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TIP vs. VTI

iShares TIPS Bond ETF

TIP
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Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI
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Correlation

0.29
TIPiShares TIPS Bond ETF
VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF

What is TIP?

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index (the "Underlying Index"), which tracks the performance of inflation-protected public obligations of the U.S. Treasury, commonly known as "TIPS," that have a remaining maturity of more than one year. TIPS are securities issued by the U.S. Treasury that are designed to provide inflation protection to investors. TIPS are income generating instruments whose interest and principal payments are adjusted for inflation a sustained increase in prices that erodes the purchasing power of money.

Snapshot
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TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF
VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
Inception date
Dec 04 2003
May 24 2001
Expense ratio
0.19%
0.03%
TIP has a higher expense ratio than VTI by 0.16%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in TIP than VTI.
Type
US Bonds
US Equities
TIP targets investing in US Bonds, while VTI targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
Vanguard
TIP is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while VTI is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$275,002,281
$607,495,967
Both TIP and VTI 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
$21,035,302,259
$306,403,223,628
TIP has more assets under management than VTI by $285,367,921,369. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
ICE US Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index
CRSP US Total Market Index
TIP is based off of the ICE US Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index, while VTI is based off of the CRSP US Total Market Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
TIP and VTI 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
TIP and VTI 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
TIP and VTI may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither TIP nor VTI require a K1.
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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Category

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Risk Rating

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Disclaimers

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