5 Best Oil and Gas ETFs

4. Vanguard Energy Index Fund (NYSE:VDE)

5 Year Share Price Gains: 27.19%

Vanguard Energy Index Fund (NYSE:VDE) is one of the biggest energy ETF, with more than $10 billion in net assets. It was set up in 2004 and has a net asset value of $127.76, which is just a couple of cents higher than the market share price. It is a passively managed fund that seeks to fully replicate an underlying index if regulatory constraints allow. The minimum investment criterion is just $1 and the fund has an expense ratio of 0.1%, which is lower than peer funds. The top three holdings are the usual list of suspects in the U.S. oil industry, with integrated oil firms being the largest constituents.