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VT vs. SQQQ

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VT
$
Today’s Change
()
vs

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

SQQQ
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

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

Performance Measures**

for the time period Jun 26, 2008 to Apr 1, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VT

-4.7%

-1.5%

SQQQ

10.6%

13.2%

Diff.

-15.3%

-14.7%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VT

-50.3%

20.6%

SQQQ

-100.0%

61.2%

Diff.

+49.7%

-40.6%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VT

0.49

0.16

SQQQ

-0.88

-0.52

Diff.

+1.37

+0.68

VTVanguard Total World Stock ETF
SQQQProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

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
SQQQ ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Inception date
Jun 24, 2008
Feb 9, 2010
Expense ratio
0.07%
0.95%
VT has a lower expense ratio than SQQQ by 0.87%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in VT than SQQQ.
Type
Global Equities
US Equities
VT targets investing in Global Equities, while SQQQ targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
ProShares
VT is managed by Vanguard, while SQQQ is managed by ProShares.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$138,228,150
$2,217,551,125
Both VT and SQQQ 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
$4,455,851,279
VT has more assets under management than SQQQ by $23,970,217,186. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
FTSE Global All Cap Index
Nasdaq 100 Index
VT is based off of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, while SQQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Inverse (-3x)
VT does not use an inverse or leveraged strategy, while SQQQ uses Inverse (-3x). 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 SQQQ 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 SQQQ may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither VT nor SQQQ require a K1.

Disclaimers

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