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AbbVie drops $700M upfront on IGM… but no one’s talking about their MEGA partnership with AbCellera ($ABCL)
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One etf IGM has all the stocks i want in it
The following answer is from GROK AI "Short Answer Importers (typically U.S. companies) pay tariffs directly to the government. However, the economic burden often passes to U.S. consumers through higher prices, with evidence from multiple studies showing most costs are borne domestically. How Tariffs Work Tariffs are taxes imposed by a government on imported goods. Here's the step-by-step process: A foreign exporter ships goods to the U.S. (e.g., steel from China). The U.S. importer (e.g., a manufacturer or retailer like Apple or Walmart) pays the tariff fee to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) upon entry. The importer records it as a cost on their books, similar to any other tax or duty. - Legal fact: Under U.S. law (e.g., Tariff Act of 1930), the "importer of record" is legally liable—no one else pays CBP directly. Importers cannot shift this payment to foreign exporters; it's enforced at the border. Who Bears the Economic Cost? While importers pay upfront, they often pass on costs via: • Higher prices for consumers: Retailers raise prices on tariffed goods. • Lower profits or wages: Companies absorb some via reduced margins or cuts elsewhere. • Supply chain adjustments: Sourcing from non-tariffed countries (e.g., Vietnam instead of China). Foreign exporters rarely pay: They might lower prices to stay competitive, but data shows they retain most pre-tariff profits. Evidence from Studies Real-world data confirms consumers foot most of the bill: • 2018-2019 Trump Tariffs (on China, steel/aluminum): | Study/Source | Key Finding | Cost to U.S. | |--------------|-------------|--------------| | Federal Reserve (Amiti et al., 2019) | 100% of tariff costs passed to U.S. importers/consumers; no retaliation effect. | ~$40B/year | | NBER (Flaaen et al., 2020) | Washing machine tariffs raised prices by $86/unit; 90%+ burden on U.S. buyers. | Consumers paid 112% of tariff revenue | | U.S. International Trade Commission (2023) | Tariffs reduced U.S. GDP by 0.2%; imports fell, but prices rose. | $80B+ total burden (2018-2021) | | Princeton/World Bank (2021) | Chinese exporters lowered prices by only ~10-20%; U.S. bore 80-90%. | Households lost $1,277/year equiv. | • Broader Consensus: Economists (e.g., 100% in IGM Chicago poll) agree tariffs act as taxes on domestic consumers/importers, not foreign countries. Exports don't "pay"—no mechanism forces it. Common Misconceptions • Myth: "Foreign countries pay": Politicians claim this (e.g., via revenue), but revenue goes to U.S. Treasury—importers paid it first. • Myth: Tariffs only hurt foreigners: They protect some U.S. jobs (e.g., steel) but raise costs for downstream industries (e.g., auto makers using steel). • Retaliation: Other countries' counter-tariffs hurt U.S. exporters (e.g., soybeans), amplifying domestic pain. Bottom Line Tariffs are paid by U.S. importers, with U.S. consumers bearing ~80-100% of the cost per empirical studies. They're a tool for protectionism or revenue but function like a sales tax on imports. For specifics on current tariffs, check U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) site."
Tech etfs would still have had a much much better return. >if you’re so bullish on QQQ, why not go TQQQ I'm a long term investor and TQQQ isn't the best for long term. Because downturns can be catastrophic whereas with tech etfs you can still weather them given the time. Go through 2008 with tqqq and you're done. >The point of VT is to set it and forget it. I set and forget tech etfs like QQQ, MGK, VUG, IGM. Over ~20% annualized return over my portfolio career of 8 years Again if you're in your 20s, 30s and 40s with 10+ years working ahead of you then VT is way too overly cautious But we'll see in hindsight. Like we can look back now and say VT was objectively half the returns of qqq past 5 years and so the wrong decision. Lmk in 2030
I never get this vs large cap tech ETF. YTD VT is 16.5% YTD QQQ is 22% YTD IGM tech ETF is 28.8% Same trend for past 15 years. I get "risk" is an issue but realistically they will both tank in a downturn and plan is to hold for over a decade anyways. 6% different is huge and even a couple years of such performance and make up for any future downturns. Past 5 years has tech etfs doing 2x the return of VT.
IGM is a smaller fund, and as a higher expense ratio (0.38%). Not a bad alternative. I has a few less holdings (\~285) than VGT (\~320). I'd still go VGT.
I'd like a recommendation for an ETF for a possibly 40-60 year hold, very long term, very tech. I have the usual VOO/ VXUS portfolio and short term bonds portfolio. My preference is towards tech and higher risk (open to losing 50% of it any time). I've cut it down to specifics I'm looking for 1) tech diversified and not focused on mega caps 2) has robotics and hardware 3) has a decent number of holdings, 100+ Which one would be the best out of? I am leaning towards IGM. VGT: Pro: growth Con: 50% is Nvda, Aapl, Msft, Avgo IYW: Pro: Has the robotics and hardware component Con: 45% is Nvda, Aapl, Msft IXN: Pro: Global tech Cons: Assumes the US does not dominate like the others do IGM: Pro: Evenly distributed, more emphasis on all North American Tech, and not top heavy Cons: More volatile XLK: Pro: Heavier on the full SP500 IT companies Cons: Not many, but similar to IYW. FTEC: Same as VGT Cons: Same as VGT
That is a good start. I would suggest a good mutual fund like an index fund, or if you can stomach more risk IGM of QQQ.
I'd like a recommendation for an ETF for a possibly 40-60 year hold, very long term. My preference is towards tech and higher risk (open to losing 50% of it any time). I've cut it down to specifics I'm looking for 1) tech diversified and not focused on mega caps 2) has robotics and hardware 3) has a decent number of holdings, 100+ Which one would be the best out of? I am leaning towards IGM. VGT: Pro: growth Con: 50% is Nvda, Aapl, Msft, Avgo IYW: Pro: Has the robotics and hardware component Con: 45% is Nvda, Aapl, Msft IXN: Pro: Global tech Cons: Assumes the US does not dominate like the others do IGM: Pro: Evenly distributed, more emphasis on all North American Tech, and not top heavy Cons: More volatile XLK: Pro: Heavier on the full SP500 IT companies Cons: Not many, but similar to IYW. FTEC: Same as VGT Cons: Same as VGT
I own VGT, SMH, and added IGM and SMHX as extras. VGT and SMH (which is just semiconductors) serve well. I wanted also to grab some of the rapid AI data center buildouts happening and grabbed a crypto miner ETF because many miners are expanding into AI data centers. I landed on etf WGMI. (I wouldn't otherwise buy the miners unless i wanted an indirect bitcoin investment because before they expanded to data centers, the miners stock price just rose and fell ( a lot!) with crypto- their only value really was the value of the crypto they were mining. All of these have really rallied this year. I wouldn’t consider that typical
There are many that are very good, but as a base position, take a look at IGM. Unlike most broad tech ETFs, it also includes GOOGL, META, NFLX and SHOP.
Micron and tech heavy IGM Etf
IGM is part of the problem: Nobody is incentivized to work hard anymore, you get your cozy 35hr contract and that’s it.
Only one-third of public sector employees are eligible for pensions and the private sector pays noticeably more in most manufacturing sectors (especially in the IGM). Stability is basically the main benefit.
I like IGM, it’s basically QQQ but with only tech companies. The expense ratio is a little high though
If you only care about the top, there is an etf for you: TOPT. But it's top 20, though. If you like top 8 chance is you like safe growth stock. Then how about buying IGM? It's QQQ but tech only
Peep IGM — it’s underpraised in my opinion. Beats other tech funds like QQQ and MGK, etc, by a hefty margin over a 1,5, and 10 year period.
Given what you said, I'd suggest coupling VOO with IGM (as opposed to XLK and VGT). IGM is broader tech than XLK and unlike VGT (and XLK) it holds not-technically-tech META, AMZN, NFLX and SHOP. Having some SMH on top of that to be heavier in semis is fine too. XLF is a good choice to be heavier in financials. Also check out EUFN as something to consider holding in the current environment.
> Interestingly Google nowhere to be seen in the top 25 holdings. Google isn't in VGT because like META, they're classified as Communication sector stocks. You'd have to buy something like IGM, which invests in the "Expanded Tech Sector" to get exposure to all of them.
I figure that’s what my ETFs are for, rather than individual equities. My big 4: SPHQ IGM CGDV FDVV Hedge: PPA RSPU
https://preview.redd.it/zlby9mahanef1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9465748205bf58ee3d45ad835d4d4d767b0dbae IGM. this week was sick.
Midstream energy, yes... MLPX Insurance, yes... IAK Cars, no. Banking, yes... KBWB These particular ones have done about as well as tech (IGM, SMH) or industrials (AIRR) the turbulent last five years.
I would sell in January, which I did, and move to 40% international (VEA or VXUS), 30% bonds/cash, 30% S&P 500, or in the case of one of my portfolios, Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF (SPHQ). If I held a high-conviction individual stock, which I do, then I would use covered strangles throughout the bear market to get as much premium as I can and potentially accumulate more on that position to help amplify the recovery. Once the 50-day EMA crosses above the 200-day for the sectors that tend to recover the fastest (e.g. tech, small-cap indexes), I would plow my 30% back into the market using TQQQ and then into IGM once I feel like getting off that ride… Then I just hold my 60% domestic / 40% international, 100% equities portfolio until the next time we decide to economically self-harm. That’s my plan, we’ll see how it goes. It’s working great so far. Good luck!
First of all, past performance doesn’t mean anything going forward. However, over the past 10 years, IGM has averaged 20% in returns. GARP has consistently beaten VOO over the years. GARP is rebalanced quarterly. GARP will move expensive stocks out of the ETF and they’ll bring in stocks that are fairly valued. I’m not able to answer how much you should invest monthly. That’s totally up to you! You’ll need to work out a personal monthly budget in order to come to amount. Good luck!
Someone behind on your investments? First of all, I’d get rid of the extra spending and invest that money. Plan out how much more you can add to your investments per week, month etc… I’d then consider placing that money into something like GARP and IGM as an example. Do your research on anything that you invest into. You know that you have the right portfolio makeup when you can sleep well at night. Good luck with your decision!
Knowing the allocation by ticker would provide better insight. With the etf and equities, are they comprised of one etf and stock or 10? It’s hard to tell based on the information provided. For me, it’s something like 30% VOO 30% VGT and 30% IGM (for exposure to META) 3% Cash/Bonds. Rest dabble in individual stocks or sector etf (based on market conditions). Less than 1.5% in each position. Most are 0.5%. Right now. XLF, XLI, XLRE. $2k in BTC since 2020 just to scratch that itch.
Geez. I know almost nothing about the market, yet managed to invest with a degree of success with large cap growth etfs — QQQ. SCHG. IWY. SPMO. VGT. IGM. These have consistently outperformed SP 500 and total market funds. But hey, if you find comfort in VOO & Chill or holding a dead arrival international fund, go for,it! Just save some $$$ to out into the better stuff which have a good, if not better, risk-reward ratio.
Look for an EFT, like IQM. Even IGM for expanded exposure to tech without having to pick single winners.
DO BOTH!!! Initially stay with ETF’s. Conservative: IVV. VTI. SCHG. SPMO. Aggressive (tech ETFs) but not risky judging from long term results: SMH. IGM. IYW. VGT.
I’ve invested nearly $2500 in Nvidia. For roughly 20 shares. Investing for the Long term. But I want to diversify as well. For ETF’s there’s VOO but that’s a little rich for my blood. I like alternative’s in VTI and IGM that appeal to me. And other individual companies like AMD and Amazon have sparked my interest. I know big underdog companies /. I’m not looking to strike it rich, I just want my money to work for me and get decent returns. Any other suggestions are welcome. Thank you. Oh my investing horizon is 5-10 years if not longer.
Semis are boom or bust. Personally if your risk tolerance is actually aggressive i'd put it all in VONG/IWF that will get you exposure to semis especially if its a taxable account. IMO Russell 1000 growth has over 500 large and mid cap stocks in it so if you believe the S&P is diverse enough then this should be as well. There other growth funds like QQQM, IGM that have fewer holdings but more exposure to other sectors of technology if you wanted to add them in as well.
either yet another income property or DCA 20K chunks into IGM and/or SMH
IGM or USD might be a good bet as well.
Volkswagen is officially a public company, owned by shareholders. But effectively Volkswagen is owned and managed by the German trade union IGM and the government. The free cashflow is negative on average since many years. The company is milked by overpaid workers. It will go the Detroit way.
Your portfolio looks decent. Gold will lower your returns by a bit, but it doesn't lag as much as people think it does. Biotech is extremely volatile and speculative, perhaps more than any other industry, but it is broadly considered undervalued by analysts right now after ages of excessive fearmongering. You also have some AI exposure. Overall, not bad. Personally, I would sell the clean energy stocks and move it to 50-50 $IGM and $IGV.
If you are big on tech, consider actual tech ETFs (that include ASML and TSM) like XNTK and SMH; or those where you would still need ASML and TSM like XLK/IGM/IYW. If BRK means BRK.B, you might as well just get AAPL instead, but of course BRK.B is a solid conservative choice if you want a part of the portfolio that isn't as volatile.
Infinite money glitch. ROFL. Guy really thought he came up with something with that didn’t he? “What I call an IGM. Infinite money glitch.” Like he was so proud and prepared to drop that shit on his coooool documentary… trash guy got off…
I think what you're looking for is an AI ETF, something that captures the market as a whole that has the industry leaders in it as well as boom or bust startups. Something like BOTZ, IGM, IYW, etc. Dont try to pick the best AI stocks to own yourself. let the big hedgefund managers pick them for you.
SMH, IGPT, or IGM as possible alternatives to QQQ
Tf his IGM answers are hilarious
If you're going long, I would worry about expensive ratios, they eat money over time. Have you thought about looking at the XLK? [https://www.ssga.com/us/en/intermediary/etfs/funds/the-technology-select-sector-spdr-fund-xlk](https://www.ssga.com/us/en/intermediary/etfs/funds/the-technology-select-sector-spdr-fund-xlk) Looks to be kind of close to the IGM, but cheaper and more money in the Assets Under Management
Maybe not the best place to ask but looking for thoughts. I want to start DCAing into a tech focused ETF (small part of my portfolio, vast majority is just DCAing into VT and chill). QQQ is the most popular in this general category ofc but I was looking for something more specifically tech, and there’s no guarantees on the sector composition of QQQ in the future. That brought me to VGT which does look more appealing but the absolutely massive portion in AAPL/MSFT gives me pause. Also not a huge fan that it doesn’t include companies like google, meta, Amazon which are tech adjacent enough that I’d like to have them. So now I’m looking at IGM. I’ve looked through the holdings and it’s definitely my favorite in that regard. I Like how it’s very tech tilted but also includes some of those non-tech but tech adjacent companies I wanted. Also like that no holding can go about 8.5%. The big downsides I see are the expense ratio (.4 vs .2 for QQQ) and the low volume on IGM. This would be a loooong term hold for me so I don’t think the low volume should be a big deal? Is the expense ratio high enough comparatively that it outweighs the things I like about IGM? Or are these expense ratios all small enough that this isn’t a big deal to worry about. Any thoughts are appreciated.
>The union, the Betriebsrat and the state of lower saxony say that while the transition must happen, not a single job/employee must be left behind in the process which isn't realistic. TBH IGM (and other unions) alongside robust labor laws are cancer and probably nail in the coffin of the german powerhouse economy. ​ It is very hard to sack many of those (kanakes) that are not doing anything but sucking the blood out of big companies.
Having economists debate over policy is healthy. Just because one letter has 230 signees and another has 126 signees doesn't mean that the former is correct. Most economists wouldn't even sign on to such a thing in the first place. There's somewhere between 40 and 50 faculty just at my department, for example. If you're looking for other opinions, the IGM at Chicago and the Survey of Professional Forecasters at Penn are fairly popular surveys of academic economists' thinking on policy and economic indicators, but they haven't polled this bill yet afaik.
Here is some info from Germany (country where i live) ​ \- Gasoline 1.20€/l -> 1.67€/l \- Electricity 30c/kwh -> 37c/kwh \- Food -> we spend 20% more \- Gas for heating -> 20% more \- House prices EXPLODE (bought a house 2 years ago, its price almost doubled) ​ But: We did not have helicopter money. You pay 0.5% penalty for having more than 50k€ in your account. Wages are not increasing (IGM Labor Union, one of most important in germany achieves increases around 1-2% / year during inflation of officially (!) 5%) ​ So we are in absolutely same shitty situation.
This isn’t specifically about BBB but >40% of economists surveyed by IGM Chicago said that “The current combination of US fiscal and monetary policy poses a serious risk of prolonged higher inflation” It seems like the current consensus is that the currently policy poses some, potentially serious, risks regarding long term inflation. It appears that most economists are putting prolonged inflation in the outcome set
This isn’t specifically about BBB but >40% of economists surveyed by IGM Chicago said that “The current combination of US fiscal and monetary policy poses a serious risk of prolonged higher inflation”
Check out IGM. Kinda high expense ratio but more diversified.
>If one got into tech ~6 months before the dot com bubble burst, returns were about even with of course a much bigger drawdown experienced in tech. I find that very interesting. Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if tech is guaranteed to outperform the general market over any very long term period (partly because what one considers tech often just means 'new and exciting' in practice...like, railroads were once new technology but railroad companies aren't considered tech companies). The huge drawdown and big rips in tech make me think that something like $IGM might be an *amazing* long-term DCA candidate, considering volatility increases your advantage with that method. >my dad was DCAing into a market wide ETF at the time Good for him! It takes guts to be an early adopter of anything financial haha. Everyone I know who was investing at that time (admittedly not many) said they picked individual stocks...often on the advise of whatever columnist or rich uncle they had. >Portfoliovisualizer.com Thanks! Hadn't heard of it before. I'll check it out.
A $100 investment in $SPY outperformed a $100 investment in tech ($XLK for the first 13 months followed by an investment in $IGM for the remainder of the time) by 22%. $IGM is a better representation of tech imo, since $XLK is 40% $AAPL/$MSFT without Netflix Google or Amazon. Portfoliovisualizer.com has a great backtestportfolio feature if you ever want to try it out. But yeah, the market outperformed tech if compared right at the peak of the dot com bubble. If one got into tech ~6 months before the dot com bubble burst, returns were about even with of course a much bigger drawdown experienced in tech. I find that very interesting. Agreed on fund managers. As a single data point my dad was DCAing into a market wide ETF at the time. However, he proudly claims to be an early adopter of both ETFs and just buying the entire market. He has still never considered an investment in anything else such as the Nasdaq 100 as he is most interested in total market exposure.
Good info thanks. I also was shocked how difficult it is to find the historical components of the Nasdaq 100. Do you know if any tech ETFs specifically folded? I know tech funds dissolved and I’m not surprised amongst hundreds of funds some will fold due to horrible management. However, I’m specifically interested in ETFs. The oldest tech ETF I know of is $IGM founded on 3/13/01, and has outperformed the market since its founding date.
IGM has almost 5 times the fee of VGT. Check VUG if you want all FANG exposure. Fee is less than half of VGT.
Check out TECB, IGV, IGM. There’s lots of “expanded tech” funds that capture tech companies that don’t nearly fit into the tech sector.
When I looked into an alternative last year, the only one I could find was IGM - iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF. The underlying index it tracks is for technology as well as stuff like internet retail, so its top holdings include AMZN, FB and GOOGL unlike VGT. Much better overall diversification too with no stock > 9% of the total fund. Unfortunately its biggest downfall is its expense ratio of 0.46%. So I wouldn't say it's worth switching to, but should they ever drop the expense ratio in the future it could be a good way to get more exposure to tech without the weighting issues faced by VGT.
Nice read. Will take a look. Check IGM biosciences. I'm a pharmacist. My wife's a veterinarian with 5 years experience in virology at St. Jude. We both think they have figured out the delivery system that has eluded others.
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/u/milezy /u/IGM666 Just change the projected price numbers on the sheet, the OI didn't change that much yet to warrant an update, probably next week. 134 --> 194.5 = + 3.2 million 194.5 --> 240 = 1.85 million Total = 5.05 million I believe the price movement is consistent with a gamma squeeze.
In order, their respective returns over the last 10 yrs are 83%, 345%, and 107%. In the last 5 years, they are 63%, 56%, and 88%. The SPY has returned 251% in 10 yrs and 89% in 5 yrs. Now I did make the assumption you were not in these when they were penny stocks, which if you were then seriously congrats. So really only Comcast has been worth it over the last decade. Both Aflac and Comcast have betas right near 1.0x so they’re not really even shields to any market movement. None of them are particularly high dividend yields though 2.4% for PG & AFL is not bad. Now say you had invested in KIE, that’d have gotten you 62% ROI in the last 5 yrs. So AFL is roughly flat to the broad sector, but you get the dividend. Now the other two have significantly outperformed their sectors, so kudos there. As for me regarding ETF’s, I’m bullish on BLOK, ARKQ, SOXX, and IGM.
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Maybe we're just the next in an endless crop of dumdums who think we can outperform SPY, ... or IGM, or QQQ, or VTI, or VOO (gosh I have so much to learn)
IGM is better than VGT. It includes all the tech companies.