Which returned more over the last year, IMF or QQQ?

In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IMF returned +23.1% and QQQ returned +21.8%, so IMF returned more.

Which is cheaper, IMF or QQQ?

IMF charges 0.65% a year and QQQ charges 0.18%, so QQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are IMF and QQQ the same kind of fund?

No. IMF is an alternatives ETF and QQQ is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 19, 2026.

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IMF vs QQQ: how they differ

Over the year IMF returned more, +23.1% to QQQ's +21.8%, and QQQ charges 0.18% to IMF's 0.65%.

Invesco Managed Futures Strategy ETF and Invesco QQQ Trust.

IMF and QQQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 19, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IMF Invesco Managed Futures Strategy ETF	QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust
Where it sits	Alternatives ETF	Core fund
Issuer	Invesco	Invesco
What it is	Managed futures	Tracks the Nasdaq-100
Total return, 1 year	+23.1%	+21.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	+6.5 pts	+5.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.18%
Holdings	not filed	105
Net assets	$319m	$484.3bn

IMF in plain words

IMF is a managed futures fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.22 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.12, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.12% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks IMF rose 0.28% on average, a down-week capture of −22.7%. Over the same 52 weeks IMF returned +23.1% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 19.4 percentage points ahead of cash.

QQQ in plain words

QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +21.8% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 19, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 47.7%. It sat 3.2% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 18, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IMF or QQQ?: In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IMF returned +23.1% and QQQ returned +21.8%, so IMF returned more.
Which is cheaper, IMF or QQQ?: IMF charges 0.65% a year and QQQ charges 0.18%, so QQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are IMF and QQQ the same kind of fund?: No. IMF is an alternatives ETF and QQQ is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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