# VT ETF: fees, returns, drawdowns and holdings

> What VT holds, its 0.06% yearly fee, returns by year, its worst drop, and which Tactfolio strategies hold it. Updated daily.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) run by Vanguard. This fund owns shares in about 10,000 companies from many countries, including the United States. It charges 0.06% a year. From June 2008 to October 2026 it returned about 8.8% a year, and its worst drop was −50.3%.

Written by [the Tactfolio research team](https://tactfolio.com/about/editorial-policy). Fund facts checked October 16, 2026. Prices through October 16, 2026.

## Key points

- Expense ratio: 0.06% a year (about $6 on $10,000).
- Started trading on June 24, 2008.
- Last close: $156.82 on October 16, 2026.
- Return over the last year: 15.8%.
- Worst drop since 2008: −50.3%.
- No Tactfolio classic strategies hold it.

## How has VT done since 2008?

From June 2008 to October 2026, VT returned about 8.8% a year. The S&P 500 returned about 12.3% a year over the same dates. Say you put in $10,000 at the start. It would have been worth about $46,414 at the end, with every dividend reinvested.

| Period | VT | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | −0.1% | 1.5% |
| 3 months | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| 6 months | 6.0% | 9.3% |
| Year to date | 12.1% | 12.8% |
| 1 year | 15.8% | 16.8% |
| 3 years, per year | 20.8% | 22.0% |
| 5 years, per year | 10.4% | 12.8% |
| 10 years, per year | 12.5% | 15.4% |
| Since 2008, per year | 8.8% | 12.3% |

Periods longer than a year show the return per year (CAGR). Prices through October 16, 2026. Figures use daily closing prices adjusted for splits, with dividends reinvested. They do not include taxes or the cost of buying and selling. Past results do not tell you what will happen next.

## VT returns by month and year

VT rose in 136 of its 221 months (62%). Its best month was November 2020, at 12.4%. Its worst was October 2008, at −21.4%.

| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Full year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 (part) | 3.1% | 1.6% | −6.2% | 9.3% | 4.6% | −0.4% | −0.7% | 3.0% | −1.4% | −0.7% |  |  | 12.1% |
| 2025 | 3.1% | −0.4% | −3.5% | 0.6% | 5.8% | 4.7% | 1.1% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 2.0% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 22.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | 4.5% | 3.2% | −3.6% | 4.6% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.2% | −2.2% | 4.1% | −2.9% | 16.5% |
| 2023 | 7.6% | −3.2% | 2.9% | 1.4% | −1.2% | 5.8% | 3.7% | −2.8% | −4.3% | −2.9% | 9.0% | 5.2% | 22.0% |
| 2022 | −4.6% | −2.8% | 1.9% | −8.1% | 0.5% | −8.1% | 7.0% | −4.0% | −9.5% | 6.4% | 8.3% | −4.4% | −18.0% |
| 2021 | −0.2% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 4.1% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 2.3% | −4.1% | 5.1% | −2.6% | 3.8% | 18.3% |
| 2020 | −1.6% | −7.2% | −14.8% | 10.4% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 5.3% | 6.0% | −2.9% | −2.1% | 12.4% | 4.9% | 16.6% |
| 2019 | 8.0% | 2.8% | 1.1% | 3.5% | −6.0% | 6.4% | 0.0% | −2.1% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 3.5% | 26.8% |
| 2018 | 5.5% | −4.4% | −1.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% | −0.6% | 2.9% | 0.9% | 0.1% | −7.8% | 1.7% | −7.2% | −9.8% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 0.6% | 2.6% | 0.4% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 24.5% |
| 2016 | −5.9% | −1.1% | 8.0% | 1.0% | 0.7% | −0.2% | 4.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | −2.0% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 8.5% |
| 2015 | −1.6% | 5.9% | −1.2% | 2.5% | 0.3% | −2.2% | 0.5% | −6.6% | −3.7% | 7.3% | −0.1% | −2.2% | −1.9% |
| 2014 | −4.4% | 5.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 2.1% | 2.2% | −1.8% | 2.6% | −3.3% | 0.9% | 1.3% | −2.0% | 3.7% |
| 2013 | 4.0% | −0.3% | 2.4% | 2.7% | −0.6% | −2.7% | 5.2% | −2.5% | 5.6% | 3.7% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 22.9% |
| 2012 | 5.5% | 4.8% | 1.2% | −1.2% | −8.9% | 5.1% | 0.7% | 2.5% | 3.1% | −0.6% | 1.5% | 3.1% | 17.1% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | 2.9% | −0.1% | 4.3% | −2.3% | −1.3% | −2.1% | −7.2% | −10.7% | 11.3% | −1.2% | −1.0% | −7.5% |
| 2010 | −5.1% | 2.1% | 6.7% | −0.4% | −9.9% | −2.8% | 9.2% | −4.0% | 10.1% | 3.8% | −2.6% | 7.7% | 13.1% |
| 2009 | −10.9% | −9.5% | 8.8% | 12.1% | 10.6% | −1.7% | 10.1% | 2.7% | 5.2% | −2.5% | 5.3% | 1.6% | 32.7% |
| 2008 (part) |  |  |  |  |  | −0.1% | −2.7% | −1.8% | −9.1% | −21.4% | −6.8% | 5.4% | −33.1% |

Each month runs from the last close of the month before. The first month counts from the first close.

## How risky is VT compared with the S&P 500?

Measured from October 2021 to October 2026, on the days both traded.

- **Beta 0.92.** When the S&P 500 moved 1% in a day, VT tended to move about 0.92%.
- **Correlation 0.97.** VT mostly moved with the S&P 500.
- **Up and down months.** In months the S&P 500 rose, VT rose 91% as much on average. In months it fell, VT fell 97% as much.

| Measure | VT | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Return per year | 10.4% | 12.8% |
| Volatility | 16.2% | 17.1% |
| Worst drop | −26.4% | −24.5% |
| Sharpe ratio | 0.69 | 0.79 |
| Sortino ratio | 1.01 | 1.15 |
| Calmar ratio | 0.40 | 0.52 |

Volatility is how much the price swings in a year. The Sharpe ratio is return per unit of volatility, the Sortino ratio counts only the falls, and the Calmar ratio is the return per year over the worst drop. Higher ratios mean more return for the risk taken.

## Is VT above its 200-day average?

VT closed 3.6% above its 200-day average on October 16, 2026. A rule that holds VT only above that average would hold it today.

- Its 50-day average is 5.5% above its 200-day average.
- It closed 3.2% below its highest close of the last 52 weeks.

A moving average is the average close over the last so many days. Trend rules such as [the 10-month moving average strategy](https://tactfolio.com/strategies/faber-10-month-moving-average.md) hold a fund only while it is above one. You can [build that rule for VT](https://tactfolio.com/builder) and backtest it in a minute.

## What was VT's worst drop?

A drawdown is how far a fund falls from its last high point. VT's worst fall was −50.3%, from June 26, 2008 to March 9, 2009. It got back to that high on December 29, 2010. On October 16, 2026 it was 3.2% below its highest close.

| Drop | Started | Bottom | Back to the high | Fall took | Recovery took |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| −50.3% | Jun 26, 2008 | Mar 9, 2009 | Dec 29, 2010 | 8 months | 22 months |
| −34.2% | Feb 12, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | Aug 24, 2020 | 40 days | 5 months |
| −26.4% | Nov 8, 2021 | Oct 12, 2022 | Jan 29, 2024 | 11 months | 16 months |
| −23.8% | Apr 29, 2011 | Oct 3, 2011 | Jan 2, 2013 | 5 months | 15 months |
| −20.0% | Jan 26, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | Oct 28, 2019 | 11 months | 10 months |

Big drops are normal for some funds. They matter because selling during a drop locks in the loss.

## What does VT hold?

This fund owns shares in about 10,000 companies from many countries, including the United States. It holds stocks from countries with big, established economies and from countries whose economies are still growing. Its value moves with stock markets around the world and with changes in foreign currencies.

It tracks the FTSE Global All Cap Index. It had 10,185 holdings as of September 30, 2026, according to Vanguard.

| Fact | VT |
| --- | --- |
| Full name | Vanguard Total World Stock ETF |
| Issuer | Vanguard |
| Expense ratio | 0.06% a year |
| Started trading | June 24, 2008 |
| Tracks | FTSE Global All Cap Index |
| Type | Global stocks, ETF |
| Holdings | 10,185 holdings as of September 30, 2026 |
| Facts checked | October 16, 2026 on the [Vanguard fund page](https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/etfs/profile/vt) |

## What is the VT expense ratio?

VT charges 0.06% a year. An expense ratio is the yearly fee a fund takes to run itself. On $10,000, a 0.06% fee comes to about $6 a year. Of the 162 ETFs on Tactfolio, 72% charge more.

You never get a bill for it. The fund takes the fee out of its own value a little each day.

## Which Tactfolio strategies hold VT?

No classic strategy holds VT yet. You can add it to your own rules in the [builder](https://tactfolio.com/builder) and see how they would have done.

## How does VT compare with similar ETFs?

Side-by-side pages measure both funds over the same dates:

- [VT vs VTI](https://tactfolio.com/etf-comparisons/VT-vs-VTI.md): the whole world stock market against the whole US market.

Funds that can stand in for VT:

- [AVGE](https://tactfolio.com/etf/AVGE.md): Avantis All Equity Markets ETF, 0.23% a year
- [URTH](https://tactfolio.com/etf/URTH.md): iShares MSCI World ETF, 0.24% a year
- [ACWI](https://tactfolio.com/etf/ACWI.md): iShares MSCI ACWI ETF, 0.32% a year
- [VEU](https://tactfolio.com/etf/VEU.md): Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF, 0.04% a year

See [all 8 VT alternatives](https://tactfolio.com/alternatives/VT.md), compared on the same dates as VT.

## Test VT in your own rules

Tactfolio is a platform where you build rules-based investing strategies, backtest them on decades of real prices, share them, and run them automatically in your own Alpaca account. Open the [builder](https://tactfolio.com/builder), add VT, and see how a rule such as "hold it only above its 200-day average" would have done. Strategies run on daily prices and hold US stocks and ETFs only.

## The details

Prices come from Tactfolio's stored daily prices for VT and SPY. Each close is adjusted for splits, and dividends are reinvested on the day the fund pays them out. CAGR is the steady yearly return that turns the starting value into the ending value. Volatility is the yearly standard deviation of daily returns. Beta and correlation compare daily returns with the S&P 500 over the same dates.

Fund facts come from Vanguard. We checked them on October 16, 2026. Read [what a backtest simulates](https://tactfolio.com/docs/backtests.md) and [how to read drawdown and CAGR](https://tactfolio.com/docs/concepts/reading-a-backtest.md) for more on these measures.

## Research and test it

- [What is an ETF](https://tactfolio.com/learn/what-is-an-etf): An ETF is a fund that trades like a stock. Learn how ETFs work, what they cost, the main types, and the risks, with SEC sources.
- [Portfolio rebalancing](https://tactfolio.com/learn/portfolio-rebalancing): What portfolio rebalancing is, why a 60/40 mix drifts, calendar vs threshold methods, and how taxes and costs fit in.
- [ETF screener](https://tactfolio.com/screener.md): A free ETF screener for 162 US-listed funds. Filter by type, issuer and fee, sort by returns or worst drop, and compare funds side by side.
- [ETF expense ratio](https://tactfolio.com/learn/etf-expense-ratio): What an ETF expense ratio is, how the fund charges it, and how 0.03% vs 1% adds up over 10 and 30 years, with real fund examples.
- [Backtest a portfolio](https://tactfolio.com/trading-tools/backtest-portfolio): Backtest a portfolio of US stocks and ETFs. Enter tickers and shares, pick when to rebalance, and get the results with a link to share.
- [Backtesting](https://tactfolio.com/backtesting): Free backtesting software for stocks, ETFs, and crypto perps.

## Common questions

### What is the expense ratio of VT?

VT charges 0.06% a year, according to Vanguard as of October 16, 2026. That is about $6 a year for every $10,000 you hold.

### When did VT start trading?

VT started trading on June 24, 2008. It is run by Vanguard.

### What does VT track?

VT tracks the FTSE Global All Cap Index. This fund owns shares in about 10,000 companies from many countries, including the United States.

### How much has VT returned per year?

From June 2008 to October 2026, VT returned about 8.8% a year with dividends reinvested. Its worst drop was −50.3%. Past returns do not tell you what it will do next.

### Is VT above its 200-day moving average?

On October 16, 2026, VT closed 3.6% above its 200-day moving average. This page updates after each US market close.

### Which strategies use VT?

None of Tactfolio's classic strategies hold VT yet. You can test it in your own rules in the builder.

## Sources

- [Vanguard: Vanguard Total World Stock ETF fund page](https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/etfs/profile/vt)

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