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ETF Comparisons

VTI vs. IWM

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI
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iShares Russell 2000 ETF

IWM
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Correlation

0.88

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Top 10 comparisons with VTI:
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VTI
Correlation
With:
IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
0.88
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 IWM:

There are no shared holdings.
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VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF
IWMiShares Russell 2000 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
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF
Inception date
May 24 2001
May 22 2000
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.19%
VTI has a lower expense ratio than IWM by 0.16%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in VTI than IWM.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VTI targets investing in US Equities, while IWM targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Blackrock (iShares)
VTI is managed by Vanguard, while IWM is managed by Blackrock (iShares).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$607,495,967
$4,463,198,665
Both VTI and IWM 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
$50,549,436,527
VTI has more assets under management than IWM by $255,853,787,101. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
CRSP US Total Market Index
Russell 2000 Index
VTI is based off of the CRSP US Total Market Index, while IWM is based off of the Russell 2000 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
VTI and IWM 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 IWM 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 IWM may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither VTI nor IWM require a K1.
VTI and IWM’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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