and geopolitical events.
Top Currency ETF
*Data as of May 21, 2025
WisdomTree Bloomberg US Dollar Bullish Fund (USDU)
The ETF is intended to provide total revenue before expenses exceeding the performance of the Bloomberg Dollar Total Return Index. The fund provides exposure to US dollars against a basket of foreign currency.
- 1 year return: 3.2%
- assets: $169.3 million
- Cost Ratio: 0.50%
Investco DB US Dollar Index Bull Fund (UUP)
The fund is designed for investors who want to track the value of the US dollar compared to a basket of six major global currencies: the euro, Japanese yen, British pound, Canadian dollar, Swedish Crona and Swiss franc.
- 1 year return: 0.4%
- assets: $276.1 million
- Cost Ratio: 0.75%
Investco CurrencyShares Euro Currency (FXE)
The ETF is designed to track the price of the euro, the currency of the 20 European Union countries.
- 1 year return: 6.1%
- assets: $523.5 million
- Cost Ratio: 0.40%
Investco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen (FXY)
The fund is designed to track the price of Japanese yen, the Japanese national currency. Japanese yen is one of the most widely traded currencies in the world.
- 1 year return: 8.3%
- assets: $862.9 million
- Cost Ratio: 0.40%
Investco CurrencyShares UK Pound Sterling (FXB)
This ETF is designed to track British pound sterling prices. British pound sterling is the official British currency, including the UK, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- 1 year return: 8.7%
- assets: $77.6 million
- Cost Ratio: 0.40%
Investco CurrencyShares Swiss Franc (FXF)
The fund is designed to track prices in Swiss francs. The Swiss franc is the domestic currency of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
- 1 year return: 10.1%
- assets: $473.5 million
- Cost Ratio: 0.40%
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