GLD vs VTI
SPDR® Gold Shares vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares
Buy GLD if…
- •You prioritize historical performance
- •You want stronger recent performance
Buy VTI if…
- •You want lower costs (0.03% vs 0.40%)
- •You prefer higher liquidity and trading volume
- •You want higher dividend income (+1.14%)
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GLD
The Trust holds gold bars and from time to time, issues Baskets in exchange for deposits of gold and distributes gold in connection with redemptions of Baskets. The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust"s expenses. The Sponsor believes that, for many investors, the Shares represent a cost-effective investment in gold.
VTI
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which represents approximately 100% of the investable U.S. stock market and includes large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks regularly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. 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. The fund is non-diversified.