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Here are 12 ETFs that are crushing it with a more than 25% return in 2017

Here they are: The best performing ETFs in 2017 so far.

A Japanese sumo wrestler plays with children before the opening ceremony of a sumo tournament at the Changchung gymnasium on February 14, 2004, in Seoul, South Korea. Wrestlers arrived on friday, for their first tournament in South Korea since the country was released from Japanese colonial rule in 1945.

Passive investing, and more specifically, ETFs, have had a killer year.

The funds, which aim to mirror the performance of a single sector or index, have been extremely popular among investors for their low fees and predictable returns.

ETFs are a huge driver of growth in today's bull market. Exchange traded funds will purchase $300 billion in equities this year, which is more than 2015 and 2016 combined. Moody's thinks more than half the stock market will be owned by ETFs by 2024. There may be no stopping the popular funds.

Investing in ETFs is easy to do, but picking the right ETFs is a bit more complicated. To help, we compiled a list of the best ETFs, ranked by 2017 performance, using Bloomberg data.

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The S&P 500 is up 7.63%, which is a small number compared to the 25% or higher returns made by every ETF on this list. All the data was provided via Bloomberg.

First Trust NYSE Arca Biotech (FBT)

Assets:$1.02 billion

2017 Return:%

2017 investments in the fund:$11.73 million

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iShares MSCI China (MCHI)

Assets:$2.486 billion

2017 Return:%

2017 investments in the fund:$167.1 million

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Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x (SPXL)

Assets:$565.74 million

2017 Return:%

2017 investments in the fund:$99.15 million

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ProShares UltraPro S&P 500 (UPRO)

Assets:$893.76 million

2017 Return:%

2017 investments in the fund:$67.97 million

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iShares North American Tech (IGV)

Assets:$1.05 billion

2017 Return:%

2017 investments in the fund:$182.1 million

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iShares MSCI South Korea Capped (EWY)

Assets:$3.77 billion

2017 Return:%

2017 investments in the fund:$139.9 million

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FI Enhanced Large Cap Growth (FBGX)

Assets:$948.81 million

2017 Return:%

2017 investments in the fund:$48.9 million

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Credit Suisse FI Large Cap Growth (FLGE)

Assets:$1.217 billion

2017 Return:%

2017 investments in the fund:$122.2 million

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SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI)

Assets:$3.67 billion

2017 Return:%

2017 investments in the fund:$446.8 million

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ProShares Ultra QQQ (QLD)

Assets:$1.23 billion

2017 Return:%

2017 investments in the fund:$17.29 million

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KraneShares CSI China Internet (KWEB)

Assets:$540.67 million

2017 Return:%

2017 investments in the fund:$244.1 million

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ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ)

Assets: $1.81 billion

2017 Return: 55.78%

2017 investments in the fund: $285 million

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