VTI UCITS alternative: VUSA
European investors who cannot buy VTI directly can use VUSA as BestFolio's close match UCITS substitute, with ISIN IE00B3XXRP09.
US to UCITS mapping
Original US-listed ETF ticker used in strategy rules and backtests.
Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF
Universal identifier to search at European brokers.
VUSA is the closest listed UCITS substitute BestFolio uses for VTI.
What is VUSA?
VUSA is Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF, a UCITS-compliant ETF that BestFolio uses when translating VTI into a European-broker-friendly allocation. UCITS funds are designed for EU and UK retail access and carry the required investor documents that US-listed ETFs usually lack.
S&P 500 proxy for total US market. No exact CRSP total market UCITS exists. The source ticker has 1x exposure and the UCITS substitute has 1x exposure, so BestFolio can flag leverage differences during allocation translation.
Where VTI is used on BestFolio
VTI appears in 10 currently published BestFolio strategy universes or signal rules.
Build the full UCITS version of a TAA strategy
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