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GLD vs VTI

Gold vs US Total Market.

SPDR Gold Shares · Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GLD and VTI would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GLD only 0.0% Shared 0.0% VTI only 99.6%
In GLD only
0 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VTI only
3,480 positions

Holdings data for GLD covers 0.0% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Side by side

GLD

SPDR Gold Shares

State Street · Gold

73 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$130.05B
TTM yield
0.00%
Top-10 conc.
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VTI

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Total Market

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$2.30T
TTM yield
1.05%
Top-10 conc.
32.1%

Sub-score comparison

60
Cost
97
66
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
N/A
Concentration
68
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Tracking quality
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GLD sub-score VTI

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VTI is 37 bps cheaper than GLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $370/yr more in fees for GLD.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with GLD vs VTI.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in GLD

0 total

Every GLD position is also held by VTI.

Only in VTI

3,480 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 6.42%
  • Apple Inc 5.94%
  • Microsoft Corp 4.38%
  • Amazon.com Inc 3.21%
  • Alphabet Inc 2.67%
  • Broadcom Inc 2.34%
  • Alphabet Inc 2.11%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 2.00%
  • Tesla Inc 1.67%
  • Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.37%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.