Most investors are aware that SPY holds 39% of these stocks. However, few are aware that QQQ holds 53% of these same stocks. Fewer would ever guess that TQQQ which is considered the riskiest of the three indexes holds only 26% of these same stocks.

TQQQ holds about half the amount of the 4 largest stocks because at their size they aren’t rising as fast as other future leaders. Financial advisors think TQQQ is way too risky because it is a triple however what it holds appears to be less risky.

The average annual volatility of TQQQ is 4. Currently the volatility is 2.6. After the last 2 exceptional years the volatility usually drops to about zero as other stocks try to catch up. So far this year the Stars model is 10 percentage points above the S&P.

TQQQ is trying to find the new leaders but to date they have not been confirmed. The annual turnover in TQQQ is only 25% whereas it can be as high as 150%. TQQQ appears to be in a holding pattern.

The Stars model has no view on market direction. It just tries to hold the best stocks in both rising and correcting markets.