VTI vs. SCHB on November 18, 2025: What’s Moving Vanguard’s Total‑Market ETF Today—and Which “Total Stock” Fund Has the Edge?
1) What’s moving VTI today (Nov 18, 2025) Wall Street’s tone turned defensive into Tuesday as tech‑valuation concerns, a deepening crypto drawdown, and anticipation of Nvidia’s quarterly results stoked the highest VIX in about a month. U.S. benchmarks finished almost 1% lower on Monday and futures stayed soft before the open. That macro mix is the dominant driver for broad beta ETFs like VTI today. Reuters Within the fund, mega‑cap tech remains the swing factor: Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft are VTI’s top weights, so any pre‑earnings repositioning or AI‑bubble worries tend to ripple through the ETF. TipRanks’ daily snapshot also