QQQ Our Pick vs SPY
Invesco QQQ Trust vs SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Buy QQQ if…
- •You like performance
- •You want exposure to Nasdaq 100
- •You believe in the technological future
Buy SPY if…
- •You're a traditionalist
- •You want to track S&P 500
- •The word "diversification" is music to your ears
QQQ
SPY
Type
ETF
ETF
Issuer
Invesco
State Street
Holdings
100
99
Index
NASDAQ 100
S&P 500
AUM
$403B
$701B
Inception
1999
1993
Key Metrics
Expense Ratio
0.20%
0.10%
Dividend Yield
+0.47%
+1.09%
Daily Liquidity
61.01M
81.26M
Risk (β)
1.10
1.00
Cost Calculator
$
%
QQQ Fees
$0
SPY Fees
$0
Annualized Returns
YTD
+22.37%
+17.60%
1 Year
+21.36%
+14.28%
3 Years
+29.40%
+20.40%
5 Years
+16.11%
+14.79%
10 Years
+19.34%
+14.48%
Top 10 Holdings
NVIDIA Corporation
9.33%
NVIDIA Corporation
7.54%
Apple Inc
8.78%
Apple Inc
7.06%
Microsoft Corporation
7.69%
Microsoft Corporation
6.19%
Broadcom Inc
6.59%
Amazon.com Inc
3.81%
Amazon.com Inc
5.21%
Broadcom Inc
3.21%
Alphabet Inc Class A
3.97%
Alphabet Inc Class A
3.19%
Alphabet Inc Class C
3.71%
Alphabet Inc Class C
2.56%
Tesla Inc
3.31%
Meta Platforms Inc.
2.36%
Meta Platforms Inc.
2.93%
Tesla Inc
2.05%
Netflix Inc
2.36%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
1.61%
Related Comparisons
The Legend Meets The Future
The main choice here is between S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100.
TL;DR:
SPY tracks the S&P 500 with around 500 companies across all sectors, while QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100 with about 100 companies that are heavily concentrated in tech. Think of SPY as the broad "entire US economy" play — you get everything from banks to healthcare to energy. QQQ is basically "big tech and innovation" — it's dominated by names like Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon, with over half the fund in technology stocks.
SPY is the diversified, sleep-at-night classic, while QQQ is a bet on the technological future. You know where I stand.
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Sector Breakdown
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