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BND vs. SQQQ

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND
$--
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ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

SQQQ
$--

Correlation

-0.30

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BND
Correlation
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SQQQ
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
-0.30
SwitchAGGBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond 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 ETF0.99AVIGAmerican Century ETF Trust - Avantis Core Fixed Income ETF0.99BKAGBNY Mellon ETF Trust - BNY Mellon Core Bond ETF0.99BIVVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF0.99FLCBFranklin Templeton ETF Trust - Franklin U.S. Core Bond ETF0.98IUSBBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF0.98NUBDNuveen Fund Advisors LLC - NuShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF0.98

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BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF
SQQQProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

What is BND?

BND Invests in more than 3000 bonds representative of the broad U.S. investment-grade market. Goal is to keep pace with U.S. bond market returns. Offers relatively high potential for investment income; share value tends to rise and fall modestly. More appropriate for medium- or long-term goals where you re looking for a reliable income stream. Appropriate for diversifying the risks of stocks in a portfolio.

Snapshot
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BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF
SQQQ ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Inception date
Apr 03 2007
Feb 09 2010
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.95%
BND has a lower expense ratio than SQQQ by 0.91%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in BND than SQQQ.
Type
US Bonds
US Equities
BND targets investing in US Bonds, while SQQQ targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
ProShares
BND is managed by Vanguard, while SQQQ is managed by ProShares.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$433,296,798
$2,217,551,125
Both BND and SQQQ 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
$94,675,540,467
$4,455,851,279
BND has more assets under management than SQQQ by $90,219,689,188. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
Nasdaq 100 Index
BND is based off of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, while SQQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Inverse (-3x)
BND uses undefined, while SQQQ uses Inverse (-3x). Inverse and leveraged ETFs can be used to either take an opposite position or amplify returns of a given index.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
BND and SQQQ 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
BND and SQQQ may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither BND nor SQQQ 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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