Holding Both VOO and QQQM? You Might Be Buying the Same Equities Twice
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Market participants are increasingly debating whether the S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.59%) has grown overly top-heavy with major tech companies. Because exchange-traded funds follow specific mandates and indexes, many hold identical underlying equities, though some exhibit significant duplication. For instance, the top 10 holdings of the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) and the Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) are virtually identical, differing only at the tenth position where VTI holds Eli Lilly instead of JPMorgan Chase as of August 31. Significant overlap also exists among technology-focused funds. Notably, the Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) excludes Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Tesla from its portfolio. Interestingly, VGT has outperformed all other evaluated funds over the past five years. Investors should carefully evaluate portfolio overlap to avoid unintentionally purchasing the exact same assets multiple times across different funds provided by Vanguard, Invesco, Schwab, and iShares.
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The issue of overlapping holdings in mega-cap tech stocks among the S&P 500 and major ETFs is emerging. Several funds, including VOO and VTI, are excessively incorporating the same top tech stocks such as NVIDIA, Apple, and Microsoft, which may dilute the diversification effect. Investors need to check for asset overlap within their portfolios and verify whether the stock composition aligns with their actual investment objectives.
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- AI — Major ETFs such as VOO, QQQM, and VGT commonly include core AI-related stocks like NVIDIA and Microsoft as top holdings, expecting continuous capital inflows.
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- Growth Stocks — Most major ETFs are heavily invested in the same mega-cap tech stocks, causing cascading blows to overall fund returns if specific stocks decline.
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As top holdings overlap among some popular ETF funds, exposure to specific mega-cap tech stocks is unintentionally doubled. This increases index concentration risk, which can deal a heavy blow to the entire portfolio during periods of increased market volatility.
In a bullish scenario, a tech rally will drive overall ETF returns, but in a bearish scenario, losses from the loss of diversification could be amplified. Key monitoring metrics are the top 10 stock concentration and correlation coefficients of each ETF.
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