VGT
Vanguard Information Technology ETF
stock NYSE ETF

Yes VGT is my core standing at 50% of my portfolio. Two decade long time horizon.

Yes, same here! in fact, I hold a basket of leveraged ETFs… TQQQ, SOXL, 2X DRAM as a booster for my core holdings of SMH and VGT!
It’s definitely not a boom and bust cycle anymore… you just gotta have the cohanas to hold in a draw down ranging from 55-85%! It might take 15 years to recover, but it’s the price you pay for maximum future wealth!

10% Cash (SGOV)
5% Gold (GLDM)
20% S&P 500 (ADX)
25% Growth (XMMO, AIRR, VGT, SMH)
30% Value (SCHD, VFMF, AVUV)
10% Foreign (HEFA, VYMI, AVDV)

VGT all the way

I’d do 60% VTI / 10% VXUS / 15% VGT / 15% SMH

Lot of holdings here maybe simplify to avgv and spmo. Qqqm doesn't belong in anyone's portfolio I'm not sure why it's so touted here if you want USA tech exposure VGT or IXN for global.

Invest what you can as early as you can, most people do not understand the power of compounding interest. ETF’s are typically your safest bet. QQQ, SPY, and the popular Vanguard ETF’s VTO, VTI, VGT are very popular. Don’t worry about the ups and downs and just continue to invest consistently as dollar cost averaging should produce profitable results for you over time. Best of luck!

Depends on your risk tolerance. Just because you bought something st a "peak" doesn't mean it won't ever surpass that peak for good. Hopefully dram and vgt aren't core positions as they are satellite positions for additional tech tilt. I'll actually went from VGT to SOXQ earlier this year and it ended up being an amazing decision although the volatility is much higher

VGT

Dram is more cyclical and is very volatile. Probably not a set it and forget it etf, but still believe it has some room for the next year or 2. I prefer buying it only on dips if you are going to add but VGT is tech. Even if you bought at ATH, I wouldn’t worry about as long as you have time. Do you think tech is dead? It may go down but in the 10 or 15 years do you believe tech will be constantly down? If so, then sell. I don’t. But I have a high risk tolerance and don’t panic sell. I’ve held through real market downturns. Like 2008. I continue to DCA. If it helps you sleep better at night, then go for it but even with VOO or VFV, you will have downturns. When you get closer to retirement, I would adjust into safer investments.

Don’t switch. Just buy VOO if you’re feeling more conservative. Stocks go up and down and then up again. VGT is overvalued right now and it will go down for sure. But it will come up again if time is on your side. Hold what you have. And if you are scared buy conservative assess next time you buy and when VGT goes down stack it hard. It’s all about buying at at a good price. You’ve got this ❤️

If the reason for switching is “I performance chased and want a boring core again,” that part makes sense. I wouldn’t overthink VOO versus VTI because either can do the core job. The bigger lesson is deciding your core first, then using stuff like VGT or DRAM only as a small satellite if you still want them. If a holding is costing you sleep, the position size was probably wrong.

Dont sell VGT, its my best performing ETF since May 2017 up over 779.14%.

FTEC and VGT are the same. Buying spmo at this point is performance chasing as well

Haha yeah that was my thinking behind buying VGT.

I would consider porting 100% into VGT. Don't buy VTI or VOO unless you are an old grandpa

If you don't already have a substantial S&P500 allocation, that would be my move and buy Voo. I like VGT as a small supplemental position to Voo only if you're looking for more large cap exposure but want to diversify away from the few names that Voo is heavier in than VGT.

I like VGT but I bought at the wrong time. Should’ve waited for a dip before dumping everything into it

Have both VGT and DRAM and holding them.

QQQI might not be the best choice for a 15 year old. That's a great fund that you dump a lot of money into when you are 55+, the retirement exit hatch is close, and you want to replace job/career income. It just ddoesn't make a lot of sense with potentially 40+ years of risk-tolerant runway ahead.
If they want tech exposure go with straight-up QQQ or VGT or something like that.
Maybe also add a sprinkle of something international like VEA or VXUS or any other international index fund?