Most financial advisors view TQQQ as too risky — even in small amounts. Yet many of those same advisors have no issue recommending Bitcoin, which relies solely on investor faith.

Here’s the reality: TQQQ has risen 25,000% in the past 15 years, while the Stars Model has risen 63,000% in that same period. During the COVID correction, TQQQ experienced an 80% drawdown while the Stars Model dropped just 43%.

If we were to see a 40% correction in the S&P — the largest in 25 years — TQQQ would nearly wipe out with close to a 100% drawdown. The Stars Model, on the other hand, would draw down about 64% but then rebalance and reach new highs within a few years.

At the pre-COVID high, a Stars portfolio was valued at $700,000. At the correction low, it was $400,000. Two years later, it reached $1.4 million.
For long-term investors, that kind of resilience and compounding performance is why Stars has outperformed the S&P by a factor of 17 over 26 years.