The Clear Winner for Building Long Term Wealth, QQQ or VTI?

kody_king / Shutterstock.com In most years, especially in strong up years, the Nasdaq 100 has stood taller than the S&P 500, driven largely by the tech sector’s outsized gains. Invesco’s Q3 update shows QQQ with a NAV gain of 8.94 percent in Q3 2025, edging out the S&P 500’s 8.12 percent. Still, outperformance on the way up does not guarantee the same result going forward, particularly if tech shifts from boom to sudden slowdown. In this piece, we will look at whether investors should lean toward the tec ...