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VTI vs. SPY

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI
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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY
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Correlation

0.96

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SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
0.96
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Performance Measures**

for the time period May 31, 2001 to Dec 4, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VTI

1.6%

5.6%

SPY

1.4%

5.7%

Diff.

+0.2%

-0.1%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VTI

-55.5%

19.2%

SPY

-55.2%

19.1%

Diff.

-0.3%

+0.1%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VTI

0.56

0.17

SPY

0.55

0.17

Diff.

+0.01

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VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF
SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

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
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Inception date
May 24, 2001
Jan 22, 1993
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.09%
VTI has a lower expense ratio than SPY by 0.06%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in VTI than SPY.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VTI targets investing in US Equities, while SPY targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
State Street (SPDR)
VTI is managed by Vanguard, while SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$607,495,967
$33,257,618,740
Both VTI 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
$306,403,223,628
$400,404,126,565
VTI has more assets under management than SPY by $94,000,902,937. 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 SPY is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VTI nor SPY use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VTI 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
VTI and SPY may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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SPY may issue a K1, while VTI does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for SPY in its “Related ETFs” section.
VTI and SPY’s Correlation
When ETFs are correlated, there are 3 main topics to analyze that will help you build your automated trading strategy: liquidity, expense, and risk.
  • Liquidity: In an active trading strategy (trading multiple time per week), it’s important to consider the liquidity of the ETF you’re using. Lower liquidity can mean more money lost in slippage. AUM and average daily volume are both indicators of liquidity.
  • Expense: Some ETFs are more expensive to use than others. For strategies that are focused on longer holding periods, it’s important to factor in how expensive it is to hold this ETF. Expense ratio is the main indicator of how expensive an ETF is.
  • Risk: Some ETFs will be highly correlated, but have varying degrees of returns, due to leverage. It’s important to consider if an ETF is using leverage or not. The main indicators of a riskier ETF will be the use of leverage and higher standard deviation or max drawdown in a backtest.

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OOS Cumulative Return

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Disclaimers

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