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AGG vs. VT

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

AGG
$--
vs

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VT
$--

Correlation

0.33

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Top 10 comparisons with AGG:
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AGG
Correlation
With:
VT
Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
0.33
SwitchBNDVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF1.00SCHZSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab US Aggregate Bond ETF0.99EAGGiShares Trust - iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF0.99SPABSPDR Series Trust - SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF0.99BKAGBNY Mellon ETF Trust - BNY Mellon Core Bond ETF0.99AVIGAmerican Century ETF Trust - Avantis Core Fixed Income ETF0.99IUSBBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF0.98BIVVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF0.98FLCBFranklin Templeton ETF Trust - Franklin U.S. Core Bond ETF0.98BBAGJ.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust - JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF0.98

Top 10 shared holdings

The top 10 holdings shared by AGG and VT:

There are no shared holdings.
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AGGiShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
VTVanguard Total World Stock ETF

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
VT Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
Inception date
Sep 22 2003
Jun 24 2008
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.07%
AGG has a lower expense ratio than VT by 0.04%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in AGG than VT.
Type
US Bonds
Global Equities
AGG targets investing in US Bonds, while VT targets investing in Global Equities.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
Vanguard
AGG is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while VT is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$631,408,505
$138,228,150
Both AGG and VT 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
$28,426,068,465
AGG has more assets under management than VT by $63,254,000,775. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
FTSE Global All Cap Index
AGG is based off of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, while VT is based off of the FTSE Global All Cap Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
AGG and VT 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 VT 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 VT may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither AGG nor VT require a K1.
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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