Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or VT?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VT returned +18.9%, so VT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCSH or VT?

VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VT charges 0.06%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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VCSH vs VT: how they differ

VCSH and VT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VT returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCSH and VT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VCSH	Only in VT
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%	NVIDIA Corp 4.22%
Bank of America Corp 0.24%	Apple Inc 3.53%
AbbVie Inc 0.21%	Microsoft Corp 2.73%
CVS Health Corp 0.21%	Amazon.com Inc 2.29%
T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%	Alphabet Inc 2.04%
Boeing Co/The 0.20%	Broadcom Inc 1.74%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%	Alphabet Inc 1.61%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 1.52%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

VCSH and VT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Short-Term Corporate Bond	Total World Stock
Total return, 1 year	+1.6%	+18.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.9 pts	+1.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.06%
Holdings	2999	10042

VCSH in plain words

VCSH is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

VT in plain words

VT is an index equity fund tracking the Total World Stock. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +18.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10042 positions, with the top ten at 21.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or VT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VT returned +18.9%, so VT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCSH or VT?: VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VT charges 0.06%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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