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Quality Paid Again: SPHQ Beat the Index With Half the Drama
Key takeaways
- Pairing 60% SPY or VOO with a SPHQ sleeve sized between 15% and 20% delivers broad-market beta plus a quality tilt that historically limits drawdowns.
- When SPY dropped 2.5% in a single week, SPHQ fell less than 1%, illustrating the downside cushion quality stocks provide in late-cycle volatility.
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Quality Paid Again: SPHQ Beat the Index With Half the Drama Duncan_Andison / i Stock via Getty Images Omor Ibne Ehsan Mon, June 8, 2026 at 11:47 PM GMT+7 4 min read ^GSPC SPY QUAL SPHQ VFFSX Quick Read SPHQ screens the S&P 500 for return on equity, earnings quality, and low leverage, returning 14% year to date versus the broad index s 8%.
Pairing 60% SPY or VOO with a SPHQ sleeve sized between 15% and 20% delivers broad-market beta plus a quality tilt that historically limits drawdowns.
When SPY dropped 2.5% in a single week, SPHQ fell less than 1%, illustrating the downside cushion quality stocks provide in late-cycle volatility.
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