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QQQ vs. BND

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

QQQ
$
Today’s Change
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vs

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Apr 1, 1999 to Apr 1, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

QQQ

-3.8%

-4.6%

BND

-1.3%

0.1%

Diff.

-2.5%

-4.7%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

QQQ

-83.0%

27.0%

BND

-18.1%

5.2%

Diff.

-64.9%

+21.8%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

QQQ

0.48

0.12

BND

0.61

0.17

Diff.

-0.13

-0.05

QQQInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF

What is QQQ?

Invesco QQQ is an exchange-traded fund based on the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Fund will, under most circumstances, consist of all of stocks in the Index. The Index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international nonfinancial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market based on market capitalization. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually.

Snapshot
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QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF
Inception date
Mar 10, 1999
Apr 3, 2007
Expense ratio
0.2%
0.03%
QQQ has a higher expense ratio than BND by 0.17%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in QQQ than BND.
Type
US Equities
US Bonds
QQQ targets investing in US Equities, while BND targets investing in US Bonds.
Fund owner
Invesco
Vanguard
QQQ is managed by Invesco, while BND is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$17,559,045,883
$433,296,798
Both QQQ and BND are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$197,956,569,440
$94,675,540,467
QQQ has more assets under management than BND by $103,281,028,973. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Nasdaq 100 Index
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
QQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index, while BND is based off of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither QQQ nor BND use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
QQQ and BND both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
QQQ and BND may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
QQQ may issue a K1, while BND does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for QQQ in its “Related ETFs” section.

Disclaimers

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