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BND vs. VOO

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND
$
Today’s Change
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vs

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOO
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Apr 10, 2007 to Dec 5, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

BND

0.5%

0.9%

VOO

1.2%

6.3%

Diff.

-0.7%

-5.4%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

BND

-18.1%

5.2%

VOO

-34.0%

17.2%

Diff.

+15.9%

-12%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

BND

0.62

0.17

VOO

0.89

0.44

Diff.

-0.27

-0.27

BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF
VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF

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
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Inception date
Apr 3, 2007
Sep 7, 2010
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.03%
BND and VOO have the same expense ratio, meaning it’s equally as costly to invest in either one.
Type
US Bonds
US Equities
BND targets investing in US Bonds, while VOO targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
BND is managed by Vanguard, while VOO is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$433,296,798
$1,621,694,598
Both BND and VOO 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
$325,714,712,538
BND has more assets under management than VOO by $231,039,172,071. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
S&P 500 Index
BND is based off of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, while VOO is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither BND nor VOO use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
BND and VOO 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 VOO may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither BND nor VOO require a K1.

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Category

Semiconductors, Leveraged ETFs, Tactical, Volatility-aware, Mean-reversion, Momentum, Risk-managed

OOS Cumulative Return

1489.11%

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Related toVOO

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Category

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OOS Cumulative Return

209.62%

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Disclaimers

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