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VUG vs. BND

Vanguard Growth ETF

VUG
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vs

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND
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Correlation

0.32
VUGVanguard Growth ETF
BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF

What is VUG?

Seeks to track the performance of the CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index. Provides a convenient way to match the performance of many of the nation s largest growth stocks. Follows a passively managed full-replication approach.

Snapshot
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VUG Vanguard Growth ETF
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF
Inception date
Jan 26 2004
Apr 03 2007
Expense ratio
0.04%
0.03%
VUG has a higher expense ratio than BND by 0.01%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in VUG than BND.
Type
US Equities
US Bonds
VUG targets investing in US Equities, while BND targets investing in US Bonds.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
VUG is managed by Vanguard, while BND is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$205,784,508
$433,296,798
Both VUG 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
$89,278,316,853
$94,675,540,467
VUG has more assets under management than BND by $5,397,223,614. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
VUG is based off of the CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index, while BND is based off of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
VUG and BND 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
VUG 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
VUG and BND may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither VUG nor BND require a K1.
When ETFs are uncorrelated, it’s common for them to be used as complements in a trading strategy. This means it makes sense to be holding both of them at the same time, or to use one as a hedge for the other.

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Risk Rating

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Category

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Risk Rating

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