![Why there is no exchange traded fund for a trade war](https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/FN-AD357_FN_TRU_M_20180411071006.jpg)
While nearly 5,500 exchange traded funds currently trade on the market, none is explicitly designed to offer investors a way to invest in the prospect of a trade war involving the US, MarketWatch reports.
As trade has abruptly become a major issue in the US stock market — contributing to heavy equity-market volatility — there are no doubt plenty of investors wishing such a fund existed.