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SPY vs. AGG

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY
$--
vs

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

AGG
$--

Correlation

0.29

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Top 10 comparisons with SPY:
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SPY
Correlation
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AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
0.29
SwitchSSOProShares Trust - ProShares Ultra S&P500 2x Shares1.00IVVBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF1.00SPXLDirexion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3X Shares1.00VOOVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard S&P 500 ETF1.00UPROProShares Trust - ProShares UltraPro S&P 500 ETF 3x Shares1.00SPLGSPDR Series Trust - SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF1.00VVVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Large Cap ETF1.00SCHXSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF1.00ESGUiShares Trust - iShares Trust iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF1.00IWBBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell 1000 ETF1.00

Top 10 shared holdings

The top 10 holdings shared by SPY and AGG:

There are no shared holdings.
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SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
AGGiShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

What is SPY?

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF is a fund that before expenses generally corresponds to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500 Index.

Snapshot
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SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Inception date
Jan 22 1993
Sep 22 2003
Expense ratio
0.09%
0.03%
SPY has a higher expense ratio than AGG by 0.06%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in SPY than AGG.
Type
US Equities
US Bonds
SPY targets investing in US Equities, while AGG targets investing in US Bonds.
Fund owner
State Street (SPDR)
Blackrock (iShares)
SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR), while AGG is managed by Blackrock (iShares).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$33,257,618,740
$631,408,505
Both SPY and AGG 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
$400,404,126,565
$91,680,069,240
SPY has more assets under management than AGG by $308,724,057,325. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P 500 Index
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
SPY is based off of the S&P 500 Index, while AGG is based off of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
SPY and AGG 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
SPY and AGG 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
SPY and AGG 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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