BND vs QQQ: 0% overlap

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF and Invesco QQQ Trust share 0.1% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

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2.0Effective Funds

You would hold two tickers and get the diversification of 2.0. Two funds that shared nothing would score 2.0; two identical funds score 1.0.

Overlap
0.1%
BND expense ratio
0.03%
QQQ expense ratio
0.20%

Top shared holdings

BND and QQQ hold 1 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin BNDin QQQΔ
CASH0.9%0.1%0.8%

Where BND and QQQ differ

Sector weights as a share of each fund, ordered by the size of the gap rather than the size of the sector — two funds that overlap heavily still usually diverge somewhere.

SectorBNDQQQΔ
Information Technology0.0%56.0%−56.0pp
Treasuries48.5%0.0%+48.5pp
MBS Pass-Through20.2%0.0%+20.2pp
Corporate — industrial & other14.6%0.0%+14.6pp
Communication Services0.0%14.5%−14.5pp
Consumer Discretionary0.0%10.7%−10.7pp
Financials8.1%0.2%+7.8pp
Consumer Staples0.0%6.6%−6.6pp

Δ is BND minus QQQ, in percentage points. Sector data is not published by every issuer, so “Unclassified” is a real category rather than a gap in the table.

What each fund holds alone

Only in BND
2,029 positions

99.1% of BND by weight, held in no part of QQQ.

Only in QQQ
101 positions

99.9% of QQQ by weight, held in no part of BND.

A large count with a small weight is the usual shape: the positions one fund adds are typically its smallest ones.

Concentration and cost

BNDQQQ
Top 10 holdings71.6%46.7%
Positions held2,030102
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$3$20

Cost is the expense ratio applied to $10,000; it excludes any brokerage commission, bid-ask spread or tax consequence. Figures are facts about the funds, not a suggestion about which to hold.

Frequently asked

How much do BND and QQQ overlap?

BND and QQQ overlap 0.1% by portfolio weight — largely distinct portfolios. They share 1 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (BND as of 2026-09-30, QQQ as of 2026-10-22).

How is the overlap between BND and QQQ calculated?

As the sum of the smaller weight in each fund, over every holding both funds own: Σ min(wA, wB). If BND holds a stock at 6% and QQQ holds the same stock at 4%, 4% counts as shared. The result is bounded between 0% and 100%, and it is computed after looking through any fund-of-funds to the underlying holdings.

Is it redundant to hold both BND and QQQ?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 0.1% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does BND own that QQQ doesn't?

BND holds 2,030 positions and QQQ holds 102; 2,029 of BND's positions don't appear in QQQ at all, and they are 99.1% of BND by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, BND as of 2026-09-30, QQQ as of 2026-10-22. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.