Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF vs Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF trades at $369.52, while Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $50.01. The key difference: Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VTI | XLB | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $374.36 | $53.62 |
52-Week Low | $305.74 | $42.23 |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Latest headlines on both assets
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.
Read more on VTI →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: chemicals; metals and mining; paper and forest products; containers and packaging; and construction materials. The fund is non-diversified.
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