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SPY vs. SPYD

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY
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SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

SPYD
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Correlation

SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPYDSPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend 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
SPYD SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF
Inception date
Jan 22, 1993
Oct 21, 2015
Expense ratio
0.09%
0.07%
SPY has a higher expense ratio than SPYD by 0.01%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in SPY than SPYD.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
SPY targets investing in US Equities, while SPYD targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
State Street (SPDR)
State Street (SPDR)
SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR), while SPYD is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$33,257,618,740
$31,341,265
Both SPY and SPYD 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
$6,188,814,848
SPY has more assets under management than SPYD by $394,215,311,717. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P 500 Index
S&P 500 High Dividend Index
SPY is based off of the S&P 500 Index, while SPYD is based off of the S&P 500 High Dividend Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
SPY and SPYD 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 SPYD 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
Yes
SPYD may offer dividends, while SPY does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for SPYD may vary.
Prospectus
SPY may issue a K1, while SPYD does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for SPY in its “Related ETFs” section.

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