Which returned more over the last year, VOO or WTMF?

In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VOO returned +16.6% and WTMF returned +15.5%, so VOO returned more.

Which is cheaper, VOO or WTMF?

VOO charges 0.03% a year and WTMF charges 0.66%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are VOO and WTMF the same kind of fund?

No. VOO is an index ETF and WTMF is an alternatives ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 19, 2026.

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VOO vs WTMF: how they differ

Over the year VOO returned more, +16.6% to WTMF's +15.5%, and VOO charges 0.03% to WTMF's 0.66%.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF and WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund.

VOO and WTMF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 19, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	WTMF WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Where it sits	Core fund	Alternatives ETF
Issuer	Vanguard	WisdomTree
What it is	Tracks the S&P 500	Managed futures
Total return, 1 year	+16.6%	+15.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	0.0 pts	−1.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.66%
Holdings	508	not filed
Net assets	$1000.0bn	$235m

VOO in plain words

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 508 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%.

WTMF in plain words

WTMF is a managed futures fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.54 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.33, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.33% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks WTMF fell 0.19% on average, a down-week capture of 15.2%. Over the same 52 weeks WTMF returned +14.9% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 11.3 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VOO or WTMF?: In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VOO returned +16.6% and WTMF returned +15.5%, so VOO returned more.
Which is cheaper, VOO or WTMF?: VOO charges 0.03% a year and WTMF charges 0.66%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are VOO and WTMF the same kind of fund?: No. VOO is an index ETF and WTMF is an alternatives ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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