Alger Concentrated Equity ETF

CNEQ

時価総額 $31.9億

Investors pushed a record $663.59 billion into active exchange-traded funds through August, according to ETFGI, a research and consultancy firm that tracks the ETF industry. That pushed global assets in the category to an all-time high of $2.72 trillion.

Advisors did not slow down on exchange-traded funds in the second quarter. They added more of them, and pointed the money somewhere new, according to AdvizorPro's Q2 2026 RIA ETF Trends report.

Anthropic's preliminary second-quarter results reignited enthusiasm across the artificial intelligence sector, lifting semiconductor stocks 1% on Monday despite broader tech sector declines. Q2 revenue topped $11.5 billion — a 14x surge year-over-year and more than 2x last quarter's figures.

Investors hunting for concentrated U.S. growth exposure keep running into the same two names: the Alger Concentrated Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:CNEQ) and the Mango Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:GARY), the Gary Black-managed fund from The Future Fund.

Sometimes it feels like it's Nvidia's world, and we are all just living in it. As we brace for the firm's latest earnings report coming Wednesday, we could say that Nvidia (NVDA) earnings — and more importantly, its forward guidance — have become much more than a par-for-the-course quarterly disclosure.

Alger Concentrated Equity ETF offers a high-conviction, 29-stock growth portfolio with a heavy technology and large-cap focus. CNEQ has outperformed the Russell 1000 Growth Index and major growth ETF peers by a wide margin since its April 2024 inception. CNEQ is well-suited for growth exposure in long-term or tactical allocations, but prudent capital allocation is warranted given its short history and risk profile.

The Alger Concentrated Equity ETF underperformed the Russell 1000 Growth Index during the third quarter of 2025. Alphabet, Natera Apple were among the top contributors to performance. Nebius Group, Sea Limited, and Meta Platforms were among the top detractors from performance. The Information Technology and Utilities sectors contributed to relative performance while Industrials and Health Care were among sectors that detracted from relative performance.

The Alger Concentrated Equity ETF (CNEQ) returned more than 32% in 2025, beating the S&P 500 by over 14 percentage points as the fund's focused portfolio capitalized on a shifting market environment, according to ETF Database. The fund's outperformance comes as investors debate whether market leadership will broaden beyond mega-cap technology names.

What can a focused approach to equity portfolio construction offer for advisors and investors? Recently, Dr. Ankur Crawford, portfolio manager at Alger, joined Todd Rosenbluth, VettaFi's head of research, to discuss this very topic.

With AI adoption top of the mind for advisors and investors alike, some may be wondering which companies will be leading the pack when it comes to adopting AI into their workflows. Dr. Ankur Crawford, Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Alger, recently discussed this topic in a wide-ranging conversation on the Alger Podcast.