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  "data_version": "seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28",
  "source": "https://finance.foundation",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "collection": "funds",
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      "id": "spdr-sp500",
      "name": "SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust",
      "symbol": "SPY",
      "type": "ETF",
      "manager": "State Street Global Advisors",
      "manager_company": null,
      "strategy": "Passive — tracks S&P 500",
      "country": "united-states",
      "aum_usd_bn": 630,
      "description": "The first US-listed ETF (1993) and the most traded security in the world."
    },
    {
      "id": "vanguard-total-stock-market",
      "name": "Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF",
      "symbol": "VTI",
      "type": "ETF",
      "manager": "Vanguard",
      "manager_company": null,
      "strategy": "Passive — entire US equity market",
      "country": "united-states",
      "aum_usd_bn": 470,
      "description": "One fund, ~3,600 US stocks; the core holding of index investing."
    },
    {
      "id": "invesco-qqq",
      "name": "Invesco QQQ Trust",
      "symbol": "QQQ",
      "type": "ETF",
      "manager": "Invesco",
      "manager_company": null,
      "strategy": "Passive — tracks Nasdaq-100",
      "country": "united-states",
      "aum_usd_bn": 330,
      "description": "The default vehicle for large-cap tech exposure; tracks the Nasdaq-100."
    },
    {
      "id": "ishares-core-msci-world",
      "name": "iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF",
      "symbol": "IWDA",
      "type": "ETF",
      "manager": "BlackRock (iShares)",
      "manager_company": "blackrock",
      "strategy": "Passive — developed-market equities worldwide",
      "country": "united-kingdom",
      "aum_usd_bn": 110,
      "description": "Europe's standard one-fund global equity portfolio (~1,400 stocks, 23 developed markets)."
    },
    {
      "id": "ishares-bitcoin-trust",
      "name": "iShares Bitcoin Trust",
      "symbol": "IBIT",
      "type": "ETF",
      "manager": "BlackRock (iShares)",
      "manager_company": "blackrock",
      "strategy": "Passive — spot Bitcoin",
      "country": "united-states",
      "aum_usd_bn": 80,
      "description": "The fastest-growing ETF in history; brought Bitcoin into brokerage and retirement accounts."
    },
    {
      "id": "bridgewater-pure-alpha",
      "name": "Bridgewater Pure Alpha",
      "symbol": "—",
      "type": "Hedge fund",
      "manager": "Bridgewater Associates",
      "manager_company": null,
      "strategy": "Global macro",
      "country": "united-states",
      "aum_usd_bn": 80,
      "description": "Flagship strategy of the world's largest hedge-fund firm; systematic global-macro."
    },
    {
      "id": "norway-gpfg",
      "name": "Government Pension Fund Global",
      "symbol": "—",
      "type": "Sovereign wealth fund",
      "manager": "Norges Bank Investment Management",
      "manager_company": null,
      "strategy": "Global multi-asset (equity-heavy)",
      "country": "norway",
      "aum_usd_bn": 1800,
      "description": "Norway's oil fund — the largest sovereign wealth fund; owns ~1.5% of every listed company on Earth."
    },
    {
      "id": "gic",
      "name": "GIC",
      "symbol": "—",
      "type": "Sovereign wealth fund",
      "manager": "GIC Private Limited",
      "manager_company": null,
      "strategy": "Global multi-asset, long horizon",
      "country": "singapore",
      "aum_usd_bn": 800,
      "description": "Singapore's sovereign investor; one of the largest and most sophisticated allocators in private and public markets."
    }
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}