- Moving to better compete with the S&P 500 ETF giants - State Street's (NYSE:STT) SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) and iShares' (NYSE:BLK) S&P 500 Index (NYSEARCA:IVV) - Vanguard sets a 1:2 reverse split of its S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO), effective October 24.
- This will double VOO's price ($77.36 currently) to something more in line with the price of SPY and IVV; effectively lowering the all-in cost for investors without costing Vanguard anything (a bid-ask spread of $0.01 on a $150 stock is less on a percentage basis than on a $75 stock).
- The SPY currently has about $144B in AUM, and IVV about $45B. Vanguard's VOO has about $11B.
- Source: Press release.
- Other S&P 500 ETFs: RWL-OLD, OTC:SFLA, SSO, UPRO, SDS, SPXU, SH, EPS, RSP, BXUB, BXUC, BXDB.