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VCIT and LQD Performance Comparison

This blog post is about VCIT and LQD oerformance comparison. Both are corporate bond ETFs.

The "Run 100 Comparisons" button is for running randomly select dates and compare 100 times. The result is how many of the 100 times does LQD beat VCIT.

Note that the Run 100 Comparison simulator takes about 10 seconds for the computer to run, so please be patient and check the result in the 3rd bullet point.

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End Date:
This button is for running 100 comparions with a set of investment span.
  • VCIT Return: %
  • LQD Return: %

Simulate Randomly 100 Times

  • In 100 times of comparisons, there are times that LQD has a better retrun than VCIT.
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