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VTI vs. SPYG

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI
$
Today’s Change
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vs

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

SPYG
$
Today’s Change
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Correlation

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

Performance Measures**

for the time period May 31, 2001 to Dec 5, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

VTI

1.3%

5.9%

SPYG

0.7%

7.5%

Diff.

+0.6%

-1.6%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VTI

-55.5%

19.2%

SPYG

-54.0%

20.5%

Diff.

-1.5%

-1.3%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VTI

0.56

0.17

SPYG

0.53

0.17

Diff.

+0.03

VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF
SPYGSPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth 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
SPYG SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF
Inception date
May 24, 2001
Sep 25, 2000
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.04%
VTI has a lower expense ratio than SPYG by 0.01%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in VTI than SPYG.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VTI targets investing in US Equities, while SPYG targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
State Street (SPDR)
VTI is managed by Vanguard, while SPYG is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$607,495,967
$94,041,426
Both VTI and SPYG 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
$18,568,081,481
VTI has more assets under management than SPYG by $287,835,142,147. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
CRSP US Total Market Index
S&P 500 Growth Index
VTI is based off of the CRSP US Total Market Index, while SPYG is based off of the S&P 500 Growth Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VTI nor SPYG use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VTI and SPYG 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 SPYG may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither VTI nor SPYG require a K1.

Trading Strategies
Related toVTI

Finimize Easy Rider

Category

Balanced allocation, Multi-asset, Long-only, Global equities, Bonds, Commodities, Gold, Bitcoin, Strategic

OOS Cumulative Return

Trading Strategies
Related toSPYG

slowloss5

Category

Leveraged ETFs, tactical market timing, momentum and mean‑reversion, U.S. equities, tech/growth tilt, daily rebalanced, risk‑on/risk‑off

OOS Cumulative Return

217.94%

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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.