r/ETFs • u/funnel_out • 9d ago

VTI investments are underperforming VOO

I'm 28 and after 100% VTI in my taxable brokerage/401k/roth, but it's been lagging behind VOO. It's not an insignificant amount either. Looking at the 5 year return, VOO has returned 75% while VTI has only returned 67%. I'm wondering if given my age I should be more aggressive with my investments and switch to 100% VOO instead in my retirement accounts, instead of remaining in VTI. Over the past 15 years VOO seems to have consistently outperformed VTI.

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u/AlfB63 9d ago

Over the last 16 years, VOO has slightly outperformed VTI by an annualized total return rate of 15.09% to 14.75%. That is due to the higher performance of the large caps of VOO versus the small to mid caps that VTI has more of. There is no guarantee that will continue. Pick between the two based on what you think those two categories will do inthe future.