This fund aims to mirror the financial performance of a specific benchmark index, which tracks the investment returns of companies operating in the information technology industry. It is overseen with a passive management approach, predominantly using a full-replication strategy to hold all index constituents when feasible. However, should regulatory constraints arise, it will implement a sampling strategy. The portfolio includes equities of businesses that support the electronics and computer sectors, or those that develop products grounded in advanced scientific principles.

NVIDIA Corporation

Apple Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Broadcom Inc.

Micron Technology, Inc.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Intel Corp.

Lam Research Corporation

Technology

Financial Services

Industrials

Consumer Cyclical

Basic Materials

Healthcare

Vanguard Information Technology ETF

SPY is the best-recognized and oldest US listed ETF and typically tops rankings for largest AUM and greatest trading volume. The fund tracks the massively popular US index, the S&P 500. Few realize that S&P's index committee chooses 500 securities to represent the US large-cap space - not necessarily the 500 largest by market cap, which can lead to some omissions of single names. Still, the index offers outstanding exposure to the US large-cap space. It's important to note, SPY is a unit investment trust, an older but entirely viable structure. As a UIT, SPY must fully replicate its index (it probably would anyway) and forgo the small risk and reward of securities lending. It also can`t reinvest portfolio dividends between distributions, the resulting cash drag will slightly hurt performance in up markets and help in downtrends. SPY is a favored vanilla trading vehicle.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

Communication Services

Consumer Defensive

Energy

Utilities

Real Estate

State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF

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	VGT	SPY
Basics
Name	Vanguard Information Technology ETF	State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF
Price	$128.32	$769.64
Category	Technology	Large Blend
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.09%
Assets	155,484,688	817,157,925
Beta	1.35	1.01
Dividends
Dividend	$0.4725	$7.58
Yield	0.37%	0.99%
Frequency	Quarterly	Quarterly
Payout ratio	12.80%	24.46%
Dividend CAGR (3y)	7.03%	5.22%
Dividend CAGR (5y)
Dividend CAGR (10y)
Total returns
YTD	34.36%	14.00%
1y	37.60%	18.48%
3y	35.10%	22.77%
5y	19.84%	13.19%
10y	24.87%	15.39%
1y volatility	28.32%	13.23%
3y volatility	22.24%	12.92%
Sharpe ratio	1.10	1.19
Sector breakdown
Communication services	–	9.50%
Consumer discretionary	0.06%	9.31%
Consumer staples	–	4.46%
Energy	–	3.48%
Financials	0.34%	12.06%
Healthcare	0.01%	9.28%
Industrials	0.31%	7.75%
Materials	0.01%	–
Real estate	–	1.80%
Technology	99.27%	38.69%
Utilities	–	1.98%
Cash & others	–	–

	VGT	SPY
Basics
Name	Vanguard Information Technology ETF	State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF
Price	$128.32	$769.64
Category	Technology	Large Blend
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.09%
Assets	155,484,688	817,157,925
Beta	1.35	1.01
Dividends
Dividend	$0.4725	$7.58
Yield	0.37%	0.99%
Frequency	Quarterly	Quarterly
Payout ratio	12.80%	24.46%
Dividend CAGR (3y)	7.03%	5.22%
Dividend CAGR (5y)
Dividend CAGR (10y)
Total returns
YTD	34.36%	14.00%
1y	37.60%	18.48%
3y	35.10%	22.77%
5y	19.84%	13.19%
10y	24.87%	15.39%
1y volatility	28.32%	13.23%
3y volatility	22.24%	12.92%
Sharpe ratio	1.10	1.19
Sector breakdown
Communication services	–	9.50%
Consumer discretionary	0.06%	9.31%
Consumer staples	–	4.46%
Energy	–	3.48%
Financials	0.34%	12.06%
Healthcare	0.01%	9.28%
Industrials	0.31%	7.75%
Materials	0.01%	–
Real estate	–	1.80%
Technology	99.27%	38.69%
Utilities	–	1.98%
Cash & others	–	–

NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation	17.74%
AAPL	Apple Inc.	15.80%
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	11.52%
AVGO	Broadcom Inc.	4.52%
MU	Micron Technology, Inc.	4.18%
AMD	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.	2.95%
CSCO	Cisco Systems, Inc.	1.71%
PLTR	Palantir Technologies Inc.	1.61%
INTC	Intel Corp.	1.54%
LRCX	Lam Research Corporation	1.49%
All holdings

NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation	8.35%
AAPL	Apple Inc.	7.44%
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	5.70%
AMZN	Amazon.com, Inc.	3.64%
GOOGL	Alphabet Inc.	3.03%
AVGO	Broadcom Inc.	2.51%
GOOG	Alphabet Inc.	2.43%
META	Meta Platforms, Inc.	2.38%
MU	Micron Technology, Inc.	1.79%
TSLA	Tesla, Inc.	1.52%
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