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VTI vs. BND

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI
$
Today’s Change
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vs

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

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

Performance Measures**

for the time period May 31, 2001 to Dec 17, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VTI

1.3%

2.0%

BND

0.4%

0.5%

Diff.

+0.9%

+1.5%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VTI

-55.5%

19.2%

BND

-18.1%

5.2%

Diff.

-37.4%

+14%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VTI

0.56

0.17

BND

0.62

0.17

Diff.

-0.06

VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF
BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF

What is VTI?

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market.

Snapshot
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VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF
Inception date
May 24, 2001
Apr 3, 2007
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.03%
VTI and BND have the same expense ratio, meaning it’s equally as costly to invest in either one.
Type
US Equities
US Bonds
VTI targets investing in US Equities, while BND targets investing in US Bonds.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
VTI is managed by Vanguard, while BND is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$607,495,967
$433,296,798
Both VTI and BND 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
$306,403,223,628
$94,675,540,467
VTI has more assets under management than BND by $211,727,683,161. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
CRSP US Total Market Index
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
VTI is based off of the CRSP US Total Market Index, while BND is based off of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VTI nor BND use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VTI and BND 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
VTI and BND may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither VTI nor BND require a K1.

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Related toVTI

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Category

Tactical trading, leveraged ETFs, trend following, mean reversion, volatility hedging, tech/semis

OOS Cumulative Return

422.46%

Trading Strategies
Related toBND

SOXX Group

Category

Semiconductors, Leveraged ETFs, Tactical, Volatility-aware, Mean-reversion, Momentum, Risk-managed

OOS Cumulative Return

1340.11%

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Disclaimers

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We show information directly obtained from our data provider, Xignite. Data shown here is provided by Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes the information shown here is reliable, but has not been verified and there is no guarantee that the information is accurate.

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We show information based on calculations performed by Composer using data from our provider. Information provided here is based on calculations performed by Composer using data sourced from Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes this information is reliable, but has not verified the data and there is no guarantee that the calculations are accurate.