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VT vs. SPY

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VT
$
Today’s Change
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vs

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY
$
Today’s Change
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Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Jun 26, 2008 to Jul 21, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VT

-0.9%

5.3%

SPY

0.5%

6.6%

Diff.

-1.4%

-1.3%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VT

-50.3%

20.5%

SPY

-47.2%

19.8%

Diff.

-3.1%

+0.7%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VT

0.52

0.18

SPY

0.69

0.26

Diff.

-0.17

-0.08

VTVanguard Total World Stock ETF
SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

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
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Inception date
Jun 24, 2008
Jan 22, 1993
Expense ratio
0.07%
0.09%
VT has a lower expense ratio than SPY by 0.01%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in VT than SPY.
Type
Global Equities
US Equities
VT targets investing in Global Equities, while SPY targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
State Street (SPDR)
VT is managed by Vanguard, while SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$138,228,150
$33,257,618,740
Both VT and SPY 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
$400,404,126,565
VT has more assets under management than SPY by $371,978,058,100. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
FTSE Global All Cap Index
S&P 500 Index
VT is based off of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, while SPY is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VT nor SPY use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VT and SPY 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
VT and SPY 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.

Trading Strategies
Related toVT

Steph combo 2

Category

Tactical multi-asset rotation, Big Tech momentum, Leveraged ETFs, Volatility hedging, Core index + T-bills

OOS Cumulative Return

89.83%

Trading Strategies
Related toSPY

Inverse of [DEV] ☢️ Beta Baller v0.21 - $Deez | OCT22

Category

Tactical, daily rebalance, momentum + mean-reversion, volatility (VIX), leveraged ETFs, semiconductors, regime filter, cash/treasuries

OOS Cumulative Return

1538.89%

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