{"kind":"diversify","mode":"compare","question":"Does AVUV or VXUS diversify a portfolio of QQQ, SMH and IBIT held in equal parts?","answer":"Of AVUV and VXUS, AVUV has the lowest overlap with QQQ, SMH and IBIT, 0.0% by weight in the issuer files and Form N-PORT filings of 2026-05-31 to 2026-10-15, and the lowest weekly correlation with them, 0.45 over 144 weeks to 2026-10-16.","answers":["AVUV has an overlap of 0.0% by weight with a portfolio of QQQ, SMH and IBIT held in equal parts, by the issuer file of 2026-10-15 for QQQ, and the Form N-PORT filings of 2026-05-31 for AVUV and 2026-06-30 for SMH; its weekly returns had a 0.45 correlation over 144 weeks to 2026-10-16, and 0.29 over the 63 weeks the portfolio fell.","VXUS has an overlap of 0.4% by weight with a portfolio of QQQ, SMH and IBIT held in equal parts, by the issuer file of 2026-10-15 for QQQ, and the Form N-PORT filings of 2026-06-30 for SMH and 2026-07-31 for VXUS; its weekly returns had a 0.61 correlation over 144 weeks to 2026-10-16, and 0.51 over the 63 weeks the portfolio fell."],"have":{"funds":[{"ticker":"QQQ","weight_pct":33.3,"name":"Invesco QQQ Trust","holdings_as_of":"2026-10-15","holdings_source":"issuer file","holds_shares":true,"weekly_returns":156},{"ticker":"SMH","weight_pct":33.3,"name":"VanEck Semiconductor ETF","holdings_as_of":"2026-06-30","holdings_source":"SEC Form N-PORT","holds_shares":true,"weekly_returns":156},{"ticker":"IBIT","weight_pct":33.3,"name":"iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF","holdings_as_of":"2026-06-30","holdings_source":"trust's own SEC filing","holds_shares":false,"weekly_returns":144}],"weights":"equal","looked_through_pct":66.7,"holds_no_shares":["IBIT"],"returns_from":["QQQ","SMH","IBIT"],"mega_cap_tech_pct":21.3,"sectors":{"known_pct":66.6,"coverage_pct":100,"stated":true,"weights":[{"sector":"technology","name":"technology","pct":52.6},{"sector":"communication_services","name":"communication services","pct":5},{"sector":"consumer_discretionary","name":"consumer discretionary","pct":3.5},{"sector":"consumer_staples","name":"consumer staples","pct":2},{"sector":"health_care","name":"health care","pct":1.5},{"sector":"industrials","name":"industrials","pct":1.1},{"sector":"utilities","name":"utilities","pct":0.4},{"sector":"materials","name":"materials","pct":0.3},{"sector":"energy","name":"energy","pct":0.2},{"sector":"financials","name":"financials","pct":0.1}]},"countries":{"us_pct":59.9,"weights":[{"country":"US","name":"United States","pct":59.9},{"country":"TW","name":"Taiwan","pct":3.1},{"country":"NL","name":"Netherlands","pct":2.5},{"country":"GB","name":"United Kingdom","pct":0.5},{"country":"CA","name":"Canada","pct":0.4},{"country":"AR","name":"Argentina","pct":0.1}],"other_pct":0.1},"sentence":"A portfolio of QQQ, SMH and IBIT held in equal parts puts 21.3% of the portfolio in mega-cap tech. Its largest sector is technology at 52.6%, with a sector found for 100.0% of its stock weight."},"candidates":[{"ticker":"AVUV","name":"Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF","holdings_as_of":"2026-05-31","holdings_source":"SEC Form N-PORT","fund_file":"https://tickerinside.com/api/v1/fund/avuv.json","page_url":"https://tickerinside.com/etf/avuv/","overlap":{"by_weight_pct":0,"share_of_candidate_pct":0,"companies_in_both":0,"largest_shared":[]},"correlation":{"weekly":0.45,"weeks":144,"from":"2024-01-19","to":"2026-10-16","down_weeks":0.29,"down_weeks_count":63,"with":["QQQ","SMH","IBIT"]},"volatility_pct":18.7,"with_10_pct":{"volatility_pct":24.3,"instead_of_pct":25.9,"weeks":144,"to":"2026-10-16"},"mega_cap_tech_pct":0,"sectors":{"known_pct":99.8,"coverage_pct":100,"stated":true,"weights":[{"sector":"financials","name":"financials","pct":26.6},{"sector":"consumer_discretionary","name":"consumer discretionary","pct":18.1},{"sector":"industrials","name":"industrials","pct":15.6},{"sector":"energy","name":"energy","pct":15.1},{"sector":"technology","name":"technology","pct":6.7},{"sector":"materials","name":"materials","pct":5.4},{"sector":"consumer_staples","name":"consumer staples","pct":4.2},{"sector":"health_care","name":"health care","pct":4.1},{"sector":"communication_services","name":"communication services","pct":3.1},{"sector":"real_estate","name":"real estate","pct":0.6},{"sector":"utilities","name":"utilities","pct":0.2}]},"countries":{"us_pct":97.7,"weights":[{"country":"US","name":"United States","pct":97.7},{"country":"BM","name":"Bermuda","pct":1},{"country":"MC","name":"Monaco","pct":0.4},{"country":"GG","name":"Guernsey","pct":0.2},{"country":"IE","name":"Ireland","pct":0.2},{"country":"CA","name":"Canada","pct":0.1}],"other_pct":0.2},"rank":1,"sentence":"AVUV has an overlap of 0.0% by weight with a portfolio of QQQ, SMH and IBIT held in equal parts, by the issuer file of 2026-10-15 for QQQ, and the Form N-PORT filings of 2026-05-31 for AVUV and 2026-06-30 for SMH; its weekly returns had a 0.45 correlation over 144 weeks to 2026-10-16, and 0.29 over the 63 weeks the portfolio fell."},{"ticker":"VXUS","name":"Vanguard Total International Stock ETF","holdings_as_of":"2026-07-31","holdings_source":"SEC Form N-PORT","fund_file":"https://tickerinside.com/api/v1/fund/vxus.json","page_url":"https://tickerinside.com/etf/vxus/","overlap":{"by_weight_pct":0.4,"share_of_candidate_pct":0.5,"companies_in_both":3,"largest_shared":[{"ticker":"SHOP","in_candidate_pct":0.33,"in_have_pct":0.31,"counted_pct":0.31},{"ticker":"PDD","in_candidate_pct":0.16,"in_have_pct":0.08,"counted_pct":0.08},{"ticker":"TRI","in_candidate_pct":0.03,"in_have_pct":0.06,"counted_pct":0.03}]},"correlation":{"weekly":0.61,"weeks":144,"from":"2024-01-19","to":"2026-10-16","down_weeks":0.51,"down_weeks_count":63,"with":["QQQ","SMH","IBIT"]},"volatility_pct":14.3,"with_10_pct":{"volatility_pct":24.2,"instead_of_pct":25.9,"weeks":144,"to":"2026-10-16"},"mega_cap_tech_pct":0,"sectors":{"known_pct":74.1,"coverage_pct":75,"stated":true,"weights":[{"sector":"financials","name":"financials","pct":17.7},{"sector":"technology","name":"technology","pct":14.5},{"sector":"industrials","name":"industrials","pct":10.2},{"sector":"consumer_discretionary","name":"consumer discretionary","pct":6.2},{"sector":"materials","name":"materials","pct":5.9},{"sector":"health_care","name":"health care","pct":5.3},{"sector":"consumer_staples","name":"consumer staples","pct":3.6},{"sector":"energy","name":"energy","pct":3.3},{"sector":"communication_services","name":"communication services","pct":2.9},{"sector":"real_estate","name":"real estate","pct":2.4},{"sector":"utilities","name":"utilities","pct":2}]},"countries":{"us_pct":0.2,"weights":[{"country":"JP","name":"Japan","pct":15.2},{"country":"GB","name":"United Kingdom","pct":8.5},{"country":"TW","name":"Taiwan","pct":8.1},{"country":"CA","name":"Canada","pct":7.8},{"country":"CN","name":"China","pct":6.7},{"country":"KR","name":"South Korea","pct":5.8}],"other_pct":46.6},"rank":2,"sentence":"VXUS has an overlap of 0.4% by weight with a portfolio of QQQ, SMH and IBIT held in equal parts, by the issuer file of 2026-10-15 for QQQ, and the Form N-PORT filings of 2026-06-30 for SMH and 2026-07-31 for VXUS; its weekly returns had a 0.61 correlation over 144 weeks to 2026-10-16, and 0.51 over the 63 weeks the portfolio fell."}],"ranking":"By overlap, lowest first, then by weekly correlation, lowest first, each as printed (one and two decimals). An ETF with a figure not measured comes after those measured, then in the order asked. Two measurements, not a recommendation.","prices_as_of":"2026-10-16","definitions":{"overlap":"The sum, over the companies both hold, of the smaller of two weights: the company's weight in the candidate, and its weight in the portfolio, which is its weight in each of the portfolio's ETFs times that ETF's weight. An ETF that holds no shares adds nothing to the portfolio's side. For an ETF read from its SEC filings, a holding the filing lists on a market abroad matches only the same holding abroad.","share_of_candidate":"The part of the candidate's weight in companies the portfolio also holds, each counted at the candidate's own weight. It is never below the overlap, which counts the smaller of the two weights.","correlation":"Pearson's correlation between the candidate's weekly returns and the portfolio's, on the weeks both have: at most the 156 the files carry, at least 52. The portfolio's weekly return is the return of its ETFs at their weights, counting every ETF with at least 52 weekly returns here, whatever it holds. A weekly return is a weekly total return, from the last close of one week to the last close of the next, with dividends reinvested, as in the fund files. The weeks end on Fridays, or on the Thursday when the exchange is shut that Friday, and the last one ends on the files' last close.","down_weeks":"The same correlation on the weeks the portfolio's return was below zero, when there are at least 20.","mega_cap_tech":{"rule":"A fixed list, the one every fund file's breakdown and every ETF page count: Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Broadcom and Tesla, every listed class of each.","companies":[{"name":"Apple","tickers":["AAPL"]},{"name":"Microsoft","tickers":["MSFT"]},{"name":"Nvidia","tickers":["NVDA"]},{"name":"Alphabet","tickers":["GOOGL","GOOG"]},{"name":"Amazon","tickers":["AMZN"]},{"name":"Meta Platforms","tickers":["META"]},{"name":"Broadcom","tickers":["AVGO"]},{"name":"Tesla","tickers":["TSLA"]}]},"sectors":"Each ETF's breakdown, as its fund file and ETF page give it. A company's sector is the one most of the single-sector index funds that hold it belong to, each fund one vote, or else the sector of its SEC industry code. When a sector is found for under 50% of an ETF's stock weight, no sector weight is given. A portfolio's breakdown is its ETFs' at their weights.","sectors_stated_from_pct":50,"countries":"Each ETF's breakdown, as its fund file gives it. A line listed abroad counts under the country of its market. A US-listed line counts under the United States, unless its company files with the SEC as a foreign issuer or is Canadian: it then counts under the country of the company's business address. A fund held by a fund counts under the United States."},"share_url":"https://tickerinside.com/diversify/?have=QQQ,SMH,IBIT&try=AVUV,VXUS","api_url":"https://tickerinside.com/api/v1/diversify?have=QQQ,SMH,IBIT&try=AVUV,VXUS","source":{"provider":"TickerInside","links":[{"ticker":"QQQ","page_url":"https://tickerinside.com/etf/qqq/","api_url":"https://tickerinside.com/api/v1/fund/qqq.json","holdings_source":"issuer file"},{"ticker":"SMH","page_url":"https://tickerinside.com/etf/smh/","api_url":"https://tickerinside.com/api/v1/fund/smh.json","holdings_source":"SEC Form N-PORT"},{"ticker":"IBIT","page_url":"https://tickerinside.com/etf/ibit/","api_url":"https://tickerinside.com/api/v1/etf/ibit.json","holdings_source":"trust's own SEC filing"},{"ticker":"AVUV","page_url":"https://tickerinside.com/etf/avuv/","api_url":"https://tickerinside.com/api/v1/fund/avuv.json","holdings_source":"SEC Form N-PORT"},{"ticker":"VXUS","page_url":"https://tickerinside.com/etf/vxus/","api_url":"https://tickerinside.com/api/v1/fund/vxus.json","holdings_source":"SEC Form N-PORT"}],"reference_url":"https://tickerinside.com/api/v1/diversify/reference.json","license":"CC BY 4.0","cite_as":"TickerInside (tickerinside.com), Does it diversify me?, https://tickerinside.com/diversify/?have=QQQ,SMH,IBIT&try=AVUV,VXUS, from the ETFs' holdings files and weekly prices, dated as shown."},"note":"Measurement, not investment advice.","license":"CC BY 4.0","attribution":"Credit TickerInside with a link to the page of a fund the figure comes from (source names them), or to this address, wherever the medium allows a link, and by name where it does not. How you mark the link is up to you.","docs":"https://tickerinside.com/api/#diversify"}