NVIDIA

Apple

Microsoft

Amazon

Broadcom

Tesla

Alphabet

Costco

Invesco QQQ

QQQ tracks a modified-market-cap-weighted index of 100 NASDAQ-listed stocks.

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow), and Nasdaq Composite are all stock market indexes used to measure the performance of various aspects of the U.S. stock market.

The S&P 500, Dow & Nasdaq Since Their 2000 Highs: April 2024

Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF

Fidelity Stocks for Inflation ETF

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

The Fed kept key interest rates unchanged at 5.25%-5.50%. While the Fed ruled out the possibility of a rate hike going forward, it refrained from giving cues about a rate cut, due to sticky inflation and economic resilience.

Fed Stays Put, Provides Nuanced Outlook: ETFs Likely to Win

Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF

With four months of 2024 in the books, a familiar theme remains in place. Large-cap equities continue beating small-caps.

Large-Cap Leadership Supports These ETFs

Stocks closed out April with a whimper Tuesday, as indexes limped to easily their worst month of 2024 as hopes dwindled for a monetary policy elixir to bolster equity valuations.

Dow Extends April Loss To Nearly 2,000 Points In Worst Month Since 2022

Defiance Israel Bond ETF

IQ Chaikin U.S. Small Cap ETF

Anfield Capital Diversified Alternatives ETF

Columbia Emerging Markets Consumer ETF

FlexShares ESG & Climate Emerging Markets Core Index Fund

Capital Link Global Fintech Leaders ETF

Astoria US Quality Kings Etf

ProShares S&P 500 Bond ETF

IQ Ultra Short Duration ETF

Opportunistic Trader ETF

FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Conservative Buffer ETF - April

FT Vest US Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - April

Optimize Strategy Index Etf

Themes Robotics & Automation Etf

For the second week in a row, launches of new ETFs have been sluggish, to say the least. Granted, the five launches that took place this past week were more than the two that launched in the week ended April 19.

This Week in ETFs: New ETFs in a Slump; Closures Thrive

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Invesco Senior Loan ETF

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF

SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

Last week, the fund market saw an astonishing $143.5 billion in outflows - the largest weekly outflow since the week ending September 16, 2009.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Fund Market Sees First Weekly Inflow In Three, Adding $5.5 Billion

SPDR Gold Trust

iShares Bitcoin Trust

United States Oil Fund LP

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

With inflation surging beyond expectations and economic growth faltering, the Fed may keep rates higher for longer. This stagflation-like scenario may bode well for these ETF areas.

4 ETF Areas to Play Amid Slower Growth & Rising Inflation

AeroVironment

Brown & Brown

Datadog

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

iShares MSCI Mexico ETF

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund

General Dynamics

Barrick Gold

iShares Gold Trust

Kinsale Capital Group

Lockheed Martin

Northrop Grumman

ServiceNow

Simplify Health Care ETF

Palantir Technologies

Raytheon Technologies

Snowflake

Texas Pacific Land Trust

5 Seeking Alpha analysts discuss current market trends and give some portfolio advice. Highlighting the versatility of single country ETFs and playing defense within the tech sector.

Roundtable Discussion On Gold, Tech, Bitcoin, Country ETFs And Ignored Stocks

Fidelity Cloud Computing ETF

First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund

Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF

First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

Meta Platforms' weak revenue guidance hit the stock and the broader tech sector badly. But strong long-term future of the tech sector, likely Fed rate cuts from late-2024 are tailwinds for the space.

Forget Meta-Led Slump: 3 Reasons to Buy Tech ETFs on the Dip

Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF

Invesco has launched an ETF that excludes the top 100 names in the Nasdaq, providing exposure to the next generation of Nasdaq-listed non-financial companies. The ETF's top holdings include Super Micro Computer, Monolithic Power Systems, Tractor Supply, ICON, and eBay. The ETF has a sector composition that is primarily focused on technology, making up 41% of the fund, and it has underperformed compared to the Invesco QQQ Trust Nasdaq ETF.

QQQJ: A Different Spin On QQQ That Makes Sense

Strategas Macro Momentum Etf

On this week's episode of ETF Prime, host Nate Geraci was joined by VettaFi Chief Digital Product Officer Saleem Khan to discuss VettaFi's latest behavioral intelligence data for the month of March. Later, Geraci was joined by Chris Verrone, Strategas' head of technical & macro research, to talk about the Strategas Macro Momentum ETF (SAMM).

ETF Prime: Khan on Behavioral Data and More

The Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) is higher by 3.74% year-to-date. However, the widely followed benchmark is off 4.83% over the past week.

Some High-Flying QQQ Holdings Can Continue Moving Higher

First-quarter earnings season ramps up in earnest this week. On the back of Tuesday's reports from Google parent Alphabet (GOOG) and Tesla (TSLA), some large-cap growth ETFs are likely to be under the earnings microscope in the days ahead.

Earnings Theater Likely Meaningful for These ETFs

Bank of America

Bank of Montreal

First Horizon National

Goldman Sachs

JPMorgan Chase & Co

Morgan Stanley

Oaktree Specialty Lending

Royal Bank of Canada

Charles Schwab

Toronto-Dominion Bank

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

Big tech earnings are approaching, but I'm not betting on them. Big tech stocks have gotten too expensive. I have sold most of my U.S. tech stocks and reinvested the proceeds into high-income investments.

Forget Big Tech Earnings, Buy Income Instead

ARK Innovation ETF

The Ark Innovation ETF focuses on four key areas of innovation. Such innovations have not always led to investor returns.

Why Investors Should Choose the Nasdaq-100 Over the Ark Innovation ETF

Baxter

Cisco Systems

Dow Inc

Invesco Russell 1000 Equal Weight ETF

Kimberly-Clark

Kinder Morgan

NextEra Energy

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

Rob Isbitts discusses navigating market risk and why the easy money era is over. Investors need to focus on both offense and defense in their portfolio strategy.

Equity Investing Is About The Way Things Are, Not The Way Things Should Be

Ahead of their Q1 2024 earnings, big tech stocks swung lower last week amid a broad market sell-off. In my view, soaring long-duration treasury yields and rightful concerns about liquidity drying up are driving this pullback. The technical setup for big tech stocks heading into Q1 looks bearish, and a failure to meet lofty investor expectations could lead to a deeper pullback in this frothy, overcrowded basket.

Big Tech's Big Breakdown, The Technical Setup Ahead Of Earnings

A focus on some of the most dominant and tech-forward enterprises has driven returns for this ETF. Stocks in this ETF carry a high valuation, but they make up for it with better growth potential.

1 No-Brainer ETF to Buy With $100 Right Now

One of the more appealing elements in the AI investment thesis is how AI has the potential to positively alter a variety of industries. Healthcare, which is an innovative space in its own right, is ripe for disruption and the benefits afforded by AI.

Healthcare Applications Add to Long-Term AI Outlook

As home to an array of storied growth stocks, the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) usually isn't viewed as a bargain hunter's paradise. That view is usually accurate.

QQQ Has Some Inexpensive Growth Stocks

Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF

Vanguard Growth ETF

ETFs are low-maintenance investments that offer ample diversification. Growth ETFs are designed to beat the market over time.

3 Unstoppable Growth ETFs to Turn $100 per Month Into $500,000 or More

SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

Fidelity Total Bond ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Overall, ETFs pulled in $24.5 million in capital last week, taking year-to-date inflows to $196.4 billion.

5 Hot ETFs of a Tumultuous Week

iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF

The tech sector includes many of the software companies that are harnessing AI, as well as chip designers and manufacturers. The Invesco QQQ fund targets growth, no matter the industry.

3 Top Artificial Intelligence (AI) ETFs That Are Hiding in Plain Sight

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

During LSEG Lipper's fund flows week that ended April 10, 2024, investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets (including both conventional funds and ETFs) for the third week in four, removing a net $29.7 billion.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Short/Intermediate Investment-Grade ETFs Set Record Weekly Inflows, Attracting $3.5 Billion

The big tech firms, accounting for 45% of QQQ, are facing serious threats, either due to regulations, antitrust issues, or AI-related disruptions. The macro situation is deteriorating, given the Fed's inability to preventively cut interest rates to avoid the incoming recession. The momentum is also weakening, as QQQ has been flat for 6 weeks, facing a major technical breakdown with a 10% correction.

QQQ: The Big Tech Is Fundamentally Vulnerable

News for Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ)