XLK
State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
stock NYSE ETF

As for regular ETFs I have SPMO, XLK, MAGS, SMH, Managed Futures, some ALT Funds and yes LETFs. Just curious what all think of TQQQ, UPRO, SOXL, SSO, etc...? They are ETF's just don't see much convo about them.
Does anybody use them in their portfolios? Don't like the people in LETF channel, FYI.

[XLK](https://www.onvista.de/etf/Technology-Select-Sector-SPDR-ETF-US81369Y8030) - Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund@163,62€(-0,88% 🥱)

VGT, FTEC or XLK are all great Tech ETFs. You cannot go wrong with any of them. I'm 65% FTEC today.

Great choice, fwiw, **VGT, FTEC** and **XLK** are all pretty much the same thing. All great Tech ETFs!

XLK

Appreciate the response and the questions. I realize my original post probably came across like I was just looking for a few risky stocks to make a quick return, which really isn’t what I’m trying to do. I’m pretty new to investing and genuinely trying to learn more about how to build and manage a portfolio while I’m young.
For some context, I just finished my summer internship and won’t have income while I’m at school this year. I’m keeping around $5,000 completely separate as an emergency/spending fund. I’m also very fortunate that I don’t have to personally cover tuition, rent, car insurance, or groceries right now, so my expenses during the school year are relatively low.
I currently have about $2,500 invested across IVV, MTUM, IAU, SCHD, XLF, XLK, VIG, VEA and VWO. I plan on adding another $1,000 to those positions and continuing to build that part of my portfolio over time.
I don’t have anything in a Roth IRA yet. My plan had been to start contributing once I graduate and have a full-time job. The remaining $1,500 is where I’m interested in learning about individual stocks. I’m not expecting someone to give me a stock that will double my money, and I understand I could underperform the market or lose a significant amount by picking individual companies. I’d rather use a relatively small portion of my money to start learning how to research companies, understand valuations, read financials, and decide whether a stock is actually worth owning.
So I guess my real question is: if you were in my position and wanted to start learning about individual stock investing while keeping the majority of your portfolio diversified, how would you approach it? What should I be looking at when researching a company, and how would you decide how much of your portfolio to allocate to individual stocks versus ETFs?

If I had to pick one, probably VGT, mostly because it is a bit broader. But the bigger answer is that both are still the same concentrated tech bet, so I would not expect the outcome difference to be life changing. The real decision is tech-only versus broad market, not VGT versus XLK.

You can open an account at Morningstar and test your portfolios. They have a free trial. A lot of US equity IMO and a lot of Mag7 overlap.
For me, SPY and SPDW and some focused ETFs if I want to increase some sectors. Like XLK, XLF or SMH

VGT has 320-328 companies compared to XLK with 73 companies.