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QQQ vs. VOO

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

QQQ
$
Today’s Change
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vs

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOO
$
Today’s Change
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Correlation

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

Performance Measures**

for the time period Apr 1, 1999 to Aug 4, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

QQQ

0.1%

7.7%

VOO

2.7%

7.7%

Diff.

-2.6%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

QQQ

-83.0%

27.0%

VOO

-34.0%

17.0%

Diff.

-49%

+10%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

QQQ

0.51

0.13

VOO

0.91

0.44

Diff.

-0.4

-0.31

QQQInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
VOOVanguard S&P 500 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
VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Inception date
Mar 10, 1999
Sep 7, 2010
Expense ratio
0.2%
0.03%
QQQ has a higher expense ratio than VOO by 0.17%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in QQQ than VOO.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
QQQ targets investing in US Equities, while VOO targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Invesco
Vanguard
QQQ is managed by Invesco, while VOO is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$17,559,045,883
$1,621,694,598
Both QQQ and VOO 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
$325,714,712,538
QQQ has more assets under management than VOO by $127,758,143,098. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Nasdaq 100 Index
S&P 500 Index
QQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index, while VOO is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither QQQ nor VOO use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
QQQ and VOO 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 VOO may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
QQQ may issue a K1, while VOO does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for QQQ in its “Related ETFs” section.

Trading Strategies
Related toQQQ

Pals Minor Spell of Summon Money

Category

Tactical rotation, trend & momentum, leveraged ETFs, volatility hedging, sector rotation, risk-on/risk-off

OOS Cumulative Return

1003.13%

Trading Strategies
Related toVOO

Wash Sale 3 Sorted by 5 day Max DD WM 74

Category

Tactical allocation, trend following, risk-on/risk-off, managed futures switch, leveraged ETFs, volatility filter, wash-sale rotation

OOS Cumulative Return

431.34%

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