{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/do-etfs-deliver-what-they-promise","section":"learn","title":"Do ETFs deliver what they promise? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, 68.0% of 1,755 measured US ETFs delivered on their own category\u2019s promise, and they cover 98.0% of measured net assets.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/do-etfs-deliver-what-they-promise#article","headline":"Do ETFs deliver what they promise?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, 68.0% of 1,755 measured US ETFs delivered on their own category\u2019s promise, and they cover 98.0% of measured net assets.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/do-etfs-deliver-what-they-promise","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/do-etfs-deliver-what-they-promise","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"Do ETFs deliver what they promise?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/do-etfs-deliver-what-they-promise#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What does delivered mean?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The fund did what its category says it does over the test period, within a stated gap."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is the Promise Index a score?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No. It is a check with three results, never a 0 to 100 score."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Where do I see a fund\u2019s result?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"On its fund page as a Promise check badge, with the gap behind it."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Do ETFs deliver what they promise?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/do-etfs-deliver-what-they-promise"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"Do ETFs deliver what they promise?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, 68.0% of 1,755 measured US ETFs delivered on their own category\u2019s promise, and they cover 98.0% of measured net assets.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/do-etfs-deliver-what-they-promise","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":2120,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / Do ETFs deliver what they promise? \n \n Do ETFs deliver what they promise?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, 68.0% of 1,755 measured US ETFs delivered on their own category\u2019s promise, and they cover 98.0% of measured net assets.\n \n In plain words\n Every category makes a promise: buffer funds protection, income funds income without eroding value, leveraged funds a daily multiple, bond funds a duration and credit mix. The ETFIQ Promise Index tests each fund against its own promise: delivered, partly or missed.\n Of 1,755 funds measured, 1,193 delivered, 290 delivered partly and 272 missed; those that delivered account for 98.0% of measured net assets. The index leads with the share of funds, because a few large funds can hide many misses. Funds that cannot be tested yet are counted and left out. A result is a fact about one period, not a prediction.\n Questions\n What does delivered mean? The fund did what its category says it does over the test period, within a stated gap.\n Is the Promise Index a score? No. It is a check with three results, never a 0 to 100 score.\n Where do I see a fund\u2019s result? On its fund page as a Promise check badge, with the gap behind it.\n Where to next\n Promise Index Rankings Screener: filter every ETF What is an ETF benchmark? What is tracking difference in an ETF? What is an IQ Score? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, Do ETFs deliver what they promise?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/do-etfs-deliver-what-they-promise Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, Do ETFs deliver what they promise?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/do-etfs-deliver-what-they-promise APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). Do ETFs deliver what they promise?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/do-etfs-deliver-what-they-promise Markdown [Do ETFs deliver what they promise? 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