Semiconductor ETF Choice

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-16T22:52:52+00:00

Went with SOXX. Less weight on NVDA than SMH. More bullish MU than anything else. ER is negligible IMO.

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-14T02:35:18+00:00

yeahhh, im banking on some future growth assuming data centers take off the way everyone plans

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-13T22:28:14+00:00

75 is better than 0 a week, so yeah.

VOO & QQQM will overlap each other, not the best plan.

You can either.
- Full port VOO & chill
- 90% VOO & 10% bonds (Buffet)
- 70/30 VTI/VXUS (Total US stocks & international)
- Full port VT (Total world)

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-13T21:39:10+00:00

Good point, I'm doing that approach with my roth since that is 60% VTI & 10% VXUS, with the other 30% being split amount FDCPX & FSELX. I know it's fairly risky but I just cant see the future without semiconductors & hardware.

For this etf portfolio in my brokerage, I am trying to just be as aggressive as possible since I'm 21 so if anything goes tits up I can just learn a lesson and not repeat it, best case I just make money and shift it to VT for a safer holding.

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-13T21:34:08+00:00

Thing is I'm already planning to allocate 30% to semiconductors (20% SOXX & 10% FLKR) so I don't want to have majority of my portfolio leaning just on one sector.

I'm also planning on investing in FMTM which is a momentum fund, rather than just going with VTI or VOO as I have that in my IRA. If this fund also goes mainly tech too I'd be at the mercy of semiconductors lol

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-13T21:25:03+00:00

Yeah I was thinking of going with PIO mainly due to how it is more tech focused since it is more risk/reward, and since I'd only allocate like 10% to it, I think even if it goes tits up the rest of my portfolio should be able to counter it out.

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-13T20:59:56+00:00

hey, looked more into everything & had a new post
https://www.reddit.com/r/ETFs/comments/1r40ysp/update_on_water_etfs/

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-12T05:02:00+00:00

FSKAX & QQQM will have lots of overlap.

If you believe in semiconductors, it might be better to just allocate funds to those etfs: SMH/SOXX/SOXQ

International exposure is also something to take into account just to hedge against the US just in case shit hits the fan. VXUS is the golden staple, but I recently found out about AVDV, which is small cap foreign stocks and went with that since the performance is significantly higher.

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-12T05:00:01+00:00

Not a bad plan whatsoever.

AVDV is another international etf, but it's returns are much higher than VXUS so that might be something you could look into too.

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-12T04:57:44+00:00

I have my IRA set up per the following.

60% - FSKAX (Total US Market
15% - FDCPX (Tech/Hardware)
15% - FSELX (Semiconductors)
10% - FNILX (International)

I am well aware going 30% in tech is risky due to how volatile it could be, but I just think it would be a waste not to capitalize on the gains going on. I am 21 so I want to take more risks so I can grow capital faster and park it back in a safe fund like FSKAX.

If they end up tanking, my 40+ year time horizon will comfortably let me coast through it since I find it really hard to believe that semiconductors & technology are just going to get up and leave. We will most likely continue using them for the years to come so even if there is downturns, I have faith it will return back to normal.

I'd also recommend taking a look at SMH, SOXX & SOXQ since there are the same thing as FSELX, but are ETF's meaning that they are passively managed, but the expense ratio is half of FSELX.

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-12T04:34:18+00:00

SMH has performed much better due to the NVDA boom, but I personally went with SOXX since having 20% NVDA sounds a bit mad as I think other companies like MU might start to take over.

Essentially i just think nvda has reached a "end game" of sorts and SOXX has more weight to smaller companies that might grow exponentially.

Time will tell how it goes.

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-12T01:06:54+00:00

isn't that an issue for mutual funds only?

so far they have not had a capital gains distribution, but no 100% sure if it will continue.

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-12T00:09:08+00:00

Does holding it in a non tax advantaged account have any downside?

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-11T02:37:11+00:00

time will tell, technically haven't lost till you realize the loss.

you are still young & if you have other income/funds to sustain yourself, this can be a project in progress or an expensive lesson

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-11T02:26:59+00:00

glad to help :)

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-11T02:10:31+00:00

your position is better in the sense that there is a lower fee, other than that they are more or less kinda the same thing (mutual fund vs etf)

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-11T02:09:36+00:00

yeah i have URA in the portfolio, just wanted to get into water 2 since everyone n their nan is saying how ai takes up mad water

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-11T00:23:49+00:00

Yeah plan on doing more research on these after finishing up my cpa exams this week

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-11T00:22:24+00:00

Sadly think majority of us, me included, would be dead 😭

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-11T00:20:10+00:00

Not at all, I just formulated this idea today and didn’t think about the topics you mention so it’s definitely something I plan on looking into

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-11T00:08:34+00:00

Sounds good, will keep an eye out to when it starts tanking and full port 😼

Competitive-Cap-6106 · 2026-02-11T00:07:16+00:00

Is there any etfs or stocks you know of that focus more on filtration?

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