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IVV vs. VT

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

IVV
$
Today’s Change
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vs

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VT
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

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

Performance Measures**

for the time period May 19, 2000 to Dec 5, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

IVV

1.2%

6.3%

VT

1.3%

5.7%

Diff.

-0.1%

+0.6%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

IVV

-55.3%

24.5%

VT

-50.3%

20.7%

Diff.

-5%

+3.8%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

IVV

0.44

0.15

VT

0.50

0.17

Diff.

-0.06

-0.02

IVViShares Core S&P 500 ETF
VTVanguard Total World Stock ETF

What is IVV?

The iShares S&P 500 Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance before fees and expenses of U.S. large-cap stocks as represented by the Standard & Poors 500 Index.

Snapshot
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IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
VT Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
Inception date
May 15, 2000
Jun 24, 2008
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.07%
IVV has a lower expense ratio than VT by 0.04%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in IVV than VT.
Type
US Equities
Global Equities
IVV targets investing in US Equities, while VT targets investing in Global Equities.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
Vanguard
IVV is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while VT is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$1,773,176,007
$138,228,150
Both IVV 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
$342,279,931,285
$28,426,068,465
IVV has more assets under management than VT by $313,853,862,820. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P 500 Index
FTSE Global All Cap Index
IVV is based off of the S&P 500 Index, while VT is based off of the FTSE Global All Cap Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither IVV nor VT use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
IVV 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
IVV and VT may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither IVV nor VT require a K1.

Trading Strategies
Related toIVV

Bastardized Pareto's Portfolio

Category

Tactical allocation, risk-on/off, momentum, mean reversion, leveraged ETFs, vol hedge, commodities, bonds, EM

OOS Cumulative Return

76.25%

Trading Strategies
Related toVT

Steph combo 2

Category

Tactical asset allocation, Momentum, Trend-following, Leveraged ETFs, Volatility hedging, US large-cap tech, Semiconductors, Treasuries, Global equities

OOS Cumulative Return

95.36%

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Disclaimers

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We show information directly obtained from our data provider, Xignite. Data shown here is provided by Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes the information shown here is reliable, but has not been verified and there is no guarantee that the information is accurate.

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We show information based on calculations performed by Composer using data from our provider. Information provided here is based on calculations performed by Composer using data sourced from Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes this information is reliable, but has not verified the data and there is no guarantee that the calculations are accurate.