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AGG vs. SPY

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

AGG
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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY
$--

Correlation

0.29

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Top 10 comparisons with AGG:
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AGG
Correlation
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SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
0.29
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Top 10 shared holdings

The top 10 holdings shared by AGG and SPY:

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AGGiShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

What is AGG?

The iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance before fees and expenses of the total United States investment grade bond market as defined by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

Snapshot
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AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Inception date
Sep 22 2003
Jan 22 1993
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.09%
AGG has a lower expense ratio than SPY by 0.06%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in AGG than SPY.
Type
US Bonds
US Equities
AGG targets investing in US Bonds, while SPY targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
State Street (SPDR)
AGG is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$631,408,505
$33,257,618,740
Both AGG and SPY are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$91,680,069,240
$400,404,126,565
AGG has more assets under management than SPY by $308,724,057,325. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
S&P 500 Index
AGG is based off of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, while SPY is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
AGG and SPY use the same leverage ratio. Inverse and leveraged ETFs can be used to either take an opposite position or amplify returns of a given index.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
AGG and SPY both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
AGG and SPY may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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SPY may issue a K1, while AGG does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for SPY in its “Related ETFs” section.
When ETFs are uncorrelated, it’s common for them to be used as complements in a trading strategy. This means it makes sense to be holding both of them at the same time, or to use one as a hedge for the other.

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