The past few years have been the exception to the norm rather than the norm. A shakeup could be brewing.
Even investors who only keep casual tabs on the stock market probably know most of its recent gains have been driven by Nasdaq-listed stocks such as Microsoft and Nvidia. Indeed, all seven of the so-called “Magnificent Seven” stocks leading the charge throughout the past few years are Nasdaq names. This dynamic makes an exchange-traded fund (ETF) like the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ -0.70%) a compelling prospect, since it’s built to mirror the Nasdaq-100 index, which means it holds a sizable stake in all seven of these market-beating tickers.
However, before diving into such a pick because it’s overloaded with a particular exchange’s hottest listings, consider an alternative that might make more sense to step into at this time. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP -1.17%) sidesteps almost all of the problems the Invesco QQQ…


