The stock market seems to be finding a foothold in the middle of the earnings season, and strong reports from the tech giants could fuel the recent rally. Tech earnings season will hit its stride after the bell on Tuesday, with Alphabet and Microsoft reporting. Meta Platforms, Apple and Amazon followed over the weekend. This part of the market took a hit in 2022, as higher interest rates and growing recession fears steered investors away from high-growth stocks. But investors have begun to return to more growth-oriented areas of the market. According to Bank of America, there have been 5 consecutive weeks of pouring into technology funds and 8 into media services funds. Large earnings reports tend to move similar groups of stocks, making exchange-traded funds an attractive way to gain visibility. One of the most popular ways to approach the tech sector is the Vanguard Information Technology (VGT) ETF, which has a net worth of $39 billion. The fund has a management fee of just 0.1% and is down about 28% on the year. The top stocks of the Vanguard fund include Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia. For investors looking for an even more beaten pool, the iShares Scalable Technology Software ETF (IGV) might be worth checking out. The fund is down 32% this year and offers more exposure to the likes of ServiceNow and Palo Alto Networks. This fund is more expensive than the Vanguard option, but still has a management fee of only 0.4%. It is rated three stars from Morningstar. Most ETFs have a market cap, meaning that the big tech names that are already present in most investor portfolios have a major impact on the fund. One way to mitigate this is an equal-weighted ETF, like Invesco’s S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology (RYT) ETF. The fund has a management fee of 0.4%, down about 26% on the year. It also has a four-star rating from Morningstar. Investors should be sure to review a fund’s holdings before purchasing an ETF for thematic investment. Some stocks commonly considered “tech” names, such as Meta Platforms, are classified by some companies as media services or discretionary consumers and are not always included in a public ETF. information technology. And some funds that include all the big names, such as the Invesco QQQ Trust, may also have massive exposure to other non-tech companies.