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SPY vs. VUG

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY
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Vanguard Growth ETF

VUG
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Correlation

0.96

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SPY
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VUG
Vanguard Growth ETF
0.96
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SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
VUGVanguard Growth 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
VUG Vanguard Growth ETF
Inception date
Jan 22 1993
Jan 26 2004
Expense ratio
0.09%
0.04%
SPY has a higher expense ratio than VUG by 0.04%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in SPY than VUG.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
SPY targets investing in US Equities, while VUG targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
State Street (SPDR)
Vanguard
SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR), while VUG is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$33,257,618,740
$205,784,508
Both SPY and VUG 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
$89,278,316,853
SPY has more assets under management than VUG by $311,125,809,712. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P 500 Index
CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index
SPY is based off of the S&P 500 Index, while VUG is based off of the CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
SPY and VUG 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 VUG 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 VUG 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 VUG does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for SPY in its “Related ETFs” section.
SPY and VUG’s Correlation
When ETFs are correlated, there are 3 main topics to analyze that will help you build your automated trading strategy: liquidity, expense, and risk.
  • Liquidity: In an active trading strategy (trading multiple time per week), it’s important to consider the liquidity of the ETF you’re using. Lower liquidity can mean more money lost in slippage. AUM and average daily volume are both indicators of liquidity.
  • Expense: Some ETFs are more expensive to use than others. For strategies that are focused on longer holding periods, it’s important to factor in how expensive it is to hold this ETF. Expense ratio is the main indicator of how expensive an ETF is.
  • Risk: Some ETFs will be highly correlated, but have varying degrees of returns, due to leverage. It’s important to consider if an ETF is using leverage or not. The main indicators of a riskier ETF will be the use of leverage and higher standard deviation or max drawdown in a backtest.

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