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VTI vs. VGT

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI
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Vanguard Information Technology ETF

VGT
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Correlation

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Top 10 comparisons with VTI:
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VTI
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VGT
Vanguard Information Technology ETF
SwitchIWVBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell 3000 ETF1.00ITOTBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF1.00SCHBSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF1.00IWBBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell 1000 ETF1.00SCHXSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF1.00SCHKSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab 1000 Index ETF1.00DFUSDimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF1.00SPTMSPDR Series Trust - SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF1.00IYYBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF1.00ESGUiShares Trust - iShares Trust iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF1.00

Top 10 shared holdings

The top 10 holdings shared by VTI and VGT:
AAPL
Apple Inc
MSFT
Microsoft Corporation
NVDA
NVIDIA Corp
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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%

VGT

-1.2%

10.0%

Diff.

+2.5%

-4.1%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

VTI

-55.5%

19.2%

VGT

-54.6%

22.6%

Diff.

-0.9%

-3.4%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

VTI

0.56

0.17

VGT

0.71

0.26

Diff.

-0.15

-0.09

VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF
VGTVanguard Information Technology 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
VGT Vanguard Information Technology ETF
Inception date
May 24, 2001
Jan 26, 2004
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.1%
VTI has a lower expense ratio than VGT by 0.07%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in VTI than VGT.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VTI targets investing in US Equities, while VGT targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
VTI is managed by Vanguard, while VGT is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$607,495,967
$206,920,148
Both VTI and VGT 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
$50,021,727,974
VTI has more assets under management than VGT by $256,381,495,654. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
CRSP US Total Market Index
MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Transition Index
VTI is based off of the CRSP US Total Market Index, while VGT is based off of the MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Transition Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither VTI nor VGT use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
VTI and VGT 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 VGT may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither VTI nor VGT require a K1.

Trading Strategies
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Category

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

OOS Cumulative Return

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Category

Tactical allocation, trend-following, momentum rotation, multi-asset, leveraged ETFs, crash-hedge, commodities tilt, daily rebalanced

OOS Cumulative Return

149.38%

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Disclaimers

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