iShares 1 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? iShares 1 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF trades at $81.9, while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF trades at $369.5. The key difference: Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, iShares 1 3 Year Treasury Bond ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SHY | VTI | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Fixed Income | — |
52-Week High | $83.18 | $374.36 |
52-Week Low | $81.79 | $305.74 |
Trailing returns across standard periods
SHY provides exposure to U.S. Treasury bonds with remaining maturities between one and three years. It is a low-risk, highly liquid ETF designed for capital preservation and short-term income, featuring 2026 top holdings across various Treasury Notes.
Read more on SHY →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which represents approximately 100% of the investable US stock market and includes large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full index in terms of key characteristics.
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