VT vs SPMO: which ETF won each year?

Yearly returns side by side, one winner per year — dividends included, priced as you'd actually buy them.

VT tracks the FTSE Global All Cap IndexSPMO tracks the S&P 500 Momentum Index

What did the last 10 years do to $10,000?

You invest $10,000 at the start of the window and touch nothing — dividends reinvested, the running year not counted.

VT turned it into
$30,414
+11.77% per year on average · 20162025
SPMO turned it into
$51,975
+17.92% per year on average · 20162025
Difference
−$21,561
SPMO made more of the same money

VT vs SPMO, year by year

Calendar-year total returns (dividends included) side by side, and who took the crown each year. A dash means the fund did not exist yet.

Years compared
12
where both funds were trading
VT won
3
years
SPMO won
9
years
YearVTSPMOWinner
2026 (so far)+11.93%+35.98%SPMO
2025+22.43%+26.58%SPMO
2024+16.49%+45.82%SPMO
2023+22.02%+17.56%VT
2022-18.00%-10.45%SPMO
2021+18.27%+22.51%SPMO
2020+16.59%+27.80%SPMO
2019+26.81%+25.93%VT
2018-9.76%-0.92%SPMO
2017+24.50%+27.76%SPMO
2016+8.50%+7.18%VT
2015-1.86%+2.78%SPMO
2014+3.68%
2013+22.94%
2012+17.12%
2011-7.51%
2010+13.08%
2009+32.66%
2008-33.05%

VT vs SPMO in plain words

VT tracks the FTSE Global All Cap Index while SPMO follows the S&P 500 Momentum Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. VT charges 0.06% a year in running costs and SPMO charges 0.13% — VT is the cheaper fund to hold.

Both funds distribute: dividends land in your account as cash instead of being reinvested automatically. Across the 12 calendar years both funds were trading, VT finished the year ahead 3 times and SPMO 9 times. $10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth $30,414 in VT versus $51,975 in SPMO by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested.

Fund facts: VT vs SPMO

FactVTSPMO
FundVanguard Total World Stock ETFInvesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF
TracksFTSE Global All Cap IndexS&P 500 Momentum Index
Yearly cost (TER)0.06%0.13%
DividendsDistributing — dividends paid outDistributing — dividends paid out
Launched24 Jun 20089 Oct 2015

Frequently asked

Is VT or SPMO better?

Across the 12 calendar years both funds were trading, VT finished the year ahead 3 times and SPMO 9 times. $10,000 invested at the start of 2016 was worth $30,414 in VT versus $51,975 in SPMO by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested. Past returns don't promise future ones — but this is what actually happened.

What is the difference between VT and SPMO?

VT tracks the FTSE Global All Cap Index while SPMO follows the S&P 500 Momentum Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. VT charges 0.06% a year in running costs and SPMO charges 0.13% — VT is the cheaper fund to hold. Both funds distribute: dividends land in your account as cash instead of being reinvested automatically.

What would $10,000 in VT have become?

$10,000 invested in VT at the start of 2016 grew to $30,414 by the end of 2025, with dividends reinvested — an average of 11.8% per year.

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