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VT vs. SCHD

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VT
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Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

SCHD
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Correlation

0.89
VTVanguard Total World Stock ETF
SCHDSchwab US Dividend Equity ETF

What is VT?

Invests in more than 3000 stocks representative of the whole U.S. market. Goal is to keep pace with U.S. stock market returns. Offers high potential for investment growth; share value typically rises and falls more sharply than that of funds holding bonds. More appropriate for long-term goals where your money s growth is essential.

Snapshot
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VT Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF
Inception date
Jun 24 2008
Oct 20 2011
Expense ratio
0.07%
0.06%
VT has a higher expense ratio than SCHD by 0.01%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in VT than SCHD.
Type
Global Equities
US Equities
VT targets investing in Global Equities, while SCHD targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Schwab
VT is managed by Vanguard, while SCHD is managed by Schwab.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$138,228,150
$191,902,599
Both VT and SCHD 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
$28,426,068,465
$47,737,029,197
VT has more assets under management than SCHD by $19,310,960,732. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
FTSE Global All Cap Index
Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
VT is based off of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, while SCHD is based off of the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
VT and SCHD 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
VT and SCHD 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
SCHD may offer dividends, while VT does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for SCHD may vary.
Prospectus
Neither VT nor SCHD require a K1.
VT and SCHD’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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Risk Rating

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