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SPY vs. VGT

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY
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Vanguard Information Technology ETF

VGT
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Vanguard Information Technology ETF
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Top 10 shared holdings

The top 10 holdings shared by SPY and VGT:
AAPL
Apple Inc
MSFT
Microsoft Corporation
NVDA
NVIDIA Corp
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SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
VGTVanguard Information Technology 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
VGT Vanguard Information Technology ETF
Inception date
Jan 22, 1993
Jan 26, 2004
Expense ratio
0.09%
0.10%
SPY has a lower expense ratio than VGT by 0.01%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in SPY than VGT.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
SPY targets investing in US Equities, while VGT targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
State Street (SPDR)
Vanguard
SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR), while VGT is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$33,257,618,740
$206,920,148
Both SPY and VGT 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
$50,021,727,974
SPY has more assets under management than VGT by $350,382,398,591. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P 500 Index
MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Transition Index
SPY is based off of the S&P 500 Index, while VGT is based off of the MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Transition Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
SPY and VGT 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 VGT 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 VGT 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 VGT does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for SPY in its “Related ETFs” section.

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