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VTI vs. SQQQ

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI
$--
vs

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

SQQQ
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Correlation

-0.93

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Top 10 comparisons with VTI:
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VTI
Correlation
With:
SQQQ
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
-0.93
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Top 10 shared holdings

The top 10 holdings shared by VTI and SQQQ:

There are no shared holdings.
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VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF
SQQQProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

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
SQQQ ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
Inception date
May 24 2001
Feb 09 2010
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.95%
VTI has a lower expense ratio than SQQQ by 0.91%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in VTI than SQQQ.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
VTI targets investing in US Equities, while SQQQ targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
ProShares
VTI is managed by Vanguard, while SQQQ is managed by ProShares.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$607,495,967
$2,217,551,125
Both VTI and SQQQ 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
$4,455,851,279
VTI has more assets under management than SQQQ by $301,947,372,349. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
CRSP US Total Market Index
Nasdaq 100 Index
VTI is based off of the CRSP US Total Market Index, while SQQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Inverse (-3x)
VTI uses undefined, while SQQQ uses Inverse (-3x). 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 SQQQ 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 SQQQ may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither VTI nor SQQQ require a K1.
When ETFs are inversely correlated, they can be used in actively traded strategies (multiple trades per week) to take positions in opposing directions. For example, if you believe VTI is going to fall, it would make sense to invest in SQQQ, as based on historical data, when VTI decreases in value, SQQQ tends to increase in value.

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Disclaimers

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