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SPY vs. VT

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY
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Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VT
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Correlation

SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
VTVanguard Total World Stock 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
VT Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
Inception date
Jan 22, 1993
Jun 24, 2008
Expense ratio
0.09%
0.07%
SPY has a higher expense ratio than VT by 0.01%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in SPY than VT.
Type
US Equities
Global Equities
SPY targets investing in US Equities, while VT targets investing in Global Equities.
Fund owner
State Street (SPDR)
Vanguard
SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR), while VT is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$33,257,618,740
$138,228,150
Both SPY 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
$400,404,126,565
$28,426,068,465
SPY has more assets under management than VT by $371,978,058,100. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P 500 Index
FTSE Global All Cap Index
SPY 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
SPY and VT 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 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
SPY and VT may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
SPY may issue a K1, while VT does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for SPY in its “Related ETFs” section.

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