# How Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (VTIP) compares with the whole market and its popular alternatives

> Source: EasyCompare research, https://easycompare.io/research/vtip
> Data as of October 20, 2026. Total returns include reinvested dividends. Past performance does not predict future results; nothing here is investment advice.

Built by QuantCommons' quantitative engine, this page is about relative opportunity, not data on VTIP alone. It places VTIP (Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF) against 14 popular alternatives, its neighboring categories and the entire market of over 10,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, and surfaces what has done better on consistent outperformance, return for the risk taken, behavior in real market crashes and diversification. The result is a clearer view of where VTIP stands in the market, and of the alternatives worth a closer look.

Period covered: VTIP's full trading record, from October 2012 through September 2026. The crash tests reach back to 2000 using older funds and the S&P 500. All returns include reinvested dividends. Data as of October 20, 2026.

## Key findings

- **Right now:** Over the past 6 months, VTIP fell 1.2% while the S&P 500 rose 9.1%. Even so, VTIP sits 1.7% below its record high, and the S&P 500 is similarly close to its own.
- **Fund or market?:** VTIP fell 0.1% over the past 3 months, in line with the treasury bonds ETF TIP (iShares TIPS Bond ETF), which fell 1.7%. The S&P 500 rose 3.9%.
- **Long term:** VTIP turned $10,000 into $13,300 over the past decade, against $42,100 in the S&P 500. VTIP's 10-year return of 32.7% puts it behind 82% of the ETFs with at least $100 million in assets with that much history. The S&P 500 returned 321%.
- **In a crash:** Across four sell-offs, VTIP has typically lost about 13% as much as the S&P 500.
- **Diversification:** Against the S&P 500, VTIP has a correlation of 0.55 over 5 years, less closely than 83% of ETFs with at least $100 million in assets. Next to an index fund it is some diversification, but not a hedge. Over 10 years, VTIP's beta versus the S&P 500 was 0.08: 11% of the S&P 500's gains in rising months and 3% of its losses in falling ones.
- **Better options**
  - **Popular alternatives:** SGOV (iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF) earned more than VTIP with less volatility over the past 5 years: 3.8% a year at 0.3% volatility, against 2.7% a year at 2.9%.
  - **Nearby categories and themes:** NEAR (iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF, short-term bonds) earned more than VTIP with less volatility over the past 5 years: 3.9% a year at 1.4% volatility, against 2.7% a year at 2.9%.
  - **Whole market:** Few investments have done better on both counts: only 25 of the 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million earned more than VTIP with less volatility over the past 5 years, among them SGOV (iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF), BIL (State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF) and JPST (JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF).

## How much would $10,000 in VTIP have grown?

This chart tracks a hypothetical $10,000 investment in VTIP over the past 13 years, with dividends reinvested, alongside the same amount in the S&P 500, investments that ended ahead of VTIP over the same span and VTIP's popular alternatives, among those that traded for the entire period.

- $10,000 invested in VTIP at the end of September 2013 would have grown to $13,347 by September 2026, less than the $56,474 it would have become in SPY, an S&P 500 fund.
- Five of the eight other investments on the chart ended ahead of VTIP, and NVDA finished highest, at $6,301,092.

## VTIP at a glance

This section summarizes the key facts about the fund, its returns over periods from one to ten years and the risk it has carried, with dividends reinvested throughout.

- VTIP's deepest decline since it began trading in 2012 was 6.3%, in March 2020. It took three months from the low to climb back to its old high.
- Over 13 full calendar years, VTIP's best was 2025, when it returned 6.1%, and its worst was 2022, when it lost 2.9%. It lost money in three of those years.
- VTIP is 1.7% below its all-time high.

- Type: ETF, Bonds (Asset Management - Bonds)
- Trading since: October 16, 2012
- Assets: $73B
- Expense ratio: 0.03%
- Volatility (5 years): 2.9%; Sharpe ratio: 0.94
- Worst decline ever: −6.3%, from March 5, 2020 to March 18, 2020; back at its high by June 5, 2020

| Period | VTIP total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +0.5% |
| 3 months | −0.1% |
| 6 months | −1.2% |
| year to date | +0.4% |
| 1 year | +0.4% |
| 3 years | +13.9% |
| 5 years | +14.0% |
| 10 years | +32.7% |

## VTIP against the whole market

Where VTIP ranks among every stock and fund, and what across the market has done better.

### How does VTIP rank among all ETFs?

This section ranks VTIP on return, volatility, risk-adjusted return and worst decline against every ETF worth at least $100 million with enough history.

- VTIP's worst decline of the past 10 years ranks in the top 2% of the 951 ETFs with at least $100 million in assets, where the top fell the least.
- VTIP's 3-year return ranks in the bottom 8% of the 1,949 ETFs with at least $100 million in assets with 3 years of history.

| Measure | VTIP | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1-year return | +0.4% | 1,968 of 2,485 (top 80%) |
| 3-year return | +13.9% | 1,802 of 1,949 (top 93%) |
| 5-year return | +14.0% | 1,196 of 1,560 (top 77%) |
| 10-year return | +32.7% | 783 of 958 (top 82%) |
| Volatility, 5 years | 2.9% | 60 of 1,560 (top 4%) |
| Sharpe ratio, 5 years | 0.94 | 166 of 1,560 (top 11%) |
| Worst decline, past 10 years | −6.3% | 20 of 951 (top 3%) |

### What has beaten VTIP on both return and risk?

Each dot is an investment, placed by how much it earned a year over the past 5 years (higher is better) and how much its price swung, its volatility (further left is calmer).

- 25 ETFs worth at least $500 million sit in the green region: each earned more than VTIP over the past 5 years with smaller price swings. That is fewer than 1% of the 3,633 screened. Few investments beat it on both counts.
- Among those with at least half VTIP's swings, JAAA has the best return for its risk: 5.1% a year at 1.7% volatility, 41% less than VTIP's 2.9%, and a Sharpe ratio (return above cash per unit of volatility) of 2.98 against 0.94 for VTIP. FLRT earned the most, 6.0% a year, while still swinging less than VTIP (2.3% against 2.9%).
- Among VTIP's popular alternatives, SGOV and TFLO are in the region. SGOV earned 3.8% a year against 2.7% a year for VTIP, at 0.3% volatility, 90% less than VTIP's 2.9%.

### Is there a better investment than VTIP?

The table below lists investments that beat VTIP over the past 5 years on at least one of these measures: a higher annual return with lower volatility, a higher annual return at similar volatility, a similar return with lower volatility, a higher Sharpe ratio with a smaller worst decline, a higher total return in most periods from 3 months to 10 years, or smaller losses in recent market crashes, and, for funds, the same exposure at a lower expense ratio.

- Among VTIP's popular alternatives, SGOV earned more than VTIP with less volatility over the past 5 years: 3.8% a year at 0.3% volatility, against 2.7% a year at 2.9%.
- Looking beyond its popular alternatives, NEAR (short-term bonds) earned more than VTIP with less volatility over the past 5 years: 3.9% a year at 1.4% volatility, against 2.7% a year at 2.9%.
- Few investments have done better on both counts: only 25 of the 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million earned more than VTIP with less volatility over the past 5 years, among them SGOV, BIL and JPST.

The 13 strongest of 25 investments that beat VTIP over the past 5 years, out of 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million.

| Investment | Group | Annual return (5 years) | Volatility | Sharpe | Worst decline (10 years) | 10Y return | Correlation with VTIP | Better on |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VTIP: Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (this page) |  | +2.7% | 2.9% | 0.94 | −6.3% | +32.7% |  |  |
| USFR: WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund | Treasury Bonds | +4.0% | 0.4% | 9.69 | −0.8% | +28.2% | -0.01 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| JAAA: Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF | CLO Bonds | +5.1% | 1.7% | 2.98 | −2.6% | — | 0.13 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| VRIG: Invesco Variable Rate Investment Grade ETF | Bonds | +4.7% | 1.3% | 3.51 | −13.1% | +40.5% | 0.12 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| FLRT: Pacer Aristotle Pacific Floating Rate High Income ETF | Financials | +6.0% | 2.3% | 2.55 | −21.0% | +58.0% | 0.34 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| FLOT: iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF | Floating Rate Bonds | +4.5% | 1.8% | 2.48 | −13.5% | +35.9% | 0.14 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| VNLA: Janus Henderson Short Duration Income ETF | Bonds | +4.0% | 1.1% | 3.77 | −4.5% | — | 0.47 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| FLDR: Fidelity Low Duration Bond Factor ETF | Bonds | +3.9% | 1.2% | 3.09 | −12.2% | — | 0.51 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| TBUX: T. Rowe Price Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF | Bonds | +4.1% | 1.1% | 3.85 | −1.8% | — | 0.44 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| FLRN: State Street SPDR Bloomberg Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF | Bonds | +4.5% | 1.7% | 2.58 | −14.7% | +35.9% | 0.20 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| NEAR: iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF | Short-Term Bonds | +3.9% | 1.4% | 2.71 | −9.6% | +31.8% | 0.48 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| FLTR: VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF | Multi-Asset | +4.8% | 2.1% | 2.20 | −17.8% | +41.8% | 0.03 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| RAVI: Northern Trust Ultra-Short Fixed Income ETF | Bonds | +3.8% | 1.4% | 2.61 | −3.7% | +30.8% | 0.35 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| FLUD: Franklin Ultra Short Bond ETF | Bonds | +3.9% | 1.4% | 2.74 | −1.7% | — | 0.36 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |

## VTIP against its popular alternatives

The investments people most often weigh against VTIP, compared period by period and year by year.

### How do VTIP's risk and return compare with its alternatives?

This map plots each investment's annual return over the past 5 years against its volatility, the size of its typical price swings.

- Only TFLO and SGOV were both more rewarding and calmer than VTIP over the past 5 years, earning a higher annual return with lower volatility.
- Seven of the 13 popular alternatives earned less than VTIP over the past 5 years while swinging more, the weaker corner of the map.
- Over the past 5 years, VTIP returned 2.7% a year, less than the S&P 500's 12.7%, with lower volatility (2.9% against 17.1%).

### Has VTIP consistently beaten its popular alternatives?

This section compares VTIP with the investments people most often weigh against it, checking each one over eight periods from one month to ten years.

- None of the 14 popular alternatives outperformed VTIP in at least 3 of 5 short-term and 2 of 3 long-term timeframes. The closest was TFLO.
- SGOV, TFLO and VGSH earned more for the risk they took than VTIP (a higher Sharpe ratio) and fell less in their worst decline of the past 10 years.

| Investment | 1Y return | 3Y return | 5Y return | 10Y return | Periods ahead of VTIP | Verdict | Sharpe |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VTIP: Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (this page) | +0.4% | +13.9% | +14.0% | +32.7% |  |  | 0.94 |
| TFLO: iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF | +4.0% | +14.3% | +21.4% | +28.0% | 4/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 10.49 |
| [SGOV](https://easycompare.io/research/sgov): iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF | +3.4% | +13.8% | +20.3% | — | 4/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 13.25 |
| STIP: iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF | +1.7% | +14.8% | +13.7% | +32.4% | 3/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 0.94 |
| TDTT: Northern Trust iBoxx 3-Year Target Duration TIPS ETF | +0.9% | +14.5% | +10.3% | +29.8% | 3/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 0.55 |
| TIPX: State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF | 0.0% | +14.9% | +7.7% | +30.2% | 0/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 0.35 |
| VGSH: Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF | +1.2% | +12.5% | +9.9% | +18.8% | 2/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.95 |
| SHY: iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | +1.1% | +12.1% | +9.3% | +17.7% | 2/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.89 |
| [BSV](https://easycompare.io/research/bsv): Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | +0.7% | +14.1% | +8.8% | +20.5% | 1/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.63 |
| IVOL: Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF | −10.3% | −11.3% | −26.9% | — | 1/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | -0.42 |
| SCHP: Schwab US TIPS ETF | −1.4% | +13.9% | +0.5% | +25.0% | 0/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.05 |
| SPIP: State Street SPDR Portfolio TIPS ETF | −1.6% | +13.5% | −1.0% | +23.8% | 0/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.00 |
| TIP: iShares TIPS Bond ETF | −1.5% | +13.3% | −0.3% | +23.5% | 0/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.02 |
| LTPZ: PIMCO 15+ Year U.S. TIPS Index Exchange-Traded Fund | −9.1% | +5.2% | −33.7% | −6.8% | 0/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | -0.44 |
| DFIP: Dimensional - Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | −1.7% | +14.3% | — | — | 0/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | — |

### How did VTIP do year by year?

This table shows each investment's total return in every full calendar year since 2013, along with where VTIP ranked among its popular alternatives each year.

- VTIP finished ahead of the S&P 500 in two of its 13 full calendar years, and behind it in each of the last three.
- Among its popular alternatives, SCHP came out ahead of VTIP most often, in seven of the 13 years both traded.
- Ranked against its popular alternatives each year, VTIP finished in the top quarter in three of 13 years and in the bottom quarter in one. In 2025, it ranked 7 of 14.

| Year | VTIP | SPY |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | +6.0% | +17.7% |
| 2024 | +4.7% | +24.9% |
| 2023 | +4.6% | +26.2% |
| 2022 | −2.9% | −18.2% |
| 2021 | +5.3% | +28.7% |
| 2020 | +5.0% | +18.3% |
| 2019 | +4.9% | +31.2% |
| 2018 | +0.6% | −4.6% |
| 2017 | +0.8% | +21.7% |
| 2016 | +2.4% | +12.0% |

## Risk and diversification

How VTIP has fallen, how it held up in crashes beside the S&P 500 and its popular alternatives, and what moves independently of it.

### What were VTIP's worst declines?

A drawdown is the decline from a peak to the lowest point before a new high.

- The longest climb back to a previous high took 15 months, after VTIP fell 5.5% from March to September 2022.

| Decline | Peak | Low | Back at the high | SPY over the same dates | Market event |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| −6.3% | March 5, 2020 | March 18, 2020 | June 5, 2020 | −20.6% | Covid crash |
| −5.5% | March 11, 2022 | September 30, 2022 | December 14, 2023 | −14.0% | 2022 bear market |

### How did VTIP do in stock market crashes?

This section measures how far VTIP, the S&P 500 and each alternative fell from peak to trough during every major market crash since 2000.

- VTIP fell less than the S&P 500 in all six crashes it has traded through. The clearest case was the Covid crash, when VTIP fell 6.3% and the S&P 500 fell 33.7%.
- None of its popular alternatives fell less than VTIP in most of the crashes they both traded through.
- VTIP began trading after the 2008 financial crisis, but four of its popular alternatives lived through it. The mildest fall among them was SHY's 2.2%, against 55.2% for the S&P 500.

| Crash | Dates | VTIP fall | SPY fall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dot-com bust | March 10, 2000 to October 9, 2002 | not trading | −47.5% |
| Global financial crisis | October 9, 2007 to March 9, 2009 | not trading | −55.2% |
| Flash crash | May 6, 2010 to May 7, 2010 | not trading | −1.5% |
| Euro debt crisis | July 22, 2011 to October 3, 2011 | not trading | −17.9% |
| China devaluation & oil rout | August 10, 2015 to February 11, 2016 | −1.1% | −12.8% |
| Volmageddon | February 2, 2018 to February 9, 2018 | −0.3% | −6.5% |
| Q4 2018 selloff | September 21, 2018 to December 24, 2018 | −0.7% | −19.3% |
| COVID crash | February 19, 2020 to March 23, 2020 | −6.3% | −33.7% |
| 2022 bear market | January 4, 2022 to October 12, 2022 | −5.5% | −24.5% |
| SVB / regional bank stress | March 8, 2023 to March 13, 2023 | 0.0% | −3.4% |

### How closely does VTIP move with the S&P 500?

Upside capture measures how much of the S&P 500's gains an investment kept in the months the market rose, and downside capture how much of its losses it took in the months the market fell.

- None of the eight popular alternatives with the same record had a higher capture ratio (upside capture divided by downside capture) than VTIP's 3.49.
- Over the past 10 years, VTIP captured 11% of the S&P 500's gains in rising months and 3% of its losses in falling months, with a beta of 0.08. That is a defensive profile: it gave up some of the market's upside in exchange for smaller losses.

Measured over the past 10 years of monthly returns against SPY.

| Investment | Upside capture | Downside capture | Beta |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VTIP: Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (this page) | 11.0% | 3.0% | 0.08 |
| TFLO: iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF | 6.0% | −5.0% | 0.00 |
| STIP: iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF | 11.0% | 4.0% | 0.08 |
| TDTT: Northern Trust iBoxx 3-Year Target Duration TIPS ETF | 12.0% | 7.0% | 0.11 |
| TIPX: State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF | 14.0% | 10.0% | 0.13 |
| VGSH: Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF | 5.0% | −1.0% | 0.01 |
| SHY: iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 5.0% | −1.0% | 0.01 |
| [BSV](https://easycompare.io/research/bsv): Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | 7.0% | 3.0% | 0.04 |
| SCHP: Schwab US TIPS ETF | 15.0% | 17.0% | 0.18 |
| SPIP: State Street SPDR Portfolio TIPS ETF | 15.0% | 17.0% | 0.18 |
| TIP: iShares TIPS Bond ETF | 15.0% | 17.0% | 0.18 |
| LTPZ: PIMCO 15+ Year U.S. TIPS Index Exchange-Traded Fund | 21.0% | 50.0% | 0.40 |

### What diversifies VTIP?

Correlation measures how closely two investments move together, on a scale from 1 (in lockstep) through 0 (unrelated) to -1 (in opposite directions).

- MCK made money in three of the three calendar years in which VTIP lost money.
- Among large ETFs, LVHI, DXJ and BUFD have moved largely independently of VTIP over the past 5 years, with correlations of 0.47 or lower, and each still earned a positive 5-year return.
- Among large stocks, CAH, CLS and FIX have moved largely independently of VTIP over the past 5 years, with correlations of 0.26 or lower, and each still earned a positive 5-year return.

| Investment | Correlation with VTIP | 5Y return | Volatility | Sharpe | Rose in VTIP's 3 down years |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LVHI: Franklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF | 0.45 | +119% | 11.1% | 1.48 | 1 of 3 |
| DXJ: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund | 0.18 | +225% | 19.1% | 1.34 | 3 of 3 |
| BUFD: FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF | 0.47 | +45.4% | 7.8% | 1.01 | 0 of 3 |
| PWV: Invesco Large Cap Value ETF | 0.47 | +88.7% | 14.2% | 0.97 | 2 of 3 |
| MLPX: Global X - MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF | 0.45 | +135% | 19.7% | 0.97 | 2 of 3 |
| [SMH](https://easycompare.io/research/smh): VanEck Semiconductor ETF | 0.41 | +323% | 36.9% | 0.97 | 2 of 3 |
| [GLD](https://easycompare.io/research/gld): SPDR Gold Shares | 0.38 | +126% | 18.9% | 0.96 | 0 of 3 |
| SPMO: Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF | 0.43 | +136% | 20.8% | 0.93 | 0 of 3 |

## Common questions

### What was VTIP's worst drawdown?

VTIP's deepest decline since it began trading in 2012 was 6.3%, in March 2020. It took three months from the low to climb back to its old high. Because VTIP launched in October 2012, that record does not include the dot-com bust, the 2008 financial crisis or two other sell-offs.

### What were VTIP's best and worst years?

Over 13 full calendar years, VTIP's best year was 2025, when it returned 6.1%. Its worst was 2022, with a return of -2.9%.

### Is there a better investment than VTIP?

Among VTIP's popular alternatives, SGOV earned more than VTIP with less volatility over the past 5 years: 3.8% a year at 0.3% volatility, against 2.7% a year at 2.9%. Looking beyond its popular alternatives, NEAR (short-term bonds) earned more than VTIP with less volatility over the past 5 years: 3.9% a year at 1.4% volatility, against 2.7% a year at 2.9%.

### Is VTIP more volatile than the S&P 500?

No. VTIP's volatility over the past 5 years was 2.9%, 17% of the S&P 500's 17.1%. Volatility measures how widely returns swing around their average: in roughly two years out of three, VTIP's return lands within 2.9% of its average, either way. The higher it is, the rougher the ride and the harder it is to hold through a slump.

### What is VTIP's Sharpe ratio?

VTIP's Sharpe ratio over the past 5 years was 0.94, against 0.79 for the S&P 500, so VTIP earned more for each unit of risk than an index fund did. The Sharpe ratio is the return earned above cash for each unit of volatility: two investments with the same return are not equal if one got there with far bigger swings.

### How correlated is VTIP with the S&P 500?

Over the past 5 years, VTIP's monthly returns had a correlation of 0.55 with the S&P 500. Correlation runs from 1 (moving in lockstep) through 0 (unrelated) to −1 (moving in opposite directions). They often move together: some diversification next to an index fund, but not a cushion. In the table, the correlation column measures each option against VTIP instead: the lower it is, the more that option would diversify a VTIP holding.

### What are the best alternatives to VTIP?

None of the 14 popular alternatives we compared outperformed VTIP in at least 3 of 5 short-term and 2 of 3 long-term timeframes, which says more about VTIP's strength than about its alternatives.

### Did VTIP outperform the S&P 500?

VTIP finished ahead of the S&P 500 (SPY) in two of 13 full calendar years. In 2025, it returned +6.1%, against +17.7% for the index.

### How did VTIP do in stock market crashes?

VTIP fell less than the S&P 500 (SPY) in six of the six major crashes it has traded through, and further in no. The clearest case was the Covid crash, when VTIP fell 6.3% and the S&P 500 fell 33.7%.

### What diversifies VTIP?

These had a low correlation with VTIP over the past 5 years and still earned a positive 5-year return: among large ETFs, LVHI (correlation 0.45), DXJ (correlation 0.18) and BUFD (correlation 0.47); among large stocks, CAH (correlation 0.12), CLS (correlation 0.17) and FIX (correlation 0.26). A correlation near zero means the two have moved largely independently.

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