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VTI vs. SPLG

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI
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SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF

SPLG
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Correlation

VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF
SPLGSPDR Portfolio S&P 500 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
SPLG SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Inception date
May 24, 2001
Nov 8, 2005
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.02%
VTI has a higher expense ratio than SPLG by 0.00%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in VTI than SPLG.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VTI targets investing in US Equities, while SPLG targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
State Street (SPDR)
VTI is managed by Vanguard, while SPLG is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$607,495,967
$153,285,985
Both VTI and SPLG 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
$19,439,639,569
VTI has more assets under management than SPLG by $286,963,584,059. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
CRSP US Total Market Index
S&P 500 Index
VTI is based off of the CRSP US Total Market Index, while SPLG is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
VTI and SPLG 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
VTI and SPLG 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 SPLG may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither VTI nor SPLG require a K1.

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