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VT vs. VYM

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VT
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Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

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Top 10 comparisons with VT:
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VT
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VYM
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
SwitchACWIBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI ACWI ETF1.00SPGMSSgA Active Trust - SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF1.00CRBNBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF1.00URTHBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI World ETF0.99AOABlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core Aggressive Allocation ETF0.99IWVBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell 3000 ETF0.97ITOTBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.97VTIVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF0.97DFAUDimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF0.97SCHBSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF0.97

Top 10 shared holdings

The top 10 holdings shared by VT and VYM:

There are no shared holdings.
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Performance Measures**

for the time period Jun 26, 2008 to Dec 5, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VT

1.3%

5.7%

VYM

3.8%

4.7%

Diff.

-2.5%

+1%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VT

-50.3%

20.7%

VYM

-48.5%

18.5%

Diff.

-1.8%

+2.2%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VT

0.50

0.17

VYM

0.63

0.22

Diff.

-0.13

-0.05

VTVanguard Total World Stock ETF
VYMVanguard High Dividend Yield 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
VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
Inception date
Jun 24, 2008
Nov 10, 2006
Expense ratio
0.07%
0.06%
VT has a higher expense ratio than VYM by 0.01%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in VT than VYM.
Type
Global Equities
US Equities
VT targets investing in Global Equities, while VYM targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
VT is managed by Vanguard, while VYM is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$138,228,150
$134,746,385
Both VT and VYM 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
$48,466,955,232
VT has more assets under management than VYM by $20,040,886,767. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
FTSE Global All Cap Index
FTSE High Dividend Yield Index
VT is based off of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, while VYM is based off of the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VT nor VYM use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VT and VYM 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
VYM may offer dividends, while VT does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for VYM may vary.
Prospectus
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Neither VT nor VYM require a K1.

Trading Strategies
Related toVT

Steph combo 2

Category

Tactical asset allocation, Momentum, Trend-following, Leveraged ETFs, Volatility hedging, US large-cap tech, Semiconductors, Treasuries, Global equities

OOS Cumulative Return

95.36%

Trading Strategies
Related toVYM

Super Simple Symphony - Less Derivatives -

Category

Tactical asset allocation, momentum, risk-on/risk-off, ETFs, leveraged ETFs, multi-asset, defensive vs aggressive

OOS Cumulative Return

170.26%

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Disclaimers

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