AIVC vs QTUM

AIVCBAmplify Bloomberg AI Value Chain ETF

QTUMADefiance Quantum ETF

In short

AIVC An AI basket without the mega-cap gravity. AIVC holds roughly 50 semiconductor, cloud and hardware names worldwide at equal weight, so the small supplier gets the same slot as the biggest chipmaker.

QTUM Live since 2018, QTUM turns the quantum-computing story into a plain index fund: about 90 global names spanning quantum hardware and machine learning, for 0.40% a year.

Stated mandate

AIVC AIVC seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Bloomberg AI Value Chain Equal Weight Total Return Index. It uses an equal-weighted global mix of semiconductor, cloud/software, and hardware companies supporting AI technologies.

QTUM The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the BlueStar® Quantum Computing and Machine Learning Index. It uses a passive indexing approach.

Why people hold it

• AIVC Equal weight by design: every one of about 50 holdings gets the same slot at rebalance, so no single chip giant can quietly become the whole fund.amplifyetfs.com
• At 0.59% a year, it undercuts the median fee in its AI infrastructure peer group (0.65%), which is rare for a niche thematic build.
• Covers all three layers of the AI stack (semiconductors, cloud/software, hardware) and casts a global net rather than stopping at US listings.amplifyetfs.com
• The index is built by Bloomberg Intelligence's thematic research team, and the resulting portfolio is one of the stronger constructions in a thin peer group.amplifyetfs.com

• QTUM 0.40% a year against a 0.68% median for its AI-theme cohort, and it undercuts peers like WTAI (0.45%) and ALAI (0.55%).
• Rules-based by design: it tracks the BlueStar Quantum Computing and Machine Learning Index, so no manager is hand-picking which quantum story wins.
• About 90 holdings across global markets, so the theme rides on a basket instead of two or three pure plays.
• Size and liquidity back it up: a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and one of the stronger implementations in its thematic peer group.

Worth knowing

• AIVC Equal weight cuts both ways: when one chipmaker runs away with the AI trade, this fund still sizes it like every other name in the basket.amplifyetfs.com
• The fund dates to 2016 but was rebuilt around the AI value chain index in 2024, so its longer record reflects an earlier, different strategy.amplifyetfs.com
• This is a smaller, lightly traded fund, not a category heavyweight. Spreads can run wider than the giant AI thematics, so how you place the order matters.

• QTUM Risk is the softest part of the profile. One narrow, early-stage theme in a single asset class means sharper swings than a broad-market fund.
• The index covers machine learning as well as quantum, so part of the basket is familiar AI exposure rather than quantum specialists.
• Distributions come quarterly, but a growth theme like this is not built around income.

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