Global X - Russell 2000 ETF
$110.93−1.88 (−1.67%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.08%
- Fund size
- $1.5B
- 1Y return
- +18.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.25%
- Holdings
- 1979
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $112.64
- 52W range
The ETF.net RSSL Grade
Score 69 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.BScore 69Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 34Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 63Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 76Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 31Category rank
Our read on RSSL
BA 2024 arrival that owns the whole Russell 2000 (about 2,000 US small caps) for eight basis points, undercutting the index's famous incumbent. Same neighborhood, cheaper toll.
The fund seeks to track the price and yield performance of the Russell 2000 RIC Capped Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- 0.08% a year, well under the small-cap category median and below IWM, the best-known Russell 2000 tracker. Same index family, less fee drag.globalxetfs.com
- Plain vanilla by design: it tracks the Russell 2000 RIC Capped Index, roughly 2,000 US small caps, with no factor tilts or manager guesswork layered on top.globalxetfs.com
- Grew into a multi-billion-dollar fund quickly after its 2024 launch, and rates as one of the stronger builds among US small-cap trackers we review.
- Pays distributions quarterly, the standard cadence for broad equity index funds.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded next to the category's heavyweights, so bid-ask spreads can run wider. Matters more for large or hurried orders than for small ones.
- Launched in 2024, so there is only a short live record to judge, unlike Russell 2000 funds that have been running for decades.
- Small caps are the volatile end of US equities. Full-index exposure means owning the unprofitable and the fragile alongside the up-and-coming.
RSSL Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,979
- 3%
- CASH
Sectors
- Health Care20.4%
- Financials18.8%
- Technology13.5%
- Industrials13.3%
- Consumer Discr.8.7%
- Real Estate6.5%
- Energy6.4%
- Materials4.9%
- Utilities2.7%
- Cons. Staples2.6%
- Communication2.2%
Geography
- United States95.04%
- Bermuda1.74%
- United Kingdom0.66%
- Switzerland0.46%
- Canada0.46%
- Ireland0.41%
- Puerto Rico0.31%
- Monaco0.17%
- 0.74%
RSSL Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | RSSL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +17.4% |
| 1 month | −4.0% |
| 3 months | −3.4% |
| 1 year | +18.7% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | RSSL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +17.4% | |
| 2025 | +12.9% | |
| 2024 | +8.8% |
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RSSL Dividends
- 1.25%
- $1.41
- $0.26 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | Jul 9, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Apr 9, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $0.49 |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 | $0.36 |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Jul 11, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Apr 10, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | $0.52 |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Oct 10, 2024 | $0.30 |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Jul 11, 2024 | $0.04 |
RSSL Risk
- 18.2%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.86
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −27.8%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.20
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
RSSL Cost
- The middle half of US Small-Cap funds
- Median 0.20%
5 of the 17 US Small-Cap funds charge less.